1-Strong quake strikes off Taiwan coast. 2-Ernesto douses eastern Cuba en route to Florida. 3-At least 150 dead after flash floods in Indian desert state. 4-Rain ends 19 consecutive 100-degree days. 5-Chirac calls for rapid meeting of Mideast quartet. 6-Rebuilding and Security in Focus. 7-Winston Churchill On Islam.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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.
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.
Strong quake strikes off Taiwan coast Sun Aug 27, 9:48 PM ET
TAIPEI, Taiwan A strong earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast Monday, the Central Weather Bureau said.
No damage or injuries were immediately reported. The magnitude 6.1 quake was
centered under the Pacific Ocean 80 miles east of Suao in northeastern Taiwan, the weather bureau said.Suao is a coastal city about 75 miles southeast of the capital of Taipei. The quake, which struck before dawn, was felt across the island but did not appear to cause major damage because of its distance, the bureau said.Quakes frequently rattle the island, but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in central Taiwan in September 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Ernesto douses eastern Cuba en route to Florida By Anthony Boadle
1 hour, 39 minutes ago
HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto drenched eastern Cuba on Monday and headed for the Florida Straits, where it could regain hurricane strength and hit Florida's most populous region. Ernesto, which briefly became the Atlantic season's first hurricane on Sunday, killed two people in impoverished Haiti.It then faded to a mass of showers and thunderstorms with 40 mph (64 kph) winds as it moved over Cuba, dumping up to seven inches of rain and filling reservoirs to the brim, but packing few gusts.
Forecasters said it would likely gather force from the warm waters of the Gulf Stream and be just below hurricane strength by the time it neared the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area, home to about 5 million people.The intensity forecast is for Ernesto to be very near hurricane strength at landfall,on Tuesday or early Wednesday, said Florida meteorologist Ben Nelson.
Battered by eight hurricanes in two years, Florida prepared for a pounding one year after Hurricane Katrina smacked the state on its way to the U.S. Gulf coast, where it swamped New Orleans, killed 1,500 people and caused $80 billion in damage.Hour-long lines formed at gas stations and people shopped for plywood, batteries and water across a region where Hurricane Wilma knocked out power to millions and caused $12 billion in damage just 10 months ago.
Just prepare. It's not fun and games, Mike Puto, city manager of Marathon in the Florida Keys, told residents.NASA called off the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from Cape Canaveral this week and said the spacecraft would likely be taken off the launchpad and rolled into a hangar to to keep it safe.The storm made landfall in Cuba earlier on Monday near Guantanamo Bay, site of a U.S. naval base where several hundred suspected al Qaeda and Taliban militants are held.
CUBANS RETURN HOME
Ernesto is but a shadow of its former self,Cuban weather forecaster Jose Rubiera said shortly before Cuba lifted a hurricane warning in the provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago and Granma.
Evacuees from those areas were being returned home.Cuba had evacuated more than 600,000 people, many in buses and trucks. Cattle and crops were protected and domestic flights to eastern Cuba suspended.Ernesto's center was close to the north coast of Cuba and 60 miles east of the city of Camaguey at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.The storm's center should emerge into the Florida Straits on Monday night, the Miami-based center said.National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield warned Floridians not to take the storm lightly even if it doesn't reach hurricane force again.It's a little academic whether you have 70 mph (113 kph), that's what we're forecasting, when you have a tropical storm, or 75 mph (120 kph) and you have a hurricane,he said. And let's not forget Katrina last year.
Katrina caused $572 million in insured damage when it crossed Florida as a Category 1 storm, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Ernesto provided a sharp reminder to residents of vulnerable U.S. coastal areas that the peak of the hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, was upon them. Florida's government declared a state of emergency and television stations cranked up coverage with reminders to fill bathtubs with water and to put up hurricane shutters. Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reassured residents there would be no fuel shortages and urged them not to overreact by rushing to the pumps. Tourists were ordered out of the Florida Keys and schools and courts were closed in the low-lying, 110-mile (177-km) island chain off Florida's southern tip.
Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical storm after pounding Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. It killed at least two people, one of them near Gonaives, a port city where tropical storm flooding killed 3,000 people two years ago. Oil prices fell over $2 on Monday after Ernesto seemed less likely to threaten oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, where a quarter of U.S. oil and gas is pumped. (Additional reporting by Michael Christie in Miami, Joseph Guyler Delva in Port-au-Prince, Michael Peltier in Tallahassee, Peter Henderson in New Orleans, Laura Myers in Key West, Ed Leefeldt in New York)
At least 150 dead after flash floods in Indian desert state Mon Aug 28, 1:32 AM ET
BARMER, India (AFP) - At least 150 bodies have been recovered since last week following flash floods caused by heavy monsoon rains in India's desert state of Rajasthan, officials said Monday. In 11 districts of Rajasthan 150 bodies have been recovered so far, state public works minister Rajendra Singh Rathore told AFP.The toll has risen sharply since Sunday as rescue workers continue to find more bodies as flood waters fell in the normally drought-prone area, where about 100 people were still missing.The majority of the flood-related deaths occurred in Barmer district, with local police chief N.R.K. Reddy saying the toll was expected to rise.
The district, which experienced unusually heavy rains in the last 10 days, is near the border with Pakistan, or about 887 kilometres (549 miles) west of the Indian capital New Delhi.In more than a dozen villages pools of water reached depths of 18 metres (30 feet), leading state officials to ask the central government to send a task force to examine how to help drain the water.As many as 47,000 animal carcasses have been found raising fears of water-borne disease in the region, Rathore said.Earlier this month, hundreds were killed and more than 10 million people in four states were affected by floods caused by monsoon rains that sweep India from June to September and are crucial for the farm-dependent economy.Western Gujarat state faced the brunt with its diamond-polishing hub of Surat remaining under water for five days.
OZONE DEPLETION
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Rain ends 19 consecutive 100-degree days,By DAN X. McGRAW
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
FORT WORTH — The skies opened up Sunday on the Metroplex, dropping rain throughout Tarrant County and putting an end to 19 consecutive 100-degree days and could be the first signs of fall, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.
If you call Aledo right now, they’ll tell you that they are getting drowned, meteorologist Vick Corbelli shortly after 3 p.m. Fort Worth might get it in the next hour or so.The storm system, which has dumped a half-inch to an inch of rain, has been moving slowly from the northwest bringing the first drops of rain to the area since August 7th, the last day the high temperature was below 100 degrees, Corbelli said.
With the dark clouds hovering above, the Metroplex has cooled down to the lower 90s at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Today’s high topped out at 96, Corbelli said.This is the cool wave that is definitely going to break the back of this heat wave,said meteorologist Jesse Moore.There is still hot weather to come, but we’ve gotten through the worst of it now.The cooler weather might be here to stay, Corbelli said, as a northwest flow should bring lower temperatures to the Metroplex every seven to ten days.
It looks like fall might be coming out, he said.The rain is predicted to continue through the evening. There is a 60 percent chance of rain Monday with a high in the low 90s.
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:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
DANIEL 9:27
27 And he(EU DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(7 YRS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Chirac calls for rapid meeting of Mideast quartet
Deutsche Presse Agentur
Published: Monday August 28, 2006
Paris- French President Jacques Chirac on Monday called for a rapid meeting of the so-called Mideast quartet to relaunch the peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. To resign oneself to the status quo is to risk a spiral of violence that will go out of control, Chirac warned French ambassadors meeting in Paris. The French president said that just as Israel had a right to live in peace and security, the Palestinians had the right of their own state with stable and secure borders. The realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians would justify neither the intolerable denial of Israel's right to exist nor the recourse to terrorism, Chirac said.
Noting that a relaunch of the peace process was vital, Chirac said: In this perspective I call for a rapid meeting of the quartet, which consists of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia. After meeting with Chirac last week in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also called for a meeting of the Mideast quartet to revive the flagging peace process.
© 2006 DPA - Deutsche Presse-Agenteur
MIDEAST CRISIS TRACKER
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Rebuilding and Security in Focus
Updated regularly with news on the Israel-Hezbollah-Lebanon crisis. All times ET.
Monday, Aug. 28
6 p.m.: Italy approved sending 2,500 soldiers to the peacekeeping mission, and the government approved a $38.4 million aid package for Lebanon. In the coming hours we will initiate the complex logistics for the deployment of the Italian forces in the region, Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said. The Italian Defense Ministry said a naval task force was already being assembled to move about 1,900 soldiers to Lebanon.
5 p.m.: Annan faulted both Israel and Hezbollah for not living up to key sections of the cease-fire resolution.
1:30 p.m.: Indonesia's foreign minister repeated the nation's offer to send 1,000 soldiers in the first wave of new U.N. peacekeepers for south Lebanon, although Israel opposes troops from countries that don't recognize the Jewish state.
12:45 p.m.: Olmert said he accepted full responsibility for the government's decision to go to war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. The decision .. was entirely mine, he said in a speech in the northern city of Haifa, where he addressed leaders of northern communities damaged by Hezbollah rocket fire.
Annan
11:25 a.m.: Annan demanded that Hezbollah turn over two captured Israeli soldiers to the international Red Cross, and that Israel lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon.
10:55 a.m.: Israeli Foreign Minister Livni said a resolution of the conflict must include the release of the two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah. From our side, so long as this issue with the two soldiers is not solved, the whole thing is of little significance, Livni said in Berlin after meeting with Germany's foreign minister.
10:30 a.m.: Kofi Annan said the Lebanese government assured him it would faithfully implement the U.N. ceasefire resolution, and the U.N. chief said he saw an opportunity for long-term peace. Annan met separately with Prime Minister Saniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who serves as Hezbollah's de facto negotiator.
9 a.m.: Turkey's cabinet decided in favor of sending peacekeepers to Lebanon and will seek parliamentary approval for the deployment, officials said. Parliament will convene to debate the deployment as early as next week, government spokesman Cemil
Cicek said.
6:15 a.m.: The U.S. proposes deploying international observers at the main cargo crossing between Israel and Gaza to prevent repeated security closures of Gaza's economic lifeline, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Separately, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said a resolution of the conflict in Lebanon must mean the release of the two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah.
5:45 a.m.: Annan arrived in Beirut at the start of a Mideast tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon, saying it was a very critical time for the country. I think it's important that I come here myself to discuss with the Lebanese authorities the aftermath of the war and the measures we need to take to implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 and to underscore international solidarity, Mr. Annan said.
3:15 a.m.: Germany hopes for the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah militants, a senior official said, but stopped short of confirming that Berlin is negotiating for their freedom. Israeli Foreign Minister Livni was in Berlin for talks with German intelligence chief Ernst Uhrlau as well as Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
12:05 a.m.: WSJ's Marc Champion reports: French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said an expanded French peacekeeping force would be on the ground in Lebanon within 20 days, as European countries pledged as many as 7,000 troops to help maintain Israel's shaky cease-fire with the Hezbollah militia. More.
Winston Churchill On Islam
A quote from an 1899 book by Winston Churchill, The River War, in which he describes Muslims he apparently observed during Kitchener's campaign in the Sudan How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
HOW DICTATOR DECIEVES ISRAELIS
HOW THE FUTURE DICTATOR DECIEVES THE JEWS?
