U.N. GO TO WAR WITH LIBYA-STOP GADAFFI

DOUG AND LAURIE MAR 18,11 6-9PM EST ABOUT THE ISSUES
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Co-opting of The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act
By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director & Judi McLeod, Editor, Canada Free Press
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15 March 2011: Again, the corporate media is deliberately silent to the level of complicity on the threats, intimidation and even legislative blackmail that is currently taking place over the issue of states’ rights and the U.S. Constitution. Specifically being referenced are the efforts of individual states to pass a Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act, or legislation that would allow each state to pass legislation verifying the eligibility of a presidential candidate under Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.As most people know and despite demonstrably false assertions to the contrary, Obama has failed to provide proof of eligibility to occupy the White House. Furthermore, those responsible for vetting his credentials and filing the necessary documents to allow him to be included on the ballot have failed to be held accountable for their inaction.Another common yet fallacious argument, one that appears to be boldly embraced by Republicans and the conservative right, is that the issue of constitutional eligibility is nothing more than a diversion from the more important issues of the day. To those who embrace that view, we will ask nothing more than since when is treason a diversion? which is an excellent article authored by Neill Turner that can be read here.

As heard last Saturday live on CFP Radio, The Hagmann-McLeod Report (available for download here), Attorney Mario Apuzzo and retired U.S. military commander Charles Kerchner detailed the reasons that Barack Hussein Obama failed to provide the necessary documents to confirm his eligibility under the U.S. Constitution. Equally important, they further detailed events that are currently taking place behind the scenes to derail efforts that would effectively delay or even halt the states’ efforts to pass such legislation so it is not effective for the next presidential election in 2012.Before interviewing Attorney Apuzzo and Commander Kerchner, it was our understanding that a number of U.S. states were at various levels of passing legislation that would put the issue of presidential eligibility to rest forever as of the 2012 election. On its face, that assertion appeared to be true, especially if one has listened to the media, high profile conservative talk show hosts and others even in the alternative media. Conservative divas such as Sarah Palin, conservative talking heads who appeared at CPAC, Republican lawmakers and others have made a public showing of openly endorsing such legislation. As such, it appeared that the eligibility matter would be cleared up by 2012, putting the U.S. back on track with the federal eligibility requirements defined in the U.S. Constitution.Our investigation and the findings by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, however, have confirmed that the American people have been lied to again. The efforts at the state levels have been significantly co-opted, and those who have openly endorsed such legislation appear to be involved in a high-stakes shell game designed to fool the American public. Most troubling is that it is the very people who conservatives and constitutionalists have placed their faith are those who are the operators of the shell game.

Georgia: the current legislative battlefield

As detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, the most obvious example of this travesty of law is illustrated in the state of Georgia, where we, as Americans, have less than 36 hours to put pressure on the legislators to do the right thing by the U.S. Constitution. As detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, Georgia HB 401, The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act is deliberately and purposely being stalled in committee by the Georgia House of Representatives by lack of full backing by the Republican Speaker of the House David Ralston.Co-Sponsor of the Georgia Proof-of-Eligibility Law, Representative Sean Jerguson has laid the unvarnished truth out to the American people in an interview last week about the media’s distortion of the bill. He slams the media for spinning the truth or only offering half-truths about the bill. The video of this March 7, 2011 interview can be accessed here and provides an excellent glimpse into what has been going on behind the scenes pertaining to this bill.

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

To paraphrase a 1979 song performed by the Charlie Daniels Band, it would appear that the Devil went down to Georgia and is prepared to make a deal for souls out of desperation. Investigation finds that the reference to the song is not too far off, if one considers team Obama and those who downplay or disregard the immediate importance of this constitutional issue as the Devil, while fiddle player Johnny represents those who understand and care about the rule of law.Tomorrow, failing sufficient objection on the part of the American people, the bill will either die in the relevant house committee or be modified and moved out of committee with an effective date of 2013, after the 2012 election cycle. This will effectively permit Barack Hussein Obama and others to circumvent legal compliance with Article II, Section 1 of our U.S. Constitution and not require him or any other ballot member to prove eligibility as a natural born Citizen of the United States.If this does indeed happen, certain conservatives, Republicans, and those who claim to be on the side of the rule of law can claim that they have supported the efforts of those of us who want this matter resolved before the 2012 election.We can expect such behavior by Progressives and others who are unconcerned about constitutional issues, but we must not be fooled by individuals and groups who claim to be for the rule of law but have acquiesced to the extent that they can claim they are on the side of right when, in fact, they are not. Unlike the 1979 song, however, that is much like Johnny impressively playing the fiddle, but only for show and not to win, deceiving his audience and losing the golden fiddle. We must not allow that to happen.

What is immediately needed

David Ralston
We ask that you immediately contact Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston by telephone or facsimile, or even in person – not by e-mail or mail, and respectfully demand that HB 401 is passed to take effect for the 2012 election. We also suggest contacting the governor of Georgia by telephone to request that he openly call for its adoption in committee and movement to the full Georgia House for passing and adoption for the 2012 election cycle.We also ask one more thing. Please listen to the two-hour long show and give the show or links to your family, friends, and co-workers so they might understand the issue and what is at stake in this matter.

Please contact:Georgia Speaker of the House of Representatives David Ralston, in person or by telephone or facsimile at 332 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334 Telephone: 404.656.5020

U.S READY TO BOMB LIBYA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367357/Therell-mercy-tonight-Gaddafi-threatens-rebels-massacre-Obama-goes-UN-fly-zone.html#ixzz1Gv3PjAt1

UN authorizes all necessary measures in Libya By RYAN LUCAS and MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press - MAR 18,11

TOBRUK, Libya – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized all necessary measures to stop Moammar Gadhafi in Libya — including strikes by sea and air — hours after he vowed in harrowing terms to launch a final assault and crush the weeks-old rebellion against him.The resolution, approved with the backing of the United States, France and Britain, imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized force short of a ground offensive to protect its people from Gadhafi's forces.The U.N. action bans all flights in Libyan airspace in order to protect civilians. While it was unclear how the West might proceed, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said earlier in the day that a no-fly zone would require bombing targets inside Libya, including some of its defense systems.It was also unclear when any Western action would come. A British lawmaker said British forces could be mobilized as early as Thursday night. U.S. officials, speaking after a closed-door briefing in Congress, said they expected an attempt to ground Gadhafi's air force could begin by Sunday or Monday and would probably involve jet fighters, bombers and surveillance aircraft.After deliberating for weeks over what to do about Gadhafi, the West acted with sudden speed as it became clear Gadhafi would attempt to finally put an end to the rebellion.Gadhafi, calling in to Libyan television on Thursday, said his forces would rescue the people of Benghazi, the Mediterranean port city that has become the capital and staging ground for the opposition. For those who resist, Gadhafi said, there would be no mercy or compassion.This is your happy day, we will destroy your enemies, he said, warning the people of Benghazi not to stand alongside the opposition. Prepare for this moment to get rid of the traitors. Tomorrow we will show the world, to see if the city is one of traitors or heroes.

Don't betray me, my beloved Benghazi, he said.His ground forces were still about 80 miles south of the city on Thursday evening Libya time, so it was unclear whether they would move on the city as quickly as he suggested.Speaking moments before in an interview with Portuguese television broadcast just before the vote at the U.N., Gadhafi pledged to respond harshly to U.N.-sponsored attacks. If the world is crazy, he said, we will be crazy, too.At the U.N. headquarters in New York, the vote was 10-0. The United States, France and Britain had all pushed for speedy approval. We had said all along that Gadhafi must go, said British Foreign Secretary William Hague. It is necessary to take these measures to avoid greater bloodshed.Five nations abstained, including Russia and China, which hold veto power on the council.In Washington, officials said the Obama administration was readying plans to enforce the no-fly zone. The French prime minister said before the measure was passed that his nation would support military action within hours. Several Arab nations were expected to provide backup.Today the Security Council has responded to the Libyan people's cry for help, said Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Colonel Gadhafi and those who still stand by him continue to grossly and systematically abuse the most fundamental of the human rights of his people.The United States already has warships positioned near Libya. After eight hours of closed-door talks on Wednesday, Rice said a no-fly zone now was not enough, saying it has inherent limitations in terms of protection of civilians at immediate risk.

In Britain, a lawmaker with knowledge of defense matters confirmed that British forces were on standby for air strikes and could be mobilized as soon as Thursday night. The lawmaker declined to be named because the Defense Ministry has not issued official confirmation.French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office issued a one-sentence statement at about 2 a.m. Friday Paris time saying he and Obama had spoken by phone about the resolution. Reached by The Associated Press, Sarkozy's office declined further comment. Obama also spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Western countries have significant military assets nearby, including carriers in the Mediterranean, a large U.S. air base in Italy and a large British air presence on the island of Cyprus. In addition, allied Arab countries such as Jordan and Oman have planes and pilots often trained by the U.S., and American officials have made clear they want active involvement by Arab countries if any action is taken. The U.N. resolution specifically bans a ground offensive against Libya. A large crowd in Benghazi was watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection and burst into cheers, with green and red fireworks exploding overhead. In Tobruk, east of Benghazi, happy Libyans fired weapons in the air to celebrate the vote.Speaking to reporters in Tripoli after the vote, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Kaim struck a more conciliatory tone, offering to negotiate a cease-fire with the rebels. He welcomed the Security Council's concern for the people of Libya but called on the world not to allow them to receive weapons. If any countries do that, they will be inviting Libyans to kill each other, he said.The shift toward international action reflected dramatic change on the ground in Libya in the past week. The rebels, once confident, found themselves in danger of being crushed by an overpowering pro-Gadhafi force using rockets, artillery, tanks, warplanes. That force has advanced along the Mediterranean coast aiming to recapture the rebel-held eastern half of Libya. Gadhafi troops encircled the city of Ajdabiya, the first in the path of their march, but also had some troops positioned beyond it toward Benghazi.Several witnesses said rebels in Benghazi succeeded in shooting down at least two of the attacking aircraft. Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, a 42-year-old merchant who lives nearby, said he saw one of the warplanes shot down after striking Benina, the airport.

Another witness, medical official Qassem al-Shibli, told The Associated Press that he saw three planes attack the airport and nearby rebel military camps before two were shot down. A third witness saw fire trucks fighting a blaze at the airport, and black smoke billowing from the area. Another witness reported that a rebel warplane crashed north of Benghazi, apparently after running out of fuel.At the same time, the rebels were sending their own warplanes in an attempt to break the regime's assault on Ajdabiya, a city about 100 miles southwest of Benghazi that has been under a punishing siege by Gadhafi's forces the past two days. But by Thursday afternoon, Gadhafi's army were holding the southern, eastern and western outskirts of Ajdabiya.The unrest in Libya began Feb. 15 in the eastern city of Benghazi and spread east to Tripoli, the capital. Like others in the Mideast, the protest started with popular demonstrations against Gadhafi, rejecting his four decades of despotic and often brutal rule. The tone quickly changed after Gadhafi's security in Tripoli forcefully put down the gatherings there.Soon rebel forces began arming themselves, quickly taking control of the country's east centered on Benghazi, the second largest Libyan city, with a population of about 700,000. Some Libyan army units joined the rebels, providing them with some firepower, but much less than Gadhafi's remaining forces, and crucially, no air power.There are no official death tolls. Rebels say more than 1,000 people have been killed in a month of fighting, while Gadhafi claims the toll is only 150.Michael reported from Cairo. AP correspondents Ben Hubbard and Diaa Hadid in Cairo, Paisley Dodds in London, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and David Espo in Washington contributed to this report.

UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya
by Elad Benari and Gavriel Queenann MAR 18,11

The UN Security Council has voted in favor of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. The vote, in essence, authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi.The vote, which came just hours after Qaddafi vowed to enter the opposition capital of Benghazi and crush the rebellion, paves the way for possible international air strikes on Libya.The resolution establishes a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in order to help protect civilians. It authorizes UN member states to take all necessary measures ... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.The resolution also calls for stronger enforcement of the arms embargo on Libya, adds names of individuals, companies and other entities to the list of those subject to travel bans and asset freezes, and requires all countries to ban Libyan flights from landing, taking off or overflying their country.

The resolution demands that Libya ensure rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian assistance into its territory.Ten of the Security Council’s 15 member countries voted in favor of the resolution, which was co-sponsored by France, Britain, Lebanon and the United States. Five countries abstained, including Russia and China, as well as India, Germany and Brazil.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice welcomed the adoption of the resolution and said: The Security Council has authorized the use of force, including enforcement of a no-fly zone, to protect civilians ... targeted by Colonel Qaddafi, his intelligence and security forces, and his mercenaries.Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague, also welcomed the resolution and said that it was necessary in order to prevent bloodshed. Hague praised the council members who voted in favor of the proposal.In contrast, German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, called the resolution dangerous and said that German troops would not take part in any attack on Libya. He added, however, that his country still adheres to its position that Qaddafi must stop fighting his people.

