If someone could help me I would appreciate it. When I put the Christian Fundamental Logo back on my Site, The Blogtopsites Logo now disappeared, does any one know why this happened, I can't even get to the BLOGTOPSITE SITE to ask them what I accidentally done. The Only other thing I done was add Java to my Site, could that have made me lose the Blogtopsite Link. Thanks if any one can help me with this, how i muffed it up. Thanks for reading Prophecy being fulfilled before our very eyes. Stan. God bless you all and Come quickly Lord Jesus.
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1-5.2 quake shakes northwest Turkey, no casualties. 2-Hurricane Paul weakens to tropical storm. 3-Floods claim at least one life in Spain. 4-3 Nev. Counties a Disaster After Fires. 5-Rabies tops most infectious diseases in China. 6-The Way the World Ends. 7-Far-right aims to form group in European Parliament. 8-ISRAEL PLANS MAJOR OPERATION IN GAZA. 9-Diplomats: Iran pursuing new nuke enrichment. 10-Help stop anti-Israel propaganda in the media. 11-Wal-Mart Rolls Out Red Carpet For Homosexual Marriage.
5.2 quake shakes northwest Turkey, no casualties 38 minutes ago
ISTANBUL (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the open-ended Richter scale struck the Bay of Gemlik, northwestern Turkey, at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT), the Kandilli Observatory in Istanbul reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but frightened residents took to the streets of Gemlik town, which is about 100 kilometers (63 miles) south of Istanbul, where the quake was also felt.There is no damage and there are no casualties,Gemlik Mayor Mehmet Turgut told the CNN-Turk news channel, insisting that there was no panic.People naturally rushed to the streets, but that was all,Turgut said.
We really felt it,an Istanbul resident told AFP by telephone. I had to throw myself under a table.Another 5.2 quake hit Manyas, a town in Balikesir province, also in northwest Turkey, on Friday night without causing any damage.Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which is crossed by several major fault lines.Two violent quakes in the heavily populated, industrialized northwest of the country claimed about 20,000 lives in August and November 1999.
Strong quake hits Japan, no concern over tsunamis Mon Oct 23, 9:57 PM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck close to islands in southern Japan, but there were no concerns over tsunamis and no immediate reports of damage or casualties, officials said. The tremor struck at 6:18 am (2118 GMT) with its epicenter 800 kilometers (496 miles) south of Tokyo, close to the Izu islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.You don't have to worry about disastrous tsunamis that could lead to damages, as certain time has passed since the quake,an official at the agency told AFP about two hours after the tremor.He added that the agency will keep monitoring the sea level and that some sea-level changes may be observed due to this quake.Japan lies at the junction of four tectonic plates and endures about 20 percent of the world's most powerful earthquakes, which frequently jolt Tokyo and other major cities.On Friday two strong undersea earthquakes struck Japan but with no reports of damages of casualties.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Hurricane Paul weakens to tropical storm By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico - Hurricane Paul weakened to a tropical storm Tuesday, easing the threat to rain-sodden resorts at the tip of the Baja California peninsula. Paul, which had been the third hurricane this season to threaten the area, had maximum sustained winds near 65 mph and was moving north at about 7 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.Forecasters predicted the storm was likely to weaken further but could still dump up to 10 inches of rain in the mountains on Mexico's mainland, causing severe flooding.Streets were already flooded with ankle-deep water in the resort of Cabo San Lucas, where authorities closed schools and opened eight shelters Tuesday. Officials were searching for the body of an American man who reportedly drowned while swimming in surging waves Monday.
Francisco Cota, civil defense director for the two resort cities of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, had warned that about 2,000 to 3,000 families could be evacuated from flood-risk areas to 49 shelters, mostly schools.At 11 a.m. EDT, Paul was 310 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas and about 470 miles southwest of Mazatlan.Known for their rugged beauty, San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas are popular with sports fishermen and celebrities and famous for world-class golf courses and pristine beaches flanked by cactus-dotted deserts.Both Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons, which end Nov. 30, have been normal this year, said
Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Weather Service. He added that the United States has been fortunate to not be hit by any of the five hurricanes in 2006. The Atlantic had a record season last year with devastating storms, including Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans.Associated Press writer Kathleen Miller contributed to this story from Mexico City.
Floods claim at least one life in Spain
dpa German Press Agency,Published: Monday October 23, 2006
Madrid- At least one person was killed Monday when the car she was travelling in was swept away by a current during heavy rains near Huelva in southern Spain, news reports said. Another occupant of the car was missing, while a third was rescued. The previous day, two people were killed in traffic accidents attributed to rainstorms in the north-west. Rains also cut road links, caused massive traffic jams in Madrid and isolated 200 people staying at a spa near Caceres in the south-west. A power cut left more than 1,000 people without electricity near Huesca in the north.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
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.
Associated Press
3 Nev. Counties a Disaster After Fires ,10.22.2006, 10:48 PM
Three rural Nevada counties ravaged by wildfires this year have been declared disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Mike Johanns said there were sufficient agriculture production losses to warrant the designation in Elko, Humboldt and Lincoln counties. The action came Friday at the request of Gov. Kenny Guinn, who said seven other counties would effectively be included in the designation because they are located next to the declared disaster areas. The designation makes ranchers and farmers who meet certain criteria in the 10 counties eligible for assistance, including low-interest emergency loans, officials said.
Wildfires burned more than 1.5 million acres in Nevada this year, much of it in the northeastern part of the state. Of that, about 300,000 acres is privately owned.
DISEASES
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).
Rabies tops most infectious diseases in China
Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:29am ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - Rabies has killed more people in China than either tuberculosis or AIDS in each of the last five months, state media reported on Monday, prompting a crackdown in the capital to control unregistered dogs.Pet dogs were shunned in the days of Mao Zedong as a symbol of bourgeois decadence but have become increasingly popular in the last decade with improved living standards.But steep registration fees and poor education levels have fueled an explosion in unregistered and wild dogs in Chinese cities.Rabies killed 318 people in China in September alone, up 36.9 percent on a year earlier, the Shanghai Daily said, citing Health Ministry figures.
In the first nine months of 2006, the ministry recorded 2,254 rabies infections, up 26.69 percent on the same period last year, the paper said.It said rabies had become the biggest killer among 23 of the most infectious diseases including TB, AIDS and hepatitis B, but the report did say when it had become the biggest killer. The list did not include the common flu.Beijing, where only half of its estimated one million dogs are registered, kicked off a two-month campaign on Saturday to reinforce regulations on dog ownership, after reporting 70,000 pet-related injuries in the first half of 2006, the paper said.Some 2,660 people died of rabies in China in 2004,according to Health Ministry figures.
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.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES
NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I will tell you the World will never end, There will alwys be an Israel and the World Capital Jerusalem forever and ever, like my intro says just getting Men and Womens hearts straightened out.
The Way the World Ends
With all the hype about North Korea, we're forgetting that the world is still staring down the barrels of thousands of U.S. and Russian
ICBMs.by Helen Caldicott
It is difficult to underestimate the problems associated with North Korea's recent nuclear weapons test. Following a small atomic explosion in a mountainous area of North Korea of less than one kiloton the Hiroshima bomb was 13 kilotons the U.S.
administration is encouraging draconian economic sanctions to be enacted against a desperately poor country where millions of people are malnourished and that will further ostracize a paranoid regime, while the rest of the world looks on with horror as the nuclear arms race threatens to spiral out of control.While lateral proliferation is indeed an incredibly serious problem as ever-more countries prepare to enter the portals of the nuclear club, one consistent outstanding nuclear threat that continues to endanger most planetary species is ignored by the international community.
In fact, the real rogue nations that continue to hold the world at nuclear ransom are Russia and the United States. Contrary to popular belief, the threat of a massive nuclear attack whether by accident, human fallibility or malfeasance has increased.Of the 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world today, the United States and Russia possess 96 per cent of them. Of these, Russia aims most of its 8,200 strategic nuclear warheads at U.S. and Canadian targets, while the U.S. aims most of its 7,000 offensive strategic hydrogen bombs on Russian missile silos and command centres. Each of these thermonuclear warheads has roughly 20 times the destructive power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, according to a report on nuclear weapons by the National Resources Defense Council, a U.S. environmental group.Of these 7,000 U.S. strategic weapons, 2,500 are deployed on intercontinental ballistic missiles that are constantly maintained on hair-trigger alert ready for immediate launching, while the U.S. also maintains some 2,688 hydrogen bombs on missiles in its 14 Trident submarines, most ready for instantaneous launching.
According to the Center for Defense Information, a group that analyzes U.S. defence policy, in the event of a suspected attack, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Air Command has only three minutes to decide if a nuclear attack warning is valid. He has 10 minutes to locate the president for a 30-second briefing on attack options, and the president then has three minutes to decide to launch the warheads and to consider which pre-set targeting plan to use.Once launched, the missiles would take 10 to 30 minutes to reach their Russian targets.An almost identical situation prevails in Russia, except unlike the combined U.S. and Canadian NORAD early-warning equipment, the Russian system is decaying rapidly, its early-warning satellites are almost non-functional and it now relies on a relatively primitive over-the-horizon radar to warn it of an imminent secret first-strike attack from the United States.
The Russian military and political leaders are suitably paranoid about this extraordinary post-Cold-War situation. So much so that in January 1995 president Boris Yeltsin came to within 10 seconds of launching his nuclear armada when the launch of a Norwegian weather satellite was misinterpreted in Moscow as a pre-emptive U.S. nuclear attack.Most towns and cities with populations over 50,000 on the North American continent are targeted with at least one hydrogen bomb. Only 1,000 bombs exploding on 100 cities could induce nuclear winter and the end of most life on earth. There are fewer than 300 major cities in the Northern hemisphere.
Such is the redundancy of nuclear weapons. A U.S. Foreign Military Studies Office report of January 2002, Prototypes for Targeting America, a Soviet Military Assessment,states that New York City, for example, is the single most important target in the Atlantic region after major military installations. A U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment report, commissioned in the 1980s
but still relevant, estimated that Soviet nuclear war plans had two one-megaton bombs aimed at each of three airports that serve New York, one aimed at each of the major bridges, two at Wall Street and two at each of four oil refineries. The major rail centres and power stations were also targeted, along with the port facilities.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimates that New York City would be obliterated by nuclear blasts and the resulting firestorms and fallout.Millions of people would die instantly. Survivors would perish shortly thereafter from burns and exposure to radiation.Terrifyingly, the early warning systems of both Russia and the U.S. register false alarms daily, triggered either by wildfires, satellite launchings or solar reflections off clouds or oceans.
Of more immediate concern in both the United States and Russia is the threat of terrorists or hackers entering and disrupting the computerized early warning systems and command centres.Therefore, as the world tries to come to terms with a possible tiny new entrant into the nuclear club, the U.S. Security Council, the U.S. administration, the U.S. Congress, the Canadian government and the Kremlin fail to recognize the most serious danger thousands of hydrogen bombs maintained on tenuous hair-trigger alert.What has induced this state of global psychic numbing, and why are these issues never officially addressed?
Now that Russia and the U.S. maintain a friendly working relationship, it is time to reinvigorate the extraordinary precedent established by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavic in 1988, to urgently agree to abolish nuclear weapons bilaterally.
Only then will the nuclear superpowers have the moral authority to legitimately and actively promote multilateral nuclear disarmament through the United Nations and to police other countries to discourage lateral proliferation.
France and China have already agreed to abolish their nuclear weapons should the superpowers disarm. Israel, Pakistan and India, who have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, would need extra pressure.Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has called for a clear road map for nuclear disarmament to be established.Time is not on our side.Helen Caldicott is a pediatrician and president of the Washington-based Nuclear Policy Research Institute. She is the author of Nuclear Power is Not the Answer.
Far-right aims to form group in European Parliament
23.10.2006 - 17:42 CET | By Honor Mahony and Mark Beunderman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Far-right politicians in the European Parliament are trying to form a political group in the Brussels assembly, possibly by the end of this year.Bruno Gollnisch, MEP and secretary general of France's right wing National Front (FN), told EUobserver that his party has reasonable hope of forming a group in the parliament, whose rules require at least 19 members from five different member states.We are expecting to build such a political party at the end of this year or the beginning of the next,said Mr Gollnisch.Aside from the national front with seven MEPs, the Flemish Vlaams Belang (with three MEPs), the Austrian Freedom Party (1) and the Lega Nord (3) may also be involved, as well as some non-attached MEPs from other countries, including the UK.A Polish contact also confirmed that three MEPs from Poland's the League of Polish Families are being included in the talks.Mr Gollnisch said that the head of the National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who is also an MEP, is planning to hold a rally from 10-12 November just outside Paris and is expecting many like-minded parties to join him from across Europe at the event.
We should have a better idea of the situation in the middle of November,said Mr Gollnish adding that his party is busy building contacts.Part of this contact-building will take place in Strasbourg this week to try and hammer out a political platform that the diverse parties can agree on.Frank Vanhecke, MEP and chairman of the Vlaams Belang party, told EUobserver that This is something we've tried very hard for many years adding we have now succeeded to get everyone around the table.However, he was phlegmatic about the chances of the new group actually taking off.I've been in European circles long enough to be realistic and sceptical on the eventual outcome. We've tried this five times before and at those times it looked as good as it looks now,he said.
In 2001, an agreement between the Lega Nord, Vlaams Belang and National Front was deemed illegal by the European Court of Justice because it had no political substance.
The programme
This time the generally anti-immigrant and far-right parties are to put this right by setting up what Mr Vanhecke called a minimum political programme for the would-be European group.He said it would include recognition of the cultural diversity of Europe as a factor of richness as well as resistance to Turkish EU accession.It is also likely to contain something on the the recognition of traditional values; based on the Judeo-Christian heritage of Europe and the conservation of our identity.At the moment MEPs from parties such as the National Front and the Vlaams Belang are all non-attached members of the European Parliament meaning they have no access to the committee chairs and other posts.
Europe's bloody past
Forming a group would give them a far greater say in the European Parliament, however, as well as certain legal entitlements something likely to cause huge ripples of discontent among other mainstream groups in the EU assembly.Reacting to the news of a possible far-right party, German conservative MEP and head of the parliament's foreign affairs committee Elmar Brok said these people have learned nothing and only preach hate. They can't get anything off the ground together and can only agree on a negative programme.Democrats in Europe have to expose these parties and show European citizens how piteously little they achieve in answering today's questions and in solving the problems and worries of the people. They stand for Europe's bloody past,he added.
An earlier version of this article suggested that some MEPs from the UK Independence Party may join the group. This is not the case and we apologise for this error.
ISRAEL PLANS MAJOR OPERATION IN GAZA
TEL AVIV [MENL] Israel's military has been developing plans for a major offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The General Staff has renewed plans for a permanent presence in the southern Gaza Strip in an effort to halt arms smuggling to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. Military sources said the options included the capture of the Egypt-Gaza border and the neighboring town of Rafah, said to contain up to 100 weapons tunnels that reach the neighboring Sinai Peninsula.Over the weekend, about 1,000 Israeli soldiers were sent to capture the 14-kilometer Egypt-Gaza border. In September 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip.The current situation is extremely dangerous with Hamas ordering advanced systems that were used by Hizbullah in the war,a military source said. We're not stopping the smuggling of these systems from Egypt.
Diplomats: Iran pursuing new nuke enrichment
Updated: 3:56 p.m. ET Oct 23, 2006
VIENNA, Austria - Iran is expanding its uranium enrichment program even as the U.N. Security Council focuses on possible sanctions for its defiance of a demand to give up the activity and ease fears it seeks nuclear weapons, diplomats said Monday.
The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the information to media, told The Associated Press that within the past few weeks Iranian nuclear experts had started a second pilot enrichment facility.While the 164 centrifuges were not producing enriched uranium, even the decision to dry test them showed Iran’s defiance of the Security Council. The council had set an Aug. 31 deadline for Tehran to cease all experiments linked to enrichment. It may start full deliberations on sanctions as early as later this week.
