1-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 2-Storm Helene strengthens. 3-Tropical Storm Lane heads toward Baja. 4-Eight killed by storm as floods continue to punish Ethiopia. 5-Gordon holds its Category 3 strength. 6-Taiwan issues warning against Typhoon Shanshan. 7-Firefighters Still Battling Record Year Of Blazes. 8-Islamic History Expert: Moslem Peace with Israel? Never! 9-Bibi Waves His Flag. 10-2006 Hotter Than Ever So Far in U.S. 11-Divine or dangerous, he's got disciples. 12-Muslim anger grows at Pope speech. 13-Woman killed in Montreal shooting, attacker gunned down by police.
This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
September 15, 2006
Dear Friends,
Rising anti-Semitism, coupled with crippling poverty, continue to make life difficult for Jews in Argentina, home of the largest Jewish community in Latin America.There is a large Muslim population in this South American country, and the Hezbollah terrorist group is said to have training camps in the north.
Hezbollah is believed to be responsible for a 1992 bombing at the Israeli embassy in Argentina's capitol, Buenos Aires, which killed 29 people, as well as a devastating 1994 blast at a Jewish community center that killed 87 and injured hundreds more.Recent events have been less violent but no less disturbing. Anti-Semitic graffiti ,Be patriotic, kill Jews - has been appearing around the country. Two anti-Israel rallies in August drew thousands. An alliance between radical Muslims and the political far left seems to be developing. Understandably, Jews are ill at ease - and growing more so every day.
Can there be any doubt why so many Jews long to make aliyah (emigrate) to Israel, their biblical and spiritual homeland? In their countries of origin, their lives may be threatened for practicing their religion. But in Israel, whatever dangers they face, they at least face them in their own country, where they can practice their religion and live freely, as Jews.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon often emphasized the critical importance of aliyah to Israel's strength and security, and I could not agree more. When you give to The Fellowship's On Wings of Eagles program, which helps Jews living in poverty and danger around the world make aliyah and supports their klitah (resettlement) in Israel, you're doing more than just giving individual Jews the chance at a better life you're strengthening the entire Jewish nation.The Psalmist said, Save us O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations (Psalm 106:47).
Please help us put these biblical words into action by continuing the important work of On Wings of Eagles. On behalf of Israel and Jews everywhere, thank you.
With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
Founder and President
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
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.
Storm Helene strengthens Thu Sep 14, 11:48 AM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Helene strengthened as it churned westward across the Atlantic on Thursday, while Hurricane Gordon remained a powerful Category 3 storm, but neither posed any immediate threat to land. By 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT),
Helene, the eighth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, had maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour (75 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The swirling mass of gusty thunderstorms was located around 835 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and was moving west at 20 mph (32 kph), the Miami-based center said in an advisory.It was expected to strengthen in the coming days into a hurricane but would most likely start curving to the northwest well before approaching the U.S. East Coast, computer models showed.Gordon, meanwhile, the season's third hurricane and the first to become what meteorologists call a major storm with winds in excess of 111 mph (154 kph), was located around 560 miles east-southeast of the British mid-Atlantic territory of Bermuda and moving north-northeast at 12 mph (19 kph).With winds of 120 mph (195 kph), it was expected to keep well east of Bermuda, which was raked by Hurricane Florence on Monday, and eventually weaken over cooler waters.
While three hurricanes have formed in August and September, the 2006 season has been mild compared to 2005, when 28 named storms swept through the Atlantic and the Caribbean, 15 of which strengthened into hurricanes.Hurricane Katrina devastated New
Orleans just over a year ago and hurricanes Rita and Katrina were among the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded.Weather forecasters initially predicted that this year would also be more active than usual but have since cut their storm forecasts.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Wednesday that the formation of El Nino conditions in the eastern Pacific could be one reason there are fewer storms than had been expected. An unusual warming of Pacific waters, el Nino conditions tend to thwart the formation of Atlantic cyclones.
Tropical Storm Lane heads toward Baja 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Lane lashed Mexico's Pacific Coast with winds and rain Thursday, flooding streets in Acapulco before setting on a course to hit the hurricane-battered tip of the Baja California peninsula. The storm was centered about 95 miles south of Manzanillo and was moving parallel to the coast at 13 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch were issued for a stretch of coast southeast of the resort of Puerta Vallarta. Forecasters said the storm was expected to strengthen to a hurricane on Friday, then hit land near Cabo San Lucas late Saturday.
Lane dumped rain and whipped up waves in Acapulco, where authorities closed the port to small boats. Streets were covered in up to 16 inches of water — including the beachside Costera Miguel Aleman, which runs past many of the resort's luxury hotels.There was also some flooding at the Acapulco airport, although service was not interrupted.Forecasters warned up to 10 inches of rain were possible.The storm was following the same path as Hurricane John, which raked Mexico's Pacific Coast early this month before slamming into Baja California, killing five people.
Eight killed by storm as floods continue to punish Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - At least eight people, including a family of seven, were killed in a fierce rainstorm that pounded eastern Ethiopia as floods continued to ravage the country, officials said. The new fatalities brought the nationwide toll from unusually heavy seasonal rains and flash floods since last month to at least 647 and came in Dire Dawa, which is still recovering from deadly August flooding, they said.The seven-member family was killed when rains late on Wednesday collapsed their small shack in the town, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) east of Addis Ababa, regional police spokesman Biniam Fikru said.The house broke down because of the heavy brain and killed the whole family,he told AFP from Dire Dawa, adding that an eighth person, an 18-year-old boy died after being electrocuted by a fallen power line.
Dire Dawa was the first Ethiopian municipality to be hit by the fatal flash
floods in early August when two rivers burst their banks, killing at least 256 people, and displacing more than 10,000.No new inundations were reported from Wednesday's storm but the United Nations said this week devastating floods continued to wreak havoc across Ethiopia, affecting some 357,000 people.More than 136,000 of those have been left homeless, swamping temporary shelter sites and hampering aid deliveries, particularly in northern Amhara region, where nearly 100,000, 37,000 of them displaced, are affected, it said.The new figure represents a substantial rise in damage from the flash floods that had affected at least 118,000 people in in eastern, southern and northern Ethiopia as of August 25.In Amhara, 68,000 people are in need immediate food assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report released on Tuesday.Large areas of cropped land are swamped by the flood,it said, noting that unusually heavy seasonal rains had expanded Lake Tana, the region's largest body of water, by 50 meters (yards).
This has increased the risk of further flood damage,it said, adding that a newly constructed bridge to a resettlement camp had been destroyed in the region, adding to inhabitants' woes and forcing deliveries to be made by boat.In the central and southern Oromiya region, OCHA reported a dramatic increase in the number of flood-affected people to 77,000, with a doubling and tripling of the figure, to nearly 75,000, in the southeastern Somali region.
The agency said water and sanitation facilities were urgently needed in camps for the displaced due to fears of the spread of waterborne diseases, like cholera, and malaria.Ethiopian authorities have appealed for 27 million dollars (21 million euros) in funds to deal with the disaster, which struck first in the east in early August and then hit the southwest.Forecasters have warned the country will likely face further flood threats from the rains that are expected to continue until the end of the wet season in September.Ethiopia, home to some 70 million people, has faced heavy floods and droughts in recent years along with other countries in the Horn of Africa which have endured cycles of deadly weather for decades.
Gordon holds its Category 3 strength Thu Sep 14, 11:54 AM ET
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Helene moved quickly in the open Atlantic early Thursday, and a powerful Hurricane Gordon held on to its Category 3 strength, but neither posed any threat to land, forecasters said. In Canada, where Hurricane Florence's remnants raked Newfoundland with 100 mph wind gusts and bands of rain on Wednesday, the winds were expected to drop as the storm moved eastward during the day, the Canadian Hurricane Center said.Helene, the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, had top sustained winds near 45 mph Thursday morning, well below the 74 mph threshold for a hurricane. It formed late Wednesday night and was not expected to threaten land, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.We feel fairly confident that this thing could end up over the middle of the Atlantic,meteorologist Hugh Cobb said.At 11 a.m. EDT, it was centered 835 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and moving west over warm Atlantic waters at 20 mph, forecasters said. A gradual strengthening and turn toward the west-northwest was expected Thursday and Friday morning.
While the storm's path was somewhat uncertain, forecasters expected the storm to eventually turn northward, Cobb said.Gordon was upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane late Wednesday when its top sustained winds jumped to 120 mph, up from 110 mph earlier in the day, forecasters said.The hurricane was moving out to sea and was no threat to land, according to the hurricane center. Gordon's clearly defined eye was centered about 560 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving north-northeast near 12 mph. Some gradual weakening was expected Thursday and Friday, forecasters said.Although Gordon's eye remains distinct, it has become smaller and a little less well-defined, said Richard Knabb, a senior hurricane specialist.Some waves could reach Bermuda, but the British territory should not feel tropical storm force winds, forecasters said.The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. The National Hurricane Center's latest forecast for the season expects between seven and nine hurricanes, a slight reduction from earlier predictions.
Federal scientists said Wednesday that the season hasn't been as busy because weak El Nino conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific. El Nino means higher ocean temperatures that inhibit hurricanes by increasing crosswinds over the Caribbean. This vertical wind shear can rip storms apart or even stop them from forming.But National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists warned that the El Nino impacts on hurricanes have been small so far.We are still in the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season, and conditions remain generally conducive for hurricane formation,said Gerry Bell, the agency's lead seasonal hurricane forecaster.
Taiwan issues warning against Typhoon Shanshan Thu Sep 14, 8:37 AM ET
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau has issued an alert as Tyhoon Shanshan was approaching bringing with it the threat of strong winds and torrential rain. The center of Shanshan, which is a Chinese woman's name, was 470 kilometers (291 miles) east-southeast of Taiwan's southernmost tip Oluanpi at 17:30 pm (0930 GMT), the bureau said Thursday.With a radius of 200 kilometers, the typhoon was moving west-northwest at a speed of 10 kilometers an hour and packing winds gusting up to 144 kilometers per hour.Residents in eastern and northeastern Taiwan were urged to take precautions against the downpours and powerful winds and avoid activities near the sea. Those in mountainous regions were told to watch out for mudslides.In July, Tropical Storm Bilis killed three people on the island while Typhoon Kaemi injured four people. Both storms claimed hundreds of lives on the
Chinese mainland.
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.
Firefighters Still Battling Record Year Of Blazes
Web Editor: Rhonda Erskine, Online Content Producer
Updated: 9/13/2006 9:53:10 PM
Foresters have some grave news about this year's wildfires. They say more U.S. land has been scorched in 2006 than in any year since at least 1960, blackening an area twice the size of New Jersey.And more acreage is still going up in smoke.
California firefighters are trying to protect a mobile home park from the erratic winds driving a fierce blaze across the Los Padres National Forest. Only Interstate Five separates the flames marching across 27,000 acres from the Paradise Ranch area. In Washington state, forest fire managers say more residents have been advised to flee the flames in the Stehekin Valley. And firefighters in Oregon are hoping that fall's first storm, and maybe even snow, will dampen 2 lightning-triggered fires there.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
EZEKIEL 38:1-2,5-7
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,
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.
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,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Islamic History Expert: Moslem Peace with Israel? Never!
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Islam History Professor Moshe Sharon of Hebrew University told a counter-terrorism conference Thursday, There is no possibility of peace between Israel and the Palestinians whatsoever - ever. Sharon, speaking at the annual conference of Herzliya’s Counter Terrorism Institute, said that Iran is dead serious about obtaining and using nuclear weapons in order to bring about its vision of an
Islamic End of Days.The veteran expert on Islam says that Western officials fail to grasp that the Arab and Islamic world truly see Israel’s establishment as a reversal of history and are therefore unable to ever accept peaceful relations with it. From Moslems’ perspective, Islamic territory was taken away from Islam by Jews. You know by now that this can never be accepted, not even one meter. So everyone who thinks Tel Aviv is safe is making a grave mistake. Territory which at one time was dominated by Islamic rule, now has become non-Moslem. Non-Moslems are independent of Islamic rule and Jews have created their own independent state. It is anathema. Worse, Israel, a non-Moslem state, is ruling over Moslems. It is unthinkable that non-Moslems should rule over Moslems.
Sharon dismissed various peace treaties signed by Moslem and Arab officials over the years as pieces of paper, parts of tactics and strategies… with no meaning.Sharon’s assessment focused on the danger posed by Iran. From studying Iranian culture, literature, newspapers, broadcasts and interviews with major players in the Islamic regime, Sharon concludes that a deep belief in a Shiite messiah is at the root of Iran’s nuclear project.They truly believe that the Shiite messiah, the 12th Imam (also known as the Mahdi), is here, and that he will reveal himself… What moves the Iranian government and leadership today is first and foremost the wish to bring about the 12th Imam. Addressing the theological doctrine of how exactly the this Messiah will be revealed, Sharon explained:
How will they bring him? Through an apocalypse. He (the Mahdi) needs a war. He cannot come into this world without an Armageddon. He wants an Armageddon. The earlier we understand this the better. Ahmadinejad wants nuclear weapons for this!
Sharon has in the past insisted that the Western world was engaging in great folly by differentiating between radical and peaceful Islam. All of a sudden we see that the greatest interpreters of Islam are politicians in the Western world,he wrote sarcastically. They know better than all the speakers in the mosques, all those who deliver terrible sermons against anything that is either Christian or Jewish. These Western politicians know that there is good Islam and bad Islam. They know even how to differentiate between the two - except that none of them know how to read a word of Arabic.The difference between Judaism, Christianity and Islam is as follows: Judaism speaks about national salvation - namely, that at the end of the story, when the world becomes a better place, Israel will be in its own land, ruled by its own king and serving G-d. Christianity speaks about the idea that every single person in the world can be saved from his sins, while Islam speaks about ruling the world. I can quote here in Arabic, but there is no point in quoting Arabic, so let me quote a verse in English: ‘Allah sent Mohammed with the true religion so that it should rule over all the religions.