Prior to the vote on the resolution, Qaddafi gave an interview to the Portuguese Radiotelevisao Portuguesa, in which he said that The U.N. Security Council has no mandate. We don't acknowledge their resolutions, and warned that any military action in Libya would be construed as colonization without any justification and would have grave repercussions.Following the adoption of the resolution, the Al-Jazeera network showed a large crowd in Benghazi watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection and bursting into celebration.Before the Vote: Paris and Washington Pushed for UN Intervention.Gulf News reported prior to the vote that Paris and Washington were pushing for United Nations action.But as the international community pondered whether to impose a no-fly zone in Libya, residence in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi said that Qaddafi man is already history.Ahmad Al Quwaidi of the February 17 revolutionary coalition said that women and children in Benghazi were committed to fighting and dying for their city. The people of Benghazi will not allow Qaddafi to come back, the human rights activist insisted. The majority of them, like myself experienced freedom for the first time after we kicked Qaddafi forces out of the city. We will not allow Qaddafi to come back no matter what it costs us.

Al Quwaidi noted Qaddafi's militia and mercenaries are still trying to retake Ajdabiya, 170 kilometers south-west of Benghazi, where four New York Times journalists have gone missing amidst the fighting..The more than 100,000 residents of the city are committed to die for their freedom and land, Al Quwaidi said. We don't know how many people Qaddafi will kill before he understands his end has come. We don't know how long the world will wait till it comes to our rescue. What we know for sure is Qaddafi will no more come to our liberated land.

Logistical Troubles Mount

But resolve must be supported not just with food, water, medicine, electricity - but with arms and munitions. Al Quwaidi thanked Egyptian authorities for keeping the borders open, but said revolutionaries needed more than humanitarian aid. We need arms and ammunition to fight the unlimited brutality of Qaddafi,he said.Meanwhile, discussions are under way with Arab nations to determine if they will be directly involved in any military action the international community may take against Qaddafi, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. At least two Arab states have said they would participate in a no-fly zone, the Arab League's UN representative Yahya Mahmassani said.But the previously proposed no-fly zone may not be all they will be asked to enforce. In stark contrast to its previously tepid rhetoric, the Obama administration has asked the UN to not just authorize a no-fly zone, but to aid Libyan rebels by carrying out airstrikes against Qaddafi's tanks and heavy artillery.On Wednesday, France said it could muster enough support for the Security Council to pass a resolution on Libya, and military intervention could take place within hours. of a resolution's pasing.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

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Court only option against Swift agreement, says MEP
VALENTINA POP 17.03.2011 @ 17:42 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU commission on Thursday (17 March) downplayed data protection concerns over a deal allowing bulk banking data to be transferred to the US for anti-terrorism investigations, leaving a legal challenge over data mining and privacy breaches as the only option for MEPs willing to continue the fight.In a tense meeting behind closed doors, home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom fended off criticism from MEPs who the previous day had decried the betrayal of EU institutions after they had given their consent to the controversial Swift agreement.

Malmstrom presented a review of the first six months since the deal came into force, which only got us more worried, German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht told this website after the meeting.Things have become more clear now, they accept big bulk data being sent over to the US and to be searched via algorithms - which basically means data mining. I said this is unconstitutional, according to the European Court of Justice and the German Constitutional Court,he explained.Noting that most MEPs now realise they should never have agreed to the deal, Albrecht said there was little the parliament could do at this point. We can't cancel the agreement, there is a sunset clause, but that's in five years. The only thing I see possible is to go to court. We are working it out with lawyers and campaigners to see how this can be done,he added.The Swift affair, which started as a covert programme following the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, exploded in 2006, when a story in the New York Times revealed that the Americans were secretly spying on European data using a mirror database of the banking communication company, Swift, located on US soil.

Some data protection provisions were put in place. The EU appointed a French anti-terrorism judge to see how the Americans were keeping up with them, but MEPs and some governments, notably the German one, remained unconvinced.Once the Lisbon Treaty granted the European Parliament extra powers, the Swift agreement became a cause celebre, as MEPs struck it down in February 2010. They did approve an amended version in July, including with the provision of having Europol authorise data requests and a special EU person to oversee how the data is being searched. Taking note of the concerns expressed by Europol's supervisory body, which cited too broad requests for the agency to really be able to assess how appropriate and necessary they were, the commission's review only issues recommendations and generally approves how the US and EU bodies implement the agreement - called the Terrorism Finance and Tracking Program (TFTP) after Swift complained about the negative connotations of having its brand used in this context.It is recommended that more feedback is collected and analysed by EU and US authorities in order to provide more verifiable insights into the actual added value of the TFTP through eliciting feed-back from the users of TFTP derived information,the document reads.During their review, EU experts were informed that in many cases the value of the TFTP is not recognised as such even by the recipients of TFTP derived information, either in the US or abroad.

One concrete example was discussed by the review team where a prosecutor in one of the member states had questioned the added value of TFTP derived information, simply because he was not aware that the information provided and used had been derived from the programme,the review reads.The US side welcomed the commission's report. We agree with the report's finding that the operation and implementation of the programme is consistent with the Treasury's commitment to enforcing the unprecedented data protection safeguards, David S. Cohen, the official responsible for TFTP within the US department of treasury said in a statement.We will carefully consider the EU delegation's recommendations as we move forward in implementing this valuable programme,he added.

MUSLIM NATIONS

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

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

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

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

EU officials: Bahrain situation more dangerous than Libya
ANDREW RETTMAN 17.03.2011 @ 09:28 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Security specialists in the EU institutions are concerned that Shia-Sunni unrest in Bahrain has the potential to cause a sectarian conflict in the wider Arabian Gulf.What is happening in Bahrain is Sunni versus Shia, Saudi Arabia versus Iran. It's big powers facing off against each other in a small place. It's really explosive. We share the same concerns with the US and with Russia, one EU source told this website on Wednesday (16 March) on condition of anonymity.From a foreign policy point of view, it's a very big issue. We don't know where it will go, another EU contact noted, referring to a decision by Sunni powers Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to send security forces to Bahrain to quell protests. If Saudi Arabia and Iran become openly involved, it could become much more dangerous than Libya.Writing in his blog on Wednesday, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt voiced similar concerns: While there was most likely initially no Iranian interference, the opportunities for Iran to take advantage of the situation now undeniably grow.Several EU countries, including the UK and Malta, have issued travel warnings for their citizens not to go to Bahrain or to leave the island nation as quickly as possible.The UK Press Association reported that Britain has chartered commercial flights to get people out of the capital Manama on Thursday. It is unclear how many British citizens - the largest EU contingent in the country - reside in Bahrain. But 20 member states have notified an EU office dealing with consular co-ordination that there are 2,000 other EU citizens in place.The problem is there are no direct flights to Europe. And all the other flights are full. We are hearing that it's difficult to get to the airport because it is a major risk to leave your house and to travel on the roads, one of the EU officials added.

The nervous atmosphere comes after masked Bahraini troops fired live rounds at protesters in the capital's Pearl Square on Wednesday. Six people, including three policemen, reportedly died in the fighting, and hundreds were injured. Security forces overnight also swooped on the houses of opposition activists, taking three opposition leaders into custody.Shia-dominated neighbour Iran on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Bahrain and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the US, which has a large naval base in the country, for plotting the crackdown with Saudi Arabia. The US seeks to save the Zionist regime [Israel] and to suppress popular uprisings. So, it supports certain governments, he said in remarks quoted by national press agencies.A prominent Shia cleric in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, and the militant Shia movement in Lebanon, Hezbollah, have also called for street rallies in support of Bahraini demonstrators.Shia Muslims make up around 70 percent of Bahrain's 1.2 million population, but the ruling Sunni royal clan has a monopoly on power.

Sarkozy: save Libyan martyrs

On the Libyan front, the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday failed to agree on a British-French-Lebanese resolution to permit military strikes against Colonel Gaddafi. A follow-up debate and vote is expected on Thursday.France believes the draft resolution - which authorises member states to take all necessary measures to enforce compliance with the ban on flights ... and to prevent any use of aircraft for aerial attacks against the civilian population - would give it the legal basis to launch immediate air strikes on Gaddafi targets.Together we can save the Libyan people from being martyred. Time is being counted in days, or even hours, French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote in a letter to the UN powers, seen by EUobserver. The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, indicated that President Barack Obama is willing to put troops on the ground. We need to be prepared to contemplate steps that include, but perhaps go beyond, a no-fly zone at this point, she told press in New York.A French security expert whose company advises EU diplomats and intelligence services warned that military action in Libya could have unforeseen consequences.If we strike Gaddafi, we risk creating an Afghanistan or an Iraq, if you prefer, 500 km from our coastlines. We will destabilise a country which is ethnically highly-complex and which has a large stock of weapons. We will create a zone with no rule of law,the contact said.

Nazareth Ilit Reaches Out to Itamar As Purim Approaches
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 17,11

The community of Nazareth Illit sent packages of mishloach manot [traditional gifts of food for the Purim holiday -ed] and letters to the residents of Itimar in the hopes of encouraging the community following the barbaric murder of five members of the Fogel family in the small Samarian settlement.The initiative was launched by APS school students in Nazareth Ilit who wanted to show solidarity with the children of Itamar. Students wrote letters of support and asked for help in sending them, as well as mishloach manot, from the municipality.Mayor Shimon Gipsu was so moved by the children's initiative that he asked to attach his own Purim salutations to each letter and approached the managers of the Stauss Elite, who responded to his request for help by donating boxes of snacks and chocolates for the children of Itamar.

Education Department Director Danny Gylden Read then asked the rest of the schools in Nazareth Elit to join the tribute, The response was tremendous. Teachers, administrators and students joined with pleasure, Gylden-Read told Israel National News. They were not satisfied with writing letters and attached crafts and amazing fruit handiwork.For example, students at Yodfat Elementary school, directed by Eve Baker, brought artwork, dolls and accessories for their baskets. And, city manager Amir Oren enlisted city employees in the packing and delivery of boxes. Everyone willingly joined in.Letters from the students have elicited tears in Nazareth Ilit, and the students themselves.I live in the city of Nazareth Illit, wrote one student from Yodfat Elementary. I heard about the tragedy that happened to you. Be strong and know that although we are far from our heart is with you.Another student wrote: I do not know how anyone could kill a four month old baby. It would take a real devil, a real devil to do such a thing.Eden, a student at the Arbel school asked the children to be strong and maintain their resolve: I know very difficult for you now, but you have to be strong and not give up. Do not let the bad guys win. You have to fight for a just world that will be better for everyone.The residents of Itamar responded to the gesture with enthusiasm. Children in Itamar wrote back, Your mishloach manot moved us to tears. You touched us to the heart and caused us great excitement.Nazareth Ilit not only sent the letters and care packages, but Mayor Gipsu, City Manager Amir Oren, and city council members also traveled to Itamar in order to give support to the residents there, telling them, Israel's strength lies in our ability to unite in moments of grief and moments of joy. The nation's heart broke over this terrible tragedy and it was important for us to tell the people of Itamar they are not alone. We embrace you and strengthen you.(Israel National News.com)

Deputy Mayors Take a Solidarity Tour of Itamar
by Elad Benari MAR 18,11 IsraelNationalNews

Twenty five deputy mayors from across Israel participated on Thursday in a solidarity tour of the Samaria community of Itamar, following the brutal murder of five members of the Fogel family last week.The tour, attended by members of the Forum of Deputy Mayors, was organized by Deputy Shomron Mayor Ehud Studenia. It began in the community of Barkan, where the deputy mayors observed the Dan region. The tour then continued to Itamar, where participants saw the point where the terrorists who committed Friday night’s murder infiltrated the community, and heard a review of the incident from Shomron Mayor Gershon Mesika and from Rabbi Nitzan Yamin, the local school principal and teacher of 11-year-old Yoav Fogel who was killed in the massacre. The tour then continued in Elon Moreh for a conversation with Samaria Residents' Council head Benny Katzover, and concluded with a visit to the home where the Fogel family is sitting shiva, in the community of Neve Tzuf.

Some of the deputy mayors who took part in the tour were Deputy Ashkelon Mayor Shimon Cohen, Deputy Givatayim Mayor Moshik Goldstein, Deputy Raanana Mayor Arie Friedman, Deputy Ramat Gan Mayor Moshe Avihu, Deputy Mayor of Betar Illit Shlomo Sharabi, Rosh Haayin Deputy Mayor Razi Ahrak, and others.The Chairman of the Forum of Deputy Mayors and Acting Mayor of Bat Yam, Uri Buskila, said during the tour that the Forum calls upon the government to do everything possible so that we do not hear that the murder could have been avoided if safety measures which were prevented by some legal advisor would have been taken. There should not be a reality in which the fate of community residents is ignored and in which they do not receive the optimal security because of bureaucratic problems. We are ready to provide backup for the brave Jews who live in Samaria out of their own choice and because of a decision made by the Israeli government.Shomron Mayor Gershon Mesika told the deputy mayors: The Zionist answer to the terrible massacre that happened here should be the establishment of five towns in memory of each of the victims. The barbaric murderers came here to cut off lives and to crush the communities, and the correct answer should be a building momentum. It is inconceivable that the Israeli government removes checkpoints and thus empowers the Palestinian Authority terrorists while preventing security from the Jewish residents. The residents of Itamar are heroes and pioneers but the Israeli government must begin to fight terrorism and stop harming life.At the conclusion of the tour, Buskila said: It was important also for these deputies to come and see firsthand the hardships under which Jews are living. The idea here is to come, see and understand the reality since we are all brothers.