Iran produced a small batch of low-enriched uranium suitable as nuclear fuel but not weapons grade in February, using its initial cascade of 164 centrifuges at its pilot plant at Natanz. The process of uranium enrichment can be used to generate electricity or to create an atomic weapon, depending on the level of enrichment.Iran said it plans to install 3,000 centrifuges at its enrichment plant in Natanz, central Iran, by the end of this year. Industrial production of enriched uranium in Natanz would require 54,000 centrifuges.
Although it is nowhere near that goal, successful testing of other cascades would indicate that Tehran is slowly mastering the complexities of producing enriched uranium.A U.N. official said that even a dry-run allows Tehran to develop the technology, to make sure that things work.The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has taken the lead in probing Tehran’s nuclear program since the existence of a clandestine enrichment program was revealed more than three years ago, could not be reached for comment and issued no official confirmation.
Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, the chief Iranian envoy to the IAEA, said he had no knowledge of new developments at Natanz. But he told the AP that all nuclear activities are going on as planned.
Ahmadinejad: Capability up tenfold
In Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country’s nuclear capability has increased tenfold despite Western pressure to roll back its atomic program, which Iran insists is peaceful.The enemies, resorting to propaganda, want to block us from achieving (nuclear technology), Ahmadinejad told a crowd on the southern outskirts of Tehran.“But they should know that today, the capability of our nation has multiplied tenfold over the same period last year.Ahmadinejad boasted that “the power of our enemies is less than one-tenth of their power in last year.He did not elaborate, and the remarks appeared aimed primarily at rallying public support as the U.N. Security Council prepares to consider limited sanctions.Iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. The United States and dozens of other countries fear, however, that it is secretly trying to make nuclear arms.Ahmadinejad repeated that Iran was ready to negotiate about its nuclear ambitions. But the six nations that have spearheaded the most recent attempts to bring Iran to the negotiating table continue to call on Iran to first suspend enrichment.
Incentives rejected by Tehran
The Islamic republic has turned down a package of incentives offered by those six world powers the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany on condition that all enrichment activities cease.The United States and its Western Security Council allies, Britain and France, have drafted a text that would impose limited sanctions on Iran for its defiance. But a U.N. diplomat told the AP that the text might have to be softened to enlist the support of Russia and China, which have veto power on the Security Council.Both Moscow and Beijing are reluctant to impose harsh punishments on Tehran, an economic and strategic partner. They also fear that any sanctions which for now rule out military action could still start the process toward consideration of force.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday he was hopeful talks with the Iranians would resume and that there was a real chance for a negotiated settlement without sanctions.However, the European Union’s external relations commissioner, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said that Tehran had not responded positively to the incentives package and that the Security Council may need to explore another alternative.2006 The Associated Press.
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Wal-Mart Rolls Out Red Carpet For Homosexual Marriage
Dear Stan,
When Wal-Mart announced their support for the homosexual agenda a few weeks ago, they meant what they said. You will remember that Wal-Mart asked for, and received, permission to join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
The company announced they were giving two large grants to NGLCC. The world's largest retailer was rewarded with a position on the board of NGLCC. Wal-Mart also announced they would give preference to homosexual-owned businesses in purchasing
products.
Justin Nelson, president of NGLCC, said he expects Wal-Mart to use its influence to pressure suppliers like P&G, Johnson & Johnson, and Gillette to give homosexual businesses preferential treatment. Wal-Mart is also working on a plan to provide
domestic-partnership benefits to homsexual employee partners. The NGLCC is a leading promoter of homosexual marriage.
A quick search for books sold by Wal-Mart found the following related to the promotion of homosexual marriage:
What God Has Joined Together: The Christian Case for Gay Marriage
Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gay, Good for Straights, and Good for America
Legalizing Gay Marriage
Why You Should Give a -amn about Gay Marriage
Civil Wars: A Battle for Gay Marriage
Gay Marriage and Democracy: Equality for All
Defending Same-Sex Marriage
Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry
Gay Marriage, Real Life: Ten Stories of Love and Family
A quick search of Wal-Mart's website turned up the following number of items for sale:
Gay - 1148
Lesbian - 468
Transgender - 40
Bisexual - 38
Gay Marriage - 26
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4. Forward this email to all your friends and family. Let them know about Wal-Mart's funding of the homosexual agenda.
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Monday, October 23, 2006
PERSECUTION IS COMING TO THE WEST
1-EARTHQUAKE JOLTS THE PHILIPPINES. 2-Four quakes, 591 aftershocks rock Luzon. 3-Hurricane Paul strengthens on way to Mexico. 4-Dozens flooded out of homes in Texas. 5-California faces fire warnings. 6-Canada: We won’t remain neutral as Israel battles extremists. 7-Lieberman Cedes Demands in Favor of National Responsibility. 8-PA Educational Campaign to Detach Jews from Jerusalem. 9-Feeling of Europeanness on the rise, study says. 10-5.5 tons of narcotic drugs seized throughout Iran in past week. 11-Persecution is Coming to the West. 12-Russian ship sinks, 18-member crew missing.
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.
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS THE PHILIPPINES
date: 22 10, 2006
MANILA, OCT. 22, (BNA)--AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 4. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE STRUCK MANY PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TODAY. NO HUMAN OR FINANCIAL LOSSES WERE REPORTED. THE EARTHQUAKES EPICENTER WAS LOCATED NORTH-WEST OF BOAC TOWN IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY SAID. PEOPLE IN MANY PROVINCES IN SOUTHERN MANILA FELT THE TREMOR MEASURING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE. IT IS TO NOTE THAT THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH IS PART OF THE SO CALLED CIRCLE OF FIRE STRETCHING AROUND THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IS SUBJECT TO AROUND 10 EARTHQUAKES ON DAILY BASIS. HOWEVER, ONLY FEW ARE FELT. THE WORST TREMOR THAT EVER HIT THE PHILIPPINES WAS IN 1990 WHICH MEASURED 7. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE AND KILLED 2000 PEOPLE ON SOUTHERN LUZON ISLAND. AOQ/ MT
Four quakes, 591 aftershocks rock Luzon
FOUR moderate earthquakes hit the Philippines on Friday up to yesterday, triggering 591 aftershocks but causing hardly any damage, seismologists said. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the first earthquake was recorded at a magnitude of 5.2 on Friday. The following day, a 3.7-magnitude earthquake hit followed by another with a magnitude of 4.7.
The institute recorded the last major earthquake at a magnitude of 5.7 yesterday, the strongest of the four. The earthquake struck at 2:23 a.m., and scientists located its epicenter off the northeast coast of the island of Mindoro. Neither the institute nor the US Geological Survey had any immediate reports of any damage or casualties as a result of the earthquakes or the aftershocks that were recorded in between them.
Institute Director Renato Solidum told Standard Today that the last earthquake was not strong enough to cause a tsunami, although the tremor originated under the sea. He said Sunday’s quake came from a 10-km depth in the Lubang Fault and was tectonic in origin. The earthquakes were felt in Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Quezon, Batangas and Metro Manila. The Philippines is located in the so-called Ring of Fire, where volcanic activities and earthquakes are common. The last major quake, with a magnitude of more than 7 on the Richter scale, struck Luzon in July 1990, leaving thousands dead and causing billions in property damage. AP, AFP, Jaime Pilapil
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Hurricane Paul strengthens on way to Mexico By Greg Brosnan
13 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Paul strengthened as it swept across the Pacific Ocean on Monday toward a beach resort on Mexico's Baja California peninsula and key farming areas on the mainland barely recovering from a battering last month.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said the hurricane, a category 2 on a five-step scale, was gaining force. It could become a powerful category 3 storm later in the day, capable of blowing down large trees and destroying mobile homes.Paul was located 455 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, one of two towns that together make up Los Cabos, an exclusive resort popular with U.S. golfers and other tourists. It was expected to pick up forward speed.Forecasters said Paul would pass near the resort sometime on Wednesday before crashing into the Mexican mainland.The Mexican government issued a hurricane watch for the southern tip of Baja California, which extends south from the U.S. state of California.Vacationers in Los Cabos, mostly U.S. visitors, were concerned but there were no evacuations.The guests are asking about it, but for now we're telling them we don't have any solid information and that the weather is very unpredictable,said Patricia Salbana, a receptionist at the Fiesta Americana Grand hotel in Los Cabos.
It might change direction, said Omar Muro, a spokesman at the nearby Inter Continental hotel. We don't want to give guests a false alarm.The state of Sinaloa, which took a hit from Hurricane Lane in September, was in the path of the latest storm. Lane missed Los Cabos before crashing into Sinaloa on Mexico's Pacific Coast, leaving a path of destruction that killed three.Paul could even throw a curveball at central bank economists in Mexico City if it destroys crops in Sinaloa, creating food shortages and pushing up inflation.Lane devastated key tomato crops in Sinaloa. That helped pushed September's inflation to its highest monthly rate in six years.If it hit there, inflation could continue to be impacted,said Mario Correa, an economist at Scotiabank Inverlat.
Farmers in the state were keeping a close eye on the storm.Obviously people are really alarmed,said Manuel Ortiz, a meteorologist at the Confederation of Agricultural Associations of Sinaloa state.(Additional reporting by Jason Lange and Gunther Hamm)
Dozens flooded out of homes in Texas 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
VIDOR, Texas - Floodwater surrounded dozens of homes and FEMA trailers in Southeast Texas on Monday after heavy rain sent the Neches River spilling over its banks.
The river was about 8 feet above flood stage Monday and was expected to remain at that level through Thursday, said Jeff Kelley, Orange County emergency management coordinator.Kelley estimated about 40 homes had been destroyed.The damage varied home to home because some had been built on stilts while others sit at ground level. In some cases, water was up to the roof lines. The area had been hit hard by Hurricane Rita last year, and Kelley said a number of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers were still in the area. The flooding, from water flowing down stream after last week's heavy rain, damaged homes in the communities of Lakeview, Connely Road and Four Oaks Ranch Road north of Vidor, about 90 miles east of Houston.All Interstate
10 ramps between Beaumont and Vidor were closed, he said.
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.
California faces fire warnings
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) The National Weather Service has issued fire danger warnings for several counties in northern California, the Oakland Tribune reported. The warning was spurred by a combination of gusty winds, low humidity and a series of power outages. High temperatures were also said to be adding to the threat. The Tribune reported that firefighters in Oakland and Contra Costa County were called to several small grass fires. Although the National Weather Service lifted its red flag warning for the East Bay hills late Saturday afternoon, many firefighters and weather authorities remain wary, the newspaper said.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
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.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel
Canada: We won’t remain neutral as Israel battles extremists
Ynetnews
Week after Liberal party candidate accuses Israel of war crimes, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shows unequivocal support for Israel. Harper: When dealing with war between Israel and terrorist organization, this country cannot and will never be neutral.Canada won’t remain neutral while Israel is fighting to defend itself against extremists, promised Candian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a speech Wednesday to the Jewish community of Toronto. He emphasized that Israel will enjoy full support and friendship from the Canadian government.
When it comes to dealing with a war between Israel and a terrorist organization, this country and this government cannot and will never be neutral,said Harper. Those who seek to destroy the Jews, who seek to destroy Israel, will ultimately seek to destroy us all.
It is why Canada’s new government has reacted with speed and spoken with clarity on the recent events in the Middle East. Political Upheaval Israel war crime charge roils Canada politics / Reuters Leading candidate to head Canada’s opposition Liberal Party says Israel committed war crime when it bombarded Lebanese village of Qana in July Harper was one of the first to show support for Israel last July when the IDF went to war in southern Lebanon.
During the war he even spoke with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert and expressed his support for action against Hizbullah.Alongside his support of Israel, Harper emphasized that the Palestinians also deserve a fair and just future and that he hopes a two-state solution can be found so that Israelis and Palestinian can live in peace alongside one another.
Issues of human dignity, of giving people the opportunity to build their community, to realize their own dreams as long as they respect the rights and dignity of others are values we also share, Harper added in regards to the relationship between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
One week ago
Harper’s warm statements came a week after the leading candidate for the Liberal party in Canada, Michael Ignatieff, accused Israel of committing war crimes in Lebanon. Ignatieff, a human rights activist, has sparked a political storm in Canada after claiming that the IDF bombing of the village of Qana was a war crime.
Ignatieff’s comments were criticized by Harper, who said that Liberal party
leadership candidates are anti-Israel.Ignatieff denied Harper’s claims and said that he sees himself as a lifelong friend of Israel and that there is no basis for Harper’s accusations that the Liberal party is anti-Semitic.Wednesday, the organization Canada-Israel, who had invited Ignatieff for a visit to Jerusalem, decided to cancel the planned trip. We decided to wait until the political storm
subsides, said Canada-Israel National Chair Marc Gold.These kinds of visits are of an educational nature. There goal is to expose parliament members to a wide range of issues. There is no doubt that this objective won’t be achieved if everyone focuses on who said what,he added.
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)
Lieberman Cedes Demands in Favor of National Responsibility
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) says he hopes to complete negotiations for his entry into the government this week. Party MKs say national responsibility overrides their original demands. Lieberman met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this afternoon, in a meeting to summarize the principles of the Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party into the coalition. Technical details still need to be ironed out, Olmert said afterwards, but announced that Lieberman would serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Threats.The way was paved for the party's entry into the coalition after the Cabinet voted narrowly yesterday to approve Lieberman's proposed legislation for a change in the country's political system. At least one minister Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) voted for the plan merely to enable Lieberman's party to enter and thus strengthen the coalition; Eitan explained that he actually objects to the proposed legislation, but voted for it because he is confident that it has no chance of passing in the Knesset.
Lieberman just last week named five conditions that must be fulfilled before he would enter the government yet none of them appear to be likely to be fulfilled. The conditions were:
* An official end to Prime Minister Olmert's convergence (unilateral withdrawal) plan must be announced.
* Jewish outpost neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria must not be uprooted.
* Legislation must be passed to change the government system to a presidential one.
* A Supreme Court-appointed public commission of inquiry to investigate the mismanagement of the recent war with Hizbullah must be established, in place of the current Winograd Commission, appointed by the same ministers it is supposed to investigate.
* Civil marriages must be allowed.
Regarding the withdrawal, Olmert has announced that it is currently not on the agenda, but has not stated that it will not return to the agenda when conditions are ripe. Similarly, Defense Minister Amir Peretz has announced that he plans to uproot unauthorized outposts in Yesha, and has met with Yesha leaders on the topic.The legislation regarding the new political system is not felt to have a chance to pass in the Knesset, at least not the way it is currently formulated. Prime Minister Olmert has even said that he himself does not favor a changeover to a presidential system. The Yisrael Beiteinu bill also calls for a minimum electoral threshold of 10%, below which a political party cannot be represented; support for this clause in the Knesset is practically nil. The call for a state commission of inquiry into the war has basically dropped from public awareness, and the Shas Party a coalition member of equal size to Yisrael Beiteinu objects strongly to civil marriages.
Arutz-7 spoke today with MK Sofa Landver of Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) and asked her why the party had given up on practically all its demands only a few days after declaring them. Our sense of national responsibility leads us to take this position, she said. In the special situation in which our country finds itself after the war in the north, where the state of affairs is still dangerous, and with the Iranian threats to destroy us we feel that this is the time to be inside the government and influence. Now is the time to strengthen the country.A-7: Do you mean strengthening the country, or the government?
Landver: It's been just a half-year since a new government and a new Knesset were elected, and now is not the time to topple the government. The country does not need new elections now.A-7: This appears to be a major turnabout for a party that is known to be right-wing not to want to topple a government coalition that is leftist-based! Landver: No, it's not a major turnabout. We have a responsibility towards the government and towards the country.A-7: "How is it that your party gave up on nearly all its demands of just a week ago?
Landver: We will be judged on whether this is true or not afterwards, not now.
A-7: Why are you accepting only one ministerial portfolio, when Shas which has 11 MKs, just like you has four? How will you be able to have an influence in such a manner? Landver: We don't think that now is the time to add more ministers to the government; this will be too heavy of a burden on the state's resources. We will be able to have an influence in any event.
