1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Heavy rains cause floods in Portugal, disrupt rail and road travel. 3-MY VOTE IS REPUBLICAN. 4-Pope Benedict says he's very worried about worsening situation in Gaza . 5-Germany's power cut marches across Europe. 6-PLO head in Boulder to discuss Mideast. 7-European Union shows strain at the seams.
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.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Mon Nov 6 10:00 AM EDT
NOV 06,2006
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.6 PORTLAND URBAN AREA, OREGON
MAP 4.7 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.2 MYANMAR
MAP 2.7 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NOV 05,2006
MAP 2.5 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 TYRRHENIAN SEA
MAP 2.8 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 4.8 CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 4.8 AZORES ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.5 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 EL SALVADOR
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
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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.
Heavy rains cause floods in Portugal, disrupt rail and road travel 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
LISBON (AFP) - Heavy rains have caused localized flooding in central and southern Portugal that damaged several homes, killed livestock, cut roads and disrupted rail travel.There were no reports of injuries but nine people had to be removed from their homes near the southern town of Odemira when the Mira River overflowed, Odemira firefighting commander Nazario Viana told the Lusa news agency on Monday.An undetermined number of sheep and other farm animals drowned in the floodwaters which also submerged the railway station in the nearby town of Saboia, he added.Rail travel between Lisbon and Faro, the capital of Portugal's southernmost province of Algarve, was interrupted because parts of the track were flooded, said railway management firm Refer spokesman Rui Reis.
The rail line linking Lisbon to the north of the country, which closed on Sunday near the central town of Caxarias due to flooding, reopened on Monday but trains could only travel in the area at speeds of 10 kilometres (six miles) an hour, he added.Several roads were cut in the Algarve, one of Europe's top tourist destinations, and the province of Alentejo, local officials said.The national
weather office predicts the heavy rains will continue to fall until Tuesday.Two of Portugal's 18 districts were placed on orange alert, the second-highest in a scale that goes from green, the lowest, to red, the highest, while 11 others were put on yellow alert, the third-highest alert.
MY VOTE IS REPUBLICAN
Even though 2 Republicans have fallin to Homosexuality, Foley and the Pastor, we can't let this hurt the Republicans. We must get behind the Republicans and vote them in. If the lukewarm Democrats and Liberals win, America will be in deep....Deeep trouble. If the GODLESS get the upper hand AMERICA and ISRAEL will be in big trouble. VOTE REPUBLICAN AMERICA, we need a chance to keep on Gods good side, If Democrats win, Judgements will come upon America. PLEASE I BEG YOU AMERICA VOTE
REPUBLICAN, NOT DEMOCRATS.
We have our Elections in Canada here in a weeks time November 13,2006, my VOTE here will be for a Christian leader. One is running from my former Church I will be VOTING for Brent Jeffries. We must get some local Christians leaders here in our City also.
CANADA VOTE CONSERVATIVES ON NOVEMBER 13, forget about lukewarm Liberals, Democrates,Greens or who ever is up against the conservatives. We need Christians in Governments around the world to get GOD back in state and Government. Forget about separation of Church and state, we need GODLY LEADERS in Government, so GOD can be uplifted again. THANKS MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT AMERICA AND CANADA,VOTE REPUBLICAN IN AMERICA AND CONSERVATIVE IN CANADA.
Pope Benedict says he's very worried about worsening situation in Gaza
VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict says he's very worried about the grave deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip and is calling on all sides to work to stop the bloodshed.The pope urged the faithful at St. Peter's today to join him in praying for God to illuminate Israeli and Palestinian officials, and the leaders of other nations who he says have a special responsibility to the region. And he expressed what he described as his closeness to the civilian population suffering from acts of violence.Israel moved into the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun (bayt ha-NOON) last week to try to halt rocket fire on southern Israeli towns. Palestinian officials say at least 45 Palestinians have been killed.Associated Press.
REVELATION 16:10-11
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Germany's power cut marches across Europe
David Crossland, Berlin .November 07, 2006
A FAULT in the German power grid plunged millions of people into darkness across Western Europe and provided areminder of the fragility of the continent's energy supply as it heads into winter.The power cut was believed to have been caused by technical problems with German power lines, which led to achain reaction of energy shortfalls across Europe. The failure occurred just after 10pm on Saturday, local time, and lasted for up to 90 minutes in some areas, halting trains and affecting households from northern Germany to Morocco.German company E.ON, one of the biggest utility groups in Europe, said the problem may have arisen when it switched off a power line over the river Ems, in the north of the country, to allow a large ship to pass underneath safely.
A 380,000-volt line was turned off to let the Norwegian Pearl, a newly built cruise ship, pass on its way from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg to the North Sea. The loss of power may have overstretched other power lines. Such switch-offs have been undertaken repeatedly in the past without any problems, E.ON said in a statement. It is still unclear where and how the acute fault occurred half an hour after the switch-off. E.ON is working flat out to obtain a detailed analysis.
Germany Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said the blackout showed that power companies urgently needed to expand their network capacity and replace old lines. They need to invest their profits in the electricity network, he said. We need effective networks in the European power market.
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said the blackout indicated that Europe needed its own electricity supervisory authority.My first impression is that there is a contradiction between having European (power) links and not having one European (power) authority, Mr Prodi said. We depend on each other with being able to help each other, without a central authority.
The power cut swept through large parts of western Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Austria, The Netherlands and Croatia. About 100 trains in Germany were brought to a standstill, causing nationwide delays. In France, five million people were affected in the country's biggest blackout in 30 years, according to a spokesman for the CGT trade union. Regions in the north of the country were affected, as were districts of Paris and Lyon. Firefighters in Paris responded to nearly 40 calls from people stuck in lifts.
More than 100,000 people were affected in Italy, mainly in Turin.
We have a combined European grid, so a power failure can indeed have far-reaching consequences in several countries,said Theo Horstmann, a spokesman for RWE Rhein-Ruhr, the German regional energy provider. Pierre Bornard, a management board member of French power supplier RTE, said the sudden loss of power in Germany had thrown the power grid in Europe out of balance and caused computer systems to switch off power for some customers to prevent a complete blackout. He described it as a house of cards phenomenon.The Times
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
A 10 year hudna — or a 10-year cease-fire is what arabs or muslims make with an enemy when the enemy has the upper hand, but as soon as the muslims or Arabs can take advantage of the situation, they instantly break the contract and try to totally destroy the enemy. So a Hudna is a temporary peace because the Enemy is to strong at the time. Oh I forgot the Muslims can lie also if the enemy has the upper hand, so don't ever make a 10 yr contract with the Muslim world.
Maybe this is why the future contract is 7 years, the Muslims will still break it in the future, being 7 or 10 years, but the one that counts has to be a 7 yr contract of Peace between Arabs - Jews and many to fulfill Daniel 9:27. If its a 10 yr contract it will not fulfill Prophecy.
Publish Date: 11/5/2006
PLO head in Boulder to discuss Mideast
By Katherine Michalske ,The Daily Times-Call
BOULDER — While tailgate parties for the University of Colorado at Boulder football game were in full swing Saturday morning, a group of people gathered to learn about a much graver topic than the Buffaloes losing streak.Afif Safieh, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) mission to the United States, spoke about the conflict between Israel and Palestine in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the Boulder campus.Our cry for freedom out of captivity and bondage should be heard in America, Safieh said.
The Christian Palestinian has worked as ambassador to the U.K. and the Vatican. Although the U.S. does not officially recognize Palestine, Safieh acts as the equivalent of an ambassador. Safieh spoke at four locations in Boulder and Denver over the weekend, spreading his message on behalf of the Palestinian people.I believe from Israel, we will not have a proposal that is minimally acceptable to us. We need that third party intervention, Safieh said, invoking America to step in and begin an externally engineered peace process.I’m not inviting America to sacrifice its traditional friend Israel. We’re offering you an additional one Palestine, Safieh said.
Although Safieh didn’t have time to discuss the complete history of the conflict during his 40 minutes at the podium, he touched on Hamas’ rise to power.I do not belong to the theoretical consensus that the election of Hamas was a blow to the peace process. What peace process? Safieh said.Hamas’ election should have served as a wake-up call to the rest of the world that the current system is not working, he said.Although Ahmed Yousef, a senior Hamas adviser to P.A. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, recently offered Israelis a hudna or a 10-year cease-fire, Hamas is still considered a terrorist organization by many in the international community for condoning violence.We have two courses of action. We either trigger a credible peace process and try to engage the majority from Hamas to join in, or we rob them of their victory, Safieh said.
Safieh received nods of approval from the audience when he advocated a collective non-violent strategy to work with the key players in the conflict.While the audience was full of supporters and people with direct ties to Palestine, members of the Jewish community also came to hear what Safieh had to say.We hear from our parents and our friends about the conflict, but we’ve never heard the Palestinian side, said Preston Alexander, a member of the Boulder chapter of the Jewish fraternity Sigma Alpha Mu.Although he came for another perspective, Alexander said he left the speech somewhat unsatisfied.He didn’t speak about how much Israel has to sacrifice to make Palestine happy and feel like they’ve been treated justly, Alexander said.
