I FIND THIS REALLY WEIRD.I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING H CLINTON HAS JOINED MY TWITTER LIST.BUT IF YOU GO TO MY TWITTER SITE,6 ARE VISIBLE AND THE 7TH IS INVISIBLE.THAT 7TH IS HILIARY CLINTON.I WENT TO HILARY CLINTONS TWITTER SITE AND CHECKED OUT ALL 1,433 THAT SHE IS KEEPING TRACK OF.BUT MY SITE IS INVISIBLE ,NOT THERE ON HER SITE EITHER.I FIND THIS QUITE INTERESTING WHY MY TWEETS GO TO HER BUT-WE CAN'T SEE HER ON MY TWITTER SITE.WHY WOULD HILIARY CLINTON WANT TO READ MY STUFF,INTERESTING.PASSOVER DAY 3 IN ISRAEL TODAY
PASSOVER DAY 3 IN ISRAEL SCRIPTURES.(APR 21,11)TORAH
NUMBER 28:16-25
16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
PROPHETS
EZEKIEL 37:1-14
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
Torah Scrolls Torched By Arsonists In Corfu on Passover
by Gavriel Queenann APR 20,11Arsonists broke into Corfu's only synagogue and burned the community's prayer books and torah scrolls Tuesday morning.On Wednesday members of the community, some distraught and weeping, gathered at the synagogue and mourned over the ashes of the Torah scrolls.Today the Jewish community on Corfu numbers less than 100.It’s very difficult for us, Rabbi Shlomo Naftali, an Israeli rabbi who was flown to Greece to conduct Passover ceremonies.We stood around the books and cried. Now we’ll have to bury them.Former President of the Jewish community of Corfu, Vino Shohi, described the crime, They came at 3 a.m., put all the books together and burned them. At first I was very upset. I was ashamed that something like this happened here in Corfu, but we have received the support of all the political parties and the archbishop. They all came out in support of us and told us they were our brothers.Giorgos Petalotis, a spokesman for the Greek government, condemned the attack Wednesday, saying,,The burglary that took place in the Jewish Synagogue in Corfu and the destruction of sacred liturgical books is an immoral and appalling act, which the Greek government condemns in the strongest possible manner,
I've said before and I say once again,Petalotis said.Under this unfortunate circumstance, that bigotry and anti-Semitism are concepts incompatible with Greek culture and alien to the mentality of the Greek people. This act cannot overshadow the longstanding tradition of friendship and mutual respect between the two peoples. The Greek authorities have already received instructions to carry out intensive efforts to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice.Police on Corfu are investigating the crime. Jewish officials said they had faith the authorities will find the assailants.There’s no fear here,Shoshi said.There never has been any fear and there never will. We are well-established in Corfu and nobody will make us afraid.The Jewish community in Corfu is ancient with roots dating back to antiquity, but most Jews on the island were murdered by the Nazis during the holocaust. The holy books and torah scrolls survived the holocaust, however, in the hands of gentiles who safeguarded them.After the war they gave us all our books back, Shoshi said. We had books from the 15th, 16th and 17th century from Trieste, Padova and Verona. Now they are gone.The community of Corfu's loss is a loss for the entire Jewish people. The Corfiote Rite is distinct and its liturgy has many peculiarities that set it apart from the mainstream Ashkenazi and Sephardic liturgies most Jews are familiar with today.Corfiote prayer books, which contain emendations from Mazal-Tob, Isaac ben Abraham, Abraham ben Gabriel ben Mordecai, and Moses ha-Kohen, are rare and unique cultural treasures. This, in addition to the destruction of the sacred Torah scrolls.Joseph ben Abraham, the popular commentator of the Maḥzor, lived in Corfu in 1554.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
Divided EU Parliament tightens measures on economic governance
LEIGH PHILLIPS 20.04.2011 @ 17:42 CETEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - MEPs have toughened up the provisions in a package of six laws that centralise economic decision-making in the EU, delivering more powers for oversight of national fiscal policies to the European Commission.In a four-hour, at times heated meeting of the powerful economics committee of the European Parliament, deputies waded their way through a full 2000 amendments proposed to the package of bills, dubbed the six pack by EU officials. A number of key votes passed with majorities slimmer than the house is used to.By the end of the meeting, the six pack had been markedly altered to give a stronger role to the commission at the expense of the Council, representing the member states, throughout new processes of oversight of budget and wider economic policy planning.Attempts by Socialists and Greens to temper what critics are calling a rulebook for permanent austerity with more leeway for public spending on education, transport and infrastructure met only moderate success, resulting in the two groups opposing half of the new laws.
Highlighting the controversy of the moves, posters denouncing austerity were stuck to the walls throughout the building where the votes took place and at one point, the meeting was interrupted by a handful of whistling left-wing protesters opposed to the shift in powers. They were hustled away before they were able to unfurl their banner.The new rules focus on keeping in check two elements of national government spending: the first being annual government budgets and the second, under a more open-ended process but under just as tight a leash, all economic policies - and not just for one year, but over the longer term.With budgets and long-term economic plans now submitted to Brussels before being presented to national parliaments, the deputies voted to give the commission the role of policing a member state's budget and wider economic policies, rather than, as initially envisaged, the European Council.Additionally, under the commission's original legislative proposals, the EU executive was to issue economic policy recommendations for member states and on the basis of these assessments, the EU Council was to decide by qualified majority what to order an individual country to do.The whole process would take six steps before a member state could be sanctioned and only at the final stage was the EU Council faced with having to cobble together a qualified majority to block.Now, when the commission makes a recommendation at the very earliest stage in the process, the EU Council can only reject this with a reversed qualified majority within ten days. It is likely to be very difficult to round up such a majority in this time.Cheering the move, Liberal leader Guy Verhofstadt said: The European Commission shall be entitled to intervene with all necessary means if the stability of the euro is at stake, to preserve our European project.Sanctions against countries that are unable or unwilling to adhere to the commission's orders on how to adapt their fiscal policies would also now be imposed on states earlier than the legislative proposals had originally foreseen.
