1-5.8 earthquake hits south of New Zealand. 2-Strong quake hits Papua New Guinea. 3-Hawaii quake blamed on volcanic stress. 4-Rain socks southeast Texas, killing 4. 5-Storms alter canyon in southern Arizona. 6-Rains slow final phase of Brazil CS cane harvest. 7-EU's Mandelson defends plans for African free trade pacts. 8-Iran leader in Bush Satan claim. 9-Hamas threatens Israel with unforgettable lesson. 10-Japan's Aso:heard N.Korea test preparation reports. 11-Israel threatens massive Gaza ground assault
In Case my Friend Millet is reading, Happy 27th Birthday, Have a great one Today.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
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.
5.8 earthquake hits south of New Zealand 11 minutes ago
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A strong earthquake struck in the ocean southwest of New Zealand late Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but police said they had no immediate reports of injury or damage. The agency did not mention any tsunami alert. The quake, which registered magnitude 5.8, struck at 11:35 p.m. (6:35 a.m. EDT), and was located 165 miles west of the uninhabited sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands and 506 miles southwest of the city of Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island, the geological service said. The epicenter was 6.3 miles below the surface, the USGS said.In Dunedin, police said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake was not immediately reported by New Zealand's geological agency, GNS Science.New Zealand sits astride the colliding Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, and experiences more than 14,000 earthquakes each year.Some 150 of those quakes are felt by residents, while fewer than 10 do any damage.
Strong quake hits Papua New Guinea Tue Oct 17, 6:46 AM ET
SYDNEY (AFP) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of up to 6.8 has struck the New Britain region of Papua New Guinea, sparking a tsunami warning in a region recently shaken by a violent volcanic eruption.
The US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre warned regional authorities Tuesday to stay alert after reporting the temblor which it rated at 6.8 struck to the south of the island of New Britain in the Solomon Sea at 0125 GMT.Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the earthquake epicentre,the bulletin warned.No immediate reports of casualties or damage were received after the quake, Geoscience Australia seismologist Phil Cummins told AFP.
The US Geological Survey rated the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.5 and said it struck at a depth of 58 kilometres, about 167 kilometres from Kandrian, New Britain.In Rabaul, about 229 kilometres northeast of the quake's epicentre, David Loh, owner of the New Britain Lodge, reported strong earth tremors lasting up to 10 seconds.But no one got their feet wet, he told AFP.Loh said he saw no change in the behaviour of Mount Tavurvur, a volcano whose activity had been subsiding since its spectacular eruption on October 7 forced residents to flee the town.A series of aftershocks continued throughout the day, ranging from 5 to 5.4 in magnitude, the US Geological Survey reported.
Hawaii quake blamed on volcanic stress By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Mon Oct 16, 5:40 PM ET
Hawaii's Big Island is rattled by thousands of minor earthquakes a year, mainly from volcanic eruptions. But the strongest and most destructive types like Sunday's magnitude-6.7 that caused blackouts and landslides are rare and are caused not by eruptions, but by the buildup of stress deep in the crust as volcanoes grow and spread, experts say. The Big Island is the youngest in a ring of volcanoes stretching some 3,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean. As new island volcanoes form and old ones are carried away, the process can sometimes release pent-up pressure in the form of quakes.If you think of it as piling up more and more dirt, it's eventually going to slide,said seismologist Kate Hutton of the California Institute of Technology.
The Big Island is commonly rocked by quakes in the 3- and 4-magnitude range that are triggered by volcanic eruptions. Prior to Sunday's shaker, volcanic activity in the area had been relatively quiet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.Since January 2005, scientists have recorded fewer than 10 quakes a week beneath the summit of the world's largest volcano, 13,677-foot Mauna Loa. As for Mauna Loa's neighbor, Kilauea, scientists recorded no significant change in seismic activity before or after Sunday's quake.Volcanic earthquakes those triggered by eruptions are usually detected by the hundreds of swarms of temblors that occur several hours or days before an eruption. The type of quake seen on Sunday, a tectonic earthquake, does not occur in any regular pattern and is harder to predict.
In some other parts of the world, such as Southern California, volcanoes play little or no role in earthquakes. These quakes are caused instead when the plates that make up the Earth's crust grind against each other and break or slip.Scientists said a possible explanation for Sunday's quake is that, as volcanoes grow over time, their weight presses down on the crust, which can then give way.It's like someone sitting on mattress,said Jim Kauahikaua, scientist in charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The crust is flexed by the weight of the island.Hawaii's largest quake on record was an 1868 magnitude-7.9 temblor that spawned a tsunami and numerous landslides. Seventy-seven people died, according to the USGS. In 1951, a magnitude-6.9 quake severely damaged houses and churches on the Kona coast.
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.
Rain socks southeast Texas, killing 4 By RASHA MADKOUR, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 17, 7:59 AM ET
HOUSTON - The unrelenting rain that flooded southeast Texas, killing four motorists and sweeping two children down a drainage ditch, moved into Tennessee with less of a punch early Tuesday, headed for the East Coast. The heaviest rainfall Tuesday morning was in the Chattanooga area, where about 1.5 inches of rain fell, well short of the 10 inches that swamped parts of Houston on Monday, said National Weather Service forecaster Shawn O'Neill in Morristown, Tenn.Radar showed 50 mph wind gusts in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains along on the Tennessee-North Carolina line.The storm had put a damper on the Arkansas State Fair Monday as it dumped more than 6 inches of rain in parts of the state, prompting flash flood watches. But it was Texas that was hardest hit.
In Houston, the flooding and storm damage closed numerous roads and some public school systems. The rain was expected to taper off Tuesday morning, although more flooding was likely for the San Jacinto River near Humble, which could affect 150 to 300 homes.It's scary looking at all this water like this. It concerns me a whole lot, Charles Smith said as he looked at his submerged front yard south of Houston on Monday. If we get any more rain, it will be in my house.Official rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending at 7 p.m. Monday included 11.71 inches in Conroe, 9.69 inches at Houston's Hobby Airport and 6.52 at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport.
At least four people died in the storm.
Houston residents Patricia Gutierrez, 36, and her daughter Melissa Rojas, 16, died in their submerged sport utility vehicle in an underpass where 8 to 12 feet of water accumulated near Interstate 45. James Johnston, 56, of Needville, was found dead in his car southwest of Houston. A 54-year-old woman died when a pickup lost control on a slick farm road and hit her head-on, the Houston Chronicle reported.Water exerts such strong pressure on submerged vehicles, said Sgt. P.E. Ogden III with the Houston Police Department, that Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn't get out.In the Brazos Valley, several children were swept away as they played in swift-moving waters. None was harmed.Authorities found a 14-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl walking on a Madison County road about 1 1/2 miles downstream from where they had been playing in a drainage creek, the Bryan-College Station Eagle reported.
They were a little scared and cold, but they were fine, Sheriff Dan Douget said.
Parts of Interstates 10 and 45 were shut down around Houston on Monday, and the University of Houston and several other schools were closed. Twenty bayous overflowed their banks, but county officials said no evacuations were ordered.In Hitchcock, near the Gulf Coast, a tornado tore the roof off a mobile home, but no one was injured. Two other mobile homes sustained minor damage.
Another tornado struck near the Jefferson County town of China, near the Louisiana line, said emergency management spokeswoman Darlene Koch. Five mobile homes and two houses were destroyed but no injuries were reported.Galveston County emergency management coordinator John Simpson said the county had sporadic poweroutages.Things are pretty good, Simpson said. We're hoping the rain stays away. Our creeks are going down, but that will be a long, gradual process.Associated Press writers Chris Duncan in Houston and Jamie Stengle and Terry Wallace in Dallas contributed to this report.
Storms alter canyon in southern Arizona 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
TUCSON, Ariz. - Aravaipa Canyon, a coveted southern Arizona hiking spot, is no longer what it used to be. The area's wet summer dramatically altered the wilderness area about 50 miles northeast of Tucson, creating possibly record creek flows that scoured vegetation from the stream bed of Aravaipa Creek and flooded homes and ranches at the mouth of its 11-mile wilderness canyon.
Now most of the towering cottonwoods and creekside willows that made Aravaipa Canyon one of Arizona's most gorgeous wilderness hikes are gone.It doesn't look at all like it did,said park ranger Patrick O'Neill, who lives at the mouth of the canyon and walked the stretch of wilderness after the floods tore through it July 28 and Aug. 1.
O'Neill said it was fortunate the floods came at the end of several rainy days. The creek had risen too high to cross and there were no hikers in the canyon.It was really lucky, because it came up in the middle of the night, higher than any flood in anyone's memory. It roared through some campsites that I would consider pretty safe in flood conditions,he said.People could have been hit in the dark in their tents, somebody certainly would have been killed that's speculation but it's good speculation.Scientists are still measuring the flood. The streamflow gauge recorded 6,000 cubic feet per second before it was washed away. The preliminary estimates of the U.S. Geological Survey were between 18,000 and 25,000 cubic feet of water per second, but O'Neill and the residents are certain it's far more than that.It might have been 20,000, might have been 80,000, O'Neill said.You're talking about flows the size of the Colorado River and this is just a little creek.
Chris Smith of the U.S. Geological Survey, said his agency will attempt a more accurate reading of the peak flows in response to reports from residents who say the creek was 1- to 3-feet higher than it had been in the record flood of 1983, which the USGS estimated at 70,000 cubic feet per second.While the numbers may be in flux, the devastation is obvious.The stream bed has widened tremendously in spots and cut deep in others. It is littered with the remains of cottonwoods and other trees, in addition to vehicles and portions of homes and other buildings.David Rychener, whose family and partners have spent the past five years developing their acreage along the creek into a spiritual retreat center, said only one home in the canyon was completely washed away. About eight canyon residents had water flow through their homes and just about all of them lost lawn, pasture or orchards.
Rychener said he's saddened more by the loss of his trees than by the loss of his possessions or the damage to his center. It has helped me realize my own smallness in all this and taught me the impermanence of things. I'm learning to let go,he said.
Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com
Rains slow final phase of Brazil CS cane harvest Mon Oct 16, 12:15 PM ET
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Wet weather this week is expected to slow Brazil's center-south cane harvest, which is more than 80 percent completed, private forecaster Somar said on Monday. A cold front will bring about 30 millimeters of rain to Parana on Monday and Tuesday and 40 mm to Sao Paulo state on Wednesday and Thursday as the weather system moves north.
Rains will ease on Friday and the weekend will be hot and dry, said Somar's Cassia Beu.But another cold front will bring more rain to cane areas from October 25 and make field work difficult.
Wet weather could delay completion of this year's harvest by a couple of weeks until end-November and Unica's forecast of a record 370.6 million tonnes crush may be revised down slightly with more cane than expected left uncut.Some analysts and brokers expect only around 360 million tonnes to be harvested.Plentiful rain since September reduced the saccharose content in cane but aided growth for next year's harvest.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
EU's Mandelson defends plans for African free trade pacts
Oct 16, 2006, 14:47 GMT
Luxembourg /European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson on Monday defended his plans for market-opening free trade deals with African nations, saying the accords would spur development and economic progress across the continent.
Independent development agencies, including Oxfam and ActionAid, have warned that a too-rapid opening up of African economies to more competitive EU products will increase poverty in the region. But rejecting such 'scaremongering,' Mandelson said all 25 EU foreign ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, had backed the free trade blueprint, including provisions for more EU aid and the introduction of more flexible EU import rules for African states.
Mandelson also underlined that he was willing to give African nations more time to liberalize their trade regimes. African countries were not being asked to immediately overhaul their import policies and slash tariffs on European products, Mandelson insisted.
There will be long transitional periods and increased development cooperation to smooth the adjustment process,he said. The EU trade chief added that the so-called 'economic partnership agreements' being offered to ACP states were more modern than the current system under which the EU gives special tariff preferences to African exports. We aim to create prosperous trading partners out of development recipients, moving progressively, over time from dependence to opportunity,he said.
The EU's current trade preference-based Cotonou Agreement with 75 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries has been criticized by the World Trade Organization which says the deal discriminates against other developing nations. Under WTO pressure to revamp the system by January 2008, the EU has opened free trade negotiations based on a reciprocal opening up of markets with six ACP regional groupings. But the four-year old talks have stalled because of ACP fears that too-rapid trade liberalization will lead to increased competition with EU goods. In a report called Unequal Partners issued last week, Oxfam said the EU plan could bankrupt fledgling industries in poor countries because of stiff competition from European multinationals.
Unless there is a radical shift in approach from the EU, these negotiations will produce free trade deals that jeopardise jobs and entire industries in developing countries,' said Oxfam campaigns and policy director Phil Bloomer. Oxfam said the EU should drop its ambition to have reciprocal market access in ACP countries and instead, further open its own market to ACP exporters. It added that by signing up to the EU pacts, ACP countries would lose control of tariff policy, competition and investment rules, areas seen as vital for the development of poorer countries. © 2006 dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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(MOSCOW) 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)
JOEL 2:20,30-31
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Iran leader in Bush Satan claim
By Frances Harrison ,BBC News, Tehran
Ahmadinejad says he has inspirational links to God Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly delivered a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, saying he is inspired by Satan. Speaking to a group of supporters, Mr Ahmadinejad said he himself had inspirational links to God, Iranian media reports. He was talking to supporters at a mosque in the capital Tehran.
The reports come as Iran is facing the prospect of UN sanctions over its nuclear programme.The president has been making light of the risk of any confrontation with the outside world. According to the Iranian media, Mr Ahmadinejad said he had inspirational links to God, and went on to say that if you were a true believer, God would show you miracles.Then the Iranian president said Mr Bush was similar to him.According to Mr Ahmadinejad, the US president also receives inspiration but it is from Satan. He repeated: Satan inspires Mr Bush.
Mr Ahmadinejad also reiterated that Iran would not suspend its nuclear programme, even for one hour, and said there would be no retreat, even one millimetre back.He dismissed talk about possible war breaking out over the nuclear issue as nonsense, saying some people were making an unnecessary fuss about US naval ships reportedly sailing towards the region.
Hamas threatens Israel with unforgettable lesson by Mehdi Lebouachera
Mon Oct 16, 11:47 AM ET
GAZA CITY (AFP) - The ruling Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has vowed to teach the Israeli military a lesson it will not forget should the army intensify an offensive in the Gaza Strip as promised. Its armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, declared it had the means and arms necessary to confront the Zionist enemy with all our force if it proceeds (further) with military operations in the Gaza Strip.Israel has repeatedly threatened to step up an offensive in the Palestinian territory, where 22 people have been killed since Thursday and more than 250 since late June, in a bid to stop rocket attacks and arms smuggling from Egypt.