The topics Safieh did speak on moved other audience members deeply.He is what modern Palestinians are represented by. He is a voice of soberness, he is a voice of moderation, and he is a voice of peace, said Ziad Mughrabi, a Palestinian-born research consultant in Boulder.Whether the public agreed or disagreed with him, the point of his visit was to open a dialogue and spread awareness, said Carolyn Brinski of the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.I think there’s a lack of dialogue on the issue.
We’re trying to increase people’s awareness on what can be done, said Julia Blechar, also with the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center. The center collaborated with the Colorado Arab Network, Colorado Jews for a Just Peace and KGNU radio to organize and sponsor the event.In order for something to change, people have to be inspired to contact their elected representatives, said Blechar.Safieh will speak today at 3 p.m. at the University of Denver and at 5:30 p.m. at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.
Katherine Michalske can be contacted at 303-684-5336 or tcnewsintern1 @times-call.com.
European Union shows strain at the seams
By Andrew Borowiec,THE WASHINGTON TIMES,November 5, 2006
NICOSIA, Cyprus Confusion and disappointment are rising across the European Union amid the Continent's lack of a common foreign policy and a growing clash of national ambitions.
The planned admission of Bulgaria and Romania in January to the present 25-member union apparently has stretched the EU's ability to integrate. In addition to the chasm between rich and poor members and unfettered emigration from post-communist Eastern Europe, there is a significant challenge to Turkey's pending membership application. We now have to say who is a European and who is not, said Nicolas Sarkozy, the leading French presidential hopeful.
Leaving this question unanswered is no longer possible.
We need to draft a new text to put things in order, added Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, considered by many to be a euroskeptic despite the millions of dollars his county has received from the European Union. The emergence of potentially
destabilizing problems has shaken the EU leadership, which so far lacks answers. Incongruously, the political class in the old member countries is frequently out of sync with the feelings of their electorates.
Euro awareness
A typical example is Turkey's EU membership application, generally supported by most governments but, according to opinion polls, opposed by its electorate. Such a situation affects particularly the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, an EU member since 2004.This is a time of a euro awareness on the divided island before Cyprus converts its currency to the euro, a decision many residents fear will increase the cost of living. The equivalent of Cyprus pounds in euros has already appeared on telephone and supermarket bills. Although Cyprus is 500 miles from the European continent, compared to 150 miles from Syria and 60 miles from Turkey, it is now officially a part of Europe. It counts on Europe for help with its main problem: the split between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, and the presence of the Turkish army in the north of the island.
This Cyprus problem is compounding the European Union's difficulties, with the bloc likely to freeze its accession negotiations with Turkey because it refuses to recognize the Greek Cypriot government and bars Greek Cypriot ships and aircraft from Turkish harbors and airports. Some eurocrats in Brussels, the EU capital, now feel that admitting a divided country such as Cyprus was a serious mistake. The Cyprus problem is the last thing Europe needs, they say.Turkey warned Turkey's opposition to Cyprus and the slow and inadequate pace of Turkish reforms prompted Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, to warn of a possible traumatic stop in current accession talks.
Things are going badly, Mr. Barroso said. The reforms in Turkey are proceeding very slowly and today I don't see the progress I had hoped for.Turkey's candidacy is only one of the divisive problems faced by the European Union, where eight of the latest 10 members are still recovering from years of communist mismanagement and political oppression. At the same time, the European Union's largest former communist countries are plagued by political difficulties blamed variously on transition fatigue and lack of concrete economic guidelines, or on a revival of obstructive nationalism. Bowing to opponents of further expansion, Mr. Barroso has announced that the accession of two Balkan countries Bulgaria and Romania will be the last stage of enlargement. We are not in a position to integrate Europe without further institutional reform. There are limits to our absorption capacity.He did not say how this would affect Turkey's long-standing membership application.
Inner blocs emerge
Meanwhile, the emergence of inner blocs within the EU has created concern in both its eastern and western parts, confirming the bloc's divisions, which some of its founders now consider to be unwieldy.
The periodic summit meetings between France and Germany, and particularly their efforts to forge a special relationship with Russia, are regarded in Britain as undermining the Continent's hoped for common foreign policy. East of the former Iron Curtain, Poland and the Czech Republic see the specter of an unholy alliance, possibly at their expense. By this autumn it was generally felt in Europe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was playing Europe off against the United States, using Germany as a strategic partner. German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to be receptive, despite her electoral campaign promise that Germany would not deal over Poland's head.
Officialdom in Brussels and in several Western governments had feared a strong and united stand from the east against the European Union's comfortable relationship with Moscow.
Little has happened as the eight former communist countries seem incapable of consensus and found it easier to concentrate on internal problems and regional quarrels. Even the so-called Vishegrad group consisting of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has turned out to be somnolent despite a promising start.
Focus on local woes
Remarked Peter Balazsan, an analyst at the Central European University in Hungary: The governments have no capacity to deal with foreign policy issues. They are obsessed with their domestic problems. And these domestic problems are becoming less and less comfortable to deal with after the achievement of such great goals as membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union.Political disarray has set in, particularly affecting the most populous eastern members. In Slovakia, ruled by a coalition that includes ultranationalists, pressure is growing to limit the rights of the Hungarian minority of about 600,000.
Hungary was recently shaken by riots after the disclosure of lies on the economic situation by Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, during which police were accused of unprecedented brutality.
The Czech Republic has been struggling for several months without an effective government, although the country's democratic basis does not appear to have been damaged. Still, according to one assessment from Prague: The romance appears to be over.
Now politics is more professional, and that means corruption and the dirty side of politics too. In Poland, with 39 million inhabitants the most populous of the new members, problems have increased since the creation of a ruling coalition that includes the extreme nationalist Self-Defense League, led by Andrzej Lepper, a former communist.
Poles may alienate
Some analysts feel that with Jaroslaw Kaczynski, twin brother of President Lech Kaczynski, as prime minister, and with Mr. Lepper's strong nationalism, Poland is likely to alienate its European partners.
Poland will become a more extreme, a more anti-European and a more xenophobic country, said Bronislaw Komorowski of the opposition Civic Platform party. Indeed, observers note signs such as the resignation from the Solidarity union of Lech Walesa, its founder and former champion, because of its support for the regime, and the refusal of the Israeli government to cooperate with Poland's Education Ministry. Disregarding its tarnished international reputation, the Kaczynski government is pursuing a sweeping purge of former communist officials, requiring special certificates from thousands of Poles, including diplomats, judges, journalists and police officers, stipulating that they did not collaborate with the communist regime. The extent of any such collaboration is judged by special commissions.Regarding Poland's economy, the picture is mixed. Although some Western analysts feel that Poland's transition to free enterprise was carried out with a minimum of friction, the Poles themselves tend to be critical.
High unemployment
Poland's unemployment stands at 18 percent of the work force, the highest in the European Union and the main factor responsible for the departure over the past two years of 1.12 million people ,3 percent of the population ,mainly from the ranks of skilled workers. Most of them ended up in Britain, where the presence of an estimated 600,000 Poles, while apparently helping the economy, has put added strain on housing, education and other social services. In addition to the Poles, recent immigrants include Czechs, Slovaks and citizens of the Baltic states.Sociologists worry about the future links of the emigrants with their home countries and the future of their children.For the time being, such considerations have been dwarfed by the economic transition from communist orthodoxy, prompting the Warsaw weekly Polityka to headline: The end of capitalism.The weekly pointed out that although there are 3.5 million private firms (not counting farms) registered in Poland, half of them have not shown any activity, and 60 percent employ only one person.Concluding that the average Pole prefers a government job with guaranteed pay rather than the risks of free enterprise, the weekly declared: The steam has gone out of our capitalist revolution.
Britain limits immigrants
Faced with the approaching EU membership of Bulgaria and Romania, Britain has reacted by imposing quotas on immigrants from the two countries, causing outcries in Sofia and Bucharest. Initially, only three EU countries Britain, Ireland and Sweden opened their doors to unrestricted immigration, while other members favored skilled foreign workers with short contracts. Last week in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, the interior ministers of the six most populous EU countries pledged to cooperate against various forms of crime, including terrorism, human trafficking and illegal migration. The decision by the six, representing 75 percent of the EU population, was seen as setting a rare common agenda for the bloc.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
SADDAM GETS DEATH PENALTY
The Butcher of Bagdad Saddam Hussein has been convicted of Murder charges and is sentenced to death by Hanging...........Details to come later. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS.
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Ethiopia caught in dangerous cycle of drought and floods. 3-Major storm heading for the Northwest. 4-Fears of nuclear race in West Asia. 5-New global union demands reforms at IMF, WB, WTO.6-U.S. evangelical leader agrees to resign from church after board recommends it 7-Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death by Hanging for 1982 Killings. 8-Power cuts hit big areas of Germany and France. 9-Spain criticizes building border fence.10-Tehran test-fires more new weapons. 11-It's Britain in 2016 when cameras and microchips control daily life. 12-Bishop attacks Muslim hypocrisy. 13-Minister Lieberman Calls for Separation from Arabs.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sun Nov 5 8:30:26 AM EDT
NOV 05,2006
MAP 2.6 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.5 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 EL SALVADOR
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
NOV 04,2006
MAP 3.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 ORURO, BOLIVIA
MAP 4.9 CENTRAL PERU
MAP 2.5 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.6 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 4.4 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.9 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.2 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
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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.