The idea, then, is not that the whole world would necessarily become Moslem at this time, but that the whole world would be subdued under the rule of Islam. That, Sharon insists, is the plan, in black-and-white, of the Iranian regime. This is why [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad seeks nuclear weapons,he emphasized. The faster we realize this, the better.
(09/15/2006)
Bibi Waves His Flag
Carolyn Slutsky
When he was Israel’s UN ambassador in the 1980s, Benjamin Netanyahu built his reputation as a smooth communicator. But in a speech at New York University last week, he may have hit a wrong note.The former Israeli prime minister told students that each of you today is a publishing house,and encouraged them to take to the Internet and print their views on the truth about Israel.In his impassioned speech, co-sponsored by the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU and Caravan for Democracy, a program of the Jewish National Fund and Media Watch International, Netanyahu spoke about the recent war in Lebanon and said he felt Israel was disproportionately restrained when dealing with Hezbollah fighters, who he called latter-day Nazis. He also referred to the growing spread of fundamentalist Islam in the Middle East, saying, Israel is the first Western target, but not the last.If I had to say one thing on college campuses, it is stand up, be armed with the truth,said Netanyahu, speaking before an audience of more than 900 area students at The Cooper Union’s Great Hall.
But some affiliated with NYU felt Netanyahu’s effort to urge students to type away at computers lacked sensitivity, especially given the burgeoning dialogue between Jewish and Muslim students at the university. Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, the Bronfman Center’s manager of Jewish religious life, said that conversation, rather than trigger-finger Internet postings, offered the best route toward discussing Israel’s role in the Middle East. We have a unique opportunity — an emergency — on campuses which are calmer, to develop deep relationships and friendships between Jewish and Muslim students,said Rabbi Sarna.Cindy Greenberg, executive director of the Bronfman Center, said: On any campus you need both the flag wavers and the bridge builders.
We knew Bibi would speak to flag wavers, but we also know there are other students on campus who are good at building bridges. We try to reach out to as broad a reach of people as possible.
She noted that after Netanyahu’s speech Sarna and NYU’s Muslim chaplain Khalid Latif would be holding a joint discussion session so students could voice their reactions and concerns.Still, Netanyahu continued to wave his flag. He spoke extensively about Iran’s production of nuclear weapons and the threat to Israel and to Western civilization if Iran proceeded unchecked.I will not go back to those gas chambers,said Netanyahu at the close of an impromptu half-hour speech.The only way a society can defend itself is to light candles for truth flip on the Internet, and light candles for truth.
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.
2006 Hotter Than Ever So Far in U.S. LiveScience Staff
LiveScience.com ,2 hours, 4 minutes ago
The first eight months of 2006 was the warmest in the continental United States since record-keeping began in 1895, NOAA officials said today.The period of June through August was the second warmest on record. Above-average rainfall last month in the central and southwestern parts of the country alleviated drought conditions in some areas, but moderate-to-extreme drought continued to affect 40 percent of the country, according to a statement from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.The average June-August 2006 temperature for the contiguous United States, based on preliminary data, was 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average of 72.1 degrees. This summer, at an average of 74.5 degrees, was slightly cooler than the record of 74.7 degrees set in 1936 during the Dust Bowl era. Eight of the past 10 summers have been warmer than the U.S. average for the same period going back to 1895.Last year is thought to have been the warmest on record for the entire planet. Visit LiveScience.com
Well heres one of those Satanic false Messiahs like Jesus warned us about as a sign of the last age days. The future EU JEWISH DICTATOR will have some of these decievers traits, and many more.
MATTHEW 24:3-5
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?(AGE OF GRACE)
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.(TRICK)
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Divine or dangerous, he's got disciplesBY ALEXANDRA ALTER
aalter@MiamiHerald.com
The apostle wears a bulletproof vest when he's preaching in Colombia, retains a battalion of 50 bodyguards across the United States and drives to his Doral church headquarters in an armored Seven Series BMW.Followers say he's Jesus. Detractors call him a cult leader. And José Luis De Jesús Miranda -- a paunchy, middle-aged man from Puerto Rico who favors $10,000 Rolexes and claims millions of disciples worldwide -- believes many people would like to see him dead.It's no wonder the sect generates controversy. De Jesús' followers have disrupted Catholic processions on Good Friday, protested outside an evangelical church gathering in Miami's Tropical Park and chanted anti-Catholic slogans during a parade in Lima honoring the city's patron saint, El Señor de los Milagros.
Today, some 500 members of Creciendo en Gracia -- Growing in Grace -- plan to march in downtown Miami to proclaim their leader as Christ incarnate. In a show of solidarity with their prophet, members say they will destroy crucifixes, rosaries, statues of the Virgin Mary and other saints and tear up literature published by the Jehovah's Witnesses and other Christian movements.
Simultaneous protests are planned in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina and Guatemala -- countries where De Jesús has sizable followings.We don't believe Christians have the right to call themselves Christians,De Jesús said, leaning back in a plush leather chair at his church headquarters, a gray corporate warehouse in Doral. For 2,000 years, they used the wrong gospel.Some Christian leaders dismiss the protests as ill-conceived publicity stunts. Others regard them as disruptive and even dangerous.He has developed a campaign against mainstream churches and they have been vicious,said the Rev. Julio Perez of Nuevo Esperanza, a faith-based community advisory board in Hialeah.
De Jesús -- who during a recent interview wore tinted glasses, a black polo T-shirt and a conspicuous gold pendant around his neck with the moniker SSS (short for the church's motto, Salvo Siempre Salvo, saved always saved) -- could more easily pass for a banker or lawyer than the messiah.Adherents call him Apostle, the Man Christ Jesus, God and Daddy and shower him with money and gifts.
I believe he's the lord,said Alvaro Albarracin, 37, a Miami businessman who oversees corporate donations to the church. I will be thankful to him in as many ways as I can, especially with money, because money is nothing.When De Jesús founded Creciendo en Gracia in a Hialeah warehouse 20 years ago, he claimed a few hundred followers. As his movement and reputation grew, so did his title. In 1988, he announced he was the reincarnation of the Apostle Paul. In 1999, he dubbed himself the Other,a spiritual super-being who would pave the way for Christ's second coming. In 2004, he proclaimed himself to be Jesus Christ and the sole interpreter of the gospel.His claim to divinity led to defections including his first wife, Nydia, and his son Jose Luis Jr., who started his own church in Puerto Rico.Thousands more, however, have flocked to the movement.Creciendo en Gracia now lists more than 300 education centers in 52 countries, 200 pastors, 225 radio programs and its own 24-hour Spanish language satellite network that's beamed into some 3 million homes.
Religious leaders in the United States and Latin America have criticized De Jesús, calling him a false prophet who deceives his followers.'They have really strange catchy phrases that are reflective of their bad theology,said Father Albert Cutié, pastor of St.Francis de Sales Catholic Church, a South Beach parish where De Jesús' followers protested a Good Friday procession this year.
When any rabbi, priest, pastor or minister presumes to be a divine being there's a serious problem. This is more of a cult.The church seems eager to court controversy. After The Miami New Times published an article last February that was critical of the movement, church members distributed copies during services and used the cover art -- an illustration of the historical Jesus with the headline He's Back! in a promotional film.
SIN ABOLISHED
Devotees say De Jesús -- who preaches that sin was abolished when Jesus died on the cross, that the devil doesn't exist and that God's chosen are predestined for salvation -- has brought them happiness and personal prosperity.Lucy Fuentes, a former Catholic who joined the movement in 1988, said she was tired of feeling like a sinner. De Jesús' message freed her from such ideas, she said.My life belongs to him,said Fuentes, who lives in Hollywood and works at a mortgage company. People say, You're brainwashed. I say, look, I'm happy. I didn't drink any poison.José Luis De Jesús Miranda was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1946.
He grew up in a poor neighborhood and says he became a heroin addict at age 14. After landing in jail for theft, De Jesús converted to a conservative Protestant movement through a faith-based juvenile justice program. He later moved to Lawrence, Mass., joined an evangelical church and became a pastor.
In 1986, De Jesús moved his wife and five children to a rented one-bedroom apartment in North Miami after, he says, God told him to found a Florida church. De Jesús rented a Hialeah warehouse to hold services and more than 500 people showed up the first Sunday.As the movement mushroomed, De Jesús retained tight control over the message. Today, only De Jesús and his right-hand man, Carlos Cestero, are allowed to preach. Followers repeat De Jesús' distinct religious vocabularly, calling other religions the system,and labeling his religious messages codes.I don't study the Bible,he said, chuckling. I don't go into rooms for prayer. Who am I going to pray to?In his quest to form God's government on earth,De Jesús has created a powerful financial and religious network.
De Jesús congregants run more than 450 businesses, including a Miami mortgage business, a massage parlor in Honduras and a Brazilian restaurant in the Dolphin Mall.Some of the companies bear the title Apos,short for apostle. Among them is Apos Mortgage in Hallandale Beach and Apos Health and Beauty in Miami. Many of the businesses give 10 percent or more of their proceeds to the church, said Alvaro Albarracin, a church member and enthusiastic donor who holds the title Entrepreneur of Entrepreneurs.De Jesús said all the money feeds into the ministry. The satellite network costs about some $40,000 a month, while the Doral headquarters costs about $1.4 million a year to maintain. He receives an annual salary of $98,000, he said.
WEALTH PRAISED
His followers reject the notion that religious leaders should live modestly. Albarracin,who heads MiamiLA Entertainment -- a film production company that lists De Jesús as its owner and chairman on its website credits De Jesús with his financial success, calling him his personal angel.When he joined the church more than a decade ago, Albarracin was working as a salesman at Rooms To Go. Within a few years, Albarracin started a website, and then a successful Web-hosting company. In 2002, he sold the company, Dialtone Internet, for more than $16 million. He said he gave 20 percent of the profits to Creciendo en Gracia.Albarracin said his parents used to belong to the movement but became suspicious when he started giving De Jesús so much money. He no longer speaks to his parents.Albarracin chooses to side with his prophet.This could be the truth, or this could be the biggest cult that ever existed, the said with a smile. I'm cashing in on the truth.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Now the poor Pope is getting harassed from the muslims for speaking Truth. Look for the Usual riots and burning of Catholic Churches now that the muslims are against the pope. I must say once again Islam is such a peaceful, forgiving religion is it not.
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Last Updated: Friday, 15 September 2006, 11:08 GMT 12:08 UK
Muslim anger grows at Pope speech
The Pope's comments came on a visit to Germany A statement from the Vatican has failed to quell criticism of Pope Benedict XVI from Muslim leaders, after he made a speech about the concept of holy war. Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Muhammad had brought the world only evil and inhuman things. Pakistan's parliament passed a resolution on Friday criticising the Pope for making derogatory comments. The Vatican said the Pope had not intended to offend Muslims. It is clear that the Holy Father's intention is to cultivate a position of respect and dialogue towards other religions and cultures, and that clearly includes Islam,said chief Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi in a statement.
But in spite of the statement, the pontiff returned to Rome to face a barrage of criticism, reports the BBC's David Willey in Rome. The head of the Muslim Brotherhood said the Pope's remarks aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world.
Violence and faith
The controversy comes on an important day for the Vatican, with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former Archbishop of Genoa, taking over as secretary of state. Our correspondent says Pope Benedict, who has been closeted with his chief advisers at his summer residence near Rome, is upset at the way in which his remarks have been interpreted. But there is no sense of panic at the Vatican, he says, and preparation for the Pope's forthcoming visit to Turkey, a predominantly Muslim secular nation, next November, are going ahead as planned.In his speech at Regensburg University, the German-born Pope explored the historical and philosophical differences between Islam and Christianity, and the relationship between violence and faith. Stressing that they were not his own words, he quoted Emperor Manuel II Paleologos of the Byzantine Empire, the Orthodox Christian empire which had its capital in what is now the Turkish city of Istanbul.
The emperor's words were, he said: Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. Benedict said I quote twice to stress the words were not his and added that violence was incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. The intention here is not one of retrenchment or negative criticism, but of broadening our concept of reason and its application,he added in the concluding part of his speech.Only thus do we become capable of that genuine dialogue of cultures and religions so urgently needed today.
Angry and hurt
Pakistan's parliament passed a resolution demanding that the Pope retract his remarks in the interest of harmony between religions. The derogatory remarks of the Pope about the philosophy of jihad and Prophet Mohammed have injured sentiments across the Muslim world and pose the danger of spreading acrimony among the religions,the AFP news agency quoted the resolution by the country's national assembly as saying. The remarks prompted fears of unrest in Indian-administered Kashmir, as a result of which two separatist leaders were put under house arrest. Meanwhile, the hostile remarks drew a demand for an apology from a top religious official in Turkey. Ali Bardakoglu recalled atrocities committed by Roman Catholic Crusaders against Orthodox Christians and Jews, as well as Muslims, in the Middle Ages.
In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood head Mohammed Mahdi Akef said the Pope's words do not express correct understanding of Islam and are merely wrong and distorted beliefs being repeated in the West. The 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference also said it regretted the Pope's remarks.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
DECIEVERS WAXING WORSE AND WORSE.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Woman killed in Montreal shooting, attacker gunned down by police
09/14/2006
Scores of panicked students at Dawson College fled into the streets of Canada's second largest city after the shooting began around lunch time on Wednesday.
A young man in a black trench coat and a mohawk haircut opened fire at a Montreal college, killing a woman and wounding at least 19 other people before police shot and killed him, witnesses and authorities said.