New fines for creative accounting
Now, countries would have to offer up a deposit of 0.1 percent of GDP as soon as the EU Council has decided that a country has strayed from the roadmap laid out for them. Previously, such a payment would have been imposed only after a member state had flouted two successive orders.Where the commission accuses the country of deliberate and severe non-compliance with their orders, fines are upped to 0.3 percent of GDP.Moreover, MEPs have come up with a whole new one-off fine - not appearing anywhere in the commission's legislative drafts - of 0.5 percent of GDP for countries that are caught fiddling the books as Greece last year admitted to having done.Also, previously, the billions of euros that would be paid by rebel states were to be handed over to those countries without excessive deficits. Now the sums and their interest are to be given to the European Stability Mechanism - the EU's permanent bail-out fund to be established in 2013 - and, before then, the European Investment Bank.However, deputies were keen to open up the process to public scrutiny. Any EU Council votes on imposing deposits and fines should be held in public, except in a crisis. But the production of assessments and orders coming from the EU executive will remain behind closed doors.The parliament also wants regular economic dialogues with the president of the Eurogroup and the commission to come before MEPs and explain their policies and a say in the establishment of the metrics in a scoreboard that is being developed against which the behaviour of member states can be measured.The Socialists did manage to introduce details requiring that commission assessments take account of public investment intended to stimulate jobs and economic growth and, in a major victory over concerns from trade unions that the process would undermine collective bargaining, the group won a vote requiring that assessment of wider economic imbalances between states would not touch this area centre-left deputies described as a fundamental right.But overall, both the left and the Greens were unable to balance austerity with the freedom to open other paths of investment.The failure ... to deliver any measures that would enable revenues to be raised through fair and effective taxation resources, means that there will be no alternative to austerity in order to balance government budgets,said the Greens following the vote. This will hit the most vulnerable the hardest.
Stoking EU disillusionment
Both the Socialists and the Greens voted against three of the laws, while the hard left United European Left (GUE) and the sole Ukip MEP on the committee voted against all six.The right accused the left of irresponsibility for its opposition. Dutch Christian Democrat Corien Wortmann-Kool hit out at her opponents, saying that she regret[s] that the left is not prepared to take responsibility for sustainable public finances.The discourse from the left was just as corrosive. The laws are being imposed from above without any democratic debate, said German Die Linke MEP Thomas Haendel, who warned that the process would boost anti-EU sentiment.The EU is doing everything to ignore the lessons learned during referendums on the EU Constitution, and the disillusionment caused by a European project being carried out against the wishes of the people.The parliament normally enters negotiations with the Council after such a committee vote only if there is wide cross-party agreement. As a result of the divisions, the left of the committee room attempted to postpone the launch of talks until after a vote by the full sitting of the chamber.The move was however defeated by the conservatives and Liberals 26-14. They argued that the ongoing eurozone crisis left little time for such niceties.
Call for Europeans to elect 25 MEPs from EU-wide list
ANDREW WILLIS 19.04.2011 @ 18:09 CETEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Members of the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee have backed a report that calls for the creation of 25 additional MEPs, elected on a pan-European basis in order to boost the legislature's popular legitimacy.The report's draftsman, Liberal UK MEP Andrew Duff, also hopes the scheme will in effect result in the election of the president of the European Commission, while eurosceptics fear the move will further undermine the EU nation states.
Mandated under the EU's Lisbon Treaty to take a fresh look at parliament's composition, MEPs in the constitutional affairs committee backed the Duff report on Tuesday (19 April) by 20 votes to four.The proposed system, which would see EU citizens receive two ballot sheets during European elections - one for national candidates and one for EU-wide ones - now needs to win the majority support of MEPs during a full sitting of the house this June, as well as the backing of national governments.The proposals ... if passed ... will transform the elections to the European Parliament. They will create a European dimension to the campaign that has never been there before, Duff told journalists after the committee meeting.They will personalise the election campaign because there will be characters that will be up for trans-national support,he added.The EU-wide list would have to feature candidates from at least one third of EU member states, with a new mathematical formula on how to distribute MEPs yet to be determined.Above all, it will force these European political parties that we have had for years ... to become full-scale campaigning organisations, competing with ideologies and policies,Duff said. It's an important step forward for post-national democracy.
This last point is exactly what some politicians fear, seeing the pan-European initiative as a further undermining of the nation state in favour of an ever greater union, with the four MEPs voting against the report all from Britain, according to Duff.The island nation has traditionally been seen as a more reluctant member of the EU.I am confident that the British government would veto this proposal if it ever came to the European Council, Conservative UK MEP Ashley Fox said in a statement.I cannot remember a single person on the doorstep who has told me they would ever support such a move.
Elect Barroso's successor?
With several of the report's proposals requiring an EU Treaty change, an intergovernmental conference and ratification in each EU member state, Duff conceded that it would be a tough challenge to have the plans adopted.But with critics frequently complaining about a lack of democratic accountability in the EU, the Liberal MEP believes the plan could also enable EU citizens to have a greater say over the next president of the European Commission, rather than the current behind-the-scenes negotiation that saw Jose Manuel Barroso and his predecessors secure the post.The proposal is not specifically mentioned in Tuesday's report, but Duff believes European political parties would be willing to identify one person on the EU-wide MEP list as their preferred choice for the top commission post.The highest placed MEP on the EU-wide list, who also enjoyed party support, would take the commission job in 2014, with members of the constitutional affairs committee also calling for a better alignment between parliamentary and commission terms.It all sharpens the politics of the [European] election campaign,said Duff.