Defence Minister Amir Peretz reiterated that, if necessary, Israel would extend its military activity in Gaza and vowed to weaken Hamas militarily.I will not allow the Gaza Strip to turn into south Lebanon. We intend to take all necessary action to prevent Hamas's strengthening. We intend to act in ways to prevent it from strengthening and to weaken Hamas's ability to carry out attacks,he told reporters.We have considerably increased the military activity in Gaza. If we are required to extend it further, we will do so,he added.Hitting back at accusations of militants amassing stockpiles of smuggled arms, Hamas's armed wing accused Israel of using such allegations to justify criminal operations it seems to have decided to wage in the Gaza Strip.
It is our right to hold whatever weapons (we need) to defend our people since the enemy does not hesitate before using all sorts of weapons, banned by international conventions, against innocent Palestinian civilians.If the enemy decides to go towards a large confrontation with Hamas, we will be up to this challenge and are totally ready to resist. We have finished preparations to teach the Zionist enemy a lesson it will not forget,it added.Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya told the weekly meeting of his Hamas-led cabinet that Israeli accusations of arms smuggling were lies.The occupation presents many excuses to justify its huge aggression, he said.This escalation comes after all attempts of pressure and political blackmail failed to force the Palestinian people to have the government's position fall in line with (international) demands,charged Haniya.
Hamas has resolutely refused immense pressure from the international community for any Palestinian government to recognise Israel and past Israeli-Palestinian agreements, and to officially renounce violence.Nevertheless its hardline stance has deadlocked efforts to form a national unity government with the moderate Fatah party in order to escape the crushing international boycott and witnessed the rise of inter-factional clashes.Haniya urged Palestinians to keep such clashes at bay in order to confront the outside aggression.Israel has waged a massive offensive in Gaza since June 28, three days after Gaza-based militants, including the Hamas armed wing, abducted one of its soldiers on the border with the Palestinian territory.
According to an AFP count, more than 250 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers have been killed inside Gaza since then.
The captured soldier has been neither found nor returned and rocket attacks continue to strike Israel.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
Japan's Aso:heard N.Korea test preparation reports
Tue 17 Oct 2006 2:18:50 BST
TOKYO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he had heard of reports that there were signs of North Korea preparing to conduct a second nuclear test, but said he could not comment further.We have heard (such reports), but I cannot talk about details,Aso told a news conference.U.S. television networks reported on Monday that U.S. spy satellites had detected suspicious activity near the site of North Korea's nuclear test last week that may signal preparations for another such test.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
Israel threatens massive Gaza ground assault by Jean-Luc Renaudie
1 hour, 31 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) Israel has ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement that has vowed to teach the army a harsh lesson.
Gaza should not become a second Lebanon, said Immigrant Absorption Minister Zeev Boim on Tuesday, reiterating a phrase used by Israeli leaders recently to mean the territory should not become a bastion of militant resistance.Apparently we will not have any other choice but to launch an expanded operation, like Defensive Shield, in order to destroy the stockpiles of weapons and to hit the terrorist organizations, said Boim, a close ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Defensive Shield, the largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six Day War, was launched by Israel in 2002. It left more than 200 Palestinians and 29 Israeli soldiers dead and some 5,000 Palestinian detained.We have to completely stop the rocket fire and not to allow the terrorists to smuggle modern arms that would upset the balance of power between the forces, Boim told public radio.Israel has already been pounding Gaza for nearly four months after militants, including those from the armed wing of the Islamist party Hamas, seized a soldier and killed two others in a cross-border raid in late June.More than 250 Palestinians as well as two Israeli soldiers have been killed in the territory since June 28. Nevertheless, militants have continued to fire rockets into the Jewish state and, according to Israel, have accumulated vast stockpiles of arms via tunnels dug to Egyptian territory.
The Israeli military overnight fired a missile in the northern Gaza Strip which according to witnesses destroyed an electricity generator that served a large part of the town of Beit Hanun, depriving it of power.The military said the raid was aimed at militants as they prepared to fire rockets at Israel.In the occupied West Bank, an 18-year-old militant from the radical Islamic Jihad group and another teenager, were killed near the northern city of Jenin.On Monday, the armed wing of Hamas declared it had the means and arms necessary to confront the Zionist enemy with all our force if it proceeds (further) with military operations in the Gaza Strip.If the enemy decides to go towards a large confrontation with Hamas, we will be up to this challenge and are totally ready to resist. We have finished preparations to teach the Zionist enemy a lesson it will not forget, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said.
The group rejected Israel's claims that vast stores of smuggled arms have been amassed, accusing the Jewish state of using such allegations to justify criminal operations it seems to have decided to wage in the Gaza Strip.Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya, who heads the Hamas-led government, promised again Tuesday not to bow to foreign pressure.The Americans don't want the Palestinian people to form a government based on national consensus but based on their views and their conditions, Haniya told a gathering of business leaders in Gaza City.
Foreign diktats will not weaken our determination,he added.Haniya and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas have failed to agree on the formation of a unity government, with Hamas refusing international conditions to recognise Israel and past peace agreements, and to renounce violence.As a result, the West froze direct aid to the Palestinian government after Hamas took office in March, flinging the territories into economic meltdown and exacerbating plumetting living standards, particularly in the Gaza Strip. Israel's Summer Rain offensive has wreaked havoc in the impoverished territory, where 1.4 million people live on rationed electricity since Israel bombed Gaza's sole power plant in late June.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
GERMANY TAKES OVER UNIFIL NAVAL ARM
1-Remembering Lyla Bowman , My Mother. 2-Past Earthquakes in Hawaii. 3-Two micro earthquakes recorded near Mt. Ranier. 4-Tropical depression drenches Mexico. 4-ISRAEL AS I SEE IT: SIMCHAT TORAH (REJOICING OF THE TORAH) UNDER CLOUDS. 5-Nuclear capabilities growing worldwide. 6-Left-Wingers Lobbying to Jump-Start Dialogue Between Israel & PA. 7-Lieberman Pushes Presidential System in Israel. 8-Prof Yunus for EU-type Saarc union. 9-Germany takes over UNIFIL naval arm.
Remembering Lyla Bowman , My Mother
It was 8:50 AM on this day in 1992, when my Mother Died from Diabetes complications. I Just give JESUS the praise and glory that we will be reunited at the Rapture in the Clouds, and 7 years later back on Earth forever. This is the hope the lost do not have like Christians. My Father Stanton Bowman died in 1967 of Cancer.
EARTHQUAKES
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.
Past Earthquakes in Hawaii
By The Associated Press , 10.15.2006, 07:00 PM
Moderate or stronger earthquakes in Hawaii, from the U.S. Geological Survey:
6.6 preliminary, Kailua Kona, Oct. 15, 2006. Caused power outages, landslides and some property damage, according to preliminary reports.
5.2, Naalehu, July 17, 2005
5.3, Paauilo, July 15, 2005
6.7, Kaoiki, Nov. 16, 1983
7.2, Kalapana, Nov. 29, 1975. Tsunami killed two people in Halape.
6.9, Kona, Aug. 21, 1951
6.8, Maui, Jan. 22, 1938
6.5, Holualoa, Oct. 6, 1929
6.8, Lanai, Feb. 19, 1871
7.9, Ka'u district, April 2, 1868. Hawaii's largest earthquake, caused 77 deaths and knocked down homes made of stone, wood or straw. Landslides buried homes, and a tsunami drowned dozens of the victims.
7.0, Ka'u district, March 28, 1868. A foreshock of the April 2 earthquake.
7.0, south flank of Kilauea, June 2, 1923
Two micro earthquakes recorded near Mt. Ranier
Oct 15, 2006 02:54 PM EDT
GREENWATER, Wash. - Two small earthquakes were recorded today south of Greenwater, near Mount Rainier.The Pacific Northwest Network recorded a 2.7 magnitude earthquake at 8:30 a.m. 20 miles south of Greenwater. The quake occurred over an hour after a 2.6 magnitude earthquake in the same location.There were no reports of people feeling the earthquakes and no damage was reported.These micro quakes come one week after 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck the same area, seven miles east of Mount Rainier's summit.(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
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 depression drenches Mexico Sun Oct 15, 7:28 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - A former tropical storm regained strength Sunday and lashed southwestern Mexico with heavy rains, forecasters said.The weather system, which had been named Tropical Storm Norman before disintegrating last week, strengthened back to a tropical depression Sunday, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph.The government had issued a tropical storm warning Sunday for a swath of the Pacific Coast from the port city of Lazaro Cardenas to Cabo Corrientes, but discontinued it about 12 hours later.The storm was centered about 30 miles west of the resort town of Manzanillo late Sunday afternoon. It had been speeding toward Mexico's coast earlier, but slowed down rapidly before becoming stationary and starting to dissipate again.
The U.S.National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression could drop 6 to 12 inches of rain over some areas, with isolated accumulations of 15 inches, threatening flash floods and mudslides.Mexico was hit by two hurricanes last month. Hurricane John battered a remote section of Baja California, killing five people and destroying 160 homes, while Hurricane Lane struck the resort town of Mazatlan, causing relatively minor damage.
GENESIS 1:14
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
ISRAEL AS I SEE IT: SIMCHAT TORAH (REJOICING OF THE TORAH) UNDER CLOUDS
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YERUSHALIYIM, Israelite Tribal Territories of Judah and Benjamin, Kingdom of David and Solomon, United Israelite Kingdom of Judah and Joseph, Yom Sheini (Second Day), Day 24, Seventh Month (Tishrei), 5767 (Mon-day, October 16, 2006), Root & Branch Information Services [mailto:rb@rb.org.il] [www.rb.org.il]:
The Succot (Feast of Tabernacles) Holiday was observed in excellence throughout Israel. All Israeli communities provided occasions for observance. Jerusalem of course was the center, with a million visitors each day. The special Cohanim (Priestly) blessing day at the Kotel (Western Wall) had some 3,000 Cohanim participating and over 100,000 receiving the blessings.The annual Sukkot parade had close to 17,000 marchers, including some 5,000 Bible-believing Gentile Zionists who came from abroad to support Israel. The Chief Rabbis had receptions in their Succot at the Kotel. Many attended the Succah reception of Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski. President Moshe Katzav had his traditional reception for foreign diplomats as well as for the public, in the huge Succah of the Presidential garden.
The traditional Simchat Beit HaShoevah (Water Libation Ceremony) with the ample supply of water as needed, was observed throughout the country with women in the top level balcony, and the men in the lower level as performed at both the First and Second Temples, and as will be performed soon in the Third and Final Temple. In addition, many Israelis toured the country in organized tours as well as visiting the 49 national parks where the Jewish National Fund provided full facilities and refreshments. Virtually all Israeli communities provided programs with participation of both adults and children. B'nei Akivah had many functions throughout the Land as did other youth organizations.We had three outstanding festive dinners during the Hol HaMoed (Intermediate Days) period of Succot.The first was the traditional annual dinner of Sha'are Zedek Medical Center held in the huge Teddy Kollek Hall of the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. Over 600 participated in honoring Israel's Nobel Prize Laureates. Professor Avraham Hershko received the Chemistry Nobel Prize for discovering one of the cell's most important cyclical processes, regulated protein degradation. Professor Aaron Ciechanover worked together with Professor Avraham Hershko in the research. Professor Robert J. (Yisrael) Aumann received the Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis".
Sha'are Zedek Director Professor Jonathan HaLevi conducted the dinner program, acknowledging all friends of Sha'are Zedek. Sha'are Zedek, celebrating its 104th birthday, is a 500 bed hospital, with 45,000 admissions and 125,000 outpatients visits and more than 60,000 emergency visits annually. Some 12,000 women a year give birth at the Woman and Infant Center. The hospital has 350 physicians and 740 nurses on staff and its total work force is 1,850 and 700 volunteers. The Emergency Department has treated many thousands of victims of terror attacks and has been designated as a regional center for emergency treatment.We are a Sha'are Zedek Board member for some 40 years and Board Chairman for 10 years. We began the dinner function for fund raising and for outreach to communities at Sha'are Zedek. By now there must be over 100 organizations holding annual dinners, with much success.
The next annual dinner was that of Yeshivat Kerem BeYavneh, celebrating their 54st year of success. They were the first to introduce the "hesder" program by which military service is combined with yeshiva education. The graduates of some 60 yeshivot have proven to be excellent soldiers in tanks, paratroops and other elite combat units. The dinner was held at the Jerusalem Renaissance Hotel in a huge Succah accommodating 560 guests, mostly alumni and friends of the Yeshiva.Honored with much sentiment was retiring Sha'are Zedek Director Eli Klein after 40 years of excellent service. It also was his 80th birthday. Rosh Yeshivah Rabbi Mordchai Greenberg (a Kerem BeYavneh graduate) blessed and thanked Eli for his dedication to the Yeshiva all the years. A Chassidic Concert followed. We joined Bernard Hochstein as Co-Chairman.
The third dinner was the 36th Anniversary of Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalaim at their own Succah with some 200 in attendance Patrons were Rav and Mrs. Shalom Mark. Honored was Cantor Sidney Selig. The guest speaker was the outstanding Rabbi Dr. Avram Yehoshua Twerski, emphasizing the concept fully of joy: Yiddishkeit is Simcha. Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim is unique and its Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Baruch Horovitz outstanding in the difficult task of outreach to Jews who have strayed or those with little learning. We chaired the evening. They concluded with Simchat Bet HaSoevah.The Shemine Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of the Torah) celebration for Israelis was one day with very festive Hakofot (dancing with the Torah) and completing the reading of Devarim (Deuteronomy) and the beginning of Bereshit (Genesis). Visitors divided the prayers and reading in two days. The Heichal Shlomo organization annually has provided a special second night Hakofot in Jerusalem.
The Holidays were outstanding, enjoyed by all. However, realities returned at the end when the Israel Defense Forces attacked Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Hamas (local Palestinian branch of the Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Muslim Brotherhood, sister organization of Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Al Qaeda) and others in the Gaza Strip, killing 21 terrorists in a 72 hour intensive fire.A worse occurrence was North Korea detonating two nuclear bombs. Japan responded immediately with sanctions, as did the United Nations. North Korea's relations with Iran are most disturbing, particularly to us.May the Almighty protect us from our many enemies who seek our destruction.
