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AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)

EZEKIEL 39:21
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

ISAIAH 18:1-2
1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

JEREMIAH 50:11,37,12
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;(BACKSLIDERS)
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.(A NATION OF MINGLED PEOPLE)
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed:(MOTHER ENGLAND) behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

JEREMIAH 51:13,7,53
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

REVELATION 18:3,5,7
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:9-11,15-21
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,(NUKE ATTACK I BELIEVE)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

REVELATION 8:8-9
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

ARCTIC SEA
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Black opps,Arctic Sea,Nukes,Canary islands Quote Russians loose ship Arctic Sea,may have been pirates or CIA,Mossad types dressed as pirates.ship may have contained nukes.did they drop any off in the Canary Islands? and would a nuke do the job an earth quake or eruption would cause??

A future eruption would be likely to cause a landslide on the western flank of Cumbre Vieja. A block of rock approximately twice the volume of the Isle of Man would break off, travelling into the sea at a speed of up to 350 kilometres per hour. The disintegration of the rock, this earlier study predicted, would produce a debris avalanche deposit extending 60 kilometres from the island. The energy released by the collapse would be equal to the electricity consumption of the entire United States in half a year.The new model - which provides further insights into the consequences of the collapse - predicts that the landslide would create an exceptionally large tsunami with the capability to travel great distances and reaching speeds of up to 800 kilometres per hour. Immediately after Cumbre Vieja's collapse a dome of water 900 metres high and tens of kilometres wide will form only to collapse and rebound. As the landslide continues to move underwater a series of wave crests and troughs are produced which soon develop into a tsumani wave train which fuels the waves progress. After only 10 minutes, the model predicts, the tsunami will have moved a distance of almost 250 kilometres.The greatest effects are predicted to occur north, west and south of the Canaries. On the West Saharan shore waves are expected to reach heights of 100 metres from crest to trough and on the north coast of Brazil waves over 40 metres high are anticipated. Florida and the Caribbean, the final destinations in the North Atlantic to be affected by the tsunami, will have to brace themselves for receiving 50-metre high waves - higher than Nelson's column in London, some 8 to 9 hours after the landslide. Towards Europe waves heights will be smaller, but substantial tsunami waves will hit the Atlantic coasts of Britain, Spain Portugal and France.For tsunamis striking flat-lying coastline regions such as Florida, calculating the inundation distance - the extent to which water penetrates inland taking the form of fast moving floods after waves break - is crucial to assessing potential damage. Dr. Day and his colleagues estimate inundation distances in the region of several kilometres from the coast. Accurate estimates of the scale of economic loss are yet to be made but are thought to be in the multi-trillion USD range.

HERES DOUGS 1ST STORY WHEN HE PUTS PART 2 UP I WILL ADD IT.

Is Russia setting the stage for a nuclear apocalypse?

I can’t say anything about the roots of this story and I don’t plan to dig further… I need to think about my own skin too. Understand that as you will.–Mikhail Voitenko, editor of the Russian maritime Bulletin Sovfrakht., speaking about the hijacking of the Arctic Sea By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director, & Sean Osborne, Military Affairs Specialist.

24 August 2009: While it might seem like an unusual morphing of the movies Inside Man and The Hunt for Red October, the account of the cargo ship Arctic Sea is far stranger than either fictional account. Based on information developed through our extensive investigation, we can authoritatively state, without hyperbole, that the mysteries surrounding the MV Arctic Sea are as deep as the Atlantic waters where it navigated and its alleged secret cargo as potentially dangerous to an unsuspecting, distracted populace as the coastal rip tides produced by a late summer hurricane.

Imagine a 4,000 ton, 100 meter commercial cargo ship, manned by a crew of 15, equipped with an automatic identification system (AIS), a satellite navigation beacon, and state of the art communication equipment, including satellite phones and the cellular telephones of the crew, laden with $1.2 - $1.8 million of cut lumber and manned by a crew of 15, suddenly and inexplicably disappearing completely off the grid for two weeks - allegedly at the hands of eight-(8) hijackers or pirates. Now, imagine the pirate attack of this low value target taking place in a busy transit area that has not seen an act of piracy since the 17th century.That’s what reportedly transpired with the Arctic Sea, a Russian managed commercial cargo ship sailing under a Maltese flag and owned by the Finnish company Arctic Sea Ltd. The Russian management is from a sister company based in the Russian city of Arkhangelsk that reportedly provides technical support to the company and its sole vessel. Arkhangelsk is also the home of the 15 man crew of the Arctic Sea.Now imagine a search for the missing vessel launched by numerous assets from the Russian Black Sea fleet in conjunction with NATO, the use of satellites and other forms of surveillance, and a rescue mission that ultimately secured the ship, rescued its crew and captured the alleged hijackers or pirates. Except this was no ordinary rescue of the crew and arrest of the hijackers. Some of the crew and all of the hijackers, including one who was later identified as a fisherman who supposedly died three years ago, were transported together by the Russians to a high security Moscow prison where they are being held incommunicado.

Next, imagine an investigation of the incident that has involved law enforcement from 20 countries, 3 intelligence agencies, and British nuclear response team - so far, all of which has been conducted under an unprecedented level of secrecy. Added to that shroud of secrecy are various bits of disinformation - news articles - that have been intentionally seeded to a non-inquiring media through Russian and other diplomatic sources.Now finally, imagine the majority of those of us in the West having never even heard of this hijacking, the hijacked ship, its recovery, the rescue of crew and the arrest of the hijackers. The latter, of course is easier to imagine. The media minimalism can be attributed to a combination of government secrecy and a shortage of journalists willing to investigate an incident that has national and international security implications, rather than the more salacious and better selling celebrity debauchery.The security implications pertaining to this incident are indeed ominous as they appear to directly relate to either a clandestine program of arming an enemy of the United States and Israel with nuclear weaponry or something far more sinister and conspiratorial. While the final chapter of this intriguing tale of high-stakes international nuclear smuggling has yet to be written, one thing has already been established: a global end-game scenario is being constructed while most of the world sleeps.

The adventures of the MV Arctic Sea

It began in June, when the Arctic Sea underwent about two-weeks of repairs at the Pregol shipyard in Kaliningrad, which is a Russian enclave situated between Poland and Lithuania. It is the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and a notorious area for smuggling of everything from drugs to weapons.According to intelligence reports following the alleged disappearance of the vessel - reports independently confirmed by this author through direct inquiries with U.S. and Israeli intelligence sources, the repairs were not repairs at all, but a very extensive project that involved completely dismantling and rebuilding the ship’s bulkhead to special military-like specifications. This was done to accommodate what was described by these intelligence officials as very expensive and very deadly cargo.Following the extensive renovation of the vessel, the Arctic Sea is anchored in Pietarsaari, on the West Coast of Finland to pick up its cargo of sawn timber that is reportedly destined for Algeria. The value of the cargo of timber is reported to be between $1.2and $1.8 million.On July 23, 2009, the Arctic Sea, flying the Maltese Flag, departed Pietarsaari with a crew of 15. It is scheduled to arrive at the port of Bejaia, Algeria on August 4, 2009. The ship reportedly has food supplies for a 45-day voyage and enough fuel for 40 days of cruising at sea.Within 24 hours of its departure, the vessel is reportedly boarded by force in the early morning hours of July 24 near the Swedish island of Gotland. According to various sources, including some open source news reports, the crew was held, beaten and interrogated for 12 hours by eight-(8) armed attackers.Some reports suggest that the masked attackers posed as Swedish drug police who spoke English with an unidentified accent.Other reports indicate that the alleged hijackers, who approached the vessel in an inflatable style boat, did so under the pretext of distress aboard their boat.

What exactly happened aboard the Arctic Sea at this point remains unclear, as both public and private sources offer somewhat differing accounts. Some sources indicate that there were as many as 12 hijackers, with perhaps four leaving the Arctic Sea in the inflatable assault craft. Other sources, including some post-event news accounts, reported that all of these particular the attackers left the Arctic Sea within 12 hours of their initial attack. Based on our independent research, the latter account appears questionable at best.What is consistent, however, are reports that the vessel’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) was turned off by someone aboard the vessel. A ship’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an interactive transponder that provides detailed information about the ship, somewhat similar to the black box of an aircraft by comparison.The fact that the AIS system was switched off is critical to this event. Accounts of the ship’s AIS also comes into play later when sources indicate that is was actually removed from the vessel altogether. While some might contend that disabling this device is not impossible, all agree that it takes quite a bit of knowledge to do so. Removing it and making it functional on another ship requires even more specialized knowledge and ability. Simultaneously, the signal from the Arctic Sea’s satellite navigation beacon disappeared.It is the unanimous opinion of all intelligence sources that only those having very specialized knowledge are capable of incapacitating this beacon.In any case, news of the incident of alleged piracy or hijacking and of the ship’s disappearance from the grid would remain a virtual secret for the next 4-5 days. Even more curiously, on July 28, four days after the boarding of the hostiles, the Arctic Sea reportedly made routine contact with the Dover Coastguard as it entered the English Channel.