Reactions on the Right
MK Esterina Tartman (Yisrael Beiteinu) invited the National Union/National Religious Party (NU/NRP) faction to join the coalition as well but the invitation was not well-received. NU/NRP Knesset Members commented as follows: MK Tzvi Hendel: This [Lieberman's entry] is a strange, not understandable move.MK Yitzchak Levy: Lieberman painted himself as very right-wing, and attracted many right-wing votes and now he will be there to allow Peretz to remove outposts.MK Nissan Slomiansky: What can he do in the government? Nothing. He didn't even save his party's honor by getting them an extra ministerial portfolio.MK Benny Elon: A childish move, as if he thinks that he can save the country all by himself, just by his own personal magic. He doesn't even need any other ministers from his party in the government!... I call either for Olmert to form a national unity government with Netanyahu and the Likud, or for Lieberman not to fall prey to this foolishness.
Lieberman met afterwards with the NU/NRP faction.
MK Rabbi Yitzchak Levy later told Arutz-7, He told us that the right-wing has not succeeded in stopping withdrawals and that a new methodology is needed. He hopes to influence from within the security cabinet, and said that now is not the time for new elections. But we told him that he is making a bitter mistake, that he will not be able to influence, and he will thus lose his position of leadership within the right-wing. We also said that he had caused harm to the unity of the right-wing camp, and that if he felt it was so important to join, he should have tried to enlist all of us to enter together.
MK Uri Ariel said, Israel Our Home has given up on its principles and is joining a left-wing government. It is irresponsible to try to save a government in which the public, the army and the simple soldiers have no confidence.
Labor Will Have to Swallow its Pride
Yisrael Beiteinu's imminent entry into the government is very awkward for Labor, whose party guidelines are opposite those of Lieberman's party in many aspects. Labor leader Amir Peretz has expressed strong opposition to sitting together with Yisrael Beiteinu, though other party leaders disagree. The Labor Knesset faction will debate the issue this afternoon. MK Orit Noked has proposed that Lieberman himself be invited to the meeting today and speak directly with the Labor MKs.Tourism Minister Yitzchak Herzog (Labor) said today that he agrees with Peretz in principle, but Labor has no choice but to remain in the government.He said that the country cannot now afford a coalition crisis that could lead to new elections. In response to the claim that Yisrael Beiteinu will not permit diplomatic progress towards an agreement with the Palestinian Authority which Lieberman and others see as another way of saying withdrawal and surrender Herzog said he believes that the diplomatic stance of Kadima and Labor will continue to lead.
MK Tartman: It's All About Iran
Lieberman is expected to receive a ministerial post created just for him: Minister for Strategic Threats, especially the Iranian threat.
His party colleague MK Esterina Tartman told Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine that Lieberman's entry into the Cabinet will enable Israel to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat.Explaining the party's decision to enter the government, Tartman said, The party chairman [Lieberman] presented the situation and the dilemmas... Logic dictates one thing, while the butterflies in our stomach say something else, but in the end, almost everyone allowed logic to win out and said that despite all, we must enter the coalition... Our intention is not to save the government from falling, but to save the State of Israel from destruction... I suggest to the entire public to listen carefully to what our enemies, such as the Persian tyrant, are saying; they aren't joking, and we are truly in existential danger... Our sense of responsibility says that we need a leader that can make decisions.Tartman bitingly dismissed the Labor Party as weak and not united. Asked if she thinks Olmert would consult more with Lieberman or with Peretz, Tartman said, How can you compare a Rolls-Royce with a [jalopy]?
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.
PA Educational Campaign to Detach Jews from Jerusalem
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports on a PA campaign to teach its youngsters that Jews have no historical connection to Jerusalem or the Holy Land.
PMW, which carefully monitors the Palestinian Authority media for its messages of hatred and incitement against Jews and Israel, reports that the religious themes prevalent in the media during the holy Moslem month of Ramadan also include messages of anti-Israel violence.One significant message that has been strongly emphasized by repeated broadcasting of the same programs, write PMW's Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, is the denial of Israel’s right to exist. One program, which recently appeared on PA TV three times in the course of a single week, features Dr. Hassan Khader, founder of the Al Quds Encyclopedia, who argues that the Jews have no ancient historical connection to the Western Wall of the Temple.
Dr. Khader's lesson states: The first connection of the Jews to this site began in the 16th Century... The Jewish connection to this site is a recent connection not ancient… like the roots of the Islamic connection… Who would have believed that the Israelis would arrive 1400 years [after the beginning of Islam], conquer Jerusalem and make [the Western Wall] into their special place of worship, where they worship and pray? The PA scholar emphasizes that the real name of the Holy Jewish Temple's Western Wall is Al Buraq, after Muhammad’s horse which was tied to the wall. Khader teaches that the name was given by Allah and the Prophet Muhammed.Most significant, PMW reports, is that Khader has only praise for the violence and death the Palestinians have initiated to prevent Jews’ access to the Western Wall and Temple Mount, from the beginning of the 20th century until now.Similarly, Khader indicates that [the violence] will continue if Jews insist on their right to the Western Wall.
Marcus and Crook note that the Al-Aqsa mosque mentioned in the Koran was initially understood to mean heaven; it only took up its Jerusalem connotation after the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem. Sheikh Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi has written that the Koran recognizes Jerusalem as the Jewish direction of prayer.Despite this, TV viewers in the PA were taught this month that the Western Wall is the single wall from among the Al-Aqsa walls for which [a Moslem] revolution took place in the past century.
Everyone knows the Al-Buraq revolution that took place on August 23, 1929 [in which Arabs rioted around the country, murdering 133 Jews]... [Some may argue:] The Al-Buraq Wall is simply a small wall, a few meters long, a number of bricks, what is it worth? What we are interested in is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we can give it [the Wall] to the Jews, they have no [other] religious sites.This is a highly significant matter! This site currently represents the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is the most essential point in the Arab-Israeli conflict. No one can ignore it anymore. As we said, revolutions took place for the sake of [the Wall], and for its sake revolutions are still taking place today. The first revolution in the past century was named after Al-Buraq and Al-Aqsa, and the last revolution, the last Intifada, the Al-Aqsa Intifada, we are still living it until today.[PA TV, October 13, 2006]
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).
Feeling of Europeanness on the rise, study says
23.10.2006 - 09:28 CET | By Mark Beunderman
Despite gloomy analyses over the EU's failure to connect to its citizens, Europe's younger generations are increasingly feeling
European next to their national identities, according to a new study. In an article in the journal Science, published last Friday (20 October), a team of Austrian sociologists found that older generations of citizens who only feel attachment to their nation not to Europe are dying out.The sociologists studied the European Commission's Eurobarometer studies from 1996 to 2004, which contain the question whether respondents feel, for example, only Italian; Italian and European; European and Italian; or only European.
The answers of all respondents who said they had at least a partial sense of Europeanness where grouped under the heading of multiple identities and revealed that this group is on the rise while those who feel they only have a national identity are on the decline.In 2004, 58 percent of those surveyed had some sense of feeling European, a number which is set to rise to 68.5 percent by 2030 if the current trend continues, according to the study.
Media and student exchanges
We show that the younger generations ... of Europeans are more likely to have a European identity in addition to their national one. And since the younger citizens will eventually replace the older, more nationally-oriented ones, the European demos will likely change accordingly, the authors say in a statement. The sociologists said that the Europeanisation trend has a number of causes, including expanding media impact coming from and reporting about the European level, the increasing free movement of people across European borders either for tourism or work, the increasing number of students in university exchange programmes as well as the fast-growing day-to-day communication across borders.But they emphasized that the inclination to feel more European does not come at the expense of national identity.Contrary to common belief, the development of a European identity does not have to be accompanied by the decline of a national identity,they said.
Partial picture
But the results of the Austrian study may not boost the cause of the European Commission and MEPs who are seeking to re-connect to citizens, as the study only covers the period up until 2004.After that year, the union saw two failed referenda on the EU constitution in France and the Netherlands as well as increasing public hostility to further enlargement of the union. Perhaps more importantly, the study presents only a partial picture as it only covers the old EU of 15 member states before enlargement in May 2004.Within the EU-15, Luxembourgers were the most European, with a 78 percent average between 1996-2004 admitting they felt at least a partial sense of European identity.Italians came second at 72 percent, followed by the French (68%) and the Spanish (64%) while at the other end of the scale Swedes (45%), Finns (43%) and Britons (40%) felt less European.
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries (DRUGS), nor of their fornication,(Sex amoung Singles outside of Marriage) nor of their thefts.
5.5 tons of narcotic drugs seized throughout Iran in past week Tehran, Oct 23,
IRNA Iran-Drug-Seizure Anti-drug police squads seized 5.55 tons of various illicit drugs throughout the country in the past week (Oct 14-20), it was announced here Monday. Police 110 Commander Eskandar Mo'meni told IRNA the haul included 5.138 tons of opium, 317kg of hashish, 19.405kg of morphine and some 102.5kg of heroin. The police last week also rounded up 229 drug smugglers and 591 addicts who were handed over to judicial officials for prosecution, Mo'meni said. Iran, despite its unceasing anti-drug efforts, remains a key route for southwest Asian drugs on their way to lucrative markets in Europe and Persian Gulf countries. Domestic narcotics consumption continues to be a persistent problem with at least two million drug addicts in the country.
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.
Persecution is Coming to the West (Crosswalk.com)
Wolfgang Polzer - Concealed Affliction May Soon Turn Into Open Persecution
BLANKENBURG /Persecution is coming to the West.
Under the guise of tolerance, Bible believing Christians of all confessions are subjected to suppressive intolerance, warns a declaration issued at the Ecumenical Confessional Convention in Blankenburg, East Germany.The event, with 130 Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox representatives, was convened by the evangelical missiologist
Prof. Peter Beyerhaus. The so-called Blankenburg Proclamation speaks of a dangerous anti-Christian influence on legislation, academic life and school education.
Scientists who believe in God as the creator were subjected to public defamation. Christians, not willing to compromise their faith, had to face ridicule, intolerance, stigmatization and career obstacles.The declaration refers specifically to the plight of German homeschoolers. Approximately 150 families were subjected to fines or jail because they refused to send their children to state registered schools and thus broke the German law.According to the proclamation this concealed affliction may soon turn into open persecution. The threat could come from several directions from globalization favoring the formation of totalitarian regimes, from growing syncretism, and from Islam.Europe could be subjected to an enforced Islamization accompanied by the introduction of Sharia law. This danger was increased by the fact that the indigenous population is shrinking.The proclamation also makes reference to the correlation between faith and suffering. It was part of the nature of the Christian faith to endure disadvantages and persecution for Christ’s sake. The 20th century had been the bloodiest in church history.According to estimates by human rights organizations, 200 million Christians suffer discrimination for their faith.
Every year 170,000 Christians die a martyr’s death.
Wolfgang Polzer is senior news editor of the Evangelical News Agency idea, Wetzlar (Germany), which he joined in 1981. In all, he has spent 30 years in Christian media. Wolfgang can be contacted by e-mail at: Wolfgang.Polzer@idea.de.
1/3RD OF SHIPS DESTROYED
REVELATION 8:8-9
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
IN THE SEA OF JAPAN
Russian ship sinks, 18-member crew missing
10/23/2006
The Sinegorye, carrying timber from Russia's Far East to China, sent an SOS earlier in the day. The captain said some of the cargo had broken loose in a storm and damaged the ship's hull.A Russian cargo ship sank on Monday in the Sea of Japan off South Korea's northeastern coast and the fate of its 18-strong crew was unknown, Russian news agencies and television quoted officials as saying.The Sinegorye, carrying timber from Russia's Far East to China, sent an SOS earlier in the day. The captain said some of the cargo had broken loose in a storm and damaged the ship's hull, agencies quoted Transport Ministry officials as saying.
The captain said the listing ship was drifting towards South Korea, after which all communication was lost. NTV, quoting a rescue service chief in Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, said the crew had not been in contact for 11 hours.Agencies quoted Transport Ministry officials as saying about 20 rescue vessels were on their way to the area.NTV cited preliminary information saying the ship was some 80 miles (128 km) off the Korean peninsula when the disaster happened. It said waves up to 7 metres (23 feet) high and nearly zero visibility hampered the search and rescue operation.It is late night here already, and the active phase of the operation will start tomorrow at dawn,NTV said.
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.
EARTHQUAKE JOLTS THE PHILIPPINES
date: 22 10, 2006
MANILA, OCT. 22, (BNA)--AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 4. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE STRUCK MANY PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TODAY. NO HUMAN OR FINANCIAL LOSSES WERE REPORTED. THE EARTHQUAKES EPICENTER WAS LOCATED NORTH-WEST OF BOAC TOWN IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY SAID. PEOPLE IN MANY PROVINCES IN SOUTHERN MANILA FELT THE TREMOR MEASURING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE. IT IS TO NOTE THAT THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH IS PART OF THE SO CALLED CIRCLE OF FIRE STRETCHING AROUND THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IS SUBJECT TO AROUND 10 EARTHQUAKES ON DAILY BASIS. HOWEVER, ONLY FEW ARE FELT. THE WORST TREMOR THAT EVER HIT THE PHILIPPINES WAS IN 1990 WHICH MEASURED 7. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE AND KILLED 2000 PEOPLE ON SOUTHERN LUZON ISLAND. AOQ/ MT
Four quakes, 591 aftershocks rock Luzon
FOUR moderate earthquakes hit the Philippines on Friday up to yesterday, triggering 591 aftershocks but causing hardly any damage, seismologists said. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the first earthquake was recorded at a magnitude of 5.2 on Friday. The following day, a 3.7-magnitude earthquake hit followed by another with a magnitude of 4.7.
The institute recorded the last major earthquake at a magnitude of 5.7 yesterday, the strongest of the four. The earthquake struck at 2:23 a.m., and scientists located its epicenter off the northeast coast of the island of Mindoro. Neither the institute nor the US Geological Survey had any immediate reports of any damage or casualties as a result of the earthquakes or the aftershocks that were recorded in between them.
Institute Director Renato Solidum told Standard Today that the last earthquake was not strong enough to cause a tsunami, although the tremor originated under the sea. He said Sunday’s quake came from a 10-km depth in the Lubang Fault and was tectonic in origin. The earthquakes were felt in Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Quezon, Batangas and Metro Manila. The Philippines is located in the so-called Ring of Fire, where volcanic activities and earthquakes are common. The last major quake, with a magnitude of more than 7 on the Richter scale, struck Luzon in July 1990, leaving thousands dead and causing billions in property damage. AP, AFP, Jaime Pilapil
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Hurricane Paul strengthens on way to Mexico By Greg Brosnan
13 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Paul strengthened as it swept across the Pacific Ocean on Monday toward a beach resort on Mexico's Baja California peninsula and key farming areas on the mainland barely recovering from a battering last month.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said the hurricane, a category 2 on a five-step scale, was gaining force. It could become a powerful category 3 storm later in the day, capable of blowing down large trees and destroying mobile homes.Paul was located 455 miles south of Cabo San Lucas, one of two towns that together make up Los Cabos, an exclusive resort popular with U.S. golfers and other tourists. It was expected to pick up forward speed.Forecasters said Paul would pass near the resort sometime on Wednesday before crashing into the Mexican mainland.The Mexican government issued a hurricane watch for the southern tip of Baja California, which extends south from the U.S. state of California.Vacationers in Los Cabos, mostly U.S. visitors, were concerned but there were no evacuations.The guests are asking about it, but for now we're telling them we don't have any solid information and that the weather is very unpredictable,said Patricia Salbana, a receptionist at the Fiesta Americana Grand hotel in Los Cabos.
It might change direction, said Omar Muro, a spokesman at the nearby Inter Continental hotel. We don't want to give guests a false alarm.The state of Sinaloa, which took a hit from Hurricane Lane in September, was in the path of the latest storm. Lane missed Los Cabos before crashing into Sinaloa on Mexico's Pacific Coast, leaving a path of destruction that killed three.Paul could even throw a curveball at central bank economists in Mexico City if it destroys crops in Sinaloa, creating food shortages and pushing up inflation.Lane devastated key tomato crops in Sinaloa. That helped pushed September's inflation to its highest monthly rate in six years.If it hit there, inflation could continue to be impacted,said Mario Correa, an economist at Scotiabank Inverlat.