Shavua Tov from Yerushaliyim,Mr. Samson Krupnick
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Nuclear capabilities growing worldwide
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says at least nine nations may have nuclear weapons, but perhaps 40 have nuclear bomb-making capability.Atomic officials said this capability whether the technical skills or the required material risks a second nuclear age in which some countries likely will ignore restraints against using nuclear weapons, The New York Times said Sunday.IAEA Director General Mohamed El Baradei said up to 49 nations possibly more either have nuclear weapons or know how to make them, the Times said. Baradei said global tensions could turn some countries' knowledge into action.He told The Times a country not necessarily a superpower with good intentions about using nuclear power could develop a bomb based on their sense of security or insecurity.©2006 United Press International, Inc
Left-Wingers Lobbying to Jump-Start Dialogue Between Israel & PA
16:27 Oct 15, '06 / 23 Tishrei 5767
(IsraelNN.com) Senior Fatah members and PA (Palestinian Authority) officials are maintaining contacts with the Israeli left, members of Meretz-Yahad, towards renewing diplomatic ties between Israel and the PA based on the Geneva formula. The persons involved in the effort recently met, deciding to meet in a wider-based forum in three weeks in the hope of advancing their agenda.
Lieberman Pushes Presidential System in Israel
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
MK Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, has pushed off the presentation of his legislation for a presidential political system by a week. The government will support the bill. The revolutionary legislation received the support of the ministerial committee for legislation yesterday, largely at the behest of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who would like Lieberman to join his government coalition. The Kadima ministers voted in favor, while Labor and Shas voted against. Health Minister Yaakov Ben-Yizri of the Pensioners Party, who objects to the bill, could have been the deciding vote but he caved in to Olmert's pressure and did not show up. By a 5-4 vote, therefore, it was decided that the government would support the bill when it comes up for a Knesset vote.
This is no guarantee of its passage, however, and in fact, at present, the bill in its current state does not appear to have a chance of being legislated into law.
What the Bill Says
The legislation was proposed by Lieberman and several of his party colleagues. Its purpose, as explained in the bill itself, is to enact a presidential system with total separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches... The ministers will not be Knesset Members, and the Knesset will thus be able to dedicate its work to legislation and parliamentary review over the government... The Knesset will be able to fire the Prime Minister by a 2/3 Knesset majority (80 MKs), but will not be able to dissolve a sitting government thus guaranteeing governmental stability for four years. The proposed legislation also states, however, that the Prime Minister will be able to call new Knesset elections if he sees that he does not enjoy the support of a Knesset majority.
In addition, the legislation would raise the minimum vote threshold for parties to enter the Knesset. Only parties that receive at least 10% of the popular vote will be able to be represented in the Knesset, in order to prevent the current situation in which small parties have power above and beyond their electoral representation. In the current Knesset, only Kadima, Labor, the Likud, Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu surpassed this minimum or came close. The three Arab parties even taken together as one bloc as well as the Pensioners, Meretz, National Union-National Religious Party, and United Torah Judaism (Agudat Yisrael-Degel HaTorah) did not receive this minimum. Some MKs of Yisrael Beiteinu have already indicated that 10% might be a bit high, and that they would be willing to agree to a lower minimum rate.
Lieberman: No Coalition Talks
In a press conference this afternoon, Lieberman said that there are currently no negotiations underway regarding the entry of his party into the government coalition. Such negotiations were one of the main news items of last week.A survey carried out by pollster Mina Tzemach over the past several days shows that if elections were to be held today, Yisrael Beiteinu would become Israel's second largest party. The poll shows the Likud jumping from 12 Knesset seats to 22, and Yisrael Beiteinu climbing from 11 to 20. It further indicates that Kadima would be halved in size from 29 to 15, and Labor would drop from 19 to 15.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sun. October 15, 2006
Prof Yunus for EU-type Saarc union
Our Correspondent, New Delhi
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has forcefully suggested the creation of a European Union (EU)-type union in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc).In an interview to The Economic Times, a leading Indian economic daily, he said, In the road ahead, as I see it, the formation of a EU-like union in Saarc is a must. It is only an integrated economic system in which Saarc members can cooperate and collaborate with each other and start moving forward. Micro-financing will have to be a part of it.If this model can be evolved, common place political issues like in Kashmir or the problems in Nepal will no longer be relevant, Yunus said.
He said the policy support for microcredit must come in the form of availability of wholesale funds, as this will enable everybody to take part freely in the overall system.I have mentioned this to Dr Singh [Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh] and he has promised to pay attention to the requirements of the sector. If Bangladesh can do it, why can't India? Yunus asked.He said if necessary India would have to create an independent regulatory body to monitor the micro-finance sector and it will also perhaps bring in legislation for formation of a microcredit bank.In all this effort, large scale support from NGOs needs to be harnessed. Don't forget that at the end of the day, this is a business just like any other business. We have proved it to the world and there is a message in it for everybody, the Nobel winner said.The situation in Bangladesh is similar to that in India. But I would like to see this whole thing in a broader regional context,he added.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Germany takes over UNIFIL naval arm
Pellegrini pronounces initial patrols a real success
By Iman Azzi ,Daily Star staff,Monday, October 16, 2006
BEIRUT: Italy turned over command of the naval contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to Germany on Sunday. Italian Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi passed command of the beefed-up force to German Admiral Andreas Krause during a ceremony aboard Italy's flagship Guiseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier at the Port of Beirut.The naval patrols were instituted under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the war with Israel on August 14.The ceremony was also attended by UNIFIL's commander, Major General Alain Pellegrini, who hailed the Italian-led mission - which helped end an economically crippling two-month Israeli blockade on Lebanon as a real success.
For the first time, UNIFIL had to include a naval component and it was organized very rapidly ... but thanks to the professionalism and dedication and the feeling of confidence of De Giorgi and his crew this has paved the way to a new and efficient task force, the UNIFIL commander said.The Italians took command of the task force on September 8, five days after arriving in Lebanon, transporting Italy's contribution to the ground contingent of UNIFIL after Resolution 1701 was passed. Due to Italy's advanced naval technology, the country accepted a Lebanese invitation to lead the maritime task force until the German ships arrived.Germany agreed to send up to 2,400 military personnel to Lebanon in the country's first mission in the Middle East since World War II.
Krause expressed gratitude for the foundation laid by the Italian Navy.They collected a tremendous amount of information and built a strong relationship with the Lebanese Navy. This enabled us to take over command smoothly, after handing over their information and thanks to fruitful cooperation that had been set in place,Krause said.http://www.dailystar.com.lb
The enhanced UNIFIL mission is enforcing a cessation of hostilities which ended fierce conflict between Israel and Lebanon over the summer, by deploying forces in Southern Lebanon and out at sea. De Giorgi, who commanded Task Force 425 for over 40 days while the German Navy prepared for its mission, spoke proudly about his team's time in Lebanon's waters. We have accomplished our mission, we answered your call when you came to Rome, asking not only for relief and support but crying out loud for your nation's right to life. Lebanon has overcome wars and destruction over the ages. Do not allow desolation to prevail,Di Giorgi said.
Since September 8, the naval unit has assumed the responsibility, endorsed by Lebanese authorities, for conducting maritime surveillance activity and overseeing the termination of the Israeli blockade. The Italians were assisted by English, French and Greek warships.
The Italian Navy leaves the amphibious warship San Marco off the coast of Lebanon, with the responsibility to provide full medical and logistic support to the Italian ground contingent serving with UNIFIL in the South.The German-led Maritime Task Force 448 will be supported by naval assistance from Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Sweden and Turkey.This is a difficult and complicated task,Krause told members of his crew as part of the change-of-command ceremony. I have a deep trust in your capabilities, and the training convinced me you are able to take it on.
Remembering Lyla Bowman , My Mother
It was 8:50 AM on this day in 1992, when my Mother Died from Diabetes complications. I Just give JESUS the praise and glory that we will be reunited at the Rapture in the Clouds, and 7 years later back on Earth forever. This is the hope the lost do not have like Christians. My Father Stanton Bowman died in 1967 of Cancer.
EARTHQUAKES
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.
Past Earthquakes in Hawaii
By The Associated Press , 10.15.2006, 07:00 PM
Moderate or stronger earthquakes in Hawaii, from the U.S. Geological Survey:
6.6 preliminary, Kailua Kona, Oct. 15, 2006. Caused power outages, landslides and some property damage, according to preliminary reports.
5.2, Naalehu, July 17, 2005
5.3, Paauilo, July 15, 2005
6.7, Kaoiki, Nov. 16, 1983
7.2, Kalapana, Nov. 29, 1975. Tsunami killed two people in Halape.
6.9, Kona, Aug. 21, 1951
6.8, Maui, Jan. 22, 1938
6.5, Holualoa, Oct. 6, 1929
6.8, Lanai, Feb. 19, 1871
7.9, Ka'u district, April 2, 1868. Hawaii's largest earthquake, caused 77 deaths and knocked down homes made of stone, wood or straw. Landslides buried homes, and a tsunami drowned dozens of the victims.
7.0, Ka'u district, March 28, 1868. A foreshock of the April 2 earthquake.
7.0, south flank of Kilauea, June 2, 1923
Two micro earthquakes recorded near Mt. Ranier
Oct 15, 2006 02:54 PM EDT
GREENWATER, Wash. - Two small earthquakes were recorded today south of Greenwater, near Mount Rainier.The Pacific Northwest Network recorded a 2.7 magnitude earthquake at 8:30 a.m. 20 miles south of Greenwater. The quake occurred over an hour after a 2.6 magnitude earthquake in the same location.There were no reports of people feeling the earthquakes and no damage was reported.These micro quakes come one week after 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck the same area, seven miles east of Mount Rainier's summit.(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
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 depression drenches Mexico Sun Oct 15, 7:28 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - A former tropical storm regained strength Sunday and lashed southwestern Mexico with heavy rains, forecasters said.The weather system, which had been named Tropical Storm Norman before disintegrating last week, strengthened back to a tropical depression Sunday, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph.The government had issued a tropical storm warning Sunday for a swath of the Pacific Coast from the port city of Lazaro Cardenas to Cabo Corrientes, but discontinued it about 12 hours later.The storm was centered about 30 miles west of the resort town of Manzanillo late Sunday afternoon. It had been speeding toward Mexico's coast earlier, but slowed down rapidly before becoming stationary and starting to dissipate again.
The U.S.National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression could drop 6 to 12 inches of rain over some areas, with isolated accumulations of 15 inches, threatening flash floods and mudslides.Mexico was hit by two hurricanes last month. Hurricane John battered a remote section of Baja California, killing five people and destroying 160 homes, while Hurricane Lane struck the resort town of Mazatlan, causing relatively minor damage.
GENESIS 1:14
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
ISRAEL AS I SEE IT: SIMCHAT TORAH (REJOICING OF THE TORAH) UNDER CLOUDS
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YERUSHALIYIM, Israelite Tribal Territories of Judah and Benjamin, Kingdom of David and Solomon, United Israelite Kingdom of Judah and Joseph, Yom Sheini (Second Day), Day 24, Seventh Month (Tishrei), 5767 (Mon-day, October 16, 2006), Root & Branch Information Services [mailto:rb@rb.org.il] [www.rb.org.il]:
The Succot (Feast of Tabernacles) Holiday was observed in excellence throughout Israel. All Israeli communities provided occasions for observance. Jerusalem of course was the center, with a million visitors each day. The special Cohanim (Priestly) blessing day at the Kotel (Western Wall) had some 3,000 Cohanim participating and over 100,000 receiving the blessings.The annual Sukkot parade had close to 17,000 marchers, including some 5,000 Bible-believing Gentile Zionists who came from abroad to support Israel. The Chief Rabbis had receptions in their Succot at the Kotel. Many attended the Succah reception of Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski. President Moshe Katzav had his traditional reception for foreign diplomats as well as for the public, in the huge Succah of the Presidential garden.
The traditional Simchat Beit HaShoevah (Water Libation Ceremony) with the ample supply of water as needed, was observed throughout the country with women in the top level balcony, and the men in the lower level as performed at both the First and Second Temples, and as will be performed soon in the Third and Final Temple. In addition, many Israelis toured the country in organized tours as well as visiting the 49 national parks where the Jewish National Fund provided full facilities and refreshments. Virtually all Israeli communities provided programs with participation of both adults and children. B'nei Akivah had many functions throughout the Land as did other youth organizations.We had three outstanding festive dinners during the Hol HaMoed (Intermediate Days) period of Succot.The first was the traditional annual dinner of Sha'are Zedek Medical Center held in the huge Teddy Kollek Hall of the International Conference Center in Jerusalem. Over 600 participated in honoring Israel's Nobel Prize Laureates. Professor Avraham Hershko received the Chemistry Nobel Prize for discovering one of the cell's most important cyclical processes, regulated protein degradation. Professor Aaron Ciechanover worked together with Professor Avraham Hershko in the research. Professor Robert J. (Yisrael) Aumann received the Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis".
Sha'are Zedek Director Professor Jonathan HaLevi conducted the dinner program, acknowledging all friends of Sha'are Zedek. Sha'are Zedek, celebrating its 104th birthday, is a 500 bed hospital, with 45,000 admissions and 125,000 outpatients visits and more than 60,000 emergency visits annually. Some 12,000 women a year give birth at the Woman and Infant Center. The hospital has 350 physicians and 740 nurses on staff and its total work force is 1,850 and 700 volunteers. The Emergency Department has treated many thousands of victims of terror attacks and has been designated as a regional center for emergency treatment.We are a Sha'are Zedek Board member for some 40 years and Board Chairman for 10 years. We began the dinner function for fund raising and for outreach to communities at Sha'are Zedek. By now there must be over 100 organizations holding annual dinners, with much success.
The next annual dinner was that of Yeshivat Kerem BeYavneh, celebrating their 54st year of success. They were the first to introduce the "hesder" program by which military service is combined with yeshiva education. The graduates of some 60 yeshivot have proven to be excellent soldiers in tanks, paratroops and other elite combat units. The dinner was held at the Jerusalem Renaissance Hotel in a huge Succah accommodating 560 guests, mostly alumni and friends of the Yeshiva.Honored with much sentiment was retiring Sha'are Zedek Director Eli Klein after 40 years of excellent service. It also was his 80th birthday. Rosh Yeshivah Rabbi Mordchai Greenberg (a Kerem BeYavneh graduate) blessed and thanked Eli for his dedication to the Yeshiva all the years. A Chassidic Concert followed. We joined Bernard Hochstein as Co-Chairman.