In the future when this European Jewish Dictator comes on the scene,he will be a blasphemer and will decieve Israelis by saying that JESUS is not GOD. Since most of Israelis believe this already, this dictator will have no trouble decieving the Israelis in this way. He will put the true GOD OF ISRAEL JESUS DOWN and he will claim to be the true god of ISRAEL himself and will die and come back to life, then sit in the 3RD TEMPLE declaring he is the long waited MESSIAH. God says he will send a strong delution to ones that don't believe the truth (that JESUS is GOD) and be saved by JESUS' GRACE. At the mid point of the 7 yr treaty the ISRAELIS will realize they have been decieved and flee to Petra in Jordan.They realize this European Jew has been a false Messih.
As a result this Dictator nukes the World Church, (the Vatican) as well as trys to eliminate the rest of the Israelis from the face of the earth. The greatest Anti semetic purge in history this Dictator trys to do. Why? because when this Dictator dies Satan incarnates in his body and brings him back to life, and since Satan always wanted to be god and worshipped, he sets himself up in the 3RD TEMPLE AS THE MESSIAH for the last 3 1/2 years of the 7 yr treaty.
At the end of the 7 yr treaty Jesus returns to Earth bodily(as he is the true MESSIAH AND RULING KING), throws the Jewish Dictator and the False vatican pope into the Lake of Fire alive without dying. Satan is sent to the abyss for the 1000 YEAR RULE of CHRIST on EARTH. Satan is loosed at the end of the 1000 yr REIGN OF CHRIST to test the Children born during the 1000 yr rule to see if they will rebel against GOD or not. The Bible says many will rebel again and GOD destroys the final rebellion of people, Judges the Sinners (LOST) from the beggining of time, All these Sinners, Satan, Death and Hell are thrown into the Lake of fire. This is the final end of Sin on the Earth. GOD recreates the new Earth were the true Saved Christians,Jews,Muslims live forever with Christ RULING with everyone, The Garden of eden brought back to life.
Scriptures from the Bible now to prove all I said in here.
A JEWISH DICTATOR
Daniel 11:37
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
HES A BLASPHEMER
DANIEL 7:25
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
REVELATION 13:5-6
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
What is the spirit of Antichrist, it puts Jesus down exactly what this future EU Dictator will do.
1 John 2:22
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:1-3
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 John 7
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
THIS JEWISH DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION
HOW CAN HE GET AWAY WITH CALLING HIMSELF GOD, BECAUSE OF A FALSE RESURRECTION THATS HOW?
Daniel 11:45 (HE DIES)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Revelation 13:3 (SATAN RESURRECTIONS HIM TO LIFE)
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.
LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION, THIS EU LEADER WILL ALSO AND THATS WHY HE CAN CALL HIMSELF GOD. BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL BELIEVE ITS JESUS.
1 Corinthians 15:22-23
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
GOD SENDS A STRONG DELUTION (THE FALSE RESURRECTION)
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
THIS DICTATOR CLAIMS TO BE GOD
Daniel 11:36
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Revelation 13:8
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.
THE DICTATOR NUKES THE WORLD CHURCH.
REVELATION 17:1-2,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)
THE DICTATOR PERSECUTES ISRAELIS AND SAVED.
REVELATION 12:5-17
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(PETRA IN JORDAN I BELIEVE)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.(3 1/2 yrs only)
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY
REVELATION 19:11-21
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
SATAN BOUND 1000 YRS
REVELATION 20:1-15
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
NEW EARTH
REVELATION 21:1-6
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Jackie Mason Sues Jews For Jesus For Using His Likeness
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Famed Jewish comedian and ordained rabbi Jackie Mason is suing a Christian missionary group for using his likeness and implying he has embraced the Christian deity. The Christian evangelical group, Jews for Jesus, which aims to convince Jews that the Christian faith does not conflict with Judaism, distributed a pamphlet featuring Mason’s likeness and the words, Jackie Mason…A Jew For Jesus!?
On the other side, it says: Jackie’s shtick is that there’s a difference between Jews and Gentiles, and explains why there is, in fact, no difference and Jews can embrace the Christian deity.The pamphlet is part of J4J’s recent media blitz, targeting New York area Jews in direct mailing and handing out literature on subways and street-corners. The group’s spokeswoman reportedly called on Mason to have a sense of humor about the pamphlet.I found it disgusting and obnoxious, Mason said, referring to the pamphlet. And I find it even more disgusting and obnoxious that the spokesman for that organization says, Why doesn't he have a sense of humor about it?
Mason’s lawsuit against the group seeks to see the pamphlets destroyed, and the payment of $2 million in damages and $2 million in compensation due to the damage the defamation has caused him. The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my `shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts,' Mason said in the suit he filed in the New York State Supreme Court. The suit alleges that the group used the comedian’s likeness to advertise a product in violation of the New York State civil rights law.First of all there's no such thing as a Jew for Jesus. If you believe in Jesus you're a Christian.
That's the point of Christianity, Mason said. You can't be a table and also a chair.Although according to Jewish law, a Jew remains a Jew regardless of his embrace of foreign faiths, the Jews for Jesus organization is largely funded and staffed by Christian-born missionaries.
In the future when this European Jewish Dictator comes on the scene,he will be a blasphemer and will decieve Israelis by saying that JESUS is not GOD. Since most of Israelis believe this already, this dictator will have no trouble decieving the Israelis in this way. He will put the true GOD OF ISRAEL JESUS DOWN and he will claim to be the true god of ISRAEL himself and will die and come back to life, then sit in the 3RD TEMPLE declaring he is the long waited MESSIAH. God says he will send a strong delution to ones that don't believe the truth (that JESUS is GOD) and be saved by JESUS' GRACE. At the mid point of the 7 yr treaty the ISRAELIS will realize they have been decieved and flee to Petra in Jordan.They realize this European Jew has been a false Messih.
As a result this Dictator nukes the World Church, (the Vatican) as well as trys to eliminate the rest of the Israelis from the face of the earth. The greatest Anti semetic purge in history this Dictator trys to do. Why? because when this Dictator dies Satan incarnates in his body and brings him back to life, and since Satan always wanted to be god and worshipped, he sets himself up in the 3RD TEMPLE AS THE MESSIAH for the last 3 1/2 years of the 7 yr treaty.
At the end of the 7 yr treaty Jesus returns to Earth bodily(as he is the true MESSIAH AND RULING KING), throws the Jewish Dictator and the False vatican pope into the Lake of Fire alive without dying. Satan is sent to the abyss for the 1000 YEAR RULE of CHRIST on EARTH. Satan is loosed at the end of the 1000 yr REIGN OF CHRIST to test the Children born during the 1000 yr rule to see if they will rebel against GOD or not. The Bible says many will rebel again and GOD destroys the final rebellion of people, Judges the Sinners (LOST) from the beggining of time, All these Sinners, Satan, Death and Hell are thrown into the Lake of fire. This is the final end of Sin on the Earth. GOD recreates the new Earth were the true Saved Christians,Jews,Muslims live forever with Christ RULING with everyone, The Garden of eden brought back to life.
Scriptures from the Bible now to prove all I said in here.
A JEWISH DICTATOR
Daniel 11:37
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
HES A BLASPHEMER
DANIEL 7:25
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
REVELATION 13:5-6
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
What is the spirit of Antichrist, it puts Jesus down exactly what this future EU Dictator will do.
1 John 2:22
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:1-3
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 John 7
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
THIS JEWISH DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION
HOW CAN HE GET AWAY WITH CALLING HIMSELF GOD, BECAUSE OF A FALSE RESURRECTION THATS HOW?
Daniel 11:45 (HE DIES)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Revelation 13:3 (SATAN RESURRECTIONS HIM TO LIFE)
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.
LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION, THIS EU LEADER WILL ALSO AND THATS WHY HE CAN CALL HIMSELF GOD. BECAUSE THE WORLD WILL BELIEVE ITS JESUS.
1 Corinthians 15:22-23
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
GOD SENDS A STRONG DELUTION (THE FALSE RESURRECTION)
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
THIS DICTATOR CLAIMS TO BE GOD
Daniel 11:36
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Revelation 13:8
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.
THE DICTATOR NUKES THE WORLD CHURCH.
REVELATION 17:1-2,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)
THE DICTATOR PERSECUTES ISRAELIS AND SAVED.
REVELATION 12:5-17
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(PETRA IN JORDAN I BELIEVE)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.(3 1/2 yrs only)
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY
REVELATION 19:11-21
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
SATAN BOUND 1000 YRS
REVELATION 20:1-15
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
NEW EARTH
REVELATION 21:1-6
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Jackie Mason Sues Jews For Jesus For Using His Likeness
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Famed Jewish comedian and ordained rabbi Jackie Mason is suing a Christian missionary group for using his likeness and implying he has embraced the Christian deity. The Christian evangelical group, Jews for Jesus, which aims to convince Jews that the Christian faith does not conflict with Judaism, distributed a pamphlet featuring Mason’s likeness and the words, Jackie Mason…A Jew For Jesus!?
On the other side, it says: Jackie’s shtick is that there’s a difference between Jews and Gentiles, and explains why there is, in fact, no difference and Jews can embrace the Christian deity.The pamphlet is part of J4J’s recent media blitz, targeting New York area Jews in direct mailing and handing out literature on subways and street-corners. The group’s spokeswoman reportedly called on Mason to have a sense of humor about the pamphlet.I found it disgusting and obnoxious, Mason said, referring to the pamphlet. And I find it even more disgusting and obnoxious that the spokesman for that organization says, Why doesn't he have a sense of humor about it?
Mason’s lawsuit against the group seeks to see the pamphlets destroyed, and the payment of $2 million in damages and $2 million in compensation due to the damage the defamation has caused him. The pamphlet uses my name, my likeness, my `shtick' (if you will), and my very act, which is derived from my personality, to attract attention and converts,' Mason said in the suit he filed in the New York State Supreme Court. The suit alleges that the group used the comedian’s likeness to advertise a product in violation of the New York State civil rights law.First of all there's no such thing as a Jew for Jesus. If you believe in Jesus you're a Christian.
That's the point of Christianity, Mason said. You can't be a table and also a chair.Although according to Jewish law, a Jew remains a Jew regardless of his embrace of foreign faiths, the Jews for Jesus organization is largely funded and staffed by Christian-born missionaries.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
IRAN TESTS RADAR EVADING MISSLE
1-Ernesto upgraded to hurricane. 2-At least 93 dead in floods in Indian desert state. 3-Firefighters continue to battle Turkey forest fires. 4-Israel 'not fooled' by Iran nuclear assurances. 5-Iran test fires long-range missile. 6-Iran Test Fires Long-Range Missile.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
Ernesto upgraded to hurricane
August 27 2006 at 04:26PM ,By Jim Loney
Miami - Ernesto grew into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Sunday and threatened deforested Haiti with floods and mudslides as it headed for the Gulf of Mexico a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.Forecasters said Ernesto could become a Category 3 hurricane with 185km/h winds in the Gulf, home to a quarter of US oil and gas production, and its most likely path would take it ashore on Florida's west coast near Tampa on Thursday.But first, the growing hurricane took aim at Haiti, where past tropical storms and hurricanes have killed thousands of people, and Cuba.The US National Hurricane Centre said Ernesto's top sustained winds rose early on Sunday to 120km/h, up from 95km/h just a few hours earlier.
The storm was about 185km south-west of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, at 12h00 GMT on Sunday and was a Category 1 storm on the five-stage Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity.A hurricane warning was issued for the southern coast of Haiti meaning hurricane conditions were expected within 24 hours. Forecasters said up to 30cm of rain with up to 50cm in isolated areas could fall on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.Tropical Storm Jeanne killed about 3 000 people in Haiti two years ago when its rains triggered floods and mudslides in and around the city of Gonaives.The Miami-based hurricane centre said Ernesto could become a Category 2 hurricane before it reaches the coast of Cuba on Monday. A Category 2 storm has top sustained winds from 155-177km/h and can cause moderate damage.