It appears that the next odd transmission by the Arctic Sea set off alarm bells” of certain British maritime officials. According to both published and private sources, a short time after making the contact with Dover, the Arctic Sea reported the armed boarding of their vessel by the alleged Swedish drug police to the Helsinki police authorities, telling the Helsinki officials that everything was fine and they would follow-up with them after completing their journey.The alleged boarding of the Arctic Sea by fake Swedish drug police, the subsequent and very delayed reporting of that event and that the crew was fine despite the extended detention and beatings, the disabling of the ship’s AIS, and altogether inconsistent reports from and about the ship sent up red flags that something was definitely awry aboard the Arctic Sea.

Suddenly, on July 30, 2009, a brief AIS signal was received from the Arctic Sea. At 1:29 AM Greenwich Mean Time, it was as if someone activated the AIS, only to have it turned off again minutes later. At this point, the ship basically vanished from the grid. The signal from the AIS placed the Arctic Sea between southwest England and France at that time.Although there were no further electronic signals from the Arctic Sea, European maritime officials reported receiving radio calls from the Arctic Sea alleging yet a second attack against the ship off the Portuguese coast between July 31 and August 2, 2009. Intelligence sources interviewed by this author verified the allegation but openly questioned their veracity.The following day, the company that insures the vessel allegedly received a ransom demand. Vladimir Dushin, vice-president of Renaissance Insurance, alleges that the company was contacted by telephone by an English-speaking caller who demanded $1.5 million or the crew of the Arctic Sea would be shot and the ship sunk. It was at this point that Interpol issued their initial hijacking alert for the Arctic Sea.

On August 4, 2009, the Arctic Sea failed to arrive at Bejaia as scheduled.

It was not until August 12, 2009, and only after public pressure by the families of the crew that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the Russian navy deployed in the Atlantic to locate the vessel and orders the military to take all necessary measures to recover the ship and its crew. On August 14, 2009, with many searching for the missing vessel, the Arctic Sea is reportedly sighted 500 miles off the Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa, according to French defense officials.The next day, transmissions from the Arctic Sea’s AIS placed the ship in the Bay of Biscay. Despite the AIS signature marking its location, France announced that there was no cargo ship in the area. Interestingly and perhaps quite significantly, it was announced that the signal was coming from one of the three Russian Navy ships in that area.On August 15, 2009, a joint Russia-NATO operation is officially launched to track and locate the Arctic Sea. It is at this point that reports begin to circulate among maritime and intelligence officials that this might not be a hijacking after all, and that the ship could be carrying some type of special cargo. Certain maritime security professionals, who have been following this incident closely, suggest that the Arctic Sea could be involved in the transporting of nuclear materials. These reports are immediately dismissed by Finnish authorities and other diplomatic officials.

The Arctic Sea is Located

On Monday, August 17, 2009, (2200 BST August 16), nearly 2 weeks after it was scheduled to arrive in Algeria, the Arctic Sea was located 300 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Verde by the Russian navy frigate Ladny. According to official reports, the eight unarmed hijackers were found aboard the ship along with all of the crew. While published reports of the naval rescue suggest that the hijackers threw their weapons overboard as the Russians approached, intelligence sources have indicated that there is nothing to indicate that the alleged hijackers were armed. Additionally, no evidence was found to suggest that the crew of the Arctic Sea was beaten as initially reported.The following public statements made at a news conference and reported in Russia Today by Mikhail Voitenko, the editor of the online Maritime Bulletin-Sovfracht on August 17, 2009 therefore appear to make sense when considered through the maze of details surrounding the disappearance and recovery of the Arctic Sea:The fact is that it was not a criminal assault, it was not an act of piracy, and what exactly it was we don’t know. The vessel had all the necessary modern means of communication and emergency alarms, and was located in waters where regular mobile telephones work. To hijack the vessel so that no one makes a peep - not one alarm goes off - can you imagine how that could be? I can’t.

Voitenko, whose company Sovfracht specializes in anti-piracy security consulting, also said the hijacking was beyond the means of ordinary pirates.The operation cost more than the cargo and ship combined.Declining to elaborate any further, Voitenko suggested that the ship’s cargo might not be drugs or arms, but something much more expensive and dangerous.He added:It seems some third party didn’t want this transit to be fulfilled so they made this situation highly sophisticated and very complicated.So, what exactly was on the MV Arctic Sea, what was the intended destination of that secret cargo, and where is it now? Our intelligence sources from the U.S. to the UK and Israel have provided critical and unsettling insight into these questions. Their answers paint a very disturbing picture of state-sanctioned nuclear arms smuggling that will likely set the stage for an apocalyptic, end-game scenario ripped directly from the Book of Revelation. The consequences of such a scenario, allowed to continue without interdiction or exposure, could forever change the balance of power, if not the actual global geographical landscape itself.

Part II will be published tomorrow.

Reference: Arctic Sea Events Timeline

June 2009: The Arctic Sea undergoes repairs at the Pregol shipyard in Kaliningrad, which is a Russian enclave situated between Poland and Lithuania. It is the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and a notorious area for smuggling of everything from drugs to weapons. According to intelligence reports following the alleged disappearance of the vessel, the repairs were not repairs at all, but an extensive project that involved completely dismantling the ship’s bulkhead to accommodate some type of additional special cargo.

20 July 2009: The vessel is anchored in Pietarsaari on the West Coast of Finland to pick up its cargo of sawn timber worth $1.8 million.

23 July 2009: The Arctic Sea, flying the Maltese Flag, leaves Pietarsaari with a crew of 15 for the port of Bejaia in Algeria with a projected arrival date of August 4, 2009. The ship has food supplies for a 45-day voyage and enough fuel for 40 days of cruising.

24 July 2009: According to a number of various sources, the vessel is forcibly boarded in the early morning near the Swedish island of Gotland. Initial reports suggested that the crew was held, beaten and interrogated for 12 hours by eight-(8) armed attackers.Some reports suggest that the masked attackers posed as Swedish drugs police who spoke English with an accent.Some reports indicate that these are the men who have been arrested for the hijacking, although it was previously reported that the attackers left the Arctic Sea within 12 hours of their initial attack.Other reports indicate that the hijackers forced the crew to change course and turned off the vessel’s navigation equipment (AIS), while others suggest the AIS was remotely turned off. Interestingly, news of this incident would remain a virtual secret for the next five-(5) days. By the time the Swedish report of the attack emerged, the ship had already passed through the English Channel.

28 July 2009: The Arctic Sea reportedly makes routine contact with the Dover Coastguard as it enters the English Channel. A short time later, the same day managers of the Malta flagged and Russian owned ship Arctic Sea report the armed boarding to the Helsinki police authorities.

30 July 2009: The last signal from the vessel’s automatic identification system (AIS) placed the Arctic Sea between southwest England and France. at 1:29 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on July 30, the ship’s signal vanished.

31 July - 2 August 2009: European maritime officials report receiving radio calls from the Arctic Sea alleging a second attack off the Portuguese coast.

3 August 2009: According to published reports, Vladimir Dushin, vice-president of Renaissance Insurance, alleges that the company was contacted by telephone by an English-speaking caller who demanded $1.5 million or the crew of the Arctic Sea would be shot and the ship sunk.Interpol issues an initial hijacking alert for the Arctic Sea.

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Is Russia setting the stage for a nuclear apocolypse? [Part II]By Doug Hagmann SEPT 4,09 2:50PM

Preface

Our investigation into the Arctic Sea incident has taken some unexpected and incredibly complex twists and turns, uncovering information far beyond anything reported in the media or by officials speaking publicly about this incident. To be certain, raw clarity of the event is deliberately elusive and layers of secrecy shrouding the Arctic Sea are being constructed faster than they can be removed. Some who have attempted to shed light on this mystery by investigating the official Russian line have been threatened or forced to flee for their lives, such as Mikhail Voitenko, the editor of Sovfracht, an online maritime journal.

Mikhail Voitenko-News regarding the Arctic Sea had been breaking at a rapid pace, although the Western media still had quite a lot of catching up to do when their focus was derailed by the sun setting on Camelot. Nearly all media accounts about the possibility of the Arctic Sea carrying suspicious and potentially dangerous cargo are meager in collective content and barely scratch the surface of this ongoing mystery. The mystery is as truly ongoing as the Arctic Sea vessel remains at sea somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, under tow from Cape Verde as of this writing.

Our ongoing investigation into this incident has been extensive and exhaustive. Despite the comprehensive nature of our report, the final chapters have yet to be written. Nonetheless, during the course of our research and investigation into the incident of the Arctic Sea, we’ve uncovered - and in some instances inadvertently stumbled upon - the existence of government sponsored or sanctioned illegal activities on a global level. In this case, we believe we’ve identified a trail of multi-billion-dollar black-market nuclear sales to terrorists and foreign regimes by those within the Russian government. Most disturbingly, however, is that it appears that such activity not only involves individuals and groups within the Russian government, but appears to exist on a larger scale and involves even some within our own government.During the course of this investigation, we have found what could be characterized as a footprint of an international network of weapons smuggling involving both conventional and non-conventional weaponry that is essentially hidden in plain sight. This network has been in existence for many years and is quite complex in its structure. As is necessary with this type of an operation, a concurrent infrastructure for money laundering is also in place. Much like one aspect of the now infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal, a covert financial network must be in place in order for the weapons smuggling to work, the sellers to be paid, and a method for the buyers to secretly remit payment.