Budapest: German interference in Hungarian domestic affairs unacceptable
LEIGH PHILLIPS 20.04.2011 @ 13:59 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The Hungarian foreign ministry has denounced Germany's criticism of its new constitution as an unacceptable interference in domestic affairs and warned Berlin to steer away from such shocking statements in the future.
The comments made by minister of state Hoyer basically evaluated Hungarian domestic political processes,Zsolt Nemeth, the German minister's counterpart said on Thursday.The statement is incomprehensible and unacceptable, he continued.On Tuesday, Hoyer said that the new conservative constitution passed by the Hungarian parliament the day before and a controversial media law approved earlier in the year were hardly compatible with European Union values.We are observing the developments in Hungary with great attention and some worry, he had said.The Hungarian foreign ministry said in an email message that it was shocked by the German minister's statement and complained that Hoyer had received detailed information on the constitutional process several times.The new constitution does not restrict the rights of minorities or the rule of law, and strengthens the common European values instead of harming them,the ministry missive continued.The ministry also derided as particularly unacceptable references by Germany to its Media Act, saying that it had been amended following complaints by the European Commission. In conceding to Brussels' concerns, Hungary thereby demonstrated a commitment to common European values.The Hungarian minister also told Germany not to criticise his country in public again.Nemeth added that he hoped that as a result of the intensity and friendly nature of the Hungarian-German diplomatic relations, in the future, concerns would be dispelled in the course of bilateral relations instead of statements.
DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
REVELATION 18:10,17,19
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.
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,
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.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
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LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS
Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
Experts Question Wisdom of Abbas' Unilateralist Tack
by Gavriel Queenann APR 20,11As PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas proceeds full steam ahead with plans to seek a unilateral declaration of a PA state using the 1948 armistice lines for its borders by the United Nations some observers say he may be invoking the law of unintended consequences.
The Opposite Effect?
Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator for the US State Department, wrote in the Washington Post on April 14,The result will be the opposite of what the Palestinians want: forcing the United States to oppose Palestinians’ efforts, energizing Congress to restrict much-needed assistance to Palestinian institution-building, and probably prompting Israel to do very real (and dumb) things on the ground.Nathan Brown, a political scientist specializing in Arab politics at George Washington University in the US said PA leaders have no choice but to reach a negotiated settlement with Israel.I think unilateralism is a tactic rather than a strategy for the Palestinians, Brown told The Media Line.At this moment they see no prospects of meaningful peace negotiations with the current Israeli government or the American administration. So they are garnering international support to put pressure on Israel and the US.Robbi Sabel, and international law expert at Jerusalem's Hebrew University said, also on The Media Line, If the Palestinians unilaterally declare statehood, what we are left with is a border dispute.Sabel said one of the biggest consequences a unilateral statehood declaration may entail is the right of return for Arabs in neighboring countries who claim homes inside Israel.
The Hidden Cost of Victory: Dollars and Cents
But success for Abbas in the form of unilateral declaration of PA statehood by the UN may impact US aid not only to the PA, but to the UN as well.White House Middle East Adviser Dennis Ross said two weeks ago Washington is firmly opposed to a unilateral declaration of a PA state by the UN. A unilateral declaration would be a violation of the Oslo peace accords, Ross said.That would be a very, very bad thing to do, Rep. Kay Granger, chairwoman of the House appropriations subcommittee overseeing foreign aid, said last week. The Texas Republican clarified It will affect US aid to the Palestinian Authority, adding, It would be a very serious misstep. It also could affect our funding at the UN.A democratic aid serving on Granger's committee told reporters, The aid to the Palestinians includes the US’s understanding the Palestinians will continue to keep pursuing peace with Israel as per the Oslo agreement. If they were to unilaterally declare a state, they would be violating that understanding. I think there’s no question that if they were to unilaterally declare a state, it would affect our aid.The US has contributed to the billions of dollars in foreign aid to the PA over the past four years and has played a major role in training its security forces.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Abbas Rejects Third Intifada; Beats Unilateralist Drums
by Gavriel Queenann APR 20,11Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas rejected the idea of a third intifada today during a visit to Tunisia.Speaking to reporters, Abbas described the second intifada in 2000 as disastrous for the Palestinian nation and said he would not accept a third intifada even if current peace efforts fail.Abbas reiterated he would seek the unilateral declaration of a PA state by the United Nations if a peace deal is not reached with Israel come September.Abbas has flatly refused to come to the negotiating table and has manufactured preconditions when pressure has been brought to bear on the PA by the Quartet, especially the United States, for the PA to restart peace talks with Israel.The most recent demand was the release of all PA security prisoners in Israeli jails. This was in addition to Abbas' insistence Israel extend its moratorium on building in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem. The original building freeze was done as a good faith gesture on Israel's part to bring Abbas to the negotiating table - which he declined to do.Despite this, Abbas maintains that he remains committed to a US-supported goal of reaching a peace deal with Israel by September. How such a deal is to materialize in the absence of talks between Israel and the PA is a mystery.The US on Tuesday rejected PA intentions to pursue efforts to ask the UN Security Council to recognize a PA state in September.
We don't believe it's a good idea, we don't believe it's helpful, said US State Department spokesman Mark Toner. We continue to press both sides to begin talking again in direct negotiations.Abbas, however, has signaled that he is determined to pursue efforts to ask the UN to recognize a PA state irrespective of US objections.