By Thursday, it could be a Category 3 hurricane with 185km/h winds as it approaches the US Gulf coast, forecasters said.The hurricane centre said the storm's most likely path would take it ashore on the US Gulf coast between Alabama and the Florida Keys, leaving New Orleans outside of the cone of danger. But Ernesto's potential path had fluctuated dramatically in the past few days.People in New Orleans, still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina's blow last August 29, were keeping a close eye on the storm. Forecasters said warm waters could greatly strengthen Ernesto as it approached the Gulf, where a quarter of US crude oil and natural gas production is based.Our entire coast is on alert,Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Saturday as New Orleans prepared to mark the first anniversary of Katrina.
Katrina flooded most of the historic Southern city after breaching its levees and killed about 1 500 people on the US Gulf Coast.
Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cuba issued hurricane watches as Ernesto approached. A hurricane watch meant hurricane conditions could be expected within 36 hours.Hundreds of Jamaicans cleared supermarket shelves of basic supplies and headed for shelters. Cuban authorities prepared to evacuate the town of Cocodrilo on the Isle of Youth.Ernesto was moving northwest at about 15km/h and on that track its centre was expected to pass near the south-western tip of Haiti on Sunday afternoon and near the south-eastern coast of Cuba on Monday morning.The hurricane centre said a tropical storm watch might be required for parts of the Florida Keys later on Sunday.
Oil prices rose on Friday as Ernesto developed. On Saturday, British oil major BP said it would pull 800 non-essential workers from its Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs and non-producing platforms, cutting its offshore Gulf work force by a third but not affecting production.
Additional reporting by Eric Beech in Washington, Peter Henderson in New Orleans and Erwin Seba in Houston
At least 93 dead in floods in Indian desert state Sun Aug 27, 5:32 AM ET
BARMER, India (AFP) - At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said.
Eight more bodies were recovered Sunday in the state's Barmer district, where the majority of the flood-related deaths have occurred, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.The district is near the border with Pakistan, or about 887 kilometres (549 miles) west of the Indian capital New Delhi.
State officials, citing the numbers of people still missing, said Sunday that the death toll could reach as high as 300, the report said.Government officials had announced Saturday that 51 bodies had been recovered from Barmer, where vast swathes of land remained under water according to aerial footage shown on Indian television.Since the floods began, 51 dead bodies have been found in Barmer. The search is on for 50 (more) people,said Rajendra Singh Rathore, the state's public works minister, according to PTI.
Navy divers and army troops had been called in to rescue around 200 people who had taken shelter atop houses, vehicles and sand dunes after the unusually heavy rains in the desert region, Rathore added.The army had flown nearly 3,500 people by helicopter to higher ground.Rathore said around 47,000 animals had also been found dead.In Barmer's Kawas village, the rains initially brought cheer last week, providing relief from a drought that had lasted for six years. But residents said bloated bodies of people and animals were now floating in the water.Earlier this month, more than 10 million people were affected by floods in four states.
Western Gujarat state faced the brunt with its diamond-polishing hub of Surat remaining under water for five days.
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.
Europe News
Firefighters continue to battle Turkey forest fires
Aug 22, 2006, 17:07 GMT
Ankara - Firefighters continued to battle a number of blazes Tuesday in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea regions with investigators looking into claims that one fire in the Kas region may have been deliberately lit, the Anadolu news agency reported.
By Tuesday afternoon firefighters had brought under control fires in Kusadasi and Adana but were still battling the forest blazes in the Kas and Bodrum regions on the Mediterranean coast. Anadolu quoted a police official saying that the blaze in Kas appeared to have started almost simultaneously at four separate points, leading officials to suspect that it may have been a deliberate act of sabotage by the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) which has in the past been responsible for lighting forest fires.
Using water-dumping helicopters and planes, firefighters were having difficulty bringing the Kas blaze under control due to high winds and rugged terrain. Some 300 hectares of forest had been destroyed in the fire. Another fire in the Bodrum region had destroyed 700 hectares of forest. The blaze had not been brought under control by Tuesday afternoon. In Kusadasi, fire-fighters were mopping up on Tuesday after bringing under control on Monday a blaze that destroyed some 700 hectares of forest. The fire missed by just a few metres from destroying a house in the area of Selcuk where Mary, mother of Jesus, purportedly spent her final years. Apart from the Kas blaze authorities have blamed carelessness and in the case of the Kusadasi fire, a lightning strike, as the cause of the fires. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS,GPS,BIOMETRICS ETC)
Israel 'not fooled' by Iran nuclear assurances Sat Aug 26, 11:42 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel said it was not fooled by assurances from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Tehran's nuclear programme was no threat to the Jewish state.
Israel is not fooled by such declarations, the sole aim of which are to avoid
sanctions being imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council, government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP Saturday.Ahmadinejad has often stated his true intentions concerning Israel, he said, a reference to repeated calls by the Iranian president for the country's destruction.Ahmadinejad said Saturday that one cannot deprive any nation from its rights. The Iranian nation will defend its rights to nuclear technology with force.
Iran is no threat to any nation, even the Zionist regime, he said in Khondab, in central Iran, after inaugurating a heavy water production plant just five days before a UN deadline to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work.The heavy water plant at Arak will supply heavy water to be used as cooling fluid for a 40 MW research reactor due for completion by 2009.The International Atomic Energy Agency has voiced concern over the risk of diversion of nuclear materials, as the research reactor could produce 8-10 kilograms (about 20 pounds) of plutonium a year -- enough to make at least two nuclear bombs.Iran is under intense pressure from the international community to suspend its controversial programme of uranium enrichment, and the UN Security Council has given Tehran until August 31 to comply or face the threat of sanctions.Western countries, led by the United States, believe Iran wants to create nuclear weapons, but the Islamic republic insists it only wants civil nuclear power and has the right to master the required technology.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12 (THE FIRST WAVE THAT MARCH)(EZEKIEL 38+39)
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 (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)
Iran test fires long-range missile
Sunday, August 27, 2006; Posted: 8:03 a.m. EDT (12:03 GMT)
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran test fired a long-range, radar-evading missile on Sunday from a submarine in the Gulf as part of war games that began earlier this month, state television reported.The missile was called Sagheb, which means Piercing, but the report did not give the missile's range.Minutes ago it was launched from a submarine in the Persian Gulf and it hit the target, television
reported.Western nations have been watching developments in Iran's missile capabilities with concern amid a standoff over the country's nuclear program, which the West says is aimed at building atomic bombs. Iran says the program is only civilian.
Iran's military also held war games in the Gulf in April. Those exercises were interpreted by analysts as a thinly veiled threat that Iran could disrupt vital oil shipping lanes if pushed by an escalation in the nuclear dispute.A navy admiral, named only as Kouchaki, told state television the missile had been designed and produced in Iran.It can be installed and launched by Iran's navy. It is a long-range missile, with a very high speed and destructive power. It is also radar evading,he said.The Islamic Republic has three aging Kilo class diesel-electric Russian submarines and also builds midget submarines. The Sagheb is listed as an air defense
missile by the Nuclear Threat Initiative Web site (www.nti.org).Military analysts say Iran often exaggerates its abilities, They argue that its military equipment is outmoded and that new missiles Iran claims to have produced are often modified versions from other countries such as North Korea.
But they also say Iranian forces could, if pushed, cause havoc in shipping lanes in the Gulf, even if they would be no match in any conventional confrontation with the high-tech forces of the U.S. and other navies operating in the area.(Reuters).
Iran Test Fires Long-Range Missile
15:49 Aug 27, '06 / 3 Elul 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Iranian state-run media reports that a long-range surface-to-surface missile was successfully test fired in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. The test exercise was part of ongoing major military exercises that began about a week ago, as Tehran continues to ignore American warnings to cease weapons development, especially Tehran’s ongoing nuclear enrichment program.The Jupiter missile, Iranian officials state, was designed by local experts using Iranian know how, rejecting reports that the advanced weaponry is being developed with the assistance of other countries.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
Ernesto upgraded to hurricane
August 27 2006 at 04:26PM ,By Jim Loney
Miami - Ernesto grew into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Sunday and threatened deforested Haiti with floods and mudslides as it headed for the Gulf of Mexico a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.Forecasters said Ernesto could become a Category 3 hurricane with 185km/h winds in the Gulf, home to a quarter of US oil and gas production, and its most likely path would take it ashore on Florida's west coast near Tampa on Thursday.But first, the growing hurricane took aim at Haiti, where past tropical storms and hurricanes have killed thousands of people, and Cuba.The US National Hurricane Centre said Ernesto's top sustained winds rose early on Sunday to 120km/h, up from 95km/h just a few hours earlier.
The storm was about 185km south-west of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, at 12h00 GMT on Sunday and was a Category 1 storm on the five-stage Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity.A hurricane warning was issued for the southern coast of Haiti meaning hurricane conditions were expected within 24 hours. Forecasters said up to 30cm of rain with up to 50cm in isolated areas could fall on the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.Tropical Storm Jeanne killed about 3 000 people in Haiti two years ago when its rains triggered floods and mudslides in and around the city of Gonaives.The Miami-based hurricane centre said Ernesto could become a Category 2 hurricane before it reaches the coast of Cuba on Monday. A Category 2 storm has top sustained winds from 155-177km/h and can cause moderate damage.
By Thursday, it could be a Category 3 hurricane with 185km/h winds as it approaches the US Gulf coast, forecasters said.The hurricane centre said the storm's most likely path would take it ashore on the US Gulf coast between Alabama and the Florida Keys, leaving New Orleans outside of the cone of danger. But Ernesto's potential path had fluctuated dramatically in the past few days.People in New Orleans, still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina's blow last August 29, were keeping a close eye on the storm. Forecasters said warm waters could greatly strengthen Ernesto as it approached the Gulf, where a quarter of US crude oil and natural gas production is based.Our entire coast is on alert,Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Saturday as New Orleans prepared to mark the first anniversary of Katrina.
Katrina flooded most of the historic Southern city after breaching its levees and killed about 1 500 people on the US Gulf Coast.
Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cuba issued hurricane watches as Ernesto approached. A hurricane watch meant hurricane conditions could be expected within 36 hours.Hundreds of Jamaicans cleared supermarket shelves of basic supplies and headed for shelters. Cuban authorities prepared to evacuate the town of Cocodrilo on the Isle of Youth.Ernesto was moving northwest at about 15km/h and on that track its centre was expected to pass near the south-western tip of Haiti on Sunday afternoon and near the south-eastern coast of Cuba on Monday morning.The hurricane centre said a tropical storm watch might be required for parts of the Florida Keys later on Sunday.
Oil prices rose on Friday as Ernesto developed. On Saturday, British oil major BP said it would pull 800 non-essential workers from its Gulf of Mexico drilling rigs and non-producing platforms, cutting its offshore Gulf work force by a third but not affecting production.
Additional reporting by Eric Beech in Washington, Peter Henderson in New Orleans and Erwin Seba in Houston
At least 93 dead in floods in Indian desert state Sun Aug 27, 5:32 AM ET
BARMER, India (AFP) - At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said.
Eight more bodies were recovered Sunday in the state's Barmer district, where the majority of the flood-related deaths have occurred, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.The district is near the border with Pakistan, or about 887 kilometres (549 miles) west of the Indian capital New Delhi.