The third dinner was the 36th Anniversary of Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalaim at their own Succah with some 200 in attendance Patrons were Rav and Mrs. Shalom Mark. Honored was Cantor Sidney Selig. The guest speaker was the outstanding Rabbi Dr. Avram Yehoshua Twerski, emphasizing the concept fully of joy: Yiddishkeit is Simcha. Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim is unique and its Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Baruch Horovitz outstanding in the difficult task of outreach to Jews who have strayed or those with little learning. We chaired the evening. They concluded with Simchat Bet HaSoevah.The Shemine Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly) and Simchat Torah (Rejoicing of the Torah) celebration for Israelis was one day with very festive Hakofot (dancing with the Torah) and completing the reading of Devarim (Deuteronomy) and the beginning of Bereshit (Genesis). Visitors divided the prayers and reading in two days. The Heichal Shlomo organization annually has provided a special second night Hakofot in Jerusalem.
The Holidays were outstanding, enjoyed by all. However, realities returned at the end when the Israel Defense Forces attacked Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Hamas (local Palestinian branch of the Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Muslim Brotherhood, sister organization of Saudi Arabian petro-dollar profit financed Wahhabi Al Qaeda) and others in the Gaza Strip, killing 21 terrorists in a 72 hour intensive fire.A worse occurrence was North Korea detonating two nuclear bombs. Japan responded immediately with sanctions, as did the United Nations. North Korea's relations with Iran are most disturbing, particularly to us.May the Almighty protect us from our many enemies who seek our destruction.
Shavua Tov from Yerushaliyim,Mr. Samson Krupnick
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Nuclear capabilities growing worldwide
NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency says at least nine nations may have nuclear weapons, but perhaps 40 have nuclear bomb-making capability.Atomic officials said this capability whether the technical skills or the required material risks a second nuclear age in which some countries likely will ignore restraints against using nuclear weapons, The New York Times said Sunday.IAEA Director General Mohamed El Baradei said up to 49 nations possibly more either have nuclear weapons or know how to make them, the Times said. Baradei said global tensions could turn some countries' knowledge into action.He told The Times a country not necessarily a superpower with good intentions about using nuclear power could develop a bomb based on their sense of security or insecurity.©2006 United Press International, Inc
Left-Wingers Lobbying to Jump-Start Dialogue Between Israel & PA
16:27 Oct 15, '06 / 23 Tishrei 5767
(IsraelNN.com) Senior Fatah members and PA (Palestinian Authority) officials are maintaining contacts with the Israeli left, members of Meretz-Yahad, towards renewing diplomatic ties between Israel and the PA based on the Geneva formula. The persons involved in the effort recently met, deciding to meet in a wider-based forum in three weeks in the hope of advancing their agenda.
Lieberman Pushes Presidential System in Israel
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
MK Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, has pushed off the presentation of his legislation for a presidential political system by a week. The government will support the bill. The revolutionary legislation received the support of the ministerial committee for legislation yesterday, largely at the behest of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who would like Lieberman to join his government coalition. The Kadima ministers voted in favor, while Labor and Shas voted against. Health Minister Yaakov Ben-Yizri of the Pensioners Party, who objects to the bill, could have been the deciding vote but he caved in to Olmert's pressure and did not show up. By a 5-4 vote, therefore, it was decided that the government would support the bill when it comes up for a Knesset vote.
This is no guarantee of its passage, however, and in fact, at present, the bill in its current state does not appear to have a chance of being legislated into law.
What the Bill Says
The legislation was proposed by Lieberman and several of his party colleagues. Its purpose, as explained in the bill itself, is to enact a presidential system with total separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches... The ministers will not be Knesset Members, and the Knesset will thus be able to dedicate its work to legislation and parliamentary review over the government... The Knesset will be able to fire the Prime Minister by a 2/3 Knesset majority (80 MKs), but will not be able to dissolve a sitting government thus guaranteeing governmental stability for four years. The proposed legislation also states, however, that the Prime Minister will be able to call new Knesset elections if he sees that he does not enjoy the support of a Knesset majority.
In addition, the legislation would raise the minimum vote threshold for parties to enter the Knesset. Only parties that receive at least 10% of the popular vote will be able to be represented in the Knesset, in order to prevent the current situation in which small parties have power above and beyond their electoral representation. In the current Knesset, only Kadima, Labor, the Likud, Shas and Yisrael Beiteinu surpassed this minimum or came close. The three Arab parties even taken together as one bloc as well as the Pensioners, Meretz, National Union-National Religious Party, and United Torah Judaism (Agudat Yisrael-Degel HaTorah) did not receive this minimum. Some MKs of Yisrael Beiteinu have already indicated that 10% might be a bit high, and that they would be willing to agree to a lower minimum rate.
Lieberman: No Coalition Talks
In a press conference this afternoon, Lieberman said that there are currently no negotiations underway regarding the entry of his party into the government coalition. Such negotiations were one of the main news items of last week.A survey carried out by pollster Mina Tzemach over the past several days shows that if elections were to be held today, Yisrael Beiteinu would become Israel's second largest party. The poll shows the Likud jumping from 12 Knesset seats to 22, and Yisrael Beiteinu climbing from 11 to 20. It further indicates that Kadima would be halved in size from 29 to 15, and Labor would drop from 19 to 15.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Sun. October 15, 2006
Prof Yunus for EU-type Saarc union
Our Correspondent, New Delhi
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has forcefully suggested the creation of a European Union (EU)-type union in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc).In an interview to The Economic Times, a leading Indian economic daily, he said, In the road ahead, as I see it, the formation of a EU-like union in Saarc is a must. It is only an integrated economic system in which Saarc members can cooperate and collaborate with each other and start moving forward. Micro-financing will have to be a part of it.If this model can be evolved, common place political issues like in Kashmir or the problems in Nepal will no longer be relevant, Yunus said.
He said the policy support for microcredit must come in the form of availability of wholesale funds, as this will enable everybody to take part freely in the overall system.I have mentioned this to Dr Singh [Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh] and he has promised to pay attention to the requirements of the sector. If Bangladesh can do it, why can't India? Yunus asked.He said if necessary India would have to create an independent regulatory body to monitor the micro-finance sector and it will also perhaps bring in legislation for formation of a microcredit bank.In all this effort, large scale support from NGOs needs to be harnessed. Don't forget that at the end of the day, this is a business just like any other business. We have proved it to the world and there is a message in it for everybody, the Nobel winner said.The situation in Bangladesh is similar to that in India. But I would like to see this whole thing in a broader regional context,he added.
EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)
DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.
DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
Germany takes over UNIFIL naval arm
Pellegrini pronounces initial patrols a real success
By Iman Azzi ,Daily Star staff,Monday, October 16, 2006
BEIRUT: Italy turned over command of the naval contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to Germany on Sunday. Italian Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi passed command of the beefed-up force to German Admiral Andreas Krause during a ceremony aboard Italy's flagship Guiseppe Garibaldi aircraft carrier at the Port of Beirut.The naval patrols were instituted under the terms of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the war with Israel on August 14.The ceremony was also attended by UNIFIL's commander, Major General Alain Pellegrini, who hailed the Italian-led mission - which helped end an economically crippling two-month Israeli blockade on Lebanon as a real success.
For the first time, UNIFIL had to include a naval component and it was organized very rapidly ... but thanks to the professionalism and dedication and the feeling of confidence of De Giorgi and his crew this has paved the way to a new and efficient task force, the UNIFIL commander said.The Italians took command of the task force on September 8, five days after arriving in Lebanon, transporting Italy's contribution to the ground contingent of UNIFIL after Resolution 1701 was passed. Due to Italy's advanced naval technology, the country accepted a Lebanese invitation to lead the maritime task force until the German ships arrived.Germany agreed to send up to 2,400 military personnel to Lebanon in the country's first mission in the Middle East since World War II.
Krause expressed gratitude for the foundation laid by the Italian Navy.They collected a tremendous amount of information and built a strong relationship with the Lebanese Navy. This enabled us to take over command smoothly, after handing over their information and thanks to fruitful cooperation that had been set in place,Krause said.http://www.dailystar.com.lb
The enhanced UNIFIL mission is enforcing a cessation of hostilities which ended fierce conflict between Israel and Lebanon over the summer, by deploying forces in Southern Lebanon and out at sea. De Giorgi, who commanded Task Force 425 for over 40 days while the German Navy prepared for its mission, spoke proudly about his team's time in Lebanon's waters. We have accomplished our mission, we answered your call when you came to Rome, asking not only for relief and support but crying out loud for your nation's right to life. Lebanon has overcome wars and destruction over the ages. Do not allow desolation to prevail,Di Giorgi said.
Since September 8, the naval unit has assumed the responsibility, endorsed by Lebanese authorities, for conducting maritime surveillance activity and overseeing the termination of the Israeli blockade. The Italians were assisted by English, French and Greek warships.
The Italian Navy leaves the amphibious warship San Marco off the coast of Lebanon, with the responsibility to provide full medical and logistic support to the Italian ground contingent serving with UNIFIL in the South.The German-led Maritime Task Force 448 will be supported by naval assistance from Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Norway, Sweden and Turkey.This is a difficult and complicated task,Krause told members of his crew as part of the change-of-command ceremony. I have a deep trust in your capabilities, and the training convinced me you are able to take it on.
NORTH KOREA GETS SANCTIONED
1-Strong quake shakes Hawaii. 2-Southern Ontario digs out after surprise storm. 3-U.N. Security Council approves sanctions; North Korea rejects resolution. 4-Pyongyang calm after adoption of U.N. Security Council resolution. 5-IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria. 6-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Travel to Russia Tuesday. 7-Spanish foreign minister in Damascus for talks. 8-Israeli poll indicates shift to right among electorate. 9-Mount Allison virus spread through bathrooms, cafeteria: officials. 10-IDF Stepping Up Operations in the Gaza Strip.
EARTHQUAKES
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.
They have upgraded the Quake to a 6.6 and as of 4:45 PM, 20 after shocks have occured, 7 or 8 of them over 4.0. The Geologists are warning that a big one tommorow could be big Trouble for Hawaii.
Strong quake shakes Hawaii 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP)A strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolted the island of Hawaii awake sparking fears of a tsunami, although officials said none was expected.The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 7:07 am (1707 GMT) near the island of
Hawaii and was followed by strong aftershock of 5.8 magnitude.We have had some scattered reports of power outages on the big island of Hawaii and Oahu and some reports of damage and some landslides on the big island of Hawaii,said Don Blakeman, a USGS seismologist.They are consistent with what I would expect for an earthquake of this magnitude, there would be some damage but I wouldn't expect anything catastrophic. But you never know about these things,he said.Stewart Koyangi at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no tsunami is expected, from this quake, but that some areas had experienced strong shaking.
US media reported extensive disruptions from the quake, including an island-wide blackout on the island of Oahu and closed airports.Because of the island-wide blackout things, have come to a standstill,Mahea Richardson, a Hawaii television reporter, told CNN.Richardson said that the hospital in Kona, on the big island, was being evacuated due to damage and that the airport there was closed.CNN reported that phone service had also been disrupted in some areas.The epicenter was located some 153 miles (246 kilometers) from the capital of Honolulu.Erik von Ancken, who was vacationing on the island of Hawaii with his fiancee, told CNN that the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed some 220,000 was the first thing that crossed his mind.It was a little bit nerve-wracking,he said, noting that the fish started jumping before he could feel the shakes.
The guess was that this was an earthquake,he said, The tsunami, that was everyone's first thought. People started running for higher ground.
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.
Southern Ontario digs out after surprise storm
Canadian Press and Associated Press
The Fort Erie and Welland areas of southwestern Ontario are digging out from as much as 30 centimetres of snow following a powerful pre-winter storm.
The region may receive up to 15 more centimetres before a let-up to what Environment Canada terms significant snowfalls of historic proportions.The snow and strong winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour have caused snow-laden branches to snap onto power lines, causing power outages from Port Colborne to Fort Erie, and forcing part of the Queen Elizabeth Way to be shut down.Bad weather also forced the closure of the Peace Bridge border crossing connecting Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, New York. Schools in the Fort Erie and Port Colborne area were also closed.Snow squalls coming off Lake Huron also left parts of Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, Parry Sound and other cottage country areas covered in snow. Another 10 centimetres of snow might fall this morning before it changes to showers.
Northern Ontario also received an early introduction to winter, with an additional five centimetres expected today in some areas, including Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Red Lake.Meanwhile in the United States, Buffalo recorded its snowiest October day on record and the city was bracing for more on Friday, with schools closed and 155,000 customers without electricity.At least two feet of snow blanketed parts of the Buffalo area early Friday, signalling a possible second record-setting day. The snow downed scores of tree limbs and toppled power lines.The snowfall was expected to continue throughout the morning, said Tom Paone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
On Thursday, 53.5 centimetres of heavy snow set the record for the snowiest October day in Buffalo in the 137-year history of the weather service, said meteorologist Tom Niziol. The previous record of 38 centimetres was set Oct. 31, 1917.This is an extremely rare event for this early in the season, Mr. Niziol said.The Buffalo Police Department received more than 3,000 calls late Thursday and about two-thirds were related to the weather, Lieutenant James Watkins said.
There are power lines going down all over the place, he said.Crews worked into the night to restore power, but many customers were expected to remain in the dark through the weekend and into next week, National Grid energy company spokesman Steve Brady said.This is extremely heavy snow and most of the trees still have most of their leaves, he said. We can't do a complete damage assessment until the snow stops falling.Other western New York communities also experienced heavy snowfall. Officials in Amherst ordered a driving ban for the entire town.We have a condition where 80 per cent of the roads are impassable,said Lieutenant Stephen McGonagle of the Amherst Police Department.
Buffalo schools were closed Friday.
The snowstorm caused flight delays and cancellations at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, officials said. The airport shut down for almost two hours late Thursday.Tree branches were strewn across the roads around the region. A large box maple tree split in half, falling on Joan Casey's home in Buffalo.The whole house shook,Casey said. We were very afraid. Originally I thought it was just the thunder, and then I came outside and I couldn't believe it.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
Saturday, October 14, 2006 - Page updated at 04:44 PM
U.N. Security Council approves sanctions; North Korea rejects resolution
By Edith M. Lederer,The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test a clear threat to international peace and
security.