Japan's Emperor Akihito Prays For His Nation
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 17,11

In a rare television address on Wednesday, Japan's Emperor Akihito expressed deep concern over the escalating nuclear crisis his nation faces and said he is praying for people's safety after last week's earthquake-tsunami disaster, the Associated Press reports.The 77-year-old emperor, who commands great personal respect in Japan, thanked domestic and foreign emergency personnel for their efforts to locate the many missing amidst difficult conditions in the affected area, The number of people killed is increasing day-by-day and we do not know how many people have fallen victim.People are being forced to evacuate in such severe conditions of bitter cold, with shortages of water and fuel... he said. I cannot help praying that rescue work is done swiftly and people's lives get better, even a little. I pray for the safety of as many people as possible.Akihito also said he was deeply concerned about the unpredictable situation at the quake-damaged Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, where the quake knocked out reactor cooling systems. A series of explosions followed.

I sincerely hope that we can keep the situation from getting worse,Akihito said.I have received messages of condolence from heads of state of various countries with kind words that their hearts are with the victims. Allow me to convey the words to people in the afflicted areas.In a show of solidarity with the residents of Japan's capital, who are currently subject to power rationing, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ordered the Imperial Palace's electricity to be turned off for two ours per day, Kyodo News reported.A spokesman for the Imperial Household Agency said it was the first time the emperor had addressed the nation on television in the wake of a natural disaster. After the earthquake in Kobe in 1995 which killed more than 6,400 people, Akihito issued a written statement rather than making a televised address.
Akihito acceded to the throne in 1989 following the death of his father Emperor Hirohito. As the titular head of state in Japan, he plays a ceremonial role.As of Wednesday, the toll of the dead and missing from the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that hit Japan's northeast coast has topped 11,000, with 3,676 confirmed dead and 7,558 unaccounted for, according to Japan's national police agency. (Israel National News.com)

Japan kicks off yen intervention as G7 agrees joint action
By Wayne Cole – MAR 18,11

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Group of Seven rich nations on Friday agreed to join in rare concerted intervention to restrain a soaring yen and calm global markets after a wild week of panicky trading as Japan scrambled to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant.The U.S. dollar surged two full yen to as far as 81.70 yen, leaving behind a record low of 76.25 hit on Thursday as the Bank of Japan kicked off the joint action. Media reported it bought more than $25 billion.Japan's Nikkei share index climbed 3 percent, recouping some of the week's stinging losses as Japan reeled from an earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear power plant crisis.The last time the G7 agreed on joint intervention was a decade ago to turn a slumping euro following its 1999 launch.The G7 show of solidarity with disaster-hit Japan came as a surprise to many because Tokyo had indicated it was looking for moral support for its attempts to calm markets rather than joint action.Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the Bank of Japan had begun to sell yen at 0000 GMT and other central banks from the G7 would intervene as their markets opened.This is the first coordinated intervention that we have seen since 2000 so it's going to have a very huge resonating effect on the market, said Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT in New York.Because the only type of intervention that actually works is coordinated intervention and it shows the solidarity of all central banks in terms of the severity of the situation in Japan.A source told Reuters the BOJ would also leave the yen it sold in the banking system rather than mopping it up, thus adding to the vast amount of liquidity it had already provided to support its domestic markets.

Central banks will often issue bonds to mop up any extra cash in the economy that results from currency intervention for fear that the additional liquidity could fuel inflation.On Thursday, the yen had soared to a record high of 76.25 per dollar, eclipsing its historical peak of 79.75 hit in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake.
The yen soared amid speculation Japanese firms would repatriate some of their huge foreign assets to help meet insurance claims and pay for reconstruction.A strong yen could make it more difficult for the heavily export-dependent Japanese economy to recover from the triple blow of last week's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear threat. The damage toll is already estimated at up to $200 billion with Japan almost certain to slip back into recession.G7 financial leaders may be worried that a surge in yen repatriation could unsettle global markets, creating a crisis of confidence that spreads from Asia to Europe and the United States.As we long have stated, excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates have adverse implications for economic and financial stability, the G7 said in a statement.Investors were also keeping a wary eye on events in Libya as the United Nations voted to impose a no-fly zone over the country and use all necessary measures to protect civilians. French diplomatic sources said military action could begin within hours of the Security Council vote.Oil prices were up over $1.50 a barrel on the decision, which was seen as risking prolonging the conflict in the North African nation.

HISTORY NOT IN G7's Favor

Still, if past is prologue, even massive official selling might not restrain the yen for long. When Japan last intervened in September 2010, it sold a huge 2.1 trillion yen, or around $25 billion back then, but only managed to push the dollar up from 82.85 to 85.77 yen.The shock value quickly faded and by late October the dollar was down around 80.00.History isn't on the G7's side, said John Normand, a currency analyst at JPMorgan, noting past acts of concerted intervention only worked when backed by central bank policy tightening. In this case, there is almost no chance of the Federal Reserve tightening for months to come. The European Central Bank has signaled an intent to hike rates in April, but that might not help the dollar against the yen.The G7 can be a market mover initially, but it shouldn't be a trend-changer any more than the September 2010 yen intervention was,argued Normand.The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and United States.

HEIGHTENED ANXIETY

Late Thursday, President Barack Obama said the United States will do all it can to help Japan recover while playing down fears a drifting cloud of radiation could reach the U.S. West Coast.Rising alarm over the unfolding disaster in the world's third-largest economy has sent shudders through markets, hitting shares and commodities, as investors sought the safe haven of government debt.Japanese engineers on Friday raced to restore a power cable at the nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.Officials said they hoped to fix the cable to two reactors on Friday and to two others by Sunday, but said work would stop in the morning to allow helicopters and fire trucks to resume pouring water on the Fukushima Daiichi plant.The G7 deal and Obama's statement suggest a heightened degree of concern among top policymakers at the threat posed by the disaster at a time when the global economy is still recovering from its worst downturn in nearly 80 years.Europe continues to wrestle with a crippling debt crisis, and the Fed is buying up domestic government debt to safeguard a stop-start economic bounce back in the United States.I think the world economy is going to go right down, and it has happened at a time when financial markets are still fragile, said a G7 central banker who declined to be named.Japan's triple disaster, unprecedented in a major developed economy, is already disrupting global manufacturing.Makers of equipment for mobile telephones to car makers and chipmakers have warned of a squeeze on their businesses given Japan's crucial role in many supply chains that keep global commerce ticking over.The technology sector felt an immediate impact after Friday's quake and tsunami since Japan makes around a fifth of the world's semiconductors.

Economists fear an extended slump for the economy.

The sheer complexity of the damages makes it difficult to grasp the impact of the earthquake, says Kyohei Morita, an economist at Barclays Capital.Indeed, an analysis of the domestic real economy alone requires an assessment not only of building damages but also lifeline disruptions, planned blackouts/voluntary energy conservation and the state of nuclear power generation.The Nikkei newspaper on Friday reported the government was considering mandatory power usage cuts for businesses and households to avert a major blackout in greater Tokyo.The government also announced plans to issue 10 trillion yen in emergency bonds to fund reconstruction, adding to an already massive mountain of public debt.Still, the effect on global growth may be more limited. BNP Paribas estimates the disaster will shave 3 percent from Japan's projected GDP this year. That would account for just 0.2 percent of world output.(Additional reporting by Wanfeng Zhou, Leika Kihara, Daniel Flynn, Glenn Sommerville and Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Ed Davies)

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS 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 (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Chunk of Calif. coastal highway falls into Pacific
– Thu Mar 17, 6:56 pm ET

CARMEL, Calif. – Engineers on Thursday were working to figure out when they'll be able to reopen a stretch of California coastal highway that collapsed into the ocean, blocking traffic to the scenic Big Sur region.A 40-foot section of Highway 1 crumbled just after 5 p.m. Wednesday following several days of rainy weather. The entire southbound lane is gone, and the soil under the northbound lane also was giving way.No one was injured in the slide, the California Highway Patrol said. Authorities have closed the two-lane road to traffic indefinitely.The collapse occurred south of Carmel near Rocky Creek Bridge, one of the iconic arch bridges that make the stretch of roadway, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, one of the country's best known scenic drives.California Department of Transportation officials told The Monterey Herald they would know closer to the end of Thursday when the road would be reopened.The closure comes as spring tourist season is about to get under way.There is too much going down here to allow an extended closure, Alan Perlmutter told the newspaper. Perlmutter is a partner in the Big Sur River Inn, one of the many inns and lodges that depend on the dollars of tourists drawn to dramatic coastal vistas, where forested mountainsides plunge into blue seas.Other inns and restaurants reported a mix of no-shows and guests who were forced to stay longer because of the blocked road.The best alternate route to Big Sur from the north would require drivers to take Highway 101 inland through the Salinas Valley and drive over a steep, winding mountain road to the coast, adding at least an hour to the trip.

LUKEWARM CHURCHES

REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

THEIR TRYING TO MAKE THE BIBLE A NEW AGE GODESS,HOMOSEXUAL WORSHIP.GOD AS FATHER THEY WANT OUT THESE GODLESS LUKEWARMERS.

New Bible draws critics of gender-neutral language
Thursday, March 17, 2011,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the old translation of the world's most popular Bible, John the Evangelist declares: If anyone says, I love God, yet hates his brother, he is a liar. Make that brother or sister in a new translation that includes more gender-neutral language and is drawing criticism from some conservatives who argue the changes can alter the theological message.The 2011 translation of the New International Version Bible, or NIV, does not change pronouns referring to God, who remains He and the Father. But it does aim to avoid using he or him as the default reference to an unspecified person.The NIV Bible is used by many of the largest Protestant faiths. The translation comes from an independent group of biblical scholars that has been meeting yearly since 1965 to discuss advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English usage.Before the new translation even hit stores, it drew opposition from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, an organization that believes women should submit to their husbands in the home and only men can hold some leadership roles in the church.

The council decided it would not endorse the new version because the changes alter the theological direction and meaning of the text, according to a statement. Similar concerns led the Southern Baptist Convention to reject the NIV's previous translation in 2005.At issue is how to translate pronouns that apply to both genders in the ancient Greek and Hebrew texts but have traditionally been translated using masculine forms in English.An example from the translator's notes for Mark 4:25 to show how the NIV's translation of these words has evolved over the past quarter-century.The widely distributed 1984 version of the NIV quotes Jesus: Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

The more recent incarnation of the NIV from 2005, called Today's New International Version, changed that to: Those who have will be given more; as for those who do not have, even what they have will be taken from them.The CBMW had complained in 2005 that making the subject of a verse plural to convey that it could refer equally to a man or a woman potentially obscured an important aspect of biblical thought — that of the personal relationship between an individual and God.The NIV 2011 seems to have taken that criticism into account and come up with a compromise: Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.While the translators' former grammar teachers may not like it, the translators offer a strong justification for their choice of they (instead of the clunky he or she) and them (instead of him or her) to refer back to the singular whoever.They commissioned an extensive study of the way modern English writers and speakers convey gender inclusiveness. According to the translators' notes on the Committee on Bible Translation's website, The gender-neutral pronoun they (them/their) is by far the most common way that English-language speakers and writers today refer back to singular antecedents such as whoever, anyone,somebody,a person,no one, and the like.

Randy Stinson, president of the CBMW and dean of the School of Church Ministries at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said the changes are especially important to evangelicals.Evangelicals believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture. We believe every word is inspired by God, not just the broad thought, he said.So if the original text reads brothers — even if that word in the original language is known to mean brothers and sisters (such as the Hebrew achim or Spanish word hermanos) — many evangelicals believe the English translation should read brothers.
Stinson said a notes section would be the best place to point out that the original word could be read to include men and women.It's not yet known if the Southern Baptist Convention will reject the new translation the way it did the 2005 version. The nation's largest Protestant denomination still sells the 1984 translation in its stores. If it chooses to condemn the new version, that would happen at its national convention in June. The publisher says the NIV 2011 will replace both the 1984 and 2005 versions.Even while panning the new translation, the CBMW thanked the Committee on Bible Translation for being open about the process they used to develop it. That included taking comments from all sides of the gender debate.