Farmers in the state were keeping a close eye on the storm.Obviously people are really alarmed,said Manuel Ortiz, a meteorologist at the Confederation of Agricultural Associations of Sinaloa state.(Additional reporting by Jason Lange and Gunther Hamm)
Dozens flooded out of homes in Texas 2 hours, 59 minutes ago
VIDOR, Texas - Floodwater surrounded dozens of homes and FEMA trailers in Southeast Texas on Monday after heavy rain sent the Neches River spilling over its banks.
The river was about 8 feet above flood stage Monday and was expected to remain at that level through Thursday, said Jeff Kelley, Orange County emergency management coordinator.Kelley estimated about 40 homes had been destroyed.The damage varied home to home because some had been built on stilts while others sit at ground level. In some cases, water was up to the roof lines. The area had been hit hard by Hurricane Rita last year, and Kelley said a number of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers were still in the area. The flooding, from water flowing down stream after last week's heavy rain, damaged homes in the communities of Lakeview, Connely Road and Four Oaks Ranch Road north of Vidor, about 90 miles east of Houston.All Interstate
10 ramps between Beaumont and Vidor were closed, he said.
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.
California faces fire warnings
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) The National Weather Service has issued fire danger warnings for several counties in northern California, the Oakland Tribune reported. The warning was spurred by a combination of gusty winds, low humidity and a series of power outages. High temperatures were also said to be adding to the threat. The Tribune reported that firefighters in Oakland and Contra Costa County were called to several small grass fires. Although the National Weather Service lifted its red flag warning for the East Bay hills late Saturday afternoon, many firefighters and weather authorities remain wary, the newspaper said.
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
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.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel
Canada: We won’t remain neutral as Israel battles extremists
Ynetnews
Week after Liberal party candidate accuses Israel of war crimes, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper shows unequivocal support for Israel. Harper: When dealing with war between Israel and terrorist organization, this country cannot and will never be neutral.Canada won’t remain neutral while Israel is fighting to defend itself against extremists, promised Candian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a speech Wednesday to the Jewish community of Toronto. He emphasized that Israel will enjoy full support and friendship from the Canadian government.
When it comes to dealing with a war between Israel and a terrorist organization, this country and this government cannot and will never be neutral,said Harper. Those who seek to destroy the Jews, who seek to destroy Israel, will ultimately seek to destroy us all.
It is why Canada’s new government has reacted with speed and spoken with clarity on the recent events in the Middle East. Political Upheaval Israel war crime charge roils Canada politics / Reuters Leading candidate to head Canada’s opposition Liberal Party says Israel committed war crime when it bombarded Lebanese village of Qana in July Harper was one of the first to show support for Israel last July when the IDF went to war in southern Lebanon.
During the war he even spoke with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert and expressed his support for action against Hizbullah.Alongside his support of Israel, Harper emphasized that the Palestinians also deserve a fair and just future and that he hopes a two-state solution can be found so that Israelis and Palestinian can live in peace alongside one another.
Issues of human dignity, of giving people the opportunity to build their community, to realize their own dreams as long as they respect the rights and dignity of others are values we also share, Harper added in regards to the relationship between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
One week ago
Harper’s warm statements came a week after the leading candidate for the Liberal party in Canada, Michael Ignatieff, accused Israel of committing war crimes in Lebanon. Ignatieff, a human rights activist, has sparked a political storm in Canada after claiming that the IDF bombing of the village of Qana was a war crime.
Ignatieff’s comments were criticized by Harper, who said that Liberal party
leadership candidates are anti-Israel.Ignatieff denied Harper’s claims and said that he sees himself as a lifelong friend of Israel and that there is no basis for Harper’s accusations that the Liberal party is anti-Semitic.Wednesday, the organization Canada-Israel, who had invited Ignatieff for a visit to Jerusalem, decided to cancel the planned trip. We decided to wait until the political storm
subsides, said Canada-Israel National Chair Marc Gold.These kinds of visits are of an educational nature. There goal is to expose parliament members to a wide range of issues. There is no doubt that this objective won’t be achieved if everyone focuses on who said what,he added.
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)
Lieberman Cedes Demands in Favor of National Responsibility
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) says he hopes to complete negotiations for his entry into the government this week. Party MKs say national responsibility overrides their original demands. Lieberman met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this afternoon, in a meeting to summarize the principles of the Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party into the coalition. Technical details still need to be ironed out, Olmert said afterwards, but announced that Lieberman would serve as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Threats.The way was paved for the party's entry into the coalition after the Cabinet voted narrowly yesterday to approve Lieberman's proposed legislation for a change in the country's political system. At least one minister Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) voted for the plan merely to enable Lieberman's party to enter and thus strengthen the coalition; Eitan explained that he actually objects to the proposed legislation, but voted for it because he is confident that it has no chance of passing in the Knesset.
Lieberman just last week named five conditions that must be fulfilled before he would enter the government yet none of them appear to be likely to be fulfilled. The conditions were:
* An official end to Prime Minister Olmert's convergence (unilateral withdrawal) plan must be announced.
* Jewish outpost neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria must not be uprooted.
* Legislation must be passed to change the government system to a presidential one.
* A Supreme Court-appointed public commission of inquiry to investigate the mismanagement of the recent war with Hizbullah must be established, in place of the current Winograd Commission, appointed by the same ministers it is supposed to investigate.
* Civil marriages must be allowed.
Regarding the withdrawal, Olmert has announced that it is currently not on the agenda, but has not stated that it will not return to the agenda when conditions are ripe. Similarly, Defense Minister Amir Peretz has announced that he plans to uproot unauthorized outposts in Yesha, and has met with Yesha leaders on the topic.The legislation regarding the new political system is not felt to have a chance to pass in the Knesset, at least not the way it is currently formulated. Prime Minister Olmert has even said that he himself does not favor a changeover to a presidential system. The Yisrael Beiteinu bill also calls for a minimum electoral threshold of 10%, below which a political party cannot be represented; support for this clause in the Knesset is practically nil. The call for a state commission of inquiry into the war has basically dropped from public awareness, and the Shas Party a coalition member of equal size to Yisrael Beiteinu objects strongly to civil marriages.
Arutz-7 spoke today with MK Sofa Landver of Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) and asked her why the party had given up on practically all its demands only a few days after declaring them. Our sense of national responsibility leads us to take this position, she said. In the special situation in which our country finds itself after the war in the north, where the state of affairs is still dangerous, and with the Iranian threats to destroy us we feel that this is the time to be inside the government and influence. Now is the time to strengthen the country.A-7: Do you mean strengthening the country, or the government?
Landver: It's been just a half-year since a new government and a new Knesset were elected, and now is not the time to topple the government. The country does not need new elections now.A-7: This appears to be a major turnabout for a party that is known to be right-wing not to want to topple a government coalition that is leftist-based! Landver: No, it's not a major turnabout. We have a responsibility towards the government and towards the country.A-7: "How is it that your party gave up on nearly all its demands of just a week ago?
Landver: We will be judged on whether this is true or not afterwards, not now.
A-7: Why are you accepting only one ministerial portfolio, when Shas which has 11 MKs, just like you has four? How will you be able to have an influence in such a manner? Landver: We don't think that now is the time to add more ministers to the government; this will be too heavy of a burden on the state's resources. We will be able to have an influence in any event.
Reactions on the Right
MK Esterina Tartman (Yisrael Beiteinu) invited the National Union/National Religious Party (NU/NRP) faction to join the coalition as well but the invitation was not well-received. NU/NRP Knesset Members commented as follows: MK Tzvi Hendel: This [Lieberman's entry] is a strange, not understandable move.MK Yitzchak Levy: Lieberman painted himself as very right-wing, and attracted many right-wing votes and now he will be there to allow Peretz to remove outposts.MK Nissan Slomiansky: What can he do in the government? Nothing. He didn't even save his party's honor by getting them an extra ministerial portfolio.MK Benny Elon: A childish move, as if he thinks that he can save the country all by himself, just by his own personal magic. He doesn't even need any other ministers from his party in the government!... I call either for Olmert to form a national unity government with Netanyahu and the Likud, or for Lieberman not to fall prey to this foolishness.
Lieberman met afterwards with the NU/NRP faction.
MK Rabbi Yitzchak Levy later told Arutz-7, He told us that the right-wing has not succeeded in stopping withdrawals and that a new methodology is needed. He hopes to influence from within the security cabinet, and said that now is not the time for new elections. But we told him that he is making a bitter mistake, that he will not be able to influence, and he will thus lose his position of leadership within the right-wing. We also said that he had caused harm to the unity of the right-wing camp, and that if he felt it was so important to join, he should have tried to enlist all of us to enter together.
MK Uri Ariel said, Israel Our Home has given up on its principles and is joining a left-wing government. It is irresponsible to try to save a government in which the public, the army and the simple soldiers have no confidence.
Labor Will Have to Swallow its Pride
Yisrael Beiteinu's imminent entry into the government is very awkward for Labor, whose party guidelines are opposite those of Lieberman's party in many aspects. Labor leader Amir Peretz has expressed strong opposition to sitting together with Yisrael Beiteinu, though other party leaders disagree. The Labor Knesset faction will debate the issue this afternoon. MK Orit Noked has proposed that Lieberman himself be invited to the meeting today and speak directly with the Labor MKs.Tourism Minister Yitzchak Herzog (Labor) said today that he agrees with Peretz in principle, but Labor has no choice but to remain in the government.He said that the country cannot now afford a coalition crisis that could lead to new elections. In response to the claim that Yisrael Beiteinu will not permit diplomatic progress towards an agreement with the Palestinian Authority which Lieberman and others see as another way of saying withdrawal and surrender Herzog said he believes that the diplomatic stance of Kadima and Labor will continue to lead.
MK Tartman: It's All About Iran
Lieberman is expected to receive a ministerial post created just for him: Minister for Strategic Threats, especially the Iranian threat.
His party colleague MK Esterina Tartman told Arutz-7's Hebrew newsmagazine that Lieberman's entry into the Cabinet will enable Israel to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat.Explaining the party's decision to enter the government, Tartman said, The party chairman [Lieberman] presented the situation and the dilemmas... Logic dictates one thing, while the butterflies in our stomach say something else, but in the end, almost everyone allowed logic to win out and said that despite all, we must enter the coalition... Our intention is not to save the government from falling, but to save the State of Israel from destruction... I suggest to the entire public to listen carefully to what our enemies, such as the Persian tyrant, are saying; they aren't joking, and we are truly in existential danger... Our sense of responsibility says that we need a leader that can make decisions.Tartman bitingly dismissed the Labor Party as weak and not united. Asked if she thinks Olmert would consult more with Lieberman or with Peretz, Tartman said, How can you compare a Rolls-Royce with a [jalopy]?
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.
PA Educational Campaign to Detach Jews from Jerusalem
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports on a PA campaign to teach its youngsters that Jews have no historical connection to Jerusalem or the Holy Land.
PMW, which carefully monitors the Palestinian Authority media for its messages of hatred and incitement against Jews and Israel, reports that the religious themes prevalent in the media during the holy Moslem month of Ramadan also include messages of anti-Israel violence.One significant message that has been strongly emphasized by repeated broadcasting of the same programs, write PMW's Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook, is the denial of Israel’s right to exist. One program, which recently appeared on PA TV three times in the course of a single week, features Dr. Hassan Khader, founder of the Al Quds Encyclopedia, who argues that the Jews have no ancient historical connection to the Western Wall of the Temple.
Dr. Khader's lesson states: The first connection of the Jews to this site began in the 16th Century... The Jewish connection to this site is a recent connection not ancient… like the roots of the Islamic connection… Who would have believed that the Israelis would arrive 1400 years [after the beginning of Islam], conquer Jerusalem and make [the Western Wall] into their special place of worship, where they worship and pray? The PA scholar emphasizes that the real name of the Holy Jewish Temple's Western Wall is Al Buraq, after Muhammad’s horse which was tied to the wall. Khader teaches that the name was given by Allah and the Prophet Muhammed.Most significant, PMW reports, is that Khader has only praise for the violence and death the Palestinians have initiated to prevent Jews’ access to the Western Wall and Temple Mount, from the beginning of the 20th century until now.Similarly, Khader indicates that [the violence] will continue if Jews insist on their right to the Western Wall.
Marcus and Crook note that the Al-Aqsa mosque mentioned in the Koran was initially understood to mean heaven; it only took up its Jerusalem connotation after the Islamic conquest of Jerusalem. Sheikh Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi has written that the Koran recognizes Jerusalem as the Jewish direction of prayer.Despite this, TV viewers in the PA were taught this month that the Western Wall is the single wall from among the Al-Aqsa walls for which [a Moslem] revolution took place in the past century.
Everyone knows the Al-Buraq revolution that took place on August 23, 1929 [in which Arabs rioted around the country, murdering 133 Jews]... [Some may argue:] The Al-Buraq Wall is simply a small wall, a few meters long, a number of bricks, what is it worth? What we are interested in is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we can give it [the Wall] to the Jews, they have no [other] religious sites.This is a highly significant matter! This site currently represents the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is the most essential point in the Arab-Israeli conflict. No one can ignore it anymore. As we said, revolutions took place for the sake of [the Wall], and for its sake revolutions are still taking place today. The first revolution in the past century was named after Al-Buraq and Al-Aqsa, and the last revolution, the last Intifada, the Al-Aqsa Intifada, we are still living it until today.[PA TV, October 13, 2006]
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).
Feeling of Europeanness on the rise, study says
23.10.2006 - 09:28 CET | By Mark Beunderman
Despite gloomy analyses over the EU's failure to connect to its citizens, Europe's younger generations are increasingly feeling
European next to their national identities, according to a new study. In an article in the journal Science, published last Friday (20 October), a team of Austrian sociologists found that older generations of citizens who only feel attachment to their nation not to Europe are dying out.The sociologists studied the European Commission's Eurobarometer studies from 1996 to 2004, which contain the question whether respondents feel, for example, only Italian; Italian and European; European and Italian; or only European.
The answers of all respondents who said they had at least a partial sense of Europeanness where grouped under the heading of multiple identities and revealed that this group is on the rise while those who feel they only have a national identity are on the decline.In 2004, 58 percent of those surveyed had some sense of feeling European, a number which is set to rise to 68.5 percent by 2030 if the current trend continues, according to the study.
Media and student exchanges
We show that the younger generations ... of Europeans are more likely to have a European identity in addition to their national one. And since the younger citizens will eventually replace the older, more nationally-oriented ones, the European demos will likely change accordingly, the authors say in a statement. The sociologists said that the Europeanisation trend has a number of causes, including expanding media impact coming from and reporting about the European level, the increasing free movement of people across European borders either for tourism or work, the increasing number of students in university exchange programmes as well as the fast-growing day-to-day communication across borders.But they emphasized that the inclination to feel more European does not come at the expense of national identity.Contrary to common belief, the development of a European identity does not have to be accompanied by the decline of a national identity,they said.
Partial picture
But the results of the Austrian study may not boost the cause of the European Commission and MEPs who are seeking to re-connect to citizens, as the study only covers the period up until 2004.After that year, the union saw two failed referenda on the EU constitution in France and the Netherlands as well as increasing public hostility to further enlargement of the union. Perhaps more importantly, the study presents only a partial picture as it only covers the old EU of 15 member states before enlargement in May 2004.Within the EU-15, Luxembourgers were the most European, with a 78 percent average between 1996-2004 admitting they felt at least a partial sense of European identity.Italians came second at 72 percent, followed by the French (68%) and the Spanish (64%) while at the other end of the scale Swedes (45%), Finns (43%) and Britons (40%) felt less European.
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries (DRUGS), nor of their fornication,(Sex amoung Singles outside of Marriage) nor of their thefts.
5.5 tons of narcotic drugs seized throughout Iran in past week Tehran, Oct 23,
IRNA Iran-Drug-Seizure Anti-drug police squads seized 5.55 tons of various illicit drugs throughout the country in the past week (Oct 14-20), it was announced here Monday. Police 110 Commander Eskandar Mo'meni told IRNA the haul included 5.138 tons of opium, 317kg of hashish, 19.405kg of morphine and some 102.5kg of heroin. The police last week also rounded up 229 drug smugglers and 591 addicts who were handed over to judicial officials for prosecution, Mo'meni said. Iran, despite its unceasing anti-drug efforts, remains a key route for southwest Asian drugs on their way to lucrative markets in Europe and Persian Gulf countries. Domestic narcotics consumption continues to be a persistent problem with at least two million drug addicts in the country.