This international infrastructure of weapons smuggling and money laundering has existed for many years, and seems to be constantly evolving into maturity. In fact, our investigative findings suggest that portions of the same network in use by those involved the Arctic Sea could be tied to a network of support and financing of the 9/11 attacks. We realize that such claims are extraordinary, and that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence to be considered legitimate. Although we are not able to supply copies of bills of lading, hidden bank account numbers, or transaction dates, (at least of this writing), we believe that we have uncovered enough evidence to satisfy the requirements of a prima facie case by definition.

Beginning with Part II of this report and henceforth, we will lay out the evidence we have obtained. We ask for patience in return, as this matter is quite complex and admittedly, difficult to follow at times. Nonetheless, we will do our best to connect the dots that include seemingly unconnected, random events, including but not limited to various international banking scandals, sudden deaths of individuals (private and government officials) involved or at the periphery of this network of corruption and conspiracy, corruption within the UN, Iran, Russia, rogue terrorist regimes, globalists and their elected puppets, and even the attacks of September 11, 2001.In order to fully comprehend how the events involving the Arctic Sea vessel could even remotely have any link to 9/11, it is necessary to view the video or read the transcripts of the deposition of Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator and whistleblower.Interestingly, the deposition of Ms. Edmonds was brought about not by an inquest into the events of 9/11, but as a result of complaints filed by Ohio Second District Congresswoman Jean Schmidt of Cincinnati against independent candidate David Krikorian. In a rather ironic twist, her deposition was a product of a lawsuit filed by Schmidt over allegations made about contributions to her by the Turkish lobby.To the best of her ability while still constrained by her security classification with the U.S. government, Ms. Edmonds provides critical insight into the domestic side of this clandestine network, but admittedly only a very narrow portion during her two-hour deposition. Although her testimony primarily relates to a Turkish group, our research and investigation found the template is the same for similar groups, countries and individuals on a global scale.We have also found that some of those individuals identified by Ms. Edmonds have also appeared on our radar as well. These are the financiers and benefactors of ongoing wars and terrorism, while holding positions of political power either as elected or appointed officials, lobbyists, bankers, or their close associates.

During her deposition, Ms. Edmonds skillfully manages to identify a number of U.S. officials, agencies, and industries who are involved with this network and ultimately dealing with terrorist regimes, either by choice or through compulsion. Such revelations actually stem from her very limited tenure within the FBI - mere months, in fact, yet she was able to identify threats to the U.S. from within. One reason such a feat is possible, aside from the hubris of those involved, stems from a veil of protection that has existed within our government for some time. From the Warren Commission to the 9/11 Commission and lesser investigative bodies in between, appointments of independent investigators and prosecutors were selectively made, often by those targeted by the investigators themselves.Therefore, the video deposition of Sibel Edmonds on 8 August 2009, available at The Brad Blog is required viewing in order to fully understand the network that ties the current events of the Arctic Sea with the attacks against America. If time permits, we recommend viewing the entire deposition. Alternatively, for a crash course in understanding how, for example, individuals within our own government might be compelled to help adverse foreign interests, visit The Brad Blog, scroll to the second panel (continuation of direct questioning) and advance to the six-minute mark. For the next several minutes, Ms. Edmonds describes the methodology used by foreign interests against those who can be easily compromised.Unsurprisingly, Ms. Edmonds refers to the U.S. State Department at key times in her deposition. This is not by accident; her testimony provides a glimpse into the globalist leanings of key diplomats that have infiltrated that agency.

The Arctic Sea: Part of a serial of weapons proliferation?

State Secrets & State Secrets Privilege.Remember those words, as they have been used many times to keep illegal activity of cabals within governments - our and others - hidden in plain sight.It is reasonable to ask how we, as investigators not associated with or having the assets of the U.S. government could possibly uncover an international weapons smuggling operation having ties to a global network of rogue nations, terrorist regimes and even members of our own government when others are more equipped to do so or are given the task to do so have not done so. The simple answer is that in many cases, they have. Such information is routinely and effectively kept from public disclosure by invoking State Secrets Privilege.Just as in the case involving 9/11 and the testimony of Sibel Edmonds’ regarding domestic elements of a global network, an article published on 22 August 2009 by the Telegraph (UK) contains a vital statement that is buried in the next to the last paragraph:Crew members have told Russian news reporters that they have been told not to disclose state secrets,while well-informed Russian marine journalists have said they are now wary of commenting further on the case.That reference has been made on numerous occasions since that article appeared, and has been used to keep the details of an unsavory situation under wraps. It also explains the many discrepancies between the obvious and what is being disclosed by other countries, including Russia.There is an old detective joke that ultimately ends with a suspect caught red handed uttering the statement who are you going to believe, me or your lying eyes?That statement is certainly applicable to this state-sponsored black op involving the Arctic Sea and its hidden cargo even as this report is being written.

To unlock at least some of the mysteries of the Arctic Sea, one must not be so myopic to confine the investigation to this specific vessel, its recent or present day erratic travels and alleged hijacking, nor to this one event. Doing so is akin to focusing on one piece of evidence at a complex crime scene and attempting to come up with a scenario that fits such a narrow focus. It simply does not tell the entire story, and in some instances, causes one to arrive at the wrong conclusions by an incorrect analysis of the evidence.Further, by keeping one’s focus on the Arctic Sea is also like focusing an entire investigation on one victim and one crime scene of a serial crime spree. The events alone are much too narrow and misleading to provide an accurate picture of the enormity of the crime. This explains why some aspects of the Arctic Sea, when viewed outside of the context of an ongoing, larger and more complex global network do not seem to make sense. It is only when one understands the larger picture does the explanation of events relating to the Arctic Sea begin to conform to reason.Having moved well beyond and discounting many of the scenarios published in the main stream media, our investigation readily determined that this was not an attack by pirates or what one would consider a typical hijacking by pirates, has nothing to do with drug smuggling, smuggling of traditional weapons, the Russian mafia (in its most obvious sense) or a commercial dispute. That the media would even spend any time whatsoever on such explanations clearly illustrates their inept investigative ability, and provides a working example of the deliberate dissemination of misinformation or disinformation emanating from government officials.Careful analysis of all available evidence - direct and indirect, tangible and anecdotal, combined with intelligence sources from three countries - indicates that the Arctic Sea is merely one chess piece in a high-stakes globalist game that continues to be played out on the world stage. This globalist game involves the quest for power and ultimate control by nations and nationalists in the darkest and deepest operational plans that few even realize exist. It exposes raw information that might hold answers to troublesome questions that surround the motives and clandestine activities of countries including but not limited to Russia and Iran, and even cabals structured within such organizations as the United Nations and NATO. Also, unlikely as it would seem, it connects certain agencies of our own government and certain officials - again, either willingly or through compulsion, to this globalist agenda.The scenario played out -and continues to play out - like the plot of a Brad Thor novel. Therefore, unraveling the complex mystery of the Arctic Sea must be done one step at a time in order to understand the gravity of its implications and the potential global ramifications not only involving this ship and shipment, but other shipments as well as those individuals behind it.

First, one must ask what is so special about this ship and its cargo.

Mysterious Cargo

Perhaps the closest to anyone in the media answering the question about the ship’s cargo was detailed on August 26, 2009 in this report in the Asia Times by writer Cristina Batog. In that article, Batog cites a posting from a former Russian military officer identified as Vladimir Filin who operates a Russian language website based in the Ukraine. Filin postulates that the Arctic Sea was carrying four X-55 strategic cruise missiles intended for Iran. According to Filin, writes Batog, the missiles are to be used against Israel in an Iranian counterstrike. Sean Osborne, military affairs expert with the Northeast Intelligence Network, dismisses this theory in the following analysis:Most astute intelligence assets who track the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems knew that the Islamic Republic of Iran received 12 Kh-55 Granat (X-55) 200kT nuclear cruise missiles from Russia via the Ukraine in 2001.I originally reported that six Kh-55 were transferred to Iran and six went to the People’s Republic of China, but the fact that all 12 made it to Iran was subsequently confirmed. As I noted in my original article [LINK], Janes Intelligence Digest reported there is … mounting evidence to suggest that the sale of missiles to Iran was undertaken with the assistance of the Russian security services.[This report] would make sense if it reported the MV Arctic Sea was being utilized in the transfer of state-of-the-art the 200kT warheads for the 12 Kh-55s Iran already has.In other words, the cargo most likely consisted of tactical nuclear weapons, just not the type identified by that published report. Mr. Osborne further notes that tactical nuclear weapons are not subject to limits or legitimate monitoring under existing arms control agreements between the U.S. and Russia. Accordingly, they would be the most readily subjected to such black market proliferation. Combining that with the extensive work done on the bulkhead of the vessel, it is reasonable to identify such nuclear devices as the mysterious cargo.

