THE TRANSFIGURATION

THE TRANSFIGURATION ON THE MOUNT. AND THE 2,000 YEAR GAP.

THIS FIRST VERSE IS WERE JESUS SAYS ABOUT JONAH BEING IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH FOR 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS. THIS EVIL GENERATION CAN DETERMINE THE SIGNS OF WEATHER BUT CAN NOT DETERMINE THE SIGNS THAT HIS RETURN IS AT HAND. AS JONAH WAS IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS SO JESUS WAS IN THE GRAVE 3 DAYS AND NIGHTS BEFORE BEING RISEN TO HEAVEN.

Matthew 16:1-28 King James Bible
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

THE LEAVEN IN THIS VERSE TALKS FALSE DOCTRINE..

5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

JESUS IS THE GOD OF ISRAEL (MESSIAH) AND OF ALL THE WORLD. CREATOR OF ALL THINGS.

13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

NOTICE JESUS WAS ASKING THE DISCIPLES WHO HE IS AND TALKING ABOUT HIS RETURN. WELL THE SAME QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED TODAY, WHO IS JESUS? AND IS HIS RETURN IMMEDIATELY?

Mathhew 1:1,17
1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.(42 GENERATIONS OF 51.4 YRS)

Hosea 6:2
2 After two days will he revive us:(ISRAEL) in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

May 14,48 JUST BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 GOD GAVE ISRAEL A NATION, 3RD DAY AFTER 2,000 MESSIAH RULES FROM JERUSALEM.

EXODUS 19:11
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

John 2:1
1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

THE THIRD DAY AFTER THE YEAR 2000 AND NOTICE JESUS" MOTHER MARY WAS THERE, THE ISRAELIS GET RESURRECTED AFTER MESSIAH COMES TO EARTH SO THIS VERSE FITS RIGHT IN TO. AND WHEN IS THE WEDDING FEAST FOR CHRISTIANS AT THE RAPTURE.

4,000 YEARS FROM ADAM TO CHRIST, AND 2 THOUSAND YEARS FROM CHRIST TO THE YEAR 2,000 = 6,000 YEARS.

Luke 3:4-9
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Matthew 16:27-28
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

NOTICE HERE AFTER 6 DAYS. I BELIEVE THIS TO MEAN AFTER 6,000 YEARS JESUS WILL RETURN TO EARTH, BUT BEFORE HIM COMES ELIJAH AND MOSES DURING THE TRIBULATION PREACHING THE KING IS COMING REPENT AND GET READY FOR GODS KINGDOM.

AND NOTICE IN VERSES 16:26-27 JESUS SAYS HE SHALL REWARD EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS. WELL FOR CHRISTIANS THIS IS AT THE RAPTURE. NOTICE JESUS CONTINUES THERE BE SOME STANDING HERE, WHICH SHALL NOT TASTE OF DEATH, TILL THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:45-58
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam (JESUS) was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

SO BEING JESUS TALKS FIRST ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ALIVE TO SEE HIM AND NOT DYING I BELIEVE THIS IS THE RAPTURE AFTER SIX DAYS OR 6,000 YEARS, THEN MOSES AND ELIJAH PREACH DURING THE TRIBULATION AND FINALLY JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH TO RULE AND REIGN FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER.

Matthew 17:1-13 King James Bible
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

I EVEN BELIEVE THAT ELIJAH AND MOSES WILL BE REVEALED TO THE EARTH DURING THE SUKKOT OR FEAST OF TABERNACLES IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR BEING PETER SUGGESTED MAKING THREE TABERNACLES. (TENTS)

5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

NOW JESUS GOES TO HIS LIFE AND SAYS JOHN WAS THE FORERUNNER OF ELIJAH AND HE (JESUS) IS THE MESSIAH BUT NO ONE NEW SCRIPTURES AND RECOGNIZED IT.

12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

SO I BELIEVE IN MATTHEW CHAPTERS 16 AND 17 THERE IS A 2,000 YEAR GAP, AND ALSO A 2,000 YEAR GAP BETWEEN DANIEL 9:26 AND 27 WHEN THE RAPTURE OCCURS THE 7 YEAR TRIBUATION BEGINS, ELIJAH AND MOSES PREACH FOR 3 1/2 YEARS PREACHING REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND AND THEN AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH TO RULE FROM JERUSALEM FOREVER AS KING OF ISRAEL AND THE WORLD WITH JERUSALEM AS THE WORLD CAPITAL.

HERE ARE OTHER 3RD DAY SCRIPTURES TO PONDER.

Genesis 1:13
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Genesis 2:14
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Genesis 22:4
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

Genesis 31:22
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Genesis 34:25
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

Genesis 40:20
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

Genesis 42:18
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Genesis 50:23
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

EXODUS 19:11,15-16
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Leviticus 7:17-18
17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

LEVITICUS 19:6-7
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

Numbers 7:24
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

Numbers 19:12,19
12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

Numbers 29:20
20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;

NUMBERS 31:19
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Joshua 9:17
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.

Judges 20:30
30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

1 Samuel 20:5
5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

1 Samuel 30:1
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

2 Samuel 1:2
2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

1 Kings 3:18
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.

1 Kings 12:12
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

2 Kings 20:5,8
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
8 And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

2 Chronicles 10:12
12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

Ezra 6:15
15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Esther 5:1
1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Hosea 6:2
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

Matthew 16:21
21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Matthew 17:23
23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

Matthew 20:19
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Matthew 27:64
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Mark 9:31
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

Luke 9:22
22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

Luke 13:32
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

Luke 18:33
33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

Luke 24:7,21,46
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

John 2:1
1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

Acts 10:40
40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;

Acts 27:19
19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

2 Corinthians 12:2
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

NO LORDS PRAYER IN ONTARIO

THE LORDS PRAYER THEY WANT REMOVED.

THE LIBERALS IN POWER IN ONTARIO WANT TO CHANGE OR STOP SAYING THE LORDS PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PARLAMENTRY SESSION. THIS IS JUST TERRIBLE WE CAN NOT LET THE GODLESS TAKE OUR SAVIOR OUT OF ALL CANADIAN LIFE. WE HAVE TO STOP THEM FROM TAKING GOD OUT OF EVERYTHING. PRAY PEOPLE THAT GOD WILL GIVE US MERCY AND KEEP THE LORDS PRAYER IN GOVERNMENT AND CHANGE THE LUKEWARM GODLESS HEARTS AGAINST THIS MOVE.

LOOK HOW AWESOME GOD IS TO US IN MATTHEW 6 AND THE GODLESS WANT HIM OUT OF EVERYTHING OUTRAGES.

Matthew 6 1:34 King James Bible
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

PEOPLE NOT ONLY WANT TO TAKE GOD OUT OF EVERYTHING, BUT THESE ISLAMISTS AND SIKHS MINORITIES WANT THEIR RIGHTS INSTEAD OF OBEYING THE COUNTRY THEY LIVE INS LAWS. THIS IS SICK THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR RIGHTS AND CHRISTIANS ARE HATED AND GOT NO RIGHTS AT ALL. GOD IS DESPISED AND THESE SO CALLED RELIGOUS GROUPS ARE SMELLING LIKE ROSES, WERE IS THE EQUAL RIGHTS IN THIS I MIGHT ASK. JUST LIKE THE
ISLAMISTS THINKS THEY CAN HAVE WORLD CONTROL THESE SIKHS THINK THEY CAN GET CONTROL OF TORONTOS LAWS.

Turben Versus Helmet Rights group backs Sikh Biker By Bryn Weese FEB 15,08

BRAMPTON -- Section 104 of the Highway Traffic Act seems quite clear -- you've got to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. But for Brampton's Baljinder Singh Badesha, a ticket he was given in September 2005 for just such an offence was just unacceptable and yesterday in a courtroom his fighting began. Badesha's a devout Sikh who can't wear a motorcycle helmet because of his turban, and he's now fighting the $110 ticket on the grounds it violates his religious freedom. He had only been riding for three weeks in Ontario prior to the ticket. His case has now caught the attention of the province's Human Rights Commission, which intervened on his behalf in court yesterday. Today, court will hear the Crown's submission.