State officials, citing the numbers of people still missing, said Sunday that the death toll could reach as high as 300, the report said.Government officials had announced Saturday that 51 bodies had been recovered from Barmer, where vast swathes of land remained under water according to aerial footage shown on Indian television.Since the floods began, 51 dead bodies have been found in Barmer. The search is on for 50 (more) people,said Rajendra Singh Rathore, the state's public works minister, according to PTI.
Navy divers and army troops had been called in to rescue around 200 people who had taken shelter atop houses, vehicles and sand dunes after the unusually heavy rains in the desert region, Rathore added.The army had flown nearly 3,500 people by helicopter to higher ground.Rathore said around 47,000 animals had also been found dead.In Barmer's Kawas village, the rains initially brought cheer last week, providing relief from a drought that had lasted for six years. But residents said bloated bodies of people and animals were now floating in the water.Earlier this month, more than 10 million people were affected by floods in four states.
Western Gujarat state faced the brunt with its diamond-polishing hub of Surat remaining under water for five days.
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.
Europe News
Firefighters continue to battle Turkey forest fires
Aug 22, 2006, 17:07 GMT
Ankara - Firefighters continued to battle a number of blazes Tuesday in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea regions with investigators looking into claims that one fire in the Kas region may have been deliberately lit, the Anadolu news agency reported.
By Tuesday afternoon firefighters had brought under control fires in Kusadasi and Adana but were still battling the forest blazes in the Kas and Bodrum regions on the Mediterranean coast. Anadolu quoted a police official saying that the blaze in Kas appeared to have started almost simultaneously at four separate points, leading officials to suspect that it may have been a deliberate act of sabotage by the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) which has in the past been responsible for lighting forest fires.
Using water-dumping helicopters and planes, firefighters were having difficulty bringing the Kas blaze under control due to high winds and rugged terrain. Some 300 hectares of forest had been destroyed in the fire. Another fire in the Bodrum region had destroyed 700 hectares of forest. The blaze had not been brought under control by Tuesday afternoon. In Kusadasi, fire-fighters were mopping up on Tuesday after bringing under control on Monday a blaze that destroyed some 700 hectares of forest. The fire missed by just a few metres from destroying a house in the area of Selcuk where Mary, mother of Jesus, purportedly spent her final years. Apart from the Kas blaze authorities have blamed carelessness and in the case of the Kusadasi fire, a lightning strike, as the cause of the fires. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS,GPS,BIOMETRICS ETC)
Israel 'not fooled' by Iran nuclear assurances Sat Aug 26, 11:42 AM ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel said it was not fooled by assurances from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Tehran's nuclear programme was no threat to the Jewish state.
Israel is not fooled by such declarations, the sole aim of which are to avoid
sanctions being imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council, government spokesman Avi Pazner told AFP Saturday.Ahmadinejad has often stated his true intentions concerning Israel, he said, a reference to repeated calls by the Iranian president for the country's destruction.Ahmadinejad said Saturday that one cannot deprive any nation from its rights. The Iranian nation will defend its rights to nuclear technology with force.
Iran is no threat to any nation, even the Zionist regime, he said in Khondab, in central Iran, after inaugurating a heavy water production plant just five days before a UN deadline to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel cycle work.The heavy water plant at Arak will supply heavy water to be used as cooling fluid for a 40 MW research reactor due for completion by 2009.The International Atomic Energy Agency has voiced concern over the risk of diversion of nuclear materials, as the research reactor could produce 8-10 kilograms (about 20 pounds) of plutonium a year -- enough to make at least two nuclear bombs.Iran is under intense pressure from the international community to suspend its controversial programme of uranium enrichment, and the UN Security Council has given Tehran until August 31 to comply or face the threat of sanctions.Western countries, led by the United States, believe Iran wants to create nuclear weapons, but the Islamic republic insists it only wants civil nuclear power and has the right to master the required technology.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12 (THE FIRST WAVE THAT MARCH)(EZEKIEL 38+39)
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 (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)
Iran test fires long-range missile
Sunday, August 27, 2006; Posted: 8:03 a.m. EDT (12:03 GMT)
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iran test fired a long-range, radar-evading missile on Sunday from a submarine in the Gulf as part of war games that began earlier this month, state television reported.The missile was called Sagheb, which means Piercing, but the report did not give the missile's range.Minutes ago it was launched from a submarine in the Persian Gulf and it hit the target, television
reported.Western nations have been watching developments in Iran's missile capabilities with concern amid a standoff over the country's nuclear program, which the West says is aimed at building atomic bombs. Iran says the program is only civilian.
Iran's military also held war games in the Gulf in April. Those exercises were interpreted by analysts as a thinly veiled threat that Iran could disrupt vital oil shipping lanes if pushed by an escalation in the nuclear dispute.A navy admiral, named only as Kouchaki, told state television the missile had been designed and produced in Iran.It can be installed and launched by Iran's navy. It is a long-range missile, with a very high speed and destructive power. It is also radar evading,he said.The Islamic Republic has three aging Kilo class diesel-electric Russian submarines and also builds midget submarines. The Sagheb is listed as an air defense
missile by the Nuclear Threat Initiative Web site (www.nti.org).Military analysts say Iran often exaggerates its abilities, They argue that its military equipment is outmoded and that new missiles Iran claims to have produced are often modified versions from other countries such as North Korea.
But they also say Iranian forces could, if pushed, cause havoc in shipping lanes in the Gulf, even if they would be no match in any conventional confrontation with the high-tech forces of the U.S. and other navies operating in the area.(Reuters).
Iran Test Fires Long-Range Missile
15:49 Aug 27, '06 / 3 Elul 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Iranian state-run media reports that a long-range surface-to-surface missile was successfully test fired in the Persian Gulf on Sunday. The test exercise was part of ongoing major military exercises that began about a week ago, as Tehran continues to ignore American warnings to cease weapons development, especially Tehran’s ongoing nuclear enrichment program.The Jupiter missile, Iranian officials state, was designed by local experts using Iranian know how, rejecting reports that the advanced weaponry is being developed with the assistance of other countries.
OPEN LETTER TO WORLD RABBI
1-An open letter to the world By Rabbi Meir Kahane, Z-l 2-Moderate earthquake rattles Montenegro. 3-F-Zero Tornado touches down on Long Island. 4-1,000 police dispatched to fight forest fires in Jambi. 5-Putting Asia on the road to a common market. 6-Enlarged UN force takes shape after European troop pledge by Martine Nouaille.
An open letter to the world
By Rabbi Meir Kahane, Z"l
Dear World,
It Appears That You Are Hard To Please.
I understand that you are upset over us, here in Israel. Indeed, it appears that you are quite upset, even angry and outraged? Indeed, every few years you seem to become upset over us. Today, it is the brutal repression of the Palestinians; yesterday, it was Lebanon; before that it was the bombing of the nuclear reactor in Baghdad and the Yom Kippur War campaign. It appears that Jews who triumph and who, therefore, live, upset you most extraordinarily. Of course, dear world, long before there was an Israel, we, the Jewish people - upset you. We upset a German people who elected a Hitler and we upset an Austrian people who cheered his entry into Vienna and we upset a whole slew of Slavic nations - Poles, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Russians, Hungarians, Romanians. And we go back a long, long way in the history of world upset.
We upset the Cossacks of Chmielnicki who massacred tens of thousands of us in 1648-49; we upset the Crusaders who, on their way to liberate the Holy Land, were so upset at Jews that they slaughtered untold numbers of us. We upset, for centuries, a Roman Catholic Church that did its best to define our relationship through Inquisitions. And we upset the arch-enemy of the Church, Martin Luther, who, in his call to burn the synagogues and the Jews within them, showed an admirable Christian ecumenical spirit.
It is because we became so upset over upsetting you, dear world, that we decided to leave you - in a manner of speaking - and establish a Jewish State. The reasoning was that living in close contact with you, as resident-strangers in the various countries that comprise you, we upset you, irritate you, disturb you. What better notion, then, than to leave you and thus love you - and have you love us? And so we decided to come home - to the same homeland from which we were driven out 1,900 years earlier by a Roman world that, apparently, we also upset. Alas, dear world, it appears that you are hard to please. Having left you and your Pogroms and Inquisitions and Crusades and Holocausts, having taken our leave of the general world to live alone in our own little state - we continue to upset you.You are upset that we repress the poor Palestinians. You are deeply angered over the fact that we do not give up the lands of 1967, which are clearly the obstacle to peace in the Middle East. Moscow is upset and Washington is upset.
The Arabs are upset and the gentle Egyptian moderates are upset. Well, dear world, consider the reaction of a normal Jew from Israel. In 1920, 1921 and 1929, there were no territories of 1967 to impede peace between Jews and Arabs. Indeed, there was no Jewish State to upset anybody. Nevertheless, the same oppressed and repressed Palestinians slaughtered hundreds of Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Safed and Hebron. Indeed, 67 Jews were slaughtered one day in Hebron - in 1929. Dear world, why did the Arabs - the Palestinians - massacre 67 Jews in one day in 1929? Could it have been their anger over Israeli aggression in 1967? And why were 510 Jewish men, women and children slaughtered in Arab riots in 1936-39? Was it because of Arab upset over 1967? And when you, World, proposed a U.N. Partition Plan in 1947 that would have created a Palestinian State alongside a tiny Israel and the Arabs cried and went to war and killed 6,000 Jews - was that upset stomach caused by the aggression of 1967? And, by the way, dear world, why did we not hear your cry of upset, then?
The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who - when they had all the territories they now demand be given them for their state - attempted to drive the Jewish State into the sea. The same twisted faces, the same hate, the same cry of idbah-al-yahud Slaughter the Jews! that we hear and see today, were seen and heard then. The same people, the same dream - destroy Israel. What they failed to do yesterday, they dream of today - but we should not repress them.Dear world, you stood by the Holocaust and you stood by in 1948 as seven states launched a war that the Arab League proudly compared to the Mongol massacres. You stood by in 1967 as Nasser, wildly cheered by wild mobs in every Arab capital in the world, vowed to drive the Jews into the sea. And you would stand by tomorrow if Israel were facing extinction.
And since we know that the Arabs-Palestinians daily dream of that extinction, we will do everything possible to remain alive in our own land. If that bothers you, dear world, well - think of how many times in the past you bothered us. In any event, dear world, if you are bothered by us, here is one Jew in Israel who could not care less.
by amechad @ 8/26/2006 10:24:00 PM.http://amechad.blogspot.com/2006/08/open-letter-to-world-from-jews.html
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake rattles Montenegro Sat Aug 26, 4:13 PM ET
PODGORICA, Montenegro - A moderate earthquake rattled part of southern Montenegro on Saturday, causing panic but no injuries or major damage. The temblor, which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, occurred Saturday evening about 25 miles south of the
capital, Podgorica, at Mount Rumija near the border with Albania, according to Montenegro's Seismological Institute.The quake also was felt in Podgorica, where some people fled their homes in panic.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
F-Zero Tornado touches down on Long Island
Eyewitness News Team
(New York-WABC, August 26, 2006) - The National Weather Service confirms a weak F-zero tornado touchdown in East Massapequa on Friday. The weather service says an F-zero tornado has winds between 40 to 70 mph. Meanwhile, wild weather that rolled through the Tri-State caused flooding in parts of our area, even prompting a tornado warning at one point. In Massapequa, Long Island, trees were uprooted in an entire section all in a matter of seconds. The National Weather Service sent two investigators to find out whether it was in fact a tornado -- and in fact, it was.