Scores of panicked students at Dawson College fled into the streets of Canada's second largest city after the shooting began around lunch time on Wednesday.Some had clothes stained with blood; others cried and clung to each other. Two nearby shopping centres and a daycare centre also were evacuated and the subway service was disrupted.Witnesses said the attacker started firing outside the college before walking in the front door. Much of the shooting was in the second-floor cafeteria, where students dropped to the floor and lay in terror. At times the gunman hid behind vending machines before emerging to take aim. Teachers ran through the halls, telling everyone to get out of the building.
Acting alone
Police were near the scene on an unrelated call and called for backup. Police hid behind a wall as they exchanged fire with the gunman, whose back was against a vending machine, said student Andrea Barone, who was in the cafeteria. Montreal Police Chief Yvan Delorme said the suspect had three weapons. He did not specify what, but said one may have been an automatic because of the rate of firing.Delorme said the attacker appeared to be acting alone and was shooting haphazardly. He then aimed at police before he was gunned down.Police with guns drawn stood behind a police cruiser as a SWAT team swarmed the 12-acre (nearly 5-hectare) campus.
Eight in critical condition
Montreal General Hospital said 11 people were admitted, including eight who were in critical condition. Nine others were taken to two other hospitals.One young woman later died, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the victim's next-of-kin had not yet been notified.The shooting recalled the 1999 attack at Columbine High School in the US state of Colorado, where two students wearing trench coats killed 13 people before killing themselves.Canada's worst mass shooting also happened in Montreal. Gunman Marc Lepine killed 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnic on Dec. 6, 1989, before shooting himself.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
U.S ISRAEL EYE TO EYE ON PEACE
1-This is a Time for Authority and Resurrection. 2-Insurers Study Implanting RFID Chips in Patients. 3-Pope Condemns Violence in Name of God. 4-U.S. seeks Iran sanctions now, EU stress talks first. 5-U.S., Israel eye-to-eye on Mideast peace. 6-No Lebanon-Israel contact possible: Siniora. 7-Prodi proposes to chop down EU constitution. 8-CORRECTED US, EU should forge basis for WTO deal-New Zealand.
True Churches we have to have Unity for Christ, and fight the good fight of faith. So GOD can work through us, and use us for his GLORY. WE PRAY let your will be done KING JESUS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD.
JOEL 2:23,28-32
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.(ROSH HASHANA, ISRAELS NEW YEAR,THIS YEAR SEPTEMBER 22,2006)
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
August 7, 2006--Colleyville, TX BY KIM CLEMENT
This is a Time for Authority and Resurrection
For God says, Do you hear and understand that this shall not be a time of labor. Labor is over.God says, This is a time of authority, where you will speak and the waters will come forth. You will not need to dig a well any longer. Even though tonight you have dug a well for yourself.God says, You will speak, Spring up o' well, you will not need to dig anymore, for God says, Out of your mouths shall flow the issues of life, out of your mouths shall flow the very thoughts and very purposes of God.
This is a time of resurrection. Rejoice, for now you shall hear the sounds of abundance. For today, even as I sent you the rain and it was an outpouring, God says, This is symbolic of a rain that is coming of a kind you have never had. Do not say, We are the Bible belt. God says, I unbuckled the Bible belt, and I revealed your nakedness, and for a season you were naked and retched, but God says, now I have buckled you up and I am ready, says the Lord, to do what I said I would do in the late 1950's, in 1957, in '58, in 59, I said that I would do something in this region, now look at it.
For God says, Even as they are surrounded by houses and by land, this place shall once again venture forth, this place shall once again prosper. Let the prophet prophesy, for surely he is plowing in a soil that they said, is a soil that is hardened and it can never bring forth. It is being plowed right now, at this very moment, so it will bring forth a harvest, and it will bring it forth quickly. This is not going to be a small work, this is going to be a huge work. This is not going to be a small thing, not just another poor little thing that could hold on for dear life. I have a purpose, and I breathe upon you, on you, and I say that Jehovah shall rein in this place, says the Lord.
What is in the Earth Shall Heal and Bring Forth a Quick Cure
God says, I will take medical science, and I will once again prove what I have said before, what is in the earth shall heal, and what is in the earth shall bring forth a cure and a quick cure. Therefore allow Me to build a medical center where I will bring forth the greatest of scientists, where they shall say, We have discovered.' Why, because the Spirit of the Lord shall place Himself upon these, and they will come across the cures, and they will say, 'Are they not Christians?' And they will give favor and give honor to the Lord Christ. Say that this is not impossible, for I am going to take over, and I'm going to show medical science that God is the source of healing, and I shall bring it to pass rapidly,says the Spirit of the Lord.
I Will Strike the Soil and Bring Forth Such Great Power
Where the lightening would strike upon the soil of grapevine. Where lightening would strike upon the soil of Colleyville. Where lightening would strike upon this region. Listen, it is a sign that I am bringing upon the soil My great power.Why, for God says, Even as your greats of yesterday walked this soil, some of them, the great revivalist of yesterday, the Jack Coe's, and the great men of old that can and said, We will bring revival.God says, This is not lost. There is something calling out from the earth, there is something calling out from the Heavens.
God says, All I'm looking for is a power of agreement, for if you would agree together tonight, and there would be unity in this place, I will strike your soil, and I will bring forth such great power as you have never seen before. It shall not be a man dictating it, nor shall it be a man claiming it, saying, So and so is healed.God says, I will do it in a mass; I will do it in a corporate structure, where while you are praising Me, healings will take place. Miracles will take place. This is a day of creative miracles. This is a day of creative miracles, for the power of the prophetic word is speaking to the atmosphere.
For even as Jesus stood outside of Capernium, and He spoke to the king and the lord of that region, and said, Oh Capernium, you are exalted into the Heaven's, you will be brought down to Hades.So it was that the atmosphere changed, said the Spirit of the Lord, and the disciples returned with joy saying, 'Even the demons are subject to us in Your name.So it is as we prophesy to the atmosphere today to that which is lofty, it shall be brought down.
I hear God saying to me, I need to hear the sound of unity from the people of the Lord. I need to hear the sound of faith to strike down unbelief. I need to hear the sound of praise to strike down witchcraft. I need to hear the sound of abundance to strike down poverty,says the Lord. In this region, I'm hearing the sound of unity.
I Will Pluck Out Every Terrorist Organization in this Nation
Hezbollah has been the talk of the town, and they say that they are greater than Al-Qaeda. God says, Ha! What is this that would come before Me, once again, and show the strength of its arm, show the strength of its legs? God says, There are two leaders that will die simultaneously. It is not the way that I want it, but the Spirit says, stubbornness of men are bringing Israel once again, to a place of shame and this is not good. For I will not allow the injustice,says the Lord. And they say they are in this nation, I said to you in the summer of this year, and during the summer months through November, I will pluck out every terrorist organization in this nation to bring you to peace,says the Lord. Yes I will.August 8, 2006--Colleyville, TX
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM IN A MICROCHIP.
In Strongs Concordence Mark in these verses means "a Scratching or etching of the skin" Exactly what you have to do to Implant a Chip under your skin, so to me theres no doubt the mark is an Implanted Microchip.
Insurers Study Implanting RFID Chips in Patients
By M.L. Baker, Ziff Davis Internet
Hackensack University Medical Center and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey are recruiting volunteers to have an RFID device implanted under the skin. The chips, made by VeriChip Corporation, will contain a 16-digit identifying number that can be used to bring up medical and family contact information stored electronically in a database.The chips will be tested in patients with chronic conditions who are more likely to need care in hospital emergency rooms. In the two-year trial, the insurance company will pay about $200 for the chips to be implanted, plus $80 a month for a subscription fee, according to reports in the RFID Journal.
Horizon will then assess whether the devices lower health care costs by reducing duplicate lab tests, drug interactions or misdiagnoses.Horizon will invite patients with conditions like diabetes and heart disease to participate and hopes to enroll about 300 volunteers.Though non-implanted devices, like bracelets or dog tags, could also provide the identifying numbers, chip proponents said that the implanted tags are less likely to be removed or damaged and that scanning for implants will take less time than looking for other means of identification. Earlier this year, four hospitals in Puerto Rico announced plans to implant chips in patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other memory problems. VeriChip has given several New Jersey hospitals—Beth Israel, Clara Maass, Columbus, Hackensack, Kimball, Newark, Ocean and PBI Regional—equipment to read the chips and access the company's database.
Across the country, about 100 hospitals have the appropriate scanning equipment, according to VeriChip. The chip, about the size of a grain of rice, was approved by the FDA as a medical device in 2004. But critics, including the authors of SpyChips, argue against the technology, citing everything from loss of privacy to signs of the apocalypse. Once implanted, people cannot control who reads the identifying number from the chip, and critics worry the chips could be used to track people's movements and behavior.
That ability is limited, however, because the chips can only be read from a distance of a few centimeters. However, VeriChip itself has said that the chips could be used to control access to secure areas. And news reports state that the Department of Homeland Security has considered using the chips to track people. According to the New Jersey study, patients will be able to approve information that is stored in the database that medical workers would access using the chip. Critics also argue against the chips on technical grounds, saying that they could be useless if computers crash, too many radio signals confuse readers, and even that the chips are vulnerable to viruses. However, some health IT advocates have come out strongly in favor of the chips. CIO of Harvard Medical School John Halamka had one implanted last year.
Pope Condemns Violence in Name of God
By Sabina Castelfranco ,Munich,12 September 2006
Addressing academics at the university of Regensburg where he taught before being posted to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Islam and violence. At a morning mass, he rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred and fanaticism. Pope Benedict XVI waves to crowd at the end of a papal Mass in Regensburg,Tuesday, September 12, 2006 In a theological address to academics at Regensburg University, the pope spoke of the relationship between faith and reason and Islam's holy war, Jihad. Historically, he said, spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable and therefore, ungodly.
The pope said violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. God is not pleased by blood, he added, and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature.The pope said reason and faith must come together in a new way in order to achieve that genuine dialogue of cultures and religions that is so urgently needed today. The world's deeply religious cultures, he added, see the exclusion of the divine from the universality of reason as an attack on their most profound convictions. A reason, the pope said, which is deaf to the divine and relegates religion into the realm of subcultures, is incapable of entering into the dialogue of cultures.
Earlier Tuesday, the pope celebrated an outdoor mass outside of Regensburg attended by over 250,000 people. He rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred and fanaticism.Benedict also restated his position that science could not provide an explanation of the origins of the world that would exclude God's role. He dismissed the notion that man and reason could be nothing more than a chance result of evolution.
Speaking of the relationship between science and religion, the pope said that since the enlightenment in the 18th century, some sectors of the scientific world had tried to seek an explanation of the world in which God would be unnecessary.But he said, When God is subtracted, something does not add up for man, the world, the whole vast universe.
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,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
U.S. seeks Iran sanctions now, EU stress talks first
By Mark Heinrich
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday Iran was aggressively pursuing atom bombs and should face sanctions now, but EU allies stressed it was not too late for talks on a negotiated solution to its disputed nuclear work. The Western partners in a big power group of six dealing with Iran appeared to differ over the urgency for sanctions in statements to the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors on the eve of crunch talks between Iran and the European Union.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana was likely to try to pin down Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani on what EU diplomats said was a tentative offer from him to consider temporarily halting enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel and a British minister suggested sanctions would not work.
The United States, Iran's arch-adversary and spearheading efforts to draw up punitive U.N. sanctions against Tehran over suspicions it is secretly trying to build atom bombs, has said it has no knowledge of any such offer. Solana's spokeswoman, Cristina Gallach, said the meeting would be held on Thursday and was intended to prepare the conditions in order if possible to start negotiations.
An EU diplomat said the talks would be in Paris. The last round of talks was in Vienna on Saturday and Sunday. Western leaders condemned Iran's disregard of an Aug. 31 U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, which Iran insists is meant only to make electricity. The Islamic Republic, while indicating openness to negotiate on a timing and duration of suspension, refuses to take that step before negotiations on a big power offer of trade incentives not to develop nuclear fuel.
Washington made clear to the IAEA board that Iran's defiance should trigger steps to sanctions but EU3 allies Britain, France and Germany omitted mention of punitive action and championed last-ditch talks despite the violated deadline. Given Iran's history of deception, lack of transparency, provocative behaviour and disregard for its international obligations, we must take further steps to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions,U.S. envoy Gregory Schulte told the 35-nation board in Vienna.
U.S. SAYS SANCTIONS NOT BAR TO DIPLOMACY
We are convinced that Iran is aggressively pursuing the technology, material and know-how to build nuclear weapons. The time has come for the (U.N.) Security Council to back international diplomacy with international sanctions,he said. Sanctions will not signal an end to diplomacy aimed at getting Iran to stop enriching uranium in exchange for trade incentives meant to further persuade Iran not to pursue a nuclear fuel programme, he said. (But) Iran's leaders must understand that their choices have consequences..., Schulte added. But Washington's fellow veto-holders on the Council, China and Russia, as well as Germany and France and other EU nations are wary of cornering the world's No. 4 oil exporter and, to varying degrees, want more time to find a diplomatic compromise. A foreign office minister from Washington's staunchest ally Britain said Tehran probably had the resources to endure United Nations sanctions.
I can't see a military way through this and I'm not sure that even there's an easy way for the U.N. to impose sanctions,Kim Howells told his parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. The EU3 statement said that although Iran had not suspended enrichment activity by the deadline, it is still not too late to do so. We continue to extend an open hand to Iran. It said the EU3 welcomed the recent Larijani-Solana meetings that helped clarify misunderstandings impeding negotiations and looked forward to the next one, expected to be held in Paris.
The U.S., British, French, German, Russian and Chinese foreign ministers will meet on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly in New York next week to discuss proceeding to sanctions if there has been no diplomatic breakthrough by then.