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.
Persecution is Coming to the West (Crosswalk.com)
Wolfgang Polzer - Concealed Affliction May Soon Turn Into Open Persecution
BLANKENBURG /Persecution is coming to the West.
Under the guise of tolerance, Bible believing Christians of all confessions are subjected to suppressive intolerance, warns a declaration issued at the Ecumenical Confessional Convention in Blankenburg, East Germany.The event, with 130 Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox representatives, was convened by the evangelical missiologist
Prof. Peter Beyerhaus. The so-called Blankenburg Proclamation speaks of a dangerous anti-Christian influence on legislation, academic life and school education.
Scientists who believe in God as the creator were subjected to public defamation. Christians, not willing to compromise their faith, had to face ridicule, intolerance, stigmatization and career obstacles.The declaration refers specifically to the plight of German homeschoolers. Approximately 150 families were subjected to fines or jail because they refused to send their children to state registered schools and thus broke the German law.According to the proclamation this concealed affliction may soon turn into open persecution. The threat could come from several directions from globalization favoring the formation of totalitarian regimes, from growing syncretism, and from Islam.Europe could be subjected to an enforced Islamization accompanied by the introduction of Sharia law. This danger was increased by the fact that the indigenous population is shrinking.The proclamation also makes reference to the correlation between faith and suffering. It was part of the nature of the Christian faith to endure disadvantages and persecution for Christ’s sake. The 20th century had been the bloodiest in church history.According to estimates by human rights organizations, 200 million Christians suffer discrimination for their faith.
Every year 170,000 Christians die a martyr’s death.
Wolfgang Polzer is senior news editor of the Evangelical News Agency idea, Wetzlar (Germany), which he joined in 1981. In all, he has spent 30 years in Christian media. Wolfgang can be contacted by e-mail at: Wolfgang.Polzer@idea.de.
1/3RD OF SHIPS DESTROYED
REVELATION 8:8-9
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
IN THE SEA OF JAPAN
Russian ship sinks, 18-member crew missing
10/23/2006
The Sinegorye, carrying timber from Russia's Far East to China, sent an SOS earlier in the day. The captain said some of the cargo had broken loose in a storm and damaged the ship's hull.A Russian cargo ship sank on Monday in the Sea of Japan off South Korea's northeastern coast and the fate of its 18-strong crew was unknown, Russian news agencies and television quoted officials as saying.The Sinegorye, carrying timber from Russia's Far East to China, sent an SOS earlier in the day. The captain said some of the cargo had broken loose in a storm and damaged the ship's hull, agencies quoted Transport Ministry officials as saying.
The captain said the listing ship was drifting towards South Korea, after which all communication was lost. NTV, quoting a rescue service chief in Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok, said the crew had not been in contact for 11 hours.Agencies quoted Transport Ministry officials as saying about 20 rescue vessels were on their way to the area.NTV cited preliminary information saying the ship was some 80 miles (128 km) off the Korean peninsula when the disaster happened. It said waves up to 7 metres (23 feet) high and nearly zero visibility hampered the search and rescue operation.It is late night here already, and the active phase of the operation will start tomorrow at dawn,NTV said.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
ISRAEL VOTES 12 TO 11 CHANGE GOVERNMENT
1-Tropical storm Paul heads for Mexico's Baja coas. 2-Storms, floods hit Greece for second time this week 3-A Strong Cold Sweeps the Nation. 4-Vatican calls for Catholics, Muslims to work together. 5-Fires caused by greenies. 6-Ahmadineyad: Israel was created to devour the mid eastern region. 7-Israel has no intention of attacking Iran-Peres. 8-11 rockets fired over past three days. 9-Official: Israel used phosphorous bombs. 10-Gov't Votes to Change Political System.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical storm Paul heads for Mexico's Baja coast Sat Oct 21, 6:00 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Paul formed off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Saturday and looked set to turn into a hurricane as it headed toward luxury resorts on the Baja California Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Charts showed Paul passing near the tip of the desert peninsula popular with U.S. tourists next week, before heading for the Mexican mainland across the narrow Sea of Cortez.Hurricanes that enter the Sea of Cortez, surrounded on three sides by land, tend to fizzle out after running aground, posing no risk to the United States.Paul was moving west with maximum winds near 50 mph (85 kph) and was expected to veer toward the peninsula and strengthen in coming days due to climatic factors including warm ocean currents, the hurricane center said.
Paul is currently on a strengthening trend, it said.The luxury resorts and golf courses of Los Cabos, on the tip of Baja California, which extends down from the U.S. mainland, had two narrow hurricane escapes last month.Hurricane Lane missed the resorts in mid-September before crashing into the mainland and leaving a path of destruction on the Pacific Coast, killing three close to areas Paul could hit later next week according to projections.Two weeks earlier, Hurricane John forced tourists to flee the resorts of Los Cabos but left the posh holiday spots unharmed. Three people, including a Briton, died when it slammed ashore farther north on the peninsula.Crossing their fingers that they would have a lucky escape for the third time in two months, civil protection officials in the resort of San Jose del Cabo said it was too early to begin evacuations but that they were tracking Paul carefully.You just don't know with these things,said local civil protection spokesman Salvador Banaga. In my opinion we've been a bit too lucky.
Storms, floods hit Greece for second time this week Sat Oct 21, 3:15 PM ET
ATHENS (AFP) - Torrential rains caused flooding in parts of southern Greece, just three days after storms triggered a state of emergency elsewhere in the region, authorities said. Around 30 homes were flooded in the southern Peloponnese and several occupants had to be rescued by firemen. Three cars were swept away by torrents, while landslides halted road traffic in parts of the region.On Tuesday parts of the Aegean islands, a tourist destination east of the Peloponnese, were struck by storms that flooded homes, hotels and businesses and forced many ships into port.A state of emergency was declared in parts of the Aegean on Wednesday, when three British tourists were reported drowned on the islands of Rhodes and Crete as a result of the extreme weather.
A Strong Cold Sweeps the Nation. W. Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Sun Oct 22, 6:08 AM ET
Northeast
Much colder weather is on the way for the Northeast. An area of low pressure will move into the Great Lakes, pushing a cold front eastward into the region today. Showers will spread across areas from Pittsburgh to Buffalo to Burlington this morning, and then arrive in Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston by the afternoon.
Temperatures will be cool today with readings in the 50s and 60s. On Monday the cold front will be east of the area, and low pressure over the Great Lakes will pull much colder air across the area. Temperatures will only reach the 30s and 40s, and this combined with increasingly breezy conditions will result in lowering wind chills. Rain and snow showers will also increase in areas near the Great Lakes, as well as the high elevations of the Application Mountains.
South
A cool-down is on the way for the South. A cold front will sweep east across the southern states today, triggering showers and thunderstorms from New Orleans and Birmingham, to Atlanta this morning, and then to the east coast by afternoon. A few heavy downpours and perhaps a locally strong to severe thunderstorm will also be possible, especially along the Gulf Coast. Much cooler air will spread east and south behind the front by Monday, with afternoon temperatures only in the 50s and 60s, with 70s pushed south to neat the coast. Morning low temperatures may also become an issue Monday, and especially Tuesday morning, with readings dipping well into the 30s, with a few upper 20s as well. Some areas may see their first frost or freeze across the Deep South. High pressure will dominate the area behind the front, into Tuesday, before the next weather system approaches the area by midweek.
Midwest
Winter-like weather will overspread the Great Lakes. Low pressure near the Great Lakes will pull much colder air south across that area. Rain and snow showers will increase near the Lakes later today, but especially ON Monday and Tuesday. Windy conditions will also develop, and with temperatures in the 30s, wind chills may become a factor. Over the rest of the Midwest and central plains, conditions will slowly improve into Monday and Tuesday, as high pressure builds into the area. Temperatures will begin to slowly moderate by midweek as southern flow increases.
West
Quite weather will dominate the west. Large high pressure will build across all of the western states, cutting off the mountain snows and continuing sunny and dry weather elsewhere. A slow moderation in temperatures can be expected over the next few days, before a new weather system moves into Northwest bringing showers and cooler weather.
Vatican calls for Catholics, Muslims to work together
VATICAN CITY The Vatican is again offering an olive branch to Muslims, in the wake of Pope Benedict's controversial remarks about Islam and violence.A top Vatican official says Muslims and Catholics need to work together to defeat terrorism.The Vatican's top official on inter-religious dialogue issued the appeal during a news conference to present the Vatican's annual Ramadan message. In previous years, the Holy See released a text of the message.The official said the message was aimed at Muslim friends who share common values in facing the challenges of the world.The news conference is an indication of the Vatican's concern over the outrage caused by the remarks Pope Benedict made in Germany last month. The pontiff has since expressed regret that Muslims were offended.2006 Associated Press.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
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.
Fires caused by greenies
WITH reports of 200 bushfires in southeastern Australia, in the worst drought in our history, the blame should be sheeted home to those fanatics (Tree hugger, Enviromentalists) who have studiously blocked all government efforts to burn off tinder-dry undergrowth in national parks.Our sympathy should be directed to brave volunteers who fight these fires at risk to their lives, but certainly not to those armchair ideologues who cause this calamity Hobart and the Grampians once more and wherever else there is tinder waiting to be lit by man or nature.
Once again the taxpayer has been called in to foot the bill.This expenditure is one more costly example of the failure to meet the real cause of the threatening calamity this summer.Those responsible for this debacle, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, have failed to carry out effective burn-offs in advance.The belated Victorian response to the inquiry by the Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner into the 2002-2003 fire is too little too late.In the Grampians, there has been inadequate fuel reduction.In Victoria, there have been major bushfires every year since 2002.In NSW it is the same woeful lack of burning off in spite of the directions of both houses of Parliament in 2001.
This deliberate jettison of government recommendations can be put down to the organised opposition of the greenies both in and out of the parliaments.They claim burn-offs for fuel reduction destroy biodiversity.In contrast, Western Australia has imposed a concerted fire management policy which has protected the state from wildfires for more than 40 years.From 1963 to 2000 the state has burned off an average of 300,000ha a year of its total of 2,500,000ha of forest. This example needs to be followed urgently in the eastern states.— JOHN ELLIS,Jindera
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.
October, 21 - 10:27 AM
Ahmadineyad: Israel was created to devour the mid eastern region
TEHRAN, Iran.- The Iranian president, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, assured today that the Zionist organization (Israel) was created to devour the region and accused the West to damage all that is considered holy trying to prevent the approaching Jewish holocaust.
In the occasion of a world-wide Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, Ahmadineyad insisted on: this Zionist organization (as he has referred to Israel in several occasions) was placed in the region to attack and to assassinate innocents and to accomplish continuous threats that allow control to the great powers.The imposition of the western hegemony on the world is a very rare subject, added Ahmadineyad to hundreds of Iranians that attended the act celebrated in Tehran.
Also, he commented that some western countries are imprisoned by this Zionist organization since World War II and asked him self: When are these relations based on World War II going end?. The speech precluded a march in the city of Islam Sheher, Tehran province.Thousands of Iranians marched carrying placards in support of Palestine and sentencing Israel. We have come to participate in today’s manifestation to show our support to the Palestinian people and to condemn the crimes the Zionist regime commits, said a participant who marched adorned with the traditional Iranian tunic that women dress.
Israel has no intention of attacking Iran-Peres
Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:37 PM BST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has no aggressive intentions towards Iran, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Saturday, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cautioned Tehran it would pay a price for pursuing its nuclear ambitions.We must never consider such a thing, Peres told Channel Two television when asked if he would support an independent Israeli military strike against Iran if other nations failed to curb its uranium enrichment programme.
Israel has never shown aggressive intentions (towards Iran) it has none. I don't think we have to, or can, deal with this issue, he said, cautioning that Israel could face international isolation if it attacked Iran.Israel has said repeatedly it wants the United States and other countries to take the lead in dealing with Iran over a nuclear programme that has raised international concern the Islamic Republic could build atomic weapons.
Iran this month rejected demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, prompting United Nations Security Council to consider sanctions. It says it wants nuclear power only to generate electricity.The issue was high on the agenda of talks Olmert held this week in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country, a U.N. Security Council member with veto power, has been reluctant to support sanctions.The Iranians should be afraid they must understand if they object to every compromise there will be a price to pay,Olmert, who has said a nuclear Iran would pose a threat to Israel's existence, told reporters on Thursday.He did not elaborate. But his comments were described in the Israeli media as the strongest warning yet by an Israeli leader to Iran that Israel might consider a pre-emptive strike to try to ensure Tehran cannot build an atomic bomb.
Israel bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, an attack that Peres, then leader of the opposition Labour Party, opposed as diplomatically damaging to the Jewish state. Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons but has never confirmed it.Peres said in the television interview that Israel should focus on exposing the real face of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for the Jewish state's destruction.(Ahmadinejad) is the only (leader) calling for genocide: a member of the United Nations threatening to destroy another member of the United Nations. And ... a large part of the world is silent,Peres said.In a speech on Friday, Ahmadinejad said Europe was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and warned it may get hurt if anger in the region boiled over.
11 rockets fired over past three days
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Oct. 20, 2006
Eleven Kassam rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Friday morning. Most recently, Palestinians fired two Kassam rockets from the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. One rocket landed in the western Negev and the second landed in a Kibbutz in the Ashkelon area.No one was wounded and no damage was reported in either incident.
Ben-Eliezer: Gaza won't be retaken
On Saturday, Palestinians fired four Kassam rockets at the western Negev, a day after several other rockets hit Israel. All of them landed in open areas, causing no injuries or damage. The IDF said early Saturday that a Palestinian man killed during an operation
in the Gaza Strip had been armed, and his death was the result of a clash between soldiers and terror operatives. Earlier, Palestinian sources reported that a 50-year-old civilian had been killed shortly after troops moved into Gaza through the Sufa cargo crossing.Soldiers were searching fields and homes when the man was shot shortly after exiting his home on his way to morning prayers. Clashes between IDF troops and Palestinians in Gaza have continued consistently all week. On Friday, a firefight erupted between Palestinian gunmen and IDF units operating in the southern Gaza Strip. One Palestinian was reported wounded.
The IDF was operating in the area to locate tunnels being used for weapons smuggling from Egypt to Gaza. IDF troops operating elsewhere in Gaza on Friday also reported coming under fire, but there were no casualties. Meanwhile, one person suffered light shrapnel wounds and others were in shock after two Kassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Sderot on Friday evening, hitting an apartment building. A spokesman for the Sderot Municipality said that the city's early warning system had been triggered shortly before the rockets landed. Earlier in the day, three Kassams struck Sderot and Ashkelon. There were no reports of wounded or damage. In addition, a barrage of five mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip landed harmlessly near the security fence.
Official: Israel used phosphorous bombs
Updated 10/22/2006,Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army dropped phosphorous bombs against Hezbollah guerrilla targets in Lebanon during a war there this summer, an Israeli official said Sunday, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time.Until now, Israel had said it only used the weapons which cause severe chemical burns to mark targets or territory, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.But last week, Cabinet minister Jacob Edery confirmed during a parliamentary query session that Israel had used the weapons during August fighting against Hezbollah, his spokeswoman, Orly Yehezkel, said. Edery was speaking on behalf of Defense Minister Amir Peretz, she said.The Israeli army holds phosphorous munitions in different forms, Haaretz quoted Edery as saying. The Israeli army made use of phosphorous shells during the war against Hezbollah in attacks against military targets in open ground.
Edery did not specify where or against what types of targets the phosphorous bombs were used.Edery said international law does not ban the use of such weapons. However, many international human rights groups, including the Red Cross, have pushed to ban phosphorous weapons.During the war, the Lebanese government accused Israel of dropping phosphorous bombs.Israel's defense minister said Sunday that air force flights over Lebanon would continue because arms smuggling to Lebanese guerrillas has not stopped.Amir Peretz, in remarks at Israel's weekly Cabinet meeting, accused the Lebanese government of failing to carry out its obligations under a U.N. cease-fire to keep weapons from reaching Hezbollah.
