VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY - PUTIN (GOG OF MAGOG)

YOUNG JEWISH GIRL CHOOSES DECAPITATION OVER ISLAM AUDIO
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Jewish Girl Chooses Decapitation Over Converting to Islam SEPT 05,08

(IsraelNN.com) Many books have been written about Islam and Dhimmitude. Few, however, have been written about how it was to live as a Jewish Dhimmi under Islamic rule.In his book, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History, author Dr. Andrew G. Bostom describes what it was like living as a Jew under Moslem rule. Quoting from Islamic sources and historical records, this 700+ page book provides a plethora of unaltered and complete historical accounts on how Islamic governments treated Christians, Jews, and other infidels. Bostom was inspired to focus on the Jewish aspect of history living under the thumb of Islam during research for another book on the Islamic treatment of non-Muslims. When he came across a quote by Sufi jurist Sirhindi (d. 1621): Whenever a Jew is killed, it is for the benefit of Islam, he began researching and recording Jewish experiences under Muslim rule on a scholarly level.

In his August 31 interview on Israel National Radio's Tamar Yonah Show, he shared the dramatic account of a young Moroccan Jewess in her teens who lived in the 1800's, named Sol Hachuel. Falsely accused on charges of apostasy from Islam, she was offered riches and special rights if she embraced Islam - or prison, torture and death if she did not. Sol Hachuel chose to be imprisoned, starved, tortured and then decapitated in the town square rather than give up her Judaism. I was born a Jew, and I shall die a Jew, she boldly stated to the Islamic court, according to Bostom's accounts. On the show, Bostom read her historic speech that inspired the Fez Jewish community to remain committed to their Judaism despite the hardships of constant false charges, unfair heavy taxes, violence and murder. Hear Hachuel's riveting last words to her executioner and her people.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

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.

RUSSIANS ALSO LOVE VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, HES A RUSSIA IN GOVERNMENT WHO WANTS ISRAEL OFF THE MAP ALSO. I WAS BREIFLY TALKIN TO A RUSSIAN GIRL ON BLOGTV AND SHE SAID RUSSIANS LOVE VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY. IN THE FUTURE WHEN RUSSIA MARCHES TO ISRAEL I FIGURE IT WILL EITHER BE PUTIN OR ZHIRINOVSKY AS PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA THAT GOD HATES SO MUCH AND IS AGAINST IN EZEKIEL 38+39.

Russians like Putin and Obama, polls find Wed Sep 10, 12:26 pm ET

AP MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would triumph over President Dmitry Medvedev if presidential polls were held this weekend, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday.A separate survey showed that if Russians were allowed to vote in U.S. polls, they would prefer Democrat Barack Obama to Republican John McCain.The polls follow Russia's intervention in Georgia last month to crush Tbilisi's attempt to retake a pro-Moscow separatist region of South Ossetia.Moscow defied Western threats of punitive action and recognized South Ossetia and another breakaway province, Abkhazia, as independent.Medvedev, a handpicked successor of Putin who took office in May, assumed the leading role during the conflict. But in many episodes Putin's firebrand anti-Western statements overshadowed his performance.

When asked by independent pollster the Levada Centre which of the two they would vote for if elections were held next week, Russians preferred Putin, giving him 33 percent backing against 14 percent for Medvedev.No other candidate received more than 4 per cent, Levada said. It surveyed 1,600 Russians in 10 cities between August 15-18 on who they would back if elections were held the following Sunday. Some 44 percent did not indicate if, or how, they would vote.Pollsters for state-run VTsIOM found that if Russians could vote in U.S. elections, the Republicans would get little support, though most of those queried did no give a view.Obama would receive 27 percent support and McCain 6 percent, VTsIOM found, in the September 6-7 poll of 1,600 Russians.I attribute our findings mainly to the fact that McCain has made more anti-Russian rhetoric. Obama seemed to be a little more pro-Russian, Olga Kamenchuk, VIsIOM communications director, told Reuters.Levada found strong public support of 80percent in favor of Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia in a second poll carried out on September 5-8.The survey found public opinion was against another Kremlin policy -- leaving a permanent military presence in Georgia's breakaway regions, a policy the Kremlin announced this week.While 46 percent said they endorsed the presence of Russian peacekeepers, only 34 percent said they wanted regular Russian soldiers there, in a sign that public support for the Georgian policy is not unconditional.A further 11 percent backed either UN or EU peacekeepers and 9 percent gave no view.(Reporting by Conor Sweeney; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

ZHIRINOVSKY ISRAEL WILL ATTACK IRAN IN OCTOBER.
http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=87650

ZHIRINOVSKY ANTI-SEMITE
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2275,00.html

LETS GET A LOOK AT VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY SEPT 12,08

So, you're interested in Vladimir, eh? Well, so are we!

Iraq: The Sore of the Planet is Vladimir's newest book. It was finished right before Operation Iraqi Freedom and it's a biography of Saddam Hussein - someone Vladimir considers a good friend. Disclaimer: JCSM does not endorse the above news sites. They may contain a strong, Anti-American bias. Therefore, we suggest that you view them with caution.

Vladimir Zhirinovksy is currently involved in Russian politics. He is a leader in Russia and seeking more power. Vladimir is a very charismatic leader and his views rival Hitler's and Stalin's. One of his books is called My Struggle and some have compared it to Mein Kampf (which means My Struggle in German) and called it more of a manifesto than an autobiography.Modern, biblical scholars who enjoy speculating about prophetic events know the name Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Why? In Ezekiel 38 and 39, God's Word tells us about an invasion from a country (Magog) in the far North of Israel. This outspoken leader (Gog) could be the man (Vladimir) who leads this invasion.Have you looked at a map of the Middle East, Europe and Asia? Have you found Israel? How about Moscow? Russia is obviously and specifically due North of Israel.

Further, this country will launch and lead a surprise attack against Israel and the opposing countries will be defeated. Read Ezekiel 38 and 39. Here is an online Bible: http://bible.jcsm.org.Russia has sold many weapons to Iraq. Iraq is aligned against Israel and the United States. Russia is being diplomatic with the U.S. and basically staying out of Israeli affairs (or so it appears).Ezekiel 38 and 39 tells us how Gog will lead the country of Magog and several other countries into a battle against Israel. They will use some weapons that appear to be nuclear or chemical weapons. Apparently, according to the scriptures, these weapons malfunction, kill the people using them and cause a serious mess. The area can't even be cleaned for 7 months.Recently, I've read some awesome books on these prophetic events. The Magog Invasion, by Chuck Missler, was an enlightening resource. This book went into great detail to show how Noah's sons migrated into different parts of the world and how their descendants became the modern-day countries we see, today. One of these sons went into the far North. In the Bible, they were known as barbarians or Scythians.

Missler's book also gave great information about the current climate of Russia and it's allies. I read the whole book in a matter of days. It's not fanatical or anything; just a solid book on the current situation and the prophetic scriptures.

Here are a few interesting things about Vlad and Gog.

Vladimir has written a book called, The Last March to the South. He wants to expand Russia's borders to include the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Proverb 30:27 says that the locusts have no king. Why is this significant?

Amos 7:1 reads, Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Wow, that didn't sound too impressive, did it?

Chuck Missler was up late one night and studying the scriptures. As he was studying, he found a passage in the Greek Septuagint that pointed to something awesome. Something had been lost and changed in the English translations.In the Greek Septuagint, Amos 7:1 reads, Thus the Lord showed me, and behold a swarm of locusts were coming, and behold, one of the young devastating locusts was Gog, the King.

These locusts aren't natural locusts. These locusts are referring to demons and Gog is their king. Spooky? Not really. Just like God's angels are ranked in a hierarchy, so are the devil's fallen angels and demons.Regular locusts don't have a king, but these supernatural ones do; and their king is Gog.Lastly, there is a mentioning of Gog and Magog leading a rebellion after the Millennium (see Revelation 20:8)! This has puzzled commentators. However, if Gog is a demon king, this reveals how he could be present in the Old Testament, today and in the future!

Along with Chuck Missler's book, I read a great book called, Zhirinovksy: The Man Who Would Be Gog, by Scot Overbey. This book outlined Vladimir's history. His past is full of holes. It's hard to put a finger on where he came from. His birth certificate can't be found and either can his father's.Scot Overbey is a Dallas Theological Seminary graduate, so I trust his work. He has written some other, legitimate works, too. In this book, he revealed Vladimir's past, but also revealed many things he has said, his influence with the KGB, why he's appealing to Russians and much more.You can find both of the above books at http://www.half.com. Currently, you can get Overbey's book for as low as $1.25 and Missler's book for as low as $5.25. Missler's book is out of print, but you can still buy it used (Overbey's book may be out of print, too).No matter what you think about prophecy or Gog and Magog, read the Bible and research the person of Jesus Christ. He is God's Son and He died for your sins. He also was raised from the dead to give us eternal life in Heaven!