Ethiopia caught in dangerous cycle of drought and floods by Emmanuel Goujon 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia, which was hit again by deadly floods this week, is caught in a devastating cycle of drought and heavy rains that threatens the survival of millions of people, experts say. Over the years, the Somali region of Ethiopia has suffered from cycles of droughts and floods, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.According to the WFP, around 1.5 million farmers require urgent humanitarian assistance as large numbers of livestock died, wells and boreholes dried up, malnutrition rates increased and disease became rampant.The latest flooding has been caused by a sudden rise in the level of the river Wabe Shebelle, swollen by heavy rains, whose depth had doubled at the end of last week.Flooding from the river had practically cut off the worst-affected towns of Kelafo and Musthail, 80 and 150 kilometres (50 and 90 miles) from Gode, the capital of the Somali region, humanitarian experts said.The latest death toll issued by the Ethiopian authorities said 68 people had died in the recent floods and thousands had been made homeless.
The toll included five people taken by crocodiles lurking in the flood waters, said Muktar Mohamed, the flood emergency coordinator for the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau (DPPA) in Gode.Another six people had been injured in crocodile attacks, he added.The death toll has been climbing, because reports are coming in slowly from the affected places,he said.Mohamed said that 17,000 hectares of land and 2,000 livestock had been lost in the flooding, which had affected nearly 280,000 people in 94 villages.
We still don't have a precise figure for displaced people, he added.The DPPA has begun distributing humanitarian aid of cereals, pulses and vegetable oil, while the WFP has made available 1,374 metric tons of grain from its stocks.Southeast Ethiopia is still reeling from flash floods in August and September, which left 639 dead and affected over 350,000 people, again chiefly hitting the Somali region.One wonders how much an already vulnerable and fragile group of people are expected to bear, said the WFP's representative in Ethiopia, Mohamed Diab.At least WFP can ensure that many of those who may have already lost everything have something to eat, he told AFP.But even this modest goal is hard to achieve by land because roads have been washed away and large tracts of territory are under water and full of crocodiles and snakes.
As access to the flood-affected area is difficult, dropping food to survivors from aircraft is being considered, the WFP and the DPPA said.Ethiopia's war-ravaged neighbour and northeast Kenya are also both affected by the flooding. Based on the latest flood watch reports, we fear the situation could get worse for the Juba region (in southern Somalia), Matthew Olins, deputy head of Somalia's UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP. Olins said small-scale damage was already being recorded in the areas around the Somali capital Mogadishu. The majority of observers are pessimistic about the situation in the Horn of Africa and see little hope of an end to the heavy floods and droughts that have plagued the region in deadly cycles for decades.
Major storm heading for the Northwest W. Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
West
A major storm system will be moving inland across the Pacific Northwest tonight into Monday. Ahead of this system expect showers to increase through the day across Washington and Oregon, and by later afternoon winds will also become gusty. Tonight into Monday widespread heavy rain will impact much of the area, and some locations could get over 5 inches of rain. This, in combination with the rain that has already fallen, could result in widespread river flooding. Damaging Winds will also be on the increase into Monday, with gale and storm force winds likely along the coast, and further inland winds could gust over 70 mph. These high winds will actually spread into the northern Rockies as well. Meanwhile, the rest of the west will be dominated by high pressure and fair weather conditions. Some offshore flow will develop over southern California, resulting in breezy conditions there, along with warm temperatures.
South
High pressure will dominate most of the Southeast today, resulting in sunny to partly cloudy skies from New Orleans, northeast through Atlanta and Raleigh. Cooler air will filter down the east side of the Appalachians keeping afternoon highs a bit chilly in the Atlanta and Raleigh areas where readings will be in the 50s. Meanwhile areas further south and west will see temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Increasing southerly flow over the Lower Mississippi River Valley, through the southern Plains, will increase the chances for showers and a few thunderstorms today. As a disturbance moves east into the area, a wave of low pressure may form in the Lower Mississippi Valley tonight into Monday, and increase the threat for some heavy rain. This rainy pattern will spread east across the entire south Monday into Tuesday, as warmer temperatures continue to build in.
Northeast
A general warming trend can be expected over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as high pressure moves east and southerly winds take over. As somewhat milder air begins to move in today, a few light rain showers or snow flurries will be possible near the Great Lakes; otherwise skies should be partly cloudy from Pittsburgh and Baltimore, north through New York and Boston. Afternoon highs will reach into the 50s, except across northern New England where highs will only reach into the lower 40s. As southerly flow begins to take hold, moisture will begin to move up the Ohio River Valley by late Monday into Tuesday. Showers will overspread much of the area by Tuesday, further enhanced by a disturbance moving into the area. By Tuesday, afternoon high temperatures will have warmed into the 50s and 60s at most locations.
Midwest
Warmer air will continue to push north across the Midwest and into the central Plains over the next several days. Today a few showers will sneak into the Middle Mississippi and Lower Ohio River valleys as this warmer air pushes north. Temperatures today will continue to be milder, with afternoon highs ranging from the 50s north to the 60s south. The chance for showers will increase over the Ohio Valley on Monday as the moisture builds north. Meanwhile, the Upper Midwest will see fair weather conditions and warmer temperatures.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:20,30
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.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Fears of nuclear race in West Asia
Hasan Suroor
LONDON: In a move that has sparked fears of a nuclear race in West Asia, four Arab states have told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that they want to develop nuclear power for civilian purposes, according to its deputy director-general Tomihiro Taniguch. These are Eygpt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Algeria. Disclosing this in an interview to the London-based Middle East Economic Digest, Mr Taniguch said the IAEA had already had preliminary' discussions with these Governments and would offer them technical help. Mr Taniguch said: Some Middle East states, including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, have shown initial interests to use nuclear power primarily for [water] desalination purposes.This [the interest] is at a tertiary stage and the main driver is the use of a more efficient energy system. We have held preliminary discussions with these Governments. We will offer them help under our technical advisory programme to conduct a study for the [proposed] power plants.
New global union demands reforms at IMF, WB, WTO
Published: Saturday, 4 November, 2006, 09:24 AM Doha Time
VIENNA: A new global trade union demanded radical reform of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organisation to focus on human rights, in its programme adopted here yesterday.The new force, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) representing 168mn workers, laid out an action plan calling for deep changes to globalisation in favour of the poor.Its programme also calls for a global trade system which protects developing countries and for the WTO to adopt social targets.The ITUC said in its programme, approved here on the last day of its founding congress, that it wanted to fundamentally change globalisation so it will work in favour of workers, the unemployed and the poor.
ITUC said it will work for a fundamental reform of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the WTO ... to recognise the primary importance of human rights.It said that honouring union rights is a pre-condition to justice in the workplace, in society and in the world, adding that it would fight any violation of union rights.It also called on the international community to conduct a basic strategy for sustainable development.The programme said: Since its creation... the WTO has represented a model of trade liberalisation that cannot last, that increases the exploitation of workers and inequalities in terms of development.Briton Guy Ryder, who was elected on Friday to be secretary general of the ITUC, added in a speech distributed in advance: (Our) goals are ambitious. Fundamental change in the global economy. Social transformation. Universal respect of the fundamental rights of working people.
The new body is a response to decades of feuding within the union movement and embraces 306 national unions in 154 countries, although 42mn unionists in Communist-affiliated bodies refused to participate on the grounds that ITUC was compromising with the established economic system.The ITUC has a central policy objective of tackling globalisation and what it sees as the damaging effects of the opening of markets and increased competition on ordinary workers.But it does not however reject the benefits of trade.
Poorly organised, international trade can be destructive, but well directed, it can boost development and jobs, Kristian Weise, an international labour expert with the ITUC, said.
The general secretary of the French union CFDT, Francois Chereque, said: On the one hand, G8 trade unions say we must resist globalisation to preserve jobs’. On the other hand, trade unions in developing countries are demanding a just distribution of wealth Chereque said he hoped that the ITUC, rather than adding up its aggravations, would be able to organise a calm debate to develop new trade regulations that will preserve jobs in the North while allowing the South to achieve wealth.Weise said that the idea that protecting countries in the North would save jobs results from a misunderstanding, adding that jobs lost in relocations make up only a very small percentage of total jobs.
He said he was in favour of maintaining tariff barriers in developing countries... (to) protect their emerging industries.The secretary general of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, John Evans, said: The essential task of trade unions is to guarantee union rights and jobs everywhere in the world, to avoid that companies relocate to profit from lower social checks.This is one of the aims of the new ITUC, which has said it wants to introduce a clause on workers’ rights in the WTO’s mandate, that would make it obligatory for products and services traded between countries to be produced and distributed according to fundamental labour norms. – AFP
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
U.S. evangelical leader agrees to resign from church after board recommends it Published: Sunday, November 05, 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Rev. Ted Haggard resigned Saturday as leader of the megachurch he founded after a panel recommended the influential evangelist's removal for sexually immoral conduct, the church said Saturday. Haggard had resigned two days earlier as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, where he held sway in Washington and condemned homosexuality, after a Denver man named Mike Jones claimed to have had drug-fuelled trysts with him. Our investigation and Pastor Haggard's public statements have proven without a doubt that he has committed sexually immoral conduct, the New Life Church's Overseer Board said in a statement.