If he just paid the ticket, he's admitting that he should wear the helmet, his lawyer, Melvin Sokolsky, told the Sun outside the Ontario Court of Justice yesterday. He doesn't want to admit he has to wear the helmet because it's a violation of his religious freedom to wear the turban.Badesha doesn't only like to ride. He owns a used car dealership near Kennedy Ave. and Queen St. in Brampton that also sells motorbikes. He needs to be able to test drive them in order to sell them for what they're worth. He pointed out motorbikes are also more environmentally friendly. But more importantly, he doesn't want to be excluded from what Scott Hutchison, who represented the commission in court yesterday, called a government service -- riding on the province's roadways -- because of his creed. But the law, while not discriminatory in its intent, has the effect of discrimination and therefore must be rewritten, Hutchison told the court. You have a rule, or a requirement that Mr. Badesha cannot comply with, he said. The effect is to exclude Mr. Badesha from a service that is available to everyone else in Ontario. The effect of this is to exclude all observant Sikhs.In 1990, the federal government removed the ban preventing Sikhs in the RCMP from wearing turbans following Officer Baltej Singh Dhillon's challenge that he could do both. I want to be treated like an ordinary citizen of Ontario, Badesha told the Sun outside the courtroom yesterday. I have the same rights.

While Badesha's lawyers will base their case on human rights and Canadian law as defined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the government is expected today to outline the costs to the taxpayers to pay for increased health-care costs as a result of people riding motorcycles without helmets. For such a small fine, everyone seems impressed by the implications of the case. This little traffic ticket has repercussions because it deals with Mr. Badesha's religious freedom, Sokolsky said. He's a devout Sikh ... and he can't wear the helmet because he has to wear the turban.

LUKE 16:19-31(THE WAITING CELL FOR SINNERS)(THE LOCAL JAIL)
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

REVELATION 20:11-15(THE FINAL JUDGEMENT OF SINNERS)(THE PENITENARY)
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

THIS IS DONE WHEN ISRAEL KILLED ONE OF HAMAS LEADERS A FEW DAYS AGO. IT FITS RIGHT IN WITH THESE SO CALLED MINORITY GROUPS THAT THINK THEY CAN GET THEIR RIGHTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES BY VIOLENCE.

THE TORMENTS THIS MURDERER IS IN, IN HELL RIGHT NOW IS HIS REWARD FOR STARTING THE MURDEROUS GROUP HE DID. THE DEMONS WILL BE ENJOYING RIPPING HIS FLESH OFF HIS BODY. HE CAN SEE HITLER AND ALL THE OTHER MURDERERS THAT CAME AGAINST ISRAEL ALSO DOWN THERE IN TORMENTS. HE CAN SEE ALL THE SO CALLED MARTYRS OF ISLAM DOWN THERE ALSO THAT WERE DECIEVED INTO THINKING THEY WOULD GO TO PARADISE FOR MURDERING IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MEANWHILE ENDING UP IN TORMENTS IN THE WAITING CELL OF HELL UNTIL JESUS LATER ON IN THE FUTURE SENDS THEM ALL TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER. THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS, THE BIBLE SAYS MURDERERS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE SENT TO HELL (1ST),THE LOCAL JAIL, THEN AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT IN JESUS' PRESENCE, THEIR DEEDS AND MOTIVES AND SINS WILL BE REVEALED AND THEY WILL BE THROWN IN TO THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER, THE PENITENTARY OF HELL THE FINAL BURNING FOR ALL TIME TO COME.

MORE END TIME SIGNS

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY HAVE A GREAT ONE.

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.

Strong earthquake strikes Greece FEB 14,08

A strong earthquake has struck southern Greece, shaking buildings over an area from the southern Peloponnese region to the capital, Athens. The earthquake struck at about noon (1000 GMT) and geologists said its magnitude was between 6.5 and 6.7.

Seismologists said the epicentre was beneath the seabed off Kalamata, about 230km (140 miles) south of the capital. Witnesses in Athens said it lasted at least 15 seconds, and there were no reports of casualties or damage. We were shaken for quite a long time, swaying back and forth, Tanya Spiropoulou from the northern Athens suburb of Marousis told Reuters news agency. A farmer in Kalamata told the agency that the quake was not as strong as other times, but we felt it. Seismologists said aftershocks were possible, and Greek television stations warned people in areas near the epicentre, to stay away from buildings. The tremor was felt as far away as Cairo, in Egypt. Earthquakes are common in Greece, and the last serious earthquake there killed more than 100 people in September 1999.

Strong quake off Indonesia's Maluku, tsunami alert issued Wed Feb 13, 4:13 PM ET

JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku early Thursday, prompting a tsunami alert that was later lifted, the meteorology and geophysics office said here. The earthquake, which struck at 2:58 am (2000 GMT Wednesday), was centred 275 kilometres (171 miles) southwest of Maluku province, some 10 kilometres under the seabed, a text message from the office said.There is the potential for a tsunami, it added.A second message sent one hour later said that the alert had been lifted.The United States Geological Survey measured the quake at 5.9 and said it occurred 299 kilometres west of Saumlaki, in Indonesia's Tanimbar Islands, and 341 kilometres east of the East Timorese capital Dili.A policeman stationed in Saumlaki district who identified himself as Kamanasa told AFP that the quake was not felt in the surrounding area.We didn't feel any shakes here, he said.Yanuarsih, from the meteorological agency in Jakarta, told AFP that the agency had not received any reports of damage from the quake.

Tsunami warnings are routinely issued in Indonesia for strong quakes occurring at a depth of 10 kilometres or less.Equipment is not currently in place to measure a change in water depth commensurate with a tsunami forming off a coast.Dili is currently under an evening-to-dusk curfew following failed assassination bids on its president and prime minister on Monday.Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.The archipelago nation was hardest hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004. Some 168,000 people alone were killed in Aceh province on the northern tip of Sumatra.

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.

Flooding, power outages left in N.B. storm's wake
Thu Feb 14, 8:50 AM

A winter storm packing high winds, snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and later rain has left thousands of people in New Brunswick without power on Thursday.More than 8,500 NB Power customers are in the dark in Fredericton on Thursday morning while scattered outages are affecting Woodstock and Bouctouche.Outages started being reported around 8 p.m. Wednesday.More than 20 crews have been sent to the Fredericton area to repair the widespread damage caused by ice buildup, said NB Power officials. There is no estimate on when the power will be restored.Fredericton city services, transit and many businesses closed early on Wednesday as about 20 centimetres of snow piled up in the city.As the temperatures rose and the snow and ice pellets changed to freezing rain and then rain overnight, flooding hit Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton.

Flooding hits city streets

Roads in Fredericton were not in good shape Thursday morning, said Sean Lee, manager of the city's roads and streets.The combination of snow, ice pellets and heavy rain made a pretty heavy slush that froze over most of the catch basins in the city, Lee said.Public works crews in Moncton spent the night trying to clear the city's main streets, but there are reports of flooded and icy streets in many subdivisions.The whole city was a mess at midnight, said Mike Coster, public works supervisor. It was a real downpour. We had a hard time getting raid of the water.Salt, sand supplies depleted
With some improvement in the floodwaters on Thursday morning, crews are now turning their attention to salting the slippery streets, Coster said.Unlike Saint John, Moncton still does have a supply of road salt. The southern city was reporting Thursday morning that it is now completely out of salt and sand following the storm.Saint John city officials warned on Wednesday that motorists and pedestrians should proceed carefully because as the 10th storm hit the province they were almost out of salt and sand supplies.The city budgeted properly for snow removal and salting this winter, but the storms in the province have meant the Sussex salt supplier hasn't be able to keep up, said Shayne Galbraith, director of city works for Saint John.Saint John is also struggling with flooding that has closed Rothesay Avenue and highway ramps, Galbraith said.

On Wednesday afternoon, some areas of the city had water levels reaching the axels of cars trying to get through the roadways.Crews worked through the night to try to clear drainage areas so the 70 millimetres of rain water had somewhere to go, Galbraith said.Fire crews in the city received 55 calls overnight related to water levels, said fire Chief Eric Garland, many related to flooded basements, leaking roofs and alarms being set off.

School cancelled again

Some school districts in the province are closed, and universities have cancelled classes.The number of snow days the province has had is becoming a concern, said Karen Branscombe, superintendent of School District 2.Students at the eastern New Brunswick district's schools have lost seven days so far this winter because of weather, Branscombe said.The lost class time means teachers are having to change their plans to ensure students get their full curriculum, she said.My expectation is that when we do have students in class, we're going to focus really on what has to be taught, Branscombe said.