COMPLETE HAPPENNINGS OF RUSSIA-MUSLIMS MARCHING TO ISRAEL IN THE FUTURE.

EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, 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, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: 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.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
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, 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, 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, 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.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
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.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

August 15, 2008 The Russians Are Coming! BY BOB
http://www.soundthemidnightcry.com/

Last Friday, August 8th, I woke up and made my cup of coffee and sat down at my computer to take a quick glance of world news. When I read the headline, Russia Invades Georgia I was totally confused. Of course, being half asleep might have had something to do with it [hence, the need for my strong cup of coffee]. I first thought it must be a joke as I questioned, What would Russia want with Atlanta or Macon?” My mind immediately flipped back to 1966 to a movie with the same headline: “The Russians Are Coming! It was about a Russian submarine that runs aground of the coast of New England. The crew comes ashore trying to find a boat to tow the sub to deeper water and the villagers think they are being invaded. The tagline was, It's A Plot…to make the world die laughing!Well, this present day plot doesn’t have anyone laughing. It is obvious that Russia has been planning this invasion for some time and the problems in neighboring South Ossetia were simply an excuse to make its move. Add in the fact that the world’s attention is focused on Beijing, China and the world Olympic competition didn’t hurt Russia’s plan.

I believe the real issues can be identified in three main areas:

First, is the fact that Georgia’s leadership rebuffed Moscow when it broke away and aligned itself with the United States. U.S. military advisors are in Georgia as that nation has applied for membership with NATO. Russian wants to show Georgia as well as the other breakaway republics that NATO isn’t going to help them so why not align their governments with them.

Second, since it achieved independence in 1990, Georgia has been the only obstacle in Russia's path to exercising full control over oil supplies from Central Asia to the West. The headlines noted from day one of Russian planes trying to bomb the oil and gas pipelines that supplied the West [the only pipelines in that area Russia didn’t own or control]. In response to the Russian invasion, British Petroleum, which owns the pipelines, announced that it will close them. In the future that same oil and gas will either be shipped through Russia, or through Georgia under the control of Russian peacekeeping forces permanently stationed in Gori. The West now has no option other than appeasing Russia if it wishes to receive its oil from the Caucasus.

Finally, noting how close Azerbaijan is to Iran, the Russians are assuring the Iranians of Moscow’s readiness to confront the U.S. As one analyst noted, “by invading Georgia the Russians are exacerbating the global energy crisis by strengthening all anti-American forces in the Middle East.

According to the prophet Ezekiel, there will rise in the latter times Gog [a leader] of Magog [Russia] and an alliance of nations consisting of the former breakaway republics and an Islamic coalition of nations led by Iran, will eventually launch an invasion of Israel. [Note: Georgia gives Russia a direct path to Israel] Once again, we see pieces of the prophetic puzzle coming together. And once again, we are reminded that Jesus is coming soon!

NATO says allied ships leaving Black Sea as planned 10 Sep 2008 13:47:40 GMT
Source: Reuters

BRUSSELS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - NATO said a group of four allied warships was leaving the Black Sea as planned on Wednesday after conducting what it called a long-planned schedule of exercises.The Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG 1) successfully completed its planned visit and is leaving the Black Sea today, the alliance said in a statement of the deployment, which prompted Russian accusations of a NATO naval build-up close to Georgia. (Reporting by Mark John)

AMERICA IS BEING DECIEVED BIGTIME BY LIBYA AS EZEKIEL 38:5 SAYS LIBYA WILL BE WITH RUSSIA - MUSLIMS WHEN THEY MARCH TO ISRAEL.

Libya agrees on Understanding Memoranda with Syria SEPT 09,08

TRIPOLI - The Libyan General People's Committee approved yesterday a number of understanding memoranda and agreements signed between Libya and a number of countries including Syria. The Committee, during its meeting, agreed to adopt a memorandum of understanding on settlement of the loan and deposit due to be paid by Syria to Libya, as well as minutes of the second meeting to follow-up meetings of the fourth session of the Syrian-Libyan higher committee. By Ghossoun.SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2008

7YRS IN SINCE TOWERS ROCKED

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Strong quake hits Indonesia: officials Wed Sep 10, 9:45 PM

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert on Thursday after a strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the country's east, but lifted the warning less than one hour later.The quake happened at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 2200 GMT, 122 kilometres northwest of Ternate city in North Maluku province, the meteorology and geophysics bureau said.There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.The United States Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.6 and said it occurred at a depth of 93 kilometres.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology also reported a 6.6-magnitude quake in the North Maluku area and said it was felt over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.I felt the shaking but it wasn't really strong, said Ojihan Washab, a hospital worker in Ternate. He said he was not planning to move to safety despite the tsunami warning.Japan also reported a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the north of the country, at 0021 GMT on Thursday. Japan's Meteorological Agency warned of mild tsunami seismic waves.

Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004 that killed 168,000 people in the country's westernmost Aceh province.

The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet, causing seismic and volcanic activity.

Asia rattled by 2 strong quakes Thu Sep 11, 1:02 AM ET

TOKYO, Japan - Two strong earthquakes rattled Asia on Thursday, triggering alerts for a tsunami that harmlessly lapped Japan's northern coast and another in Indonesia that didn't materialize but briefly sent residents fleeing to high ground. The more powerful of the quakes, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, hit off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido at a depth of about 12 miles, the country's meteorological agency said.A 4-inch tsunami rippled to shore 35 minutes later, but there were no signs of damage.There was some light shaking, but it was nothing major, said Yukio Yoshida, a police spokesman in Hokkaido.Authorities temporarily advised about 10,600 residents of Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture, about 125 miles northwest of Tokyo, to evacuate their homes and ordered people to stay away from beaches.An hour earlier, northeastern Indonesia was hit by a 6.6-magnitude quake that struck 55 miles beneath the Molucca Sea, the U.S. Geological Survey. Though on the same tectonic plate, the temblors were unrelated, local officials said.A tsunami alert was briefly issued over the radio and television and people in the Maluku capital of Ternate, which was closest to the epicenter, fled from houses and buildings as the earth rumbled beneath them.The feared wave never came, however, and there were no reports of casualties or damage.I ran out of the hotel with other guests and we fled to high ground, Benyamin Otte said. I could see people on the beach, checking to see if the were any signs of a tsunami, but everything looked normal. Within a half hour, we were heading back down.

Indonesia and Japan are both prone to seismic upheaval due to their location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.In December 2004, a massive earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island triggered a tsunami that battered much of the Indian Ocean coastline and killed more than 230,000 people — 131,000 of them in Aceh province alone.A tsunami off Java island last year killed nearly 5,000.Japan also is one of the world's most earthquake prone nations.In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people and experts believe Tokyo has a 90 percent chance of being hit by a major quake over the next 50 years.Associated Press Writer Niniek Karmini contributed to this report from Jakarta.

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.

Memories of killer 1900 storm haunt Galveston ahead of Ike by Kate Murphy SEPT 11,08

GALVESTON, Texas (AFP) - Residents here are warily following the progress of Hurricane Ike -- currently bearing down on the Texas Gulf coast -- mindful of the anniversary this month of a storm that devastated the island city in 1900.

Galveston's history of barely surviving the Great Storm of 1900 makes residents inclined to prepare for the worst.The 1900 hurricane produced a storm surge that submerged Galveston and killed 6,000 people.News reports and letters written at the time told of bodies washing ashore and stacking up on the beach like driftwood, then attracting clouds of black flies. With food and water in short supply, vigilantes shot and lynched looters and those suspected of looting.For those of us who had relatives who survived the Great Storm and heard the stories and saw the photographs -- we are very aware of the lessons learned, said Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas.It informs and has led to a high level of preparedness here even today, said Thomas, whose grandparents lived through the 1900 storm.City officials have already been testing back-up generators and mobilizing police to patrol evacuation routes.The Port of Galveston has been helping its tenants, which include Del Monte Fresh Produce, ADM Grain and Holcim Cement, to move cargo inland and secure loose items that could become projectiles in hurricane force winds. The port is also home to several ship and offshore rig repair yards.Preparations for the hurricane started early, said Steven Cernak, the Port of Galveston's director and CEO. We don't want any hiccups.