We want to hear one very clear message coming back through the line of communications, and that is that Iran is suspending... If we don't hear that, we are moving forward with the sanctions resolution,Schulte told Reuters earlier. Big power divisions over how to handle Iran has spurred its plans to expand the pilot enrichment operation and has hindered IAEA probes into the programme.
Diplomats said the six major powers could not agree on a joint statement to the board, pointing to continued divergences between Washington's sanctions push and those keen on dialogue. (Additional reporting by Karin Strohecker in Vienna, Ingrid Melander and Mark John in Brussels and Louis Charbonneau in Berlin)
U.S., Israel eye-to-eye on Mideast peace By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer Thu Sep 14, 4:14 AM ET
WASHINGTON If there ever was any doubt that the Bush administration and the Israeli government are of one mind on Mideast peacemaking and Iran's nuclear programs, it is fading during talks Israel's foreign minister is holding here. Both the minister, Tzipi Livni, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have issued identical demands that any Palestinian unity government renounce violence against Israel and accept its right to exist.And Livni and Rice are on the same page in their distrust of Iran's intentions. The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran,Livni said Wednesday after meeting with Rice at the State Department.While Rice did not repeat the long-held belief within the administration that Iran is on a fast track to building nuclear weapons, Rice said Iran's cancellation of talks this week with the Europeans is further reason for the United Nations to consider applying sanctions on Tehran.That is topic A on Rice's agenda for her meetings at the United Nations beginning next week.It is a natural time to see where we are,Rice said as American diplomats try to pull the Europeans, Russia and China together to punish Iran with a series of increasingly harsher economic and political sanctions unless it suspends uranium enrichment.
Iran says it needs uranium enrichment to fuel electric power plants. Enrichment also can create material for atomic bombs.The end of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, meanwhile, has renewed interest in prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, is trying to work out a unity government that would include Hamas and possibly other militant groups in a power-sharing arrangement.
Stagnation is not the Israeli government policy, Livni said, in registering Israel's intention to move ahead toward an accord with the Palestinians that would ensure them a state.We will take all of the efforts,she said, while also reaffirming Israel is interested in dealing with Abbas, who is considered a moderate.But, she said, any Palestinian government must fully and completely meet international demands that it recognize the existence of Israel and renounce violence or terrorism. These requirements are not negotiable, Livni said.Rice, while cautious about how the unity negotiations might turn out, was emphatic that a new Palestinian government must meet those requirements.They embody the very essential elements of how we would get eventually to a two-state solution, she said.
It is hard to have a partner for peace if you don't accept the right of the other partner to exist, Rice said, referring to Hamas' hard-line stance against Israel.Like Livni, Rice spoke positively of Abbas. He has accepted those important principles, Rice said, and is someone with whom we can work and with whom we are working.
Before meeting with Rice, Livni called on Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, at the White House.President Bush dropped in unexpectedly. According to Hadley's spokesman, Frederick Jones, the president assured Livni of his strong support for Israel's security and discussed with her the threat posed by the Iranian and Syrian regimes.Thursday was Livni's day to spend on Capitol Hill, meeting with Democratic and Republican members of Congress and later with Vice President Dick Cheney.
No Lebanon-Israel contact possible: Siniora by Jailan Zayan
2 hours, 35 minutes ago
CAIRO (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has said that no contact is possible between Lebanon and Israel, which have had no relations since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. There is no contact and no possibility at all for contact with Israel, he said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, a month after the end of Israel's 34-day devastating offensive against Lebanon.The last war proved that Israel cannot be trusted, Siniora said Thursday.It does not take a real step towards a full and just peace and the application of United Nations and Security Council resolutions and the application of the Arab initiative, Siniora said, referring to a plan proposed by Arab countries in 2002 to normalise ties with Israel in exchange for a return to 1967 pre-war borders.Lebanon works for peace and Lebanon wants peace but because of its nature, its structure, and its circumstances, it can only be the last Arab country to enter the peace process after the Arab countries enter,he added.
Siniora, who was on his first trip to Egypt after the lifting of the crippling Israeli blockade on Lebanon, made similar comments on August 30 when he said Lebanon would be the last Arab country that could sign a peace agreement with Israel.Siniora also said Thursday that his government planned to stay in power as long as it had the approval of parliament, following criticism by the Shiite group Hezbollah.Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has accused Siniora's government of being an American tool and of failing to protect the country. A Hezbollah MP has also called on Siniora to resign.The current government will remain as long as it receives the trust of parliament,Siniora said. Criticisms are normal. Our country is a democratic country.Israel's month-long offensive on Lebanon was unleashed after the capture of two of its servicemen by Hezbollah on July 12.
The war killed more than 1,200 people and displaced almost a quarter of Lebanon's population.The UN resolution which put a stop to the war in Lebanon calls for disarming Hezbollah and the deployment of Lebanese and international troops in south Lebanon to monitor the border with the Jewish state.South of the Litani (river), we are keen for the Lebanese army to cement its presence, Siniora said.All those Lebanese who fought Israel are Lebanese and they have all the respect,he said, referring to Hezbollah fighters.But at the same time we want that area to be under the authority of the Lebanese army and Lebanese authority,he said.
When the Lebanese army sees weapons it ... confiscates them,Siniora said despite Hezbollah claims that its fighters still maintain a presence in south Lebanon, the hardest hit part of the country.In an interview aired on Al-Jazeera television Nasrallah insisted that Hezbollah's presence in the south had not been shaken.
The resistance is present south of the Litani River and in the whole south of Lebanon,he said. We are present at the border,nobody can prevent us from being present on our territory or from defending our territory, our honour and our homeland,he said.
Following the August 14 UN-brokered ceasefire, the Lebanese army began deploying soldiers in the south of the country to retake control of a region in which it had no presence for many years. A total of 15,000 Lebanese soldiers will be deployed in south Lebanon under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, supported by up to 15,000 UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), expanded from its 2,000-strong pre-war complement. After his talks in Egypt, Siniora landed in Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II to bolster support for his country after the Israeli offensive.
Prodi proposes to chop down EU constitution
14.09.2006 - 09:46 CET | By Mark Beunderman
Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi has called for a slimmed-down version of the EU constitution, echoing proposals for a mini treaty made by French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy.
In an interview with French daily Le Monde on Wednesday (13 September), Mr Prodi said the lengthy text of the EU constitution which was rejected by French and Dutch voters last year should be trimmed down in order for it to have a second chance. In my opinion it is possible to restart the constitutional project, but in a greatly simplified form, the Italian leader stated. The third chapter cannot be approved in its current state,he said, referring to Part III of the document which is a detailed description of EU policies and decision-making methods.
The third part of the EU constitution is seen by experts as a major reason why the French referendum on the charter failed, with the no campaign arguing the Part III provisions cemented a free market economic course for the union. One of France's top presidential candidates, interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, last week also proposed to ditch the whole third part of the constitution, pleading for a mini treaty instead. Mr Sarkozy's mini treaty would include key provisions of Part I of the constitution such as member states' voting weights provisions and plans to create an EU foreign minister, on which there is a large consensus.But simply skipping Part III of the constitution is seen by experts as problematic, as this chapter also includes a list of policies where the constitution proposes to improve decision-making in the EU by lifting the national veto.
We have to take another look at operational aspects too, said Mr Prodi. In a Europe of 25, and then 27, unanimity means a complete blockade.
Debate re-opened
On top of this, not all member states are likely to be happy with a simple sizing-down of the current text to parts I and II, defining the EU's institutions and values. Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski suggested in August that Warsaw will re-open the debate on Poland's voting weights in Part I. Warsaw plans to present detailed proposals for a new charter to the upcoming German EU presidency early next year, Mr Kaczynski explained, predicting that the federalist-sounding text will probably need to change its name.Mr Prodi said that the political debate especially with basic proposals - could be relaunched on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 2007. But he added that nothing can happen until the French elections in May 2007.
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True Churches we have to have Unity for Christ, and fight the good fight of faith. So GOD can work through us, and use us for his GLORY. WE PRAY let your will be done KING JESUS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD.
JOEL 2:23,28-32
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.(ROSH HASHANA, ISRAELS NEW YEAR,THIS YEAR SEPTEMBER 22,2006)
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
August 7, 2006--Colleyville, TX BY KIM CLEMENT
This is a Time for Authority and Resurrection
For God says, Do you hear and understand that this shall not be a time of labor. Labor is over.God says, This is a time of authority, where you will speak and the waters will come forth. You will not need to dig a well any longer. Even though tonight you have dug a well for yourself.God says, You will speak, Spring up o' well, you will not need to dig anymore, for God says, Out of your mouths shall flow the issues of life, out of your mouths shall flow the very thoughts and very purposes of God.
This is a time of resurrection. Rejoice, for now you shall hear the sounds of abundance. For today, even as I sent you the rain and it was an outpouring, God says, This is symbolic of a rain that is coming of a kind you have never had. Do not say, We are the Bible belt. God says, I unbuckled the Bible belt, and I revealed your nakedness, and for a season you were naked and retched, but God says, now I have buckled you up and I am ready, says the Lord, to do what I said I would do in the late 1950's, in 1957, in '58, in 59, I said that I would do something in this region, now look at it.
For God says, Even as they are surrounded by houses and by land, this place shall once again venture forth, this place shall once again prosper. Let the prophet prophesy, for surely he is plowing in a soil that they said, is a soil that is hardened and it can never bring forth. It is being plowed right now, at this very moment, so it will bring forth a harvest, and it will bring it forth quickly. This is not going to be a small work, this is going to be a huge work. This is not going to be a small thing, not just another poor little thing that could hold on for dear life. I have a purpose, and I breathe upon you, on you, and I say that Jehovah shall rein in this place, says the Lord.
What is in the Earth Shall Heal and Bring Forth a Quick Cure
God says, I will take medical science, and I will once again prove what I have said before, what is in the earth shall heal, and what is in the earth shall bring forth a cure and a quick cure. Therefore allow Me to build a medical center where I will bring forth the greatest of scientists, where they shall say, We have discovered.' Why, because the Spirit of the Lord shall place Himself upon these, and they will come across the cures, and they will say, 'Are they not Christians?' And they will give favor and give honor to the Lord Christ. Say that this is not impossible, for I am going to take over, and I'm going to show medical science that God is the source of healing, and I shall bring it to pass rapidly,says the Spirit of the Lord.
I Will Strike the Soil and Bring Forth Such Great Power
Where the lightening would strike upon the soil of grapevine. Where lightening would strike upon the soil of Colleyville. Where lightening would strike upon this region. Listen, it is a sign that I am bringing upon the soil My great power.Why, for God says, Even as your greats of yesterday walked this soil, some of them, the great revivalist of yesterday, the Jack Coe's, and the great men of old that can and said, We will bring revival.God says, This is not lost. There is something calling out from the earth, there is something calling out from the Heavens.
God says, All I'm looking for is a power of agreement, for if you would agree together tonight, and there would be unity in this place, I will strike your soil, and I will bring forth such great power as you have never seen before. It shall not be a man dictating it, nor shall it be a man claiming it, saying, So and so is healed.God says, I will do it in a mass; I will do it in a corporate structure, where while you are praising Me, healings will take place. Miracles will take place. This is a day of creative miracles. This is a day of creative miracles, for the power of the prophetic word is speaking to the atmosphere.
For even as Jesus stood outside of Capernium, and He spoke to the king and the lord of that region, and said, Oh Capernium, you are exalted into the Heaven's, you will be brought down to Hades.So it was that the atmosphere changed, said the Spirit of the Lord, and the disciples returned with joy saying, 'Even the demons are subject to us in Your name.So it is as we prophesy to the atmosphere today to that which is lofty, it shall be brought down.
I hear God saying to me, I need to hear the sound of unity from the people of the Lord. I need to hear the sound of faith to strike down unbelief. I need to hear the sound of praise to strike down witchcraft. I need to hear the sound of abundance to strike down poverty,says the Lord. In this region, I'm hearing the sound of unity.
I Will Pluck Out Every Terrorist Organization in this Nation
Hezbollah has been the talk of the town, and they say that they are greater than Al-Qaeda. God says, Ha! What is this that would come before Me, once again, and show the strength of its arm, show the strength of its legs? God says, There are two leaders that will die simultaneously. It is not the way that I want it, but the Spirit says, stubbornness of men are bringing Israel once again, to a place of shame and this is not good. For I will not allow the injustice,says the Lord. And they say they are in this nation, I said to you in the summer of this year, and during the summer months through November, I will pluck out every terrorist organization in this nation to bring you to peace,says the Lord. Yes I will.August 8, 2006--Colleyville, TX
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM IN A MICROCHIP.
In Strongs Concordence Mark in these verses means "a Scratching or etching of the skin" Exactly what you have to do to Implant a Chip under your skin, so to me theres no doubt the mark is an Implanted Microchip.
Insurers Study Implanting RFID Chips in Patients
By M.L. Baker, Ziff Davis Internet
Hackensack University Medical Center and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey are recruiting volunteers to have an RFID device implanted under the skin. The chips, made by VeriChip Corporation, will contain a 16-digit identifying number that can be used to bring up medical and family contact information stored electronically in a database.The chips will be tested in patients with chronic conditions who are more likely to need care in hospital emergency rooms. In the two-year trial, the insurance company will pay about $200 for the chips to be implanted, plus $80 a month for a subscription fee, according to reports in the RFID Journal.
Horizon will then assess whether the devices lower health care costs by reducing duplicate lab tests, drug interactions or misdiagnoses.Horizon will invite patients with conditions like diabetes and heart disease to participate and hopes to enroll about 300 volunteers.Though non-implanted devices, like bracelets or dog tags, could also provide the identifying numbers, chip proponents said that the implanted tags are less likely to be removed or damaged and that scanning for implants will take less time than looking for other means of identification. Earlier this year, four hospitals in Puerto Rico announced plans to implant chips in patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other memory problems. VeriChip has given several New Jersey hospitals—Beth Israel, Clara Maass, Columbus, Hackensack, Kimball, Newark, Ocean and PBI Regional—equipment to read the chips and access the company's database.