The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press Thu Feb 14, 6:29 AM ET

Precipitation was expected to gradually cease throughout the East Coast on Thursday, although morning snow showers were likely in the Mid-Atlantic and in northern New England. Relatively cold air was expected to press into the northeastern third of the country.
Meanwhile, significant snow was forecast from the Dakotas through the Great Lakes. Dangerously low wind chills to -40 degrees were expected.Also, significant snow was predicted in the Four Corners region. The precipitation was expected to move into the Southwest as the day progresses. Strong winds of up to 45 mph are anticipated for parts of California and the Great Basin.Temperatures in the Northeast were to be in the 20s and 30s, while the Southeast should have temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The Northern Plains should struggle to rise above 0 degrees, while the Northwest was expecting temperatures in the 30s, 40s, and 50s.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Tuesday ranged from a low of -19 degrees at International Falls, Minn., to a high of 87 degrees at El Centro, Calif.
On the Net:Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com
National Weather Service: http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov
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WITNESS: Hurricane Katrina was big, but God is bigger
Wed Feb 13, 11:10 PM

Jon Hurdle has been reporting for Reuters from Philadelphia since 2004. A native of England, he has been a print journalist for 25 years. In the following story he recounts his experiences as a volunteer helping to rebuild after the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina 2-1/2 years ago.By Jon Hurdle

OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (Reuters) - At 6 a.m., the lights come on at Camp Victor, a base run by the Lutheran Church for volunteers helping with recovery efforts 2-1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Mississippi's Gulf Coast.I climb out of my wooden bunk and stand in the breakfast line with about 100 other volunteers from around the country.We eat oatmeal or pancakes, fuel for a long day's labor on the thousands of homes that are still in need of repair long after one of the worst natural disasters in the United States.My fellow campers are mostly middle-aged men from Lutheran churches in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa who have taken a week off work or away from retirement to cut lumber, paint walls or clear debris from the homes that were badly damaged or destroyed in the August 29, 2005 hurricane. The storm killed more than 1,400 people along the U.S. Gulf Coast.Some come with construction experience; others sweep floors or cook food; all are motivated by the goodwill that has brought more than 11,000 volunteers to the camp since the storm hit the Gulf Coast and collapsed the levees protecting nearby New Orleans from the sea.

The Lutheran Disaster Relief camp can take as many as 220 volunteers at a time. It is in a former garment factory in Ocean Springs, a pretty coastal town that seems to have been spared the worst of the storm.I went as a Quaker -- albeit an aspiring one -- rather than as a journalist, and hoped the humanitarian work would be a rewarding experience for me as well as a practical help.But long journalistic habits also led me to observe and record. I had time, given that I often stood aside while others with the necessary construction skills did the rebuilding work.

HELPING MISS HATTIE

On the first of our five days, our group of eight from a Quaker community near Philadelphia is sent to the home of Miss Hattie, an elderly black woman whose roof, previously repaired after hurricane damage, has been hit again by a falling tree.Lacking roofing skills, we are put to work chain-sawing the fallen tree into pieces and stacking them in the front yard.We cut as much as we can but our small chain saw is finally defeated by the tree's girth, and the camp managers can't find a larger saw, so we break for a lunch of spaghetti and sweet potatoes in Miss Hattie's kitchen.She is grateful, charming and glad of our company. But I wonder if clearing a tree from the yard of a perfectly habitable house is the most important thing in a state where some 13,000 hurricane victims are still living in trailers supplied by the much-maligned Federal Emergency Management Agency.Later, I help deliver a new washing machine and two clothes dryers to two homes that have been renovated after flooding by hurricane-driven seawater.Outside one house, a saucepan on a string dangles from a tree branch about 20 feet off the ground. The pan was probably blown there by the hurricane, the homeowner says.In Waveland, west of Biloxi, it's plain that Katrina did a lot more than deposit saucepans in trees.

Leaving the highway, we drive down a muddy road into an apocalyptic landscape of broken trees, bare concrete pads where houses once stood, and some piles of debris.On the cinder-block foundation of one house, a stack of belongings sits rotting in the rain. A tattered tarp, which presumably once covered these possessions, flaps in the wind.Outside a nearby church -- which occupies what looks like a large shed -- is a hand-painted sign saying Katrina was big but God is bigger.It's a more cheerful picture in Pascagoula where volunteers are making good progress rebuilding a home in which floodwaters rose near to the ceiling of the first floor. The new one is built on 9-foot (2.7-metre) stilts to ensure no repeat.The owner, 81-year-old Miss Ruby -- who lives in a trailer on the site -- cooks a fried chicken lunch for the volunteers.As we eat in the warm January sunshine, she pulls out a karaoke machine and, balancing her high heels on a sheet of plywood, serenades us with renditions of classics including Patsy Kline's Crazy and Elvis Presley's Hound Dog.Our efforts may be just a drop in the post-Katrina bucket but it's clear we've made one old lady very happy.(Editing by Michael Christie and Frances Kerry)
(To read more Reuters Witness stories click here: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/reutersWitnesses)

Dear Friend of Israel FEB 13,08

An important resolution in support of Israel is now before the U.S. House of Representatives — and your help is needed to see that it passes.

H. Res. 951 strongly condemns the ongoing Palestinian terrorist rocket and mortar attacks directed at Israeli civilians that have caused death, injury, trauma, and severe disruption of economic life in areas of Israel bordering Gaza, including the city of Sderot. It places the blame for those attacks, which have continued unabated for years, squarely on the shoulders of Hamas and other terrorist groups, as well as terrorist-supporting nations like Iran and Syria. At the same time, it reaffirms the strong and unyielding friendship between the governments and the people of Israel and the United States.

This resolution will soon come up for vote in the House. By mobilizing now, we can ensure that a strong message of solidarity will be sent to Israel and her people. We’ve made it easy for you to email your representative today and urge him or her to support H. Res. 951. Read the text of H. Res. 951 or take action now!
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No Justification for Shas to Remain in the Government
February 13, 2008...

The Shas party of Israel has stated publicly that it will leave ruling government coalition should Prime Minister Olmert make any concessions to the Arabs about the status of Jerusalem . Should Shas leave Olmert's government, this action very well could take down the coalition, bring about new elections and end the ongoing peace process charade.In Israel , though, things are not always as they seem.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has assured Shas that Jerusalem will not be discussed until the end of the negotiations. Olmert is using the loophole that Shas handed to him to enable him to further his concessions to the Arab enemy which will be suicidal for Israel . It appears that Shas is willing to sit in the Olmert government until G-D forbid it is too late, just as Bibi Netanyahu sat in the Sharon government until it was too late to save Gush Katif and northern Samaria It is clear to all observers that Sharon's Expulsion has been a disaster for Israel on all levels.

Netanyahu voted in favor of Sharon 's Disengagement plan in the Knesset. He constantly threatened to resign his post which probably would have ended all chances of Sharon being able to achieve the necessary approvals. In a crass political maneuver, Netanyahu finally resigned his post one week prior to the plan's implementation - after it was already too late to stop the plan by legal means. Manhigut Yehudit would like to make it clear to Shas that by keeping Olmert in power, they share in the responsibility for the harm that the government is causing and for the coming Jewish bloodshed due to this government which makes decisions without Jewish values.Shas has had every opportunity to leave this coalition. Why do they remain? The Labor party's chairman, Ehud Barak, just reneged on a promise to pull Labor out of the coalition after the issuance of the Winograd report on the 2006 Lebanon War. Why does Labor remain? Moshe Feiglin, head of the Manhigut Yehudit faction in Likud stated that he suspects that the deal was closed with Shas and the Labor party before [Yisrael Beiteinu] was forced out of the government. Shas received its hush money and the Labor party got the war against the [settlements], creating more pressure on Barak to stay in the government. That suits him well, because he prefers to stay. When all the elites want the government to remain in power, that is exactly what will happen.