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a gangster-like action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States.The U.S.-sponsored resolution demands that the reclusive communist nation abandon its nuclear weapons program, and orders all countries to prevent North Korea from importing or exporting any material for weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missiles. It orders nations to freeze assets of people or businesses connected to these programs, and ban the individuals from traveling.
The resolution also calls on all countries to inspect cargo leaving and arriving in North Korea to prevent any illegal trafficking in unconventional weapons or ballistic missiles. The final draft was softened from language saying the council decides which is a stronger authorization.U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said North Korea's proclaimed test poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Today, we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction,he said, in what appeared to be a clear warning to Iran whose nuclear ambitions come before the Security Council again next week.
North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon countered by blaming the United States for forcing the country to conduct a test because of its nuclear threat, sanctions and pressure.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is ready for talks, dialogue and confrontation, Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said. If the United States increases pressure upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures considering it as a declaration of war.North Korea has said it could conduct a second nuclear test in response to tough sanctions.The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what the Russian ambassador called tense negotiations.
China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said afterward that the provision allowing the boarding of ships to inspect cargo was still unacceptable to Beijing and it would not carry out inspections. Nonetheless, Wang hailed what he called a watered-down resolution.
He told reporters that he did not consider the North Korean ambassador's response the official reply from Pyongyang, which he awaits. The important thing is not what they say here, Wang said.The overriding issue, he said, is how we work together for peace and security in the region.The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the United States would seek further measures.The Security Council condemned the nuclear test that North Korea said it conducted on Oct 9. It demanded that North Korea immediately return to six-party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its weapons program without precondition.
It imposed sanctions for the North's flagrant disregard of the council's appeal not to detonate a nuclear device and demanded that North Korea not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile.The resolution bans the import or export of material and equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. It orders all countries to freeze the assets and ban travel for anyone engaged in supporting North Korea's weapons programs.This action by the United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons free, President Bush said.In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite, the resolution bans the sale of luxury goods to the country. Kim is known for his love of cognac and lobster and collection of thousands of bottles of vintage French wine.
To meet Russian and Chinese concerns, the Americans eliminated a complete ban on the sale of conventional weapons. Instead, the resolution limits the embargo to major hardware such as tanks, warships, combat aircraft and missiles.Russia's U.N.
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow got what it wanted a strong resolution but one that is also aimed at prevention of a further escalation of tension.North Korea's Pak told the Security Council that the nuclear test was not inconsistent with the country's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula.The DPRK clarified more than once that it would feel no need to possess even a single nuke when it is no longer exposed to the United States' threat, after it has dropped its hostile policy to the DPRK and confidence has been built between the two countries,he said.
Bolton said North Korea's claimed test unquestionably poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Following Pak's speech, Bolton took the floor again saying I'm not going to waste any our time responding.But he noted that North Korea had done Saturday exactly what it did in July after the council adopted limited sanctions for its ballistic missile tests immediately reject the resolution and walk out.It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the desk, Bolton said, referring to the Soviet leader's legendary act of protest at the U.N. General Assembly in 1960.Bolton told reporters afterward that the next step is to start work on implementing the resolution.Hopefully on saner reflections perhaps they'll begin to accept that if they don't change course, the only future for them is continued isolation,he said.
On Friday, U.S. officials said an air sampling after North Korea's claimed nuclear test detected radioactive debris consistent with an atomic explosion. However, the Bush administration and congressional officials said no final determination had been made about the nature of Monday's mystery-shrouded blast.The U.S. and other nations trying to persuade the North to give up its atomic program continued a flurry of high-level diplomatic visits, including a trip to Asia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to present a unified front to North Korea.The resolution invokes Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which the U.S. views as a necessary because it makes economic and diplomatic sanctions mandatory.China and Russia normally object to the Chapter 7 provision because it carries the possibility of military enforcement. The Bush administration used the same provision to justify its invasion of Iraq, and Moscow and Beijing worry the U.S. might do the same eventually with North Korea even though Bush has said the U.S. has no plans to attack.
But in a compromise also used in July to unanimously vote on a resolution condemning North Korean missile launches, the text added mention of Article 41 of the chapter, which permits only means not involving the use of military force.A Russian nuclear envoy who visited North Korea said Saturday he pressed the North to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said he had a very useful meeting Friday with Kim Gye Gwan, the North's nuclear negotiator, but did not say how Kim responded.Pyongyang has boycotted the six-nation talks for the past 13 months to protest financial measures imposed by Washington for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.Associated Press writers Ed Harris at the United Nations and Robert Burns and Anne Gearan in Washington contributed to this report.© 2006 The Seattle Times Company
Sunday October 15, 6:25 PM
Pyongyang calm after adoption of U.N. Security Council resolution
(Kyodo) - The North Korean capital was calm Sunday, with citizens going about their business as usual, even as the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution unanimously against the country over its claimed nuclear test. Pyongyang citizens were seen preparing for Tuesday's 80th anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union, a predecessor to the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, putting up banners and decorations at major sites in the city. Groups of students were practicing marches in the city's squares, in what could be preparations for a parade that some have said would take place Tuesday to mark the anniversary. The U.N. Security Council resolution, adopted Saturday in New York, expresses the gravest concern and calls for all U.N. members to take wide-ranging economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea.
In Pyongyang, where information available to ordinary people is tightly controlled, citizens said they did not know the content of the sanctions but are unworried. You say sanctions, but we have been under sanctions imposed by the United States for over half a decade (from the Korean War), said a 41-year-old man, who works in transportation. But even so, we have developed our economy, and succeeded in conducting a nuclear test,he said.
While the nuclear test announcement Monday was reported in North Korea, information about the harsh reaction the announcement triggered from the international community has not been seen in the official North Korean press. Asked if there are any worries because of the sanctions, a 41-year-old woman working at the Central Zoo said, Not at all.Families and couples were seen visiting the zoo in the outskirts of Pyongyang. In the week since the nuclear test announcement, no demonstrations or parades supporting the nuclear experiment have been seen in Pyongyang, nor have slogans referring to the test been observed in the city in the form of signs or banners.
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria
15 Oct 2006 13:07:59 GMT,Source: IRIN
DAMASCUS, 15 October (IRIN) Some 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria as a result of death threats by religious zealots since the ousting of former President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi sources in Damascus said. Emanuel Khoshba, head of the office of the Assyrian and Democratic Movement in Syria, said that Iraqi Christians continue to flee to Syria in large numbers.
In 2004, the number of Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria stood at 20,000; now [in 2006] it has reached 35,000 and it's likely to increase further, Khoshba said. There are around 1.2 million Iraqi Christians in Iraq, representing three percent of the country's 26 million inhabitants. Christians fleeing Iraq say that in Syria they have found security and freedom to practice their religion.
I felt terribly insecure in Iraq. I sold everything there and came to Syria and started a job here in transport,said Johnny Nano, 29, an Iraqi Christian who fled to Syria in 2003 for fear of his life. I don't think of returning to Iraq as the security situation [there] doesn't allow me. Besides, my life is stable now here, so why go back? Arkan Hanna Hakim, 40, is a priest from Mosul who was appointed two months ago to supervise the Iraqi Assyrian sect in Damascus. More than 2,000 Iraqi Christian families are now in Jaramana quarter [southern Damascus] alone, and a lot of Christians have received warnings to leave Iraq or face killing,he said, adding that threats against Christians in Iraq have increased following Pope Benedict's recent remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.
Nineteen-year-old Fadi Raad Naaomi is one such Iraqi Christian whose family narrowly escaped death before leaving Iraq. Fadi said that he abandoned his studies in Baghdad and fled to Syria a day after his 52-year-old father, Raad, was kidnapped at a church.
We received a call telling us if we want to see our father we have to pay a ransom and not let the police know,said Fadi. His family collected the equivalent of US $10,000 and three days later Raad was released.However, Fadi said that despite such incidents, he and his family will return to Iraq. We are Christians, a minority with no voice there and threatened to death every day, but there is no other way, we don't have money to stay in Syria.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Travel to Russia Tuesday
Olmert to Discuss Iran, Syria and Russia's Role in Peace Process During Three-Day Trip
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Moscow Oct. 17 for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The trip marks Olmert's first overseas trip since the start of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict and his first to Russia since becoming prime minister.In addition to Putin, he is expected to meet with a number of other Russian government officials and politicians. Russia's role in the peace process, its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria, and its bi-lateral economic relations with Israel are likely to top the agenda in discussions between the two leaders. The question of how to manage the Iranian nuclear threat also is likely to be a key part of the discussions. [1] On Oct. 19, Olmert is scheduled to take part in celebrations commemorating the 15th anniversary since diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel were re-established in 1991. The festivities are to be held in the Moscow Jewish Community Center in Maryina Roscha. [2] Diplomatic relations between the two countries broke down in 1967.
Background and Key Facts
Russia's Contradictory Role: Selling Arms to Iran While Pursuing Ties with Israel
The Russian administration simultaneously enables Iran's pursuit for nuclear technology and is a principal manufacturer of Syrian armaments, while pursuing improved relations with Israel. [3] Despite Putin's agreeable posture towards Israel, Russia's sales of nuclear and military technology to two of Israel's most threatening adversaries Syria and Iran remain a top security concern for Israel. Hezbollah, a southern Lebanese-based Shiite terrorist organization, has direct financial and military ties to both Iran and Syria. On July 12, Hezbollah began a war against Israel by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others while battering the north with hundreds of missiles. [4] The war lasted 34 days, devastating life in Israel and Lebanon.The Islamic Republic of Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terror because of its monetary, political and military support for global terrorist organizations. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's radical religious doctrine radical religious doctrine, which focuses on eliminating the State of Israel, [5] is exported by Hezbollah and other militant groups that are fueled by Iran and their desire for worldwide Islamic domination.Iran's generous sponsorship enables Hezbollah cells to continue and develop their terrorist activities throughout the Middle East, Europe and other locations across the globe. [6]
Syria, on the other hand, obtains military technology and chemical agents from Iran and North Korea and is believed to have one of the largest ballistic munitions caches in the world. [7] Due to its proximity to Iran and Lebanon, Syria acts as a principle source for smuggling and sanctuary of advanced weapons for Hezbollah.Motivation Behind Russia's Relationship with Iran, Syria.Russia's chief
foreign policy ties to Iran and Syria appear to be driven by Putin's desire to augment Russia's economy. [8].In Nov. 2005 Russia signed a $1 billion (€796,728,113) weapons export contract with Iran. The contract includes shipment of 29 surface-to-air missile TOR-M1 systems, military boats, and an upgrade of Iran's Russian-made bombers in fighter jets. [9].Russia also continues to be involved in the construction of the Brushehr nuclear facility (two reactors), an agreement signed between Russia and Iran in the early 1990s for $800 million (€637,503,200). [10]
In late April 2005, during his first visit to Israel as Russia's president, [11] Putin said he wouldn't sell Syria 300 km-range Iskander-E missiles amid opposition from Israel and the United States. Putin instead announced that he would sell Syria Strelet surface-to-air systems that have a range of three miles (five km). [12] But even the shorter-range missiles could do tremendous damage to Israel if they ended up in the hands of a terrorist group such as Hezbollah, which operates just across the border from Israel in southern Lebanon. [13].Putin defended his decision, stating, I am aware of Israel's concerns regarding the possibility that the missiles will reach the hands of terror organizations in Lebanon. However, these concerns are groundless. . . . The missiles we sold to Syria are short-range anti-aircraft missiles. They do not threaten Israeli territory. For these missiles to hit you, you will need to enter Syrian territory. [14] He also backed Syria's construction of a nuclear facility in Iran.
Russia's Potential Role in Imposing Sanctions Against Iran
Russian endorsement of Iranian sanctions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the key to placing pressure on the Iranian regime to halt further nuclear production. [15].Russia is a key determinant of which sanctions are ratified by the UNSC, says Ephraim Kam, deputy head of the Institute of National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. "If the Russians would agree, there would be sanctions. If they won't agree, there won't be sanctions,Kam said. [16].Although Moscow has been a longstanding economic partner with Iran, Russia is finding itself constrained as Iran continues to escalate the nuclear arms conflict. For some time, Tehran has been trying to divide the west and Russia, a conflict in which Putin is now being forced to take sides. [17]
Despite Russia's concrete involvement in Iran's nuclear energy development and the modernization of Syria's missile procurement, Moscow is sensitive to Israel's security concerns and in actuality, views Israel as a potential partner for military technology cooperation. [18].Putin is particularly interested in assistance from Israel's experience and expertise with anti-terrorist and counter-insurgent combat. [19].Some Russian officials have drawn similarities between Israel's struggle with Palestinian terrorism and Russia's firm position towards Chechen rebels. [20] Moscow considers such Islamic entities a serious threat to Russian international objectives, as in the past when Iran sponsored certain anti-Russian groups. [21].
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon best understood Putin's position vis-Ã -vis Chechnya, and the two leaders build an amicable rapport.
During Sharon's tenure as prime minister, he visited Moscow three times (Sept.1, 2001; Oct. 2002; Nov. 2003). During Putin's early years as president, 2000-2003, Russia's posture towards Israel began to improve. [22]
Iran's Threat to Russia
Joseph Cirincione, Director of Non-Proliferation Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, predicts that Iran's development of a nuclear arsenal would spark a regional nuclear arms race, leading to a worldwide breakdown of the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, and possibly nuclear war.