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the city's largest employer, also begun disaster preparations.The university has stockpiled dry ice, and every department has been warned they might have to lock down research sites, postpone surgeries and ready patients for evacuation.It's not only the memory of the Great Storm but what happened after Katrina, said UTMB spokesperson Marsha Canright. We had a number of doctors and nurses who went to New Orleans and saw what happened to the medical facilities there and that is just not going to happen here.Galveston also has a 90-day cash reserve to begin recovery efforts immediately after a storm rather than having to wait like New Orleans for the federal government to release funds. The city was also able to push through a state law that allows it to borrow up to 20 million dollars to rebuild without a voter referendum.Additionally, Galveston has contracted with private companies like Home Depot and Wal-Mart to bring in provisions and building supplies after a hurricane. Carnival Cruise line has also committed to provide one of its passenger ships in the event it is needed for emergency housing.Because of The Great Storm we have a great respect for the devastation a hurricane can bring, said Gina Spagnola, president of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce. We're constantly looking at how we can be more prepared.The Chamber has published an extensive guide on things businesses should do ahead of a storm, like backing up data files and storing them off-site.During hurricane season Galveston residents tend to keep their gas tanks full in case they need to quickly evacuate and their cupboards stocked with water, food, candles and batteries.Among them is Shrub Kempner, an investment manager and native islander whose ancestors weathered the 1900 hurricane. Memories are long here and that makes us take storms very seriously, he said.

Houston-Galveston could face major damage from Ike By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press Writer SEPT 11,08

HOUSTON - Gleaming skyscrapers, the nation's biggest refinery and NASA's Johnson Space Center lie in areas that could be vulnerable to wind and damaging floodwaters if Hurricane Ike crashes ashore as a major hurricane. Forecasters expect the storm to make landfall this weekend somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, creating the potential for heavy punishment for Houston even if it's not hit directly.Some forecasts say Ike could strengthen to a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of at least 131 mph over the Gulf of Mexico, and emergency officials warned it could drive a storm surge as high as 18 feet.If current projections of the storm's path hold up, the area surrounding Houston — home to about 4 million people — would be lashed by the eastern or dirty side of the storm, said meteorologist Jeff Masters, co-founder of San Francisco-based Weather Underground. This stronger side of the storm often packs heavy rains, walloping storm surge and tornadoes.I expect a lot of damage in Houston from this storm, said Masters, adding that Ike could cause a huge storm surge affecting at least 100 miles of the Texas coast.Houston officials were expecting some flooding, the question is how much.Patrick Trahan, spokesman for the city of Houston, told The Associated Press early Thursday that based on the current forecast (we) would expect to see some flooding based solely on the surge in some low-lying areas.Four counties south and east of Houston have announced mandatory or voluntary evacuations, and authorities began moving weak and chronically ill patients by bus to San Antonio, about 190 miles from Houston. About 1 million people live in the coastal counties between Corpus Christi and Galveston.But no immediate evacuations were ordered in Harris County, which includes Houston.

The Galveston-Houston area could be on the edge of hurricane-force wind gusts, even if the storm makes land 100 miles to the southwest as some forecasts say is likely, said forecaster Joe Bartosik. Storm surges in the Houston-Galveston area could reach 10 to 14 feet in a Category 3 storm, and as much as 20 feet for a Category 4, said Bartosik, senior meteorologist with WeatherBug, a private weather company with 1,500 weather stations along the Gulf Coast.The surge in Galveston Bay could push floodwaters into Houston, damaging areas that include the nation's biggest refinery and NASA's Johnson Space Center.Diana Rangel, a lifelong resident of Freeport, which is under a mandatory evacuation order in Brazoria County, said it is better that she, her family and other residents on the Texas coast, leave.We don't want to get stuck out here (in flood waters), she said Wednesday as she filled her car with gasoline at a convenience store in Freeport overrun with other vehicles waiting in line to fill up.The oil and gas industry also watched the storm closely, fearing damage to the very heart of its operations.Texas is home to 26 refineries that account for one-fourth of U.S. refining capacity, and most are clustered along the Gulf Coast in such places as Houston, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s plant in Baytown, outside Houston, is the nation's largest refinery. Dow Chemical has a huge operation just north of Corpus Christi.Refineries are built to withstand high winds, but flooding can disrupt operations and — as happened in Louisiana after Hurricane Gustav — power outages can shut down equipment for days or weeks. An extended shutdown could lead to higher gasoline prices.At 5 a.m. EDT, Ike was a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph. It was about 620 miles east of Brownsville, Texas, and was moving west-northwest near 9 mph, after ravaging homes in Cuba and killing dozens of people in the Caribbean.Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, John Porretto in Houston, Monica Rhor in Houston, Michelle Roberts in San Antonio and Christopher Sherman in Corpus Christi contributed to this report.

Evacuations begin in Texas ahead of Hurricane Ike By MONICA RHOR, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 11, 12:14 AM ET

HOUSTON - The frail and elderly were put aboard buses Wednesday and authorities warned 1 million others to flee inland as Hurricane Ike steamed toward a swath of the Texas coast that includes the nation's largest concentration of refineries and chemical plants. Drawing energy from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the strengthening storm was expected to blow ashore early Saturday somewhere between Corpus Christi and Houston, with some forecasts saying it could become a fearsome Category 4, with winds of at least 131 mph.Such a storm could cause a storm surge of 18 feet in Matagorda Bay and four to eight feet in Galveston Bay, emergency officials warned. The surge in Galveston Bay could push floodwaters into Houston, damaging areas that include the nation's biggest refinery and NASA's Johnson Space Center.Four counties south and east of Houston announced mandatory or voluntary evacuations, and authorities began moving weak and chronically ill patients by bus to San Antonio, about 190 miles from Houston. No immediate evacuations were ordered in Harris County, which includes Houston.Just across the state line where Louisianans were still cleaning up from Hurricane Gustav, Cameron Parish residents were told to evacuate, as were those in a few other low-lying coastal communities.

In Texas, Johnny Greer, a 54-year-old retired plant operator at Dow Chemical Corp., boarded up his house a mile from the Gulf of Mexico in Brazoria County and planned to hit the road.Gas and stuff is high. But you can't look at all that, he said. I think my life is more valuable than high gas prices.About 1 million people live in the coastal counties between Corpus Christi and Galveston. An additional 4 million live in the Houston area, to the north.The oil and gas industry watched the storm closely, fearing damage to the very heart of its operations.Texas is home to 26 refineries that account for one-fourth of U.S. refining capacity, and most are clustered along the Gulf Coast in such places as Houston, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s plant in Baytown, outside Houston, is the nation's largest refinery. Dow Chemical has a huge operation just north of Corpus Christi.

Refineries are built to withstand high winds, but flooding can disrupt operations and — as happened in Louisiana after Gustav — power outages can shut down equipment for days or weeks. An extended shutdown could lead to higher gasoline prices.

Meanwhile, the storm's approach also forced University of Texas officials to postpone the school's home football game against Arkansas until Sept. 27.As always, some hardened old-timers decided to ride it out. Fourth-generation fisherman James Driggers, 47, planned to spend the storm aboard his 80-foot boat docked in Freeport.

We like to stay close to our paycheck, he said.At 11 p.m. EDT, Ike was a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph. It was about 676 miles east of Brownsville, Texas, and was moving northwest at 7 mph, after ravaging homes in Cuba and killing at least 81 people in the Caribbean.No matter where Ike hits, its effects are likely to be felt for hundreds of miles, said Mark Sloan, emergency management coordinator for Harris County, which includes Houston.It's a very large storm, Sloan said. The bands will be over 200 miles out from the center of storm, so we have to be aware of its size as it grows over the next 24 to 48 hours and what impacts it will have on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Isaias Campos, 27, boarded up the church he attends in Freeport. He said he was grateful the church planned to evacuate much of the congregation to Houston by bus. If it wasn't for the church, it would be difficult for many of our members to leave, Campos said. Associated Press writers Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge, John Porretto in Houston, Juan A. Lozano in Brazoria, Michelle Roberts in San Antonio and Christopher Sherman in Corpus Christi contributed to this report.

State TV: Flash floods kill 19 in Iran SEPT 10,08

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says that heavy rains led to flash floods that killed at least 19 people and injured four others in southwestern Iran.According to the TV report, the flooding hit the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province on Tuesday night. The waters wrecked more than 50 homes and 740 acres, or 300 hectares, of farmland.The TV says at least 1,030 cattle perished. The floods also destroyed five fish-breeding facilities.The report quotes local official Sattar Farhadi as saying that the towns of Kohrang and Ardal, and surrounding villages were the hardest hit, with hundreds of families left homeless.Flash floods are rare in southwestern Iran.