Moshe Feiglin says he can see no justification for the actions of the Shas party, but hopes that its voters will draw the correct conclusions. Our goal, he said, is to create a Jewish leadership alternative for the Nation of Israel so that all the people disenchanted from their previous political allegiances will have a political home on election day.Feiglin added that it is time for the Religious Zionist camp to lead the country. When we flee the call to lead, neither Shas nor the conventional Likud politicians will lead as we see fit. No matter who wins, the Left’s policies will continue to rule. It is our obligation to lead Israel with fear of Heaven in our hearts.Manhigut Yehudit officials point out that the practice of courting religious parties - like Shas - with major financial incentives and promises in exchange for supporting policies that endanger all Jews is tantamount to bribery by those offering the incentives, and at best, an error in judgment on the part of those who accept them. It comes as no shock that those who brought about and/or continued the suicidal Oslo Accords would employ such methods.Much more problematic is the acceptance by religious parties of benefits and protexia from the above mentioned sources. The land-for-peace formula has proven to have cost in Jewish blood. The direct correlation between the amount of land that Israel cedes and the amount of Jews who are murdered is a fact that can not and must not be ignored by any of us.The Torah is clear about Israel 's Biblical borders. Therefore it is a matter of pikuah nefesh (saving a life) NOT to use our Land as a bargaining chip. How will the leaders of Shas explain to the future grieving mothers that it was worthwhile to take this money from Olmert?

EU executive calls for creation of a European border patrol
By Stephen Castle Published: February 13, 2008 IHT

BRUSSELS: The European Commission called Wednesday for the creation of a European border patrol as it published plans to strengthen frontiers by requiring travelers to submit their fingerprints before entering European Union countries.The far-reaching package, designed to combat terrorism, illegal migration and organized crime, would involve setting up a comprehensive electronic register of travelers' biometric data.It also proposes greater cooperation and use of technology, including high resolution satellites and unmanned aircraft, to monitor remote areas for movements of migrants.We cannot have mafia, or traffickers, or terrorists, using better technology than our police, said Franco Frattini, the European justice and home affairs commissioner. He added that he would like to see border guards from EU member states wearing national uniforms with a European flag, forming a corps, trained according to the same standards and ready to react.The measures would apply to the 24 nations within the EU's Schengen zone for passport-free travel. EU states except Britain, Ireland, Cyprus, Romania and Bulgaria are part of the border-free area, to which non-EU members Norway and Iceland also belong. Britain, which could opt into the arrangements, said it was studying them.

Today in Europe

EU executive calls for creation of a European border patrolIn exile in London, Georgian opposition figure dies suddenlyCartoons of Muhammad reprinted as Denmark protests plot to murder artistThe plans are sensitive in Europe where many governments regard the policing of frontiers as a fundamental aspect of national sovereignty. And there are growing reservations in some countries about the extent to which personal data is being collected by the authorities.Under the proposals, all non-Europeans would have to submit biometric data to enter the EU even if they come from countries, such as the United States and Canada, from which visa-free travel is currently permitted.Frattini said that the EU would open to non-Europeans the possibility of using fast-track, automated, frontier crossing points if they submitted biometric data in advance. These would be available to European nationals who carry travel documents with biometric data.The commission said that there were up to eight million illegal immigrants living within the European Union in 2006, about four-fifths of them within the Schengen area.The commission believes that more than half of all illegal immigrants enter the EU with valid paperwork but overstay their permitted time. The EU has no centralized system for registering when visitors enter and exit, and the movements of those who leave from a different country than their point of entry are often not recorded.The proposed electronic register, similar to a policy adopted by the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, could go into effect by 2015 if governments and European legislators agree. Once a visitor overstayed the allotted time, an alert would be sent to all member states.

However the plans come at a time of growing concern in Europe about surveillance of individuals and storage of personal data. The German justice minister, Brigitte Zypries, said she was concerned that the proposals marked a step toward a state that is already monitoring and policing citizens without prior cause.Hugo Brady, research fellow at the Center for European Reform research institute in London, said that the proposals reflected the new possibilities to track individuals created by technology.This is the first time that technology has moved closer to public demands for certainty over borders, Brady said. Progress on technology has got to the point where we can move forward on border security and it is probably one are in which all member states can agree to try.

Plans for a European border guard were controversial but might be acceptable to governments which face an influx of migrants and are anxious to share the burden of policing their frontiers, he added. If people want 100 percent security at borders, these are the sort of technocratic solutions you will find, he said.Meanwhile, the European Commission criticized apparent efforts by the United States to negotiate bilaterally with some countries that joined the EU in 2004 the terms under which they could take part in America's visa waiver program.Jonathan Faull, the director general for justice and home affairs, said the EU did not negotiate with individual U.S. states on issues that were the responsibility of the federal government.That would be disrespectful and we expect the U.S to be similarly respectful of our law and of our system here, Faull said.

Chad rebels say French EU peacekeepers not neutral
12.02.2008 - 09:30 CET | By Leigh Phillips

Chad's rebels have warned the EU not to send peacekeepers to the country, fearing the troops will not be neutral in the dispute between them and General Idriss Deby, the country's ruler.The rebel alliance issued a statement on Monday (11 February) from Gabon saying they do not trust a force composed mainly of French troops, the former colonial master. They believe the troops will be there to support the Deby government.European commanders say they are to remain neutral and are only there to ensure the safety of refugees displaced from Sudan's Darfur region and due to other regional conflicts.Deployment of a European peacekeeping force, EUFOR-Chad-CAR, was delayed at the start of February when rebels made a lightning advance on the capital, N'Djamena. However, the N'Djamena airport reopened on Monday, permitting deployment of the 3,700-strong EU force. A spokesperson for the force said that if the airport allowed EUFOR-Chad-CAR's cargo planes to land, the deployment could resume today (12 February), according to an AFP report.During the rebel advance, French troops on the ground offered medical and logistical support to government forces.

France has denied reports in their domestic press that French special forces have already engaged in combat with rebels.French daily La Croix reported that Deby's forces pushed rebels back from the capital with help from members of the French special operations command.Responding to the reports, French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said: There was no involvement of the French special forces - not by Thursday night, in any case, according to Reuters.

Meanwhile, the 400 Irish troops that are taking part in the deployment have been told they will be viewed as a hostile force if they arrive along with the French troops. The rebels have called on Ireland to pull out of the EU force, according to the Irish Times.
If EUFOR is made up of forces other than French, we don't have a problem with it, a rebel spokesperson said, the Irish daily reports.

Blair wins backing of minister for EU President job
Last updated at 21:33pm on 13th February 2008

It is the first indication that the Government is prepared to back the ex-Prime Minister in an attempt later this year to become full-time president of the EU council. The move would infuriate Eurosceptics in Britain, since the post is being created under the revived EU constitution which Mr Blair negotiated. The Government has since reneged on its promise of a referendum on the blueprint, arguing the constitutional elements have been abandoned. Mr Blair, currently the Middle East envoy for the U.S., Russia, EU and the UN, is said to be willing to put himself forward for the EU job if it comes with real powers. It is also expected to command a salary of £200,000 plus generous expenses, accommodation and chauffeur-driven cars, making the whole package worth nearly half a million pounds. Mr Blair is being actively promoted by the French president Nicolas Sarkozy but Jim Murphy's endorsement is the first from a senior Government minister.

U.N. Weighs a Ban on Weapons in Space, but U.S. Still Objects By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE February 13, 2008

GENEVA — The Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Tuesday presented a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, an idea that was quickly rejected by the United States.Russia and China have pushed for years for a treaty to prevent an arms race in space, a threat underlined by China last year after it shot down one of its own aging satellites. Responding to previous American assertions that there is no arms race in space and therefore no need for a treaty, Mr. Lavrov instead submitted a draft on prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space, the threat or use of force against outer space objects. Weapons deployment in space by one state will inevitably result in a chain reaction, Mr. Lavrov warned. And this in turn is fraught with a new spiral in the arms race, both in space and on the earth.

The draft treaty aims to fill gaps in existing law, create conditions for further exploration and use of space, and strengthen general security and arms control, Mr. Lavrov said. It is time to start serious practical work in this field, he said. The White House responded to the proposal on Tuesday afternoon, saying it opposed any treaty that sought to prohibit or limit access to or use of space.Dana M. Perino, the White House press secretary, said such a treaty would also be impossible to enforce. Any object orbiting or transiting through space can be a weapon if that object is intentionally placed onto a collision course with another space object, she said in an e-mail message. This makes treaty verification impossible.Instead, she said, the White House favored discussions aimed at promoting transparency and confidence-building measures.