As long as the resolution isn't implemented, there is no other choice,he said, referring to the U.N. resolution that ended Israel's month-long summer war with Hezbollah.Peretz spoke after the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon termed the overflights a clear violation of the U.N. cease-fire resolution.He accused the Lebanese government of failing to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms from its Syrian and Iranian backers.The accumulating intelligence in our hands points to a rising effort to transfer arms, and so the legitimacy for overflights increases, Peretz said.The Aug. 14 cease-fire calls on both sides to respect the U.N. boundary drawn in 2000 after Israel ended its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon.
Israel says it has no choice but to conduct flights across that line because arms continue to flow to Hezbollah and because of the guerrilla group's continued armed presence in southern Lebanon. Under the resolution, the region must become a weapons-free zone.Up to 15,000 Lebanese army troops and an equal number of U.N. troops have been assigned to patrol southern Lebanon. Last week, Maj. Gen. Alain Pellegrini, leader of the U.N. peacekeeping force, criticized Israel for sending its jets over the area.Peretz said the U.N. force was designed to operate against Hezbollah, not Israel.
Gov't Votes to Change Political System
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
In its weekly Cabinet session this morning, the government voted narrowly, 12-11, to back legislation calling for a change in the political system. The vote paves the way for the entry into the government coalition of Yisrael Beinteinu, the party that made this bill a condition for its entry into the government coalition.Just seven weeks ago, Yisrael Beiteinu leader MK Avigdor Lieberman announced that he would join a national unity government only on five conditions. These included a change in the political system, the establishment of an official investigative committee into the mishandling of the recent war in Lebanon, and the non-destruction of Jewish outpost neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria. Most of these conditions are not being fulfilled, yet Lieberman appears on his way into the government.
Even the issue of the political system was no longer a deal-breaker for Lieberman. There is not necessarily a connection between the government's vote on the law, he said beforehand, and our decision whether to join the coalition. It's not the decisive consideration.The main feature of the proposed changes, as voted upon today, is a switch to a presidential system, in which the president is elected every four years and is not dependent on a majority in the Knesset. The changes also include a stipulation that Cabinet ministers cannot serve simultaneously as Knesset Members, and a rise in the minimum voter support that a party needs in order to be represented in the Knesset. It had been previously decided, by a vote in the ministerial committee for legislation, that the Cabinet would back the legislation but the narrow vote was contested by Labor's Eitan Cabel, and a full Cabinet vote was therefore held today. Kadima voted in favor, while Labor and Shas were against. The Pensioners continued their mixed approach on the bill, expressing opposition but voting in favor; one of its two ministers voted for the bill, while the other one abstained.
Shas Chairman Minister Eli Yeshai said that efforts to stabilize the ruling system is desirable, but it should be done in coordination with all the Knesset factions. After more than 50 years of statehood, let us not make superficial changes that will take us another 50 years to repair.Prof. Arik Carmon, head of the Israel Institute for Democracy, wrote in B'Sheva last week that a presidential system in Israel is not an option, as it has grave dangers for democracy.He feels that unlike in the U.S., where the president's powers are balanced by the individual states' powers, in Israel, too much power will be invested in one man, disenfranchising the supporters of the many small parties and worsening the gaps between the sectors.
Prof. Moshe Koppel of Bar Ilan University was also asked by B'Sheva to opine on the proposed changes.
We are far from being the United States, he wrote, which is almost the only country in which the presidential system has succeeded. Unfortunately, our political culture and the blurred borders separating between the military and civilian [sectors] are more reminiscent of South America, where the perpetual tensions between the legislature and the president, without appropriate release-points, has led to dictatorships (in Ecuador, for instance) or to military coups (such as in Chile). If we want stability and a separation of powers, there are simpler and better solutions than changing over to a presidential system. Making it harder to dissolve the Knesset would bring stability, and passing the Norwegian Law, according to which an MK must resign from the Knesset before he can become a minister, would bring about a separation of powers.
Dr. Reuven Hazan of Hebrew University wrote for B'Sheva: We can list several aspects of a democratic country: rule of law, control over corruption, representation for various social sectors, political participation, fewer social gaps, and more. If we take the world's 60 leading democracies, half of which are parliamentary democracies and half of which are presidential, we will see that by and large, the presidential systems receive lower scores than the parliamentary states in every parameter... True, the average duration between elections in a presidential system is 3.8 years, instead of 3.4 years for a parliamentary system but this is the only parameter, and only saves a few months between elections.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical storm Paul heads for Mexico's Baja coast Sat Oct 21, 6:00 PM ET
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Paul formed off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Saturday and looked set to turn into a hurricane as it headed toward luxury resorts on the Baja California Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Charts showed Paul passing near the tip of the desert peninsula popular with U.S. tourists next week, before heading for the Mexican mainland across the narrow Sea of Cortez.Hurricanes that enter the Sea of Cortez, surrounded on three sides by land, tend to fizzle out after running aground, posing no risk to the United States.Paul was moving west with maximum winds near 50 mph (85 kph) and was expected to veer toward the peninsula and strengthen in coming days due to climatic factors including warm ocean currents, the hurricane center said.
Paul is currently on a strengthening trend, it said.The luxury resorts and golf courses of Los Cabos, on the tip of Baja California, which extends down from the U.S. mainland, had two narrow hurricane escapes last month.Hurricane Lane missed the resorts in mid-September before crashing into the mainland and leaving a path of destruction on the Pacific Coast, killing three close to areas Paul could hit later next week according to projections.Two weeks earlier, Hurricane John forced tourists to flee the resorts of Los Cabos but left the posh holiday spots unharmed. Three people, including a Briton, died when it slammed ashore farther north on the peninsula.Crossing their fingers that they would have a lucky escape for the third time in two months, civil protection officials in the resort of San Jose del Cabo said it was too early to begin evacuations but that they were tracking Paul carefully.You just don't know with these things,said local civil protection spokesman Salvador Banaga. In my opinion we've been a bit too lucky.
Storms, floods hit Greece for second time this week Sat Oct 21, 3:15 PM ET
ATHENS (AFP) - Torrential rains caused flooding in parts of southern Greece, just three days after storms triggered a state of emergency elsewhere in the region, authorities said. Around 30 homes were flooded in the southern Peloponnese and several occupants had to be rescued by firemen. Three cars were swept away by torrents, while landslides halted road traffic in parts of the region.On Tuesday parts of the Aegean islands, a tourist destination east of the Peloponnese, were struck by storms that flooded homes, hotels and businesses and forced many ships into port.A state of emergency was declared in parts of the Aegean on Wednesday, when three British tourists were reported drowned on the islands of Rhodes and Crete as a result of the extreme weather.
A Strong Cold Sweeps the Nation. W. Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Sun Oct 22, 6:08 AM ET
Northeast
Much colder weather is on the way for the Northeast. An area of low pressure will move into the Great Lakes, pushing a cold front eastward into the region today. Showers will spread across areas from Pittsburgh to Buffalo to Burlington this morning, and then arrive in Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston by the afternoon.
Temperatures will be cool today with readings in the 50s and 60s. On Monday the cold front will be east of the area, and low pressure over the Great Lakes will pull much colder air across the area. Temperatures will only reach the 30s and 40s, and this combined with increasingly breezy conditions will result in lowering wind chills. Rain and snow showers will also increase in areas near the Great Lakes, as well as the high elevations of the Application Mountains.
South
A cool-down is on the way for the South. A cold front will sweep east across the southern states today, triggering showers and thunderstorms from New Orleans and Birmingham, to Atlanta this morning, and then to the east coast by afternoon. A few heavy downpours and perhaps a locally strong to severe thunderstorm will also be possible, especially along the Gulf Coast. Much cooler air will spread east and south behind the front by Monday, with afternoon temperatures only in the 50s and 60s, with 70s pushed south to neat the coast. Morning low temperatures may also become an issue Monday, and especially Tuesday morning, with readings dipping well into the 30s, with a few upper 20s as well. Some areas may see their first frost or freeze across the Deep South. High pressure will dominate the area behind the front, into Tuesday, before the next weather system approaches the area by midweek.
Midwest
Winter-like weather will overspread the Great Lakes. Low pressure near the Great Lakes will pull much colder air south across that area. Rain and snow showers will increase near the Lakes later today, but especially ON Monday and Tuesday. Windy conditions will also develop, and with temperatures in the 30s, wind chills may become a factor. Over the rest of the Midwest and central plains, conditions will slowly improve into Monday and Tuesday, as high pressure builds into the area. Temperatures will begin to slowly moderate by midweek as southern flow increases.
West
Quite weather will dominate the west. Large high pressure will build across all of the western states, cutting off the mountain snows and continuing sunny and dry weather elsewhere. A slow moderation in temperatures can be expected over the next few days, before a new weather system moves into Northwest bringing showers and cooler weather.
Vatican calls for Catholics, Muslims to work together
VATICAN CITY The Vatican is again offering an olive branch to Muslims, in the wake of Pope Benedict's controversial remarks about Islam and violence.A top Vatican official says Muslims and Catholics need to work together to defeat terrorism.The Vatican's top official on inter-religious dialogue issued the appeal during a news conference to present the Vatican's annual Ramadan message. In previous years, the Holy See released a text of the message.The official said the message was aimed at Muslim friends who share common values in facing the challenges of the world.The news conference is an indication of the Vatican's concern over the outrage caused by the remarks Pope Benedict made in Germany last month. The pontiff has since expressed regret that Muslims were offended.2006 Associated Press.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
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.
Fires caused by greenies
WITH reports of 200 bushfires in southeastern Australia, in the worst drought in our history, the blame should be sheeted home to those fanatics (Tree hugger, Enviromentalists) who have studiously blocked all government efforts to burn off tinder-dry undergrowth in national parks.Our sympathy should be directed to brave volunteers who fight these fires at risk to their lives, but certainly not to those armchair ideologues who cause this calamity Hobart and the Grampians once more and wherever else there is tinder waiting to be lit by man or nature.
Once again the taxpayer has been called in to foot the bill.This expenditure is one more costly example of the failure to meet the real cause of the threatening calamity this summer.Those responsible for this debacle, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and Parks Victoria and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW, have failed to carry out effective burn-offs in advance.The belated Victorian response to the inquiry by the Victorian Emergency Services Commissioner into the 2002-2003 fire is too little too late.In the Grampians, there has been inadequate fuel reduction.In Victoria, there have been major bushfires every year since 2002.In NSW it is the same woeful lack of burning off in spite of the directions of both houses of Parliament in 2001.
This deliberate jettison of government recommendations can be put down to the organised opposition of the greenies both in and out of the parliaments.They claim burn-offs for fuel reduction destroy biodiversity.In contrast, Western Australia has imposed a concerted fire management policy which has protected the state from wildfires for more than 40 years.From 1963 to 2000 the state has burned off an average of 300,000ha a year of its total of 2,500,000ha of forest. This example needs to be followed urgently in the eastern states.— JOHN ELLIS,Jindera
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.
October, 21 - 10:27 AM
Ahmadineyad: Israel was created to devour the mid eastern region
TEHRAN, Iran.- The Iranian president, Mahmud Ahmadineyad, assured today that the Zionist organization (Israel) was created to devour the region and accused the West to damage all that is considered holy trying to prevent the approaching Jewish holocaust.
In the occasion of a world-wide Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, Ahmadineyad insisted on: this Zionist organization (as he has referred to Israel in several occasions) was placed in the region to attack and to assassinate innocents and to accomplish continuous threats that allow control to the great powers.The imposition of the western hegemony on the world is a very rare subject, added Ahmadineyad to hundreds of Iranians that attended the act celebrated in Tehran.
Also, he commented that some western countries are imprisoned by this Zionist organization since World War II and asked him self: When are these relations based on World War II going end?. The speech precluded a march in the city of Islam Sheher, Tehran province.Thousands of Iranians marched carrying placards in support of Palestine and sentencing Israel. We have come to participate in today’s manifestation to show our support to the Palestinian people and to condemn the crimes the Zionist regime commits, said a participant who marched adorned with the traditional Iranian tunic that women dress.
Israel has no intention of attacking Iran-Peres
Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:37 PM BST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has no aggressive intentions towards Iran, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Saturday, after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cautioned Tehran it would pay a price for pursuing its nuclear ambitions.We must never consider such a thing, Peres told Channel Two television when asked if he would support an independent Israeli military strike against Iran if other nations failed to curb its uranium enrichment programme.
Israel has never shown aggressive intentions (towards Iran) it has none. I don't think we have to, or can, deal with this issue, he said, cautioning that Israel could face international isolation if it attacked Iran.Israel has said repeatedly it wants the United States and other countries to take the lead in dealing with Iran over a nuclear programme that has raised international concern the Islamic Republic could build atomic weapons.
Iran this month rejected demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, prompting United Nations Security Council to consider sanctions. It says it wants nuclear power only to generate electricity.The issue was high on the agenda of talks Olmert held this week in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country, a U.N. Security Council member with veto power, has been reluctant to support sanctions.The Iranians should be afraid they must understand if they object to every compromise there will be a price to pay,Olmert, who has said a nuclear Iran would pose a threat to Israel's existence, told reporters on Thursday.He did not elaborate. But his comments were described in the Israeli media as the strongest warning yet by an Israeli leader to Iran that Israel might consider a pre-emptive strike to try to ensure Tehran cannot build an atomic bomb.
Israel bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981, an attack that Peres, then leader of the opposition Labour Party, opposed as diplomatically damaging to the Jewish state. Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons but has never confirmed it.Peres said in the television interview that Israel should focus on exposing the real face of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for the Jewish state's destruction.(Ahmadinejad) is the only (leader) calling for genocide: a member of the United Nations threatening to destroy another member of the United Nations. And ... a large part of the world is silent,Peres said.In a speech on Friday, Ahmadinejad said Europe was stirring up hatred in the Middle East by supporting Israel and warned it may get hurt if anger in the region boiled over.
11 rockets fired over past three days
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Oct. 20, 2006
Eleven Kassam rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Friday morning. Most recently, Palestinians fired two Kassam rockets from the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. One rocket landed in the western Negev and the second landed in a Kibbutz in the Ashkelon area.No one was wounded and no damage was reported in either incident.
Ben-Eliezer: Gaza won't be retaken
On Saturday, Palestinians fired four Kassam rockets at the western Negev, a day after several other rockets hit Israel. All of them landed in open areas, causing no injuries or damage. The IDF said early Saturday that a Palestinian man killed during an operation
in the Gaza Strip had been armed, and his death was the result of a clash between soldiers and terror operatives. Earlier, Palestinian sources reported that a 50-year-old civilian had been killed shortly after troops moved into Gaza through the Sufa cargo crossing.Soldiers were searching fields and homes when the man was shot shortly after exiting his home on his way to morning prayers. Clashes between IDF troops and Palestinians in Gaza have continued consistently all week. On Friday, a firefight erupted between Palestinian gunmen and IDF units operating in the southern Gaza Strip. One Palestinian was reported wounded.
The IDF was operating in the area to locate tunnels being used for weapons smuggling from Egypt to Gaza. IDF troops operating elsewhere in Gaza on Friday also reported coming under fire, but there were no casualties. Meanwhile, one person suffered light shrapnel wounds and others were in shock after two Kassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Sderot on Friday evening, hitting an apartment building. A spokesman for the Sderot Municipality said that the city's early warning system had been triggered shortly before the rockets landed. Earlier in the day, three Kassams struck Sderot and Ashkelon. There were no reports of wounded or damage. In addition, a barrage of five mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip landed harmlessly near the security fence.
Official: Israel used phosphorous bombs
Updated 10/22/2006,Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army dropped phosphorous bombs against Hezbollah guerrilla targets in Lebanon during a war there this summer, an Israeli official said Sunday, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time.Until now, Israel had said it only used the weapons which cause severe chemical burns to mark targets or territory, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.But last week, Cabinet minister Jacob Edery confirmed during a parliamentary query session that Israel had used the weapons during August fighting against Hezbollah, his spokeswoman, Orly Yehezkel, said. Edery was speaking on behalf of Defense Minister Amir Peretz, she said.The Israeli army holds phosphorous munitions in different forms, Haaretz quoted Edery as saying. The Israeli army made use of phosphorous shells during the war against Hezbollah in attacks against military targets in open ground.