Russia, with its strong economic and historical ties to the Middle East, along with shared borders to the region, would particularly suffer from the destabilization of the region. [23].A nuclear-armed Iran would not only threaten Russia's external borders, but also its internal security. Iran's president has stated that Islam is ready to rule the world, [24] and with a nuclear arsenal, the current Iranian regime could easily translate its rhetoric into action. And Russia will not remain immune. Russia's large Muslim population in regions such as Chechnya and Dagestan could become the newest target audience for Ahmadinejad's radical vision. [25]
Recent Developments Between Israel and Russia
In recent weeks the Israeli government has held high-level dialogues with Russian officials in preparation for the Olmert-Putin meeting.An Israeli delegation flew to Moscow, sometime after the Aug. 14 ceasefire, to discuss Russian-made weaponry that was found in Hezbollah's possession. Israeli officials raised concerns over Russian arms sales to Iran and Syria, both of which supplied Hezbollah with rockets launched at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and civilians.Specifically, sales of Fagot and Kornet anti-tank missiles were cited since a number of those missiles were to blame for the deaths of many IDF soldiers. [26].According to The Jerusalem Post, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Israel on Sept. 7 to announce that news of the Russian-made armament discovered in southern Lebanon resulted in the dismissal of Russia's arms-export official. [27].Lavrov alerted Israel on Oct. 6 that Moscow had received information that the two IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah on July 12, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were alive and in good condition. The Russian foreign minister said Russia was pressuring Iran and Syria to for more information about their condition. [28]
Footnotes
[1] Benn, Aluf, PM: Israel supports int'l efforts to counter Iran nuclear ambitions,Haaretz, Oct. 12, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/773813.html
[2] Enhanced security for Olmert's visit to Moscow synagogue, Interfax, Oct. 10, 2006, http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2121
[3] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[4] Hezbollah attacks northern Israel and Israel's response, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 12, 2006, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon+Hizbullah/Hizbullah+attack+in+northern+Israel+and+Israels+response+12-Jul-2006.htm
[5] Berger, Sebastien, and Bishop, Patrick, 'Eliminate' Israel to solve the crisis, says Iranian president, The Daily Telegraph, Aug. 4, 2006, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/04/wmid204.xml
[6] Profile of the Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization of Global Reach Sponsored by Iran and Supported by Syria: Parts 1 and 2 ,
Intelligence and Information Center at the Center for Special Studies, June-July 2003, http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JUNE_03.PDF and
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JULY_03.PDF
[7] Syria Profile, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Feb. 2006, http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/index.html
[8] Freedman, Robert O., Russia, Iran, and the nuclear question: The Putin record, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, No.544, July 2, 2006, http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp544.htm
[9] Hmelik, Natalya, Russia's special relationship with Iran's Mullahs, Global Politician, March 27, 2006,
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1690&cid=2&sid=4
[10] Iran, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Brushehr, Globalsecurity.org, Feb. 19, 2006,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/bushehr.htm
[11] Benn, Aluf, and Melman, Yossi, Putin hardens line of Iran nuclear program, Haaretz, March 28, 2005
[12] Syria profile: Missile overview, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), March 2006,
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/index.html
[13] Kass, Lee, Syria after Lebanon: The Growing Syrian Missile Threat, Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2005, Vol 12, No. 4, www.meforum.org/article/755
[14] Moore, Molly, In Israel, Putin defends Syria, Iran deals, The Washington Post, April 29, 2005, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/28/AR2005042800562_pf.html
[15] Benn, Aluf, Israel and North Korea/Maybe now they'll take Iran seriously, Haaretz, Oct. 11, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772453.html
[16] Krieger, Hillary Leila, Israel hopes N. Korea sways Iran policy, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 11, 2006, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193413595&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[17] Safranchuk, Ivan, Russia's position on Iran: Motives and constraints, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (6), 2006, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2006/item1/item1/
[18] Makienko, Konstantin, Russian-Israeli relations and Russian arms trade in the Middle East, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (4), 2005, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2005/am/russianisraiel/
[19] Makienko, Konstantin, Russian-Israeli relations and Russian arms trade in the Middle East, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (4), 2005, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2005/am/russianisraiel/
[20] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[21] Javedanfar, Meir, Iran and Russia: Allies or mutually assured acquaintances, The Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company (MEEPAS), April 29, 2005, http://www.meepas.com/iranandrussiapart1.htm
[22] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[23] Joseph Cirincione, Controlling Iran's Nuclear Program, Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2006, http://www.issues.org/22.3/cirincione.html
[24] Hartley-Brewer, Julia,"Israel prepares to launch attack on Iran nuclear sites;
Missile threat to defiant country, Sunday Express, Jan. 15, 2006
[25] Kazoun, Jamil, Russia's policy on Iran and Muslim neighbors,Iran-Russia, Analysis, May 9, 2006, http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/060509/2006050901.html
[26] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[27] Keinon, Herb, Russia fires arms export official after Israeli complaints, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 5, 2006, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193379094&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[28] Alon,Gideon, and Khoury, Jack, Russian FM: Captured IDF soldiers are alive and well, Haaretz, Oct. 4, 2006,
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770537.html
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DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Spanish foreign minister in Damascus for talks
dpa German Press Agency
Published: Saturday October 14, 2006
Damascus- Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Damascus on Saturday for talks with Syrian leaders in an effort to boost the Mideast peace process. Moratinos was welcomed on his arrival at Damascus airport by his Syrian counterpart, Walid Moallem. The Spanish foreign minister told reporters that he was visiting Syria not on behalf of the European Union but on behalf of Spain, a friendly country with Syria and said Madrid support all peace efforts aimed at achieving peace.
When asked what role the EU might play in solving problems of the Middle East, Moratinos said that the EU is working along with other actors but the EU of course has its own position its own commitment and we try to have some positive input in this part of the world. Mortinos headed directly from the airport to meet President Bashar Assad. He will hold a press conference on Sunday.© 2006 dpa German Press Agency
Israeli poll indicates shift to right among electorate
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Right-wing political parties in Israel are gaining in popularity, according to an opinion poll published in the mass-selling Yediot Ahronot newspaper on Friday. If snap elections were held, the survey found that the right-wing Likud party heavily defeated in a general election less than seven months ago - would win 22 seats in Parliament compared to the 12 it occupies today.Based on answers from respondents when questioned about which party they would vote for if elections were held immediately, the far-right Yisrael Beitenu party would secure 20 seats from 11 now, the poll showed.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's centrist Kadima party was left trailing in third place with 15 seats compared to 29 today, with the center-left Labor party also dipping down to 15 seats from 19.
The representation of Arab Israeli parties would remain constant at 10 seats, with other seats in the 120-member Parliament divided between religious groups, the left-wing and the Pensioners party.Around 10 percent of respondents said they were undecided about who to vote for if snap elections were called.Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu was found to be the favorite to become the next prime minister, with 29 percent of respondents saying that he was the one they would select as premier.
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Another 18 percent said they favored Olmert, 17 percent Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman and just 7 percent Defense Minister and Labor chairman Amir Peretz.The poll was taken a day after Olmert's spokeswoman confirmed the premier would bring Yisrael Beitenu into his coalition government.Success or failure of Olmert's efforts could determine prospects of Mideast peacemaking in the immediate future. If Olmert's government falls, Israel would be dragged into yet another election campaign, its sixth in a decade, putting diplomacy in the deep freeze for months.But critics fear if Olmert brings in Lieberman and his hard-line party, the result could be the same.Olmert is trying to broaden his center-left government as the fall parliamentary session begins next week. Political analyst Hanan Crystal said bringing Yisrael Beitenu on board would help blunt some of the hard-line criticism, but would also be an admission that there will be no progress in dealings with the Palestinians or Syria.AFP, AP
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:(CHLORES GREEN) 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,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
Mount Allison virus spread through bathrooms, cafeteria: officials
Friday, October 13, 2006,CBC News
Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has cancelled classes and closed all public buildings while cleaning staff disinfect the school in response to an outbreak that has caused diarrhea and vomiting among at least 100 students.Public health officials asked the university to close its campus on Friday, suggesting that a fast-moving, Norwalk-type virus is likely to blame for the illness. It has swept through eight of 11 university dorms on campus and has hit faculty and staff. It is believed the gastrointestinal illness may have spread through students in the university residences, where they live in close quarters and share bathrooms. (CBC)
The virus likely spread through shared washrooms in residence halls and cafeteria salad bars.
Student Fraser Harland was hit hard by the stomach bug on Thursday.I went to bed at one in the morning and I was woken up at two with a very upset stomach. I just started vomiting and it was like that for the rest of that night, basically on the hour every hour.
Students stroll through the Mount Allison University campus, which closed Friday because of a viral outbreak.(CBC) All classes and extracurricular activities are cancelled until Monday. The dining hall, all academic buildings, residences and
the library will remain open. Community groups and members of the public are asked to stay off the campus.Split bathroom use
The university has stopped short of quarantining sick students, but has split up residence bathrooms so healthy students don't have to share sinks and counters with those who are infected.Health Department spokesman Denis Allard says nobody knows where the virus originated.It's really hard to know where it was introduced from. Whether it was introduced by a student back from a long weekend or by a member of the staff, it's difficult to know at this point in the investigation.A letter to the public from Stephen McClatchie, Mount Allison's vice-president, academic and research, suggests students began getting sick on Thursday. He says some were treated at Sackville Memorial Hospital, while others remained in their rooms. McLatchie says the school administration invited public health officials to investigate as soon as students began getting sick.
We are continuing to care for students, providing as much information as we can to them and to their parents about how to prevent further spread of the stomach flu-like symptoms,he said.Norwalk, which can hit cruise ships and other places where people live in close quarters, lasts about 24 to 48 hours and has no serious lingering effects.
Students got sick first
Students living in residence were the first to realize something was wrong earlier this week.There's a lot of people who have gotten sick,said first-year student Amanda Hughes.I know 30 people at Windsor [Hall] are sick from it, and a couple of kids from our house have been in the hospital.Another student, Mathew Moreau, says many students suspected food poisoning.There's been a lot of rumours now. The whole meal hall is deserted because no one exactly [knows] what is going on, so everyone is just dodging it at the moment,Moreau said. I went to lunch today and there was barely anyone there.Mount Allison spokeswoman Sheila Blagrave says tests have found nothing wrong with the food services. She says the university has e-mailed students with advice on avoiding infection through handwashing and cleanliness, and where to go for help if they get sick.Public health staff identified a gastrointestinal virus through samples taken from students and staff. Lab results to determine the type of virus should be available by Monday.
IDF Stepping Up Operations in the Gaza Strip
23:32 Oct 14, '06 / 22 Tishrei 5767
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz(INN)
At least eleven Arab terrorists or accomplices have been killed since Friday. Palestinian Authority sources reported Saturday evening that IDF forces entered the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza.The IDF has intensified operations in Gaza in response to a sharp increase in Kassam rocket attacks into the western Negev towns, as well as stepped up attacks on IDF positions and units along the Gaza perimeter. Beit Hanoun has been a popular launching area for PA terrorists. A Fatah terrorist of the Tanzim militia was eliminated in an IDF airstrike today in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza.
Three PA residents were injured in the operation, which IDF sources said targeted a vehicle belonging to a cell involved in the ongoing Kassam rocket attacks on Jewish targets. In the early morning hours of Saturday, seven PA residents were killed in northern Gaza when an IDF missile struck the building they were in. On Friday, three Hamas terrorists were eliminated in an IDF airstrike on their car.
In other counterterror activities, IDF troops shot at members of a terrorist cell in Kabatiyeh, south of the PA city of Jenin. At least one of the cell members, who belonged to the Islamic Jihad, was reportedly injured. Two PA residents were captured by Israeli soldiers as they attempted to slip across the Gaza Strip perimeter defenses. The would-be infiltrators were transferred to General Security Services for interrogation.
PA sources put the count of Arab deaths as a result of IDF operations over the last three days at 19. The sources claimed that four of the fatalities are children and that one is a woman. The Izz A-Din Al-Kassam Brigades of Hamas claimed to have fired nine Yassin rockets, an RPG and eleven mortars at IDF forces in the northern Gaza Strip overnight.
The Hamas also claimed that it was responsible for the rocket attack on Sderot on Friday, in which three Israelis were lightly injured and ten others suffered shock.
The Islamic Jihad also claimed to have attacked IDF forces in Gaza overnight. The terrorist group released a statement saying its men fired an RPG at an IDF armored troop transport in an area east of Khan Younis. The Popular Resistance Committees and the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah organization, which is headed by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, announced that its fighters had fired six rockets at the IDF’s Kerem Shalom military base on Friday night. Fatah terrorists also claimed that they had fired two Aksa-2 rockets at the Negev city of Ofakim. In a related report from outside Israel, Egyptian security forces have arrested eight activists from the Muslim Brotherhood organization, which has been closely linked with Islamist terrorism. Egyptian sources said that the Brotherhood members were arrested for distributing pamphlets that encourage opposition to the current regime in Cairo,
headed by President Hosni Mubarak.Last Update: 23:32 October 14, 2006
EARTHQUAKES
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.
They have upgraded the Quake to a 6.6 and as of 4:45 PM, 20 after shocks have occured, 7 or 8 of them over 4.0. The Geologists are warning that a big one tommorow could be big Trouble for Hawaii.
Strong quake shakes Hawaii 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AFP)A strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolted the island of Hawaii awake sparking fears of a tsunami, although officials said none was expected.The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 7:07 am (1707 GMT) near the island of
Hawaii and was followed by strong aftershock of 5.8 magnitude.We have had some scattered reports of power outages on the big island of Hawaii and Oahu and some reports of damage and some landslides on the big island of Hawaii,said Don Blakeman, a USGS seismologist.They are consistent with what I would expect for an earthquake of this magnitude, there would be some damage but I wouldn't expect anything catastrophic. But you never know about these things,he said.Stewart Koyangi at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no tsunami is expected, from this quake, but that some areas had experienced strong shaking.
US media reported extensive disruptions from the quake, including an island-wide blackout on the island of Oahu and closed airports.Because of the island-wide blackout things, have come to a standstill,Mahea Richardson, a Hawaii television reporter, told CNN.Richardson said that the hospital in Kona, on the big island, was being evacuated due to damage and that the airport there was closed.CNN reported that phone service had also been disrupted in some areas.The epicenter was located some 153 miles (246 kilometers) from the capital of Honolulu.Erik von Ancken, who was vacationing on the island of Hawaii with his fiancee, told CNN that the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed some 220,000 was the first thing that crossed his mind.It was a little bit nerve-wracking,he said, noting that the fish started jumping before he could feel the shakes.
The guess was that this was an earthquake,he said, The tsunami, that was everyone's first thought. People started running for higher ground.
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.
Southern Ontario digs out after surprise storm
Canadian Press and Associated Press
The Fort Erie and Welland areas of southwestern Ontario are digging out from as much as 30 centimetres of snow following a powerful pre-winter storm.
The region may receive up to 15 more centimetres before a let-up to what Environment Canada terms significant snowfalls of historic proportions.The snow and strong winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour have caused snow-laden branches to snap onto power lines, causing power outages from Port Colborne to Fort Erie, and forcing part of the Queen Elizabeth Way to be shut down.Bad weather also forced the closure of the Peace Bridge border crossing connecting Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, New York. Schools in the Fort Erie and Port Colborne area were also closed.Snow squalls coming off Lake Huron also left parts of Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, Parry Sound and other cottage country areas covered in snow. Another 10 centimetres of snow might fall this morning before it changes to showers.