The Russian-Chinese proposal was first circulated last year, but the presentation on Tuesday provided the 65-member conference with a basis to discuss a future treaty. Mr. Lavrov was the latest in a series of dignitaries seeking to inject momentum into an organization that is the only forum for multilateral disarmament negotiations but which last delivered an arms-control measure — on chemical weapons — in 1997. The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, opened the current session last month by reminding the conference that its successes were distant memories and that we need progress.Last week, Britain’s defense secretary, Des Browne, called for a meeting of the five signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to discuss verifying nuclear disarmament. Thomas P. D’Agostino, administrator of the United States National Nuclear Security Administration, also attended last week, reviewing American progress in dismantling nuclear weapons. The fact that these governments are sending very high-level people to the conference means they want to get things going, said Patrick McCarthy, coordinator of the Geneva Forum, a tripartite body that includes the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. We’re at a rather decisive point where we either move onto substantive negotiations or back to more years of fruitless discussion, Mr. McCarthy said.

EU crisis has parallels with collapse of Austro-Hungarian empire FEB 13,08By WES MITCHELLDirector of research, Centre for European Policy Analysis, Washington DC

IF A European Union bureaucrat could travel to fin de siècle Vienna, he would be surprised by how closely the Hapsburg Empire resembled today's European Union. Like the EU, Austria-Hungary was an experiment in supra-national engineering, comprising 51 million inhabitants, 11 nationalities and 14 languages. Presiding over this microcosm of Europe was a double-throned emperor-king and twin parliaments representing the largely independent Austrian and Hungarian halves of the realm. The Hapsburg Empire acted as a stabilising force for its peoples and for Europe. To its scattered ethnic groups, it performed the twin roles of referee and bouncer, pacifying indigenous rivalries and protecting pint-sized nations from predatory states. It also filled a geopolitical vacuum at the heart of the continent, placing a check on Germany and Russia.

So long as it performed these functions, Austria was viewed as a European necessity – a balancer of nationalities and of nations for which there was no conceivable substitute. But, by the early 1900s, the empire faced two problems that cast doubt on its ability to fulfil these missions. First, it proved incapable of reconciling and representing its constituents' interests. The heart of the problem was the 1867 Compromise, which divided the empire into Austrian and Hungarian halves. By excluding the Slavs – who accounted for half the empire's population – the compromise was seen as a vehicle for German/Magyar domination. All attempts at modifying the arrangement stopped short of what was needed: a political settlement between Germans and Slavs like that between Germans and Magyars.

Second, due in part to internal nationalist crises, the empire found it increasingly difficult to chart a unified, independent course in international affairs. Confronted after 1906 with a more assertive Russia, Austria-Hungary resorted to increasing reliance on Germany, thereby relinquishing the empire's status as a geopolitical stabiliser. These problems inflicted irreparable damage to Austria-Hungary's image as a necessity – both for its subjects, who came to see national self-determination as a superior alternative to supra-nationalism, and for outside powers, which dismembered the empire in 1918. So ended the first European union.

Like Austria-Hungary, the EU's raison d'être consists in its ability to transcend the indigenous balance of power among its members, and the service this renders to the international system. On both counts, the EU confronted challenges in 2007 much like those confronting Austria-Hungary in 1907. Many of the EU's newest members continue to grapple with questions of geopolitical trust. This is revealed in the tensions that have existed between Poland, which fears domination by the EU's steering group, and Germany, which is reluctant to shoulder the financial burden for a union in which it is under-represented. If allowed to fester, this feud could metastasise, leaving the EU in a state of crisis like that which plagued Austria-Hungary.

THIS IS JUST TO MUCH BY HAMAS AS USUAL.

Hamas TV unveils Jew-eating bunnyBy staff writers
February 13, 2008 04:31pm

A JEW-eating rabbit named Assud has become the newest star of a militant Palestinian children's television show after the death of his brother.The Pioneers of Tomorrow children’s series produced by Palestinian group Hamas and made famous by a Mickey Mouse-looking character declaring jihad on Israel and the US, introduced Assud the Bunny. Assud - who said in his first episode that he would get rid of the Jews, Allah willing, and… will eat them up - replaced his brother, Nahoul the Bee, according to the translation from the Middle East Media Research Institute. In an interview with the program’s host, a young girl purportedly named Saraa Barhoum, Assud talked about becoming martyrdom. We are all martyrdom-seekers, are we not, Saraa? Assud said on the show. Saraa said: Of course we are. We are all ready to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of our homeland. We will sacrifice our souls and everything we own for the homeland.According to the program’s plotline, Nahoul died because he could not leave Gaza to seek medical treatment from neighbouring Egypt. Nahoul himself replaced the program’s original star, Farfur the Mouse, who was killed by an Israeli soldier.

Sarkozy pleads for coherent EU space policy
12.02.2008 - 17:31 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy has added planet Mars to the already long to-do list he has planned for the EU saying he wants space policy cooperation with the US, particularly regarding the exploration of this little-known planet.
Speaking in French Guyana on Tuesday (12 February), Mr Sarkozy, who has a reputation for getting personally involved in a wide range of issues, said the EU should have a sensible and coherent space policy.I speak for France, and suggest to our European partners, that it is out of the question that we reduce our efforts or our ambitions for the area of space, said the president, according to AFP news agency.Because Mars is there and Mars is accessible to the technologies available to humanity, we cannot refuse to attempt this adventure, he continued, speaking to journalists at the launch site for Ariane rockets.He pointed out that Europe had experts in areas such as transport and technology while the US, which already has a Mars exploration programme, had the technical and scientific competences.I am convinced that an exploration programme can only be global, without exclusivity or appropriation by one nation or another... Each will be able to take part with their capabilities, their strengths and their choices, he said, according to Reuters.

While emphasising that he did not want Europe to be in competition with the US, Mr Sarkozy also referred to military space policy, which he said is the price for strategic autonomy and freedom to manoeuvre for European governments.In an aside to France's nuclear strength, the French president said there should be a decided rise in the military space budget. He spoke particularly of surveillance and spy satellites, for which the EU is strongly dependent on the US.Despite Mr Sarkozy's vision, Europe has in the past been slow to commit to itself to space. Its flagship satellite project, known as Galileo, was agreed only at the eleventh hour last year after protracted wrangling over how it should be financed.To be in place by 2013, five years after originally planned, it is supposed to end the EU's reliance on Washington's Global Positioning System.

Meanwhile, the European Commission early last year proposed a collective space policy in the EU but the communication only set out a loose set of aspirations in the area, rather than concrete measures.But reticence in other member states about certain EU policies has not thwarted Mr Sarkozy's enthusiasm in the past.In what is expected to be a very busy French EU presidency in the second half of this year, Mr Sarkozy has said he wants Europe to have an immigration policy, a defence policy, an energy policy and an environment policy by the end of 2008.

Report: Livni Holding Secret Talks on Dividing Jerusalem
Is Olmert Lying to Shas? By Amihai Zippor

(IHC News Analysis, 12 February 2008) According to a Jerusalem Post report, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has been holding secret talks with Palestinian negotiators over dividing Jerusalem. Livni’s office has not denied the reports and it is unclear if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been instructing her.Olmert had promised Shas that there would not be any discussions over Jerusalem until all other issues were resolved. The promise was made in order to keep Shas in the government at a time when the coalition is on its last legs and Olmert hopes to reach a final agreement with the Palestinians by the end of the year. However, on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 a top Shas official said the party is not optimistic on the matter but is waiting for Olmert to return from a trip to Germany to question him. We get the impression that Jerusalem is being discussed, Communication Minister Ariel Atias said.Olmert has to decide whether he wants Shas in the government or whether he wants what Livni is doing, Atias said. When the story broke early Monday Shas Chairman Eli Yishai told The Post, I will check the story and if it's true, Shas will leave the government.If it is true it will mean Olmert lied to Shas and will further deteriorate any credibility the beleaguered PM has with the people around him or the Israeli public. Israel Hasbara Committee, 12 February 2008.

A MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM DR. JACK VAN IMPE FEB 13,08

What about earthquakes, global crime, and the
many strange activities presently occurring in
space? How do these signs suggest that
Christ’s return is at hand?

Earthquakes

When they read Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, or Luke 21:11, some men foolishly observe, We've always had earthquakes. How can this be a sign? The Lord made this prediction around A.D. 30. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, from 1890 to 1930 there were only 8 quakes measuring 6.0 or larger. From 1930 to 1960, there were only 18. From 1960 to 1979, however; there were 64 killer quakes. And from 1980 to the present, there have been more than 200. Think of it! More than 200 major quakes in less than three decades-an earth-rattling reminder that the Rapture is near.