And the new version doesn't always use gender neutral language. It takes reader sensibility into account by not using inclusive terms for some of the most familiar verses where that might sound jarring. For instance, Matthew 4:4 is rendered, Man shall not live on bread alone.That's a change from the TNIV, where the same phase read, People do not live on bread alone.I think that clause has entered into standard English, translator Douglas Moo explained of the move back to the more traditional man.People know it who don't know the Bible.Moo said the translators hope that the phrasing of the new NIV is so natural that the average reader won't be aware of any of the gender language concerns that are debated by biblical scholars and linguists. The group's website says its goal is to articulate God's unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it if they had been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.While the change to the generic man in verses like Matthew 4:4 is applauded by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, linguist Joel M. Hoffman, author of And God Said — How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning, said it is simply incorrect.
Anthropos (the Greek word in the original text) means person, plain and simple, he said. It's as much a mistake as translating parent as father.He doesn't buy the argument that man is understood in English to refer to men and women.If you walk into a church on Sunday morning and say, Will every man stand up? I would be shocked if the women stood up, too.Online:
Biblica NIV official site: http://www.biblica.com/niv/
Committee on Bible Translation: http://www.niv-cbt.org/
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: http://www.cbmw.org/

DAY 7 IN JAPANS NUKE DELEMMA

RADIATION.......DANGER........DANGER..........DANGER.THE FUKUSHIMA 50 WORKING ON STOPPING THE RADIATION FROM ESCAPING THE 6 NUCLEAR REACTORS ON SITE.

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

PESTILENCES (CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS)

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

POISONED WATERS

REVELATION 8:8-11
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)

REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they(False World Church and Dictator) have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

NUCLEAR LEVEL METER
7-MAJOR ACCIDENT
6-SERIOUS ACCIDENT - JAPAN AT THIS LEVEL CURRENTLY
5-ACCIDENT WITH WIDER CONSEQUENCES
4-ACCIDENT WITH LOCAL CONSEQUENCES
3-SERIOUS INCEDENT
2-INCIDENT
1-ANOMALY

RADIATION NETWORK
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/
LOW LEVEL RADIATION CAMPAIGN-Christopher Busby
http://llrc.org/
WEATHER MODEL-WINDSTREAM
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=npac_250
JONES ON THE MELTDOWN(RADIATION CONTAMINATION)OF JAPAN ALL THIS WEEK
http://rss.nfowars.net/20110316_Wed_Alex.mp3
http://rss.nfowars.net/20110317_Thu_Alex.mp3
http://rss.nfowars.net/20110318_Fri_Alex.mp3

ITS 10:30AM MAR 17,11 REPORTS HAVE IT THAT 20 PEOPLE HAVE RADIATION SICKNESS.AND 6,000 DEAD AND COUNTING FROM THE QUAKE,TSUNAMI.

ITS 3:00PM MAR 17,11 AND ONE GUY WAS ON JONES AND HE SAID HIS FRIENDS IN JAPAN IN THE CHI-CHIBA SOUTH,200 MILES FROM TOKYO OF THE AREA ARE HAVING SYMPTOMS OF RADIATION POISONING,INCLUDING NAUSIA-VOMITING AND RED BLOCHES ALL OVER THEIR BODY,HEADACHES, EAR-ACHES,NUMBNESS,FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.AND BY FRIDAY THE POISON FROM JAPAN SHOULD START COMING TO THE U.S.A.THIS IS WAY MORE SERIOUS THEN THE MEDIA ARE SAYING.THIS IS A COMPLETE COVERUP.DR BOWMAN SAID THIS IS DEFENATELY IS RADIATION SICKNESS.AND ITS HEADING FOR AMERICA AND CANADA NOW.ITS SERIOUS NOW.....BE AWARE ALL.DR BOWMAN SAID WATCH THE SEA ANIMALS FOR PEOPLE BEING POISONED FROM EATING THE FISH AND SEA FOOD.IF ITS IN THE SEA YOU WILL SEE DEAD ANIMALS FLOATING TO THE SURFACE.AMERICA IS EVACTUATING ITS CITIZENS FROM JAPAN FROM THE 50 MILE RADIATION POISONED SITE.WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING EVACUATED FIRST,THEN THE MEN.

U.S. Authorizes First Evacuations of Americans From Japan Over Fears of Nuclear Crisis Published March 17, 2011| FoxNews.com

The United States has authorized the first evacuations of Americans out of Japan, warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to any part of the country as unpredictable weather and wind conditions risked spreading radioactive contamination from Friday's magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.The travel warning extends to U.S. citizens already in the country and urges them to consider leaving. The authorized departure offers voluntary evacuation to family members and dependents of U.S. personnel in Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya and affects some 600 people. The U.S. also urged Americans within 50 miles of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant to relocate.Officials defended the proposed evacuation zone for American troops and citizens in Japan.I want to stress this is a prudent and precautionary measure to take, Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, told a White House briefing. The evacuation zone recommended by the U.S. is far wider than that established by Japan, which has called for a 12-mile zone and has told those within 20 miles to stay indoors.Jaczko also said that radiation leaking from Japan's nuclear plant does not present a danger to the western U.S. or its Pacific territories at this time.Japan is dealing with a major nuclear crisis following the deadly magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.Senior State Department official Patrick Kennedy said chartered planes will be brought in to help private American citizens wishing to leave. Flights will continue for as long as necessary, and officials were advising Americans to bring food and water with them to the airport.The U.S. military says all families at bases on Japan's Honshu Island are eligible for voluntary departure, according to Reuters. The Pentagon tells Reuters the order applies to some 20,000 dependents of military personnel. For U.S. diplomats, flights were leaving from military bases.The U.S. sent a group of nine experts to Japan as a consequence management response team, a senior U.S. official told Fox News. The official described them as planners, and their job is to work with the commander of U.S. Force Japan to tell him how the U.S. would potentially operate in a radiological environment.

While one group comes in, another leaves as British and American search and rescue teams will end their operations in Friday and begin to pull out of the quake-stricken country.The U.S. decision to evacuate citizens from Japan shows a tougher stand on the deepening nuclear crisis.Japanese officials are at odds over whether water dumps on the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Thursday worked as high radiation levels have been detected 19 miles away from the plant.A spokesman for the Tokyo Electric Power Company told Japan news agency NHK that it appears the mission was successful, while a spokesman for the Nuclear And Industrial Safety Agency says the water cannons failed in their attempt to cool the unit when the water failed to reach its target from safe distances.Japanese military helicopters dumped water onto the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant’s damaged reactors and emergency crews tried unsuccessfully to douse the reactors with water cannons.An official from the Tokyo Electric Power Company told Japan news agency NHK that there is a greater possibility they will be able to fill the spent fuel rod pool for the Unit 3 reactor.

The pool requires 1,200 tons of water to be filled, but the power company official says you only need one-third that amount to cover the spent fuel rods. Without water, there's nothing to stop the fuel rods from getting hotter and ultimately melting down.Two twin-rotor CH-47 Chinooks from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were used in the operation, working to drop seawater on the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors.
The choppers dumped at least four loads on the reactor in just the first 10 minutes, though television footage showed much of it appearing to disperse in the wind.Chopper crews flew missions of about 40 minutes each to limit their radiation exposure, passing over the reactor with loads of about 7,500 liters of water.A spokesman for the nuclear plant called it a very severe operation, according to Sky News.An International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman says the situation remains very serious, but there has been no significant worsening since yesterday (Wednesday).
Graham Andrew added that reactors 1, 2, and 3 appear to be relatively stable, while Unit 4 remains a major safety concern.Japan's science ministry tells NHK that high levels of radiation have been detected 19 miles from the nuclear plant and the government has instructed residents to stay indoors.

Experts say exposure to that level of radiation for six hours would result in the maximum level considered safe for one year. Japan tells the IAEA that engineers were able to lay an external grid power cable to the Unit 2 reactor, according to Reuters. The line would allow the company to maintain a steady water supply to troubled reactors and spent fuel storage ponds.The White House said it would cooperate closely with Japan during the recovery period, and President Obama spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan by phone on Wednesday evening.They discussed Japan's efforts to recover from last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-chi plant. Obama promised Kan that the U.S. would offer constant support for its close friend and ally, and expressed his extraordinary admiration for the character and resolve of the Japanese people, the White House said.The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Wednesday that three reactors had partially melted down. Yukiya Amano, the head of the nuclear watchdog agency, says he plans on going to Japan as soon as possible.When asked if events were out of control, he answered: It is difficult to say.Meanwhile, 50 employees at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant -- dubbed the Fukushima 50 -- have put their health and well-being on the line as they try to prevent a total nuclear meltdown with conditions worsening at the plant.The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that 20 of the workers have suffered from radiological contamination, 19 have been injured, while two others are missing.The government has now raised the maximum radiation dose allowed for nuclear workers to 250 millisieverts from 100 millisieverts.It is not known how much radiation has leaked from the crippled nuclear plant because the computer system that forecasts the spread of radioactivity has not been working due to malfunctioning monitoring posts, according to NHK.

A U.S. nuclear expert said he feared the worst.It's more of a surrender, said David Lochbaum, a nuclear engineer who now heads the nuclear safety program for the Union of Concerned Scientists, an activist group. It's not like you wait 10 days and the radiation goes away. In that 10 days things are going to get worse.It's basically a sign that there's nothing left to do but throw in the towel, Lochbaum said.There are six reactors at the plant. Units 1, 2 and 3, which were operating last week, shut down automatically when the quake hit. Since then, all three have been rocked by explosions.Units 4, 5 and 6 were shut at the time of the quake, but even offline reactors have nuclear fuel -- either inside the reactors or in storage ponds -- that need to be kept cool.We don't know the nature of the damage, said Minoru Ohgoda, spokesman for the country's nuclear safety agency. It could be either melting, or there might be some holes in them.The grim search for survivors continues in areas the earthquake and tsunami as the mayor of a northeastern city said his town has been wiped out.Mayor Kameyama Hiroshi told Kyodo News that 10,000 people remain missing in the city of Ishinomaki. Before the tsunami wiped out the coastal town, 164,000 people were living there.Japan's National Police Agency says more than 12,000 people are reported missing or dead. More than 5,600 people are officially listed as dead, but officials believe the toll will climb to well over 10,000.The country's Defense Ministry tells Japan news agency NHK that more than 25,000 have been rescued and another 23,000 are still believed to be stranded on islets near the coast.Nearly a week after the disaster, police said more than 452,000 people were staying in schools and other shelters, as supplies of fuel, medicine and other necessities ran short. Both victims and aid workers appealed for more help.There is enough food, but no fuel or gasoline,said Yuko Niuma, 46, as she stood looking out over Ofunato harbor, where trawlers were flipped on their sides.Along the tsunami-savaged coast, people must stand in line for food, gasoline and kerosene to heat their homes. In the town of Kesennuma, they lined up to get into a supermarket after a delivery of key supplies, such as instant rice packets and diapers.

Each person was only allowed to buy 10 items, NHK television reported.With diapers hard to find in many areas, an NHK program broadcast a how-to session on fashioning a diaper from a plastic shopping bag and a towel.In an extremely rare address to the nation Thursday, Emperor Akihito expressed condolences and urged Japan not to give up.It is important that each of us shares the difficult days that lie ahead," said Akihito, 77, a figure deeply respected across the country. I pray that we will all take care of each other and overcome this tragedy.The Pentagon said U.S. troops working on relief missions can within 50 miles to the plant with approval. Spokesman Col. David Lapan said the U.S. would review requests from the Japanese for assistance that would require troops to move within that radius, though no approval for such movement had been given since the stricter guidelines were enacted.The Pentagon said troops are receiving anti-radiation pills before missions to areas where radiation exposure is likely.With the arrival of three more ships to the massive humanitarian mission, there were 17,000 sailors and Marines afloat on 14 vessels in waters off Japan. Several thousand Army and Air Force service members already stationed at U.S. bases in Japan have also been mobilized for the relief efforts.The Associated Press and NewsCore contributed to this report.

Pentagon Cover-up of Data on Fukushima Disaster
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com March 17, 2011 11:30AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=379kr8qJNCc&feature=player_embedded

The Japan Times reports the Pentagon will send an unmanned Global Hawk high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft over the deteriorating Fukushima nuclear complex today.
Photographs taken by the plane equipped with infrared sensors could provide a useful clue to what is occurring inside the reactor buildings, around which high-level radiation has been detected,the news source reports.The flight is basically unnecessary and represents PR spin. Both the Pentagon and the Japanese government know full well the severity of the situation at the Fukushima plant and they are not releasing this information to either the Japanese or American people.The Pentagon is responsible for developing nuclear technology and has particle detectors, also known as radiation detectors, positioned around the world. Both the USS George Washington and USS Ronald Reagan, both now parked off Japan, are outfitted with radiation detection technology.In addition, the radiation can be tracked by the U.S. Air Force’s Constant Phoenix WC-135 jets, which are designed to monitor airborne fallout from nuclear weapons tests.Constant Phoenix technology was used after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine to sample the air over the Atlantic and was also used to detect seismic events associated with North Korea’s claim of a nuclear test in October 2006 and again in May 2009, the Pentagon told Alan Boyle of MSNBC.