An Ancient Tablet discovered may prove Yeshua’s death and resurrection Shalom Stan, this is an amazing discovery! SEPT 11,08

In Jerusalem a tablet, three-foot-tall with 87 lines written in Hebrew is believed by scholars to date back to decades just before the Yeshua’s (Jesus’s) birth. It is causing quite a stir worldwide with biblical and archaeology scholars, because it speaks about a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.The tablet was found near the Dead Sea on the Jordanian side and it is a rare finding of a stone with ink writings from that time era. Some describe it as a type of Dead Sea Scroll written on stone.

The authenticity of the Tablet has not faced any challenge.

The owner of the stone, David Jeselsohn, an Israeli-Swiss collector said: I couldn’t make much out of it when I got it. Jeselsohn, himself an expert in antiquities. I didn’t realize how significant it was until I showed it to Ada Yardeni, who specializes in Hebrew writing, a few years ago. She was overwhelmed. You have got a Dead Sea Scroll on stone, she told me.Much of the text, a vision of the apocalypse transmitted by the angel Gabriel, draws on the Old Testament, especially the prophets Daniel, Zechariah and Haggai. According to the NY Times article, Ms. Yardeni, who analyzed the stone along with Binyamin Elitzur, is an expert on Hebrew script, especially of the era of King Herod, who died in 4 B.C. The two of them published a long analysis of the stone more than a year ago in Cathedra, a Hebrew-language quarterly devoted to the history and archaeology of Israel, and said that, based on the shape of the script and the language, the text dated from the late first century B.C.Lines 19 through 21 of the Gabriel Tablet contain words, which translated read: In three days you will know that evil will be defeated by justice. And there are other lines that speak of blood and slaughter as pathways to justice.

Line 80 of the tablet begins with the words L'shloshet yamin, meaning in three days, but then fades. Some scholars believe the next word is Hebrew for live, and then, In three days you shall live, I, Gabriel, command you.Stan – what is this telling us? Here is more proof that we can tell our Jewish people about, showing that Yeshua is the Messiah. It seems that in these last days, the Lord is continually opening up signs for our people to see that Yeshua is the suffering servant as expressed in Isaiah 53, and that this and other Messianic prophecies, truly are about a suffering Jewish Messiah.

American Jewish Students to Protest Olmert Plan, Jewish Silence
by Hana Levi Julian

(IsraelNN.com) A group of North American Jewish students are planning a coast-to-coast demonstration to protest the Olmert plan and the silence of American Jewish leaders, specifically over the looming threat of a second Disengagement as well as the possibility that Israel may hand sovereignty over the Temple Mount to the Palestinian Authority. Jewish students from the sixth grade through high school were urged in an e-mail flyer sent out Tuesday to Stand Up to Prevent… with a graphic photo of a lone Jewish pioneer attempting to ward off an onslaught of Yassam special police forces.According to organizer Yosef Rabin, director of the United Jewish Student Council (UJSC) the protest is set for Thursday September 18 and is scheduled to take place 10 minutes before the first class, thus comprising the first lesson of the day. The group also sent format suggestions for the student protestors, including a list of psalms for the protestors to say (chapters 121, 130, 142), shofar blowing, singing and dancing.The attachment also includes the order of the special prayers for the nation and land of Israel compiled by former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu.

The demonstration is expected to last approximately the length of one class period, or 45 minutes. We are striking in response to the silence of the Jewish leadership on the planned expulsion of 300,000 Jews from Judea and Samaria, division of Jerusalem and the abandonment of the holy Temple Mount, Rabin said in an internet chat interview with Israel National News.Jewish students across North America are saying No! No expelling Jews. No dividing land. No abandoning Har HaBayit (Hebrew for Temple Mount), he said.

Blessings and Warnings from Israeli Sanhedrin

According to Rabin, Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander, a leading rabbinical judge in the nascent Sanhedrin that formed in Jerusalem several years ago and continues to struggle for mainstream recognition, has given his blessing to the project.Rabbi Hollander wrote, Shalom friends, Your plans are excellent, may HaShem bless you – and Am Yisrael – with your success…Considering the behavior of the majority of the people of Israel in the Land of Israel, we have no Zchuss to remain in the Land. The reasoning of Rabbi Kook [that the non-observant are doing the great mitzvah of building Eretz Israel] no longer applies: in his time they were building with the purpose of creating a Jewish State. Today the elite are building the for purpose of lining their pockets, and others with the purpose of destroying the Jewish identity of the State of the Jews. Jews who do not want to stand up and support a political fight for our Jewish Birthright in the complete Holy Land of Israel right now should begin to work on the most likely result of their attitude: Millions of Jews looking for refuge.….If Israel is not defended properly, there will surely be a catastrophe. The present elite are not capable of creating a deterrent which would stop the Iranians to try to A-bomb Israel. A reasonable estimate is that the people comprising the political leadership in Israel today will not use Israel's capabilities even in retaliation….…People – Jews – who do not want to stand up and support a political fight for our Jewish Birthright in the complete Holy Land of Israel right now should begin to work on the most likely result of their attitude: Millions of Jews looking for refuge.

First of all – political activity to ensure a place for the survivors. Secondly – funds for their physical deployment outside the Middle East, building homes, healthcare – physical and mental healthcare, retraining facilities for adults, schooling for children – all these necessities should begin to be taken care of NOW by those who do not support a fight NOW.In the hopefull case when these funds are not needed, that should be used to ensure schooling in a Jewish Day School for all Jewish children. This would be the best way to prevent marrying non-Jews.Fear Stalks the Students – This is Not the 60's.Although the idea of a coast-to-coast strike itself is popular, and many students expressed interest, Rabin also noted that many of them are very scared.Many of the students, he said, are afraid of suspension or even being expelled from their schools, and have sent letters saying they really want to do this but are a little nervous. Rabin added that almost every letter ended with the writer promising to try and organize something anyway, despite the fear.

You have to remember that children in America have not known activism, unlike Israeli children, especially those living in Yesha [Gaza, Judea and Samaria –ed.], he said. They have never been exposed to this type of activism so the first time it is a daunting task.In a twist completely opposite from that of the 60's, the group is counting on the older generation to get involved. We are going to be working hard to bring parents and grandparents to strike with the students, he said, noting that this was the generation of the activism and protests of the 1960's and 1970's. This will soften the attitude of the schools toward the kids and help calm the fears of the students. This is not the 60s or 70s. Boy, have times changed, he commented ruefully.One school director wanted to commit his entire student body to the cause, he noted – but the Rosh Yeshiva nixed the plan, saying, If the Torah U'Mesorah were to come out with the recommendation that all of these Jewish school children should take certain action, then we would certainly be involved. Without the endorsement of the national umbrella, however, the Rosh Yeshiva was unwilling to take a stand on his own.

Nationalists Form Pact to Fight Expulsion II in Israel

Residents of Judea and Samaria have formed the Samaria Pact to fight Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Vice Prime Minister Chaim Ramon's attempt to offer people money to leave their houses. Leaders of the movement met on Monday to form a new agreement against what they called the continuation of disgrace that took place in Gush Katif, which only brought more tragedy upon us.Gush Emunim co-founder Benny Katzover said the group is preparing to fight against evacuations and will not wait until the last minute to fight expulsions. Yossi Dagan of Homesh First explained, We are going from defense to offense. We will continue to build and expand.Ted Belman.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men

LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

WORLD TRAVEL AND KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)

US marks 7th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks By AMY WESTFELDT, Associated Press Writer SEPT 11,08

NEW YORK - As the nation pauses to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the spotlight from a presidential campaign and a new memorial at the Pentagon are joining the familiar rituals of remembrance on this solemn day. In New York, four moments of silence were planned Thursday morning to commemorate the precise times that two hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center, along with the times that each tower collapsed. Services also were to be held in a field in western Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon outside Washington, where terrorists crashed two other hijacked planes.Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama were to pay silent respects at ground zero Thursday afternoon and later attend a city forum on public service. McCain also was scheduled to attend a memorial service in Shanksville, Pa., for the 40 people killed aboard United Airlines Flight 93.Family members and students representing more than 90 countries that lost citizens on Sept. 11, 2001, were to read the names of the more than 2,700 people killed in New York.Some mourners wondered if the remembrance would, or should, continue as it has indefinitely. About 3,500 people attended last year's ceremony, a roughly 25 percent decrease from 2006.We've kept it alive, and perhaps kept it alive too long, said Charles Wolf, whose wife, Katherine, was killed at the World Trade Center. How many times do you reopen the wounds?