Northern Ontario also received an early introduction to winter, with an additional five centimetres expected today in some areas, including Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Red Lake.Meanwhile in the United States, Buffalo recorded its snowiest October day on record and the city was bracing for more on Friday, with schools closed and 155,000 customers without electricity.At least two feet of snow blanketed parts of the Buffalo area early Friday, signalling a possible second record-setting day. The snow downed scores of tree limbs and toppled power lines.The snowfall was expected to continue throughout the morning, said Tom Paone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
On Thursday, 53.5 centimetres of heavy snow set the record for the snowiest October day in Buffalo in the 137-year history of the weather service, said meteorologist Tom Niziol. The previous record of 38 centimetres was set Oct. 31, 1917.This is an extremely rare event for this early in the season, Mr. Niziol said.The Buffalo Police Department received more than 3,000 calls late Thursday and about two-thirds were related to the weather, Lieutenant James Watkins said.
There are power lines going down all over the place, he said.Crews worked into the night to restore power, but many customers were expected to remain in the dark through the weekend and into next week, National Grid energy company spokesman Steve Brady said.This is extremely heavy snow and most of the trees still have most of their leaves, he said. We can't do a complete damage assessment until the snow stops falling.Other western New York communities also experienced heavy snowfall. Officials in Amherst ordered a driving ban for the entire town.We have a condition where 80 per cent of the roads are impassable,said Lieutenant Stephen McGonagle of the Amherst Police Department.
Buffalo schools were closed Friday.
The snowstorm caused flight delays and cancellations at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, officials said. The airport shut down for almost two hours late Thursday.Tree branches were strewn across the roads around the region. A large box maple tree split in half, falling on Joan Casey's home in Buffalo.The whole house shook,Casey said. We were very afraid. Originally I thought it was just the thunder, and then I came outside and I couldn't believe it.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
Saturday, October 14, 2006 - Page updated at 04:44 PM
U.N. Security Council approves sanctions; North Korea rejects resolution
By Edith M. Lederer,The Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test a clear threat to international peace and
security.
North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a gangster-like action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States.The U.S.-sponsored resolution demands that the reclusive communist nation abandon its nuclear weapons program, and orders all countries to prevent North Korea from importing or exporting any material for weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missiles. It orders nations to freeze assets of people or businesses connected to these programs, and ban the individuals from traveling.
The resolution also calls on all countries to inspect cargo leaving and arriving in North Korea to prevent any illegal trafficking in unconventional weapons or ballistic missiles. The final draft was softened from language saying the council decides which is a stronger authorization.U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said North Korea's proclaimed test poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Today, we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction,he said, in what appeared to be a clear warning to Iran whose nuclear ambitions come before the Security Council again next week.
North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon countered by blaming the United States for forcing the country to conduct a test because of its nuclear threat, sanctions and pressure.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is ready for talks, dialogue and confrontation, Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said. If the United States increases pressure upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures considering it as a declaration of war.North Korea has said it could conduct a second nuclear test in response to tough sanctions.The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what the Russian ambassador called tense negotiations.
China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said afterward that the provision allowing the boarding of ships to inspect cargo was still unacceptable to Beijing and it would not carry out inspections. Nonetheless, Wang hailed what he called a watered-down resolution.
He told reporters that he did not consider the North Korean ambassador's response the official reply from Pyongyang, which he awaits. The important thing is not what they say here, Wang said.The overriding issue, he said, is how we work together for peace and security in the region.The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the United States would seek further measures.The Security Council condemned the nuclear test that North Korea said it conducted on Oct 9. It demanded that North Korea immediately return to six-party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its weapons program without precondition.
It imposed sanctions for the North's flagrant disregard of the council's appeal not to detonate a nuclear device and demanded that North Korea not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile.The resolution bans the import or export of material and equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. It orders all countries to freeze the assets and ban travel for anyone engaged in supporting North Korea's weapons programs.This action by the United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons free, President Bush said.In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite, the resolution bans the sale of luxury goods to the country. Kim is known for his love of cognac and lobster and collection of thousands of bottles of vintage French wine.
To meet Russian and Chinese concerns, the Americans eliminated a complete ban on the sale of conventional weapons. Instead, the resolution limits the embargo to major hardware such as tanks, warships, combat aircraft and missiles.Russia's U.N.
Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow got what it wanted a strong resolution but one that is also aimed at prevention of a further escalation of tension.North Korea's Pak told the Security Council that the nuclear test was not inconsistent with the country's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula.The DPRK clarified more than once that it would feel no need to possess even a single nuke when it is no longer exposed to the United States' threat, after it has dropped its hostile policy to the DPRK and confidence has been built between the two countries,he said.
Bolton said North Korea's claimed test unquestionably poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Following Pak's speech, Bolton took the floor again saying I'm not going to waste any our time responding.But he noted that North Korea had done Saturday exactly what it did in July after the council adopted limited sanctions for its ballistic missile tests immediately reject the resolution and walk out.It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the desk, Bolton said, referring to the Soviet leader's legendary act of protest at the U.N. General Assembly in 1960.Bolton told reporters afterward that the next step is to start work on implementing the resolution.Hopefully on saner reflections perhaps they'll begin to accept that if they don't change course, the only future for them is continued isolation,he said.
On Friday, U.S. officials said an air sampling after North Korea's claimed nuclear test detected radioactive debris consistent with an atomic explosion. However, the Bush administration and congressional officials said no final determination had been made about the nature of Monday's mystery-shrouded blast.The U.S. and other nations trying to persuade the North to give up its atomic program continued a flurry of high-level diplomatic visits, including a trip to Asia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to present a unified front to North Korea.The resolution invokes Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which the U.S. views as a necessary because it makes economic and diplomatic sanctions mandatory.China and Russia normally object to the Chapter 7 provision because it carries the possibility of military enforcement. The Bush administration used the same provision to justify its invasion of Iraq, and Moscow and Beijing worry the U.S. might do the same eventually with North Korea even though Bush has said the U.S. has no plans to attack.
But in a compromise also used in July to unanimously vote on a resolution condemning North Korean missile launches, the text added mention of Article 41 of the chapter, which permits only means not involving the use of military force.A Russian nuclear envoy who visited North Korea said Saturday he pressed the North to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said he had a very useful meeting Friday with Kim Gye Gwan, the North's nuclear negotiator, but did not say how Kim responded.Pyongyang has boycotted the six-nation talks for the past 13 months to protest financial measures imposed by Washington for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.Associated Press writers Ed Harris at the United Nations and Robert Burns and Anne Gearan in Washington contributed to this report.© 2006 The Seattle Times Company
Sunday October 15, 6:25 PM
Pyongyang calm after adoption of U.N. Security Council resolution
(Kyodo) - The North Korean capital was calm Sunday, with citizens going about their business as usual, even as the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution unanimously against the country over its claimed nuclear test. Pyongyang citizens were seen preparing for Tuesday's 80th anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union, a predecessor to the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, putting up banners and decorations at major sites in the city. Groups of students were practicing marches in the city's squares, in what could be preparations for a parade that some have said would take place Tuesday to mark the anniversary. The U.N. Security Council resolution, adopted Saturday in New York, expresses the gravest concern and calls for all U.N. members to take wide-ranging economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea.
In Pyongyang, where information available to ordinary people is tightly controlled, citizens said they did not know the content of the sanctions but are unworried. You say sanctions, but we have been under sanctions imposed by the United States for over half a decade (from the Korean War), said a 41-year-old man, who works in transportation. But even so, we have developed our economy, and succeeded in conducting a nuclear test,he said.
While the nuclear test announcement Monday was reported in North Korea, information about the harsh reaction the announcement triggered from the international community has not been seen in the official North Korean press. Asked if there are any worries because of the sanctions, a 41-year-old woman working at the Central Zoo said, Not at all.Families and couples were seen visiting the zoo in the outskirts of Pyongyang. In the week since the nuclear test announcement, no demonstrations or parades supporting the nuclear experiment have been seen in Pyongyang, nor have slogans referring to the test been observed in the city in the form of signs or banners.
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria
15 Oct 2006 13:07:59 GMT,Source: IRIN
DAMASCUS, 15 October (IRIN) Some 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria as a result of death threats by religious zealots since the ousting of former President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi sources in Damascus said. Emanuel Khoshba, head of the office of the Assyrian and Democratic Movement in Syria, said that Iraqi Christians continue to flee to Syria in large numbers.
In 2004, the number of Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria stood at 20,000; now [in 2006] it has reached 35,000 and it's likely to increase further, Khoshba said. There are around 1.2 million Iraqi Christians in Iraq, representing three percent of the country's 26 million inhabitants. Christians fleeing Iraq say that in Syria they have found security and freedom to practice their religion.
I felt terribly insecure in Iraq. I sold everything there and came to Syria and started a job here in transport,said Johnny Nano, 29, an Iraqi Christian who fled to Syria in 2003 for fear of his life. I don't think of returning to Iraq as the security situation [there] doesn't allow me. Besides, my life is stable now here, so why go back? Arkan Hanna Hakim, 40, is a priest from Mosul who was appointed two months ago to supervise the Iraqi Assyrian sect in Damascus. More than 2,000 Iraqi Christian families are now in Jaramana quarter [southern Damascus] alone, and a lot of Christians have received warnings to leave Iraq or face killing,he said, adding that threats against Christians in Iraq have increased following Pope Benedict's recent remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.
Nineteen-year-old Fadi Raad Naaomi is one such Iraqi Christian whose family narrowly escaped death before leaving Iraq. Fadi said that he abandoned his studies in Baghdad and fled to Syria a day after his 52-year-old father, Raad, was kidnapped at a church.
We received a call telling us if we want to see our father we have to pay a ransom and not let the police know,said Fadi. His family collected the equivalent of US $10,000 and three days later Raad was released.However, Fadi said that despite such incidents, he and his family will return to Iraq. We are Christians, a minority with no voice there and threatened to death every day, but there is no other way, we don't have money to stay in Syria.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Travel to Russia Tuesday
Olmert to Discuss Iran, Syria and Russia's Role in Peace Process During Three-Day Trip
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Moscow Oct. 17 for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The trip marks Olmert's first overseas trip since the start of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict and his first to Russia since becoming prime minister.In addition to Putin, he is expected to meet with a number of other Russian government officials and politicians. Russia's role in the peace process, its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria, and its bi-lateral economic relations with Israel are likely to top the agenda in discussions between the two leaders. The question of how to manage the Iranian nuclear threat also is likely to be a key part of the discussions. [1] On Oct. 19, Olmert is scheduled to take part in celebrations commemorating the 15th anniversary since diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel were re-established in 1991. The festivities are to be held in the Moscow Jewish Community Center in Maryina Roscha. [2] Diplomatic relations between the two countries broke down in 1967.
Background and Key Facts
Russia's Contradictory Role: Selling Arms to Iran While Pursuing Ties with Israel
The Russian administration simultaneously enables Iran's pursuit for nuclear technology and is a principal manufacturer of Syrian armaments, while pursuing improved relations with Israel. [3] Despite Putin's agreeable posture towards Israel, Russia's sales of nuclear and military technology to two of Israel's most threatening adversaries Syria and Iran remain a top security concern for Israel. Hezbollah, a southern Lebanese-based Shiite terrorist organization, has direct financial and military ties to both Iran and Syria. On July 12, Hezbollah began a war against Israel by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others while battering the north with hundreds of missiles. [4] The war lasted 34 days, devastating life in Israel and Lebanon.The Islamic Republic of Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terror because of its monetary, political and military support for global terrorist organizations. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's radical religious doctrine radical religious doctrine, which focuses on eliminating the State of Israel, [5] is exported by Hezbollah and other militant groups that are fueled by Iran and their desire for worldwide Islamic domination.Iran's generous sponsorship enables Hezbollah cells to continue and develop their terrorist activities throughout the Middle East, Europe and other locations across the globe. [6]
Syria, on the other hand, obtains military technology and chemical agents from Iran and North Korea and is believed to have one of the largest ballistic munitions caches in the world. [7] Due to its proximity to Iran and Lebanon, Syria acts as a principle source for smuggling and sanctuary of advanced weapons for Hezbollah.Motivation Behind Russia's Relationship with Iran, Syria.Russia's chief
foreign policy ties to Iran and Syria appear to be driven by Putin's desire to augment Russia's economy. [8].In Nov. 2005 Russia signed a $1 billion (€796,728,113) weapons export contract with Iran. The contract includes shipment of 29 surface-to-air missile TOR-M1 systems, military boats, and an upgrade of Iran's Russian-made bombers in fighter jets. [9].Russia also continues to be involved in the construction of the Brushehr nuclear facility (two reactors), an agreement signed between Russia and Iran in the early 1990s for $800 million (€637,503,200). [10]
In late April 2005, during his first visit to Israel as Russia's president, [11] Putin said he wouldn't sell Syria 300 km-range Iskander-E missiles amid opposition from Israel and the United States. Putin instead announced that he would sell Syria Strelet surface-to-air systems that have a range of three miles (five km). [12] But even the shorter-range missiles could do tremendous damage to Israel if they ended up in the hands of a terrorist group such as Hezbollah, which operates just across the border from Israel in southern Lebanon. [13].Putin defended his decision, stating, I am aware of Israel's concerns regarding the possibility that the missiles will reach the hands of terror organizations in Lebanon. However, these concerns are groundless. . . . The missiles we sold to Syria are short-range anti-aircraft missiles. They do not threaten Israeli territory. For these missiles to hit you, you will need to enter Syrian territory. [14] He also backed Syria's construction of a nuclear facility in Iran.