Edery did not specify where or against what types of targets the phosphorous bombs were used.Edery said international law does not ban the use of such weapons. However, many international human rights groups, including the Red Cross, have pushed to ban phosphorous weapons.During the war, the Lebanese government accused Israel of dropping phosphorous bombs.Israel's defense minister said Sunday that air force flights over Lebanon would continue because arms smuggling to Lebanese guerrillas has not stopped.Amir Peretz, in remarks at Israel's weekly Cabinet meeting, accused the Lebanese government of failing to carry out its obligations under a U.N. cease-fire to keep weapons from reaching Hezbollah.
As long as the resolution isn't implemented, there is no other choice,he said, referring to the U.N. resolution that ended Israel's month-long summer war with Hezbollah.Peretz spoke after the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon termed the overflights a clear violation of the U.N. cease-fire resolution.He accused the Lebanese government of failing to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms from its Syrian and Iranian backers.The accumulating intelligence in our hands points to a rising effort to transfer arms, and so the legitimacy for overflights increases, Peretz said.The Aug. 14 cease-fire calls on both sides to respect the U.N. boundary drawn in 2000 after Israel ended its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon.
Israel says it has no choice but to conduct flights across that line because arms continue to flow to Hezbollah and because of the guerrilla group's continued armed presence in southern Lebanon. Under the resolution, the region must become a weapons-free zone.Up to 15,000 Lebanese army troops and an equal number of U.N. troops have been assigned to patrol southern Lebanon. Last week, Maj. Gen. Alain Pellegrini, leader of the U.N. peacekeeping force, criticized Israel for sending its jets over the area.Peretz said the U.N. force was designed to operate against Hezbollah, not Israel.
Gov't Votes to Change Political System
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
In its weekly Cabinet session this morning, the government voted narrowly, 12-11, to back legislation calling for a change in the political system. The vote paves the way for the entry into the government coalition of Yisrael Beinteinu, the party that made this bill a condition for its entry into the government coalition.Just seven weeks ago, Yisrael Beiteinu leader MK Avigdor Lieberman announced that he would join a national unity government only on five conditions. These included a change in the political system, the establishment of an official investigative committee into the mishandling of the recent war in Lebanon, and the non-destruction of Jewish outpost neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria. Most of these conditions are not being fulfilled, yet Lieberman appears on his way into the government.
Even the issue of the political system was no longer a deal-breaker for Lieberman. There is not necessarily a connection between the government's vote on the law, he said beforehand, and our decision whether to join the coalition. It's not the decisive consideration.The main feature of the proposed changes, as voted upon today, is a switch to a presidential system, in which the president is elected every four years and is not dependent on a majority in the Knesset. The changes also include a stipulation that Cabinet ministers cannot serve simultaneously as Knesset Members, and a rise in the minimum voter support that a party needs in order to be represented in the Knesset. It had been previously decided, by a vote in the ministerial committee for legislation, that the Cabinet would back the legislation but the narrow vote was contested by Labor's Eitan Cabel, and a full Cabinet vote was therefore held today. Kadima voted in favor, while Labor and Shas were against. The Pensioners continued their mixed approach on the bill, expressing opposition but voting in favor; one of its two ministers voted for the bill, while the other one abstained.
Shas Chairman Minister Eli Yeshai said that efforts to stabilize the ruling system is desirable, but it should be done in coordination with all the Knesset factions. After more than 50 years of statehood, let us not make superficial changes that will take us another 50 years to repair.Prof. Arik Carmon, head of the Israel Institute for Democracy, wrote in B'Sheva last week that a presidential system in Israel is not an option, as it has grave dangers for democracy.He feels that unlike in the U.S., where the president's powers are balanced by the individual states' powers, in Israel, too much power will be invested in one man, disenfranchising the supporters of the many small parties and worsening the gaps between the sectors.
Prof. Moshe Koppel of Bar Ilan University was also asked by B'Sheva to opine on the proposed changes.
We are far from being the United States, he wrote, which is almost the only country in which the presidential system has succeeded. Unfortunately, our political culture and the blurred borders separating between the military and civilian [sectors] are more reminiscent of South America, where the perpetual tensions between the legislature and the president, without appropriate release-points, has led to dictatorships (in Ecuador, for instance) or to military coups (such as in Chile). If we want stability and a separation of powers, there are simpler and better solutions than changing over to a presidential system. Making it harder to dissolve the Knesset would bring stability, and passing the Norwegian Law, according to which an MK must resign from the Knesset before he can become a minister, would bring about a separation of powers.
Dr. Reuven Hazan of Hebrew University wrote for B'Sheva: We can list several aspects of a democratic country: rule of law, control over corruption, representation for various social sectors, political participation, fewer social gaps, and more. If we take the world's 60 leading democracies, half of which are parliamentary democracies and half of which are presidential, we will see that by and large, the presidential systems receive lower scores than the parliamentary states in every parameter... True, the average duration between elections in a presidential system is 3.8 years, instead of 3.4 years for a parliamentary system but this is the only parameter, and only saves a few months between elections.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
NBC CUTS OUT MOCKING CHRIST SCENE
1-Quake strikes off Kermadec Islands. 2-Small quake rattles northern Thailand. 3-Moderate quake shakes northwest Turkey. 4-Light earthquake shakes Northern California. 5-Tropical depression forms near Mexico. 6-AFA forces NBC to cancel scene mocking crucifixion of Christ. 7-First Anti-Pride Protest Held in Jerusalem. 8-Palestinians flock to Jerusalem. 9-Syria needs billions of dollars in investment to avert water crisis. 10-Antarctic ozone hole biggest on record, U.S. reports. 11-NKorea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon,Syria shun chemical weapons ban.
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.
Quake strikes off Kermadec Islands Sat Oct 21, 9:04 AM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kermadec Islands in the south Pacific. The quake hit 193 kilometres (120 miles) north east of the main Raoul Island at 5:23 pm (0523 GMT), the United States Geological Survey said Saturday.There were no initial reports of casualties or serious damage.The quake struck 746 kilometres south west of Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, at a depth of 10 kilometres.The Kermadecs, New Zealand's largest marine reserve, are uninhabited apart from conservation officers and volunteers on Raoul Island, according to the New Zealand Department of Conservation website.
GNS Science, New Zealand's geological agency, records 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand every year as the country is positioned on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. Most of these quakes are small with only 150 on average felt by New Zealand residents.
Small quake rattles northern Thailand Sat Oct 21, 8:08 AM ET
BANGKOK (AFP) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale struck northern Thailand, but there were no reports of casualties or damage.The quake hit the northern province of Chiang Rai, along the border of Myanmar and Laos, 790 kilometers (483 miles) north of Bangkok, the department said Saturday.The epicenter was located 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Chiang Rai, but the department did not have a figure for its depth.
Moderate quake shakes northwest Turkey Fri Oct 20, 5:09 PM ET
ANKARA, Turkey - An earthquake shook northwestern Turkey on Friday, prompting some residents of Istanbul to flee their homes, officials and news reports said. There were no immediate reports of injury or significant damage. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0, was centered near a lake at the Manyas nature reserve in Balikesir province about 260 miles west of the capital Ankara, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake, which struck at 2:15 p.m. EDT, was felt in Istanbul, some 250 miles north.Balikesir police chief Celal Uzunkaya said there were no reports of any injuries.People in Balikesir and Istanbul rushed out of their homes when the quake struck, CNN-Turk television and the government-owned Anatolia news agency reported.Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which lies on active fault lines. Two devastating earthquakes hit northwestern Turkey in 1999, killing some
18,000 people.
Light earthquake shakes Northern California Fri Oct 20, 2:29 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A light earthquake of 4.5 magnitude shook part of Northern California on Friday morning about 74 miles northwest of the state capital, Sacramento, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the mild event in the surrounding area, James Bauman, chief deputy for the Lake County Sheriff's department, told Reuters.The tremor hit at 10 a.m. (1 p.m. EDT/1700 GMT) and was centered near the Lake County hamlet of Cobb at a depth of 2.6 miles below the surface, according to the USGS
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical depression forms near Mexico Sat Oct 21, 6:52 AM ET
MEXICO CITY - A tropical depression formed off Mexico's west coast early Saturday and forecasters said it could turn into a hurricane within a few days.
Tropical Depression 17-E was located about 260 miles south-southwest of the coastal city of Manzanillo, said Dan Mundell, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.The depression is forecast to intensify into a tropical storm in the next 12-24 hours and become a small hurricane within three days, Mundell said. It is moving westward at 11.5 mph with maximum sustained winds of 34.5 mph.Its sustained winds must reach at least 39 mph to be considered a tropical storm and 74 mph to be classified as a hurricane.The system is forecast to turn northward toward the southern Baja peninsula over the next few days, Mundell said.
AFA forces NBC to cancel scene mocking crucifixion of Christ
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1 CORINTHIANS 6:9
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED HOMOSEXUALS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind
2 TIMOTHY 3:3
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXTUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good
GENESIS 19:5
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
First Anti-Pride Protest Held in Jerusalem
By Hillel Fendel(INN) Oct 20,06
Thousands of hareidi-religious Jews protested Wednesday against the gay pride march scheduled for the Holy City next month and say they will be out in force if the police don't cancel the march.The protest cut off all traffic through Sabbath Square in the Me'ah She'earim neighborhood of Jerusalem. Some of the speeches were in Yiddish, but were translated into Hebrew for our Sephardic brothers,NFC reported.One of the speakers said, Everyone whom G-d has blessed with children must check the level of modesty in his own home. You can't say, I don't know about this, I'm not involved in it. We must all unite against this plot that has fallen on us, and fight against it. All of us together will fight against this scheme.Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, the head of the Eidah Hareidit Rabbinical Court, delivered a fiery speech, promising total dedication to the goal of stopping the march in accordance with the rabbis' rulings. He quoted traditional Jewish sources saying that righteous people die because they fail to protest abominations.
We must protest against the filth [coming to] Jerusalem,he said.
Rabbi Sternbuch arned that the march could lead, Heaven forbid, to the death of tens of thousands... We don't need a public inquiry to know why the war in Lebanon occurred and why we failed: Because of the abominations in the Holy Land. The gay pride march was originally scheduled for August, and was postponed because of the war. We have no intention of clashing with the police, Rabbi Sternbuch said, but they should know in advance that if the march is held, we will arrive en-masse, with our rabbis and teachers out in front.Hevron residents Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote a letter to Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco, asking him to cancel the march because of the fear of violence that will certainly erupt.They wrote that they themselves have been banned from certain places, such as the Temple Mount, for fear that they would incite violence.
Many march opponents note that adding to the desecration is the fact that it is scheduled to be held on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass that presaged the Holocaust. On November 9-10 in 1938, gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting.
Over 90 Jews were killed, almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed, 101 synagogues were destroyed and 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.Jerusalem City Councilwoman Mina Fenton (National Religious Party) told Arutz-7 Hebrew radio that the nation must not be silent. The march is to be held,she said, because of a compromise reached between the Jerusalem Open House [a homosexual center that is organizing the gay march] and the police despite the strong objections of the mayor, the vast majority of the City Council, and many city residents. We must all fight to have this thing canceled not just postponed.
Before the parade was postponed this past summer, Fenton worked to gather tens of thousands of signatures against the parade many of them from non-Jews. The Jews are against it, the Moslems are against it, and so are the Christians, she said, and yet the police still approved it. The public cannot be trampled upon in the name of freedom of expression.Fenton notes the provocative way in which the organizers have gone about preparing for the march including the use of the Jerusalem municipal symbol of a lion in a provocative manner.They're not simply demanding equal rights, said IsraelNationalRadio's Tamar Yonah in a show on the topic several months ago, which could be understandable. They're actually showing pride in their sexual choice, and based on photos from other parades, they dress very scantily and exhibit physical erotic contact on the streets. Is this what we want on the streets of Jerusalem?
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.
Palestinians flock to Jerusalem By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 20, 6:50 AM ET
QALANDIA, West Bank - Thousands of Palestinians surged through the main Israeli crossing point from the northern West Bank, braving Israeli restrictions to worship on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a major Islamic site in Israeli-ruled Jerusalem. Women and children were among those pouring through the Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. Men under 45, deemed a security risk by Israel, were barred from crossing though some had traveled for hours to in hopes of praying at the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest site.The worshippers were initially told that only men over 50 would be allowed through, but an officer later announced through a megaphone that the age limit had been dropped to 45 years.Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that between 175,000 and 200,000 worshippers were expected to take part in midday prayers at Al-Aqsa, from where tradition says the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's founder, ascended to heaven.
Prayer in Al Aqsa is different from praying in any other mosque and Jerusalem is different from any other place, said Walid Rommaneh, a 47-year-old man from Ramallah who was waiting in the crush at Qalandia for his turn to pass through. His wife, teenage daughter and young son had been admitted earlier.Dozens of younger and more agile men scaled the nearby walls of Israel's West Bank separation barrier and scattered into the neighboring Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Police rounded up several and sent them back.Border police manning the crossing pushed back Palestinians trying to shove through the turnstiles but no serious use of force was seen at Qalandia, and Rosenfeld said there were no reports of any serious incident inside Jerusalem.
Last Friday Israeli forces used tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse Palestinians whose anger and frustration at entry restrictions erupted in disturbances at several checkpoints around Jerusalem.
Dr Samuel Doctorian and Angel 2 the Mideast
I heard these words, Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come. The angel said, The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God.I saw fires rising to heaven. The angel said,This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East.
Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
Syria needs billions of dollars in investment to avert water crisis
Friday, October 20, 2006
DAMASCUS: Billions of dollars of investment are required over the next decade if Damascus is to avert a critical water crisis, according to a leading development agency. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the development agency of the Japanese government, has taken a lead role in tackling Syria's growing water shortages. Kazuhide Nagasawa, resident representative of JICA in Syria, recently told IRIN that over the past 20 years the level of ground water in the Barada basin, on which Damascus sits, retreated from 50 meters to 200 meters underground, leading to supply shortages and tap water in dry summer months.
In another 20 years, the water table could be down to 400 meters [below ground level] while the population of Damascus could have risen from its current figure of 4 to 5 million, to 10 million,Nagasawa said. At that point it will be difficult to survive on the limited water resources. The Syrian government will have to decide whether they want to transfer water to Damascus from the coast, or from the Euphrates,he added.Mufak Khalouf, head of the Damascus Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DELTA), said that the Syrian government was pressing ahead with a feasibility study for a project with a Swiss company to pump water from the Euphrates River which flows from Turkey through Syria to Iraq to Damascus.The project is estimated to cost $2 billion, and was previously believed to have been scrapped due to insufficient funding. The study is due to be finished before the end of the first quarter of next year, said Khalouf. In the meantime Damascus can extract water supplies from the ground water, and we are working on rationalizing water use among residents.
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However, international specialists warn it will not be long before the ground water upon which much of Damascus and its surrounding countryside rely, dries up almost completely.The over extraction of ground water has left it in a very serious decline, said Noriyuki Mori, a technical expert in water resource management at JICA. If this continues, it will become so low that farmers and residents of Damascus will no longer be able to extract it.
Damascus uses an average of 215 million cubic meters of water per year according to Khaled Shalak, Deputy General Director of DELTA. At present, the available water in the capital is 200 million cubic meters a year. An additional 45 million cubic meters is already needed, and that figure will have risen again by 2010, Khallouf said.Because of water supply not meeting rising demands in Damascus, water is currently being rationed to 13 hours a day.
Even in the mainly urbanized Damascus basin around 80 percent of available water is used in agriculture, with outdated irrigation methods. Across Syria as a whole, only 16 percent of farmers use modern irrigation systems, according to JICA's Mori, and yet, the agricultural sector is set to grow by some 40 percent over the next 20 years. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Antarctic ozone hole biggest on record, U.S. reports
Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:40pm ET,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's ozone hole over Antarctica is bigger and deeper than any other on record, U.S. scientists reported on Thursday.The ozone layer shields Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, and the layer thins out over the South Pole each year, primarily because human-made compounds release ozone-eating chlorine and bromine gases into the stratosphere.