We are counting on the words of US President Barack Obama, Abbas said on Teusday. Who said his vision is to see a Palestinian state this coming September according to a deadline set by the Quartet.More than 130 countries have already recognized a Palestinian state on 1967 borders. This number has the potential to reach 140 or 150,Abbas said.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
Arab Lawyers Arrested as Agents for Terror Head Abu Hamza
by Gavriel Queenann APR 20,11http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/143653
Suhir Ayoub, an Arab-Israeli attorney in Akko, was indicted by the Jerusalem District Attorney's office for serving as a go-between for members of the Mahajat El Quds terror organization incarcerated in Israel's prisons and their leader, Abu Hamza, in Gaza.The Mahajat El Quds organization is closely linked to the Islamic Jihad.According to the indictment Ayoub was retained by A’amar A’ashur Abu Hamza, a Mahajat El Quds member, to pass on information to the group’s members serving sentences in Israeli prisons.According to the indictment Suhir gained access to the prisoners on two occasions in February and April under the guise of counsel, representing herself as the inmates' lawyer. During her visits, Suhir is alleged to have taken down messages from the prisoners pertaining to Mahajat El Quds business, and then having distributed them among the other prisoners. She also allegedly transferred messages to Abu Hamza in Gaza.Suhir is being charged under a section of the Defense (Emergency) Regulations that prohibits giving aid to an illegal association. As a result, prosecutors requested Suhir be remanded for the duration of the proceedings against her, arguing she poses a danger to public and national security.The judge ordered house arrest for Suhir. Her license to practice law has been suspended.In a related announcement, the Israel Police Central District said it arrested three other lawyers in northern Israel for passing information to terror organizations. The lawyers, police said, received thousands of shekels in fees for the illicit services.
Avi Cohen of the Jerusalem District Police said the four lawyers were arrested after an undercover investigation spanning several months. The other three lawyers are expected to be indicted shortly.We believe they will be indicted within a week, said Cohen. We also know that this is not a singular case and that Islamic Jihad has other ways of contacting their members in Israeli prisons. Nevertheless, the arrests are likely to increase deterrence to that effect.Lt.-Col. (ret.) Meir Indor of Almagor, the Terror Victims Association, said of Suhir's arrest,The frequent visits by lawyers to convicted terrorists has become a national plague.These visits have nearly nothing to do with the requirement of legal representation, Indor observed,...it has become clear that they are an effective method designed by the terror organizations to enable the relay of messages between organization heads and operatives, many of them having to do with operational orders about terror attacks.(IsraelNationalNews.com)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tornadoes, storms again lash the Midwest and South
– Wed Apr 20, 3:35 pm ETCHICAGO (Reuters) – Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes tore across the Midwest and South bringing wind gusts and hail and snapping trees and damaging houses, authorities said on Wednesday.Accuweather meteorologists said 33 tornado sightings were unofficially reported from Oklahoma to Ohio from Tuesday night through Wednesday morning.There were no deaths reported from the outbreak of severe weather that triggered tornado warnings from Texas to Indiana and across the South, including areas hit by storms last week that killed at least 47 people, including 24 in North Carolina alone.Three tornadoes struck in Arkansas on Tuesday night, downing trees and power lines and causing structural damage but no reported fatalities or injuries, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock, Arkansas.Last week's storms caused at least seven deaths in Arkansas, with Little Rock hard it. Deaths also occurred in Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Virginia.
In Tennessee, 11 tornado warnings were issued from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning with no reported touchdowns, but 19 homes were destroyed or damaged in the middle and western parts of the state, said Dean Flener, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.High winds damaged the city hall roof in Milan, Tennessee, knocking down trees and powerlines throughout Gibson County, Milan city recorder Julienne Hart said.Compared to a lot of people, we were lucky, Hart said.
Thousands of Tennessee residents remained without power on Wednesday across the state, officials said. Austin Peay State University planned to open at noon Wednesday.The National Weather Service also warned of possible severe storms across Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon and evening that could bring large hail, heavy rains and winds up to 60 miles per hour.In the upper Midwest, a late April storm ran from northern Iowa across to Michigan late Tuesday and into Wednesday.Reported snowfalls ranged from nearly 7 inches in parts of southeast Minnesota, to 9.9 inches in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and 7 to nearly 10 inches in several areas of Michigan, the National Weather Service said.President Barack Obama on Tuesday night gave a federal disaster declaration to 10 of the hardest-hit counties in North Carolina from last week.The toll in North Carolina included 133 injuries, 439 homes destroyed and nearly 6,200 other homes with significant damage, according to state emergency officials. Some 21 businesses were destroyed and 92 damaged, Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday.AccuWeather senior meteorologist Henry Margusity said he expects over the next two weeks up to 300 tornadoes could affect a region from eastern Oklahoma to northern Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Typically, less populated areas of the southern Plains are hit by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes each spring. But drought this year, especially Texas, has created an unprecedented wildfire situation, Accuweather said.Warm humid air will continue surging northward from the Gulf of Mexico into the Plains, Southeast and Midwest as storm systems track through about once every several days, it said.
Add in a strong jet stream, and you have a recipe for significant severe weather outbreaks, Accuweather said.(Reporting by Colleen Jenkins, Tim Ghianni and David Bailey; Writing by David Bailey. Editing by Peter Bohan)
Fight continues against Manitoba floodwaters CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Wednesday Apr. 20, 2011 7:03 PM ETWorkers and residents continue to battle against unprecedented floodwaters in Manitoba, while another community across the border in Saskatchewan has declared a state of emergency.In the western Manitoba town of St-Lazare, workers have added 30 centimetres of freeboard to a ring dike as a precaution against high water from the Assiniboine River. They've also sandbagged homes that fall outside the dike, according to a flood bulletin issued by the provincial government on Wednesday.