Across the country, about 100 hospitals have the appropriate scanning equipment, according to VeriChip. The chip, about the size of a grain of rice, was approved by the FDA as a medical device in 2004. But critics, including the authors of SpyChips, argue against the technology, citing everything from loss of privacy to signs of the apocalypse. Once implanted, people cannot control who reads the identifying number from the chip, and critics worry the chips could be used to track people's movements and behavior.
That ability is limited, however, because the chips can only be read from a distance of a few centimeters. However, VeriChip itself has said that the chips could be used to control access to secure areas. And news reports state that the Department of Homeland Security has considered using the chips to track people. According to the New Jersey study, patients will be able to approve information that is stored in the database that medical workers would access using the chip. Critics also argue against the chips on technical grounds, saying that they could be useless if computers crash, too many radio signals confuse readers, and even that the chips are vulnerable to viruses. However, some health IT advocates have come out strongly in favor of the chips. CIO of Harvard Medical School John Halamka had one implanted last year.
Pope Condemns Violence in Name of God
By Sabina Castelfranco ,Munich,12 September 2006
Addressing academics at the university of Regensburg where he taught before being posted to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of Islam and violence. At a morning mass, he rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred and fanaticism. Pope Benedict XVI waves to crowd at the end of a papal Mass in Regensburg,Tuesday, September 12, 2006 In a theological address to academics at Regensburg University, the pope spoke of the relationship between faith and reason and Islam's holy war, Jihad. Historically, he said, spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable and therefore, ungodly.
The pope said violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. God is not pleased by blood, he added, and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature.The pope said reason and faith must come together in a new way in order to achieve that genuine dialogue of cultures and religions that is so urgently needed today. The world's deeply religious cultures, he added, see the exclusion of the divine from the universality of reason as an attack on their most profound convictions. A reason, the pope said, which is deaf to the divine and relegates religion into the realm of subcultures, is incapable of entering into the dialogue of cultures.
Earlier Tuesday, the pope celebrated an outdoor mass outside of Regensburg attended by over 250,000 people. He rejected the use of God's name to justify hatred and fanaticism.Benedict also restated his position that science could not provide an explanation of the origins of the world that would exclude God's role. He dismissed the notion that man and reason could be nothing more than a chance result of evolution.
Speaking of the relationship between science and religion, the pope said that since the enlightenment in the 18th century, some sectors of the scientific world had tried to seek an explanation of the world in which God would be unnecessary.But he said, When God is subtracted, something does not add up for man, the world, the whole vast universe.
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,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
U.S. seeks Iran sanctions now, EU stress talks first
By Mark Heinrich
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday Iran was aggressively pursuing atom bombs and should face sanctions now, but EU allies stressed it was not too late for talks on a negotiated solution to its disputed nuclear work. The Western partners in a big power group of six dealing with Iran appeared to differ over the urgency for sanctions in statements to the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors on the eve of crunch talks between Iran and the European Union.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana was likely to try to pin down Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani on what EU diplomats said was a tentative offer from him to consider temporarily halting enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel and a British minister suggested sanctions would not work.
The United States, Iran's arch-adversary and spearheading efforts to draw up punitive U.N. sanctions against Tehran over suspicions it is secretly trying to build atom bombs, has said it has no knowledge of any such offer. Solana's spokeswoman, Cristina Gallach, said the meeting would be held on Thursday and was intended to prepare the conditions in order if possible to start negotiations.
An EU diplomat said the talks would be in Paris. The last round of talks was in Vienna on Saturday and Sunday. Western leaders condemned Iran's disregard of an Aug. 31 U.N. Security Council deadline to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, which Iran insists is meant only to make electricity. The Islamic Republic, while indicating openness to negotiate on a timing and duration of suspension, refuses to take that step before negotiations on a big power offer of trade incentives not to develop nuclear fuel.
Washington made clear to the IAEA board that Iran's defiance should trigger steps to sanctions but EU3 allies Britain, France and Germany omitted mention of punitive action and championed last-ditch talks despite the violated deadline. Given Iran's history of deception, lack of transparency, provocative behaviour and disregard for its international obligations, we must take further steps to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions,U.S. envoy Gregory Schulte told the 35-nation board in Vienna.
U.S. SAYS SANCTIONS NOT BAR TO DIPLOMACY
We are convinced that Iran is aggressively pursuing the technology, material and know-how to build nuclear weapons. The time has come for the (U.N.) Security Council to back international diplomacy with international sanctions,he said. Sanctions will not signal an end to diplomacy aimed at getting Iran to stop enriching uranium in exchange for trade incentives meant to further persuade Iran not to pursue a nuclear fuel programme, he said. (But) Iran's leaders must understand that their choices have consequences..., Schulte added. But Washington's fellow veto-holders on the Council, China and Russia, as well as Germany and France and other EU nations are wary of cornering the world's No. 4 oil exporter and, to varying degrees, want more time to find a diplomatic compromise. A foreign office minister from Washington's staunchest ally Britain said Tehran probably had the resources to endure United Nations sanctions.
I can't see a military way through this and I'm not sure that even there's an easy way for the U.N. to impose sanctions,Kim Howells told his parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. The EU3 statement said that although Iran had not suspended enrichment activity by the deadline, it is still not too late to do so. We continue to extend an open hand to Iran. It said the EU3 welcomed the recent Larijani-Solana meetings that helped clarify misunderstandings impeding negotiations and looked forward to the next one, expected to be held in Paris.
The U.S., British, French, German, Russian and Chinese foreign ministers will meet on the fringes of the U.N. General Assembly in New York next week to discuss proceeding to sanctions if there has been no diplomatic breakthrough by then.
We want to hear one very clear message coming back through the line of communications, and that is that Iran is suspending... If we don't hear that, we are moving forward with the sanctions resolution,Schulte told Reuters earlier. Big power divisions over how to handle Iran has spurred its plans to expand the pilot enrichment operation and has hindered IAEA probes into the programme.
Diplomats said the six major powers could not agree on a joint statement to the board, pointing to continued divergences between Washington's sanctions push and those keen on dialogue. (Additional reporting by Karin Strohecker in Vienna, Ingrid Melander and Mark John in Brussels and Louis Charbonneau in Berlin)
U.S., Israel eye-to-eye on Mideast peace By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer Thu Sep 14, 4:14 AM ET
WASHINGTON If there ever was any doubt that the Bush administration and the Israeli government are of one mind on Mideast peacemaking and Iran's nuclear programs, it is fading during talks Israel's foreign minister is holding here. Both the minister, Tzipi Livni, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have issued identical demands that any Palestinian unity government renounce violence against Israel and accept its right to exist.And Livni and Rice are on the same page in their distrust of Iran's intentions. The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran,Livni said Wednesday after meeting with Rice at the State Department.While Rice did not repeat the long-held belief within the administration that Iran is on a fast track to building nuclear weapons, Rice said Iran's cancellation of talks this week with the Europeans is further reason for the United Nations to consider applying sanctions on Tehran.That is topic A on Rice's agenda for her meetings at the United Nations beginning next week.It is a natural time to see where we are,Rice said as American diplomats try to pull the Europeans, Russia and China together to punish Iran with a series of increasingly harsher economic and political sanctions unless it suspends uranium enrichment.
Iran says it needs uranium enrichment to fuel electric power plants. Enrichment also can create material for atomic bombs.The end of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, meanwhile, has renewed interest in prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, is trying to work out a unity government that would include Hamas and possibly other militant groups in a power-sharing arrangement.
Stagnation is not the Israeli government policy, Livni said, in registering Israel's intention to move ahead toward an accord with the Palestinians that would ensure them a state.We will take all of the efforts,she said, while also reaffirming Israel is interested in dealing with Abbas, who is considered a moderate.But, she said, any Palestinian government must fully and completely meet international demands that it recognize the existence of Israel and renounce violence or terrorism. These requirements are not negotiable, Livni said.Rice, while cautious about how the unity negotiations might turn out, was emphatic that a new Palestinian government must meet those requirements.They embody the very essential elements of how we would get eventually to a two-state solution, she said.
It is hard to have a partner for peace if you don't accept the right of the other partner to exist, Rice said, referring to Hamas' hard-line stance against Israel.Like Livni, Rice spoke positively of Abbas. He has accepted those important principles, Rice said, and is someone with whom we can work and with whom we are working.
Before meeting with Rice, Livni called on Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser, at the White House.President Bush dropped in unexpectedly. According to Hadley's spokesman, Frederick Jones, the president assured Livni of his strong support for Israel's security and discussed with her the threat posed by the Iranian and Syrian regimes.Thursday was Livni's day to spend on Capitol Hill, meeting with Democratic and Republican members of Congress and later with Vice President Dick Cheney.
No Lebanon-Israel contact possible: Siniora by Jailan Zayan
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CAIRO (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has said that no contact is possible between Lebanon and Israel, which have had no relations since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. There is no contact and no possibility at all for contact with Israel, he said after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, a month after the end of Israel's 34-day devastating offensive against Lebanon.The last war proved that Israel cannot be trusted, Siniora said Thursday.It does not take a real step towards a full and just peace and the application of United Nations and Security Council resolutions and the application of the Arab initiative, Siniora said, referring to a plan proposed by Arab countries in 2002 to normalise ties with Israel in exchange for a return to 1967 pre-war borders.Lebanon works for peace and Lebanon wants peace but because of its nature, its structure, and its circumstances, it can only be the last Arab country to enter the peace process after the Arab countries enter,he added.
Siniora, who was on his first trip to Egypt after the lifting of the crippling Israeli blockade on Lebanon, made similar comments on August 30 when he said Lebanon would be the last Arab country that could sign a peace agreement with Israel.Siniora also said Thursday that his government planned to stay in power as long as it had the approval of parliament, following criticism by the Shiite group Hezbollah.Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has accused Siniora's government of being an American tool and of failing to protect the country. A Hezbollah MP has also called on Siniora to resign.The current government will remain as long as it receives the trust of parliament,Siniora said. Criticisms are normal. Our country is a democratic country.Israel's month-long offensive on Lebanon was unleashed after the capture of two of its servicemen by Hezbollah on July 12.
The war killed more than 1,200 people and displaced almost a quarter of Lebanon's population.The UN resolution which put a stop to the war in Lebanon calls for disarming Hezbollah and the deployment of Lebanese and international troops in south Lebanon to monitor the border with the Jewish state.South of the Litani (river), we are keen for the Lebanese army to cement its presence, Siniora said.All those Lebanese who fought Israel are Lebanese and they have all the respect,he said, referring to Hezbollah fighters.But at the same time we want that area to be under the authority of the Lebanese army and Lebanese authority,he said.
When the Lebanese army sees weapons it ... confiscates them,Siniora said despite Hezbollah claims that its fighters still maintain a presence in south Lebanon, the hardest hit part of the country.In an interview aired on Al-Jazeera television Nasrallah insisted that Hezbollah's presence in the south had not been shaken.
The resistance is present south of the Litani River and in the whole south of Lebanon,he said. We are present at the border,nobody can prevent us from being present on our territory or from defending our territory, our honour and our homeland,he said.
Following the August 14 UN-brokered ceasefire, the Lebanese army began deploying soldiers in the south of the country to retake control of a region in which it had no presence for many years. A total of 15,000 Lebanese soldiers will be deployed in south Lebanon under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, supported by up to 15,000 UN peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), expanded from its 2,000-strong pre-war complement. After his talks in Egypt, Siniora landed in Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II to bolster support for his country after the Israeli offensive.
Prodi proposes to chop down EU constitution
14.09.2006 - 09:46 CET | By Mark Beunderman
Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi has called for a slimmed-down version of the EU constitution, echoing proposals for a mini treaty made by French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy.
In an interview with French daily Le Monde on Wednesday (13 September), Mr Prodi said the lengthy text of the EU constitution which was rejected by French and Dutch voters last year should be trimmed down in order for it to have a second chance. In my opinion it is possible to restart the constitutional project, but in a greatly simplified form, the Italian leader stated. The third chapter cannot be approved in its current state,he said, referring to Part III of the document which is a detailed description of EU policies and decision-making methods.
The third part of the EU constitution is seen by experts as a major reason why the French referendum on the charter failed, with the no campaign arguing the Part III provisions cemented a free market economic course for the union. One of France's top presidential candidates, interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, last week also proposed to ditch the whole third part of the constitution, pleading for a mini treaty instead. Mr Sarkozy's mini treaty would include key provisions of Part I of the constitution such as member states' voting weights provisions and plans to create an EU foreign minister, on which there is a large consensus.But simply skipping Part III of the constitution is seen by experts as problematic, as this chapter also includes a list of policies where the constitution proposes to improve decision-making in the EU by lifting the national veto.
We have to take another look at operational aspects too, said Mr Prodi. In a Europe of 25, and then 27, unanimity means a complete blockade.
Debate re-opened
On top of this, not all member states are likely to be happy with a simple sizing-down of the current text to parts I and II, defining the EU's institutions and values. Polish prime minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski suggested in August that Warsaw will re-open the debate on Poland's voting weights in Part I. Warsaw plans to present detailed proposals for a new charter to the upcoming German EU presidency early next year, Mr Kaczynski explained, predicting that the federalist-sounding text will probably need to change its name.Mr Prodi said that the political debate especially with basic proposals - could be relaunched on the occasion of the 50th
anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 2007. But he added that nothing can happen until the French elections in May 2007.