Crimes against Humanity

Christ went on to say in His pronouncement of signs, And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold (Matthew 24:12). What a portrait of modern-day America and the world! The U.S. Justice Department reports that about 30 percent or more of the nation's households are victimized by serious crime every year. The U.S. attorney general says that on average one of every sixteen American families is brutalized by violent crimes such as murder, rape, and aggravated assault. The FBI index also paints a grim picture, giving us the unsettling information that a murder occurs every twenty-four minutes, a forcible rape each seven minutes, a robbery every sixty-eight seconds, and an aggravated assault each fifty-one seconds. The total figures show that a violent crime is committed every twenty-seven seconds, a property crime every three seconds. Judge for yourself: Are things getting better or worse? The answer is obvious.

Signs in Space

Matthew 24:27-31 tells us: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 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: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

I quote from these scriptures in Matthew because many believers are confused by this scenario. It is important to note that the reference here is to the Revelation-the revealing of Christ to the entire world as He returns to earth as King of kings-not the Rapture. The elect mentioned in this text are the elect Israelites of Romans 11:28. He gathers them together from the four winds. Gentile believers are not listed with the twelve tribes who mourn as Christ returns. Again, these are Jewish signs pointing to Christ's coming as King of kings and LORD of lords. The people of the Tribulation Hour will know when the momentous event is near because Matthew 24:29 pinpoints the time: 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. The space signs are for the close of the Tribulation Hour. There is no way that they could point to the pretribulation Rapture, for we Christians will be gone when the dreadful bombardment of earth, probably with meteorites from space, occurs.

Luke adds to this account, And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 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 (Luke 21:25-26). These signs point to the close of the Tribulation Hour because they signal the return of the King to earth. Verse 27 adds, Then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. This describes the coming of Christ to set up His glorious millennial reign (Revelation 20:4).

Space signs, which are to take place at the conclusion of the Tribulation Hour or almost seven years after the believers' departure via the Rapture, are already showing partial fulfillment. Such feats as humans walking, driving, and planting a flag on the moon make us realize these signs are only for twentieth-century citizens-for you and me. If a person had made such a prediction at the turn of the century, he would have become a candidate for a mental hospital. Space activity has become so commonplace today that no one even talks about the first step Neil Armstrong took on the moon in 1969.

We have always had signs, some skeptics say. Nothing has changed. It's the same as it was in Grandma's day. My response to that ostrich stance is simply to get your head out of the sand and fix your eyes on the heavens. The Space Age is with us, and Christ's prophecies are occurring with such rapidity that only a hardened heart could doubt it. Each new venture will incorporate additional methods of placing the potentials of space on earth. Christ's astounding prophetic statements about space are beginning to fill the skies. Some scientists and space writers are raising the possibility that the next large-scale war could be fought entirely in space. This possibility means that Satan and his demonic hosts could use the world's inventions for the war of wars described in Revelation 12:7-9: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

The Signs and Space Phenomena

I believe the rash of reports about UFOs are connected with the spirit world. The question Is there life on other planets? is unimportant. There is life in the heavens, for they are full of live, demonic spirits. This could easily explain the thousands of saucer sightings in recent years. Ezekiel 1 and 2 Kings 2:11 talk about angels and chariots of fire. Whoever controls them is incidental. What is important is that these strange signs in space are prophesied for the latter days. Those days are now upon us and should make us realize the coming of the Savior is near.

Do Old Testament signs primarily
speak of Christ’s return to earth?
What about the signs
in the Epistles?

I am asked this question repeatedly. While the Old Testament and four Gospels are filled with scores of references to Christ's return or the Revelation, the Epistles also contain a rich storehouse of scripture that speaks about Christ's return to earth. Look at the description in 2 Timothy 3:1-5: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.Let's look at several of the signs-as recorded in the Epistles-concerning the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to earth.

Selfishness

Men shall be lovers of their own selves. What a picture of the hour in which we live. You do not need to watch CNN for more than a few minutes to understand that people are living a life dedicated to self. Moreover, it is not only unbelievers who live such lives. When church members are so busy satisfying their flesh with the world's goodies and pleasures that they have no time to pray or witness to lost souls-that is the height of selfishness. You will remember the Bible passage about the scribe who came to Jesus in Matthew 22:36-40 and said, Master, which is the great commandment... ? Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

How different are we today, really? We, too, are lovers of our own selves. A person might expect this attitude in the ungodly world of pagans, but how sad when it occurs among those who are supposedly of the family of God. As selfishness accelerates and becomes the central theme at the beginning of a new century, you can be sure it is a sign that the end of the age is near.

The Love of Money

In the first century, Peter could say, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee; In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk (Acts 3:6). Churches today have incredible wealth. We build huge buildings and enjoy elaborate campuses. Much of this is good. However it is also a problem for many ministries, because the tail is wagging the dog. Furthermore, money does not have the power to perform miracles. As we approach the return of Christ, we need to recognize that we are living in the Laodicean age. Revelation 3:15-16 declares, I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. God is saying, You lukewarm parishioners make Me sick! Why? Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked (v. 17).

In our churches, many regard themselves as upper crust. They have money, power, and influence. Many of these Christian elite personalities feel they are too important to help others or to carry out acts of kindness in the Savior's name-no time for anything except to earn a few more dollars. God declares, The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows (1 Timothy 6:10).

Pride

God says, Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up (James 4:10). Satan fell because of pride. Moreover millions more have followed in his wake. Imagine the gall Satan must have had to say, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High (Isaiah 14:13-14).

Satan has infiltrated the hearts of millions of Christians. A man with tears in his eyes once came to me and said, I was trying to win a young lady to Christ. She was poor and needy. Her parents are alcoholics. She was so destitute that all she had to wear was an old tattered dress. I took her to our church-a Bible-believing fellowship. When she and I walked down the aisle to our seats, I overheard a few snooty people behind me say, Why do they bring that kind of trash to our church! That kind of story breaks my heart, and I hope it breaks yours. However, if you feel your pedigree is better or more important than others, then I pray that God will speak to you and show you that you are one of the signs that Jesus Christ is coming again. Our Savior said, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls (Matthew 11:28-29).

Iran has capacity to produce nuclear arms: US intelligence
FEB 13,08

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Iran still possesses the capacity to produce nuclear weapons even though it may have stopped its atomic arms development program, a senior US intelligence official said Wednesday.Thomas Fingar, deputy US director of national intelligence for analysis, told a Congressional hearing that the Islamic republic continues to develop capabilities that could be swiftly adopted for production of nuclear weapons.We judge it has the technical and industrial capability to produce nuclear weapons, he told the House of Representatives armed services committee which held the hearing to make a global security assessment.Lawmakers were particularly keen to find out from senior intelligence officials who testified Wednesday the background behind a new intelligence report in December saying Iran halted its nuclear weapons drive in 2003 and that US charges about Tehran's atomic goals were overblown.The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a consensus view of all 16 US spy agencies, had also cautioned that Iran was keeping its nuclear options open, still bucked international demands to freeze uranium enrichment, and could have the technical ability to make a nuclear weapon sometime between 2010and 2015.

Asked by one lawmaker whether Iran, by continuing its uranium enrichment activities, was still within striking distance of developing a nuclear weapon, Fingar said, your logic point is that they have the capacity to resume a weapons program if they wanted to do so.He said the US time frame prediction for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon was based on an indigenous capability for enriching uranium, which could be used to make nuclear fuel but also to make fissile material for atomic bombs.The time frame could be shortened if they procure fissile material elsewhere, he said. It's the centrifuge program -- fissile material production -- which is the main variable, he said.Media reports have said Iran is testing advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, in flagrant defiance of UN resolutions to suspend all enrichment activity until the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog, can verify that such activities are entirely peaceful.Iran's refusal to suspend enrichment activities, in defiance of two sets of UN sanctions and the threat of a possible third, have fuelled western suspicions that Tehran is seeking to develop the atomic bomb. Iran insists it has an inalienable right to develop the technology to generate nuclear power to meet the energy needs of a growing population.