On Friday, Haggard acknowledged paying Jones for a massage and methamphetamine but said he did not have sex with him and did not take the drug.The church's statement said the investigation would continue to determine how extensive Haggard's misconduct was.Rev. Ross Parsley will lead the church until a permanent replacement for Haggard is chosen by the end of the year, the statement said. A letter explaining Haggard's removal and an apology from him will be read at Sunday services. The language of our church bylaws state that as Overseers we must decide in cases where the Senior Pastor has 'demonstrated immoral conduct whether we must 'remove the pastor from his position or discipline him in anyway they deem necessary,the statement said.
In consultation with leading evangelical and experts familiar with the type of behaviour Pastor Haggard has demonstrated, we have decided that the most positive and productive direction for our church is his dismissal and removal, it continued. James Groesbeck, a church elder, said he was glad the investigative board acted quickly.I'm saddened by what came out but I think they've done their job, Groesbeck said by telephone.Church members are drawing strength from one another and are caught up in the activity but that likely will change, he said.I think it's going to be really difficult in a week or two,Groesbeck said. Jones, who said he is homosexual, added he was upset when he discovered who Haggard was and found out the New Life church had publicly opposed same-sex marriage a key issue in Colorado, with a pair of issues on Tuesday's U.S. midterm election ballot.
It made me angry that here's someone preaching about gay marriage and going behind the scenes having gay sex, Jones said.
Jones also said Haggard snorted methamphetamine before their sexual encounters to heighten his experience. Haggard said he bought meth but never used it; he said he received a massage from Jones after being referred to him by a Denver hotel. Jones said no hotel referred Haggard and he advertises only in homosexual publications. In a TV interview this week, Haggard said: Never had a gay relationship with anybody and I'm steady with my wife, I'm faithful to my wife.Matt O'Connor, 21, a member of New Life church for 12 years, said Saturday he knew weathering the fallout was going to be bad but: We're still a church and we are not going to fall apart.The Canadian Press
Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death by Hanging for 1982 Killings
By Robin Stringer
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging today for his role in the massacre of 148 Shiite Muslims in the northern Iraqi village of Dujail following an attempt on his life there in 1982. Long live the people, down with the traitors, Hussein, 69, shouted as the verdict was read out. God is great. You are the servants of the occupiers. Long live Iraq. Dressed in a dark suit and white shirt, he held a copy of the Koran in his left hand. Chief Judge Raouf Rasheed Abdul-Rahman delivered the verdict about midday in the Baghdad courthouse of the Iraqi Higher Criminal Court. The footage was aired by major international television channels.Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Hussein's half-brother and Iraq's intelligence chief at the time of the Dujail killings, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, who issued death sentences to Dujail residents as head of a Revolutionary Court, were also sentenced to death by hanging.
Former Baath party officials in the Dujail region Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid, his son Mizher Abdullah Ruwayyid, and Ali Dayih Ali were sentenced to 15 years in prison. Mohammed Azawi Ali, also a Baath party official in Dujail region, was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.The verdict comes two days before U.S. mid-term elections on Nov. 7. President George W. Bush needs to show progress in Iraq after 99 U.S. service members were killed in action last month, and rival Shiite and Sunni factions are killing hundreds of civilians every week.
U.S. Elections
In a New York Times/CBS News poll on Nov. 2, sixty-four percent of U.S. voters said they disapproved of Bush's handling of the war. Fifty-two percent said they will vote Democrat, with 34 percent opting for the Republican candidate in their area. There will be enormous political, security and legal repercussions, said Sonya Sceats, of the international law program at Chatham House, a London-based international affairs institute.The death sentence may be perceived as retribution by the U.S., Iraqi Shiites and Kurds on the leader whose ruthless oppression assured the supremacy of the minority Sunni population, Sceats said. The verdict will increase unrest and re-energize the Sunni insurgency, she said. Iraqi security forces cancelled leave and imposed curfews in Baghdad, the Diyala and Salaheddin provinces in anticipation of civil violence sparked by the verdict.
Chaotic Trial
The majority decision by a panel of five judges closes a chaotic trial that Hussein's defense team repeatedly dismissed as a sham. Hussein said he was innocent, and his lawyers argued the killings were legal, as they were in response to the attempt on Hussein's life. At the start of the trial in October 2005 Hussein told court, I preserve my constitutional rights as the president of Iraq. I do not recognize the body that has authorized you.If Hussein appeals, the case will be reviewed by a panel of nine judges. There is no time limit for the appeal, which be made on the facts of the case or clauses of law. If the verdict is upheld, under Iraqi law the execution must be carried out within 30 days. Hussein's ongoing second trial, for the Anfal military campaign against Kurdish guerrillas in the late 1980s which the prosecution alleges killed about 180,000 people, may not reach its conclusion.
Anfal, Halabja
The killing of about 150 people doesn't compare to the Anfal or Halabja, Sceats said, referring to a 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja about 160 miles north of Bagdad that killed at least 5,000 people. Anything which stops at least a proper hearing of at least a number further cases will be a sorry story for history and for the people of Iraq. Defense lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi warned on Oct. 29 that a guilty verdict would escalate violence in Iraq. This decision will set the country ablaze again and plunge the entire region into the unknown, al-Dulaimi said in an open letter to U.S. President Bush. Three defense lawyers were murdered during the trial, one of them, Saadoun al-Janabi, was kidnapped on Oct. 20, 2005, one day after the trial began. He was found shot dead a day later.
Hussein took control of Iraq's Baath party in 1979 and immediately set about executing hundreds of political and military officials in purges. In 1980, he began an eight-year war against neighboring Iran in which hundreds of thousands of people died on both sides. The war crippled Iraq economically.
Iron Rule
The ousted leader held Iraq, a country divided across religious, ethnic and tribal lines, together by iron rule. His secret police, the mukhabarat in Arabic, tortured and executed dissenters. In August 1990, Iraq invaded southern neighbor Kuwait. The underpaid and underfed Iraqi army withdrew after Operation Desert Storm by a U.S.-led coalition. Hussein fled Baghdad when U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in March 2003. He was found by a U.S. patrol in a bunker in Adwar, a village south of Tikrit in December 2003. The Iraqi Governing Council established the Iraqi Higher Criminal Court with the permission of U.S. envoy Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority on Dec. 13 2003, three days before Hussein's capture. A second trial of Hussein and six co-defendants began on Aug. 21. They stand accused of a military campaign called Operation Anfal against Kurdish guerrillas in the late 1980s which the prosecution alleges killed about 180,000 people, most of them civilians. It is unclear whether this trial will continue. Last Updated: November 5, 2006 05:13 EST
REVELATION 16:10-11
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
November 5, 2006 - 8:58 AM
Power cuts hit big areas of Germany and France
BERLIN (Reuters) - Power cuts temporarily plunged homes in some of the most heavily populated parts of Germany and France into darkness overnight due to shortages in output, authorities said on Sunday.A spokesman for a French union said the outage was the worst to hit France in 30 years, while at least four German federal states accounting for around half the country's 82 million inhabitants were also affected.French radio said that the power outage originated on the German side following a surge in demand for electricity due to cold weather, and that parts of Belgium and Italy were affected.A spokesman for German utility RWE Rhein Ruhr said the cuts were caused by a failure outside his firm's network.
Not enough power was being generated in the network, he said, adding that because the supply was on a shared network, the power cuts spilt over into other areas. He said it was not clear where exactly the failure had occurred.The spokesman said more than one million people in the RWE Rhein Ruhr network were probably affected, including inhabitants in the cities of Cologne, Essen and Gelsenkirchen, as well as some in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate further south.He added that the cuts, which occurred at around 10.30 p.m. (2130 GMT) on Saturday, had lasted between five minutes and half an hour. There were no details of any damage.
The states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saarland and Baden-Wuerttemberg were definitely affected, police said. The four cover large areas of western and southern Germany.Maurice Marion, head of France's CGT trade unions mining and energy division, said the outage was France's worst in 30 years and had hit the eastern part of the country in particular. Parts of Paris were affected by the cuts.Earlier on Sunday, the French Interior Ministry said it did not know what had caused the problem. No one was immediately available to comment at French utility EDF.In France, the worst outages lasted around 90 minutes, although in many places the electricity came back within minutes.No major accidents or crimes had occurred, the ministry and police said. French media reported some people had got stuck in elevators when the power went out. About 80 percent of France's electricity is derived from nuclear power.(Additional reporting by Jacques Clement and Caroline Jacobs in Paris)
SPAIN #11 IN THE EU
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.(TR 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).
Spain criticizes building border fence
(Xinhua) Updated: 2006-11-04 10:58
The Spanish government criticized the United States for trying to halt illegal immigration, through the building of new fencing along its border with Mexico, the Spanish foreign minister said here on Friday. Miguel Angel Moratinos, who was here for the 16th Ibero-American Summit, said growing immigration problems must be tackled through diplomacy and agreements, not through fence-building. The foreign ministers of Latin American countries and Spain gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, before the opening of the Summit, which will focus on immigration, legal and illegal, as well as obstacles to economic growth. The foreign ministers unanimously adopted a rejection statement on the building of the 1,100 km-long border fence along the U.S. southern border. The statement, which will be proposed to the summit for ratification, will focus on rejection of the fence, instead of condemnation, Moratinos said during a briefing after the preparatory meeting.