The Constant Phoenix program was established in 1947 by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, ostensibly to detect atomic explosions anywhere in the world. It is serves as a collection platform for the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) at Patrick AFB, Florida. The 45th Reconnaissance Squadron at Offutt AFB, Nebraska, works closely with AFTAC.Air sampling missions are routinely conducted over the Far East, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Mediterranean Sea, the Polar regions, and off the coasts of South America and Africa. Pakistan, India, and North Korea are of particular interest because they have nuclear programs.Maj. Chad Steffey told the reporter that a Constant Phoenix WC-135 would be sent to sample the air moving over Japan, supposedly in response to a Japanese government request. The planes would be brought from Offutt Air Force Base, Steffey said.A senior U.S. defense official told NBC News that Constant Phoenix’s involvement in the Japanese fiasco was absolutely a significant event. We are using it to help out a nation, the official said. It’s significant.More PR spin. The Pentagon moved to gauge the threat well before any supposed request by the Japanese government. It deployed its sophisticated technology – and that of the NRC and the NNSA (the National Nuclear Security Administration) – to size up the threat early on. The Pentagon acts on its own. It does not wait for requests from government, including our own Congress.In the United States, the EPA has a vast array of radiation detection stations. In California alone, there are twelve stations measuring air particulates, real-time gamma, and the contamination of milk and drinking water. It remains to be seen if the EPA will share this data with the American people.

RT report on latest developments.Recall the EPA dispensing misleading information following the false flag attacks of September 11, 2001, telling New Yorkers it was safe to breathe the air when reliable information on air quality was not available.
The Pentagon and the government know full well the extent of this unprecedented disaster — and it is far worse then they are telling us. They are not about to level with the American people, who will find out later this week and in the weeks ahead how severe and life threatening the situation is.As we reported over the weekend, the CIA’s USAID was dispatched to micromanage the release and spin of information on the disaster. Yoichi Shimatsu, the former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, told CCTV a large scale cover-up is unfolding.The CIA, through USAID, is running a disinfo campaign on Japan’s earthquake crippled nuclear facilities for geopolitical reasons. The Japanese people will ultimately suffer, as will millions of other people who happen to be downwind from the stricken plants,we wrote at the time.A video of Mr. Shimatsu’s interview was predictably memory holed at YouTube, the video site owned by CIA asset Google.

U.S. shows growing alarm over Japan nuclear crisis
By Jeff Mason and Tom Doggett - Thu Mar 17, 12:24 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States showed increasing alarm about Japan's nuclear crisis on Wednesday and urged its citizens to stay clear of an earthquake-crippled power plant, going further in its warnings than Japan itself.The State Department said the United States has chartered aircraft to help Americans leave Japan and had authorized the voluntary departure of family members of diplomatic staff in Tokyo, Nagoya and Yokohama -- about 600 people.The State Department strongly urges U.S. citizens to defer travel to Japan at this time and those in Japan should consider departing, it said.As operators of the Fukushima plant tried to douse overheating reactors, U.S. officials warned about the risks of getting anywhere near the area and relied on their own officials for details about the danger.The situation has deteriorated in the days since the tsunami and ... the situation has grown at times worse with potential greater damage and fallout from the reactor, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.

U.S. officials took pains not to criticize the Japanese government, which has shown signs of being overwhelmed by the crisis that began after last Friday's devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.But Washington's actions indicated a divide with the Japanese about the perilousness of the situation.U.S. President Barack Obama told Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a telephone call that the United States will do all it can to help Japan recover, the White House said.The president briefed Prime Minister Kan on the additional support being provided by the U.S., including specialized military assets with expertise in nuclear response and consequence management, it said in a statement.The State Department recommended that U.S. citizens within 50 miles of the plant leave the area or stay indoors.Japan's government has asked people living within 12 miles to evacuate and those between 12 miles and 18 miles to stay indoors.

PLUME OF RADIATION

Gregory Jaczko, the top U.S. nuclear regulator, cast doubt on efforts to cool overheating reactors, saying workers may be hit with lethal doses of radiation.It would be very difficult for emergency workers to get near the reactors, Jaczko said.
A United Nations forecast projects the radioactive plume from the Fukushima facility would reach the Aleutian Islands on Thursday and hit Southern California late on Friday, The New York Times reported.The projection, calculated on Tuesday and obtained by the newspaper, gives no information about actual radiation levels, it said. Health and nuclear experts emphasize that radiation in the plume will be diluted as it travels and will have extremely minor health consequences in the United States, it reported.The U.S. military has ordered its forces to stay 50 miles away from the plant, the Pentagon said. There are at least 55,000 members of the U.S. forces in Japan and offshore assisting the relief operation.All of us are heartbroken by the images of what's happening in Japan and we're reminded of how American leadership is critical to our closest allies,Obama said in Washington. Even if those allies are themselves economically advanced and powerful, there are moments where they need our help, and we're bound together by a common humanity.

CONFLICTING REPORTS

The State Department's warning to U.S. citizens was based on new information collected by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy and other U.S. sources.The United States is trying to deploy equipment in Japan that can detect radiation exposure at ground level, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a congressional hearing.The detection system is part of equipment and 39 personnel from the Energy Department sent to Japan, he said. It has also provided equipment to monitor airborne radiation.The United States is deploying more radiation monitors on Hawaii and other U.S. islands even though it does not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach U.S. soil, environmental regulators said.Chu declined to tell lawmakers, when asked, whether he was satisfied with Japan's response so far to its nuclear crisis.I can't really say. I think we hear conflicting reports, Chu said.This is one of the reasons why (the United States is) there with boots on the ground ... to know what is really happening.Beyond the risk to workers at or near the damaged nuclear plant, one scientist, Dr. Ira Helfand, warned of possible widespread contamination of people and land. We need ... to focus on the radioactive isotopes being dispersed at some distance from the plant, because this is going to cause a whole different set of health problems,Helfand, past president of the anti-nuclear group Physicians for Social Responsibility, said in a telephone briefing. The Obama administration has maintained its support for expanding U.S. use of nuclear energy despite renewed fears about its safety after the events in Japan.But Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the crisis raised questions about the use of nuclear energy in the United States.What's happening in Japan raises questions about the costs and the risks associated with nuclear power but we have to answer those,she said in an interview with MSNBC in which she emphasized the need for a comprehensive U.S. energy policy.We get 20 percent of our energy right now in the United States from nuclear power.(Additional reporting by Ayesha Rascoe, David Morgan, Andrew Quinn, Paul Eckert, Matt Spetalnick, Alister Bull, Patricia Zengerle, Steve Holland, Deborah Zabarenko and Phil Stewart; Editing by Peter Cooney and John O'Callaghan)

Japan begins air drop on stricken reactor By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press - MAR 16,11 11:45PM

ZAO, Japan – Japanese military helicopters dumped loads of seawater onto a stricken nuclear reactor Thursday, trying to avoid full meltdowns as plant operators said they were close to finishing a new power line that could restore cooling systems and ease the crisis.U.S. officials in Washington, meanwhile, warned that the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant in northeastern Japan may be on the verge of spewing more radioactive material because water was gone from a storage pool that keeps spent nuclear fuel rods from overheating.The troubles at several of the plant's reactors were set off when last week's earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and ruined backup generators needed for their cooling systems, adding a major nuclear crisis for Japan as it dealt with twin natural disasters that killed more than 10,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.A Japanese military CH-47 Chinook helicopter began dumping seawater on the damaged reactor of Unit 3 at the Fukushima complex at 9:48 a.m., said defense ministry spokeswoman Kazumi Toyama. The aircraft dumped at least four loads on the reactor, though much of the water appeared to be dispersed in the wind.At least a dozen more loads were planned in the 40 minutes that each crew can operate before switching to limit radiation exposure, the ministry said.The dumping was intended both to help cool the reactor and to replenish water in a pool holding spent fuel rods, Toyama said. The plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said earlier that the pool was nearly empty, which might cause the rods to overheat.

The comments from U.S. officials indicated there were similar problems at another unit of the Dai-ichi complex.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said at a congressional hearing in Washington that all the water was gone from a separate spent fuel pool at the plant's Unit 4. Japanese officials expressed similar worries about that unit, but that it was impossible to be sure of its status.
Emergency workers were forced to retreat from the plant Wednesday when radiation levels soared, losing precious time. They resumed work after radiation levels dropped, but much of the monitoring equipment in the plant is inoperable, complicating efforts to assess the situation.We are afraid that the water level at unit 4 is the lowest, said Hikaru Kuroda, facilities management official at Tokyo Electric Power Co. But he added, Because we cannot get near it, the only way to monitor the situation is visually from far away.The storage pools need a constant source of cooling water. Even when removed from reactors, the rods retain radioactivity and must be cooled for months, possibly longer, to prevent them from posing a threat of meltdown.Japanese officials raised hopes of easing the crisis earlier Thursday, saying that they may be close to bringing power back to the plant and restoring the reactors' cooling systems.The new power line would revive electric-powered pumps, allowing the company to control the rising temperatures and pressure that have led to at least partial meltdowns in three reactors. The company is also trying to repair its existing disabled power line.

Tokyo Electric Power spokesman Naoki Tsunoda said the new power line to the plant is almost finished and that officials plan to try it as soon as possible, but he could not say exactly when.Reflecting the state of alarm over the issue, Japan's 77-year-old emperor expressed deep concern in a rare unexpected television broadcast on Wednesday, saying I hope things will not get worse.He urged the Japanese to care for each other and not give up hope. Millions of lives were disrupted by the magnitude 9 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which are believed to have killed more than 10,000 people.Nearly a week after the disaster, police said more than 452,000 were staying in schools and other shelters, as supplies of fuel, medicine and other necessities ran short. Both victims and aid workers appealed for more help.More than 4,300 people are officially listed as dead, but officials believe the toll will climb to well over 10,000. There is enough food, but no fuel or gasoline, said Yuko Niuma, 46, as she stood looking out over Ofunato harbor, where trawlers were flipped on their sides.The threat of nuclear disaster only added to Japanese misery and frustration.

The anxiety and anger being felt by people in Fukushima have reached a boiling point, the governor of Fukushima prefecture, Yuhei Sato, fumed in an interview with the Japanese television network NHK. He said evacuation preparations were inadequate, saying centers lacked enough hot meals and basic necessities.Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from a 20 kilometer (13 mile) radius around Fukushima Dai-ichi.A Cabinet spokesman, Noriyuki Shikata, said the government had no plans to expand the evacuation plan. But the U.S. Embassy issued an advisory urging all Americans living within 50 miles (80 kilometers) of the plant to leave the area or at least remain indoors.The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency, Yukiya Amano, said he would go to Japan to assess what he called a very serious situation and urged Tokyo to provide better information to his organization.Other countries have complained that Japan has been too slow and vague in releasing details about its rapidly evolving crisis at the complex of six reactors along Japan's northeastern coast.The 180 emergency workers who were working in shifts to manually pump seawater into the overheating reactors to cool them and stave off complete meltdowns were emerging as heroes as they persevered in circumstances in which no radiation suit could completely protect them.Japan's health ministry made what it called an unavoidable change Wednesday, more than doubling the amount of radiation to which the workers can be legally exposed.

I don't know any other way to say it, but this is like suicide fighters in a war, said Keiichi Nakagawa, associate professor of the Department of Radiology at University of Tokyo Hospital.The government asked special police units to bring in water cannons — usually used to quell rioters — to spray onto the spent fuel storage pool at unit 4.By deploying defense personnel and riot police, we're doing our best to tackle the situation by spraying water to cool down the reactors. We sincerely hope that this mission will go well, Shikata said.Elevated levels of radiation were detected well outside the 20-mile (30-kilometer) emergency area around the plants. In Ibaraki prefecture, just south of Fukushima, officials said radiation levels were about 300 times normal levels by late Wednesday morning. It would take three years of constant exposure to these higher levels to raise a person's risk of cancer. A little radiation has also been detected in Tokyo, triggering panic buying of food and water.Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo. Associated Press writers Elaine Kurtenbach and Shino Yuasa in Tokyo, David Stringer in Ofunato and Jocelyn Gecker in Bangkok contributed to this report.

Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan — a dirty bomb waiting to go off
Mike Adams NaturalNews March 16, 2011

NaturalNews has received information directly from an American who happened to be in Tokyo at the time of the nuclear incident and who also happens to have a background in atomic energy and nuclear reactors. He has sent us some extremely disturbing information that seems to indicate the situation with the reactors in Japan is far, far worse than what the conventional media is describing. We are not releasing this individual’s name for obvious reasons (he’s still in Tokyo and virtually unreachable), but he is an individual who is known to me personally and with whom I have spent a considerable number of hours over a period of two years. He is a very high-integrity individual and someone who is also extremely well connected in the world of advanced medicine.In an email sent from Tokyo, this individual explains:
…nuclear reactors use bundles of enriched uranium packed into stainless steel fuel rods in order to generate the heat that drives the turbines. You need to keep these bundles of pins cool otherwise they melt or burst.Now, it seems the Fukushima power plant pulled spent fuel bundles (a collection of fuel rods) and stored them on site rather than shipping them to another location. Speculation is that in addition to the fires that are damaging the working reactor, these storage areas of their spent fuel bundles could [now] be on fire. This vastly compounds the problem of any meltdown, as this spent fuel will add to the contamination [because] it is extremely toxic.In other words, as well as dealing with a potential meltdown, you also have the toxic products from the depleted fuel pins adding to the pollution. This is extraordinarily bad. The spent fuel bundles should have been relocated away from the reactor core a long, long time ago. Given the earthquake realities of Japan, these reactor building were basically dirty bombs waiting to be set off by a [natural] disaster.I want to thank this individual for his continued reporting from Tokyo and assure him that if he chooses to send more information to NaturalNews, we will of course continue to protect his anonymity.