From September 21 to 30, the average area of the ozone hole was the largest ever observed, at 10.6 million square miles ,said Paul Newman of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington.If the stratospheric weather conditions had been normal, the ozone hole would be expected to reach a size of about 8.9 million to 9.3 million square miles, about the surface area of North America, NASA said in a statement.
THE 21st CENTURY IN PICTURES
Scientists measure the total amount of ozone from the ground to the upper atmosphere in Dobson Units, and a NASA satellite detected a low level of 85 Dobson Units on October 8 of the East Antarctic ice sheet.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used balloon-borne instruments to measure ozone right over the South Pole, and by October 9 the total ozone in a column from the ground to the upper atmosphere had dropped to 93 DU from about 300 DU in mid-July.Temperature variations in the Antarctic stratosphere causes the severity of the ozone hole to vary from year to year. Colder temperatures result in larger and deeper ozone holes, while warmer temperatures lead to smaller ones. This year, the lower stratosphere was about 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) cooler than average.
Concentrations of ozone-depleting chemicals in the lower atmosphere have been declining since 1995, and scientists estimate the ozone hole will be completely recovered by about 2065.
N Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria shun chemical weapons ban Sat Oct 21, 1:21 AM ET
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - North Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria are unfairly refusing to join the convention banning chemical weapons, which has been signed by 180 countries, the head of the body monitoring the treaty has said. It is very unfair to other countries if a few countries retain for themselves the privilege of producing chemical weapons when all the others are transparent in this field, said Rogelio Pfirter of Argentina, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).The convention, signed in 1993, entered into force in 1997 and mandated the OPCW to eliminate chemical weapons, including deadly nerve gases, forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines.
Pfirter, who briefed the General Assembly, bemoaned the fact that North Korea has spurned calls to join the treaty, despite allegations of the potential existence of stockpiles.Last week, the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to slap sanctions on North Korea over its first-ever atom-bomb test and demanded that Pyongyang scrap all its weapons of mass destruction.Pfirter also took Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria to task for refusing to join the chemical weapons ban treaty.He said there could be no moral, strategic or legal excuse to remain outside the convention, which given the number of signatories, is considered international law.
Having even a single state outside the convention provided a major loophole that allowed the manufacture of very deadly weapons at the expense of humanity, he noted.Each OPCW member state is mandated to declare if it is in possession of chemical weapons. If so, it must undertake a commitment to destroy all stockpiles by a particular deadline, initially 2007, with an ultimate deadline of 2012.Pfirter told a press conference that while his organization, based in The Hague, was totally totally independent and technically not a part of the United Nations, it was guided by the same aspiration for peace and security.
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.
Quake strikes off Kermadec Islands Sat Oct 21, 9:04 AM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Kermadec Islands in the south Pacific. The quake hit 193 kilometres (120 miles) north east of the main Raoul Island at 5:23 pm (0523 GMT), the United States Geological Survey said Saturday.There were no initial reports of casualties or serious damage.The quake struck 746 kilometres south west of Nuku'alofa, the capital of Tonga, at a depth of 10 kilometres.The Kermadecs, New Zealand's largest marine reserve, are uninhabited apart from conservation officers and volunteers on Raoul Island, according to the New Zealand Department of Conservation website.
GNS Science, New Zealand's geological agency, records 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand every year as the country is positioned on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. Most of these quakes are small with only 150 on average felt by New Zealand residents.
Small quake rattles northern Thailand Sat Oct 21, 8:08 AM ET
BANGKOK (AFP) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale struck northern Thailand, but there were no reports of casualties or damage.The quake hit the northern province of Chiang Rai, along the border of Myanmar and Laos, 790 kilometers (483 miles) north of Bangkok, the department said Saturday.The epicenter was located 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Chiang Rai, but the department did not have a figure for its depth.
Moderate quake shakes northwest Turkey Fri Oct 20, 5:09 PM ET
ANKARA, Turkey - An earthquake shook northwestern Turkey on Friday, prompting some residents of Istanbul to flee their homes, officials and news reports said. There were no immediate reports of injury or significant damage. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0, was centered near a lake at the Manyas nature reserve in Balikesir province about 260 miles west of the capital Ankara, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake, which struck at 2:15 p.m. EDT, was felt in Istanbul, some 250 miles north.Balikesir police chief Celal Uzunkaya said there were no reports of any injuries.People in Balikesir and Istanbul rushed out of their homes when the quake struck, CNN-Turk television and the government-owned Anatolia news agency reported.Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which lies on active fault lines. Two devastating earthquakes hit northwestern Turkey in 1999, killing some
18,000 people.
Light earthquake shakes Northern California Fri Oct 20, 2:29 PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A light earthquake of 4.5 magnitude shook part of Northern California on Friday morning about 74 miles northwest of the state capital, Sacramento, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of injuries or damage from the mild event in the surrounding area, James Bauman, chief deputy for the Lake County Sheriff's department, told Reuters.The tremor hit at 10 a.m. (1 p.m. EDT/1700 GMT) and was centered near the Lake County hamlet of Cobb at a depth of 2.6 miles below the surface, according to the USGS
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tropical depression forms near Mexico Sat Oct 21, 6:52 AM ET
MEXICO CITY - A tropical depression formed off Mexico's west coast early Saturday and forecasters said it could turn into a hurricane within a few days.
Tropical Depression 17-E was located about 260 miles south-southwest of the coastal city of Manzanillo, said Dan Mundell, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.The depression is forecast to intensify into a tropical storm in the next 12-24 hours and become a small hurricane within three days, Mundell said. It is moving westward at 11.5 mph with maximum sustained winds of 34.5 mph.Its sustained winds must reach at least 39 mph to be considered a tropical storm and 74 mph to be classified as a hurricane.The system is forecast to turn northward toward the southern Baja peninsula over the next few days, Mundell said.
AFA forces NBC to cancel scene mocking crucifixion of Christ
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1 CORINTHIANS 6:9
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,(HARDENED HOMOSEXUALS) nor abusers of themselves with mankind
2 TIMOTHY 3:3
3 Without natural affection,(HOMOSEXTUALS) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good
GENESIS 19:5
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
ROMANS 1:18-32
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:(HOMOSEXUALITY,AND ALL SEX SINS)
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:(LESBIENS)
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(SODOMITES) and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.(AIDS ETC)
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
First Anti-Pride Protest Held in Jerusalem
By Hillel Fendel(INN) Oct 20,06
Thousands of hareidi-religious Jews protested Wednesday against the gay pride march scheduled for the Holy City next month and say they will be out in force if the police don't cancel the march.The protest cut off all traffic through Sabbath Square in the Me'ah She'earim neighborhood of Jerusalem. Some of the speeches were in Yiddish, but were translated into Hebrew for our Sephardic brothers,NFC reported.One of the speakers said, Everyone whom G-d has blessed with children must check the level of modesty in his own home. You can't say, I don't know about this, I'm not involved in it. We must all unite against this plot that has fallen on us, and fight against it. All of us together will fight against this scheme.Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, the head of the Eidah Hareidit Rabbinical Court, delivered a fiery speech, promising total dedication to the goal of stopping the march in accordance with the rabbis' rulings. He quoted traditional Jewish sources saying that righteous people die because they fail to protest abominations.
We must protest against the filth [coming to] Jerusalem,he said.
Rabbi Sternbuch arned that the march could lead, Heaven forbid, to the death of tens of thousands... We don't need a public inquiry to know why the war in Lebanon occurred and why we failed: Because of the abominations in the Holy Land. The gay pride march was originally scheduled for August, and was postponed because of the war. We have no intention of clashing with the police, Rabbi Sternbuch said, but they should know in advance that if the march is held, we will arrive en-masse, with our rabbis and teachers out in front.Hevron residents Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote a letter to Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco, asking him to cancel the march because of the fear of violence that will certainly erupt.They wrote that they themselves have been banned from certain places, such as the Temple Mount, for fear that they would incite violence.
Many march opponents note that adding to the desecration is the fact that it is scheduled to be held on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass that presaged the Holocaust. On November 9-10 in 1938, gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods in Germany, breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting.
Over 90 Jews were killed, almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed, 101 synagogues were destroyed and 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps.Jerusalem City Councilwoman Mina Fenton (National Religious Party) told Arutz-7 Hebrew radio that the nation must not be silent. The march is to be held,she said, because of a compromise reached between the Jerusalem Open House [a homosexual center that is organizing the gay march] and the police despite the strong objections of the mayor, the vast majority of the City Council, and many city residents. We must all fight to have this thing canceled not just postponed.
Before the parade was postponed this past summer, Fenton worked to gather tens of thousands of signatures against the parade many of them from non-Jews. The Jews are against it, the Moslems are against it, and so are the Christians, she said, and yet the police still approved it. The public cannot be trampled upon in the name of freedom of expression.Fenton notes the provocative way in which the organizers have gone about preparing for the march including the use of the Jerusalem municipal symbol of a lion in a provocative manner.They're not simply demanding equal rights, said IsraelNationalRadio's Tamar Yonah in a show on the topic several months ago, which could be understandable. They're actually showing pride in their sexual choice, and based on photos from other parades, they dress very scantily and exhibit physical erotic contact on the streets. Is this what we want on the streets of Jerusalem?
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.
Palestinians flock to Jerusalem By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer
Fri Oct 20, 6:50 AM ET
QALANDIA, West Bank - Thousands of Palestinians surged through the main Israeli crossing point from the northern West Bank, braving Israeli restrictions to worship on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a major Islamic site in Israeli-ruled Jerusalem. Women and children were among those pouring through the Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem. Men under 45, deemed a security risk by Israel, were barred from crossing though some had traveled for hours to in hopes of praying at the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest site.The worshippers were initially told that only men over 50 would be allowed through, but an officer later announced through a megaphone that the age limit had been dropped to 45 years.Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that between 175,000 and 200,000 worshippers were expected to take part in midday prayers at Al-Aqsa, from where tradition says the Prophet Muhammad, Islam's founder, ascended to heaven.
Prayer in Al Aqsa is different from praying in any other mosque and Jerusalem is different from any other place, said Walid Rommaneh, a 47-year-old man from Ramallah who was waiting in the crush at Qalandia for his turn to pass through. His wife, teenage daughter and young son had been admitted earlier.Dozens of younger and more agile men scaled the nearby walls of Israel's West Bank separation barrier and scattered into the neighboring Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. Police rounded up several and sent them back.Border police manning the crossing pushed back Palestinians trying to shove through the turnstiles but no serious use of force was seen at Qalandia, and Rosenfeld said there were no reports of any serious incident inside Jerusalem.
Last Friday Israeli forces used tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannon to disperse Palestinians whose anger and frustration at entry restrictions erupted in disturbances at several checkpoints around Jerusalem.
Dr Samuel Doctorian and Angel 2 the Mideast
I heard these words, Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come. The angel said, The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God.I saw fires rising to heaven. The angel said,This is the final judgment. My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East.
Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
Syria needs billions of dollars in investment to avert water crisis
Friday, October 20, 2006
DAMASCUS: Billions of dollars of investment are required over the next decade if Damascus is to avert a critical water crisis, according to a leading development agency. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the development agency of the Japanese government, has taken a lead role in tackling Syria's growing water shortages. Kazuhide Nagasawa, resident representative of JICA in Syria, recently told IRIN that over the past 20 years the level of ground water in the Barada basin, on which Damascus sits, retreated from 50 meters to 200 meters underground, leading to supply shortages and tap water in dry summer months.
In another 20 years, the water table could be down to 400 meters [below ground level] while the population of Damascus could have risen from its current figure of 4 to 5 million, to 10 million,Nagasawa said. At that point it will be difficult to survive on the limited water resources. The Syrian government will have to decide whether they want to transfer water to Damascus from the coast, or from the Euphrates,he added.Mufak Khalouf, head of the Damascus Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DELTA), said that the Syrian government was pressing ahead with a feasibility study for a project with a Swiss company to pump water from the Euphrates River which flows from Turkey through Syria to Iraq to Damascus.The project is estimated to cost $2 billion, and was previously believed to have been scrapped due to insufficient funding. The study is due to be finished before the end of the first quarter of next year, said Khalouf. In the meantime Damascus can extract water supplies from the ground water, and we are working on rationalizing water use among residents.
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However, international specialists warn it will not be long before the ground water upon which much of Damascus and its surrounding countryside rely, dries up almost completely.The over extraction of ground water has left it in a very serious decline, said Noriyuki Mori, a technical expert in water resource management at JICA. If this continues, it will become so low that farmers and residents of Damascus will no longer be able to extract it.
Damascus uses an average of 215 million cubic meters of water per year according to Khaled Shalak, Deputy General Director of DELTA. At present, the available water in the capital is 200 million cubic meters a year. An additional 45 million cubic meters is already needed, and that figure will have risen again by 2010, Khallouf said.Because of water supply not meeting rising demands in Damascus, water is currently being rationed to 13 hours a day.
Even in the mainly urbanized Damascus basin around 80 percent of available water is used in agriculture, with outdated irrigation methods. Across Syria as a whole, only 16 percent of farmers use modern irrigation systems, according to JICA's Mori, and yet, the agricultural sector is set to grow by some 40 percent over the next 20 years. UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
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ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Antarctic ozone hole biggest on record, U.S. reports
Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:40pm ET,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's ozone hole over Antarctica is bigger and deeper than any other on record, U.S. scientists reported on Thursday.The ozone layer shields Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, and the layer thins out over the South Pole each year, primarily because human-made compounds release ozone-eating chlorine and bromine gases into the stratosphere.
From September 21 to 30, the average area of the ozone hole was the largest ever observed, at 10.6 million square miles ,said Paul Newman of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington.If the stratospheric weather conditions had been normal, the ozone hole would be expected to reach a size of about 8.9 million to 9.3 million square miles, about the surface area of North America, NASA said in a statement.
THE 21st CENTURY IN PICTURES
Scientists measure the total amount of ozone from the ground to the upper atmosphere in Dobson Units, and a NASA satellite detected a low level of 85 Dobson Units on October 8 of the East Antarctic ice sheet.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used balloon-borne instruments to measure ozone right over the South Pole, and by October 9 the total ozone in a column from the ground to the upper atmosphere had dropped to 93 DU from about 300 DU in mid-July.Temperature variations in the Antarctic stratosphere causes the severity of the ozone hole to vary from year to year. Colder temperatures result in larger and deeper ozone holes, while warmer temperatures lead to smaller ones. This year, the lower stratosphere was about 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) cooler than average.
Concentrations of ozone-depleting chemicals in the lower atmosphere have been declining since 1995, and scientists estimate the ozone hole will be completely recovered by about 2065.
N Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria shun chemical weapons ban Sat Oct 21, 1:21 AM ET
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - North Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria are unfairly refusing to join the convention banning chemical weapons, which has been signed by 180 countries, the head of the body monitoring the treaty has said. It is very unfair to other countries if a few countries retain for themselves the privilege of producing chemical weapons when all the others are transparent in this field, said Rogelio Pfirter of Argentina, director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).The convention, signed in 1993, entered into force in 1997 and mandated the OPCW to eliminate chemical weapons, including deadly nerve gases, forever and to verify the destruction of the declared chemical weapons stockpiles within stipulated deadlines.
Pfirter, who briefed the General Assembly, bemoaned the fact that North Korea has spurned calls to join the treaty, despite allegations of the potential existence of stockpiles.Last week, the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to slap sanctions on North Korea over its first-ever atom-bomb test and demanded that Pyongyang scrap all its weapons of mass destruction.Pfirter also took Israel, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria to task for refusing to join the chemical weapons ban treaty.He said there could be no moral, strategic or legal excuse to remain outside the convention, which given the number of signatories, is considered international law.
Having even a single state outside the convention provided a major loophole that allowed the manufacture of very deadly weapons at the expense of humanity, he noted.Each OPCW member state is mandated to declare if it is in possession of chemical weapons. If so, it must undertake a commitment to destroy all stockpiles by a particular deadline, initially 2007, with an ultimate deadline of 2012.Pfirter told a press conference that while his organization, based in The Hague, was totally totally independent and technically not a part of the United Nations, it was guided by the same aspiration for peace and security.
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