Further south in the town of Malita, workers are building secondary dikes and sandbagging around a local sewage station to head off persisting high water levels on the Souris River.This is one of those towns that haven't seen flooding like this in 35 years,CTV's Jill Macyshon reported from the town of 1,000 residents, where the river has risen 2.7 metres above flood level.Manitoba is experiencing some of its worst flooding in the past 150 years, which has led to the closure of hundreds of municipal roads and a major highway into the United States.Across the border in Saskatchewan the Ochapowace First Nation has declared a state of emergency Wednesday as floodwaters threatened the reserve. Thirteen communities in that province are now under local states of emergency.Macyshon said the flooding extends from southeastern Saskatchewan to southeastern Manitoba.It's a huge geographic footprint, she said. They've never had so many rivers flooding at the same time.Hundreds of people have been forced from their homes in both provinces in recent weeks and provincial officials warn that rivers such as the Red and Assiniboine have yet to reach their peaks.
In Manitoba, Macyshon said there are fears that the two rivers could both peak near Winnipeg at the same time.Meanwhile, forecasters believe that water levels have largely peaked along the Qu'Appelle River system in Saskatchewan. Cooler temperatures have slowed the snow melt there, which also means that water levels won't rise as much as previously feared.With a report from CTV's Jill Macyshon and files from The Canadian Press
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MARK 7:6
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
LUKE 16:15
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
TITUS 1:16
16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
DEUTORONOMY 18:10-12
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
JUDE 10-13
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
MATTHEW 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me(JESUS) before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me (JESUS) before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
IF THERE IS NO HELL LIKE BELL AND THE GOD HATERS BELIEVE,WELL THEY CAN ENJOY THEIR SINS FOREVER.BUT IF THERE REALLY IS A HELL WERE DEMONS WILL BE TORMENTING THEM FOREVER AS WELL AS FIRE AND BRIMSTONE.THESE DECIEVED PEOPLE WILL BE HOPELESS AND TAKEN OFF GUARD THE SECOND THEY DIE OR BREATH THEIR LAST BREATH AND FIND THEMSELVES IN A PRISON CELL IN HELL BEING TORN APART BY A DEMONIC GOD HATING DEMON WHO HATES HUMANS SO MUCH BECAUSE GOD CREATED THEM IN HIS IMAGE.JUST THINK THE SURPRISE AND FRIGHT AS THIS TORMENT AND TORTURE LASTS FOREVER TO NEVER STOP.THIS IS JUST THE WARNING BY THE BIBLE FOR USE SKEPTICS WHO THINK THERES NO HELL.Rob Bell's Hell: A Threat to the Evangelical Business Plan
By BILL SAPORITO - TIME – Wed Apr 20, 11:00 am ETThere are more reasons than mere theology why Evangelical Christian leaders are raising Cain over the message now being wholesaled by the Rev. Rob Bell of Mars Hill Bible Church, featured in TIME's current cover story, What If There's No Hell? Bell's I'm-O.K.-you're-O.K., we're-not-going-to-hell-today spin is not merely a refutation of a basic belief. If this piece of theological reordering takes hold, it's the Evangelicals' business plan that's going to hell.Fire and brimstone has been one of the Evangelicals' main product lines. It's based on a zero-sum outcome: heaven or hell. Believe or perish. And part of the deal, at least in practical application, is that you can't get spiritually right without monetarily supporting the church. Pay to play, in other words. It's the same with most religions. No one says so in those crude terms - it's all about the mission - but a sales pitch is a sales pitch, even one accompanied by a choir. You can't build the Crystal Cathedral on prayer alone. There's a mortgage to pay. (See pictures in a brief history of hell.)And contributing money is a perfectly reasonable investment for the faithful. You may not be able to pay your way into heaven (sorry hedge funders), but you can help build the pathway on earth. Corporations like to measure return on equity, usually expressed as ROE. But you could say that church donations offer a different kind of ROE: return on eternity. And they're tax deductible to boot.
But what happens if Bell is right? Is it possible that the return on eternity on these contributions has dropped compared with other spiritual investments? For instance, maybe there's a bigger ROE in giving to the poor or volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Tithing your church may be too much of an investment risk if the returns are less certain.French mathematician Blaise Pascal famously pondered ROE in the spiritual-investment quandary called Pascal's Wager. It's an exercise in game theory. A rationalist, Pascal thought about how he might bet against God's very existence and behave accordingly: more rosÉ, fewer rosaries. But he also knew that had he pursued a hedonistic lifestyle and God existed, a negative outcome would ensue. And he'd be totally, eternally screwed. Better to believe, he reasoned. In Pascal's logic, the rational spiritual investor becomes risk averse and spends a big chunk of the portfolio with God. Pascal, in other words, recommended that you hedge your spiritual investment.Preacher Bell is now positing that the endgame is different. If, in mathematical terms, you assign a zero probability that hell exists, then the rational spiritual investor reduces his exposure, since the expected ROE has been declined. What do you give up? asks Yale University professor Keith Chen, a game-theory expert. What's relevant in game theory is the difference between the good and bad outcomes. If the idea is everybody goes to heaven and everybody enjoys the same privileges, then it unwinds Pascal's Wager,he says.