Last week, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a bill authorizing the new fencing, irritating several Latin American governments.
Fence-building does not stop illegal immigration, migrants trafficking or the trafficking of human beings and encourages discrimination and xenophobia, as well as the creation of trafficker groups, which endanger people more, he said. The document expressed a deep concern for the decision made by the United States on building a fence along the Mexican border because it is a unilateral move and goes against the spirit of understanding. The meeting also called on the U.S. authorities to develop measures aimed at legalizing workers from other countries, and to implement temporary workers programs, which would guarantee full respect of human and labour rights.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JOEL 2:20,30-31
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.
Tehran test-fires more new weapons
TEHRAN, Nov 4: Iran on Saturday announced it had successfully test-fired new armour-piercing weaponry and an anti-helicopter missile system on the third day of its latest war games.The new generation of anti-helicopter and anti-armour weapons were successfully tested on day three of the manoeuvres, an announcer on state television said as pictures of the test-firing were broadcast.In the Great Prophet II war games, due to last 10 days, Iran has so far fired its Shahab-3 longer range missile for the first time in manoeuvres as well as new types of land-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles.The armour-piercing weapons tested on Saturday include a rifle equipped with special sights that can identify an enemy seven kilometres away and can penetrate a target wearing a bullet-resistant vest from a distance of three kilometres.
The other new anti-armour weapon tested was a system aimed at penetrating the armour plate of tanks that “can be carried by a person, with high accuracy, high speed and high explosive power.The bullet of this system penetrates the armoured equipment and then explodes, state television said.The anti-helicopter weaponry was described as highly portable and accurate. Four anti-helicopter missiles can be fired from each system.The anti-helicopter weapon can hit helicopters in different circumstances, the television added.The anti-armour weapon has the ability to penetrate different kinds of advanced bullet-armour vests” as well as the armoured exterior of tanks, it said.AFP
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 13:3,7-8
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
DANIEL 7:23
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.(TR BLOCKS)
REVELATION 17:9-10
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(VATICAN, ROME)
10 And there are seven kings:(7 EMPIRES) five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(THE EU-REVIVED ROME ,THE 7TH AND FINAL WORLD GOVERNMENT).
4 November 2006,WATCHING YOU
It's Britain in 2016 when cameras and microchips control daily life
By Antonia Hoyle
BRITAIN is the most monitored society in the Western world, we have once again been reminded. And how.The minute I get out of bed, the microchip in my arm tells my kettle to boil, my bath to run and my electric car to warm up. I start the vehicle with a fingertip it needs to scan my prints before it will run. And I dare not exceed the speed limit, or the chip in the car will inform a police computer. Welcome to Britain, November 2016. Welcome to an age in which every step you take is watched. Back in November 2006, the Government's Information Commissioner, the man responsible for safeguarding our privacy, voiced concern at the increasingly pervasive surveillance society all around us. Richard Thomas pointed out there were 4.2 million CCTV cameras one for every 14 people with the average person captured on more than 300 screens a day. In 2016, that seems like small fry.
His report warned that hi-tech scanners, tags and microscopic cameras would mean that in just a decade's time none of us would be able to go unnoticed again. Now, as I drive to work watching one of his successors on my in-car HDTV repeating the same fears, I reflect on how accurate Mr Thomas was. I know, for instance, that it's pointless removing the chip in my vehicle as overhead spy planes will report any speeding to the authorities anyway. As I enter the congestion zone, now in place in every UK city, there's no need to worry about paying the £210 charge it's automatically deducted from my bank.There are benefits to all this, as I am reminded when my local council calls me on my videophone at lunch time. My son has stopped eating vegetables at school. They know because the electronic card he uses to pay for them records his choice of meals.
I head to a high street shop. There aren't many these days as almost everyone buys online. As I enter, a holographic ad flashes up on a screen exactly at my eye level. The virtual shopgirl is urging me to buy a blouse like my other ones, only better. The advertising firm knows I'm tempted because it knows everything about me. A chip in my trousers told it my size, likes, dislikes and buying habits as soon as I came in. For a virtual shopgirl she's being really attentive. But then she knows I've just been paid and how much I have in my bank. She shouldn't have such details as, strictly speaking, they are confidential. But in the hi-tech Britain of 2016, information like this is so valuable - and so easily leaked. THERE'S no need to use my credit card to pay for the blouse. I simply swipe my sleeve against a digital reader and the chip in my arm sends a signal to my bank. Back at work, I have to stand in front of another hi-tech reader which scans my face before letting me in. At my computer, gone are old-fashioned passwords. Instead it scans my iris before I can log on.
Then I try to hire a nanny. But the agency says hundreds of women on its books are unsuitable. They had gone to their GPs complaining of depression, but their medical records have been secretly passed on. Millions are in the same boat, their DNA and other details stored on file despite having committed no crime.Before starting a job, everyone must go through extensive biometric tests.And it's pointless trying to hide the fact you beat a drug habit 15 years ago or have a family history of cancer. Your employer probably has those details anyway and may decide they are sufficient not to hire you. The wealthy, of course, get around this and hire expensive data management firms to safeguard their details. The rest of us are not so lucky. My husband, for instance. I suspect he has a mistress, which he denies.
But all I had to do was visit Google and type: What was Simon doing on January 28 at 3.35pm? to learn he was in her bed. That's ever-present cameras for you. As I leave work, cameras in lampposts recreate a 3-D image of the street and my face to send to police. There has been a spate of thefts and they need to ensure I am not a suspect. As I near home, the chip in my arm sends signals about my body to my thermostat. Knowing I'm a bit chilly, it turns the heating up a degree. Back in my living room, I turn on a camera to talk to Mum 200 miles away.I KNOW her knee is playing up, thanks to a sensor embedded in her that has sent signals to my computer and her carer's.Mum would rather see me in person but it's so difficult finding the time.
I switch on the TV and a list of my favourite shows pops up. That's because I've programmed them into my microchip and don't need to channel surf with the remote any more.Nor do I have to go shopping. My fridge's computer knows when I'm low on food and orders from the supermarket, which brings it to my door. Then it's bedtime. I don't need to set an alarm as my microchip senses my brain activity and tells my clock radio when to wake me up. When it does, the Prime Minister is on, saying things are far better now we know one another's every move. Of course he's right. Isn't he? antonia.hoyle@mirror.co.uk
Bishop attacks Muslim hypocrisy
Bishop Nazir-Ali's views differ from the Archbishop of Canterbury A senior Anglican bishop has accused many Muslims of being guilty of double standards in their view of the world. The Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Times some had a dual psychology in which they sought victimhood and domination. The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments were not very helpful. The bishop, whose father converted from Islam, also said situations such as teaching could require Muslim women not to wear full-face veils. Mr Nazir-Ali argued it would never be possible to satisfy all of the demands made by Muslims because their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always right to intervene when Muslims are victims... and always wrong when Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists.
He compared Bosnia and Kosovo, where he said Muslims were oppressed, with the powerful position of the Taleban in Afghanistan, who he said had been the oppressors. He added: Given the world view that has given rise to such grievances, there can never be sufficient appeasement and new demands will continue to be made. Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, told the Sunday Times such remarks could affect "community relationships.
Veil debate
The bishop's comments on the use of full-face veils by Muslim women add to the debate sparked by Commons Leader Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, last month. He disclosed that he asks Muslim women to remove the veil when they attend his Blackburn constituency surgeries. Mr Straw also suggested that Muslim women who wear veils over their faces can make community relations harder. In the Sunday Times, Mr Nazir-Ali referred to a huge increase in the wearing of Muslim dress in Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia.He said: I can see nothing in Islam that prescribes the wearing of the full-face veil. In the supermarket those at the cash till need to be recognised. Teaching is another profession in which society requires recognition and identification.
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, entered the veil debate last month by saying people should be free to wear visible religious symbols. He said aiming for a society where no symbols such as veils, crosses, sidelocks or turbans would be seen was politically dangerous.
Minister Lieberman Calls for Separation from Arabs
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Just days after joining the government, Avigdor Lieberman has set the national agenda at least for the day. His statement that Arabs must be separated from Israel has become the talk of the town. Lieberman, Israel's Minister for Strategic Affairs, told The Sunday Telegraph's Jerusalem correspondent that the best way to achieve peace in the Middle East would be for Jews and Arabs - including Israeli-Arabs to live apart. The remarks drew a storm of protest from the left-wing. MK Dov Hanin of the joint Arab-Israeli Hadash party said that Lieberman should be fired for his racist remarks. Meretz MK Zahava Gal'on added, Lieberman was always a Kahanist, and remains a Kahanist.MK Uri Ariel (National Union), on the other hand, justified Lieberman's position: His words about the threat presented by Israeli-Arabs to the physical existence of the State of Israel are correct. Now that he has entered the government, it remains only for us to see which of his plans he will actualize to deal with this threat.
We established Israel as a Jewish country, Lieberman said. I want to provide an Israel that is a Jewish, Zionist country. It's about what kind of country we want to see in the future. Either it will be an [ethnically mixed] country like any other, or it will continue as a Jewish country.