Further substantiation can be found within a March 5, 2009 report issued by the Federation of American Scientists, TNWs are the most easy [for terrorists or proxies] to run away with.Another report from NTI states, Their (TNWs) small size and the absence of electronic locks or Permissive Action Links (PALs) on older versions contribute to their vulnerability to theft and unauthorized use.The yield of TNWs has been estimated by the atomic scientific community to range from a 100 ton high explosive yield to variable yield weapons that range from the tens to several hundreds of kilotons.The high-end of this range is multiple times of that which utterly destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The analysis provided by Mr. Osborne is the result of extensive intelligence collection based on his military and intelligence experience, and is consistent with the very latest information obtained from our intelligence assets in the United States, Great Britain and Israel. In fact, information obtained by this author during the very early hours of 27 August 2009 further confirms the specific nuclear nature of the cargo.There is, however, one very important element contained within Filin’s postulations as reported by Ms. Batog.That is that the various shipments of nuclear armaments and related material from Russia to Iran have been ongoing for the last several years despite the absence of any substantiating published reports. Our own intelligence sources have confirmed this as fact, which is consistent with our reference to serial weapons proliferation.

It is important not to confuse Iran’s own nuclear program with their black market activities. While there are reports that Iran’s indigenous nuclear program is rapidly progressing, there is little talk about the black market sales of nuclear equipment and technology to Iran and other terrorist regimes. Again, this is not by accident, but by design.The key to understanding the many conflicting reports about the state of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, particularly the reports issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is to understand that the IAEA is an independent entity reporting under charter to the United Nations. A primer of the IAEA and the United Nations is beyond the scope or intent of this report, but information pertaining to each entity is integrated into this article due to the overlapping activities of some members and member states. In other words, the same individuals who are suspected as being involved in the black market of nuclear weapons and technology sales are embedded within the United Nations and its subgroups. The actors and the watchers are inextricably linked.One has to look no further for an example than the global proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology since Mohamed ElBaradei assumed the role of Director General of the IAEA role on Dec. 1, 1997. Over the last few years, several experts working within the IAEA have complained about ElBaradei’s own agenda influencing the reports issued by that agency.Under his watch, the A.Q. Khan network of nuclear technology was allowed to flourish, Pakistan, India and North Korea each detonated nuclear bombs, and Iran’s development of a nuclear weapons program was permitted to grow nearly unfettered. Additionally, Libya admitted to a clandestine nuclear program in 2003, and a nuclear site in Syria - undetected by the IAEA, was discovered by - had to be leveled by Israel. More information about ElBaradei appears in this 2008 article published by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. That article references the IAEA’s closing the book on questions about Iran’s work on polonium 210-which nuclear experts suspect Iran experimented with for use as an initiator for nuclear weapons.It is important to remember that exposure to polonium-210 (over 95% of which is manufactured in Russia) is the same rare substance that poisoned Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko.Therefore, the supposition that Russia is, and has been supplying Iran with nuclear technology and even arms in the forms of warheads under the noses of so many watchdogs should come as no surprise to anyone. The truth about Russia’s role in assisting Iran’s objectives to usher in the apocalypse will never come from Russia, or any of the lapdog agencies serving the globalists.

It is interesting and relevant to point out a recent assessment by the current Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dennis Blair about Iran’s nuclear program. He states that intelligence suggests that Iran will not have nuclear weapons capabilities until 2013. Meanwhile, we find that Barack Hussein Obama appears to be making nice with Middle Eastern countries like Syria, a tactic that has ominous implications for Middle Eastern politics. These two news reports represent a larger picture - a bigger agenda at play that will put Israel at a severe disadvantage in the short term, and has the potential to forever change the political landscape of the Middle East. Considering the above, the agenda of the current administration in the global political arena is gradually becoming more transparent.

Meanwhile, back at sea…

Now, if one is to accept that the Arctic Sea was carrying nuclear cargo as identified within this report, then numerous other questions arise. The most basic question, of course, is what happened? What went wrong with the delivery of the cargo aboard this ship? Reflecting a more prescient understanding of the situation, our intelligence sources have not only provided information shedding light on those questions, but offered insight into the larger picture. While many are busy seeking answers to a very specific line of inquiry, the larger picture, including one of diversion is going unnoticed to the delight of the architects of the globalist agenda.

Destination and interruption of delivery

What was the destination of the cargo, and what happened at sea?

A natural and logical destination would be the Islamic Republic Iran, based on extensive evidence of Russia’s facilitation of Iran’s nuclear program. Important and relevant background is detailed in an article written by Mr. Osborne on May 12, 2009 titled Iranian Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile Threat. If that is indeed the case, then what happened, and was the ship actually hijacked? Based on a combination of intelligence sources, open source reports and extensive analysis, it has been concluded that the Arctic Sea was on a state-sanctioned, covert mission originating within Russia by members of the previously referenced international cabal. Substantiating this conclusion is the extensive operational deception that was so obviously integral to the MV Arctic Sea’s mission, involving even deceiving the Russian Navy on the high seas while executing that mission which some members within the Russian government classified a state secret.This suggests that the mission of the MV Arctic Sea was compartmentalized at the highest levels, involving only a very small circle of insiders or globalists who were actually briefed on the ship’s cargo and mission.The events pertaining to the actual hijacking, however, are less clear. According to one European intelligence source providing information to this agency, some members of the crew knew the hijackers, and one is actually related to a hijacker. News of this possible relationship was published by one news agency immediately after the names of the perpetrators were released. This same source stated that the hijacking was arranged from the onset, which appears to be corroborated by the apparent lack of force used at the time of the takeover.

Considering all of the oddities related to this alleged act of piracy, combined with information from our intelligence sources, it is not only reasonable but imperative to ask whether the ship was actually hijacked.One very plausible explanation, especially if the illicit cargo was indeed destined for Iran, is that the shipment was to be offloaded to an Iranian vessel in a more remote area of the Atlantic Ocean. The hijacking would provide the necessary cover for the Arctic Sea to be off its course with the automatic identification system (AIS) and other such equipment disabled.

Who then, were the hijackers?

Again, based on information from intelligence sources in addition to suggestions contained in more recent news articles, it is reasonable to suspect that the hijackers are actually Russian intelligence operatives from the Russian GRU, which is an agency that is directly involved in terrorist operations and operations related to assassination or decapitation of senior US leadership via tactical nuclear weapons,according to Sean Osborne of the Northeast Intelligence Network.Mr. Osborne further states that it is his belief, based on various sources and analysis, that the hijack and the rescue of the MV Arctic Sea was nothing more than a Russian charade or a false flag operation.With the hijackers - i.e. Russian intelligence agents - being on board the entire time, there is no way that Moscow did not know where this ship was or where it was headed with its cargo at any given moment, said Mr. Osborne.Indeed. Based on information provided by our intelligence sources, combined with independent research, it is our collective contention that the hijacking of Arctic Sea was a rouse to provide the ship, crew and the sponsors of the illicit cargo enough time and a level of plausible deniability to offload the cargo at sea. There is, however, one troubling aspect that has yet to be discussed anywhere publicly extends beyond the less complicated hijack scenario.

A nightmare scenario

An article written by Michael Anissimov published on 6 August 2006 titled Six Places to Nuke for Multiplier Effect provides some very disturbing scenarios about the best places to detonate a nuclear weapon for maximum effect.In his article, Anissimov postulates the effects of a detonation at sea. Specifically, he writes Knock off a chunk of Cumbre Viejo at La Palma in the Canary Islands,which just happens to be the general area where the ship was found. Such an explosion would cause a massive tidal wave that would circle the earth three times, taking out coastal cities before dissipating. This tidal wave scenario is discussed in a CNN article at this link.Out of the realm of possibilities? Considering the many odd events witnessed by the world in the last decade, who can honestly dismiss someone attempting this?

An analogy suitable for television

To better understand the actual hijacking and what follows, consider the following analogy. A Colombian drug kingpin, operating an international illegal drug network within a corrupt political government, sends a group of mules, or carriers, to deliver a large shipment of drugs into another country. Through multiple means, including blackmail, payoffs, threats and kickbacks, the drug kingpin has compromised members of the government at the highest levels, and is permitted to operate his illicit operation without fear of arrest. Aside from the nature of the cargo, that situation is analogous to the Arctic Sea.