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
47% PROSTITUTES HAVE STDS
BREAKING CANADIAN NEWS (AS OF 3:10 IN THE AFTERNOON,SEPT 13,2006)
3 OR 4 SHOOTERS IN A DOWN TOWN MONTREAL DAWSON COLLEGE,2 SHOOTERS SHOT DEAD REPORTS, ANOTHER SHOT HIMSELF, A POSSIBLE ONE ON THE LOOSE. 16 INJURED AS OF NOW, SOME IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE ATRIUM IN THE CAFETERIA.
1-U.S. MILITARY TO BE TAGGED? 2-Three earthquakes hit Russia's Far East. 3-Strong undersea quake shakes Philippines. 4-Tropical storm Florence causes power outages in coastal N.L.. 5-Rainstorms claim second victim in Spain. 6-Storms piling up in Atlantic. 7-700 leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn. 8-Europe seen easing, not ending Palestinian embargo. 9-Abbas wants to revive road map peace talks at UN. 10-German cabinet backs historic Mideast force. 11-Pakistani President seeks closer economic ties with EU. 12-EU, Arab nations promise to support new Palestinian coalition government: spokesman. 13-Ivory Coast poisoning cases rocket to 16 000. 14-Over 47 pct of Cambodian hookers suffer from sexual diseases.
U.S. MILITARY TO BE TAGGED?
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com by Staff Selections
If microchip maker VeriChip has its way, the armed forces will soon be trading in their dogtags for radio-frequency identifier (RFID) microchips, implanted under the skin and containing all of their medical and personal information. The company is lobbying the Pentagon for the authority to implant RFID tags in virtually all military personnel, according to a series of articles in The Examiner, a Washington, D.C., newspaper. -Consumers.com
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.
Three earthquakes hit Russia's Far East
09:22 | 13/ 09/ 2006
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, September 13 (RIA Novosti) - Three powerful earthquakes have been registered off Russia's Pacific coast, local officials said Wednesday. Two quakes measuring 4.7 and 4.8 on the Richter scale were registered at 6:54 p.m.
local time Tuesday (5:35 a.m. GMT) and 11:59 p.m. (10:59 GMT), respectively, 220 kilometers (140 miles) to the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula at a depth of 33km (21 miles), seismologists said.
Another quake, with a magnitude of 4.6 was registered at 1:39 p.m. local time (2:39 a.m. GMT) in the Sea of Japan 125km (78 miles) to the northeast of the city of Nakhodka in the Primorye Territory, a spokesman for local emergency services said. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of the 450km (280 miles), he said.No tremors were felt in the territory's coastal regions. No casualties, destruction or threat of tsunamis have been reported. Powerful quakes have hit Russia's Pacific for years.
Over 2,000 people were killed when a devastating earthquake destroyed the town of Neftegorsk on the island of Sakhalin on May 28, 1995. This year more than 1,200 people, including 542 children, were evacuated from the north of the Kamchatka peninsula after a series of major earthquakes. The first 7.8-magnitude quake, the strongest in the Koryak Autonomous Area since 1900, injured 31 people on April 21 and had an epicenter about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the town of Khailino. It also damaged about 380 houses and 25 administrative facilities in four other towns.
Strong undersea quake shakes Philippines Tue Sep 12, 11:14 PM ET
MANILA, Philippines - A strong undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines Tuesday, close to an area struck by a stronger tremor last week, the government's earthquake monitoring agency said. No damage or injuries were reported. The magnitude 5.3 quake occurred at 11:56 p.m. Tuesday and was centered about 36 miles under the sea, according to he Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.The tremor, which struck about 65 miles east of the town of Prosperidad, was felt in Bislig and Butuan in the east of the main southern island of Mindanao, the institute said.
Seismologist Romy Tabanlar said the earthquake was caused by the movement of the Philippine Trench, a major fault line that runs along the east of the country.A week ago Tuesday, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck about 120 miles south of Tuesday's tremor without causing any damage or injuries.The Philippines is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire,where volcanic activities and earthquakes are common.
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.
Tropical storm Florence causes power outages in coastal N.L. Canadian Press Published: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Article tools
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - Tropical storm Florence walloped southeastern Newfoundland on Wednesday, lashing the south and east coasts with sheets of heavy rain, high tides and hurricane-strength winds. Early in the day, the storm was blamed for causing power outages in the west end of St. John's and the Burin Peninsula along the province's south coast, affecting 1,600 customers. By noon local time, the sprawling storm was about 172 kilometres southwest of Cape Race, which is near the southern tip of eastern Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula - the most populated part of the province. Satellite imagery indicated the storm centre would come very close to the peninsula, bringing more heavy weather.
In the waters off southern Newfoundland, two weather buoys recorded peak gusts at 122 kilometres per hour amid 10-metre waves. In Fortune Bay, on the west side of the Burin Peninsula, the wind hit 133 kilometres per hour on Sagona Island. The storm, downgraded from hurricane status, was blamed for forcing David Wilkins, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to cancel a trip to Gander, N.L., where he was expected to take part in an ecumenical service commemorating the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, tropical storm warnings were issued for the island's south coast and along its east coast from Cape Race to Bonavista. Those areas were warned to expect sustained gale-force winds at 65 kilometres per hour. This will be quite a significant storm for southeastern Newfoundland,said Chris Fogarty, a meteorologist at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S.The heavy sea and surf and swell ahead of the storm could cause havoc for some southern communities People should be prepared for very high, dangerous
wave conditions.
The province advised municipalities to clear storm sewers to ease possible flooding, and requested emergency personnel to remain on call. Residents were told to stock up on batteries and non-perishable food. On average, one tropical storm per year has passed within 300 kilometres of the province over the last 35 years. © The Canadian Press 2006.
Rainstorms claim second victim in Spain
Deutsche Presse Agentur,Wednesday September 13, 2006
Madrid/Rainstorms claimed a second life in Spain on Wednesday when a homeless man was swept away by a current near Barcelona, news reports said.
The previous day, a 83-year-old woman was killed on the Balearic Island of Majorca when a rainstorm caused a wall of her home to collapse. Heavy rains hit especially the northeastern region of Catalonia, where a whirling storm knocked parked cars over, uprooted trees and tore roofs off houses. No injuries were reported. Local and long-distance train services suffered interruptions or delays, and roads were under water in several places. Some Barcelona underground stations were inundated, and power cuts extinguished traffic lights in parts of the city. Several schools remained closed, and some flights were delayed.© 2006 DPA - Deutsche Presse-Agenteur
Storms piling up in Atlantic
As Florence becomes extratropical and the National Weather Service reports it will give no more updates on the storm, one other has become a 90-mph hurricane and a depression behind it is churning its way westward. Florence is expected to bring rain to eastern Canada as it moves northeast at about 20 mph. Maximum winds are about 75 mph and little change is expected over the next day as it becomes an extratropical cyclone. Winds extend about 105 miles from the storm’s center. Gordon, located about 600 miles southeast of Bermuda at 11 a.m., is moving about 9 mph with sustained winds of 90 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane.
The National Weather Serivce predicts there will be some strengthening, possibly making it a Category storm later today or tonight.
That is a storm with 105 mph sustained winds.
Hurricane force winds come out about 25 miles from the center and tropical storm forc winds extend 90 miles from the center. The next forecast on this storm is expected at abut 5 p.m. from the National Weather Service. The third active Atantic storm Tropical Storm 8 -does not have a name as it moves with 35 mph sustained winds behind Gordon. At 11 a.m. the NWS was predicting some slow strengthening and expects it to become a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. That happens when sustained wins reach 39 mph. It is still far from the east side of the ocean, about 335 miles southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.The NWS expects to give its next update on that storm at 5 p.m.
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.
700 leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn
Last Updated Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:33:54 EDT,CBC News
Hundreds of people have left their homes in bone-dry northwestern Ontario, where fire crews are struggling to control more than 300 fires burning in the region.
Ontario Thunder Bay Deer Lake Sandy Lake Lightning strikes have caused most of the fires burning in the area northwest of Thunder Bay, including the 60 new fires that started on Tuesday, said Debbie MacLean, with the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources.
Currently, there are about 300 fires burning,she said of the region north of Lake Superior, stretching from Thunder Bay to Rainy River.About 700 people have left their homes in the northern communities of Deer Lake, Sandy Lake and Keewaywin because of heavy smoke from the fires.
The evacuees, who include children, seniors and people with respiratory problems, are being housed in various communities in the municipality of Greenstone, said its mayor, Michael Power.It's a terrible thing to say but we're old hands at this,said Power.For many years the community of Geraldton in Greenstone has been doing this, acting as a host to people who flee their homes from fires.Power said nurses from the various communities travelled to Greenstone with the evacuees to look after their daily needs.
The influx is a challenge for Greenstone's resources and public employees, he said, but it's something they feel they have to do.You can't stand by and see your fellow human being in a time of need not being welcomed and not do everything you possibly can to ease the stress they face when they flee their home and they don’t know what they're going back to,said Power.
Power said the municipality is expecting additional evacuees as emergencies are called in other communities.MacLean said fire crews are working long hours to battle the dozens of small blazes popping up daily. Firefighters are managing to contain about 40 fires per day, but anywhere from 60 to 100 new fires start daily, she said.The sheer number of fires is outpacing the resources we have,said MacLean.With files from the Associated Press.
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.(TR 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)
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,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Europe seen easing, not ending Palestinian embargo
13 Sep 2006 15:54:03 GMT,Source: Reuters,By Adam Entous
JERUSALEM, Sept 13 (Reuters)European states are willing to begin loosening an embargo of the Hamas led Palestinian government if a new unity administration takes steps toward meeting international demands, diplomats said on Wednesday.
But the new government would need to be far more explicit in renouncing violence, recognising Israel and abiding by interim peace deals if it hoped to restore full diplomatic and economic ties with Europe, they said.Resuming some diplomatic contacts would be the first step toward easing an embargo now that Hamas and moderate President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to set up the unity government.
But the diplomats cast doubt on prospects for a quick resumption in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority that might ease the crippling economic damage the embargo has brought.
They said EU states would first need to assess the new cabinet and its policies, a process that could be delayed by objections by the United States and Israel as well as the time it takes the Palestinians to put together a government.We can't go all the way, but we can go part of the way,said one senior European diplomat based in the region.Little immediate change is expected in the economic situation, but one interim measure could be to channel increased funds from European and Arab donors through Abbas's office or a European aid mechanism set up to bypass Hamas.
European willingness to loosen the embargo reflects public sentiment at home and fears the embargo, spearheaded by Washington, has pushed the Palestinian Authority near collapse blocking salary payments to 165,000 government workers.
A World Bank report said on Wednesday that the crisis risked reversing all the economic gains since Palestinians gained a measure of self-rule 13 years ago.Diplomats said European policymakers intend to draw a distinction between the new government and Hamas, giving the Islamic militant group room to deny changing its policies.
COMPLICATIONS
But this could create political complications over diplomatic contacts with Hamas ministers if their group has not renounced violence. Hamas advocates destroying Israel.
Nils Eliasson, Sweden's consul-general in Jerusalem, said renewed diplomatic
contacts were the most likely starting point for a change in policy, but it was still early to say exactly what would happen.
It depends on the composition of the government and the programme of the government,he said, adding that it would also take time for any countries to resume direct budgetary support for the Palestinians.Such support from European and Arab donors was vital for the Palestinian Authority before Hamas took office in March.Although the United States would rather that Abbas had sacked the Hamas government than joined with it, diplomats said it was unlikely the Bush administration would try to force the Europeans to maintain the embargo as-is.
It may be all over The Americans really need them (the Europeans) on Iran,said one American source, referring to a U.S.-led campaign to curb the Iranian nuclear programme.There is little sign, though, that the Europeans would be able to persuade Israel's government to quickly release tax revenues that it collects on behalf of the Palestinians and which were frozen when Hamas took office.Israel is adamant that the unity government has to meet the three key Western conditions as well as bringing about the release of a soldier captured by militants in a raid from Gaza.That would be very positive and Israel would immediately want to strengthen that with its own confidence building measures,said Mark Regev, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman. (Additional reporting by Matthew Tostevin)
Sep. 13, 2006 18:08
Abbas wants to revive road map peace talks at UN
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he planned to send a Palestinian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly session next week to revive the long-stalled road map peace plan.
The internationally backed road map, a staged plan that calls for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, was launched by US President George W. Bush with great fanfare at a summit in Aqaba, Jordan, in June 2003. We want to revive the road map at the United Nations,Abbas said during a televised news conference with Polish President Lech Kaczynski in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
We're all for the restarting of the road map,Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said, adding that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke about revitalizing the peace plan over the weekend with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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.(TR 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)
German cabinet backs historic Mideast force
September 13 2006 at 04:37PM ,By Noah Barkin
Berlin - The German government approved plans on Wednesday to send up to 2 400 naval and air force troops to Lebanon, underscoring Germany's increasingly prominent role in foreign peace-keeping missions.The German contingent will help enforce a truce between Israel and Hezbollah after a month-long war that killed nearly 1 200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 157 Israelis, mainly soldiers.The question of dispatching German troops to the Middle East nearly 60 years after the Nazis wiped out six million Jews has divided a country which only recently shed its post-war reluctance to participate in foreign combat missions.
The mission must now be approved by the Bundestag
I am always careful about using grand words, but I think we can say that this mission is not like any other,Merkel told a news conference. Sending troops to the Middle East is for us a historic decision.Partly out of concern that German soldiers might be drawn into battle with Israeli forces, the government refused to send ground troops. Instead, the Germans will focus on patrolling the Lebanese coast to prevent arms from reaching Hezbollah.The German contribution is the second largest for the so-called UNIFIL II force after Italy, which is sending 3 000.The mission must now be approved by the Bundestag lower house of parliament in a vote which is likely to take place at the end of next week.The governing coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) enjoys an overwhelming majority in the Bundestag and approval is not in doubt.