Russia's Potential Role in Imposing Sanctions Against Iran
Russian endorsement of Iranian sanctions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the key to placing pressure on the Iranian regime to halt further nuclear production. [15].Russia is a key determinant of which sanctions are ratified by the UNSC, says Ephraim Kam, deputy head of the Institute of National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. "If the Russians would agree, there would be sanctions. If they won't agree, there won't be sanctions,Kam said. [16].Although Moscow has been a longstanding economic partner with Iran, Russia is finding itself constrained as Iran continues to escalate the nuclear arms conflict. For some time, Tehran has been trying to divide the west and Russia, a conflict in which Putin is now being forced to take sides. [17]
Despite Russia's concrete involvement in Iran's nuclear energy development and the modernization of Syria's missile procurement, Moscow is sensitive to Israel's security concerns and in actuality, views Israel as a potential partner for military technology cooperation. [18].Putin is particularly interested in assistance from Israel's experience and expertise with anti-terrorist and counter-insurgent combat. [19].Some Russian officials have drawn similarities between Israel's struggle with Palestinian terrorism and Russia's firm position towards Chechen rebels. [20] Moscow considers such Islamic entities a serious threat to Russian international objectives, as in the past when Iran sponsored certain anti-Russian groups. [21].
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon best understood Putin's position vis-Ã -vis Chechnya, and the two leaders build an amicable rapport.
During Sharon's tenure as prime minister, he visited Moscow three times (Sept.1, 2001; Oct. 2002; Nov. 2003). During Putin's early years as president, 2000-2003, Russia's posture towards Israel began to improve. [22]
Iran's Threat to Russia
Joseph Cirincione, Director of Non-Proliferation Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, predicts that Iran's development of a nuclear arsenal would spark a regional nuclear arms race, leading to a worldwide breakdown of the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, and possibly nuclear war.
Russia, with its strong economic and historical ties to the Middle East, along with shared borders to the region, would particularly suffer from the destabilization of the region. [23].A nuclear-armed Iran would not only threaten Russia's external borders, but also its internal security. Iran's president has stated that Islam is ready to rule the world, [24] and with a nuclear arsenal, the current Iranian regime could easily translate its rhetoric into action. And Russia will not remain immune. Russia's large Muslim population in regions such as Chechnya and Dagestan could become the newest target audience for Ahmadinejad's radical vision. [25]
Recent Developments Between Israel and Russia
In recent weeks the Israeli government has held high-level dialogues with Russian officials in preparation for the Olmert-Putin meeting.An Israeli delegation flew to Moscow, sometime after the Aug. 14 ceasefire, to discuss Russian-made weaponry that was found in Hezbollah's possession. Israeli officials raised concerns over Russian arms sales to Iran and Syria, both of which supplied Hezbollah with rockets launched at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and civilians.Specifically, sales of Fagot and Kornet anti-tank missiles were cited since a number of those missiles were to blame for the deaths of many IDF soldiers. [26].According to The Jerusalem Post, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Israel on Sept. 7 to announce that news of the Russian-made armament discovered in southern Lebanon resulted in the dismissal of Russia's arms-export official. [27].Lavrov alerted Israel on Oct. 6 that Moscow had received information that the two IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah on July 12, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were alive and in good condition. The Russian foreign minister said Russia was pressuring Iran and Syria to for more information about their condition. [28]
Footnotes
[1] Benn, Aluf, PM: Israel supports int'l efforts to counter Iran nuclear ambitions,Haaretz, Oct. 12, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/773813.html
[2] Enhanced security for Olmert's visit to Moscow synagogue, Interfax, Oct. 10, 2006, http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2121
[3] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[4] Hezbollah attacks northern Israel and Israel's response, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 12, 2006, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon+Hizbullah/Hizbullah+attack+in+northern+Israel+and+Israels+response+12-Jul-2006.htm
[5] Berger, Sebastien, and Bishop, Patrick, 'Eliminate' Israel to solve the crisis, says Iranian president, The Daily Telegraph, Aug. 4, 2006, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/04/wmid204.xml
[6] Profile of the Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization of Global Reach Sponsored by Iran and Supported by Syria: Parts 1 and 2 ,
Intelligence and Information Center at the Center for Special Studies, June-July 2003, http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JUNE_03.PDF and
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JULY_03.PDF
[7] Syria Profile, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Feb. 2006, http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/index.html
[8] Freedman, Robert O., Russia, Iran, and the nuclear question: The Putin record, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, No.544, July 2, 2006, http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp544.htm
[9] Hmelik, Natalya, Russia's special relationship with Iran's Mullahs, Global Politician, March 27, 2006,
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1690&cid=2&sid=4
[10] Iran, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Brushehr, Globalsecurity.org, Feb. 19, 2006,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/bushehr.htm
[11] Benn, Aluf, and Melman, Yossi, Putin hardens line of Iran nuclear program, Haaretz, March 28, 2005
[12] Syria profile: Missile overview, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), March 2006,
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/index.html
[13] Kass, Lee, Syria after Lebanon: The Growing Syrian Missile Threat, Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2005, Vol 12, No. 4, www.meforum.org/article/755
[14] Moore, Molly, In Israel, Putin defends Syria, Iran deals, The Washington Post, April 29, 2005, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/28/AR2005042800562_pf.html
[15] Benn, Aluf, Israel and North Korea/Maybe now they'll take Iran seriously, Haaretz, Oct. 11, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772453.html
[16] Krieger, Hillary Leila, Israel hopes N. Korea sways Iran policy, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 11, 2006, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193413595&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[17] Safranchuk, Ivan, Russia's position on Iran: Motives and constraints, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (6), 2006, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2006/item1/item1/
[18] Makienko, Konstantin, Russian-Israeli relations and Russian arms trade in the Middle East, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (4), 2005, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2005/am/russianisraiel/
[19] Makienko, Konstantin, Russian-Israeli relations and Russian arms trade in the Middle East, Moscow Defense Brief, No. 2 (4), 2005, http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/2-2005/am/russianisraiel/
[20] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[21] Javedanfar, Meir, Iran and Russia: Allies or mutually assured acquaintances, The Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company (MEEPAS), April 29, 2005, http://www.meepas.com/iranandrussiapart1.htm
[22] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[23] Joseph Cirincione, Controlling Iran's Nuclear Program, Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2006, http://www.issues.org/22.3/cirincione.html
[24] Hartley-Brewer, Julia,"Israel prepares to launch attack on Iran nuclear sites;
Missile threat to defiant country, Sunday Express, Jan. 15, 2006
[25] Kazoun, Jamil, Russia's policy on Iran and Muslim neighbors,Iran-Russia, Analysis, May 9, 2006, http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/060509/2006050901.html
[26] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690
[27] Keinon, Herb, Russia fires arms export official after Israeli complaints, The Jerusalem Post, Oct. 5, 2006, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193379094&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
[28] Alon,Gideon, and Khoury, Jack, Russian FM: Captured IDF soldiers are alive and well, Haaretz, Oct. 4, 2006,
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/770537.html
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DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
Spanish foreign minister in Damascus for talks
dpa German Press Agency
Published: Saturday October 14, 2006
Damascus- Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Damascus on Saturday for talks with Syrian leaders in an effort to boost the Mideast peace process. Moratinos was welcomed on his arrival at Damascus airport by his Syrian counterpart, Walid Moallem. The Spanish foreign minister told reporters that he was visiting Syria not on behalf of the European Union but on behalf of Spain, a friendly country with Syria and said Madrid support all peace efforts aimed at achieving peace.
When asked what role the EU might play in solving problems of the Middle East, Moratinos said that the EU is working along with other actors but the EU of course has its own position its own commitment and we try to have some positive input in this part of the world. Mortinos headed directly from the airport to meet President Bashar Assad. He will hold a press conference on Sunday.© 2006 dpa German Press Agency
Israeli poll indicates shift to right among electorate
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Right-wing political parties in Israel are gaining in popularity, according to an opinion poll published in the mass-selling Yediot Ahronot newspaper on Friday. If snap elections were held, the survey found that the right-wing Likud party heavily defeated in a general election less than seven months ago - would win 22 seats in Parliament compared to the 12 it occupies today.Based on answers from respondents when questioned about which party they would vote for if elections were held immediately, the far-right Yisrael Beitenu party would secure 20 seats from 11 now, the poll showed.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's centrist Kadima party was left trailing in third place with 15 seats compared to 29 today, with the center-left Labor party also dipping down to 15 seats from 19.
The representation of Arab Israeli parties would remain constant at 10 seats, with other seats in the 120-member Parliament divided between religious groups, the left-wing and the Pensioners party.Around 10 percent of respondents said they were undecided about who to vote for if snap elections were called.Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu was found to be the favorite to become the next prime minister, with 29 percent of respondents saying that he was the one they would select as premier.
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Another 18 percent said they favored Olmert, 17 percent Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman and just 7 percent Defense Minister and Labor chairman Amir Peretz.The poll was taken a day after Olmert's spokeswoman confirmed the premier would bring Yisrael Beitenu into his coalition government.Success or failure of Olmert's efforts could determine prospects of Mideast peacemaking in the immediate future. If Olmert's government falls, Israel would be dragged into yet another election campaign, its sixth in a decade, putting diplomacy in the deep freeze for months.But critics fear if Olmert brings in Lieberman and his hard-line party, the result could be the same.Olmert is trying to broaden his center-left government as the fall parliamentary session begins next week. Political analyst Hanan Crystal said bringing Yisrael Beitenu on board would help blunt some of the hard-line criticism, but would also be an admission that there will be no progress in dealings with the Palestinians or Syria.AFP, AP
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:(CHLORES GREEN) 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,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
Mount Allison virus spread through bathrooms, cafeteria: officials
Friday, October 13, 2006,CBC News
Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has cancelled classes and closed all public buildings while cleaning staff disinfect the school in response to an outbreak that has caused diarrhea and vomiting among at least 100 students.Public health officials asked the university to close its campus on Friday, suggesting that a fast-moving, Norwalk-type virus is likely to blame for the illness. It has swept through eight of 11 university dorms on campus and has hit faculty and staff. It is believed the gastrointestinal illness may have spread through students in the university residences, where they live in close quarters and share bathrooms. (CBC)
The virus likely spread through shared washrooms in residence halls and cafeteria salad bars.
Student Fraser Harland was hit hard by the stomach bug on Thursday.I went to bed at one in the morning and I was woken up at two with a very upset stomach. I just started vomiting and it was like that for the rest of that night, basically on the hour every hour.
Students stroll through the Mount Allison University campus, which closed Friday because of a viral outbreak.(CBC) All classes and extracurricular activities are cancelled until Monday. The dining hall, all academic buildings, residences and
the library will remain open. Community groups and members of the public are asked to stay off the campus.Split bathroom use
The university has stopped short of quarantining sick students, but has split up residence bathrooms so healthy students don't have to share sinks and counters with those who are infected.Health Department spokesman Denis Allard says nobody knows where the virus originated.It's really hard to know where it was introduced from. Whether it was introduced by a student back from a long weekend or by a member of the staff, it's difficult to know at this point in the investigation.A letter to the public from Stephen McClatchie, Mount Allison's vice-president, academic and research, suggests students began getting sick on Thursday. He says some were treated at Sackville Memorial Hospital, while others remained in their rooms. McLatchie says the school administration invited public health officials to investigate as soon as students began getting sick.
We are continuing to care for students, providing as much information as we can to them and to their parents about how to prevent further spread of the stomach flu-like symptoms,he said.Norwalk, which can hit cruise ships and other places where people live in close quarters, lasts about 24 to 48 hours and has no serious lingering effects.
Students got sick first
Students living in residence were the first to realize something was wrong earlier this week.There's a lot of people who have gotten sick,said first-year student Amanda Hughes.I know 30 people at Windsor [Hall] are sick from it, and a couple of kids from our house have been in the hospital.Another student, Mathew Moreau, says many students suspected food poisoning.There's been a lot of rumours now. The whole meal hall is deserted because no one exactly [knows] what is going on, so everyone is just dodging it at the moment,Moreau said. I went to lunch today and there was barely anyone there.Mount Allison spokeswoman Sheila Blagrave says tests have found nothing wrong with the food services. She says the university has e-mailed students with advice on avoiding infection through handwashing and cleanliness, and where to go for help if they get sick.Public health staff identified a gastrointestinal virus through samples taken from students and staff. Lab results to determine the type of virus should be available by Monday.
IDF Stepping Up Operations in the Gaza Strip
23:32 Oct 14, '06 / 22 Tishrei 5767
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz(INN)
At least eleven Arab terrorists or accomplices have been killed since Friday. Palestinian Authority sources reported Saturday evening that IDF forces entered the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza.The IDF has intensified operations in Gaza in response to a sharp increase in Kassam rocket attacks into the western Negev towns, as well as stepped up attacks on IDF positions and units along the Gaza perimeter. Beit Hanoun has been a popular launching area for PA terrorists. A Fatah terrorist of the Tanzim militia was eliminated in an IDF airstrike today in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza.
Three PA residents were injured in the operation, which IDF sources said targeted a vehicle belonging to a cell involved in the ongoing Kassam rocket attacks on Jewish targets. In the early morning hours of Saturday, seven PA residents were killed in northern Gaza when an IDF missile struck the building they were in. On Friday, three Hamas terrorists were eliminated in an IDF airstrike on their car.
In other counterterror activities, IDF troops shot at members of a terrorist cell in Kabatiyeh, south of the PA city of Jenin. At least one of the cell members, who belonged to the Islamic Jihad, was reportedly injured. Two PA residents were captured by Israeli soldiers as they attempted to slip across the Gaza Strip perimeter defenses. The would-be infiltrators were transferred to General Security Services for interrogation.
PA sources put the count of Arab deaths as a result of IDF operations over the last three days at 19. The sources claimed that four of the fatalities are children and that one is a woman. The Izz A-Din Al-Kassam Brigades of Hamas claimed to have fired nine Yassin rockets, an RPG and eleven mortars at IDF forces in the northern Gaza Strip overnight.
The Hamas also claimed that it was responsible for the rocket attack on Sderot on Friday, in which three Israelis were lightly injured and ten others suffered shock.
The Islamic Jihad also claimed to have attacked IDF forces in Gaza overnight. The terrorist group released a statement saying its men fired an RPG at an IDF armored troop transport in an area east of Khan Younis. The Popular Resistance Committees and the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah organization, which is headed by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, announced that its fighters had fired six rockets at the IDF’s Kerem Shalom military base on Friday night. Fatah terrorists also claimed that they had fired two Aksa-2 rockets at the Negev city of Ofakim. In a related report from outside Israel, Egyptian security forces have arrested eight activists from the Muslim Brotherhood organization, which has been closely linked with Islamist terrorism. Egyptian sources said that the Brotherhood members were arrested for distributing pamphlets that encourage opposition to the current regime in Cairo,
headed by President Hosni Mubarak.Last Update: 23:32 October 14, 2006
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