At this point, we begin to consider divergent scenarios relative to the hijacking itself, such as:

At some level within the otherwise corrupt government, an agency tasked with drug enforcement measures did not get the memo that this kingpin, his mules and the shipment are not to be touched. Members of that agency make an arrest during shipment, and suddenly find themselves facing the wrath of their own government leaders for actually doing their job. Alternatively, a rogue group of criminals aware of the shipment decide to take the shipment of drugs, or divert it for their own personal gain.Another possibility is that the mules themselves arrange for the shipment to be hijacked, knowing that the hijackers would be sophisticated enough to disable the tracking devices on the vehicle. They did not expect someone from within the government to actually enlist the aid of an organization such as NATO, possessing greater electronic surveillance equipment, to assist in the tracking and recovery of the shipment. Yet another possibility is that the hijacking served as a cover story, giving the ship and crew the necessary time and invisibility so that the cargo could be offloaded to the purchaser in a more remote area.The accounts of the hijacking itself remain cloudy and a focus of pure speculation. Nonetheless, one is able to gain better and more accurate insight into the hijacking and hijackers by looking at the Russian response to the event.

A telling event in tracking the Arctic Sea

Open source reports state that the hijackers boarded the ship and disabled some high tech devices, including the automatic identification system and a satellite transponder. This would, of course, suggest a level of knowledge and sophistication surpassing less capable pirates found cruising in the normal dangerous areas of the high seas. It might also suggest collusion by members of the crew members themselves. While that is indeed an important aspect of this event, it is more important to look at the subsequent tracking of the vessel, according to our intelligence sources. It is within this area that one will find clues to the real events involving the allegedly hijacked vessel.As postulated by Roland Oliphant of RussiaProfile.org in an article titled Hidden in Plain Sight, the Russian Navy, via Russian Intelligence, was actively tracking the Arctic Sea through classified means despite the disabling of the automatic identification system (AIS) and other beacon equipment. Russia’s eyes in the sky would explain their silence during the recovery of the ship (for the safety of the crew) and their ability to locate the vessel on open waters as quickly as they did. Although it seems plausible at first blush, one must ask whether that really happened. Our response and the most likely answer is that it probably did not.A report published on 20 August 2009 by RIANOVOSTI titled Russian envoy praises NATO role in search for Arctic Sea discloses that the assets of other countries - under the umbrella of NATO - were employed in that manner. In fact, it was NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen who provided the means to the Russians including the use of an integrated maritime monitoring system which helps the alliance to track the movement of vessels in the sea.Therefore and most importantly, it was not the Russians who initiated the tracking of the Arctic Sea, although they were certainly the beneficiaries.According to Sean Osborne, military affairs specialist with the Northeast Intelligence Network, this move by NATO could well constitute a breach of U.S. and NATO operational security (OPSEC) in that NATO has essentially provided critical classified intelligence to the Russians.If this report is correct as our sources have confirmed , then NATO provided Russia not only the means but critical information about the depth of our capability to precisely track small vessels in the open ocean absent of the AIS or other such tracking devices. Mr. Osborne adds that this specific capability is classified as Top Secret/Specially Compartmented Intelligence (TS/SCI) at least until 2015.

Therefore, the role of NATO within this aspect of the Arctic Sea incident must not be overlooked, nor its importance underestimated. In fact, it is this very aspect of the hunt for the Arctic Sea that should be setting off proverbial alarm bells among NATO member nations. Unfortunately, this matter will likely be overlooked while the focus remains myopically on the cargo and away from the behavior of Russia and those in collusion with such state-sponsored activities.The question now becomes why would NATO provide sensitive information to Russia, the country essentially responsible for its creation? The answers might reside very close to home, within our highly infiltrated and heavily compromised Department of State.In an article dated July 30, 2009 published again by RIANOVOSTI, it is apparent that Washington has sent overtures to Russia about joining the NATO alliance. According to that article, Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon stated that the U.S., under the Obama administration, would consider Russian membership in the military alliance! Although Russia has since dismissed this confusing overture, the fact that it was even made is illustrative of a larger agenda of global governance. This agenda of submission to a global governance, a one world order or New World Order, once fodder for conspiracy theorists, is clearly evident in the NATO (i.e. U.S.) actions relative to the Arctic Sea. This one aspect of the MV Arctic Sea, as previously associated with the serial aspect of weapons proliferation, connects certain agencies of our own government and certain officials - again, either willingly or through compulsion, to a globalist agenda. The tracking of the Arctic Sea provides just one example of this globalist agenda at work.The globalist agenda is certainly not limited to the current administration, and can be traced to both sides of the political aisles. What is of specific importance to their agenda under this administration lies not solely with Obama himself, but what political appointments are being spawned by his past associations and those to whom he is committed through massive investments to his political machine.While news of the overture made by the current U.S. State Department to Russia to join NATO was casually reported by the media, news over the concern regarding the Arctic Sea was conspicuously absent. It would be reasonable to expect that the mere possibility of a vessel suspected of supplying nuclear cargo to Iran, a cargo that ostensibly originated in Russia, would merit at least a mention by the U.S. Department of State or someone within the current administration. Despite the close proximity to the action by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at about the same time this issue was making headlines in Europe, there was silence.
That silence continued during a visit to Russia by Israeli President Shimon Peres immediately after the Arctic Sea was recovered. Peres met with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the city of Sochi to discuss, among other things, Iran’s nuclear program. That visit appears to have been arranged during the search and recovery of the Arctic Sea. It was a relatively brief visit that took place during Medvedev’s summer vacation at his summer home, and corresponds with the unusual order he gave that dispatched the Baltic fleet of the Russian navy to search for the vessel.It is important to note the confluence of events during the period from 12 through 17 August 2009. The Arctic Sea had been missing and believed hijacked for weeks, yet Russia made no effort to secure its recovery. Suddenly, Russian President Medvedev orders an entire naval fleet consisting of submarines and destroyers to search for a hijacked ship carrying a cargo of timber. At about the same time the ship was found and Medvedev sent three large military cargo planes to transport the crew and hijackers back to Russia, Israeli President pays Medvedev a brief visit at his summer home on the Black Sea.

A transport of large proportions

The retaking of the Arctic Sea and the rescue of the crew is most telling. Reports about how the crew was confined together with the alleged hijackers - something not done in a traditional hostage-rescue situation-have already been published and discussed. Russia also flew the crew and hijackers together from Cape Verde to the Lefortovo remand prison in Moscow. What is not being discussed is much more curious and more telling.In plain sight, Russia deployed three full size military cargo planes to Cape Verde to pick up the ship’s crew and hijackers. Considering that these aircraft are the Russian counterpart of our own C-130 transport planes, the logical question is to ask why. What was the purpose of sending not one but three such aircraft to transport 11 crew members and 8 hijackers back to Russia? During the course of our investigation, that question was posed to our intelligence source in Europe, and the answer received was simple and direct. The less-public recovery operation was directed by the same cabal within the Russian government as the deployment of the ship. While the public’s attention was diverted to the freeing of the crew and the perp walk of the alleged hijackers, Russian assets were busy removing the illicit cargo from the ship onto the unused aircraft. This appears to be substantiated by the abnormally long period of time passing between the retaking of the ship and its release back to Russia. The transfer reportedly took place while the crew and hijackers were under the control of the Russian naval assets sent to the islands.Also according to our intelligence source, the arrest of the alleged hijackers and the rescue of the crew were conducted by Russian Naval assets. The order for deployment of the transport planes came through different channels, specifically from assets inside Russian intelligence. These were two separate and distinctly different operations,stated this intelligence source.To answer the question posed above, our intelligence source in Europe states that at least two of the cargo planes dispatched for this rescue operation broke away from the third and appeared to be on a separate mission.This source stated that the two cargo planes were delayed from departure at Cape Verde, surrounded by Russian forces under heavy security, and ultimately landed at a separate hanger upon their return to Russia.The actions of the two planes would make sense if they were returning nuclear cargo to Russia.

The value of diversion

Of particular value in asymmetrical warfare is diversion,whether it is diversion of assets or attention to a specific event. Just such an event took place with the Arctic Sea. While NATO assets and satellite coverage was focused on locating the Arctic Sea (despite the likelihood that Russia never lost the ship), one has to ask what was taking place elsewhere - from the Caspian Sea to the Atlantic.Particularly troublesome is the commitment of NATO assets to this search. We will be providing more information about the individuals involved in this decision in subsequent reports.

The strange death of Alexander Litvinenko

Remember Alexander Litvinenko? Litvinenko, a former KGB officer, was responsible for exposing false flag operations by members of the Russian FSB, a successor organization to the KGB. In his book Blowing up Russia: Terror from Within, he stated that it was Federal Security Service (FSB) agents in Russia that planned and executed the 1999 apartment block bombings that killed more than 300 people. The attacks served to sway public opinion in favor of Russia’s second war in Chechnya. As a result of that bombing, the Russian military launched a huge military offensive.