In Morris Heights in the Bronx, streets were filled with water. And in East Meadow, Long Island, the water was knee deep. Drivers were trapped in the rising water. In the rest of our Accu-Weather forecast: Saturday, we'll have a mix of sun and clouds with shower likely in the afternoon. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s. Sunday we're looking at the chance of thunderstorms, and highs again just below the 80 degree mark. Really do watch out for thunderstorms, and be prepared to get indoors to safety if one hits suddenly where you are. Monday and Tuesday, more threats of thunderstorms and warmer with highs back in the mid-80s.
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.
1,000 police dispatched to fight forest fires in Jambi
Jambi (ANTARA News) - Jambi Police headquarters has dispatched about 1,000 of its personnel to help people in the province fight forest fires that have spread smoke in the region.The spokesman of the Jambi Police, Adj.Sr.Comr. Yatim Suyatmo, said here Saturday the Jambi Police chief detected hundreds of hot spots when he monitored the fires from the air two days before.The Jambi Police headquarters has dispatched some 1,000 policemen to extinguish the hot spots in cooperation with the Forestry Service of the province.The hot spots that have sparked forest fires are mostly located in Kumpeh sub-district, Muaro Jambi regency. The land surface of the forest in that sub-district is covered by peat soil, which catches fire during the dry season.
The Jambi Police will take strict measures against those responsible for the forest fires and will bring the culprits to court for trial as their negligence has harmed people and spoiled the environment in the province, Suyatmo said. Two suspects in fire cases in Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi, have been detained and the police expect the detention of more fire suspects, according to the spokesman.(*)
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
Comment: Putting Asia on the road to a common market
26 Aug 2006,Adam Kadir
MENTION WTO, Afta, Nafta, Efta and Safta and what comes next is logically the concept and practice of free trade. The "A" in the FTAs stands for either area, agreement or association, which makes the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) stand on a similar footing as the North American Free Trade Association (Nafta).While the FTAs are regional in scope, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on the other hand, as its name implies, is global in its reach, mirroring the United Nations without the unassailable benefits of the major winners of World War 2.
In articulating a free trade area, being the lowest form of economic integration, often more extensive ideas have been put forward about what and when certain objectives are to be achieved. These ideas are usually intrinsic in a common market and political union.Four years ago, in the second last year of his premiership, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad promoted the idea of an Asian Union in a speech in Japan. Two years later, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was quoted by Fortune magazine as urging Asean to form a common market to see its completion by 2020.When these two ideas are pieced together, what inevitably comes to mind are the European Economic Community (EEC), followed by the European Community (EC) and then the European Union (EU). The EEC was formed in 1957, the EC in 1973 and the EU in 1992 over a duration of 35 years of development along the experience of collectively embracing the free trade area, the customs union, the common market, the economic/monetary union and the political union.While the Asian Union is ambitious and awesome, given time it is probably achievable, although it may take more than 35 years.
This is because for such a union to become reality, it requires initially, if the EU model and not that of the African Union were to be adopted, that all potential members record economic performance on a sustained basis, common to all, over a number of years at pre-determined levels.The next phase would emphasise the mandatory freedoms on the movement of goods, workers, establishments, payments and capital, being the vital components of a common market in line with what the Singapore Prime Minister might have meant.To move forward from AFTA to a common market and on to an Asian Union, the right attitude will be to appreciate what the European Court of Justice held of the EC/EU: It is a new legal order that becomes an integral part of a member country’s legal system. Benefiting from membership for an unlimited duration, a member country transfers certain powers and sovereign rights to the community or union.
Whether or not such transfer of powers and sovereign rights is possible in a common market or an Asian Union will surely be a serious matter of deep contemplation, given the robust difference of stands and opinions among countries in this part of the world.
A free trade area, however, is the starting point. Its idea and issues will be discussed henceforth.
* Tan Sri Adam Kadir trained in commercial, corporate and market laws at the University of London and is chairman of Pos Malaysia
Holdings Bhd.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Enlarged UN force takes shape after European troop pledge by Martine Nouaille Sat Aug 26, 11:16 AM ET
ROME (AFP) - Only a day after Europe pledged to provide nearly 7,000 soldiers, the United Nations enlarged peacekeeping force started taking form, as contributors prepared to send troops from early next week. Italy, which will provide the biggest contribution with between 2,000 and 3,000 troops, is counting on other nations to follow its lead when it starts dispatching its contingent on Tuesday.Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and UN chief Kofi Annan stressed in a telephone conversation Saturday the importance of rapidly getting under way with the engagements that have been taken, a statement from the Italian government said Saturday.European nations pledged on Friday in Brussels to provide up to 7,000 troops to reinforce the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is mandated to expand from about 2,000 currently to 15,000 in order to police a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
In line with Annan's wish to see the the first phase of deployment in several days or a week, Prodi said late Friday that the Italian contingent could be able to leave as soon as Tuesday once his cabinet formally approves the mission on Monday.Italian
newspapers said that Rome could send five ships -- including an aircraft carrier -- to Lebanon with 700 to 1,000 troops on board as part of its promised contingent.The warship San Marco, the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, the troop carriers San Giusto and San Giorgio and a patrol boat will leave from their respective Italian ports.In total, 2,500 troops will be on board the Italian ships although less than one thousand would join UNIFIL.The troops called up for the mission will be from the San Marco naval regiment and the elite Serenissima regiment, both battle-hardened from service in Iraq.They are to be accompanied by an amphibious force and special-forces troops as well as a reconnaissance unit with Centauro tanks equipped with 105mm guns.In addition to being the biggest contributor, Italy is to take over command of the UN force next February after France finishes its existing mandate to lead the mission.French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told Saturday's edition of the The Wall Street Journal that the 2,000 troops France has pledged would arrive within 20 days.
A vanguard of 170 French reinforcements arrived in Lebanon on Friday, making France the only country so far to have actually sent troops for the enlarged force. A dozen French army units are on alert to head to Lebanon once the specific missions of each
countries' troops are decided.Despite early hesitations to make a big contribution to the enlarged force, French President Jacques Chirac agreed to send the extra two battalions after winning a robust mandate for UNIFIL as well as guarantees the force would be able to cope if hostilities flare up again.The announcement of the French reinforcements spurred some other EU countries into firming up previously vague promises to contribute.Madrid, which has yet to confirm its contribution, would provide 950 soldiers and 30 to 40 tanks, Spanish radio channel Cadena Ser said Saturday, although when they would leave was not given.Poland, which already has 214 troops in the existing UNIFIL force, is to lift that to 500 soldiers. The newcomers are likely to be responsible for logistics, like the Polish soldiers already in Lebanon, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman said.
Belgium has said that it will send 300 troops within two months and possibly another 100 later, and Finland is offering 250 although no dates were given for when they would leave.Greece is offering a frigate, helicopter and special forces while other countries, notably Portugal and Latvia, have indicated they could send soldiers. Annan said Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia had offered to participate in UNIFIL though Israel has opposed contributions from those Muslim countries because of an absence of diplomatic relations.
An open letter to the world
By Rabbi Meir Kahane, Z"l
Dear World,
It Appears That You Are Hard To Please.
I understand that you are upset over us, here in Israel. Indeed, it appears that you are quite upset, even angry and outraged? Indeed, every few years you seem to become upset over us. Today, it is the brutal repression of the Palestinians; yesterday, it was Lebanon; before that it was the bombing of the nuclear reactor in Baghdad and the Yom Kippur War campaign. It appears that Jews who triumph and who, therefore, live, upset you most extraordinarily. Of course, dear world, long before there was an Israel, we, the Jewish people - upset you. We upset a German people who elected a Hitler and we upset an Austrian people who cheered his entry into Vienna and we upset a whole slew of Slavic nations - Poles, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Russians, Hungarians, Romanians. And we go back a long, long way in the history of world upset.
We upset the Cossacks of Chmielnicki who massacred tens of thousands of us in 1648-49; we upset the Crusaders who, on their way to liberate the Holy Land, were so upset at Jews that they slaughtered untold numbers of us. We upset, for centuries, a Roman Catholic Church that did its best to define our relationship through Inquisitions. And we upset the arch-enemy of the Church, Martin Luther, who, in his call to burn the synagogues and the Jews within them, showed an admirable Christian ecumenical spirit.
It is because we became so upset over upsetting you, dear world, that we decided to leave you - in a manner of speaking - and establish a Jewish State. The reasoning was that living in close contact with you, as resident-strangers in the various countries that comprise you, we upset you, irritate you, disturb you. What better notion, then, than to leave you and thus love you - and have you love us? And so we decided to come home - to the same homeland from which we were driven out 1,900 years earlier by a Roman world that, apparently, we also upset. Alas, dear world, it appears that you are hard to please. Having left you and your Pogroms and Inquisitions and Crusades and Holocausts, having taken our leave of the general world to live alone in our own little state - we continue to upset you.You are upset that we repress the poor Palestinians. You are deeply angered over the fact that we do not give up the lands of 1967, which are clearly the obstacle to peace in the Middle East. Moscow is upset and Washington is upset.
The Arabs are upset and the gentle Egyptian moderates are upset. Well, dear world, consider the reaction of a normal Jew from Israel. In 1920, 1921 and 1929, there were no territories of 1967 to impede peace between Jews and Arabs. Indeed, there was no Jewish State to upset anybody. Nevertheless, the same oppressed and repressed Palestinians slaughtered hundreds of Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Safed and Hebron. Indeed, 67 Jews were slaughtered one day in Hebron - in 1929. Dear world, why did the Arabs - the Palestinians - massacre 67 Jews in one day in 1929? Could it have been their anger over Israeli aggression in 1967? And why were 510 Jewish men, women and children slaughtered in Arab riots in 1936-39? Was it because of Arab upset over 1967? And when you, World, proposed a U.N. Partition Plan in 1947 that would have created a Palestinian State alongside a tiny Israel and the Arabs cried and went to war and killed 6,000 Jews - was that upset stomach caused by the aggression of 1967? And, by the way, dear world, why did we not hear your cry of upset, then?
The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who - when they had all the territories they now demand be given them for their state - attempted to drive the Jewish State into the sea. The same twisted faces, the same hate, the same cry of idbah-al-yahud Slaughter the Jews! that we hear and see today, were seen and heard then. The same people, the same dream - destroy Israel. What they failed to do yesterday, they dream of today - but we should not repress them.Dear world, you stood by the Holocaust and you stood by in 1948 as seven states launched a war that the Arab League proudly compared to the Mongol massacres. You stood by in 1967 as Nasser, wildly cheered by wild mobs in every Arab capital in the world, vowed to drive the Jews into the sea. And you would stand by tomorrow if Israel were facing extinction.
And since we know that the Arabs-Palestinians daily dream of that extinction, we will do everything possible to remain alive in our own land. If that bothers you, dear world, well - think of how many times in the past you bothered us. In any event, dear world, if you are bothered by us, here is one Jew in Israel who could not care less.
by amechad @ 8/26/2006 10:24:00 PM.http://amechad.blogspot.com/2006/08/open-letter-to-world-from-jews.html
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake rattles Montenegro Sat Aug 26, 4:13 PM ET
PODGORICA, Montenegro - A moderate earthquake rattled part of southern Montenegro on Saturday, causing panic but no injuries or major damage. The temblor, which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, occurred Saturday evening about 25 miles south of the
capital, Podgorica, at Mount Rumija near the border with Albania, according to Montenegro's Seismological Institute.The quake also was felt in Podgorica, where some people fled their homes in panic.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
F-Zero Tornado touches down on Long Island
Eyewitness News Team
(New York-WABC, August 26, 2006) - The National Weather Service confirms a weak F-zero tornado touchdown in East Massapequa on Friday. The weather service says an F-zero tornado has winds between 40 to 70 mph. Meanwhile, wild weather that rolled through the Tri-State caused flooding in parts of our area, even prompting a tornado warning at one point. In Massapequa, Long Island, trees were uprooted in an entire section all in a matter of seconds. The National Weather Service sent two investigators to find out whether it was in fact a tornado -- and in fact, it was.