Wolf, who lives in downtown Manhattan, attends the ceremony every year but said it has become more painful, especially to stand in silence for the moment that the plane crashed into the tower where his wife worked. It's one thing to remember, he said, but it's another to relive it.Other victims' relatives worry that Sept. 11 will revert to being just another date on the calendar.The remembrances have to continue; for how long, I can't say, said Barbara Minervino of Middletown, N.J., whose husband, Louis, died in the twin towers. But we have to memorialize the fact that this day happened in the history of the United States and the history of the world. The day we forget, then why are we living? Minervino planned to attend a noon Mass in her husband's memory after listening to the names being read during the memorial service in New York.That service moved to a park just east of ground zero last year because of construction at the trade center site. But family members are allowed to descend seven stories below ground and touch the spot where their loved ones died.The ceremony was to include the reading of 2,751 victims' names, one more than last year. The city restored Sneha Philip, a woman who vanished on Sept. 10, to its official death toll this year after a court ruled that she was likely killed at the trade center.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was scheduled to speak at the ceremony, as he has every year, along with officials including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.Last year's reading by Giuliani, then a Republican presidential candidate, drew protests from family members who said the city was ill-prepared for the terrorist attacks under his leadership and questioned whether he should be there while running for the White House. They had no opposition to McCain and Obama' visit this year.In Arlington, Va., Defense Secretary Robert Gates was scheduled to speak at a ceremony dedicating the memorial at the Pentagon, the first of three major Sept. 11 memorials to be completed.The 2-acre park, located at the spot where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon's west wall, consists primarily of 184 cantilevered benches, each bearing a victim's name.

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were to mark the anniversary during a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House. The president was then to head to the Pentagon memorial.In Pennsylvania, bells were to toll and victims' names were being read in a reclaimed minefield in Shanksville where Flight 93 came down after passengers reportedly stormed the cockpit to thwart terrorists' plans to use that plane as a weapon like the others. Memorials are years away from being built in Pennsylvania and New York. The stalled, complex rebuilding of office towers, a transit station and memorial at ground zero led New York Gov. David Paterson to order a reevaluation of budgets and schedules for all projects. The Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the agency that owns the site, has said the planned 8-acre memorial might not completed by the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Associated Press writers Matthew Barakat in Arlington, Va., Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Shanksville, Pa., Wayne Parry in Atlantic City, N.J., and Tom Hays in New York contributed to this report.

FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN Al-Qaida hikes dirty bomb efforts.British intelligence issues global-wide warning.September 11, 2008 12:10 am Eastern
2008 WorldNetDaily

Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium online newsletter published by the founder of WND. Subscriptions are $99 a year or, for monthly trials, just $9.95 per month for credit card users, and provide instant access for the complete reports. LONDON -- Britain's MI6 intelligence service has issued a global-wide priority warning to all security services that Islamic terrorists now are closer to obtaining material to create a dirty bomb to launch against Western targets, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.Osama bin Laden long has made this a priority and reinforced it with regular messages from his mountain redoubt in the northwest province of Pakistan. He repeatedly has said every true Muslim must make it his duty to assist in all ways possible to find the next powerful weapon to destroy our enemies.

Last weekend, Pakistan elected a new president, the controversial Asif Ali Zardari. He had served a nine-year jail term on corruption charges he has strongly denied. But MI6 agents fear he has little ability to provide strong leadership against the new wave of Islamic extremism al-Qaida has launched across the country.Groups such as the newly formed Pakistan Taliban have proclaimed they are focusing on creating a dirty bomb.MI6 agents based in Islamabad fear the mounting instability in Pakistan will make it easier for them to do so.While Pakistan is the only Muslim country with a nuclear arsenal, it has in the past provided its expertise to Iran.Pakistan's Islam bomb was developed in the 1990s by the rogue scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. He sold the results to pariah states like North Korea and Libya. He was placed under house arrest by Pervez Musharraf.

THE AGE.COM Islam group urges forest fire jihad Josh Gordon September 7, 2008

AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for forest jihad by a group of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror.US intelligence channels earlier this year identified a website calling on Muslims in Australia, the US, Europe and Russia to start forest fires, claiming scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests when they do the same to our lands.The website, posted by a group called the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network, argues in Arabic that lighting fires is an effective form of terrorism justified in Islamic law under the eye for an eye doctrine.The posting — which instructs jihadis to remember forest jihad in summer months — says fires cause economic damage and pollution, tie up security agencies and can take months to extinguish so that this terror will haunt them for an extended period of time.

Imagine if, after all the losses caused by such an event, a jihadist organisation were to claim responsibility for the forest fires, the website says. You can hardly begin to imagine the level of fear that would take hold of people in the United States, in Europe, in Russia and in Australia.With the nation heading into another hot, dry summer, Australian intelligence agencies are treating the possibility that bushfires could be used as a weapon of terrorism as a serious concern.Attorney-General Robert McClelland said the Federal Government remained vigilant against such threats, warning that anyone caught lighting a fire as a weapon of terror would feel the wrath of anti-terror laws.Any information that suggests a threat to Australia's interests is investigated by relevant agencies as appropriate, Mr McClelland said.

Adam Dolnik, director of research at the University of Wollongong's Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, said that bushfires (unlike suicide bombing) were generally not considered a glorious type of attack by jihadis, in keeping with a recent decline in the sophistication of terrorist operations.With attacks like bushfires, yes, it would be easy. It would be very damaging and we do see a decreasing sophistication as a part of terrorist attacks, Dr Dolnik said.In recent years, there have been quite a few attacks averted and it has become more and more difficult for groups to do something effective.Dr Dolnik said he had observed an increase in traffic on jihadi websites calling for a simplification of terrorist attacks because the more complex operations had been failing. But starting bushfires was still often regarded as less effective than other operations because governments could easily deny terrorism as the cause.The internet posting by the little-known group claimed the idea of forest fires had been attributed to imprisoned Al Qaeda leader Abu Musab Al-Suri. It said Al-Suri had urged terrorists to use sulphuric acid and petrol to start forest fires.

TRAIL OF TERROR Muslims condemn focus on Islamic attacks.Also want U.N. symposium to include Palestinians as victims.SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 12:10 am Eastern
By Matt Sanchez 2008 WorldNetDaily

Robert Orr, chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force at the United Nations, facing criticism from journalists from Lebanon, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for focusing on Islamic terrorism and excluding Palestinians as victims of terrorism.UNITED NATIONS – Muslim members of the United Nations are protesting the focus on Islamic terrorists at the Secretary-General's Symposium on Supporting the Victims of Terrorism, as well as the exclusion of Palestinians from a list of victims of terror.Robert Orr, assistant secretary-general and chair of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, noted the absence of Palestinians on the list of victims but insisted the symposium looked for victims across culture, religion and geography.Despite some 13 universal anti-terrorism conventions, the United Nations does not have an agreed-upon definition of terrorism. There are only guidelines.Victims were identified using the guidance of the 13 universal anti-terrorism conventions and three protocols that define acts of terrorism, said Orr.

However, the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations issued a statement critical of the symposium, with Pakistani officials reiterating what they see as the need to make a distinction between terrorism and the exercise of [the] legitimate right of people to resist foreign occupation …The Egyptian Mission also condemned the lack of transparency of the process of selecting the victims to speak and the deficiency of limiting the membership of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force …While speakers and terrorism experts at the symposium mostly were related to victims of acts carried out by Islamic terrorists, there are some exceptions.Ingrid Bertrand, a former Colombia senator, was held captive for six years. Colombia has waged war against an insurgency of drug traffickers who typically use kidnapping and targeted killings as a means of terrorizing Colombians.Journalists from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan attending the United Nations press briefing criticized the lack of information and transparency of the selection process and the absence of governments responsible for genocide.Orr insisted that the U.N. symposium sought as much diversity as possible in the type of victim invited to the symposium, but insisted that members of the press weigh the selection against any criteria, culture and geography. The statistics do speak for themselves.The symposium is taking place during the same week as the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Orr said there was no intention of relating one event to the other, but reminded attendees the 9/11 attacks were among the most prominent in the history of terrorism.Other guests at the symposium included the survivors and witnesses to the attacks in Bali, London, Madrid, and Beslan where hundreds of Russian schoolchildren were the victims of a horrific armed siege.

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).

Lack of information was top reason for Lisbon No vote
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today SEPT 11,08 @ 09:19 CET

Irish government research into why voters rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a June referendum has revealed that the biggest reason for voting No was citizens simply did not have enough information about the 400-page document.A combination of a survey of voters and focus groups revealed that 42 percent of people said they had voted No due to a lack of information or understanding.Neutrality and taxation issues also played key roles in people's thinking. A third of voters in neutral Ireland thought that the treaty would permit conscription into a European army. Many left wing and pacifist No campaign groups made the militarisation of Europe a core message in their anti-Lisbon literature.