But the debate on the mission is likely to be fierce with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and Left Party opposing it. If a large number of governing party MPs defect and vote against the deployment, it would reflect badly on Merkel's government, which is already suffering from declining popularity.Ahead of the vote, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against misusing Germany's historic responsibility towards Israel to justify opposition to the mission.The conflict in the Middle East is not a distant one. It lies on our doorstep, in our neighbourhood,he said.
Germany currently has about 7 700 soldiers in global hotspots, most of them concentrated in Afghanistan and Kosovo. Just seven years ago Germany engaged in its first combat operations since World War 2, taking part in Nato air strikes in Yugoslavia.The cabinet decision was delayed while German and Lebanese officials haggled over the details of the naval mission.
The German government has called repeatedly for a robust mandate that would allow its troops to effectively monitor the coast and engage opposing forces if attacked. Berlin successfully resisted a Lebanese proposal for it to keep its frigates six miles from the coast at all times.Israel invaded south Lebanon after Hezbollah fighters captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raid on July 12. A UN-brokered truce halted the war on August 14.Separately on Wednesday, the government agreed to extend its 2 900-strong mission in northern Afghanistan by another year. The extension must also be voted on by the Bundestag next week.
UPDATED: 10:45, September 13, 2006
Pakistani President seeks closer economic ties with EU
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to allow more market access for Pakistani goods and invest more in his country, saying this will help Pakistan better fight terrorism. More investment and trade with Pakistan would help eradicate poverty and create new jobs, which will eventually contribute to the battle against terrorism, Musharraf told reporters after meeting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels. With trade our industry expands and creates jobs and when it creates jobs it strikes at the root of poverty and also strikes at the root of extremism and terrorism,said the president, who is on his first visit to the EU headquarters.
Barroso said the EU greatly appreciates Pakistan's role in acting against terrorist networks,such as Pakistan's role in helping foil the British airline bomb plot in August. He said the two sides had agreed to step up ties and the EU's executive arm pledged a substantial increase in development funds for Pakistan's education and rural development from next year. On Tuesday, Musharraf also spoke to EU parliamentarians about the fight against terrorism in his country. He said Pakistan had not created any terrorist group but that terrorism had been imported to our country" by regional conflicts in the last 26 years. He described Taliban as a
threat more dangerous than Al-Qaeda as the former has regrouped in the south of Afghanistan and gained strength.
Al-Qaeda is not rooted in the masses but some Afghan people are sympathetic with Taliban, he said. Musharraf said Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden could be hiding in either Pakistan or Afghanistan. We will continue our search for Mr. Bin Laden, he said.
Musharraf is to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday to discuss EU-Pakistan relations and developments in Pakistan and the region. Source: Xinhua
UPDATED: 08:10, September 13, 2006 EU, Arab nations promise to support new Palestinian coalition government: spokesman
A spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) and Arab nations had promised to support the new national unity government when it is formed.
Calling the news as good and assuring,government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said that it would be the beginning of breaking the siege on the Palestinian people. He disclosed that the new coalition government would be announced in a short period. Although it has not been confirmed whether all Palestinian factions would join the new government, the talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the factions indicate seriousness, Hamad told local radio Voice of Palestine. On Monday, Abbas and Hamas agreed on a new moderate political program, which called for forming a new national unity coalition government to replace the incumbent Hamas-led government.
As for the formation of new coalition government, the spokesman said that the ministers would come from Hamas, Fatah and Palestinian private sectors. However, he dismissed the reports saying that the names and portfolios of the new government has
been decided.
So far only incumbent Prime Minister Ismail Haneya had been nominated as the prime minister of the coming government, said Hamad. Mustafa Barghouti, a well-known lawmaker representing the National Initiative party, welcomed the agreement on the coalition government in an interview with Voice of Palestine,saying that the new government could establish a united Palestinian leadership for the first time in years.
Barghouti voiced hope that the new government would be able to break the siege imposed on the Palestinians by accepting the Arab peace initiative and formulating it as a Palestinian political model. Earlier, Abbas called on the international community to lift the siege on the Palestinian people. We call on the entire world to lift the blockade, so our people would find their daily food,said Abbas after meeting with Haneya and leaders of Palestinian factions.
Abbas termed the siege as oppressive and unjustifiable, saying that the Palestinian people have suffered a lot. The United States and the European Union, major donors of the Palestinian government, cut off the direct aid to the Palestinians after Hamas took power in late March following its landslide victory in the legislative elections in January.The West conditioned the aid on recognizing Israel, accepting all signed international agreements and condemnation of violence, which have been rejected by Hamas. Source: Xinhua
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Ivory Coast poisoning cases rocket to 16 000
September 13 2006 at 04:09PM
Abidjan - The number of people in Ivory Coast seeking treatment for toxic waste poisoning has risen from 10 000 to nearly 16 000, with six fatalities, a health ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.There were a total of 15 749 consultations by yesterday (Tuesday) evening,spokesperson Simeon N'Da told AFP.Of these, 23 have been hospitalised and six have died.On Tuesday the authorities said 10 000 people had gone to doctors fearing health problems, nearly one month after a Panamanian-registered ship dumped hundreds of tonnes of toxic sludge on open-air sites in the economic capital Abidjan.Ten people had been taken to hospital by Tuesday.The Ivory Coast government - already struggling to revive a moribund peace process and meet a United Nations deadline for nationwide elections - resigned en masse on September 6 over the pollution scandal. - Sapa-AFP
REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG SELLING, and or DRUG ADDICTIONS) nor of their fornication,(SEX BETWEEN UNMARRIED,PROSTITUTION) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
UPDATED: 14:55, September 13, 2006
Over 47 pct of Cambodian hookers suffer from sexual diseases
Some 47.1 percent of Cambodia's prostitutes were contaminated with sexual diseases mainly because they only asked 80 percent of their clients to wear condoms while rarely adopting any protective measures when they had sex with lovers or husbands, a local media reported here on Wednesday. Around 90 percent of the hookers with STD (sexually transmitted diseases) had been hospitalized and 47 percent of them still provided service to hustlers after they had STD, the Huanshang Dailu quoted a census as saying. Prostitutes from 20 to 24 years old were the most vulnerable ones to STD, as they had much more active sexual lives than other age groups, said the census conducted by the Cambodian government.
The ratio of STD spread among this specific group of women was almost the same as that of 2000, said the census, for which 1081 hookers, 623 policemen and 547 gays were interviewed. Meanwhile, 25 percent of the policemen had the experience of visiting prostitutes and only 49 percent of those contaminated with STD dared to go to hospital, said the census conducted in eight provinces.In addition, around 50 percent of the gay people had more than one sexual partners and 63 percent of them were in the business of selling their bodies, it said. Only 70 percent of the gays adopted condoms in their sexual lives and 8.7 percent of them had aids, it added. Source: Xinhua
3 OR 4 SHOOTERS IN A DOWN TOWN MONTREAL DAWSON COLLEGE,2 SHOOTERS SHOT DEAD REPORTS, ANOTHER SHOT HIMSELF, A POSSIBLE ONE ON THE LOOSE. 16 INJURED AS OF NOW, SOME IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE SHOOTING OCCURED IN THE ATRIUM IN THE CAFETERIA.
1-U.S. MILITARY TO BE TAGGED? 2-Three earthquakes hit Russia's Far East. 3-Strong undersea quake shakes Philippines. 4-Tropical storm Florence causes power outages in coastal N.L.. 5-Rainstorms claim second victim in Spain. 6-Storms piling up in Atlantic. 7-700 leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn. 8-Europe seen easing, not ending Palestinian embargo. 9-Abbas wants to revive road map peace talks at UN. 10-German cabinet backs historic Mideast force. 11-Pakistani President seeks closer economic ties with EU. 12-EU, Arab nations promise to support new Palestinian coalition government: spokesman. 13-Ivory Coast poisoning cases rocket to 16 000. 14-Over 47 pct of Cambodian hookers suffer from sexual diseases.
U.S. MILITARY TO BE TAGGED?
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com by Staff Selections
If microchip maker VeriChip has its way, the armed forces will soon be trading in their dogtags for radio-frequency identifier (RFID) microchips, implanted under the skin and containing all of their medical and personal information. The company is lobbying the Pentagon for the authority to implant RFID tags in virtually all military personnel, according to a series of articles in The Examiner, a Washington, D.C., newspaper. -Consumers.com
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.
Three earthquakes hit Russia's Far East
09:22 | 13/ 09/ 2006
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, September 13 (RIA Novosti) - Three powerful earthquakes have been registered off Russia's Pacific coast, local officials said Wednesday. Two quakes measuring 4.7 and 4.8 on the Richter scale were registered at 6:54 p.m.
local time Tuesday (5:35 a.m. GMT) and 11:59 p.m. (10:59 GMT), respectively, 220 kilometers (140 miles) to the east of the Kamchatka Peninsula at a depth of 33km (21 miles), seismologists said.
Another quake, with a magnitude of 4.6 was registered at 1:39 p.m. local time (2:39 a.m. GMT) in the Sea of Japan 125km (78 miles) to the northeast of the city of Nakhodka in the Primorye Territory, a spokesman for local emergency services said. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake occurred at a depth of the 450km (280 miles), he said.No tremors were felt in the territory's coastal regions. No casualties, destruction or threat of tsunamis have been reported. Powerful quakes have hit Russia's Pacific for years.
Over 2,000 people were killed when a devastating earthquake destroyed the town of Neftegorsk on the island of Sakhalin on May 28, 1995. This year more than 1,200 people, including 542 children, were evacuated from the north of the Kamchatka peninsula after a series of major earthquakes. The first 7.8-magnitude quake, the strongest in the Koryak Autonomous Area since 1900, injured 31 people on April 21 and had an epicenter about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the town of Khailino. It also damaged about 380 houses and 25 administrative facilities in four other towns.
Strong undersea quake shakes Philippines Tue Sep 12, 11:14 PM ET
MANILA, Philippines - A strong undersea earthquake shook the southern Philippines Tuesday, close to an area struck by a stronger tremor last week, the government's earthquake monitoring agency said. No damage or injuries were reported. The magnitude 5.3 quake occurred at 11:56 p.m. Tuesday and was centered about 36 miles under the sea, according to he Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.The tremor, which struck about 65 miles east of the town of Prosperidad, was felt in Bislig and Butuan in the east of the main southern island of Mindanao, the institute said.
Seismologist Romy Tabanlar said the earthquake was caused by the movement of the Philippine Trench, a major fault line that runs along the east of the country.A week ago Tuesday, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck about 120 miles south of Tuesday's tremor without causing any damage or injuries.The Philippines is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire,where volcanic activities and earthquakes are common.
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.
Tropical storm Florence causes power outages in coastal N.L. Canadian Press Published: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Article tools
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - Tropical storm Florence walloped southeastern Newfoundland on Wednesday, lashing the south and east coasts with sheets of heavy rain, high tides and hurricane-strength winds. Early in the day, the storm was blamed for causing power outages in the west end of St. John's and the Burin Peninsula along the province's south coast, affecting 1,600 customers. By noon local time, the sprawling storm was about 172 kilometres southwest of Cape Race, which is near the southern tip of eastern Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula - the most populated part of the province. Satellite imagery indicated the storm centre would come very close to the peninsula, bringing more heavy weather.
In the waters off southern Newfoundland, two weather buoys recorded peak gusts at 122 kilometres per hour amid 10-metre waves. In Fortune Bay, on the west side of the Burin Peninsula, the wind hit 133 kilometres per hour on Sagona Island. The storm, downgraded from hurricane status, was blamed for forcing David Wilkins, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, to cancel a trip to Gander, N.L., where he was expected to take part in an ecumenical service commemorating the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Meanwhile, tropical storm warnings were issued for the island's south coast and along its east coast from Cape Race to Bonavista. Those areas were warned to expect sustained gale-force winds at 65 kilometres per hour. This will be quite a significant storm for southeastern Newfoundland,said Chris Fogarty, a meteorologist at the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S.The heavy sea and surf and swell ahead of the storm could cause havoc for some southern communities People should be prepared for very high, dangerous
wave conditions.
The province advised municipalities to clear storm sewers to ease possible flooding, and requested emergency personnel to remain on call. Residents were told to stock up on batteries and non-perishable food. On average, one tropical storm per year has passed within 300 kilometres of the province over the last 35 years. © The Canadian Press 2006.
Rainstorms claim second victim in Spain
Deutsche Presse Agentur,Wednesday September 13, 2006
Madrid/Rainstorms claimed a second life in Spain on Wednesday when a homeless man was swept away by a current near Barcelona, news reports said.
The previous day, a 83-year-old woman was killed on the Balearic Island of Majorca when a rainstorm caused a wall of her home to collapse. Heavy rains hit especially the northeastern region of Catalonia, where a whirling storm knocked parked cars over, uprooted trees and tore roofs off houses. No injuries were reported. Local and long-distance train services suffered interruptions or delays, and roads were under water in several places. Some Barcelona underground stations were inundated, and power cuts extinguished traffic lights in parts of the city. Several schools remained closed, and some flights were delayed.© 2006 DPA - Deutsche Presse-Agenteur
Storms piling up in Atlantic
As Florence becomes extratropical and the National Weather Service reports it will give no more updates on the storm, one other has become a 90-mph hurricane and a depression behind it is churning its way westward. Florence is expected to bring rain to eastern Canada as it moves northeast at about 20 mph. Maximum winds are about 75 mph and little change is expected over the next day as it becomes an extratropical cyclone. Winds extend about 105 miles from the storm’s center. Gordon, located about 600 miles southeast of Bermuda at 11 a.m., is moving about 9 mph with sustained winds of 90 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane.