In Morris Heights in the Bronx, streets were filled with water. And in East Meadow, Long Island, the water was knee deep. Drivers were trapped in the rising water. In the rest of our Accu-Weather forecast: Saturday, we'll have a mix of sun and clouds with shower likely in the afternoon. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s. Sunday we're looking at the chance of thunderstorms, and highs again just below the 80 degree mark. Really do watch out for thunderstorms, and be prepared to get indoors to safety if one hits suddenly where you are. Monday and Tuesday, more threats of thunderstorms and warmer with highs back in the mid-80s.
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.
1,000 police dispatched to fight forest fires in Jambi
Jambi (ANTARA News) - Jambi Police headquarters has dispatched about 1,000 of its personnel to help people in the province fight forest fires that have spread smoke in the region.The spokesman of the Jambi Police, Adj.Sr.Comr. Yatim Suyatmo, said here Saturday the Jambi Police chief detected hundreds of hot spots when he monitored the fires from the air two days before.The Jambi Police headquarters has dispatched some 1,000 policemen to extinguish the hot spots in cooperation with the Forestry Service of the province.The hot spots that have sparked forest fires are mostly located in Kumpeh sub-district, Muaro Jambi regency. The land surface of the forest in that sub-district is covered by peat soil, which catches fire during the dry season.
The Jambi Police will take strict measures against those responsible for the forest fires and will bring the culprits to court for trial as their negligence has harmed people and spoiled the environment in the province, Suyatmo said. Two suspects in fire cases in Tanjung Jabung Barat, Jambi, have been detained and the police expect the detention of more fire suspects, according to the spokesman.(*)
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
Comment: Putting Asia on the road to a common market
26 Aug 2006,Adam Kadir
MENTION WTO, Afta, Nafta, Efta and Safta and what comes next is logically the concept and practice of free trade. The "A" in the FTAs stands for either area, agreement or association, which makes the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) stand on a similar footing as the North American Free Trade Association (Nafta).While the FTAs are regional in scope, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on the other hand, as its name implies, is global in its reach, mirroring the United Nations without the unassailable benefits of the major winners of World War 2.
In articulating a free trade area, being the lowest form of economic integration, often more extensive ideas have been put forward about what and when certain objectives are to be achieved. These ideas are usually intrinsic in a common market and political union.Four years ago, in the second last year of his premiership, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad promoted the idea of an Asian Union in a speech in Japan. Two years later, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was quoted by Fortune magazine as urging Asean to form a common market to see its completion by 2020.When these two ideas are pieced together, what inevitably comes to mind are the European Economic Community (EEC), followed by the European Community (EC) and then the European Union (EU). The EEC was formed in 1957, the EC in 1973 and the EU in 1992 over a duration of 35 years of development along the experience of collectively embracing the free trade area, the customs union, the common market, the economic/monetary union and the political union.While the Asian Union is ambitious and awesome, given time it is probably achievable, although it may take more than 35 years.
This is because for such a union to become reality, it requires initially, if the EU model and not that of the African Union were to be adopted, that all potential members record economic performance on a sustained basis, common to all, over a number of years at pre-determined levels.The next phase would emphasise the mandatory freedoms on the movement of goods, workers, establishments, payments and capital, being the vital components of a common market in line with what the Singapore Prime Minister might have meant.To move forward from AFTA to a common market and on to an Asian Union, the right attitude will be to appreciate what the European Court of Justice held of the EC/EU: It is a new legal order that becomes an integral part of a member country’s legal system. Benefiting from membership for an unlimited duration, a member country transfers certain powers and sovereign rights to the community or union.
Whether or not such transfer of powers and sovereign rights is possible in a common market or an Asian Union will surely be a serious matter of deep contemplation, given the robust difference of stands and opinions among countries in this part of the world.
A free trade area, however, is the starting point. Its idea and issues will be discussed henceforth.
* Tan Sri Adam Kadir trained in commercial, corporate and market laws at the University of London and is chairman of Pos Malaysia
Holdings Bhd.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Enlarged UN force takes shape after European troop pledge by Martine Nouaille Sat Aug 26, 11:16 AM ET
ROME (AFP) - Only a day after Europe pledged to provide nearly 7,000 soldiers, the United Nations enlarged peacekeeping force started taking form, as contributors prepared to send troops from early next week. Italy, which will provide the biggest contribution with between 2,000 and 3,000 troops, is counting on other nations to follow its lead when it starts dispatching its contingent on Tuesday.Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and UN chief Kofi Annan stressed in a telephone conversation Saturday the importance of rapidly getting under way with the engagements that have been taken, a statement from the Italian government said Saturday.European nations pledged on Friday in Brussels to provide up to 7,000 troops to reinforce the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is mandated to expand from about 2,000 currently to 15,000 in order to police a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
In line with Annan's wish to see the the first phase of deployment in several days or a week, Prodi said late Friday that the Italian contingent could be able to leave as soon as Tuesday once his cabinet formally approves the mission on Monday.Italian
newspapers said that Rome could send five ships -- including an aircraft carrier -- to Lebanon with 700 to 1,000 troops on board as part of its promised contingent.The warship San Marco, the aircraft carrier Garibaldi, the troop carriers San Giusto and San Giorgio and a patrol boat will leave from their respective Italian ports.In total, 2,500 troops will be on board the Italian ships although less than one thousand would join UNIFIL.The troops called up for the mission will be from the San Marco naval regiment and the elite Serenissima regiment, both battle-hardened from service in Iraq.They are to be accompanied by an amphibious force and special-forces troops as well as a reconnaissance unit with Centauro tanks equipped with 105mm guns.In addition to being the biggest contributor, Italy is to take over command of the UN force next February after France finishes its existing mandate to lead the mission.French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told Saturday's edition of the The Wall Street Journal that the 2,000 troops France has pledged would arrive within 20 days.
A vanguard of 170 French reinforcements arrived in Lebanon on Friday, making France the only country so far to have actually sent troops for the enlarged force. A dozen French army units are on alert to head to Lebanon once the specific missions of each
countries' troops are decided.Despite early hesitations to make a big contribution to the enlarged force, French President Jacques Chirac agreed to send the extra two battalions after winning a robust mandate for UNIFIL as well as guarantees the force would be able to cope if hostilities flare up again.The announcement of the French reinforcements spurred some other EU countries into firming up previously vague promises to contribute.Madrid, which has yet to confirm its contribution, would provide 950 soldiers and 30 to 40 tanks, Spanish radio channel Cadena Ser said Saturday, although when they would leave was not given.Poland, which already has 214 troops in the existing UNIFIL force, is to lift that to 500 soldiers. The newcomers are likely to be responsible for logistics, like the Polish soldiers already in Lebanon, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman said.
Belgium has said that it will send 300 troops within two months and possibly another 100 later, and Finland is offering 250 although no dates were given for when they would leave.Greece is offering a frigate, helicopter and special forces while other countries, notably Portugal and Latvia, have indicated they could send soldiers. Annan said Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia had offered to participate in UNIFIL though Israel has opposed contributions from those Muslim countries because of an absence of diplomatic relations.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
IRAN OPENS ATOMIC PROJECT
1-Tropical Storm Ernesto threatens Caribbean. 2-Fire destroys St. Petersburg cathedral domes. 3-ASEAN inks expanded pact with U.S. 4-Israel and Lebanon hail EU troop pledge.5-Iranian Ex-President Cautions West on Nuclear Pressure. 6-Iran leader opens atomic project.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
Tropical Storm Ernesto threatens Caribbean 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fifth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Ernesto, could strengthen into a hurricane and threaten U.S. oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said on Saturday. At 5 a.m. (0900 GMT), the center of Ernesto was about 255 miles south of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, and moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph (26 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.
Sustained winds were about 45 mph (75 kph).
The system could drop 2 to 4 inches of rain over portions of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with possible isolated amounts of 8 inches.A tropical storm warning is in effect for the south coast of Hispaniola and a tropical storm watch is in effect for Jamaica, the hurricane center said, adding that residents of the Cayman Islands and of western Cuba should also be on guard.Tropical storms do not have powerful winds, but they can bring heavy rains that pose a danger for undeveloped nations, like Haiti, with poor building standards.
Energy traders also watched the storm because of the potential for it to strengthen as it neared the Gulf, where hurricanes temporarily knocked out much of U.S. crude oil and natural gas production last year. The Gulf provides about a quarter of U.S. oil and gas output.The Miami-based hurricane center forecast that Ernesto would become a Category 1 hurricane, with 74-mile-per-hour(119-km-per-hour) winds, by Monday, a day before the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and killed about 1,500 people.The Gulf waters this year are particularly warm. Warm waters are the fuel hurricanes need to gain power.
Ernesto could become a potentially dangerous hurricane as it moves across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico,the hurricane center said in a bulletin on the storm.
MATTHEW 24:1-2
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Fire destroys St. Petersburg cathedral domes Fri Aug 25, 10:36 PM ET
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A fire gutted a 19th century cathedral in the heart of Russia's second city on Friday, destroying its famous azure domes which attract thousands of tourists every year.
As flames leapt from the main dome of the Troitsky (Trinity) Cathedral one of the largest wooden domes in Europe passers-by helped to rescue priceless artifacts from its renowned art and religious icon collection.The fire services don't have long enough ladders to reach the top of the dome. They have been aiming their water guns at the middle section,Reuters photographer Alexander Demyanchuk said by telephone from outside the cathedral.The cathedral had been covered by wooden scaffolding during reconstruction work when the fire started.
The main dome has been destroyed but we could not stop the fire because it was so high and now other domes are in flames,a spokesman for Russia's emergencies ministry told Interfax news agency.Emergency services said there had been no casualties.The Troitsky Cathedral, built overlooking one of central St Petersburg's canals, is big enough to hold 3,000 worshippers and also housed the military uniforms of Russian 19th century tsars.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
ASEAN inks expanded pact with U.S.
Associated Press
Kuala Lumpur A bloc of Southeast Asian nations Friday sealed an expanded trade and investment agreement with the United States, the region's No. 1 trading partner.U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and ministers from the 10-member Association
of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, signed the Trade and Investment Facilitation Arrangement, or TIFA.Ms. Schwab made it clear, however, that Washington would not lift economic sanctions or shift its stance toward military-ruled Myanmar over its poor human rights record.
Malaysian Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz warned that the TIFA must not be used to pressure Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, toward democracy.The TIFA deal capped weeklong meetings that saw the 39-year-old Asian bloc strengthening links with its key trade partners to try and make the region more competitive economically.
The nonbinding arrangement between ASEAN and Washington outlined initial co-operation programs. Washington will support the ASEAN Single Window project to harmonize procedures and create a “common custom system throughout ASEAN for the entry of goods,Ms. Schwab's office said in a statement.
Two-way trade between ASEAN and the U.S. rose 12.4 per cent to $152-billion in 2005.The TIFA also urges co-operation on pharmaceutical regulatory issues aiming at speeding the delivery of innovative medicines to ASEAN countries,according to a joint statement, and calls for co-operation concerning sanitary issues in specific agricultural goods, a key sector for both sides.American pharmaceutical firms have complained that generic drug copies of patented medicines are eating into their revenue and affecting their research capabilities. Poorer countries say they cannot afford the high cost of some patented lifesaving or life-extending medicines.