Forty percent thought the treaty would affect the country's low corporate tax levels - a key message of the free-market No campaign group Libertas.Fears relating to what could loosely be described as Ireland's place in the European Union also had an impact, with 13 percent worried about domination by larger countries; five percent believing the treaty represented a loss of sovereignty; four percent worried about the loss of an Irish commissioner; and some eight percent just thought overall it was a bad deal for Ireland.Some six percent voted No due to their lack of confidence in the Irish government.Despite media reports to the contrary in the immediate aftermath of the June vote, immigration did figure amongst the reasons offered.The research has also revealed that the No vote was not a vote against the EU, but a vote against this particular document, as 70 percent of voters overall and 63 percent of No voters believed the union is a good thing.Unlike other polls about the No vote, citizens were not given a list of possible reasons from which to choose. Instead they offered their own explanations.Unveiling the results, foreign minister Micheal Martin said that the government would still not be able to deliver to European leaders a way out of the impasse by the next EU summit, due to take place in October.Questioned by reporters about whether a second referendum on the treaty was under consideration, Mr Martin said: It is far too early to be prescriptive about the future.The minister said that the government was examining all options, and did not rule out passing elements of the treaty through the Irish houses of parliament, reports the Irish Times.Mr Martin added that the next step is to initiate a national public discussion that would be inclusive of the issues that have surfaced from the survey.

Serbia receives treaty nod ahead of EU meeting
ELITSA VUCHEVA SEPT 11,08 Today @ 09:23 CET

UN prosecutor Serge Brammertz on Wednesday (10 September) expressed careful optimism that Serbia will soon find two remaining war crimes suspects - a pre-condition for Belgrade to be allowed closer to the EU.Allow me to express careful optimism that the search for remaining fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic will be successful, Mr Brammertz was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency during his visit to Belgrade.He met the team charged with tracking down former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic and former Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic, both of whom face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but still remain at large.

Full co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal - notably by capturing the two war crimes suspects - is a key condition before Belgrade is allowed closer ties with the EU.Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana expressed hopes for at least a partial unfreezing of a pre-accession deal signed with Belgrade earlier this year.I hope very much by the 15th of this month we will be able to unblock the situation of the interim agreement, Mr Solana told MEPs from the foreign affairs committee on Wednesday, referring to a meeting of EU foreign ministers on 15 September.The European Commission has also on several occasions called for member states to implement at least the trade-related parts of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) following Serbia's arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in July.The EU decided in April to sign the SAA with Serbia in a bid to send a political message to the country, which was at the time set to hold elections widely seen as decisive for its EU future.But at the insistence of the Netherlands and Belgium, EU member states decided they would refrain from implementing the document until Belgrade's co-operation with the UN war crimes tribunal in the Hague was judged to be sufficient.While most EU member states support a softer line and would favour partial implementation of the SAA following Mr Karadzic's arrest, the Netherlands in particular insists that Serbia capture Mr Mladic first.As a consequence, the EU has so far stopped short of rewarding Serbia for Mr Karadzic's arrest other than by issuing a statement encouraging the Serbian government to continue along that path.For its part, the Serbian parliament ratified the SAA on Tuesday by a significant majority - 140 to 28 votes - while Serb politicians have made no secret of their optimism about the upcoming EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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, 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

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

EU condemns OPEC oil production cut
RENATA GOLDIROVA Today SEPT 11,08 @ 09:27 CET

A surprise decision by OPEC, the group of major oil-exporting countries, to lower its oil production by 520,000 barrels a day has sparked criticism from the EU and the US. EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that OPEC's decision to cut back supplies - the first such cut since December 2006 - increases volatility and is bad for the market. Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday (10 September) he suggested leaving the price determination to market forces.The International Energy Agency (IEA) has also described the move as counterproductive and unhelpful, raising concerns over the impact the move will have on growth and inflation.We are concerned about the potential of oil prices to remain at very high levels. At $100, the price of oil remains very high, David Fyfe, the head of the IEA's oil industry and markets division, was cited as saying by the Financial Times. He added: A combination of weak economic prospects and persistently high prices appears to be having an impact on consumer behaviour and choices.One barrel of 'black gold' currently sells for almost $99 a barrel. The price of petrol rose from ten dollars in 1999 to $95 last year and a peak of $149 in April this year.As a result, the Paris-based agency predicts, the major industrialised countries will use less oil this and next year. In figures, global demand is set to decrease by 100,000 barrels to 86.8 million barrels a day in 2008 and by 140,000 barrels to 87.6 million barrels a day in 2009. The OPEC decision led to a temporary marginal rise in international prices of crude that later receded. Chakib Khelil, the president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said the situation will be re-assessed at the end of the year.

Global turmoil hitting EU economy worse than feared
LUCIA KUBOSOVA 10.09.2008 @ 17:52 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has admitted the global financial turmoil has caused more trouble for the EU economy than Brussels had expected, and has trimmed down its earlier GDP forecasts for the year, predicting a recession for Germany, Spain and Britain.In an interim economic review published on Wednesday (10 September), the EU executive suggested that the 27-strong bloc's GDP in 2008 would most likely only rise by 1.4 percent and not two percent as earlier predicted.

According to the forecast for the 15-member-state euro area, its economy would rise by 1.3 percent, against previous projections of 1.7 percent.With this forecast, we are recognising that the financial turmoil and the external shocks have provoked in the European economies a sharper than expected slowdown, commented EU economy commissioner Joaquin Almunia.The bloc's poor performance has been heavily influenced by a slowdown in some of the biggest economies. Germany is predicted to fall in recession in the second and third quarter of this year and Britain and Spain in the third and fourth quarter.Of the seven largest countries, representing 80 percent of the EU's economy and reviewed as part of the interim report, Italy is due to see the lowest GDP growth this year within the EU - just 0.1 percent, with France expecting 1.0 growth and Britain 1.1 percent.On the other hand, Poland's economic growth is predicted at 5.4 percent, the Netherlands 2.2 percent and Germany - despite expected contractions - at 1.8 percent.Apart from economic stagnation, consumer prices are also still raising concerns, although Mr Almunia has indicated that the inflation seems to be at a turning point after slipping to 3.8 percent in the eurozone from record rates of four percent in July.Still, despite expecting consumer prices to ease in the coming months, Brussels lifted its 2008 inflation forecast for the euro area to 3.6 percent from 3.1 percent predicted in spring, well above the European Central Bank's desired inflation rates of close to two percent.

Stocks head lower after jobless claims report By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer SEPT 11,08

NEW YORK - Stock futures are pointing to a lower open after the Labor Department reported a narrower-than-expected decline in weekly unemployment benefit claims.

Claims remain at levels that make investors nervous. A shaky job market is hard for consumers who also face tighter credit and a weak housing market. Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.The government reported Thursday that jobless claims fell by 6,000 to 445,000 last week. Economists surveyed by Thomson Financial/IFR had anticipated a slight decline.After dropping on worries about the financial sector, specifically Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Dow Jones industrial futures fell 141 to the 11,150 level after the jobs report.

Israeli leader to resign immediately after vote By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer SEPT 11,08

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will step down immediately after his party chooses a successor this month, a confidant said Thursday, shooting down speculation the Israeli leader would try to linger in office for months. The announcement means that Israel could find itself racing to form a new government in as little as a week. And it raised new questions about Washington's stated goal of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by year's end.Olmert, who is battling a corruption investigation, announced in July that he would resign some time after his Kadima Party chooses a new leader in a Sept. 17 primary.But he was vague about the timing of his exit, raising speculation that he would try to hold onto power. Under Israel's complicated political system, Olmert could theoretically stretch out the transition process for months.The confidant said Olmert will announce his formal resignation immediately following the primary. The confidant, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Olmert has not publicly revealed his plans, is in close daily contact with Olmert.Olmert would stay on as a caretaker while his successor cobbles together a new coalition.