But both Chen and another game theorist at Yale, Barry Nalebuff, immediately posed another possibility: Is there a nonhell that's still not heaven? (Bell even suggests as much.) If there is heaven and a not-so-good nonhell, there's still a wager, although the spiritual investor might adjust it. Say, by moving it to a church like Bell's. Says Nalebuff: The trick is, what's the cost of leaving? In my view he brings down the cost of leaving.In this view, Pascal's Wager is more like playing the lottery, says Nalebuff. If you win, heaven is the prize. If you don't, it's just a couple of spiritual bucks lost.And that could be a competitive advantage. Churches operate in a marketplace of spiritual ideas, but they're directly connected to the temporal economy. The competition for the faithful can be downright unholy. Churches can and do go bankrupt if they cannot attract enough participants.The adverse reaction to Bell's hell among some Evangelical leaders is based first on deeply held belief, not economic consequences. But it should really put the fear of God in their accountants. There are plenty of other reasons to invest in your church other than buying eternity insurance. There's the spiritual fulfillment that faith can bring, the sense of community, the built-in support group for when you need it most. Even those awful church suppers. But these are not the zero-sum, repent-or-burn outcomes that have underwritten the business so effectively over the years. Indeed, there's no hell to pay anymore.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Sarkozy tells Libyan rebels: We will help you
By Emmanuel Jarry and Michael Georgy - APR 20,11PARIS/MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – France promised Libyan rebels on Wednesday it would intensify air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces and send military liaison officers to help them as fighting raged in Misrata, killing nine civilians.Rebels said they fought Gaddafi's forces for control of a main road in the besieged port city of 300,000, the insurgents' last bastion in the west of the country where civil war erupted in February over demands for an end to Gaddafi's 41-year rule.Seven Libyan civilians, a Ukrainian doctor and a British photojournalist were killed in the course of heavy fighting between pro-government troops and insurgents in Misrata on Wednesday, medical workers said.Around 120 people were wounded, including the wife of the Ukrainian doctor who lost both of her legs, according to Khalid Abufalgha, a doctor on the Misrata medical committee that deals with civilian casualties.
Photojournalist Tim Hetherington, co-director of Oscar-nominated war documentary Restrepo, died when a group including several photographers was caught in mortar fire. Another photographer was hospitalized in critical condition, doctors said.NATO warplanes are flying over Misrata but I do not know if there are strikes, a rebel spokesman calling himself Abdelsalam said by telephone.NATO has been inefficient in Misrata. NATO has completely failed to change things on the ground.Libyan state television said later that four people were killed in a NATO air strike on civilian and military targets in the Bir al-Ghanam area southwest of the capital Tripoli. There were losses in property and farmland, it said.Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, commander of NATO's Libya operations, advised Libyan civilians to keep away from Gaddafi's forces to help NATO carry out effective air strikes.Hundreds of people are believed to have been killed in Misrata, where aid groups say the humanitarian situation is worsening due to a lack of food and medical supplies.
Evidence surfaced on Wednesday that Gaddafi's government is dodging U.N. sanctions to import gasoline to western Libya using intermediaries who transfer the fuel between ships in Tunisia, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters.One intermediary company, Hong Kong-based Champlink, previously unknown to the oil trading community, has sought a transaction for fuel delivery into Libya, according to a fax obtained by Reuters, and European oil traders said they had been approached by other such firms.
SARKOZY ASSURES REBEL LEADER
In Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has spearheaded U.N.-backed NATO intervention, pledged stronger military action at his first meeting with the leader of the opposition Libyan National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil.We are indeed going to intensify the attacks and respond to this request from the national transition council, an official in the president's office said, quoting Sarkozy as telling Abdel Jalil: We will help you.He did not say how NATO-led forces planned to overcome the stalemate on the ground after the United States and several European allies declined last week to join ground strikes.A French military sources said Sarkozy had won approval from NATO to carry out more air strikes and France had moved six fighter jets from Corsica to the southern Greek island of Crete, closer to Libya, for that purpose.Italy, the former colonial power in Libya that has provided air bases for the NATO mission but says its own planes will not open fire, said it may send 10 military trainers as part of increased Western efforts to help the badly pressured rebels.President Barack Obama still opposes sending U.S. ground troops to Libya, the White House said on Wednesday, but he supports a French and British move to dispatch military advisors to help rebels fighting Gaddafi. Vice President Joe Biden insisted in an interview with the Financial Times that U.S. strike aircraft, requested by France, were not needed to achieve the alliance's goal in Libya.If the Lord Almighty extricated the U.S. out of NATO and dropped it on the planet of Mars so we were no longer participating, it is bizarre to suggest that NATO and the rest of the world lacks the capacity to deal with Libya -- it does not,he was quoted as saying.Occasionally other countries lack the will, but this is not about capacity, Biden said.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has recommended $25 million in commodities and services for Libyan rebels that would not include weapons, the State Department said. Obama still must sign off on this provision of aid such as radios, body armor and halal ready-to-eat-meals, spokesman Mark Toner said.
GOOD FOR MORALE
Western officials say NATO is attacking only military targets consistent with the alliance's U.N. mandate to impose a no-fly zone and protect civilians from Gaddafi's forces.Rebels want NATO to go much further and provide close air support so they can break a prolonged battlefield stalemate.Abdel Jalil told reporters he had invited Sarkozy to pay a visit to the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi to demonstrate France's support for ending Gaddafi's autocratic rule.I think that would be extremely important for the morale of the revolution, he said. French officials did not say if the president had accepted.Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, was quoted by Al Arabiya TV as saying the government would prevail over the rebels and a new constitution was ready for when the insurgency was vanquished.Libya will not go back to what it was,it quoted him as saying on Libyan state television. The era of the first Jamahiriya (people's republic) is gone and a new draft constitution has been prepared.The rebels say forces loyal to Gaddafi have been bombarding Misrata heavily over the last week. In signs of hardship, there are long queues for petrol and electricity has been cut so residents depend on generators. Thousands of stranded foreign migrant workers are awaiting rescue in the port area.The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said the Libyan government's reported use of cluster munitions and heavy weapons in Misrata may amount to a war crime under international law.The government denies it is attacking civilians in Misrata.