Malaysia's Rafidah said the TIFA was not a precursor to a free trade agreement and expressed hopes it would contribute toward Myanmar's national reconciliation but cautioned that it should not be used to pressure the country toward democracy. I would rather not put this cloud, this whole group exercise we have with U.S. with individual country issues,she said.
Ms. Schwab said, The TIFA will be a platform to intensify our trade and investment relations with the ASEAN region, which collectively constitutes our fourth largest trading partner,adding that The United States has very serious concerns about human rights in Myanmar. The TIFA is not going to change that.ASEAN ministers held talks later with Australia and New Zealand, where they agreed to wrap up free trade talks by mid-2007, so they could begin gradually freeing up their trade in goods, services and investment from Jan. 1, 2008,
according to a joint statement.Trade in goods between ASEAN and the two countries surged 23 per cent year over year to $35.6-billion in 2005.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Israel and Lebanon hail EU troop pledge by Charly Wegman
1 hour, 49 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) Israel and Lebanon both welcomed an EU pledge to contribute up to 7,000 troops to a beefed-up UN peacekeeping mission capable of enforcing the fragile truce with Shiite militants of Hezbollah. Israel congratulates European countries on their decision to send these contingents for the international force in Lebanon, foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev said following Friday's decision by the 25-nation bloc.This decision will greatly contribute to the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701,he said, with the EU now supplying more than half the extra soldiers needed to bring the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) up to its mandated 15,000 from its current count of 2,000.Mohammed Chatah, a senior advisor to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, told AFP that "the government is very satisfied with this positive and important decision.
Following some delay and some doubts, the backbone of the international force has now been determined and it will allow for the Israeli army to quickly withdraw from south Lebanon and for the army to deploy in the region, Chatah said.UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is due in Beirut on Monday to discuss the deployment with Lebanese leaders, also hailed the EU's decision.
We may have a unique opportunity to transform the cessation of hostilities into a durable ceasefire,he said in Brussels.Half of the EU troops are to be deployed rapidly, with the 2,000 troops France has pledged to arrive within 20 days, Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told The Wall Street Journal.But French President Jacques Chirac, who was speaking separately Friday in Paris, said a level of 15,000 troops was excessive and it made no sense to have such a large contingent alongside the Lebanese army in the region.
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy put the EU deployment at 6,500 to 7,000 soldiers on the ground, which means that the spinal column of the reinforced UNIFIL will be European.The force is crucial to shoring up Resolution 1701, which on August 14 brought an end to the brutal 34-day conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.The UN chief also proposed that France see out its current term as commander of the force, which expires at the end of January, after which Italy would take over.Italy is expected to supply up to 3,000 soldiers, which would make it the biggest contributor to the force.Italian newspapers said that Rome could send five ships -- including an aircraft carrier -- to Lebanon as early as Tuesday with 700 to 1,000 troops on board as part of its promised contingent of up to 3,000 troops.The green light for the deployment will be given in a decree by the Italian government,
which is meeting on Monday.
The troops called up for the mission will be from the San Marco naval regiment and the elite Serenissima regiment, both battle-hardened from service in Iraq.France, though, played a key role diplomatically in revamping the force, having co-authored the UN resolution with the United States. It also enjoys close relations with Lebanon, a former colony.A vanguard of 170 French reinforcements arrived in Lebanon on Friday, making France the only country so far to have actually sent troops. Chirac said he agreed to send the extra two battalions after winning a robust mandate for UNIFIL as well as guarantees the force would be able to cope if hostilities flare up again. While UN peacekeepers are usually allowed to use lethal force only when directly threatened a limitation which hobbled UN peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia and elsewhere -- Alliot-Marie said France had received assurances that troops could use force in other situations.
As an example, she said that if a UN patrol was blocked on the road by the Hezbollah militia -- but not shot at -- UN troops could do nothing under the normal UN rules of engagement. What we got was that they can, Alliot-Marie was quoted as saying in Saturday's edition of The Wall Street Journal. I don't want to send men so that they can be humiliated on the ground. The announcement of the French reinforcements spurred some other EU countries into firming up previously vague promises to contribute.
Spain said it would send 1,000 to 1,200 soldiers, Poland another 300 in addition to the 200 currently serving in UNFIL, Belgium 300 within two months and possibly another 100 later, and Finland 250. Greece is offering a frigate, helicopter and special forces while other countries, notably Portugal and Latvia, have indicated they could send soldiers, but no details were given Friday. Annan said Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia had offered to participate in UNIFIL -- though Israel has opposed contributions from those Muslim countries because of an absence of diplomatic relations.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech 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 (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)
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Iranian Ex-President Cautions West on Nuclear Pressure
By Steve Herman,Tokyo,25 August 2006
Iran's former president has warned the world against pressuring Tehran about its nuclear program. Mohammad Khatami comments come just days before a United Nations Security Council deadline for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities. Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Friday accused the West of starting a crisis over his country's nuclear programs. Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami speaks at the U.N. University in Tokyo Friday, August 25, 2006 Speaking at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Mr. Khatami said Iran's uranium enrichment is for completely peaceful purposes. The Islamic scholar said world powers have a double standard of supporting a country in the Middle East with hundreds of nuclear warheads a reference to Israel while trying to prevent Iran from using nuclear technology to generate electricity.
Mr. Khatami says the West is pouring gasoline over a fire, creating a crisis in a region ready to explode. The United States, Germany and other countries say they are not satisfied with Iran's response to a package of incentives to halt its nuclear activities.
Tehran faces an August 31 deadline to stop enriching uranium, or face possible sanctions by the United Nations. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Friday said Tokyo will refrain from commenting on Iran's response. Japan is Iran's largest export market for oil.Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki recently indicated his government would be reluctant to include oil in any economic sanctions that might be imposed on Iran. Tanigaki, noting what he calls Japan's extremely large dependence on Iranian oil, says halting the flow of such imports would cause great difficulty for the country, and would not be in Japan's interest.
Japan has maintained good relations with Iran, even though Tokyo's main ally, the United States, does not. Two years ago, Iran agreed to let Japanese companies develop its Azadegan oil field, which is believed to have the largest untapped reserves in the world. But negotiations on how to carry out the $2 billion project have stalled. Mr. Khatami, president of Iran from 1997 until last year, met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday.
Mr. Khatami regarded as a moderate compared with the more conservative leadership now in Tehran reportedly asked Mr. Koizumi to have Japan play a role in resolving the nuclear standoff through dialogue, not pressure. The Japanese Foreign Ministry says the prime minister told Mr. Khatami that Japan hopes Iran will cooperate with and respect the will of the international community. Earlier in the week, Iran formally responded to an incentive package offered by the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany. Iran called for a new round of negotiations, but gave no indication of complying with next Thursday's deadline.
Iran leader opens atomic project (Reuters)
Saturday, August 26, 2006 Posted: 0837 GMT (1637 HKT)
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated a new phase in the Arak heavy-water reactor project, part of Iran's atomic program which the West fears is aimed at producing bombs.A Reuters witness said on Saturday the president inaugurated the project and toured the site at Khondab, which is near Arak, 190 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of the capital Tehran. The plant's plutonium by-product could be used to make atomic warheads.The move came days before a U.N. deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment, the part of the program which is the biggest worry to the West. But the latest development is likely to raise further fears in Western capitals.
Inaugurating the heavy water production plant in Arak is a big step towards using Iran's right, which means reaching peaceful nuclear technology,Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi was quoted by state television as saying.An Iranian nuclear official said this week that heavy water production itself was not a proliferation risk, but a Western diplomat said such a move would not be a constructive step.Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to master technology to produce nuclear weapons. Iran, the world's fourth largest oil exporter, insists its aim is only for electricity.A small group of correspondents from foreign news
organizations were taken with Iranian journalists to Khondab, the site near Arak where the heavy-water project is being built, to attend the presidential speech.
The complex was protected by dozens of anti-aircraft guns and surrounded by a four-meter high barbed wire fence. Photographers and TV journalists were asked not to take any images except in areas where they were specifically permitted.The Iranian nuclear official had said Iran would start up heavy-water production but not the reactor. He said this unit had no military use so supervision by the U.N. watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was not obligatory.The product of this project provides for cooling and depleting systems of the reactor, that can be used in various industries,the official had told Reuters.
Be afraid
The West's main concern is Iran's program for enriching uranium, a process that can be used to make fuel for nuclear power stations or material for bombs.The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on July 31 giving Iran 30 days to halt enrichment or face possible sanctions. The resolution also cited a call by the IAEA for Iran to reconsider construction of its heavy water reactor project.Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, warned the West in comments published by Iran's Sharq newspaper on Saturday that putting pressure on the country could prompt public calls for Iran to pursue a weapons program.
Be afraid of the day that the Iranian nation comes into the streets and stages demonstrations to ask the government to produce nuclear weapons to combat the threats,he said.Iranian officials consistently say Iran has no plans to build atomic weapons. Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued a religious decree, saying making, stockpiling or using nuclear weapons was against Islamic beliefs, the official IRNA news agency reported in August 2005.
Six world powers have offered Iran incentives to halt enrichment. But Iran has so far only hinted it might be ready to consider halting the work as a result of talks, not as a precondition.The reply seemed tailored to divide the four Western powers and Russia and China who agreed to the deadline on Aug. 31.The United States has said the six powers will move quickly to adopt sanctions if Iran disregards the deadline. Britain, Germany and France have been less conclusive in public.Russia and China, both trade partners of Iran, have been unwilling and could veto sanctions in the Security Council.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(GLOBAL WARMING)
Tropical Storm Ernesto threatens Caribbean 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fifth tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Ernesto, could strengthen into a hurricane and threaten U.S. oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said on Saturday. At 5 a.m. (0900 GMT), the center of Ernesto was about 255 miles south of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, and moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph (26 kph), the National Hurricane Center said.
Sustained winds were about 45 mph (75 kph).
The system could drop 2 to 4 inches of rain over portions of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica and Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with possible isolated amounts of 8 inches.A tropical storm warning is in effect for the south coast of Hispaniola and a tropical storm watch is in effect for Jamaica, the hurricane center said, adding that residents of the Cayman Islands and of western Cuba should also be on guard.Tropical storms do not have powerful winds, but they can bring heavy rains that pose a danger for undeveloped nations, like Haiti, with poor building standards.
Energy traders also watched the storm because of the potential for it to strengthen as it neared the Gulf, where hurricanes temporarily knocked out much of U.S. crude oil and natural gas production last year. The Gulf provides about a quarter of U.S. oil and gas output.The Miami-based hurricane center forecast that Ernesto would become a Category 1 hurricane, with 74-mile-per-hour(119-km-per-hour) winds, by Monday, a day before the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and killed about 1,500 people.The Gulf waters this year are particularly warm. Warm waters are the fuel hurricanes need to gain power.
Ernesto could become a potentially dangerous hurricane as it moves across the northwestern Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico,the hurricane center said in a bulletin on the storm.
MATTHEW 24:1-2
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Fire destroys St. Petersburg cathedral domes Fri Aug 25, 10:36 PM ET
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A fire gutted a 19th century cathedral in the heart of Russia's second city on Friday, destroying its famous azure domes which attract thousands of tourists every year.
As flames leapt from the main dome of the Troitsky (Trinity) Cathedral one of the largest wooden domes in Europe passers-by helped to rescue priceless artifacts from its renowned art and religious icon collection.The fire services don't have long enough ladders to reach the top of the dome. They have been aiming their water guns at the middle section,Reuters photographer Alexander Demyanchuk said by telephone from outside the cathedral.The cathedral had been covered by wooden scaffolding during reconstruction work when the fire started.