Nuclear plant becomes dirty bomb waiting to go off

The upshot of his assessment of the situation is that the Fukushima power plant is now a dirty bomb waiting to happen. And it’s on fire right now. Radiation levels are rising so rapidly that it’s not even safe to work near the plant. This is very rapidly headed into a situation where suicidal volunteers are going to have to rush in and do some work on the plant, spend only a few minutes there, then evacuate as quickly as possible. And they’ll still get cancer.This is exactly what happened in Chernobyl following the accident there in 1987. Hundreds of brave volunteers basically committed suicide in order to erect the containment vessel over the melted-down reactor and thereby prevent further radiation from escaping directly into the environment.As Wikipedia explains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherno…):The worst of the radioactive debris was collected inside what was left of the reactor, much of it shoveled in by liquidators wearing heavy protective gear (dubbed bio-robots by the military); these workers could only spend a maximum of 40 seconds at a time working on the rooftops of the surrounding buildings because of the extremely high doses of radiation given off by the blocks of graphite and other debris. The reactor itself was covered with bags containing sand, lead, and boric acid dropped from helicopters (some 5,000 metric tons during the week following the accident). By December 1986 a large concrete sarcophagus had been erected, to seal off the reactor and its contents. Many of the vehicles used by the liquidators remain parked in a field in the Chernobyl area to this day, most giving off doses of 10-30 R/h (0.7-2 uA/kg) over 25 years after the disaster.

Far worse than a terrorism attack

This could be very similar to what we’re headed toward in Japan if the people there don’t get this situation under control very quickly. Terrorists couldn’t have carried out a more deadly disaster than what the scientific nuclear power industry has now delivered to the people of Japan.In the name of scientific progress, the Japanese people are now threatened with the worst kind of death: Death by radiation poisoning — a slow, suffering breakdown of cellular function at every level. And sadly, Japan has already suffered through a similar scenario near the end of World War II when the United States of America dropped atomic bombs on the civilian Japanese population… twice! What frightens me in all this is the choice of words from our source who describes the Fukushima site as a dirty bomb just waiting to go off. There’s a lesson in all this, of course: When you play God with the planet, it might be wise to follow the precautionary principle more closely. This nuclear catastrophe is a mirror image of what we’re likely to see in the future of agriculture due to GMOs (genetically engineered seeds). GE seeds are the genetic dirty bombs of agriculture, and they too could devastate human civilization in much the same way that nuclear power now threatens the very survival of an entire nation.

But too many scientists are infinitely arrogant, it seems, and they rarely consider the consequences of their dangerous actions. On all the issues that matter — GMOs and seeds, synthetic chemicals, cell phone radiation, nuclear power, fluoride in the water, mercury fillings and much more — science has delivered suffering and death, not lasting progress. Thanks to these scientists who convince governments to take on nuclear power, GMOs, vaccines or pharmaceuticals, our world is now facing a multi-faceted life extinction crisis that threatens the very future of life on our planet. And Bill Gates thinks the answer is more vaccines! (Insane? You betcha…)The lessons to be learned from Fukushima are the same lessons humanity needs to learn on many other fronts: Don’t think you are so brilliant that you can outsmart Mother Nature and the laws of cause and effect. Science is no panacea. Science makes too many promises that it cannot keep (Improved crop yields! Clean energy! Amazing vaccines!), and when nations embrace these so-called scientific solutions, ultimately they only receive death, fear and financial destruction.For instance, the pharmaceutical industry has done to the U.S. economy what the Fukushima power plant is about to do to Japan. The promises we were given in the name of science and medicine have all blown up in our faces, leaving only a desolate landscape of destruction and misery in their wake.It is time we all began to seriously question our faith in the false promises of science and instead started to look at more holistic and humble solutions for sustainable life on our planet.The Amish way of life, for example, may not look high-tech and cool, but it doesn’t explode in your face and irradiate your whole country, either. And the Amish do just fine without vaccines, too (and they have near-zero rates of autism, by the way).

DUTCH CHRISTIANS GIVE BOOK TO ISRAEL

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).

MEPs decry breach of trust in EU-US data deal
VALENTINA POP 16.03.2011 @ 18:55 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - With the EU's police agency Europol rubberstamping bank data requests from the US and following 'oral orders' from American investigators, MEPs have warned they may block future data transfer deals with the US.After reluctantly having given our consent to this agreement, we feel betrayed in reading this report, since it's also about the credibility of the European Parliament and the EU itself, German Liberal MEP Alexander Alvaro said during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday (16 March).Earlier on, Isabel Cruz, the chairwoman of Europol's supervisory board presented the findings of an inspection report casting serious doubts about the usefulness of the agency checking data requests from the US.Oral explanations which inspectors could not verify and data requests too broad to be properly judged against the proportionality criterion are the main causes for concern.Europol has a role which is extremely confused. We always said it had to be a judicial body verifying the legality of data requests, not a police co-operation agency, Cruz said, in defence of the Hague-based agency.Added at the insistence of MEPs themselves when re-negotiating the agreement they first struck down, Europol had to grapple with procedural rules and when asking the EU commission for clarifications on specific provisions of the agreement, it got the reply that the commission cannot interpret the agreement.It's clear Europol has violated what we asked them to do. If it gave its okay to very broad data requests, it dis something wrong, Greek Socialist MEP Stavros Lambrinidis said.

He added that he personally opposed the Europol being given such a role, but the pressure from the US was too big.This report shows obviously there are infringements which no EU court would accept. The conclusion would be to cancel the agreement, said German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht.Supporters of the EU-US deal also slammed the findings of the Europol report.It's our own institutions, not the US, that fail to provide us with the information we need. We want reassurances the data protection rules are being enforced,British Conservative MEP Timothy Kirhhope said. Initially set up as a covert program following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, the so-called Swift agreement was struck down in February last year when MEPs found there were too few data protection provisions. They later on agreed to an amended deal, which included the Europol provision.EUobserver understands that the agreement could be suspended, but MEPs would be reluctant to call for this since the non-compliance issues lie on the EU side, not the US. A final decision is also pending a report due to be published on Thursday by the EU commission about the implementation of the agreement six months after its coming into force.

Dutch Christians Give Book to Yesha Leaders, Show Solidarity
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 16,11

Members of the International Board of Dutch-based Christians for Israel (CFl) met with Jewish leaders from communities in Judea and Samaria, on Tuesday. The event was hosted by Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC Heartland).The two Christian groups have been politically active for many years on behalf of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Two years ago, CFI published a photo book entitled Judea and Samaria in Dutch and today, launched the English translation of the book, which will be marketed to Christians all over the world. The book includes photographs of views and communities throughout Judea and Samaria, alongside verses from Jewish scriptures which relate to the places shown.CFI representatives from all over the world gathered in Israel this week for their annual international board meeting, dedicating the day to the subject of Judea and Samaria. After a lecture on the region from a biblical perspective by Yossi Maimon, a tour guide, the group visited the Nahalat Binyamin Winery, and then visited special needs children in Ofra.

The main event was a meeting between CFI representatives and Yesha leaders, which organizers described as powerful and moving. Yesha leaders in attendance included: Rabbi Natan Greenberg, Rosh Yeshiva of Bat Ayin; Naftali Bennett, Head of Yesha Council; Hananel Durani, Mayor of Kedumim; Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, Machon Zomet; Mr. Oded Revivi, Mayor of Efrat; and Moshe Goldsmith, Chairman of the Itamar Local Council.CFOIC director Sondra Oster Baras opened the meeting by introducing the leaders to one another, after which Dr. Pinchas Gerber, head of the social services department, shared his experiences over the past few days in Itamar, as he and his staff have been working intensively with the families after the heinous terrorist attack on Friday night.During the meeting Rev. Henk Poot and photographer Theo Hornemann presented their book, Judea and Samaria, to Yesha leaders as a symbol of solidarity with Jewish residents in those regions. Poot said, The Land of Israel belongs to the Jews, to the Chosen People to the People of G-d. We are here to help the Jewish nation, throughout the Land of Israel. We are witness, with our own eyes, to the return of the Jewish nation to its land and draw encouragement and understanding of the spiritual meaning of these events from the words of Rabbi Kook.

Theo Hornemann explained the raison d'etre behind the book:This book was our initiative, Henk’s and mine, to find an effective and passionate way to communicate the message of the communities in Judea and Samaria to Christians all over the world. We wanted them to see the pictures so that they would see that the source of the Jewish right to this land is from the Bible.Naftali Bennett accepted the book on behalf of residents of Judea and Samaria: We are dealing with great difficulties. We know how to conduct wars and we will overcome the terrorist threat. But the real battle today is one of public relations. Throughout the world, we are accused of being war criminals and our very right to exist in this land is called into question. We need you to help wage this battle.Baras closed the event with a prayer that the murderous attack in Itamar would be the last attack, and that peace and tranquility would reign in Israel, alongside international recognition of Jewish rights to all of Israel. We, you and I, share the belief that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people because we see the Tanach as the living word of G-d. Thank you for standing with us.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

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MUSLIM NATIONS

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

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

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

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Former UK air chief wary of Libya air strikes-ANDREW RETTMAN
16.03.2011 @ 17:44 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Lord Stirrup, a former British air chief, has warned that the UK and France need a clear objective on what to do with Colonel Gaddafi before launching air strikes on Libya.Speaking to EUobserver by phone on Wednesday (16 March) ahead of a UN Security Council vote on Libya in New York, Lord Stirrup, who commanded the British air force from 2003 to 2006, said: Before you start using military force you need to know what is the objective. Is it the removal of Gaddafi? If Yes, then clearly a no-fly zone is just one element in a long list of other elements. If it's to protect Libyan civilians, I would say: From what? For how long?As far as I can see there is no consensus, not even a growing body of opinion within international circles, not even within the EU, about what the objective would actually be,he added.Lord Stirrup noted that that any massacre of civilians in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi would likely be carried out by Gaddafi ground forces, which could not be stopped with air strikes alone.You couldn't intervene very successfully from the air. You could only intervene decisively on the ground. But then you are getting drawn into someone else's civil war ... What if there is a long-term stand-off between the east and west of Libya? Are we to engage in a long-term no-fly zone as we did with Iraq? he noted.

You must never go into these things thinking plan A is going to work. You need to think through what we call the branches and sequels, he explained.You have to have a clear legal basis from the international community which extends to details such as rules of engagement and how many casualties we are prepared to accept. You owe this to people if you are going to ask them to use lethal force.The retired pilot, who saw active service in the Dhofar War in Oman in the 1970s, also warned that Libya has an unknown quantity of Russian-made shoulder-launched (SAM)-7 surface-to-air missiles, which can shoot down jets below 15,000 feet.It's not a show-stopper, but it's a significant risk,he said.A French military source, who asked not be named, said the Libyan air-force itself would not pose a threat.Libya currently has just one active French-made Mirage jet, around 30 antiquated Russian Su 22 fighters, a handful of Russian Mig 23 planes most of which are too old to fly and some attack helicopters. They also have French-made Crotale anti-aircraft missiles but the French military can activate switches to jam the rockets.The French contact said the UK and France would need to destroy Libyan radar and anti-aircraft stations and to keep two jets, such as Mirage 2000 or Rafale fighters, in the air over Libya 24 hours a day to impose a no-fly zone.The planes could be launched from the Sigonella base in Sicily, from Malta or from the Solenzara base in Corsica. They would need support from AWACS planes and anti-aircraft frigates to jam Libyan signals, as well as re-fuelling aircraft.

Ambassadors from the 15-member UN Security Council will in New York on Wednesday debate and potentially vote on a joint British-French-Lebanese proposal on military intervention in Libya.The draft resolution, seen by EUobserver: Decides to establish a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahariya in order to help protect civilians ... [and] authorises member states to take all necessary measures to enforce compliance with the ban.At least nine Council members need to back the text and none of the five veto-wielding powers must oppose it in order for it to get through.Council members Germany and China (a veto power) have spoken out against air strikes. Italy is not a Council member, but its foreign minister, Franco Frattini, earlier on Wednesday told the Italian senate that: The international community should not and in my opinion does not want to take military action.One EU diplomat said that with Colonel Gaddafi rapidly advancing on Benghazi and with no possibility to get a no-fly zone in place before the end of March in logistical terms, the Anglo-British UN push is only a warning to Gaddafi to show restraint.France believes the UN resolution would give it the green light to launch targeted strikes against Gaddafi targets immediately, however.It also believes that Italy is opposed to intervention on the ground, but not from the air.We can neutralise its air assets in targeted strikes ... several Arab countries have assured us they would participate, French foreign minister Alain Juppe wrote in his blog on Wednesday.For his part, Colonel Gaddafi in a pugnacious speech to supporters in Tripoli on Tuesday taunted the French. Strike Libya? ... We'll be the one who strikes you. We struck you in Algeria, in Vietnam, he said, Reuters reports.His son, Saif al-Islam, in an interview with the Euronews TV channel on Wednesday said he will publish records showing that Gaddafi money funded French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign.