During his tenure with the KGB, Litvinenko was privy to numerous Soviet intelligence and military operations. Perhaps the most relevant revelation to the U.S. is that Litvinenko maintained that Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda’s second in command only to Osama bin Laden, was trained by the FSB in Dagestan in the years running up to the 9/11 attacks. Sean Osborne, military affairs specialist for the Northeast Intelligence Network, reported on the ties between the KGB and Ayman al Zawahiri in this article dated 6 May 2007.After authoring his book and further exposing state sponsored terror, corruption and ties to numerous watershed events, Litvinenko settled in the UK in 2000 after being granted political asylum. In October 2006, he was somehow poisoned with polonium-210. Was it a case of murder or something entirely different? An investigation involving Scotland Yard and the FBI resulted in identifying Andrei Lugovoi as the key suspect in the murder/death of Litvinenko. Who is Lugovoi and where is he now? As noted in this article dated 7 June 2009 by the UK Times online:Andrei Lugovoi has been appointed to the security committee of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament.The committee, which oversees antiterrorist legislation and border security, has regular contact with the Federal Security Service (FSB) - the former KGB - and the interior ministry. The case of Alexander Litvinenko and the lead suspect in his murder,Andrei Lugovoi, may be tangentially tied to the case of the Arctic Sea. Polonium-210, the radioactive isotope that caused the death of Litvinenko, was traced to the Avangard plant in Russia. Polonium-210 is used for the trigger in nuclear weapons and when found where it shouldn’t be, is a prime indicator of smuggling nuclear components.Our intelligence sources have confided that the death of Livinenko and the identification of Lugovoi as the prime suspect are much deeper and more complex than a simple state-sanctioned assassination. Stated our source:

I can tell you this much, that his death is directly related to smuggling nuclear materials on the black market to Islamic terrorist regimes. Take that at face value, without reading anything further into it.Understand that the amount of Polonium-210 to which Litvinenko was exposed is one-billionth of an ounce, infinitely smaller than a grain of sand. Despite published reports that his [Litvinenko's] tea was spiked by Polonium-210, you should consider how that was accomplished. You’ve got to understand not only where Polonium-210 comes from and what it is used for, but how it is handled. Spiking someone’s tea with a substance -the amount of which would barely be detected on the sharp end of a needle-would be quite problematic. It would be much useful to look at the movements of both Litvinenko and Lugovoi while Lugovoi was in the UK. Then, look at the traffic of black-market nuclear materials.In other words, according to our intelligence source, whether Litvinenko was murdered with polonium-210 is actually of lesser importance to the fact that he was exposed to the substance - in London. The fact that polonium-210 is in London when nearly all of the intensely radioactive isotope is manufactured at a closely guarded nuclear reactor in Russia is of prime importance.According to investigative results from UK intelligence officials, it is obvious that the UK was not the ultimate destination of the polonium-210. Most importantly, the polonium was further identified as black-market cargo in the nuclear arms trade.Guided by the information provided by our intelligence source, this investigator conducted additional research into individuals and events encompassing the time period from approximately 1997 through the present. This period not only encompasses the activities of Litvinenko, but those of other Russian officials, former Soviet diplomats, UN officials, as well as individuals within the U.S. government and related agencies. This investigative data was compared to the various documents that were published by and for U.S. intelligence officials during that same period of time, and is continuing as of this writing.One specific item that immediately caught my interest was the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. The conclusion reached in that document was in complete opposition to the numerous NIE documents issued within the previous ten-(10) years. Specifically, the findings were that Iran had halted their nuclear weapons program in 2003 and had not since sought to achieve a position among the community of nuclear armed nations.Immediately after the release of that document, politicians on both side of the political aisle put their personal agendas into overdrive, with truth taking a back seat. As detailed in an assessment by Sean Osborne quoting a Wall Street Journal editorial, the authors of that NIE report include three former State Department officials with previous reputations as hyper-partisan anti-Bush officials.They were identified as Tom Fingar, formerly of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Vann Van Diepen, the National Intelligence Officer for WMD; and Kenneth Brill, the former U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a career foreign-service officer. An insightful article about Brill was published in an article by Frank Gaffney, Jr. on 1 July 2005, available at this link.

What is readily apparent to even those outside of the intelligence community is the existence of a rift between the Bush administration (at that time) and members of the U.S. State Department. Responding to the 9/11 attacks and based on the 9/11 commission’s advice, the Bush administration created the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI), a position that evolved from DCI, or Director of Central Intelligence. It is interesting to note that the first DNI was John Negroponte, who, after his tenure as DNI, was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State in 2007.Referring again to intelligence expert Frank Gaffney, Jr., in an article published in January 2005, Gaffney describes Negroponte:He acted like a typical bureaucrat, building the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) into an empire of some 1,500 employees. What should have been a lean intelligence-coordinating outfit has instead developed and expanded at the expense of line agencies with real responsibilities and at a staggering cost of $100 million a year.

In a withering critique of Negroponte’s organization (and, at least implicitly, his performance) delivered at the CIA last year, District Court Judge Richard Posner - a highly regarded expert on intelligence matters - observed that ODNI was characterized by delay and loss of information from the bottom up, delay and misunderstanding of commands from the top down, [and] turf fights for the attention of the top layer.Negroponte’s failure to streamline the U.S. intelligence apparatus and enhance its capabilities was greatly exacerbated by his poor judgment in staffing key positions at ODNI. Rather than filling the ranks with intelligence professionals, he opted in a number of cases to populate senior positions with fellow Foreign Service Officers. The most notable of these were two individuals whose judgment and conduct had previously been called into serious question: Thomas Fingar, the deputy DNI for analysis, and Kenneth Brill, the director of the DNI’s National Counterproliferation Center.The reason this is so important is twofold. First, it provides critical insight into how the DNI, the result of recommendations by the heavily compromised and infiltrated Keen Commission and created by legislation introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein, Jay Rockefeller and Bob Graham was woefully deficient in terms of streamlining intelligence. What happened instead was that the DNI focused on appointing individuals to key agencies that further impaired an already bloated bureaucracy.The second important aspect involves the individuals selected by the DNI, which is more relevant to this article. Note that the DNI appeared to exploit that position by appointing those with questionable agendas to key positions. One merely has to look at the backgrounds of the individuals within the 16 intelligence agencies who ultimately authored the 2007 NIE to find agendas that include globalist leanings and not-so-subtle pro-Arab, pro-Palestinian, and anti-Semitic leanings.The result should have been predictable, at least in hindsight.

The formation of the DNI at the recommendation of the 9/11 commission, the publication of the 2007 NIE on Iran (including some of the greatest intelligence flip-flops since the Scott Ritter-Burger King-Iraq movie deal), indeed applies to the current case involving the Arctic Sea. First, one must understand that our intelligence apparatus has been compromised from within. Some of the individuals who were involved in the 2007 NIE have been rewarded with positions within the State Department, where they are better able to advance their globalist agenda. The process began long before Barack Hussein Obama became a DC resident, although is being accelerated under his watch due to those who are closely associated with him. The Republicans and Democrats are subjugated by the globalist, one world government and New World Order movements.Ultimately, black market nuclear weapons proliferation is being permitted to exist and flourish, while true intelligence is so heavily politicized that the end product fails to represent a truthful analysis of the raw information collected by our patriotic officers and foot soldiers.
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Scientists warn of massive wave August 29, 2001 Posted: 11:35 AM EDT (1535 GMT)Scientists say a wave caused by a volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands would be over 300ft high CNN.

LONDON, England -- While stressing that there is no indication it could happen soon, Atlantic coastlines in Europe, Africa and the Americas are under threat from a monster wave of Hollywood -- even Biblical -- proportions, scientists have warned.

They fear that a massive landslide following a major volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands would send a 300-foot wave across the Atlantic, causing devastation to coastal towns and cities. British and U.S. scientists who have issued the warning predict that, in the worst-case scenario, the tidal wave would destroy the coasts of Florida and Brazil.But the Western Sahara, Portugal, Spain, France and parts of the UK would also be hit.They fear that the mega-wave -- know as a tsunami -- could be generated by part of a mountain twice the size of Britain's Isle of Man crashing into the sea following an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, in the Canary Islands -- part of the Spanish island chain off West Africa.Travelling at speeds of up to 500mph, the tsunami would be an unstoppable force and would be the biggest-ever recorded in history.Previous research by Dr Simon Day, of the Benfield Greig Hazard Research Centre at University College London predicted that a future eruption of Cumbre Vieja was likely to cause the western flank of the mountain to slide into the sea.The energy released by the collapse would be equal to the electricity consumption of the entire U.S. in six months.With Dr Steven Ward, from the University of California, Dr Day has produced a new model that predicts more accurately how big the tsunami will be and where it will strike.Immediately after the landslide, a dome of water almost 900 metres (3,000 ft) high and tens of kilometres wide will form, only to collapse and rebound.Its first target was expected to be the West Saharan coast of Morocco, where the wave would measure a devastating 330ft from crest to trough.