However, Olmert's decision to formally resign will hasten the formation of a new government or alternatively force the country to hold a general election a year and a half ahead of schedule.Though Kadima will hold its primary next week, it could be forced to hold a second round the following week if none of the four contenders receives 40 percent of the vote.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel's lead negotiator in peace talks, and Cabinet minister Shaul Mofaz, a former defense minister and military chief, are the front-runners.Once Olmert resigns, Israel will head into weeks, perhaps months, of political uncertainty.As leader of the largest party in parliament, his successor will have up to 42 days form a new coalition government. If they don't succeed, the country would be forced to hold a new election early next year.Opinion polls show a tight race in general balloting between Livni and hardline former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose election would almost surely set back the U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace drive.With that in mind, both Kadima front-runners are expected to try to keep the current coalition intact. They might not succeed, however, because coalition partners are likely to push new demands for funds for pet programs or plumb Cabinet posts.During this haggling period, Olmert would remain in office as a caretaker leader. But it would be extremely difficult for him to push forward with his major diplomatic initiatives — peace talks with the Palestinians and separate, Turkish-mediated negotiations with Syria.Opponents have already complained that the lame-duck Olmert has no authority to be negotiating such sensitive issues as he prepares to leave office, particularly in the circumstances surrounding his departure.There are no restrictions legally, but political and public pressure can prevent the government from functioning practically. Olmert knows this very well, said Avraham Diskin, a political scientist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

For months, police have been investigating a string of corruption cases involving Olmert. In one, Olmert is suspected of improperly accepting cash and fancy gifts from a U.S. supporter. In another, he is suspected of submitting multiple bills for trips abroad, pocketing the difference or financing trips for relatives.All the cases date back to periods before Olmert became prime minister in 2006. Olmert, who says he is innocent, has not been charged, though police investigators this week formally recommended he be indicted on bribery, breach of trust and money laundering charges. The Kadima Party was formed in 2005 by then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who broke away from the hard-line Likud Party to push through his plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Olmert took over the party leadership after Sharon suffered a major stroke. Sharon remains in a coma. At a U.S.-hosted summit last November, Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to try to reach a final peace deal before President Bush leaves office in January 2009. But the talks have been slow-moving, and the prospect of internal Israeli political turmoil could make this target even more elusive. If elected, Livni, who hopes to become Israel's first female prime minister in nearly 40 years, is expected to push forward with the peace talks she has been leading. Mofaz, meanwhile, is expected to take a tougher line, particularly on the sensitive issue of Jerusalem. Mofaz opposes sharing control of the city, whose eastern sector is claimed by the Palestinians as a future capital. Amira Dotan, a Kadima lawmaker, said she expects the party to rally behind its next leader, and that whoever wins will have no choice but to continue the peace efforts. She said Israel's place in the world, and its relations with the international community, require it to reach a settlement with the Palestinians. Everybody knows that there will be two states. The question is how we get there, she said.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Solana wants swift mobilisation of EU mission to Georgia
VALENTINA POP 10.09.2008 @ 18:19 CET

EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS – EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, called on Wednesday for swift action from member states to get the EU mission in Georgia on the ground by 1 October.As the deadline is very short and linked to the total withdrawal of Russian troops from the Georgian territory beyond the separatist regions, Solana called on quick action from the member states to deploy the EU's 200-staff mission in the next few weeks.You can help me in mobilising the countries, because we are pressured for time. At the beginning we were thinking about 100, but now the number has doubled. Time is short and we need to make an extra effort. We hope very much that we will not fail, said Mr Solana, addressing the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament.The EU mission to Georgia will be a civil one, with a very clear observer mandate, and will be deployed all over the region, according to what was agreed on Monday, the EU foreign policy chief explained, referring to his visit to Moscow along with commission President Barroso and French President Sarkozy.

According to the agreement signed by President Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian troops are to fully withdraw from their positions outside the separatist regions if the EU deploys its 200 observers by 1 October.Asked by several MEPs what guarantees the EU has that Russia will hold to the agreement, Solana answered that he personally asked Medvedev whether [he would ensure that] there would be no Russian foot beyond the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and the answer was Yes.Mr Solana also explained that EU participation in Georgia will entail three elements. Apart from the contribution to the EU mission itself, member states are also to reinforce the observer mission of the OSCE, as well as the United Nations mission. The mandate of the UN mission, which is deployed only in Abkhazia, is to be discussed at the UN on the 15 October, the date it runs out. However, the EU foreign policy chief stressed difficulties with getting a UN deal on extending the mandate of its mission in Georgia, since Russia has a veto in the Security Council.Asked by the commitee chairperson, centre-right MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, if the Georgian conflict came as a surprise and whether the EU lacks intelligence on what is happening in the Caucasus, Solana admitted that he did not expect the August events and was preparing for September diplomatic meetings on Abkhazia.Mr Solana also said that the EU special envoy to the Caucasus is currently in Tbilisi and is working 24/7, adding that the EU foreign ministers' meeting next week might decide to send a permanent EU envoy to Georgia.

EU diplomatic defeat

Georgia's territorial integrity is no longer mentioned in the most recent text brokered by the EU. Asked whether this is a diplomatic defeat of the EU, Mr Wolski told EUObserver: In a way, yes. It is something of which the Russians were determined not to allow any mention in the text.Nevertheless, Mr Wolski did not agree that this might set a dangerous precedent for other frozen conflicts such in Transdniestria in the Republic of Moldova. It does not set a precedent, because the position of the EU does not change. Territorial integrity remains our principle. The EU's position remains that borders cannot be changed through military force, said the AFET chairman.Moldova was also mentioned by Mr Solana in the context of the need to strengthen the partnership with EU's Eastern neighour and to develop a security strategy for the Black Sea region.Mr Solana added that the EU supports Turkey's efforts to set up a regional platform for the Black Sea, despite Georgia's reluctance.

Melting ice cap pushes Arctic up EU agenda.New transit routes across the Arctic present great commercial opportunities and enormous environmental risks (Photo: NN - norden.org)LEIGH PHILLIPS 10.09.2008 @ 18:20 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The rapid melting of the polar ice cap in the Arctic offers Europe a first-time opportunity to access new trade routes and massive oil and gas deposits, the European Commission has said - developments that are pushing the EU's polar strategy up the policy agenda.Speaking in Ilulissat, Greenland, on Tuesday (9 September) to a conference of the Nordic Council of Ministers dedicated to Arctic issues, the EU's fisheries and maritime affairs commissioner Joe Borg said: As the ice recedes, we are presented with a first-time opportunity to use transport routes such as the Northern Sea Route. This would translate into shorter transportation routes and greater trading possibilities, and will provide a better opportunity to draw upon the wealth of untapped natural resources in the Arctic, Mr Borg told the council, an intergovernmental forum for co-operation between the Nordic countries established after the Second World War.The Nordic Council brings together EU member states Denmark, Finland and Sweden alongside Norway and Iceland - both outside the bloc - as well as the autonomous territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Aland Islands.

Security risks

In his speech, Mr Borg also highlighted a document published earlier this year by the commission jointly with the EU's chief diplomat, Javier Solana, that mapped out the latest thinking from Brussels on the security implications of climate change.

The seven-page paper authored by Mr Solana and commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, distributed to EU government leaders in March, argued that the European Union should boost its civil and military capacities to respond to serious security risks resulting from catastrophic climate change.The paper, Climate Change and International Security, underlined the risks and opportunities presented by the melting Arctic, alongside concerns about increased numbers of migrants, territorial disputes, water shortages in Israel and decreases in crop yields in the broader Middle East. Political radicalisation as a result of climate insecurity, sea-level rises and extreme weather events also present security challenges, according to the report.Commissioner Borg emphasised the centrality of the Arctic in EU security thinking: This document highlights the growing geopolitical importance of the Arctic region ... [with the] opening up [of] new waterways and international trade routes, and the increased accessibility to the enormous hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic region. This accessibility, in conjunction with territorial claims, is changing the geo-strategic dynamics of the region with potential consequences for international stability and for European security, trade and resource interests, he added.

Regional governance

Later this year, the commission is to present a communication dedicated to the Arctic region that will tackle issues related to climate change as well as regional governance.The communication is to propose three main actions. Firstly, the commission is to propose measures supporting scientific research and monitoring with the aim of safeguarding the Arctic environment. The commission is also interested in the exploitation of Arctic resources such as hydrocarbons and other commodities. The commissioner underscored that this must be done in a sustainable manner, but he also said that the communication hopes to outline how all regions that border the Arctic could gain equal access to such bounty.We should seek to apply the principles of a level playing field and reciprocal market access in the Arctic, he said.The commissioner also said the EU should seek to ensure equal access to any new fishing opportunities via new regulation and work towards an international fisheries conservation and management scheme for the Arctic - something which has never been implemented.The third element of the commission's new thinking on the Arctic is developing the governance of the region. Noting that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and work performed by the Nordic Council, the Arctic Council and other bodies have already played something of a function in this area, the commissioner said: Nevertheless, we should be open to develop this system further, he said, adding that international environmental treaties that apply to the Arctic should be revisited.In June, the Nordic Council published an extensive study of EU-Arctic policies, and called on the bloc to establish a self-standing Arctic-dedicated unit within the European Commission. The document also suggested the EU needed to establish, intensify and possibly formalise international co-operation with Arctic regional bodies.