Poland to use 1989 revolution as lesson for Arab countries
ANDREW RETTMAN 16.03.2011 @ 09:27 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Poland is to use lessons learned from its 1989 revolution against Communism to help spread democracy in the Arab world during its upcoming EU presidency.Warsaw had originally aimed to concentrate on political reform in the EU's post-Soviet neighbours in the east. But a new draft programme for its six months at the EU helm adopted by the government on Tuesday (15 March) and seen by EUobserver notes that events in north Africa and the Middle East are forcing it to change priorities.Thanks to the rich experience of its own, successful political and economic transformation, Poland can bring a lot to this debate and furnish practical help for the new governments in north African countries, the paper says.In one example, Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski is re-working plans to create a new EU foundation to help dissidents in countries such as Belarus. An international conference in December on the Sikorski project will now be devoted to supporting transformational processes in north Africa instead.The Polish government is also keen to craft a long-term complex strategy for EU relations with the Arab world, containing mechanisms to support persecuted minorities, including Christians.With deadly violence in Bahrain on Tuesday opening a new front in the Gulf states, a Polish diplomat noted that the programme is likely to see more changes in the next three months.We are only half-way through the Hungarian presidency. We will know the final Polish priorities when the government presents them to the EU Council and the European Parliament in July,he said.The provisional Polish calendar still leans toward the east rather than the south despite the political preamble.

Poland aims to hold a summit (date to be confirmed) and a foreign-minister-level meeting (in December) with the six post-Soviet countries covered by the EU's Eastern Partnership policy. Six other high-level meetings in Warsaw and Krakow will look to EU-Eastern Partner integration in tourism, phytosanitary standards, statistical reporting, infrastructure, the economy and migration.On Russia, Poland hopes to make some progress on signing a new EU-Russia treaty, but makes no mention of concluding the pact.On the Balkans, it aims to sign the accession treaty with Croatia and to hold an EU home affairs ministers meeting in Ohrid, Macedonia, in September. Rising ethnic tensions in the country are threatening to undo the Ohrid Agreement peace treaty of 2001.Poland's other top priorities will be energy security and the EU economy, with little mention of previous plans on EU military integration.The paper states that: If Europe is to become competitive on the global scale, it cannot focus only on paying back debts, it must also act decisively on growth.It predicts that average EU economic growth in 2011 will be 2 percent but that some member states will stay in recession while others get richer. It adds that: Our societies are ageing and the current model of the welfare state must change.One pet Polish project will be to help the European Commission set up a 28th legal regime for online transactions to stand alongside the 27 member states' existing laws in the area. A classic example [of existing problems] is the inability of Polish citizens to ... buy products on iTunes. In the opinion of the Polish presidency liquidating barriers in online trade could - by the year 2020 - generate an extra four percent for the EU's GDP.The first EU summit on the Polish watch is to take place in Brussels on 14 September. The last one will be in the EU capital on 9 December.

Jihadi Cosmo To Give Beauty Tips, Bombing Advice
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 16,11

Single Islamic Girl Seeking Harem, Good Looks, and Slick Bombing Techniques.Or so Al-Qaeda, now launching the glossy Al-Shamikha ['majestic woman'] Magazine, mixing tips for more fetching hijabs and bloodier streets, envisions the young Muslim women in the West. Given the sobriquet Jihad Cosmo, the 31-page first issue features a front cover with the barrel of a sub-machine gun next to a veiled woman.Al-Samikha's first editorial defines its purpose as educating women and involving them in the war against the enemies of Islam.Because women constitute half of the population, the editorial tells readers, and one might even say that they are the population since they give birth to the next generation - the enemies of Islam are bent on preventing the Muslim woman from knowing the truth about her religion and her role, since they know all too well what would happen if women entered the field of jihad.The nation of Islam needs women who know the truth about their religion and about the battle and its dimensions and know what is expected of them.

The magazine contains exclusive interviews with terrorist martyrs widows praising their husbands' decision to die murdering others, and marriage tips for young women seeking to marry mujaheddin [holy warriors]. Prospective readers are told it is their moral duty to give their lives for jihad, and raise children ready to do the same.From martyrdom, the believer will gain security, safety, and happiness, Al-Samikha tells readers without explaining how these benefits will be useful to readers no longer alive to purchase future issues of the magazine.The beauty column instructs women to cloister themselves indoors, with faces covered to keep a clear complexion. And, not to go out except when necessary, and then only in niqab to reap the rewards of complying with the will of Allah Almighty.More traditional women-zine content features the merits of honey face masks, etiquette, first aid, and avoiding toweling too forcibly.Al-Samikha is being distributed online by the Al-Qaeda media group behind Inspire, a similar magazine encouraging young Muslims in the West to commit terrorist atrocities. James Brandon of the anti-extremism think tank Quilliam told the Daily Mail: Al-Qaeda sees how effective magazines are at pushing the ideals of western culture and wants to try the same thing.The next issue will contain tips on skin care - and how to wage electronic jihad. (IsraelNationalNews.com)

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

For Japan tsunami survivors, woes keep mounting
By Chang-Ran Kim – Wed Mar 16, 7:48 pm ET

OTSUCHI, Japan (Reuters) – Nearly a week after their home town was annihilated in a catastrophic tsunami, the 1,000-plus survivors of the small Japanese fishing town of Otsuchi are hanging by a thread.With no water or electricity, and scant food, survivors keep each other company at one of three emergency shelters on the outskirts of what remains of the town. You can't wash your hands or face, says 72-year-old Katsu Sawayama, seated in the middle of the high school gymnasium, the biggest of the shelters in a town where more than half the 17,000 residents are still missing.Adding to their woes, an unseasonal snowstorm sent temperatures plunging to below zero and blanketed acres of tsunami debris in white.While international attention has been focused on Japan's efforts to stop damage at a quake-hit nuclear power plant from spiraling out of control, a massive salvage and rescue operation has slowly been gathering steam.Scores of villages, hamlets and towns lining Japan's northeast coast were flattened by tsunami waves that rolled in minutes after Friday's 9.0 magnitude earthquake.While the official toll stands at less than 5,000, thousands more are listed as missing and the final tally is likely to soar.About 850,000 households in the north were still without electricity in near-freezing weather, Tohuku Electric Power Co. said, while the government said at least 1.5 million households lacked running water.Like tens of thousands of people along Japan's northeast coast, the Otsuchi survivors have nowhere else to go. Meals are barely enough to sustain them -- half a rice ball and a small bowl of miso soup is a luxury; a slice of bread might have to feed a family of three.Whatever they give us, we just gratefully receive. At least they're feeding us three times a day, said Sayawama.

RADIATION FEARS DETRACT FROM OTHER PROBLEMS

International experts say that panic over fears of radiation leaks from the Daiichi nuclear plant could detract from problems likely to affect survivors of the quake and tsunami, such as the cold, access to clean water and getting enough food.People are getting so concerned about what are at the moment pretty low levels of radiation, said Dr Richard Wakeford of Britain's University of Manchester, but the real problems ... are in dealing with the earthquake and the tsunami.If this was a developing country, we'd have people going down in their hundreds and thousands with the likes of typhoid and cholera by now. The questions should be: Where is the sewage going? What is the state of the drinking water? If I were a public health official, that would be my principle concern.Ayumi Yamazaki, 21, is already concerned and worries her 1-1/2-year-old daughter is not getting enough to eat.We rarely get to eat rice, so I'm a little concerned, she said, but it's better than not eating at all.Maths teacher, Naoshi Moriya, volunteering at the evacuation site's make-shift logistics office, says he's worried that it is only a matter of time before food runs out.Despite the privations there's a sense of order in the evacuation center. In late afternoon, a neat queue forms in one hallway of the refuge shelter for men under 60 years old to collect clean undergarments sent in through charity. Long-sleeve undergarments are reserved for the elderly, a volunteer who lost her home says, apologizing to one man.Outside help is slowly and sparingly arriving. A Self Defense Forces truck carrying a fresh supply of water arrived late afternoon on Wednesday, and two Red Cross teams arrived for the first time to treat patients.It's cold today so many people have fallen ill, getting diarrhea and other symptoms,said Takanori Watanabe, a Red Cross doctor from Himeji, western Japan. He says 80 people queued up when they arrived.Elsewhere there were signs of human touches.Two soldiers picked through the rubble and placed personal effects such as photographs in a box so that survivors might be able to reclaim cherished memories.
They belong to someone. You never know,said one.(Editing by Andrew Marshall)

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.

Magnitude 5.3 quake shakes Chile, no damage seen
– Wed Mar 16, 7:17 pm ET

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattled central Chile on Wednesday, shaking buildings in the capital Santiago, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, the government said.The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 45 miles north-northeast of the central Chilean port city of Valparaiso, at a depth of 15.3 miles.Reuters witnesses said buildings swayed in Santiago, 75 miles miles to the east.There are no reports of any damage or injuries, a spokeswoman for state emergency office Onemi told Reuters.Quake-prone Chile's economy is still recovering from a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake a year ago, which hammered towns, infrastructure and industries in south-central Chile and killed more than 500 people.

Japanese stocks open down; Nikkei off 3.6 percent
MAR 16,11

TOKYO – Japanese shares fell again Thursday amid jitters over the nation's nuclear crisis, erasing a portion of the gains from a post-quake rally.The benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 4.1 percent to 8,721.88 points. That wiped out a portion of gains from Wednesday's rally, which followed a sharp plunge in prices. Japan's devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis last week triggered widespread selling, wiping out all of the stock market's gains this year.In currency markets, the U.S. dollar fell to a record low against Japan's yen as companies sold dollar-denominated assets to raise Japanese currency for earthquake recoverty efforts.The post-quake plunge prompted extraordinary government efforts to reassure investors and keep markets functioning to support recovery. Japan's central bank has pumped 26.5 trillion yen ($326 billion) into money markets and the Tokyo exchange's president publicly appealed for calm.Growing uncertainty over the nuclear plant really spooked investors, promoting them to adjust positions and buy back the yen, said Masatoshi Sato, market analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co. Ltd.Foreign investors continued to dump stocks on growing fears over the nuclear accidents. Also investors are worried that the quake and the nuclear disaster could surely dent economic growth.The index had shed more than 1,600 points, or 16 percent, Monday and Tuesday as worries over the nuclear crisis triggered widespread selling.

Tokyo blames yen spike on speculators, G7 to discuss crisis
By Tetsushi Kajimoto - MAR 16,11

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese officials blamed the yen's surge to a record high on speculators and kept markets on alert for a possible intervention ahead of Group of Seven talks later on Thursday about steps to calm financial markets roiled by Japan's deepening nuclear crisis.The yen spiked to a record high against the dollar, while shares in Japan and elsewhere in Asia fell on Thursday after U.S. officials said the risk of a catastrophic radiation leak from an earthquake-crippled Japanese nuclear plant was rising.The Japanese currency bolted higher amid speculation Japanese insurers would have to repatriate funds to pay for massive claims following Friday's 9.0 magnitude quake and the devastating tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast.But Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Economy Minister Kaoru Yosano and other officials dismissed such talk and said speculation, not fund flows, was responsible for the currency's surge, which threatens to add further pressure on the quake-hit economy.Market moves have been nervous amid speculation while trade has been thin, Noda told reporters. I will be closely watching market moves today.

Noda declined to comment on a possibility of a currency market intervention to weaken the yen, but markets interpret reminders about monitoring currency moves as a warning that the authorities could step in if they thought the yen was moving too rapidly.While government officials were stepping up their verbal intervention, the Bank of Japan continued to pump massive amounts of cash into the money market to make sure it would not seize up, with the latest offer of 5 trillion yen coming on top of 28 trillion yen offered in same-day funds earlier this week.Group of Seven sources told Reuters that G7 finance officials would discuss later on Thursday what to do to calm global financial markets after Friday's earthquake, tsunami and a subsequent nuclear crisis wiped hundreds of billions of dollars off global stock markets.A senior Japanese finance ministry official told reporters G7 finance ministers would hold a conference call and discuss, among other issues, Japan's disaster and currency market.However, there is not that much that finance chiefs can do given that the market rout is largely driven by uncertainty over how the crisis at Japan's quake-crippled nuclear power plant will play out.