Propelled by a series of crests and troughs, the tsunami would travel a distance of almost 155 miles in just 10 minutes, the model predicts.Racing at the speed of a jet aircraft, it would reach Florida and the Caribbean in eight or nine hours. A wall of water 164ft high -- higher than Nelson's column in London's Trafalgar Square -- would smash into the coasts of Florida and the Caribbean islands, the forecast predicts.The northern coast of Brazil would be hit by a wave more than 130ft high. The wave would travel four or five miles inland, flattening everything in its path.
Meanwhile, a weaker, but still hugely destructive, wave was likely to travel along the western coast of the Iberian Peninsular and France and hit Britain's Atlantic coastline.Dr Day said:The collapse will occur during some future eruption after days or weeks of precursory deformation and earthquakes.An effective earthquake monitoring system could provide advanced warning of a likely collapse and allow early emergency management organisations a valuable window of time in which to plan and respond.Eruptions of Cumbre Vieja occur at intervals of decades to a century orso and there may be a number of eruptions before its collapse.Although the year to year probability of a collapse is therefore low, the resulting tsunami would be a major disaster with indirect effects around the world.Cumbre Vieja needs to monitored closely for any signs of impending volcanic activity and for the deformation that would precede collapse.

Like the rest of the Canary islands, the origin of La Palma is volcanic.

La Palma is not only the steepest island in the world but has also been the most volcanically active of the Canary Isles in the past 500 years.There have been two eruptions on the island this century alone -- in 1949 and 1971.Other eruptions in recent history on La Palma occurred in 1470, 1585, 1646, 1677 and 1712.Tidal waves are not common in the Atlantic, although since 1990, 10 major tsunamis in the Pacific have killed more than 4,000 people.Scientists suspect an earthquake-triggered tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people in Papua New Guinea in 1998 was bolstered by an undersea landslide.Hawaii's worst experience in modern times came in 1946 when the April Fool's Day tsunami, generated by an earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, sent a 25-foot-high wall of water ashore, killing 173 people, mostly in Hilo.On May 23, 1960, a tsunami that hit Hilo killed 61 people.One of the most famous, and most devastating, tsunamis occurred after the Krakatoa volcano blew itself to pieces in 1883 -- a wave six metres high killed 30,000 people.

PIRATED SHIP HAD MISSLE CARGO
By STAFF REPORTER Published: 28 Aug 2009

A DEADLY cargo of Russian missiles WAS on board the tanker sailed through the English Channel by pirates, a top Moscow naval source said today.The anonymous source said that it is likely non-nuclear S-300 and X-55 missiles were illegally concealed on the 4,000-ton Arctic Sea alongside its official cargo of timber.He suspected the cargo was loaded in the Baltic Sea at night after the Maltese-registered ship left Finland with its timber on board.

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The high level source — who spoke to a Russian newspaper — said: Such weapons can be hidden.He denied that it was a smuggling operation with Russian state approval as alleged by Kremlin critics in Moscow and blamed weapons traffickers. He continued: Our secret services do not perform such convoluted operations. I think it was the arms mafia.They are making money on weapons behind the back of our government.The source was reported to hold the rank of captain and to have been co-ordinating ships involved in the Russian naval operation to seize back the Arctic Sea from its hijackers.The pirates are believed to have been recruited as stooges by the intelligence services of a European Union country to intercept the ship and thwart the delivery of the missiles, according to another Russian newspaper, citing secret services sources in Russia.The paper suggested that the illegal cargo may have been tipped into the Atlantic, or have been secretly unloaded by the Russian navy which found the ship close to the Cape Verde islands off the west coat of Africa.The source denied another theory, that a secret cargo of cocaine was on board the ship which went missing for almost two weeks.Russia this week charged eight suspects with kidnapping and piracy, including a man suspected of masterminding an operation which remains clouded in mystery.Officials have given conflicting accounts of the episode, both denying a second cargo was on board, and acknowledging that there might have been one.Police suspect members of the crew of involvement in the hijacking.

Arctic Sea was carrying illegal arms, says general By Shaun Walker
Saturday, 29 August 2009

A general close to the investigation into the mysterious voyage of the Arctic Sea has told a Russian newspaper that he suspected the ship was carrying a secret cargo of illegal weapons, as many conspiracy theorists have suggested.The newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda, interviewed what it described as a senior general in the Russian Navy who had been close to the investigation. The general said that he knew far more than he could say openly at this stage, but his testimony, if genuine, represents the first concrete information to come out of the investigation, which has been shrouded in mystery.He said the theory that the ship might have been carrying drugs was excluded from the beginning, but that the investigation had focussed on a possible weapons shipment, in particular S-300 or X-55 missiles bound for Iran, and sold by a weapons mafia involving top Russian officials but operating outside of the law.The efforts which Russia put into recovering a ship that had a stated cargo worth less than £1m, has led many to suspect that there may have been a secret, embarrassing cargo.I think that if this journey had been successful, Russia could have ended up in a huge international scandal,he said.I think that for this reason the order was given from the top to start this huge naval operation. We caught the boat to make sure we didn't end up in a nasty situation.

Arctic Sea sailors freed after mystery detention: Reports
AFP 30 August 2009, 07:30pm IST

MOSCOW: Sailors from a cargo ship allegedly hijacked by pirates in the Baltic Sea have gone home after their detention by Russian authorities fuelled theories of a cover-up, reports said today.According to my information, all 11 have returned home, Mikhail Voitenko, a shipping expert who has followed the case, said in a posting on his website, the Sovracht Maritime Bulletin.A video posted on the tabloid news website Life.ru showed the sailors being joyfully greeted by their relatives after their train arrived in Russia's northern city of Arkhangelsk yesterday evening.

Life.ru reported that nine sailors had returned instead of 11. The reason for the discrepancy was not clear.The Russian sailors had been aboard the Maltese-flagged freighter the Arctic Sea on July 23 near the coast of Sweden when, investigators say, the ship was seized by a group of masked men posing as police.The Arctic Sea was officially carrying a load of timber, but the boldness of the hijacking in a busy European shipping lane has stoked speculation that the ship held an illicit cargo, such as weapons or even nuclear materials.Russian authorities said nothing suspicious was found aboard the ship when they recaptured it from the pirates earlier this month, but have vowed a more thorough inspection after it arrives in Russia's port of Novorossiisk.

Arctic Sea, legitimate case or cover story? August 26, 10:03 AM Homeland Security ExaminerJohn Duffey

The Arctic Sea A cargo ship named the Arctic Sea was recovered on August 16, 2009 off the coast of Western Africa after having been missing for over two weeks. The Arctic Sea was allegedly hi-jacked while sailing the sea lanes off the coast of Sweden. According to the ships records, lumber was the only item on-board the vessel. It had a mostly Russian crew and was sailing under a Maltese flag. Initial reports from the Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that the ship was actually owned by North Korea but Pyongyang very quickly denied ownership. Suspicions were raised when Russia’s top investigator, Mr. Bastrykin, stated that he believed that there may have been more on the vessel than just lumber.What Mr. Bastrykin believes was on the ship with the lumber is unclear and hasn’t been announced. Strangely, speculation doesn’t seem to range outside of conventional weapons or nuclear materials. Eight Estonian crewmen are still being held in Russia under suspicion of being participants in the hijacking. The international community is equally suspicious regarding what was actually on the ship as it seems hardly worth the effort of hijacking a vessel in highly patrolled waters for a bunch of lumber. Many analysts and criminal investigators are sure that there had to be something else of great value or importance on-board the vessel when it was hi-jacked.Some people in the intelligence and military areas of expertise are alarmed at the possibility that nuclear materials may have been transferred under the guise of piracy. An official within the United States Navy, who wishes not to be named, has speculated that the ship may have been manifested on paper as having only wood on-board but the wood was only a cover to move more sinister materials in a manner that would not attract attention and could evade detection. The Freudian slip made by the Russian government early on that indicated ownership of the Arctic Sea to be held by North Korea put U.S. and allied governments in a heightened state of suspicion regarding the ship’s cargo. Although the North Korean government denied ownership no official correction has been issued by the Russian Federation.The fact that the ship was sailing under Malta, crewed by Russians and Estonians, and possibly owned by North Korea has certainly made many suspicious as to what the ship was actually up to. Is it possible that the vessel was, in fact, carrying nuclear material or specialized equipment destined for North Korea or possibly Iran? An earlier article, Nuclear Attack: Terrorists vs. United States,brings-up the possibility of a less conventional infiltration tactic for the use of a nuclear weapon against the United States. Could the Arctic Sea Incident have been a means of transferring material in violation of international treaties and IAEA regulations?

According to anonymous naval officers, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a fleet of submarines. They discussed a scenario in which an Iranian submarine could have rendezvoused with Arctic Sea at a designated location and time. It would take several days to get to that point and several more to arrive at the location it was discovered at. The hi-jacking very well could have been nothing more than a convenient cover to mask an otherwise unusually long cruise from Finland to its final destination. These officers speculated that the Arctic Sea could have departed Finland and arrived at a Russian Port, possibly military, where it took on the Mystery Cargo and then departed again to a designated meeting point. The Iranian Sub could surface, take-on the cargo, and depart for Iran in just a couple of hours. The ship would then be free to sail on to the recovery location.Having departed from Finland, not Russia, been reported stolen, and then showing-up in the Atlantic ocean near the west African coast would certainly present a story that could not allow the ship, or its cargo, to be linked to the Russian North Korean, or Iranian governments.