The National Weather Serivce predicts there will be some strengthening, possibly making it a Category storm later today or tonight.
That is a storm with 105 mph sustained winds.
Hurricane force winds come out about 25 miles from the center and tropical storm forc winds extend 90 miles from the center. The next forecast on this storm is expected at abut 5 p.m. from the National Weather Service. The third active Atantic storm Tropical Storm 8 -does not have a name as it moves with 35 mph sustained winds behind Gordon. At 11 a.m. the NWS was predicting some slow strengthening and expects it to become a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. That happens when sustained wins reach 39 mph. It is still far from the east side of the ocean, about 335 miles southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.The NWS expects to give its next update on that storm at 5 p.m.
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.
700 leave homes as Ontario forest fires burn
Last Updated Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:33:54 EDT,CBC News
Hundreds of people have left their homes in bone-dry northwestern Ontario, where fire crews are struggling to control more than 300 fires burning in the region.
Ontario Thunder Bay Deer Lake Sandy Lake Lightning strikes have caused most of the fires burning in the area northwest of Thunder Bay, including the 60 new fires that started on Tuesday, said Debbie MacLean, with the Ontario Ministry
of Natural Resources.
Currently, there are about 300 fires burning,she said of the region north of Lake Superior, stretching from Thunder Bay to Rainy River.About 700 people have left their homes in the northern communities of Deer Lake, Sandy Lake and Keewaywin because of heavy smoke from the fires.
The evacuees, who include children, seniors and people with respiratory problems, are being housed in various communities in the municipality of Greenstone, said its mayor, Michael Power.It's a terrible thing to say but we're old hands at this,said Power.For many years the community of Geraldton in Greenstone has been doing this, acting as a host to people who flee their homes from fires.Power said nurses from the various communities travelled to Greenstone with the evacuees to look after their daily needs.
The influx is a challenge for Greenstone's resources and public employees, he said, but it's something they feel they have to do.You can't stand by and see your fellow human being in a time of need not being welcomed and not do everything you possibly can to ease the stress they face when they flee their home and they don’t know what they're going back to,said Power.
Power said the municipality is expecting additional evacuees as emergencies are called in other communities.MacLean said fire crews are working long hours to battle the dozens of small blazes popping up daily. Firefighters are managing to contain about 40 fires per day, but anywhere from 60 to 100 new fires start daily, she said.The sheer number of fires is outpacing the resources we have,said MacLean.With files from the Associated Press.
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.(TR 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)
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,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Europe seen easing, not ending Palestinian embargo
13 Sep 2006 15:54:03 GMT,Source: Reuters,By Adam Entous
JERUSALEM, Sept 13 (Reuters)European states are willing to begin loosening an embargo of the Hamas led Palestinian government if a new unity administration takes steps toward meeting international demands, diplomats said on Wednesday.
But the new government would need to be far more explicit in renouncing violence, recognising Israel and abiding by interim peace deals if it hoped to restore full diplomatic and economic ties with Europe, they said.Resuming some diplomatic contacts would be the first step toward easing an embargo now that Hamas and moderate President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to set up the unity government.
But the diplomats cast doubt on prospects for a quick resumption in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority that might ease the crippling economic damage the embargo has brought.
They said EU states would first need to assess the new cabinet and its policies, a process that could be delayed by objections by the United States and Israel as well as the time it takes the Palestinians to put together a government.We can't go all the way, but we can go part of the way,said one senior European diplomat based in the region.Little immediate change is expected in the economic situation, but one interim measure could be to channel increased funds from European and Arab donors through Abbas's office or a European aid mechanism set up to bypass Hamas.
European willingness to loosen the embargo reflects public sentiment at home and fears the embargo, spearheaded by Washington, has pushed the Palestinian Authority near collapse blocking salary payments to 165,000 government workers.
A World Bank report said on Wednesday that the crisis risked reversing all the economic gains since Palestinians gained a measure of self-rule 13 years ago.Diplomats said European policymakers intend to draw a distinction between the new government and Hamas, giving the Islamic militant group room to deny changing its policies.
COMPLICATIONS
But this could create political complications over diplomatic contacts with Hamas ministers if their group has not renounced violence. Hamas advocates destroying Israel.
Nils Eliasson, Sweden's consul-general in Jerusalem, said renewed diplomatic
contacts were the most likely starting point for a change in policy, but it was still early to say exactly what would happen.
It depends on the composition of the government and the programme of the government,he said, adding that it would also take time for any countries to resume direct budgetary support for the Palestinians.Such support from European and Arab donors was vital for the Palestinian Authority before Hamas took office in March.Although the United States would rather that Abbas had sacked the Hamas government than joined with it, diplomats said it was unlikely the Bush administration would try to force the Europeans to maintain the embargo as-is.
It may be all over The Americans really need them (the Europeans) on Iran,said one American source, referring to a U.S.-led campaign to curb the Iranian nuclear programme.There is little sign, though, that the Europeans would be able to persuade Israel's government to quickly release tax revenues that it collects on behalf of the Palestinians and which were frozen when Hamas took office.Israel is adamant that the unity government has to meet the three key Western conditions as well as bringing about the release of a soldier captured by militants in a raid from Gaza.That would be very positive and Israel would immediately want to strengthen that with its own confidence building measures,said Mark Regev, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman. (Additional reporting by Matthew Tostevin)
Sep. 13, 2006 18:08
Abbas wants to revive road map peace talks at UN
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that he planned to send a Palestinian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly session next week to revive the long-stalled road map peace plan.
The internationally backed road map, a staged plan that calls for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, was launched by US President George W. Bush with great fanfare at a summit in Aqaba, Jordan, in June 2003. We want to revive the road map at the United Nations,Abbas said during a televised news conference with Polish President Lech Kaczynski in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
We're all for the restarting of the road map,Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin said, adding that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke about revitalizing the peace plan over the weekend with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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.(TR 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)
German cabinet backs historic Mideast force
September 13 2006 at 04:37PM ,By Noah Barkin
Berlin - The German government approved plans on Wednesday to send up to 2 400 naval and air force troops to Lebanon, underscoring Germany's increasingly prominent role in foreign peace-keeping missions.The German contingent will help enforce a truce between Israel and Hezbollah after a month-long war that killed nearly 1 200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 157 Israelis, mainly soldiers.The question of dispatching German troops to the Middle East nearly 60 years after the Nazis wiped out six million Jews has divided a country which only recently shed its post-war reluctance to participate in foreign combat missions.
The mission must now be approved by the Bundestag
I am always careful about using grand words, but I think we can say that this mission is not like any other,Merkel told a news conference. Sending troops to the Middle East is for us a historic decision.Partly out of concern that German soldiers might be drawn into battle with Israeli forces, the government refused to send ground troops. Instead, the Germans will focus on patrolling the Lebanese coast to prevent arms from reaching Hezbollah.The German contribution is the second largest for the so-called UNIFIL II force after Italy, which is sending 3 000.The mission must now be approved by the Bundestag lower house of parliament in a vote which is likely to take place at the end of next week.The governing coalition of conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) enjoys an overwhelming majority in the Bundestag and approval is not in doubt.
But the debate on the mission is likely to be fierce with the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) and Left Party opposing it. If a large number of governing party MPs defect and vote against the deployment, it would reflect badly on Merkel's government, which is already suffering from declining popularity.Ahead of the vote, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned against misusing Germany's historic responsibility towards Israel to justify opposition to the mission.The conflict in the Middle East is not a distant one. It lies on our doorstep, in our neighbourhood,he said.
Germany currently has about 7 700 soldiers in global hotspots, most of them concentrated in Afghanistan and Kosovo. Just seven years ago Germany engaged in its first combat operations since World War 2, taking part in Nato air strikes in Yugoslavia.The cabinet decision was delayed while German and Lebanese officials haggled over the details of the naval mission.
The German government has called repeatedly for a robust mandate that would allow its troops to effectively monitor the coast and engage opposing forces if attacked. Berlin successfully resisted a Lebanese proposal for it to keep its frigates six miles from the coast at all times.Israel invaded south Lebanon after Hezbollah fighters captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raid on July 12. A UN-brokered truce halted the war on August 14.Separately on Wednesday, the government agreed to extend its 2 900-strong mission in northern Afghanistan by another year. The extension must also be voted on by the Bundestag next week.
UPDATED: 10:45, September 13, 2006
Pakistani President seeks closer economic ties with EU
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to allow more market access for Pakistani goods and invest more in his country, saying this will help Pakistan better fight terrorism. More investment and trade with Pakistan would help eradicate poverty and create new jobs, which will eventually contribute to the battle against terrorism, Musharraf told reporters after meeting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels. With trade our industry expands and creates jobs and when it creates jobs it strikes at the root of poverty and also strikes at the root of extremism and terrorism,said the president, who is on his first visit to the EU headquarters.
Barroso said the EU greatly appreciates Pakistan's role in acting against terrorist networks,such as Pakistan's role in helping foil the British airline bomb plot in August. He said the two sides had agreed to step up ties and the EU's executive arm pledged a substantial increase in development funds for Pakistan's education and rural development from next year. On Tuesday, Musharraf also spoke to EU parliamentarians about the fight against terrorism in his country. He said Pakistan had not created any terrorist group but that terrorism had been imported to our country" by regional conflicts in the last 26 years. He described Taliban as a
threat more dangerous than Al-Qaeda as the former has regrouped in the south of Afghanistan and gained strength.
Al-Qaeda is not rooted in the masses but some Afghan people are sympathetic with Taliban, he said. Musharraf said Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden could be hiding in either Pakistan or Afghanistan. We will continue our search for Mr. Bin Laden, he said.
Musharraf is to meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday to discuss EU-Pakistan relations and developments in Pakistan and the region. Source: Xinhua
UPDATED: 08:10, September 13, 2006 EU, Arab nations promise to support new Palestinian coalition government: spokesman
A spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) and Arab nations had promised to support the new national unity government when it is formed.
Calling the news as good and assuring,government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said that it would be the beginning of breaking the siege on the Palestinian people. He disclosed that the new coalition government would be announced in a short period. Although it has not been confirmed whether all Palestinian factions would join the new government, the talks between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the factions indicate seriousness, Hamad told local radio Voice of Palestine. On Monday, Abbas and Hamas agreed on a new moderate political program, which called for forming a new national unity coalition government to replace the incumbent Hamas-led government.
As for the formation of new coalition government, the spokesman said that the ministers would come from Hamas, Fatah and Palestinian private sectors. However, he dismissed the reports saying that the names and portfolios of the new government has
been decided.
So far only incumbent Prime Minister Ismail Haneya had been nominated as the prime minister of the coming government, said Hamad. Mustafa Barghouti, a well-known lawmaker representing the National Initiative party, welcomed the agreement on the coalition government in an interview with Voice of Palestine,saying that the new government could establish a united Palestinian leadership for the first time in years.
Barghouti voiced hope that the new government would be able to break the siege imposed on the Palestinians by accepting the Arab peace initiative and formulating it as a Palestinian political model. Earlier, Abbas called on the international community to lift the siege on the Palestinian people. We call on the entire world to lift the blockade, so our people would find their daily food,said Abbas after meeting with Haneya and leaders of Palestinian factions.
Abbas termed the siege as oppressive and unjustifiable, saying that the Palestinian people have suffered a lot. The United States and the European Union, major donors of the Palestinian government, cut off the direct aid to the Palestinians after Hamas took power in late March following its landslide victory in the legislative elections in January.The West conditioned the aid on recognizing Israel, accepting all signed international agreements and condemnation of violence, which have been rejected by Hamas. Source: Xinhua
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Ivory Coast poisoning cases rocket to 16 000
September 13 2006 at 04:09PM
Abidjan - The number of people in Ivory Coast seeking treatment for toxic waste poisoning has risen from 10 000 to nearly 16 000, with six fatalities, a health ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.There were a total of 15 749 consultations by yesterday (Tuesday) evening,spokesperson Simeon N'Da told AFP.Of these, 23 have been hospitalised and six have died.On Tuesday the authorities said 10 000 people had gone to doctors fearing health problems, nearly one month after a Panamanian-registered ship dumped hundreds of tonnes of toxic sludge on open-air sites in the economic capital Abidjan.Ten people had been taken to hospital by Tuesday.The Ivory Coast government - already struggling to revive a moribund peace process and meet a United Nations deadline for nationwide elections - resigned en masse on September 6 over the pollution scandal. - Sapa-AFP
REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG SELLING, and or DRUG ADDICTIONS) nor of their fornication,(SEX BETWEEN UNMARRIED,PROSTITUTION) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
UPDATED: 14:55, September 13, 2006
Over 47 pct of Cambodian hookers suffer from sexual diseases
Some 47.1 percent of Cambodia's prostitutes were contaminated with sexual diseases mainly because they only asked 80 percent of their clients to wear condoms while rarely adopting any protective measures when they had sex with lovers or husbands, a local media reported here on Wednesday. Around 90 percent of the hookers with STD (sexually transmitted diseases) had been hospitalized and 47 percent of them still provided service to hustlers after they had STD, the Huanshang Dailu quoted a census as saying. Prostitutes from 20 to 24 years old were the most vulnerable ones to STD, as they had much more active sexual lives than other age groups, said the census conducted by the Cambodian government.
The ratio of STD spread among this specific group of women was almost the same as that of 2000, said the census, for which 1081 hookers, 623 policemen and 547 gays were interviewed. Meanwhile, 25 percent of the policemen had the experience of visiting prostitutes and only 49 percent of those contaminated with STD dared to go to hospital, said the census conducted in eight provinces.In addition, around 50 percent of the gay people had more than one sexual partners and 63 percent of them were in the business of selling their bodies, it said. Only 70 percent of the gays adopted condoms in their sexual lives and 8.7 percent of them had aids, it added. Source: Xinhua
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