MILITARY ADVISERS
France's decision to send up to 10 military advisers to work with the rebels came a day after Britain, the other main leader of the coalition, announced a similar move.
Government spokesman Francois Baroin stressed France had no intention of sending troops into Libya, where Western powers are struggling to break a deadlock in a two-month-old conflict.The French officers are expected to advise rebel leaders on how to organize their ragtag forces, now struggling against Gaddafi's better-armed and -trained army. They will also liaise with NATO on the location of rebels and Gaddafi's troops.Asked whether the dispatch of liaison officers amounted to mission creep, military analyst Jean-Dominique Merchet said it was only a small team and they would not be training fighters but advising their senior officers.It's about putting a bit of organization into the rebel forces. It's the French and the British doing this, it's clear that NATO is not very keen, nor the Americans,he said.
Independent defense analyst Paul Beaver said the decision to send military advisers was stretching the U.N. resolution.But I think without it the rebels are going to be so disorganized that we will have a stalemate in what is almost a civil war now, Beaver said.(Additional reporting by Catherine Bremer, Alexandria Sage and Gerard Bon in Paris, David Brunnstrom in Brussels, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, Isabel Coles in Cairo, Joseph Nasr in Berlin, Tabassum Zakaria in Washington, Daniel Trotta in New York and Jeff Mason with Obama aboard Air Force One; writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Mark Heinrich)
Thousands protest in Syria, brushing off reforms By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press – Wed Apr 20, 4:17 pm ETBEIRUT – Thousands of students held demonstrations Wednesday against Syria's authoritarian regime, brushing off President Bashar Assad's sweeping declarations of reform as the country's growing protest movement vowed to stage the biggest rallies to date on Friday.The monthlong uprising in Syria has posed the biggest challenge to the 40-year ruling dynasty of President Bashar Assad and his father before him. On Tuesday, Syria did away with 50 years of emergency rule — but emboldened and defiant crowds accused Assad of simply trying to buy time while he clings to power.We are preparing for a huge demonstration on Friday, said an activist in the southern city of Daraa, where anti-government protests first erupted last month and later spread nationwide.Prolonged instability in Syria could have serious repercussions well beyond its borders. The closed-off nation punches above its weight in terms of regional influence because of its alliances with militant groups like Lebanon's Hezbollah and with Shiite powerhouse Iran. That has given Damascus a pivotal role in most of the flashpoint issues of the Middle East, from the Arab-Israeli peace process to Iran's widening influence.Protesters have vowed to keep up their demonstrations. In recent days, the movement has crossed a significant threshold, with increasing numbers now seeking nothing less than the downfall of the regime.
At least 200 people have been killed as the government cracked down on the protesters.On Wednesday, 4,000 university students from Daraa and surrounding areas protested near the city's al-Omari Mosque. Activists also said dozens of students protested Wednesday at Aleppo University in the country's north, adding there were confrontations on campus between pro and anti-government students.The witnesses spoke by telephone on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.The regime has coupled its crackdown with a series of concessions, including an end to the state of emergency, which gives authorities almost boundless powers of surveillance and arrest.Abolishing the reviled laws was once the key demand of the uprising against Assad, a British-trained eye doctor who took power 11 years ago but has failed to fulfill early promises of reform.A resident of the city of Homs in central Syria also said preparations for Friday protests were under way, but declined to go into details over the phone.Homs has been tense since clashes between protesters and security forces killed at least 12 people Sunday. On Tuesday, security forces there opened fire with live ammunition and tear gas on hundreds of anti-government demonstrators during a pre-dawn raid that killed several people.The resident said there was heavy security presence in Homs on Wednesday, with many opting to stay at home.In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rapped the Syrian government for its crackdown on the protests, saying Damascus must stop the arbitrary arrests, detentions and torture of prisoners, and it must cease the violence.
Britain's Foreign Office on Wednesday said U.K. nationals should consider leaving Syria on commercial flights, after it upgraded warnings about unrest there. In a statement, the ministry said it had changed its advice in light of the deterioration in the security situation in Syria.British diplomats had warned that violent clashes are anticipated between local security forces and demonstrators.Also Wednesday, human rights activists said Syrian authorities arrested an opposition figure at his home during an overnight raid, hours after the government announced an end to emergency rule.Syrian Human Rights League chief, Abdul-Karim Rihawi, said security agents picked up Mahmoud Issa from his home in the central city of Homs after an interview he gave to Al-Jazeera satellite TV late Tuesday. He said his arbitrary arrest is in line with the state of emergency rule and said he expected him to be released after President Assad signs the decree formally abolishing the emergency rule.Rights activist Mazen Darwish said the interview Issa gave to Al-Jazeera angered relatives of a Syrian brigadier general who was killed along with his two sons and a nephew Sunday in Homs.The government says they were gunned down by armed gangs that authorities blame for the violence during anti-government protests of the past month.Darwish said Issa, in the interview, said he didn't know who was behind the killing and called for an investigation, enraging bereaved relatives who reportedly threatened Issa before alerting the police.Issa, who spent years in prison for his pro-democracy views, was picked up from his home shortly afterward.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner expressed concern about Issa's arrest, noting its timing only a day after Assad's speech promising reform and the repeal of Syria's emergency law.This arrest today calls into question the Syrian government's intentions with respect to real reform, and indeed their desire to meet the demands of the Syrian people,Toner told reporters.Actions speak louder than words.Associated Press writer Bradley Klapper contributed to this report from Washington.