Operators of the Fukushima plant 240 km north of Tokyo again deployed military helicopters on Thursday in a bid to douse overheating reactors, amid growing fears that the crisis could spin out of control.The yen had risen 4 percent against the dollar to 76.25 yen on trading platform EBS, breaching a previous record high of 79.75 set on April 19, 1995. It later bounced back to trade around 79.60 to the dollar in choppy trade.It's mayhem out there, said one trader at an Australian bank in Sydney. The yen's been moving a big figure a second on occasions. A lot of people are crying out for the central banks to step in.Some currency strategists said the fact that the yen spiked in late New York trade suggested that Japanese officials were right and the surge was driven by speculation rather than significant fund flows.Given that time zone in which the yen's rise took place, it would be speculators that bought the yen this morning, and not much-talked repatriation by Japanese insurers, said Koji Fukaya, chief strategist at Credit Suisse.Seeking to put speculation of fund repatriation to rest, economy minister Yosano told reporters the amount of quake-related claims that Japanese insurers faced was less than 500 billion yen ($6 billion) and they had ample funds for payouts at home.The disaster struck just as Japan's economy was just picking up after shrinking in the last quarter of 2010. The yen's surge is likely to put further pressure on the country's exporters, many of which have had to shut plants in the northeast due to a lack of power or quake damage.Economists estimate the total cost of disaster relief and reconstruction could reach as much as 16 trillion yen ($200 billion), nearly 4 percent of gross domestic product.

Some warn that the world's-third largest economy could slip back into recession even if it should experience a growth spurt later in the year thanks to massive amounts spent on rebuilding of buildings, factories and infrastructure. Japan's Nikkei fell more than 3 percent in early trade, with big exporters such as tech company Kyocera and car maker Honda Motor taking the most points off the index. The market later recovered some ground as the yen pulled back.Benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond futures jumped 0.51 point to 140.23, but dropped later alongside the yen's retreat.(Additional reporting by Leika Kihara; Writing by Tomasz Janowski; Editing by Kim Coghill)

Tokyo bourse rejects calls for halt, to keep markets open
MAR 16,11

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange and Japanese financial regulators plan to keep markets open despite a report that some foreign financial institutions are calling for Japan's stock market to halt trading.The Nikkei news agency said officials from more than 10 non-Japanese financial firms held a conference call on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the situation in Japan, where markets have been rocked by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster over the past week.Some participants called for the market to be closed immediately, Nikkei reported, citing people familiar with the discussion.The report said that foreign firms were looking for a trading halt because the market was experiencing too much volatility, but did not elaborate.The exchange plans no changes to its day-to-day operations, Tokyo Stock Exchange spokeswoman Yukari Hozumi told Reuters on Thursday.

We are open as normal today, and will be tomorrow. We have absolutely no plan to shorten hours or halt trading, Hozumi added.Japan's stock market tumbled in the first two days of trading after an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster rocked the country. But on Wednesday, stocks soared on record volumes, despite persistent worries about overheated nuclear reactors and high radiation levels.The benchmark Nikkei index (.N225) was down 2.2 percent in mid-morning trading on Thursday.Mike Cahill, who runs OCC, the U.S. clearinghouse for stock options, said banks might urge the TSE to close down operations if they were understaffed. Reuters has reported that foreign bank employees were racing to leave Japan due to safety concerns.Yet representatives of several U.S. and European banks said they were unaware of any calls to halt trading activity. They noted that much of their trading and brokerage operations are performed online, allowing employees to perform trades on the TSE from off-site locations, such as Hong Kong.HSBC said it is business as usual in Japan,adding that offices and branches in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama have remained open for business.Representatives for other large, non-Japanese banks also said evoked similar sentiments.CBOE Holdings Inc Chief Executive William Brodsky pointed out that markets in Japan rallied after Tuesday's decline, allowing investors to express their confidence in Japan's ability to recover.When you run markets, you want to keep them open whenever possible, because you don't want to create panic that people who need to get out can't get out, said Brodsky, who was also formerly head of the World Federation of Exchanges.To voluntarily close a market makes no sense.

Exchanges have shut due to extreme circumstances, such as the New York Stock Exchange's closure after the terror attacks on Sept 11, 2001. But even after that disaster, a group of 700 traders from the American Stock Exchange relocated to the Philadelphia floor.So unless it's clear that the nuclear situation is getting worse, there's no reason to stop trading, said Chris Allen, exchanges analyst at Evercore Partners.The TSE's rules allow it to shut down trading if it is possible that brokerages accounting for more than 20 percent of volume cannot do business, Nikkei reported. The prime minister can also halt trading if there's a change of harm to the public good or investor protections, Nikkei reported.The Nikkei report said TSE President Atsushi Saito wasn't prepared to shut the exchange down yet. (Reporting by Lauren Tara LaCapra, additional reporting by Ann Saphir and Jonathan Spicer in Boca Raton, Florida, Timothy Kelly in Tokyo; Writing by Elzio Barreto; Editing by Bernard Orr and Anshuman Daga)

Japan crisis spells jitters for global economy
by Andrew Beatty - MAR 16,11

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Experts are cautiously optimistic that the still-brittle global economy can absorb the shock of Japan's triple disaster, but major risks still loom as the crisis unfolds.As Japan has been ravaged by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency, economists have appeared confident the world's third largest economy will bounce back and that damage to the global economy will be limited.Many, like Nariman Behravesh, an economist at US-based IHS, predicts a large, but -- probably -- temporary impact on the Japanese economy, and a small impact on the rest of the world.Using previous catastrophes like the 1995 Kobe earthquake as a reference, they expect quake-struck businesses to eventually reopen.Meanwhile tens of billions of dollars will be spent rebuilding homes, factories and infrastructure, sparking a recovery boom.That process, they hope, will be replicated in Japan's links with the world.Japan's most important trading partners -- Australia, China -- will see both the most important near-term drag, and the largest medium-term benefit, said Societe Generale's Michala Marcussen.The prospect of quick economic recovery will be little consolation for the millions whose lives have been turned upside down by the disaster, but will offer some solace for those across the globe who are already worried by high unemployment and rising prices.But as the crisis rumbles on, there are increasing warnings about how spillovers could be felt by consumers and economies across the globe, even without a catastrophic nuclear meltdown.The most immediate problems are being felt in the manufacturing sector.

Japan has long ceased to be the world's factory -- surpassed by China, Indonesia and a host of other emerging countries -- but it is still a crucial part of the global supply chain for everything from cars and computer parts.With 11 nuclear plants shuttered and blackouts predicted until the end of April, a slowdown in Japanese production could quickly turn into a manufacturing bottleneck.People will be surprised by how fast prices will rise, Jesse Toprak, an auto analyst with TrueCar.com told AFP.Toprak predicted that shuttered production could push up the cost of Japanese cars by around $1,000 dollars for some US-sold models by next week, as dealers cut discounts in the face dwindling supply.A lot of this inventory won't last more than a few weeks, if that, Toprak said, citing already high demand for fuel-efficient Japanese vehicles like the Toyota Prius.Meanwhile production on non-Japanese cars could be slowed by a parts shortage.Most vehicles that are made the United States have at least one component if not more that comes from Japan, he said.

Rising oil prices are seen as another conduit for the crisis spreading. Although crude costs have fluctuated in recent days as traders weighted lower short-term demand in Japan, a protracted nuclear crisis could raise demand for oil.On Wednesday oil prices rose by 80 cents a barrel in New York and $2.10 in London, although tension in the Middle East and North Africa also played a role.An oil price shock would lower (global) growth substantially, but probably not cause an outright recession, said analysts at Swiss Re.Policymakers, still chastened by the recent economic downturn, are also focused on preventing fallout in the financial markets -- a now familiar conduit for crises.Japan's central bank has pumped $62 billion into the economy, while the Federal Reserve continued to unfurl a $600 billion in stimulus spending despite a rosier economic outlook at home.When the yen hit a post-war high against the dollar on Wednesday, speculation raged that central banks could intervene to stop a crippling rise in the price of Japan's exports.Still, the major stock markets -- a quick and quantifiable, if frequently imperfect, barometer of the crisis -- have fallen sharply in the last few days.Among other concerns, traders worry that Japanese investors could repatriate cash to Japan, destabilizing markets from Brazil and the United States.Japanese investors have poured cash into Latin America's largest markets, with retail investors estimated to hold around $35 billion in assets in Brazil alone.US bond holders meanwhile have fretted that Japan -- the second largest holder of US debt -- might trim back its $886 billion holdings to pay for rebuilding costs.Any decision to sell US bonds could force the price of borrowing up for the already cash-strapped United States, bring the country a step closer to a fully blown fiscal crisis.For now few economists are making bold predictions about how events will develop without significant caveats.It is still too early to tell what the full impact of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and growing nuclear crisis on Japan's infrastructure, industrial base and economic growth will be -- let alone the broader global impacts,said Behravesh of IHS.

U.S. berates Bahrain, Gulf allies as tensions spread
By Lin Noueihed - MAR 16,11

MANAMA (Reuters) – The United States said Bahrain was on the wrong track in trying to crush Shi'ite protests in the Sunni-ruled island, rare criticism that highlighted concern the crackdown could ignite a wider regional conflict.Bahraini forces used tanks and helicopters on Wednesday to clear a protest camp set up by youths from the Shi'ite Muslim majority which complains of discrimination by the Sunni royal family. Three police and three protesters were killed.The unrest has brought an influx of troops to Bahrain from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbors Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, who fear the uprising that began last month could play into the hands of non-Arab Shi'ite power Iran.It has also prompted sympathy protests from Shi'ites across the region, including in Saudi Arabia's oil producing east.

Earlier this week, Washington said it understood why Bahrain's Sunni rulers had called in reinforcements. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said force was not the answer.We find what's happening in Bahrain alarming. We think that there is no security answer to the aspirations and demands of the demonstrators, she told CBS. They are on the wrong track.

LIVE BULLETS, PETROL BOMBS

A medical source said dozens of people were taken to Bahrain International Hospital on Wednesday, hit by rubber bullets or shot gun pellets or suffering tear gas inhalation, all weapons used by riot police.One was hit by a live bullet in the clash, in which youths hurled petrol bombs at police.U.S. President Barack Obama called the kings of Saudi Arabia, a strategic ally of Washington in the Middle East, and of Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and seen as a bulwark against Iranian influence, to urge maximum restraint.Political analysts say the Obama administration, which gave strong support to pro-democracy protests in Egypt and Tunisia, faced a new dilemma as violence in Bahrain appeared to dash hopes for quick political talks.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jeff Feltman went to Bahrain on Monday to push for talks to resolve the crisis. The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday he had already left.Gregory Gause, a Gulf expert at the University of Vermont, said Wednesday's events showed the intent was to quash a rebellion rather than restore order to allow political dialogue to resume as Washington has urged.

Iran condemned Bahrain's response to the protests, the worst unrest there since the 1990s, and recalled its ambassador for consultations, Iranian state TV reported.
What has happened is bad, unjustifiable and irreparable,it quoted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying.On Tuesday Bahrain withdrew its ambassador for consultations to protest at Tehran's criticisms.Saudi Shi'ites held several demonstrations, including one in their main regional center, Qatif, on Wednesday, demanding the release of prisoners and voicing support for Shi'ites in Bahrain, an activist and witnesses said.In Qatif, security shot in the air to disperse the protest, a Saudi Shi'ite activist said. A witness said two police helicopters hovered above the demonstration. People were demanding the withdrawal of the Peninsula force and called on Saudi Arabia to withdraw from Bahrain, the witness said, referring to Gulf states' forces.Leading Saudi Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Hassan al-Saffar voiced dismay over events in Bahrain and a member of parliament from Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition group denounced the assault as a war on the Shi'ite community.This is war of annihilation. This does not happen even in wars and this is not acceptable, Abdel Jalil Khalil, the head of Wefaq's 18-member parliament bloc, said. I saw them fire live rounds, in front of my own eyes.A protest called by Bahrain's youth movement, which played a leading role in the protest camp at Pearl roundabout, failed to materialize after the military banned all gatherings and imposed a curfew from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. across a large swathe of Manama.A Reuters witness saw Bahraini tanks move in the direction of Budaya Street, where the protest was set to take place.

INTERNATIONALISED

Over 60 percent of Bahrainis are Shi'ites. Most say they want only the same treatment as Sunnis and a constitutional monarchy but calls by hardliners for the overthrow of the monarchy have alarmed Sunnis, who fear the unrest serves Iran.
Analysts say the intervention of Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab states in Bahrain might provoke a response from Tehran, which supports Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Lebanon.
This was a major and a dangerous decision because this issue has been internationalized now. There are protests in Iraq, in Iran, in Lebanon, said Wefaq MP Jasim Hussein.There was no reason when our demands were local demands and nothing to do with Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.The crackdown in Bahrain has galvanized Iraq's Shi'ite community, exacerbating sectarian tension that led to years of war in Iraq. Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister criticized the assault and Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for protests.In Lebanon, supporters of Shi'ite group Hezbollah also came out in solidarity with their fellow Shia.The United Nations and Britain have echoed the U.S. call for restraint and the Group of Eight powers expressed concern.When the Gulf states now send military units to the small... island state, there is a very critical risk that the situation will... be seen as part of a broader confrontation, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on his blog.While there was most likely initially no Iranian interference, the opportunities for Iran to take advantage of the situation now undeniably grow.Gulf expert Gause said the latest developments had given Washington a serious dilemma. This is a really sticky situation, there is no question about that.(Additional reporting by Frederik Richter in Bahrain, Andrew Hammond in Dubai and Robin Pomeroy in Iran, Caroline Cohn and Steve Slater in London, Andrew Quinn in Washington; Writing by Philippa Fletcher; Editing by Louise Ireland)