In Favor of Territorial Exchange
Lieberman disagrees with most of his right-wing colleagues in one aspect of his separation plan between Israeli Jews and Arabs. While most of the right-wing recognizes Jordan as the original Palestinian state, and some, such as MK Benny Elon, would leave many Arabs in Judea and Samaria as a sub-state of Jordan, Lieberman wishes to trade Israeli-Arab populated areas for Jewish areas of Judea and Samaria. Specifically, Lieberman would hand over the Um El-Fahm area of the southern Galilee, known as the Triangle, to foreign sovereignty. By thus redrawing Israel's borders, he wishes to retain Israel's overwhelming Jewish majority.
Speaking today with Army Radio, Lieberman explained, The exchange of territories and populations will help us form a Jewish, homogeneous state. We promised to establish a Palestinian state free of Jews, but in the meanwhile, we ourselves are turning into a bi-national state with a minority of more than 20% Arabs.
The Cyprus Model
Minorities are the biggest problem in the world, Lieberman told the newspaper. I think separation between two nations is the best solution. Cyprus is the best model. Before 1974, the Greeks and Turks lived together and there were frictions and bloodshed and terror. After 1974, they constituted all Turks on one part of the island, all Greeks on the other part of the island and there is stability and security. Acknowledging that this involved the forcible eviction of thousands, he said that in any event, the final result was better.The Telegraph writes in the name of analysts that the smooth appointment [to the government] of a man recently considered an extremist rabble-rouser is a sign of political radicalization in Israel. Tel Aviv University political science professor Gideon Doron is quoted as saying, After the summer war in Lebanon, many Israelis have moved to the Right. They think security is bad and trust Palestinians and Arabs less. They don't believe in the possibility of peace through negotiations, so Lieberman has become the center of a new consensus.
Lieberman, the head of the Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party, also had some strong words for Iran. Israel is on the "front line of a clash of civilizations between the free world and extremist Islam, he said, adding that Iran is the base of an axis of evil which is a problem for all the world. Every week, the president of Iran declares his intention to destroy us, Lieberman said.Lieberman called upon the international community to unite against an axis of evil led by Iran. Iran is the biggest threat. It's a problem for the whole world, but Israel really has a bad location. We are on the front line between the clash of civilizations between the free world and the extremist Islamic world.
1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Ethiopia caught in dangerous cycle of drought and floods. 3-Major storm heading for the Northwest. 4-Fears of nuclear race in West Asia. 5-New global union demands reforms at IMF, WB, WTO.6-U.S. evangelical leader agrees to resign from church after board recommends it 7-Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death by Hanging for 1982 Killings. 8-Power cuts hit big areas of Germany and France. 9-Spain criticizes building border fence.10-Tehran test-fires more new weapons. 11-It's Britain in 2016 when cameras and microchips control daily life. 12-Bishop attacks Muslim hypocrisy. 13-Minister Lieberman Calls for Separation from Arabs.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sun Nov 5 8:30:26 AM EDT
NOV 05,2006
MAP 2.6 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.1 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.5 JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP 4.6 EL SALVADOR
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
NOV 04,2006
MAP 3.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 ORURO, BOLIVIA
MAP 4.9 CENTRAL PERU
MAP 2.5 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.6 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 4.4 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.9 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.2 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
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.
Ethiopia caught in dangerous cycle of drought and floods by Emmanuel Goujon 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Ethiopia, which was hit again by deadly floods this week, is caught in a devastating cycle of drought and heavy rains that threatens the survival of millions of people, experts say. Over the years, the Somali region of Ethiopia has suffered from cycles of droughts and floods, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.According to the WFP, around 1.5 million farmers require urgent humanitarian assistance as large numbers of livestock died, wells and boreholes dried up, malnutrition rates increased and disease became rampant.The latest flooding has been caused by a sudden rise in the level of the river Wabe Shebelle, swollen by heavy rains, whose depth had doubled at the end of last week.Flooding from the river had practically cut off the worst-affected towns of Kelafo and Musthail, 80 and 150 kilometres (50 and 90 miles) from Gode, the capital of the Somali region, humanitarian experts said.The latest death toll issued by the Ethiopian authorities said 68 people had died in the recent floods and thousands had been made homeless.
The toll included five people taken by crocodiles lurking in the flood waters, said Muktar Mohamed, the flood emergency coordinator for the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau (DPPA) in Gode.Another six people had been injured in crocodile attacks, he added.The death toll has been climbing, because reports are coming in slowly from the affected places,he said.Mohamed said that 17,000 hectares of land and 2,000 livestock had been lost in the flooding, which had affected nearly 280,000 people in 94 villages.
We still don't have a precise figure for displaced people, he added.The DPPA has begun distributing humanitarian aid of cereals, pulses and vegetable oil, while the WFP has made available 1,374 metric tons of grain from its stocks.Southeast Ethiopia is still reeling from flash floods in August and September, which left 639 dead and affected over 350,000 people, again chiefly hitting the Somali region.One wonders how much an already vulnerable and fragile group of people are expected to bear, said the WFP's representative in Ethiopia, Mohamed Diab.At least WFP can ensure that many of those who may have already lost everything have something to eat, he told AFP.But even this modest goal is hard to achieve by land because roads have been washed away and large tracts of territory are under water and full of crocodiles and snakes.
As access to the flood-affected area is difficult, dropping food to survivors from aircraft is being considered, the WFP and the DPPA said.Ethiopia's war-ravaged neighbour and northeast Kenya are also both affected by the flooding. Based on the latest flood watch reports, we fear the situation could get worse for the Juba region (in southern Somalia), Matthew Olins, deputy head of Somalia's UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP. Olins said small-scale damage was already being recorded in the areas around the Somali capital Mogadishu. The majority of observers are pessimistic about the situation in the Horn of Africa and see little hope of an end to the heavy floods and droughts that have plagued the region in deadly cycles for decades.
Major storm heading for the Northwest W. Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
West
A major storm system will be moving inland across the Pacific Northwest tonight into Monday. Ahead of this system expect showers to increase through the day across Washington and Oregon, and by later afternoon winds will also become gusty. Tonight into Monday widespread heavy rain will impact much of the area, and some locations could get over 5 inches of rain. This, in combination with the rain that has already fallen, could result in widespread river flooding. Damaging Winds will also be on the increase into Monday, with gale and storm force winds likely along the coast, and further inland winds could gust over 70 mph. These high winds will actually spread into the northern Rockies as well. Meanwhile, the rest of the west will be dominated by high pressure and fair weather conditions. Some offshore flow will develop over southern California, resulting in breezy conditions there, along with warm temperatures.
South
High pressure will dominate most of the Southeast today, resulting in sunny to partly cloudy skies from New Orleans, northeast through Atlanta and Raleigh. Cooler air will filter down the east side of the Appalachians keeping afternoon highs a bit chilly in the Atlanta and Raleigh areas where readings will be in the 50s. Meanwhile areas further south and west will see temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Increasing southerly flow over the Lower Mississippi River Valley, through the southern Plains, will increase the chances for showers and a few thunderstorms today. As a disturbance moves east into the area, a wave of low pressure may form in the Lower Mississippi Valley tonight into Monday, and increase the threat for some heavy rain. This rainy pattern will spread east across the entire south Monday into Tuesday, as warmer temperatures continue to build in.
Northeast
A general warming trend can be expected over the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as high pressure moves east and southerly winds take over. As somewhat milder air begins to move in today, a few light rain showers or snow flurries will be possible near the Great Lakes; otherwise skies should be partly cloudy from Pittsburgh and Baltimore, north through New York and Boston. Afternoon highs will reach into the 50s, except across northern New England where highs will only reach into the lower 40s. As southerly flow begins to take hold, moisture will begin to move up the Ohio River Valley by late Monday into Tuesday. Showers will overspread much of the area by Tuesday, further enhanced by a disturbance moving into the area. By Tuesday, afternoon high temperatures will have warmed into the 50s and 60s at most locations.
Midwest
Warmer air will continue to push north across the Midwest and into the central Plains over the next several days. Today a few showers will sneak into the Middle Mississippi and Lower Ohio River valleys as this warmer air pushes north. Temperatures today will continue to be milder, with afternoon highs ranging from the 50s north to the 60s south. The chance for showers will increase over the Ohio Valley on Monday as the moisture builds north. Meanwhile, the Upper Midwest will see fair weather conditions and warmer temperatures.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:20,30
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.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Fears of nuclear race in West Asia
Hasan Suroor
LONDON: In a move that has sparked fears of a nuclear race in West Asia, four Arab states have told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that they want to develop nuclear power for civilian purposes, according to its deputy director-general Tomihiro Taniguch. These are Eygpt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Algeria. Disclosing this in an interview to the London-based Middle East Economic Digest, Mr Taniguch said the IAEA had already had preliminary' discussions with these Governments and would offer them technical help. Mr Taniguch said: Some Middle East states, including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Saudi Arabia, have shown initial interests to use nuclear power primarily for [water] desalination purposes.This [the interest] is at a tertiary stage and the main driver is the use of a more efficient energy system. We have held preliminary discussions with these Governments. We will offer them help under our technical advisory programme to conduct a study for the [proposed] power plants.