EU Diplomats: Iran Advancing Nuclear Program
By VOA News 13 February 2008

A general view shows the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in southern Iran (File) European Union diplomats say Iran has begun processing small amounts of uranium gas in a further step toward enhancing its nuclear capability.Unnamed diplomats told reporters Wednesday that Iran's new high-tech centrifuges are designed to enrich uranium by at least twice the rate of previous ones. Reuters quoted a diplomat as saying the move is a stunning rejection of repeated U.N. Security Council demands that Iran suspend sensitive nuclear activity.The Council has already imposed two sets of sanctions on Iran for its failure to suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons. Officials from Germany and the five permanent members of the Council recently agreed on the text of a resolution that will impose a third round of sanctions against Iran.Earlier Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian news agencies that Moscow disapproves of Iran's efforts to enrich uranium and develop rocket technology.

Lavrov says Iran's activities are not forbidden by international law. But he said recent years have shown there are a number of problems related to Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Lavrov warned Iran to refrain from actions that raise tensions and create the impression that Tehran is ignoring the decisions of the international community, the United Nations Security Council, and the IAEA.

Earlier this month, Iran announced it had test-launched a rocket that it said was designed to carry its first homemade research satellite into space.Washington and its allies accuse Iran of trying to master technology to build nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.Iran has been building its first nuclear power plant near the southern city of Bushehr. Officials say Russia has delivered enough nuclear fuel to run that plant, and that the facility will open later this year.Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

Israel, embassies on high alert after assassination of Terrorist No. 1 / Imad Mughniyah killed in Damascus By Barak Ravid, Yoav Stern, and Amos Harel , Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies

Israel denied yesterday any involvement in the assassination of Hezbollah's most senior military commander, Imad Mughniyah, 45, in an official statement issued by the Prime Minister's Bureau. However, Syria, Hezbollah and its patron Iran accused Israel of being behind the blast in Damascus, which killed the chief of operations of the Lebanese Shi'ite organization believed to be responsible for a decades-long series of mass terrorist attacks throughout the world.Washington welcomed the demise of Mughniyah, who is believed to be the mastermind, most famously, behind attacks on the Marines barracks in Beirut in 1983, as well as the hijacking of American citizens in Beirut during the 1980s. The assassination occurred late Tuesday night when the SUV Mughniyah had entered exploded in an upscale neighborhood of Damascus, not far from an Iranian educational institution. Mughniyah was implicated in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine and French peacekeeping barracks in Beirut, which killed over 350 people, as well as the 1992 bombing of the Israel Embassy, and the 1994 Jewish cultural center bombing, both in Buenos Aires. More than 100 people died in those two attacks. The United States indicted him for his role in planning and participating in the June 1985 hijacking of a U.S. TWA airliner and the shooting death of 23-year-old Navy diver Robert D. Stethem.

The world is a better place without this man in it, said State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack. He was a cold-blooded killer, a mass-murderer and a terrorist responsible for countless innocent lives lost.Israel considered Mughniyah responsible for the Hezbollah raids which captured Israeli soldiers, both at Har Dov in 2000 and in 2006, and also the key liaison between the organization and Iran. He was not only being targeted by Israel, but also by the Americans and many other parties, said former Mossad head Danny Yatom on Israel Radio. He was one of the terrorists with the most amount of intelligence agencies and states chasing him. He behaved with extreme caution for many years. It was impossible even to obtain his picture. He never appeared or spoke before the media. His identity was hidden. His steps were hidden, Yatom said. In an official statement, the Prime Minister's Bureau denied any involvement in the assassination adding that Israel learned from the Lebanese and Syrian media about the assassination of a senior Hezbollah figure, and is still examining relevant details. The statement also rejected the attempt by terrorist organizations to attribute to it any involvement in this incident. We have nothing further to add.Israel's denials do not seem to have affected the impression in the Arab world and Iran that its secret service was behind the killing. Anticipating the possibility that Hezbollah would try to carry out a major attack against Israeli or Jewish targets worldwide in response to the killing, Israel's security issued orders to embassies and delegations abroad to be on high alert. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammed Ali Hosseini, described the assassination as yet another example of state-sponsored terrorism, and the kind of organized crime promoted by Israel.

Describing Mughniyah's actions and period as a senior commander in Hezbollah as a golden age in the period of resistance against Israel, Hosseini said that the free nations will remember forever and with pride the path of this warrior martyr.Syria's reaction to the killing in its own capital of one of the world's most wanted terrorist masterminds was surprisingly muted. The Syrian media did not announce details of the assassination or the identity of the target until well after the news had been released by media in the Arab world. Initially the Syrian Interior Ministry stated that a man was killed in a blast in Damascus, but did not identify him. In the first official reaction, Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majeed condemned the attack as a terrorist act, and said that an investigation was under way. Syria condemns this cowardly terrorist act and presents its condolences to the Lebanese people and to the family of the martyr, the official SANA news agency quoted him as saying. Hezbollah also blamed Israel for the assassination. Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said yesterday that the killing is Israel's revenge for the defeat it suffered at the hands of the organization during the Second Lebanon War.

Hezbollah is set to hold an official funeral for Mughniyah in Beirut today at 2 PM, with the main event being a prerecorded address by the group's general secretary, Hassan Nasrallah. Yesterday, Mughniyah's coffin, draped in a Hezbollah flag and flanked by four men in military uniform, was displayed in a hall where his family and leaders of the Shi'ite group received condolences.

USA - CANADA STORMS

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.

Snow, ice pellets pummel Atlantic Canada
Wed Feb 13, 10:24 AM

PRINCE.EDWARD.ISLAND (CBC) - A blustery mix of snow and rain was forecast for much of Atlantic Canada Wednesday as another winter blast bears down on the region.Winter storm and rainfall warnings were issued for all of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.Environment Canada said a vigorous low pressure system is tracking across the Maritimes.Up to 20 centimetres of snow and ice pellets will fall across much of the region, followed by freezing rain, rain and blustery winds overnight.School boards announced closures across the region as they braced for the wintry mix of precipitation.Saint John running low on deicing supplies.In P.E.I., utility officials kept a close eye on the storm expected to hit the island late Wednesday in hopes of preventing a repeat of the ice storm in late January that left about one-third of island residents in the dark.Saint John officials, meanwhile, were warning residents to expect slippery roads because the city's salt and sand supplies were running out.

Wednesday's storm marked the 10th major winter storm to hit New Brunswick, leaving Saint John's stockpiles of road salt and sand extremely low, said city works director Shayne Galbraith.The storm was expected to push into Newfoundland and Labrador later Wednesday and early Thursday.Severe weather warnings were also in effect for parts of Quebec along the St. Lawrence River, Environment Canada said.Meanwhile in Central Canada, residents began breaking out the shovels after an additional 15 centimetres fell on parts of the already blanketed region.The southern half of Saskatchewan was under a blizzard warning and travel was not recommended in many areas on account of whiteout conditions.There were reports of some cancellations and delays at airports in Ottawa and Montreal, as well as slowdowns in Halifax, but no delays have been reported in Toronto.

Flood warning issued as storm blows through N.B.
Wed Feb 13, 9:42 AM

NEW.BRUNSWICK (CBC) - New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization has issued a flooding advisory for the southern part of the province.People living along streams and rivers in southern New Brunswick should be on alert as a storm passes through the province on Wednesday, said EMO officials.Environment Canada has issued weather warnings for all areas of the province.The 10th storm of the winter is expected to bring snow and ice pellets to northern New Brunswick while snow, rain and freezing rain are expected to hit the south Wednesday night.Water levels will rise because of the rain, said EMO, and higher temperatures over the coming days will likely break up ice and increase water flows.The northern part of the province is expected to receive 20 centimetres of snow and ice pellets, while the south could get 50 millimetres of rain.Cancellations of schools, church services and evening activities were occurring across the province on Wednesday.Many businesses and banks were reporting they would close in the early afternoon to allow employees to get home safely.Fredericton Transit has reported that the last buses on Wednesday will depart the city's main hub at Kingsplace at 3:15 p.m.The airports in Fredericton and Moncton were also reporting some delayed and cancelled flights.