It is important to note that the aforementioned scenario is simply speculation on the part of a few senior ranking naval officers in Norfolk, VA. But, given their experience, expertise, and specialties it certainly seems to be a scenario taken a bit more seriously by the United States Navy than many would think necessary. Is there something to this? Has Russia created a cover for a very sinister operation with countries such as North Korea and Iran? Another naval officer in San Francisco, CA speculated that the Arctic Sea may have been seized by a force but not a pirate force. She explained that it is entirely possible that the naval forces of another country may have seized the ship, transferred its cargo, and set it lose in order to prevent the transfer of materials to Iran or North Korea. It is possible the transport of sensitive materials may have been a strictly military operation that was violative of Russian laws and therefore Russia’s top investigator would be out of the loop and deeply suspicious of the very same thing. This naval officer stated that NATO ships and aircraft patrol frequently and do have equipment designed to detect nuclear/radioactive signatures from cargo ships. She stated that it is quite possible that the Arctic Sea gave off a signature that was reacted to. It would not be hard for British Marine Forces or U.S. Navy SEALs to take over a ship like the Arctic Sea and make it look like pirates. Again, this is only speculation.There is no doubting that the Arctic Sea has a lot of mystery around it. It was hi-jacked in seas that haven’t seen piracy since the days of the Vikings, it departed Finland, was crewed by Russians, flagged under Malta, and thought to be of North Korean ownership. In addition to these oddities, the timelines have gaps and the lumber, documented to be the ship’s only cargo, wasn’t taken. What was taken? Why would pirates risk being easily caught by seizing a ship in well policed waters off of Sweden? It doesn’t add up for virtually every investigator and intelligence analyst who reviews the case. Everyone is in agreement that there had to be more on the ship than what was on the manifest. What was it, who has it, and what will be done with it? These questions have many baffled at the moment.

OTHER READING
http://cisac.stanford.edu/publications/day_after_the_action_in_the_24_hours_following_a_nuclear_blast/
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq76-1.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2009/s2644971.htm

OPERATION REDWING VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc12VGsFr2s

After the bomb Appeared in New York Times, June 12, 2007 Authors William J. Perry - Stanford University Michael M. May - Stanford University Ashton Carter

The probability of a nuclear weapon one day going off in an American city cannot be calculated, but it is larger than it was five years ago. Potential sources of bombs or the fissile materials to make them have proliferated in North Korea and Iran. Russia's arsenal remains incompletely secured 15 years after the end of the Soviet Union. And Pakistans nuclear technology, already put on the market once by Abdul Qadeer Khan, could go to terrorists if the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, cannot control radicals in that country.In the same period, terrorism has surged into a mass global movement and seems to gather strength daily as extremism spills out of Iraq into the rest of the Middle East, Asia, Europe and even the Americas. More nuclear materials that can be lost or stolen plus more terrorists aspiring to mass destruction equals a greater chance of nuclear terrorism.Former Senator Sam Nunn in 2005 framed the need for Washington to do better at changing this math with a provocative question: On the day after a nuclear weapon goes off in a American city, what would we wish we had done to prevent it? But in view of the increased risk we now face, it is time to add a second question to Mr. Nunn's: What will we actually do on the day after? That is, what actions should our government take? It turns out that much could be done to save lives and ensure that civilization endures in such terrible circumstances. After all, the underlying equation would remain a few terrorists acting against all the rest of us, and even nuclear weapons need not undermine our strong societies if we prepare to act together and sensibly. Sadly, it is time to consider such contingency planning.

First and foremost, the scale of disaster would quickly overwhelm even the most prepared city and state governments. To avoid repeating the Hurricane Katrina fiasco on a much larger scale, Washington must stop pretending that its role would be to support local responders. State and local governments--though their actions to save lives and avoid panic in the first hours would be essential--must abandon the pretense that they could remain in charge. The federal government, led by the Department of Homeland Security, should plan to quickly step in and take full responsibility and devote all its resources, including those of the Department of Defense, to the crisis. Only the federal government could help the country deal rationally with the problem of radiation, which is unique to nuclear terrorism and uniquely frightening to most people. For those within a two-mile circle of a Hiroshima-sized detonation (in Washington, that diameter is the length of the Mall; in New York, three-fourths the length of Central Park; in most cities, the downtown area) or just downwind, little could be done. People in this zone who were not killed by the blast itself, perhaps hundreds of thousands of them, would get radiation sickness, and many would die.But most of a city's residents, being further away, would have more choices. What should they do as they watch a cloud of radioactive debris rise and float downwind like the dust from the twin towers on 9/11? Those lucky enough to be upwind could remain in their homes if they knew which way the fallout plume was blowing. (The federal government has the ability to determine that and to quickly broadcast the information.) But for those downwind and more than a few miles from ground zero, the best move would be to shelter in a basement for three days or so and only then leave the area.This is a hard truth to absorb, since we all would have a strong instinct to flee. But walking toward the suburbs or sitting in long traffic jams would directly expose people to radiation, which would be the most intense on the day after the bomb goes off. After that, the amount would drop off day by day (one third as strong after three days, one fifth as strong after five days, and so on), because of the natural decay of the radioactive components of the fallout.

More tough decisions would arise later. People downwind could leave their homes or stay, leave for a while and then come back or leave and come back briefly to retrieve valuables. The choices would be determined by the dose of radiation they were willing to absorb. Except in the hot zone around the blast and a few miles downwind, even unsheltered people would not be exposed to enough radiation to make them die or even become sick. It would be enough only to raise their statistical chance of getting cancer later in life from 20 percent (the average chance we all have) to something greater--21 percent, 22 percent, up to 30 percent at the maximum survivable exposure.Similar choices would face first responders and troops sent to the stricken area: how close to ground zero could they go, and for how long? Few would choose to have their risk of death from cancer go up to 30 percent. But in cases of smaller probabilities--an increase to 20.1 percent, for example--a first responder might be willing to go into the radiation zone, or a resident might want to return to pick up a beloved pet. These questions could be answered only by the individuals themselves, based on information about the explosion. Next comes the unpleasant fact that the first nuclear bomb may well not be the last. If terrorists manage to obtain a weapon, or the fissile material to make one (which fits into a small suitcase), who's to say they wouldn' have two or three more? And even if they had no more weapons, the terrorists would most likely claim that they did. So people in other cities would want to evacuate on the day after, or at least move their children to the countryside, as happened in England during World War II.The United States government, probably convened somewhere outside Washington by the day after, would be urgently trying to trace the source of the bombs. No doubt, the trail would lead back to some government--Russia, Pakistan, North Korea or other countries with nuclear arsenals or advanced nuclear power programs--because even the most sophisticated terrorist groups cannot make plutonium or enrich their own uranium; they would need to get their weapons or fissile materials from a government.The temptation would be to retaliate against that government. But it might not even be aware that its bombs were stolen or sold, let alone have deliberately provided them to terrorists. Retaliating against Russia or Pakistan would therefore be counterproductive. Their cooperation would be needed to find out who got the bombs and how many there were, and to put an end to the campaign of nuclear terrorism. It is important to continue to develop the ability to trace any bomb by analyzing its residues. Any government that did not cooperate in the search should of course face possible retaliation.

Finally, as buildings and lives were destroyed, so would the sense of safety and well-being of survivors, and this in turn could lead to panic. Contingency plans for the day after a nuclear blast should demonstrate to Americans that all three branches of government can work in unison and under the Constitution to respond to the crisis and prevent further destruction.A council of, say, the president, the vice president, the speaker of the House and the majority leader of the Senate, with the chief justice of the Supreme Court present as an observer, could consider certain aspects of the government's response, like increased surveillance. Any emergency measures instituted on the day after should be temporary, to be reviewed and curtailed as soon as the crisis ends.Forceful efforts to prevent a nuclear attack--more forceful than we have seen in recent years--may keep the day from coming. But as long as there is no way to be sure it will not, it is important to formulate contingency plans that can save thousands of lives and billions of dollars, prevent panic and promote recovery. They can also help us preserve our constitutional government, something that terrorists, even if armed with nuclear weapons, should never be allowed to take away. William J. Perry, a professor at Stanford, and Ashton B. Carter, a professor at Harvard, were, respectively, the secretary and an assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton administration. Michael M. May, also a professor at Stanford, is a former director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

TORAH PORTION FROM AUG 30 - SEP 05,2009

SINCE WHAT ISRAEL READS WILL BE FULFILLED IN THAT WEEK I WILL BE PUTTING THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION ON FOR ALL OF US TO KEEP TRACK OF ISRAEL HAPPENINGS.

TORAH PORTION FROM AUGUST 30 2009 6PM - SEPTEMBER 05 6PM 2009

DEUTERONOMY 26:1 - 29:8
1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
12 When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

DEUTERONOMY 27:1-26
1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

DEUTERONOMY 28:1-68
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

DEUTERONOMY 29:1-9
1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

PROPHETS PORTION

ISAIAH 60:1-22
1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.

NEW TESTAMENT PORTION

MATTHEW 13:1-23
1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

LUKE 21:1-4
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

ACTS 28:17-31
17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

ROMANS 11:1-15
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?