New global union demands reforms at IMF, WB, WTO
Published: Saturday, 4 November, 2006, 09:24 AM Doha Time
VIENNA: A new global trade union demanded radical reform of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and World Trade Organisation to focus on human rights, in its programme adopted here yesterday.The new force, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) representing 168mn workers, laid out an action plan calling for deep changes to globalisation in favour of the poor.Its programme also calls for a global trade system which protects developing countries and for the WTO to adopt social targets.The ITUC said in its programme, approved here on the last day of its founding congress, that it wanted to fundamentally change globalisation so it will work in favour of workers, the unemployed and the poor.
ITUC said it will work for a fundamental reform of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the WTO ... to recognise the primary importance of human rights.It said that honouring union rights is a pre-condition to justice in the workplace, in society and in the world, adding that it would fight any violation of union rights.It also called on the international community to conduct a basic strategy for sustainable development.The programme said: Since its creation... the WTO has represented a model of trade liberalisation that cannot last, that increases the exploitation of workers and inequalities in terms of development.Briton Guy Ryder, who was elected on Friday to be secretary general of the ITUC, added in a speech distributed in advance: (Our) goals are ambitious. Fundamental change in the global economy. Social transformation. Universal respect of the fundamental rights of working people.
The new body is a response to decades of feuding within the union movement and embraces 306 national unions in 154 countries, although 42mn unionists in Communist-affiliated bodies refused to participate on the grounds that ITUC was compromising with the established economic system.The ITUC has a central policy objective of tackling globalisation and what it sees as the damaging effects of the opening of markets and increased competition on ordinary workers.But it does not however reject the benefits of trade.
Poorly organised, international trade can be destructive, but well directed, it can boost development and jobs, Kristian Weise, an international labour expert with the ITUC, said.
The general secretary of the French union CFDT, Francois Chereque, said: On the one hand, G8 trade unions say we must resist globalisation to preserve jobs’. On the other hand, trade unions in developing countries are demanding a just distribution of wealth Chereque said he hoped that the ITUC, rather than adding up its aggravations, would be able to organise a calm debate to develop new trade regulations that will preserve jobs in the North while allowing the South to achieve wealth.Weise said that the idea that protecting countries in the North would save jobs results from a misunderstanding, adding that jobs lost in relocations make up only a very small percentage of total jobs.
He said he was in favour of maintaining tariff barriers in developing countries... (to) protect their emerging industries.The secretary general of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, John Evans, said: The essential task of trade unions is to guarantee union rights and jobs everywhere in the world, to avoid that companies relocate to profit from lower social checks.This is one of the aims of the new ITUC, which has said it wants to introduce a clause on workers’ rights in the WTO’s mandate, that would make it obligatory for products and services traded between countries to be produced and distributed according to fundamental labour norms. – AFP
FALSE TEACHERS,PROPHETS,DECIEVERS
MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
U.S. evangelical leader agrees to resign from church after board recommends it Published: Sunday, November 05, 2006
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Rev. Ted Haggard resigned Saturday as leader of the megachurch he founded after a panel recommended the influential evangelist's removal for sexually immoral conduct, the church said Saturday. Haggard had resigned two days earlier as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, where he held sway in Washington and condemned homosexuality, after a Denver man named Mike Jones claimed to have had drug-fuelled trysts with him. Our investigation and Pastor Haggard's public statements have proven without a doubt that he has committed sexually immoral conduct, the New Life Church's Overseer Board said in a statement.
On Friday, Haggard acknowledged paying Jones for a massage and methamphetamine but said he did not have sex with him and did not take the drug.The church's statement said the investigation would continue to determine how extensive Haggard's misconduct was.Rev. Ross Parsley will lead the church until a permanent replacement for Haggard is chosen by the end of the year, the statement said. A letter explaining Haggard's removal and an apology from him will be read at Sunday services. The language of our church bylaws state that as Overseers we must decide in cases where the Senior Pastor has 'demonstrated immoral conduct whether we must 'remove the pastor from his position or discipline him in anyway they deem necessary,the statement said.
In consultation with leading evangelical and experts familiar with the type of behaviour Pastor Haggard has demonstrated, we have decided that the most positive and productive direction for our church is his dismissal and removal, it continued. James Groesbeck, a church elder, said he was glad the investigative board acted quickly.I'm saddened by what came out but I think they've done their job, Groesbeck said by telephone.Church members are drawing strength from one another and are caught up in the activity but that likely will change, he said.I think it's going to be really difficult in a week or two,Groesbeck said. Jones, who said he is homosexual, added he was upset when he discovered who Haggard was and found out the New Life church had publicly opposed same-sex marriage a key issue in Colorado, with a pair of issues on Tuesday's U.S. midterm election ballot.
It made me angry that here's someone preaching about gay marriage and going behind the scenes having gay sex, Jones said.
Jones also said Haggard snorted methamphetamine before their sexual encounters to heighten his experience. Haggard said he bought meth but never used it; he said he received a massage from Jones after being referred to him by a Denver hotel. Jones said no hotel referred Haggard and he advertises only in homosexual publications. In a TV interview this week, Haggard said: Never had a gay relationship with anybody and I'm steady with my wife, I'm faithful to my wife.Matt O'Connor, 21, a member of New Life church for 12 years, said Saturday he knew weathering the fallout was going to be bad but: We're still a church and we are not going to fall apart.The Canadian Press
Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death by Hanging for 1982 Killings
By Robin Stringer
Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging today for his role in the massacre of 148 Shiite Muslims in the northern Iraqi village of Dujail following an attempt on his life there in 1982. Long live the people, down with the traitors, Hussein, 69, shouted as the verdict was read out. God is great. You are the servants of the occupiers. Long live Iraq. Dressed in a dark suit and white shirt, he held a copy of the Koran in his left hand. Chief Judge Raouf Rasheed Abdul-Rahman delivered the verdict about midday in the Baghdad courthouse of the Iraqi Higher Criminal Court. The footage was aired by major international television channels.Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Hussein's half-brother and Iraq's intelligence chief at the time of the Dujail killings, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, who issued death sentences to Dujail residents as head of a Revolutionary Court, were also sentenced to death by hanging.
Former Baath party officials in the Dujail region Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid, his son Mizher Abdullah Ruwayyid, and Ali Dayih Ali were sentenced to 15 years in prison. Mohammed Azawi Ali, also a Baath party official in Dujail region, was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.The verdict comes two days before U.S. mid-term elections on Nov. 7. President George W. Bush needs to show progress in Iraq after 99 U.S. service members were killed in action last month, and rival Shiite and Sunni factions are killing hundreds of civilians every week.
U.S. Elections
In a New York Times/CBS News poll on Nov. 2, sixty-four percent of U.S. voters said they disapproved of Bush's handling of the war. Fifty-two percent said they will vote Democrat, with 34 percent opting for the Republican candidate in their area. There will be enormous political, security and legal repercussions, said Sonya Sceats, of the international law program at Chatham House, a London-based international affairs institute.The death sentence may be perceived as retribution by the U.S., Iraqi Shiites and Kurds on the leader whose ruthless oppression assured the supremacy of the minority Sunni population, Sceats said. The verdict will increase unrest and re-energize the Sunni insurgency, she said. Iraqi security forces cancelled leave and imposed curfews in Baghdad, the Diyala and Salaheddin provinces in anticipation of civil violence sparked by the verdict.
Chaotic Trial
The majority decision by a panel of five judges closes a chaotic trial that Hussein's defense team repeatedly dismissed as a sham. Hussein said he was innocent, and his lawyers argued the killings were legal, as they were in response to the attempt on Hussein's life. At the start of the trial in October 2005 Hussein told court, I preserve my constitutional rights as the president of Iraq. I do not recognize the body that has authorized you.If Hussein appeals, the case will be reviewed by a panel of nine judges. There is no time limit for the appeal, which be made on the facts of the case or clauses of law. If the verdict is upheld, under Iraqi law the execution must be carried out within 30 days. Hussein's ongoing second trial, for the Anfal military campaign against Kurdish guerrillas in the late 1980s which the prosecution alleges killed about 180,000 people, may not reach its conclusion.
Anfal, Halabja
The killing of about 150 people doesn't compare to the Anfal or Halabja, Sceats said, referring to a 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja about 160 miles north of Bagdad that killed at least 5,000 people. Anything which stops at least a proper hearing of at least a number further cases will be a sorry story for history and for the people of Iraq. Defense lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi warned on Oct. 29 that a guilty verdict would escalate violence in Iraq. This decision will set the country ablaze again and plunge the entire region into the unknown, al-Dulaimi said in an open letter to U.S. President Bush. Three defense lawyers were murdered during the trial, one of them, Saadoun al-Janabi, was kidnapped on Oct. 20, 2005, one day after the trial began. He was found shot dead a day later.
Hussein took control of Iraq's Baath party in 1979 and immediately set about executing hundreds of political and military officials in purges. In 1980, he began an eight-year war against neighboring Iran in which hundreds of thousands of people died on both sides. The war crippled Iraq economically.