Crazy situation

Environmentalists agree with the commission that the melting ice cap is a brute fact and that in the absence of appropriate governance, there could be a scramble for the Arctic without movement by the EU in this direction.There is no environmental management framework for the Arctic, Neil Hamilton, the director of the WWF's Arctic programme.There is overlapping legislation in various countries, but nothing Arctic-specific, with a result that everyone is looking to Arctic exploitation instead of sustainable development. We have a crazy situation where every one is rushing to get into fishing, shipping and oil and gas, but no one's looking at the manner in which it will occur.It's not that there should be no exploitation at all, qualified Mr Hamilton. Instead, there should be effective management, which we take to mean collaborative management between the different countries. Done right, it could be a model for oil and gas extraction for the world.But green groups are clear that the emphasis should be on sustainable development, rather than the rush for resources.

On the other hand, if you open up shipping routes, it could have significant global implications. The worst-case scenario would be oil spills in the Arctic, which are impossible to clean up, given the conditions there. And a spill in the Arctic would be catastrophic.

WORLD WIDE GOSPEL PREACHED.

MATTHEW 24:14
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

* * * * FLASH TRAFFIC: WASHINGTON UPDATE * * * * EXCLUSIVE: AL QAEDA TARGETS LEADING ARAB EVANGELIST OPERATING IN THE U.S. FOR PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO MUSLIMS
By Joel C. Rosenberg (Washington, D.C., September 9, 2008) -- You have probably never heard of Father Zakaria Botros.

But you need to know his story. He is far and away the most-watched and most-effective Arab-American evangelist focused on reaching the Muslim world, and by far the most controversial. The Rush Limbaugh of the Revivalists, he is funny, feisty, brilliant, opinionated, and provocative. But rather than preaching the gospel of conservatism, he is preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. And his enemies do not simply want to silence him. They want to assassinate him. Last week, I had the honor of interviewing Botros by phone from a secure, undisclosed location in the United States, where he now resides. He told me that he had just learned that an al Qaeda website had posted his photograph and named him one of the most wanted infidels in the world. The Radicals have even put a bounty on his head. The Christian Broadcasting Network reported the figure was as high as $60 million. Botros does not know for certain. But just to put that in context, the U.S. bounty on Osama bin Laden's head is only $25 million. Why are the Radicals so enraged by an elderly Coptic priest from Egypt who is in his 70s? Because Botros is waging an air war against them, and he is winning. Using state-of-the art satellite technology to bypass the efforts of Islamic governments to keep the gospel out of their countries, Botros is directly challenging the claims of Muhammad to be a prophet, and the claims of the Qu'ran to be God's word. He systematically deconstructs Muhammad's life, story by story, pointing out character flaws and sinful behavior. He carefully deconstructs the Qu'ran, verse by verse, citing contradictions and inconsistencies. And not only does he explain without apology what he believes is wrong with Islam, he goes on to teach Muslims from the Bible why Jesus loves them and why is so ready to forgive them and adopt them into His family, no matter who they are or what they have done.

If Botros was doing this in a corner, or on some cable access channel where no one saw him or cared, that would be one thing. But his ninety-minute program - a combination of preaching, teaching and answering questions from (often irate) callers all over the world - has become must see TV throughout the Muslim world. It is replayed four times a week in Arabic, his native language, on a satellite television network called Al Hayat (Life TV.) It can be seen in every country in North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, as well as all throughout North America,Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. And not only can it be seen in so many places, it is seen - by an estimated fifty million Muslims a day. At the same time, Botros is getting millions of hits on his multiple web sites in multiple languages. There, Muslims can read his sermons and study through an archive of answers to frequently asked questions. They can also enter a live chat room called Pal Chat where they are not only permitted but encouraged to ask their toughest questions to trained on-line counselors, many of whom are Muslim converts to Christianity who understand exactly where the questioners are coming from and the struggles they are having. As a result, Botros - on the air only since 2003 - has practically become a household word in the Muslim world. An Arabic newspaper has named him Islam's Public Enemy #1. Millions hate him, to be sure, but they are watching. They are listening. They are processing what he is saying and they are talking about him with their friends and family. When Botros challenges Radical clerics to answer his many refutations of Islam and defend the Qu'ran, millions wait to see what how the fundamentalists will respond. But they rarely do. They prefer to attack Botros than answer him. Yet, the more the Radicals attack him, the more well-known he becomes. The more well-known he becomes, the more Muslims feel compelled to tune in. And as more Muslims tune in, more are coming to the conclusion that Botros is right and in turn are choosing to become followers of Jesus Christ. Botros estimates at least 1,000 Muslims a month pray to receive Christ with his telephone counselors. Some of them pray to receive Christ live on their air with Botros. And this surely is only the tip of the iceberg, as it represents only those who are able to get through on the jammed phone lines. There simply are not currently enough trained counselors to handle each call.

Many leading Arab evangelists I have interviewed for Inside The Revolution say God is using Botros to help bring in the greatest harvest of Muslim converts to Christianity in the history of Christendom. Botros refuses to take any credit, saying is just one voice in a movement of millions. But he is certainly excited by the trend lines. He does see more Muslims turning to Christ than ever before, and he told me he has cited my book Epicenter at least three times as evidence of the enormous numbers of conversions taking place. What's more, he vows to keep preaching the gospel so long as the Lord Jesus gives him breath. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son [Jesus], that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. That verse - John 3:16 - is the verse that drives Botros. He believes passionately God loves the whole world, including each and every Muslim. He believes that whosoever believes in the Lordship of Jesus Christ - Jew or Muslim - will, in fact, receive eternal life. He does not believe all Muslims are Radicals, but he does believe all Muslims are spiritually lost, and he wants desperately to help them find their way to forgiveness and reconciliation with the God who made them and loves them. I believe this is the hand of God, Botros told me. He is directing me. He shows me what to say. He shows me what to write on…the web sites. He is showing me more and more how to use the technology to reach people with his message of redemption.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

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.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOtqpfyoswM

RUSSIAN TYPHOON MISSLE SUBMARINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXrQHk2AMX0&feature=related

IN 1 HOUR AMERICA WILL BE NUKED FROM RUSSIA IN THE FUTURE.

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)

REVELATION 18:10
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.

RUSSIAN MILITARY PARADE (FUTURE MARCHERS TO WEST AND ISRAEL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReGqS3TDYRM

Iran demands U.N. response to Israeli threats Tue Sep 9, 5:59 PM ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran demanded on Tuesday a resolute and clear response from the United Nations to what it called dangerous threats against it by Israel, and said Tehran would not hesitate to respond to any attack. A letter from Iran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described comments by two Israeli ministers as vicious threats ... in blatant violation of the most fundamental principles of international law.Israel, which is thought to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, believes Iran could have a nuclear bomb by 2010, a development it says would threaten the existence of the Jewish state.Khazaee said remarks attributed to Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan by German magazine Der Spiegel this week yet again put on display the aggressive and terrorist nature of the Israeli regime.Der Spiegel quoted Eitan as saying in an interview that while the era of Israel hunting down former Nazi officials abroad was over, that's not to say that such operations are a thing of the past.Asked to explain, he was quoted as saying, It could very well be that a leader such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suddenly finds himself before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.Last week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with Al Jazeera television that Israel was serious about using any option if diplomacy did not curb Iran's nuclear program.These dangerous threats of resorting to criminal acts ... require a resolute and clear response on the part of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, Khazaee said.

Iran ... in accordance with its inherent right under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, would not hesitate to act in self-defense to respond to any attack against the Iranian nation and to take appropriate defensive measures to protect itself, its people and its officials.The Security Council has passed three rounds of sanctions against Iran because of its refusal to stop uranium enrichment, which the West fears is aimed at making atomic bombs but Tehran says is solely for power generation.(Reporting by Patrick Worsnip; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

Gorbachev says NATO growth aimed at isolating Russia
21:48 | 08/ 09/ 2008

MADRID, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said that calls from the U.S. and other Western powers to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO are purely aimed at isolating Russia. Why does NATO need these countries? To fight against Iran? This is just ridiculous, Gorbachev told Spanish agency EFE. NATO refused at its summit in April to let Georgia and Ukraine into the Membership Action Plan, a key step for membership in the 26-nation alliance, but promised to review the decision in December. The countries had received strong U.S. backing for their bids. In their drive to bring the post-Soviet countries into the alliance, Western powers are trying to lock Russia in, Gorbachev said. He also said that in the U.S. there are certain circles who are pushing the country toward confrontation and NATO expansion, to earn large amounts of money from the production of new armaments, and that the world now faces the threat of a return to geopolitical games.He voiced concern that Western nations saw the recent conflict between Georgia and Russia as aggression on the part of Russia.Russia does not want to command the world, but is fulfilling its international obligations, while avoiding illegal games, Gorbachev said.