The main dome has been destroyed but we could not stop the fire because it was so high and now other domes are in flames,a spokesman for Russia's emergencies ministry told Interfax news agency.Emergency services said there had been no casualties.The Troitsky Cathedral, built overlooking one of central St Petersburg's canals, is big enough to hold 3,000 worshippers and also housed the military uniforms of Russian 19th century tsars.
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
ASEAN inks expanded pact with U.S.
Associated Press
Kuala Lumpur A bloc of Southeast Asian nations Friday sealed an expanded trade and investment agreement with the United States, the region's No. 1 trading partner.U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and ministers from the 10-member Association
of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, signed the Trade and Investment Facilitation Arrangement, or TIFA.Ms. Schwab made it clear, however, that Washington would not lift economic sanctions or shift its stance toward military-ruled Myanmar over its poor human rights record.
Malaysian Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz warned that the TIFA must not be used to pressure Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, toward democracy.The TIFA deal capped weeklong meetings that saw the 39-year-old Asian bloc strengthening links with its key trade partners to try and make the region more competitive economically.
The nonbinding arrangement between ASEAN and Washington outlined initial co-operation programs. Washington will support the ASEAN Single Window project to harmonize procedures and create a “common custom system throughout ASEAN for the entry of goods,Ms. Schwab's office said in a statement.
Two-way trade between ASEAN and the U.S. rose 12.4 per cent to $152-billion in 2005.The TIFA also urges co-operation on pharmaceutical regulatory issues aiming at speeding the delivery of innovative medicines to ASEAN countries,according to a joint statement, and calls for co-operation concerning sanitary issues in specific agricultural goods, a key sector for both sides.American pharmaceutical firms have complained that generic drug copies of patented medicines are eating into their revenue and affecting their research capabilities. Poorer countries say they cannot afford the high cost of some patented lifesaving or life-extending medicines.
Malaysia's Rafidah said the TIFA was not a precursor to a free trade agreement and expressed hopes it would contribute toward Myanmar's national reconciliation but cautioned that it should not be used to pressure the country toward democracy. I would rather not put this cloud, this whole group exercise we have with U.S. with individual country issues,she said.
Ms. Schwab said, The TIFA will be a platform to intensify our trade and investment relations with the ASEAN region, which collectively constitutes our fourth largest trading partner,adding that The United States has very serious concerns about human rights in Myanmar. The TIFA is not going to change that.ASEAN ministers held talks later with Australia and New Zealand, where they agreed to wrap up free trade talks by mid-2007, so they could begin gradually freeing up their trade in goods, services and investment from Jan. 1, 2008,
according to a joint statement.Trade in goods between ASEAN and the two countries surged 23 per cent year over year to $35.6-billion in 2005.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Israel and Lebanon hail EU troop pledge by Charly Wegman
1 hour, 49 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) Israel and Lebanon both welcomed an EU pledge to contribute up to 7,000 troops to a beefed-up UN peacekeeping mission capable of enforcing the fragile truce with Shiite militants of Hezbollah. Israel congratulates European countries on their decision to send these contingents for the international force in Lebanon, foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev said following Friday's decision by the 25-nation bloc.This decision will greatly contribute to the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701,he said, with the EU now supplying more than half the extra soldiers needed to bring the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) up to its mandated 15,000 from its current count of 2,000.Mohammed Chatah, a senior advisor to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, told AFP that "the government is very satisfied with this positive and important decision.
Following some delay and some doubts, the backbone of the international force has now been determined and it will allow for the Israeli army to quickly withdraw from south Lebanon and for the army to deploy in the region, Chatah said.UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, who is due in Beirut on Monday to discuss the deployment with Lebanese leaders, also hailed the EU's decision.
We may have a unique opportunity to transform the cessation of hostilities into a durable ceasefire,he said in Brussels.Half of the EU troops are to be deployed rapidly, with the 2,000 troops France has pledged to arrive within 20 days, Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told The Wall Street Journal.But French President Jacques Chirac, who was speaking separately Friday in Paris, said a level of 15,000 troops was excessive and it made no sense to have such a large contingent alongside the Lebanese army in the region.
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy put the EU deployment at 6,500 to 7,000 soldiers on the ground, which means that the spinal column of the reinforced UNIFIL will be European.The force is crucial to shoring up Resolution 1701, which on August 14 brought an end to the brutal 34-day conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.The UN chief also proposed that France see out its current term as commander of the force, which expires at the end of January, after which Italy would take over.Italy is expected to supply up to 3,000 soldiers, which would make it the biggest contributor to the force.Italian newspapers said that Rome could send five ships -- including an aircraft carrier -- to Lebanon as early as Tuesday with 700 to 1,000 troops on board as part of its promised contingent of up to 3,000 troops.The green light for the deployment will be given in a decree by the Italian government,
which is meeting on Monday.
The troops called up for the mission will be from the San Marco naval regiment and the elite Serenissima regiment, both battle-hardened from service in Iraq.France, though, played a key role diplomatically in revamping the force, having co-authored the UN resolution with the United States. It also enjoys close relations with Lebanon, a former colony.A vanguard of 170 French reinforcements arrived in Lebanon on Friday, making France the only country so far to have actually sent troops. Chirac said he agreed to send the extra two battalions after winning a robust mandate for UNIFIL as well as guarantees the force would be able to cope if hostilities flare up again. While UN peacekeepers are usually allowed to use lethal force only when directly threatened a limitation which hobbled UN peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia and elsewhere -- Alliot-Marie said France had received assurances that troops could use force in other situations.
As an example, she said that if a UN patrol was blocked on the road by the Hezbollah militia -- but not shot at -- UN troops could do nothing under the normal UN rules of engagement. What we got was that they can, Alliot-Marie was quoted as saying in Saturday's edition of The Wall Street Journal. I don't want to send men so that they can be humiliated on the ground. The announcement of the French reinforcements spurred some other EU countries into firming up previously vague promises to contribute.
Spain said it would send 1,000 to 1,200 soldiers, Poland another 300 in addition to the 200 currently serving in UNFIL, Belgium 300 within two months and possibly another 100 later, and Finland 250. Greece is offering a frigate, helicopter and special forces while other countries, notably Portugal and Latvia, have indicated they could send soldiers, but no details were given Friday. Annan said Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia had offered to participate in UNIFIL -- though Israel has opposed contributions from those Muslim countries because of an absence of diplomatic relations.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech 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 (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)
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Iranian Ex-President Cautions West on Nuclear Pressure
By Steve Herman,Tokyo,25 August 2006
Iran's former president has warned the world against pressuring Tehran about its nuclear program. Mohammad Khatami comments come just days before a United Nations Security Council deadline for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities. Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Friday accused the West of starting a crisis over his country's nuclear programs. Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami speaks at the U.N. University in Tokyo Friday, August 25, 2006 Speaking at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Mr. Khatami said Iran's uranium enrichment is for completely peaceful purposes. The Islamic scholar said world powers have a double standard of supporting a country in the Middle East with hundreds of nuclear warheads a reference to Israel while trying to prevent Iran from using nuclear technology to generate electricity.
Mr. Khatami says the West is pouring gasoline over a fire, creating a crisis in a region ready to explode. The United States, Germany and other countries say they are not satisfied with Iran's response to a package of incentives to halt its nuclear activities.
Tehran faces an August 31 deadline to stop enriching uranium, or face possible sanctions by the United Nations. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Friday said Tokyo will refrain from commenting on Iran's response. Japan is Iran's largest export market for oil.Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki recently indicated his government would be reluctant to include oil in any economic sanctions that might be imposed on Iran. Tanigaki, noting what he calls Japan's extremely large dependence on Iranian oil, says halting the flow of such imports would cause great difficulty for the country, and would not be in Japan's interest.
Japan has maintained good relations with Iran, even though Tokyo's main ally, the United States, does not. Two years ago, Iran agreed to let Japanese companies develop its Azadegan oil field, which is believed to have the largest untapped reserves in the world. But negotiations on how to carry out the $2 billion project have stalled. Mr. Khatami, president of Iran from 1997 until last year, met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday.
Mr. Khatami regarded as a moderate compared with the more conservative leadership now in Tehran reportedly asked Mr. Koizumi to have Japan play a role in resolving the nuclear standoff through dialogue, not pressure. The Japanese Foreign Ministry says the prime minister told Mr. Khatami that Japan hopes Iran will cooperate with and respect the will of the international community. Earlier in the week, Iran formally responded to an incentive package offered by the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany. Iran called for a new round of negotiations, but gave no indication of complying with next Thursday's deadline.
Iran leader opens atomic project (Reuters)
Saturday, August 26, 2006 Posted: 0837 GMT (1637 HKT)
TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated a new phase in the Arak heavy-water reactor project, part of Iran's atomic program which the West fears is aimed at producing bombs.A Reuters witness said on Saturday the president inaugurated the project and toured the site at Khondab, which is near Arak, 190 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of the capital Tehran. The plant's plutonium by-product could be used to make atomic warheads.The move came days before a U.N. deadline for Iran to halt uranium enrichment, the part of the program which is the biggest worry to the West. But the latest development is likely to raise further fears in Western capitals.
Inaugurating the heavy water production plant in Arak is a big step towards using Iran's right, which means reaching peaceful nuclear technology,Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi was quoted by state television as saying.An Iranian nuclear official said this week that heavy water production itself was not a proliferation risk, but a Western diplomat said such a move would not be a constructive step.Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to master technology to produce nuclear weapons. Iran, the world's fourth largest oil exporter, insists its aim is only for electricity.A small group of correspondents from foreign news
organizations were taken with Iranian journalists to Khondab, the site near Arak where the heavy-water project is being built, to attend the presidential speech.
The complex was protected by dozens of anti-aircraft guns and surrounded by a four-meter high barbed wire fence. Photographers and TV journalists were asked not to take any images except in areas where they were specifically permitted.The Iranian nuclear official had said Iran would start up heavy-water production but not the reactor. He said this unit had no military use so supervision by the U.N. watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was not obligatory.The product of this project provides for cooling and depleting systems of the reactor, that can be used in various industries,the official had told Reuters.
Be afraid
The West's main concern is Iran's program for enriching uranium, a process that can be used to make fuel for nuclear power stations or material for bombs.The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on July 31 giving Iran 30 days to halt enrichment or face possible sanctions. The resolution also cited a call by the IAEA for Iran to reconsider construction of its heavy water reactor project.Iran's deputy parliament speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, warned the West in comments published by Iran's Sharq newspaper on Saturday that putting pressure on the country could prompt public calls for Iran to pursue a weapons program.
Be afraid of the day that the Iranian nation comes into the streets and stages demonstrations to ask the government to produce nuclear weapons to combat the threats,he said.Iranian officials consistently say Iran has no plans to build atomic weapons. Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued a religious decree, saying making, stockpiling or using nuclear weapons was against Islamic beliefs, the official IRNA news agency reported in August 2005.
Six world powers have offered Iran incentives to halt enrichment. But Iran has so far only hinted it might be ready to consider halting the work as a result of talks, not as a precondition.The reply seemed tailored to divide the four Western powers and Russia and China who agreed to the deadline on Aug. 31.The United States has said the six powers will move quickly to adopt sanctions if Iran disregards the deadline. Britain, Germany and France have been less conclusive in public.Russia and China, both trade partners of Iran, have been unwilling and could veto sanctions in the Security Council.
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