POISONED WATERS
REVELATION 8:8-11
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.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Doctor warns Japan nuke workers are at their limit
By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press – Wed Apr 20, 10:26 am ETFUKUSHIMA, Japan – Workers battling the crisis at Japan's stricken nuclear plant suffer from insomnia, show signs of dehydration and high blood pressure and are at risk of developing depression or heart trouble, a doctor who met with them said Wednesday.The crews have been fighting to get the radiation-spewing Fukushima Dai-ichi plant under control since it was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.The conditions at the plant remain harsh, epidemiologist Takeshi Tanigawa told The Associated Press.I am afraid that if this continues we will see a growing risk of health problems.Tanigawa, the Public Health Department chairman at Ehime University's medical school, said he met and spoke with 80 of the workers over four days when he was allowed into another nearby nuclear plant where many of them take their breaks. He said he was not able to carry out full physical exams on the workers before leaving Tuesday because of time constraints.Tokyo Electric Power Co, the plant operator, said 245 workers from the company and affiliated companies were stationed at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant Wednesday. Soldiers, firefighters and police officers also were at the site.The nuclear workers have been toiling around the clock to stabilize the plant. Tanigawa said they get little rest, no baths or fresh food and are under the constant threat of exposure to radiation, which remains so high in many places that robots are being used to take measurements.
In a telephone interview, Tanigawa said the work conditions don't meet the basic rights guaranteed workers by Japan's constitution. During their breaks at the Fukushima Daini plant, they often sleep on the floor of a gymnasium, wrapped only in blankets and with no privacy,he said.Photographs of the gymnasium show workers in white radiation protection suits sitting on gold metallic mats laid in tight rows on the floor. Boxes of supplies are stacked nearby.Because they sleep so close to each other, snoring is a big problem, he said. Normally, that might sound funny, but in this case it is denying people sleep and that can lead to bad performance on the job.
The workers, most of them middle-aged men, suffer insomnia and show signs of dehydration and high blood pressure, he said. One had gout. Tanigawa said he is concerned they may develop depression or heart problems.Making sure they have a shower or a bath or a proper place to sleep is not just to make them comfortable, but to ensure good performance,he said.Tanigawa said the mental stress of the job is deepened by the fear of radiation exposure, the concerns of their loved ones — many don't want the men to stay on at the plant — and the fact that many of the workers themselves lost homes or family in the tsunami.TEPCO said the situation has become difficult as the crisis has become protracted.We think that we have worked to improve food, sleep hours and off days so that working conditions are improving, it said in a statement.We would like to work on further improvements, taking Dr. Tanigawa's views into account.Tanigawa said that although emergency conditions may have justified harsh working hours in the early days of the crisis, the situation has now become chronic.They have struggled for a month. But they haven't gotten any rest,he said.TEPCO and the government don't think about them. The workers must do a good job, but they do not have any support, he said.With the heat of summer approaching, the health risks could multiply.The workers now have three meals a day, but no fresh meat or vegetables. They get microwave food,he said.They put in four days, then have two off, but many feel they can't leave, he said.They feel a deep sense of responsibility to be there, he said.I asked many if they wanted to stop, but they responded, Who would do this if I didn't?
Say prayers on Champlain Bridge, warns church
The Canadian Press Posted: Apr 20, 2011 9:23 AM ET CBCNEWSThe Roman Catholic Church in Montreal has a message for motorists crossing the city's aging Champlain Bridge: Say Your Prayers.The Archdiocese of Montreal has put up a highway billboard with that very message.Spokeswoman Lucie Martineau said the sign voices the church's position on the future of the 49-year-old bridge, which has become a hot federal election issue in the region.She said there's nothing morbid about the ad because authorities have assured the public there is no danger the Champlain will suddenly collapse.The state of the Champlain Bridge has become a big topic ever since reports quoted two experts saying parts of the bridge could collapse in the event of an earthquake.The Conservatives have since pledged $158 million for urgent repairs to the Champlain Bridge, while the Liberals have promised to replace it.Meantime, the archdiocese is also hoping the billboard will draw attention to the church and encourage people to fill up collection plates over Easter.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Texas wildfire razes 150 homes CBC News Posted: Apr 20, 2011 10:40 AM ET Crews in north Texas are battling a wildfire that has so far destroyed 150 homes and scorched 60,000 hectares.The Possum Kingdom Lake fire, west of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, is the largest of several blazes that have been burning across the drought-stricken state for the past week.The fire started last Friday near the lakeside community and has since spread to two other counties.Several roads near the reservoir have been closed. Boating access was declared off limits Tuesday to everyone except emergency workers responding to the wildfire.On Tuesday, authorities ordered the 400 residents of Palo Pinto, about 80 kilometres west of Fort Worth, to head east to Mineral Wells because of the advancing flames.Palo Pino County Sheriff Ira Mercer told CBS News that fire crews have not found a way to stop the blaze and have told him this is the perfect storm as far as fires are concerned.But weary firefighters had some reason for hope as rain and higher humidity levels were forecast for the rest of the week in parts of the state.A 20 to 30 per cent chance of rain was forecast for Wednesday and Thursday in the North Texas area, said Daniel Huckaby, a forecaster at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.Some areas will get some rainfall, but unfortunately most will not. And with the chaotic wind that thunderstorms can produce, and the lightning they can produce, that can make matters worse,Huckaby said. But as the humidity levels rise, even without the rain, conditions are looking more positive.The fire also threatens the small towns of Graford and Strawn, south of the lake, although no evacuation has been ordered.With files from The Associated Press