10,000 homeless after Angola floods
Tue Feb 12, 1:56 PM

LUANDA (AFP) - More than 10,000 people have been forced from their homes and two thousand makeshift houses swept away by floods after heavy rain pounded parts of southern Angola, authorities said on Tuesday.Some of those displaced were being put up in tents at makeshift camps while others were being housed in schools in the provinces of Cunene, Namibe and Huila. But authorities said they unable to cope with the number of people who need to be rescued from the danger area. Right now there are people still trapped that cannot be rescued. We're sending new police reinforcements to take people from risk areas into safety, Eugenio Laborinho, commander of the National Protection Services, told reporters in the capital Luanda.We have passed from an abnormal situation to a case of calamity.The town of Ondjiva in Cunene Province saw the worst of the floods, with more than 9,000 people displaced.A resident in the area told AFP that the scale of the flooding was unprecedented.The town is under water. You see houses, cars parked in garages all sitting in the water. I have never seen rain like this, said Carlos Txiwissa.The southern provinces of Cunene, Huila, Namibe and Cuando Cubango have been worst hit by the intensive downpours which come after a lengthy drought.

Storms upset Miss. River ships, kill 1 Tue Feb 12, 9:06 PM ET

NEW ORLEANS - Tornadoes and other severe weather raked the Deep South on Tuesday, pushing Mississippi River ships around like toys, damaging homes and killing at least one person. A tornado near a hospital sucked up a woman who had just left after visiting, killing her, officials said.Several river vessels broke loose in the winds, said Port of New Orleans spokeswoman Cynthia Swain. A freighter docked at the Andry Street Wharf was pushed across the river and collided with two vessels downstream.The Coast Guard also said a ship was grounded on the riverbank. There were no indications of serious levee damage, and the ship was not sinking, said Chris Bonura, another spokesman for the port.The river remained open, and there were no reports of injuries, Swain said.

A woman was killed by a tornado after leaving the Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence, La., at the height of the storm against advice, said Sherre Pack-Hookfin, the hospital's acting administrator.Falling trees damaged more than two dozen vehicles parked at the hospital, and an equipment storage trailer was flipped on its side. The National Weather Service confirmed it was a tornado, one of several reported throughout the afternoon.

A possible tornado damaged a condominium complex in Florida's Cocoa Beach, near Kennedy Space Center, said Brevard County Fire and Rescue. No serious injuries were reported, and shuttle operations were not affected, authorities said.Homes were damaged in Hinds County, Miss., said Lea Stokes, spokeswoman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Thousands of customers lost power at points in Mississippi.The storms follow catastrophic weather last week that produced the deadliest tornado outbreak in years, though that was to the north of Tuesday's track.

Icy storm blows through Northeast By JESSICA M. PASKO, Associated Press FEB 13,08

ALBANY, N.Y. - A powerful winter storm spread more than a half-foot of snow across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, closing hundreds of schools and switching off the lights for thousands of homes and businesses. The Maine Legislature called off its session for the day and federal agencies opened two hours late in Washington. The Army's Fort Drum in northern New York state canceled all outdoor physical fitness training.The National Weather Service reported 10 inches of snow in Maine at Auburn and Lisbon Falls, 8.5 inches at Fitchburg, Mass., and up to 6 inches in eastern New York state, where ice was up to a half-inch thick. Winter storm warnings were in effect for much of New England and northern New York state, along with flood warnings in wide areas as heavy rain combined with melting snow.Combined snow and sleet accumulations could reach a foot in parts of northern New York, the weather service said.The storm system had been blamed for at least 14 deaths since Monday.The storm pummeled much of the Ohio Valley with ice and snow on Tuesday as it followed a northeasterly track toward New England. Precipitation in New England started as snow, changed over to sleet and freezing rain, and was expected to change completely to rain during the day. Farther south, rain soaked the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to the New York metropolitan area.

I guess we wouldn't be here (the Northeast) if it bothered us, Peter Rossi said as he had breakfast in Albany, N.Y. The big deal with the weather like this is the other guy you have to watch out for on the roads. Everyone's got a different driving style. Utilities reported power outages affecting about 20,000 homes and businesses in New Jersey, more than 8,000 in New York's Hudson Valley, about 21,000 in Connecticut, more than 5,400 in West Virginia, 2,500 in Maine and more than 27,000 in Maryland. More than 10,000 customers still had no power Wednesday in southwest Missouri, where the ice struck on Monday.This snow may be heavy and sticky, and after the changeover there could be significant icing in some areas — this kind of weather can be hard on our system, said Central Maine Power Co. spokesman John Carroll.Many flights in and out of Portland International Jetport were canceled Wednesday morning, and bus services reported cancellations and delays. Philadelphia International Airport reported numerous cancelations and delays, and ice and freezing rain shut down Connecticut's Bradley International Airport at Hartford for nearly five hours during the morning.Weather-related delays averaged nearly five hours during the morning at the New York area's La Guardia Airport and nearly three hours at Newark International Airport, said Arlene Salac-Murray, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Three buildings collapsed under the weight of the wet snow in New Hampshire, but no injuries were reported.The storm was adding to this winter's already impressive snowfall totals in Maine. Through Tuesday, Portland had received 71.5 inches, far above the 43.6 inch average for the date, the weather service said. Last year at this time, only 15.7 inches had fallen in Portland. In far northern Maine, more than 125 inches of snow has fallen this season at Caribou.The storm system had been blamed for one death in Louisiana, one in New Jersey, three in Kentucky, two in Missouri on Monday, six in West Virginia, and one in Philadelphia.Associated Press writers Jim Salter in St. Louis, Ben Dobbin in Rochester, N.Y., William Kates in Syracuse, N.Y. and Karen Matthews in New York City contributed to this report.

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.

Wildfires in rain-starved Carolinas, Va., burn homes, force evactates Sun Feb 10, 9:33 PMBy Page Ivey, The Associated Press

CONWAY, S.C. - Wind-whipped wildfires chased churchgoers from worship, forced hundreds of residents to flee homes and closed highways across the rain-starved Carolinas and Virginia on Sunday. At least one business and an unknown number of homes and small structures were damaged by a blaze near the South Carolina coast, though no injuries were reported, authorities said. About 60 homes were briefly evacuated Sunday afternoon as the blaze sent smoke billowing above Conway, a city of about 11,000 people about 25 kilometres northwest of Myrtle Beach. The flames were at the top of the trees and I could feel the heat, said Lewis Cooper, 37, who fled the fire. In North Carolina, winds gusting up to 100 kilometres an hour in some areas toppled trees and power lines and also fanned brush fires. The Willow Spring Free Will Baptist church in Cleveland, N.C., just south of Raleigh, was holding a worship service when a fire forced it to evacuate, the town's Fire Chief Chris Ellington said. The church was spared any damage as high winds whipped the flames across 20 hectares, burning two empty barns and threatening about 20 homes, Ellington said. No injuries were reported. Hundreds of western Virginia homes were under a mandatory evacuation as wildfires spread. High winds took down trees and knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
Gov. Timothy Kaine declared a state of emergency and activated the Virginia National Guard to help fight wildfires. Bedford County issued an evacuation order for the Montvale area after a wildfire grew up to more than 200 hectares by Sunday, said county spokesman Bill Hoy.

Since then, more than 50-kilometre-an-hour winds created so much smoke that gauging the fire's size became impossible. The number of people affected by the evacuation was not immediately known. An elementary school was set up as an evacuation centre. In South Carolina, Horry County Fire Rescue spokesman Todd Cartner said the fire burned up to 80 hectares of forest before it was contained just north of Conway. More than 100 firefighters battling the blaze were frustrated by wind gusts of up to 50 km/h that sent the flames jumping over parts of one highway. A fire destroyed a consignment shop before firefighters could douse the flames. Joseph Schell got word about evacuations from one neighbour and, as smoke made it difficult to breathe, told another: Get your dogs, get in your car and get out of here.Schell, 37, drove his wife, three children and husky named Jessica to a Baptist church being used as a shelter. On the way, he said he saw firefighters dousing flames as they swept across yards. Several hours later, after the evacuation order was lifted, the family planned to either get back into their home or spend the night at a friend's motel. Red Cross officials planned to keep the shelter open in case people could not get back into their homes. The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported a brush fire reduced visibility to zero on Interstate 85 in northern part of the state, forcing police to reroute traffic onto a secondary highway.

All of North Carolina was under a red flag warning, meaning outdoor burning is prohibited. The warning stems from the passage of a strong cold front that whipped up the strong winds. The eastern half of South Carolina was under a red flag fire warning Sunday, with winds gusting up to 50 km/h and low humidity, the U.S. National Weather Service said. The ground also is dry, which creates dangerous wildfire conditions. Across South Carolina, 106 forest fires were reported by Sunday evening, state officials said.