Iron Rule
The ousted leader held Iraq, a country divided across religious, ethnic and tribal lines, together by iron rule. His secret police, the mukhabarat in Arabic, tortured and executed dissenters. In August 1990, Iraq invaded southern neighbor Kuwait. The underpaid and underfed Iraqi army withdrew after Operation Desert Storm by a U.S.-led coalition. Hussein fled Baghdad when U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq in March 2003. He was found by a U.S. patrol in a bunker in Adwar, a village south of Tikrit in December 2003. The Iraqi Governing Council established the Iraqi Higher Criminal Court with the permission of U.S. envoy Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority on Dec. 13 2003, three days before Hussein's capture. A second trial of Hussein and six co-defendants began on Aug. 21. They stand accused of a military campaign called Operation Anfal against Kurdish guerrillas in the late 1980s which the prosecution alleges killed about 180,000 people, most of them civilians. It is unclear whether this trial will continue. Last Updated: November 5, 2006 05:13 EST
REVELATION 16:10-11
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
November 5, 2006 - 8:58 AM
Power cuts hit big areas of Germany and France
BERLIN (Reuters) - Power cuts temporarily plunged homes in some of the most heavily populated parts of Germany and France into darkness overnight due to shortages in output, authorities said on Sunday.A spokesman for a French union said the outage was the worst to hit France in 30 years, while at least four German federal states accounting for around half the country's 82 million inhabitants were also affected.French radio said that the power outage originated on the German side following a surge in demand for electricity due to cold weather, and that parts of Belgium and Italy were affected.A spokesman for German utility RWE Rhein Ruhr said the cuts were caused by a failure outside his firm's network.
Not enough power was being generated in the network, he said, adding that because the supply was on a shared network, the power cuts spilt over into other areas. He said it was not clear where exactly the failure had occurred.The spokesman said more than one million people in the RWE Rhein Ruhr network were probably affected, including inhabitants in the cities of Cologne, Essen and Gelsenkirchen, as well as some in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate further south.He added that the cuts, which occurred at around 10.30 p.m. (2130 GMT) on Saturday, had lasted between five minutes and half an hour. There were no details of any damage.
The states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saarland and Baden-Wuerttemberg were definitely affected, police said. The four cover large areas of western and southern Germany.Maurice Marion, head of France's CGT trade unions mining and energy division, said the outage was France's worst in 30 years and had hit the eastern part of the country in particular. Parts of Paris were affected by the cuts.Earlier on Sunday, the French Interior Ministry said it did not know what had caused the problem. No one was immediately available to comment at French utility EDF.In France, the worst outages lasted around 90 minutes, although in many places the electricity came back within minutes.No major accidents or crimes had occurred, the ministry and police said. French media reported some people had got stuck in elevators when the power went out. About 80 percent of France's electricity is derived from nuclear power.(Additional reporting by Jacques Clement and Caroline Jacobs in Paris)
SPAIN #11 IN THE EU
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.(TR 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).
Spain criticizes building border fence
(Xinhua) Updated: 2006-11-04 10:58
The Spanish government criticized the United States for trying to halt illegal immigration, through the building of new fencing along its border with Mexico, the Spanish foreign minister said here on Friday. Miguel Angel Moratinos, who was here for the 16th Ibero-American Summit, said growing immigration problems must be tackled through diplomacy and agreements, not through fence-building. The foreign ministers of Latin American countries and Spain gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, before the opening of the Summit, which will focus on immigration, legal and illegal, as well as obstacles to economic growth. The foreign ministers unanimously adopted a rejection statement on the building of the 1,100 km-long border fence along the U.S. southern border. The statement, which will be proposed to the summit for ratification, will focus on rejection of the fence, instead of condemnation, Moratinos said during a briefing after the preparatory meeting.
Last week, U.S. President George W. Bush signed a bill authorizing the new fencing, irritating several Latin American governments.
Fence-building does not stop illegal immigration, migrants trafficking or the trafficking of human beings and encourages discrimination and xenophobia, as well as the creation of trafficker groups, which endanger people more, he said. The document expressed a deep concern for the decision made by the United States on building a fence along the Mexican border because it is a unilateral move and goes against the spirit of understanding. The meeting also called on the U.S. authorities to develop measures aimed at legalizing workers from other countries, and to implement temporary workers programs, which would guarantee full respect of human and labour rights.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JOEL 2:20,30-31
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.
Tehran test-fires more new weapons
TEHRAN, Nov 4: Iran on Saturday announced it had successfully test-fired new armour-piercing weaponry and an anti-helicopter missile system on the third day of its latest war games.The new generation of anti-helicopter and anti-armour weapons were successfully tested on day three of the manoeuvres, an announcer on state television said as pictures of the test-firing were broadcast.In the Great Prophet II war games, due to last 10 days, Iran has so far fired its Shahab-3 longer range missile for the first time in manoeuvres as well as new types of land-to-sea and sea-to-sea missiles.The armour-piercing weapons tested on Saturday include a rifle equipped with special sights that can identify an enemy seven kilometres away and can penetrate a target wearing a bullet-resistant vest from a distance of three kilometres.
The other new anti-armour weapon tested was a system aimed at penetrating the armour plate of tanks that “can be carried by a person, with high accuracy, high speed and high explosive power.The bullet of this system penetrates the armoured equipment and then explodes, state television said.The anti-helicopter weaponry was described as highly portable and accurate. Four anti-helicopter missiles can be fired from each system.The anti-helicopter weapon can hit helicopters in different circumstances, the television added.The anti-armour weapon has the ability to penetrate different kinds of advanced bullet-armour vests” as well as the armoured exterior of tanks, it said.AFP
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
REVELATION 13:3,7-8
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
DANIEL 7:23
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.(TR BLOCKS)
REVELATION 17:9-10
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(VATICAN, ROME)
10 And there are seven kings:(7 EMPIRES) five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(THE EU-REVIVED ROME ,THE 7TH AND FINAL WORLD GOVERNMENT).
4 November 2006,WATCHING YOU
It's Britain in 2016 when cameras and microchips control daily life
By Antonia Hoyle
BRITAIN is the most monitored society in the Western world, we have once again been reminded. And how.The minute I get out of bed, the microchip in my arm tells my kettle to boil, my bath to run and my electric car to warm up. I start the vehicle with a fingertip it needs to scan my prints before it will run. And I dare not exceed the speed limit, or the chip in the car will inform a police computer. Welcome to Britain, November 2016. Welcome to an age in which every step you take is watched. Back in November 2006, the Government's Information Commissioner, the man responsible for safeguarding our privacy, voiced concern at the increasingly pervasive surveillance society all around us. Richard Thomas pointed out there were 4.2 million CCTV cameras one for every 14 people with the average person captured on more than 300 screens a day. In 2016, that seems like small fry.
His report warned that hi-tech scanners, tags and microscopic cameras would mean that in just a decade's time none of us would be able to go unnoticed again. Now, as I drive to work watching one of his successors on my in-car HDTV repeating the same fears, I reflect on how accurate Mr Thomas was. I know, for instance, that it's pointless removing the chip in my vehicle as overhead spy planes will report any speeding to the authorities anyway. As I enter the congestion zone, now in place in every UK city, there's no need to worry about paying the £210 charge it's automatically deducted from my bank.There are benefits to all this, as I am reminded when my local council calls me on my videophone at lunch time. My son has stopped eating vegetables at school. They know because the electronic card he uses to pay for them records his choice of meals.
I head to a high street shop. There aren't many these days as almost everyone buys online. As I enter, a holographic ad flashes up on a screen exactly at my eye level. The virtual shopgirl is urging me to buy a blouse like my other ones, only better. The advertising firm knows I'm tempted because it knows everything about me. A chip in my trousers told it my size, likes, dislikes and buying habits as soon as I came in. For a virtual shopgirl she's being really attentive. But then she knows I've just been paid and how much I have in my bank. She shouldn't have such details as, strictly speaking, they are confidential. But in the hi-tech Britain of 2016, information like this is so valuable - and so easily leaked. THERE'S no need to use my credit card to pay for the blouse. I simply swipe my sleeve against a digital reader and the chip in my arm sends a signal to my bank. Back at work, I have to stand in front of another hi-tech reader which scans my face before letting me in. At my computer, gone are old-fashioned passwords. Instead it scans my iris before I can log on.
Then I try to hire a nanny. But the agency says hundreds of women on its books are unsuitable. They had gone to their GPs complaining of depression, but their medical records have been secretly passed on. Millions are in the same boat, their DNA and other details stored on file despite having committed no crime.Before starting a job, everyone must go through extensive biometric tests.And it's pointless trying to hide the fact you beat a drug habit 15 years ago or have a family history of cancer. Your employer probably has those details anyway and may decide they are sufficient not to hire you. The wealthy, of course, get around this and hire expensive data management firms to safeguard their details. The rest of us are not so lucky. My husband, for instance. I suspect he has a mistress, which he denies.
But all I had to do was visit Google and type: What was Simon doing on January 28 at 3.35pm? to learn he was in her bed. That's ever-present cameras for you. As I leave work, cameras in lampposts recreate a 3-D image of the street and my face to send to police. There has been a spate of thefts and they need to ensure I am not a suspect. As I near home, the chip in my arm sends signals about my body to my thermostat. Knowing I'm a bit chilly, it turns the heating up a degree. Back in my living room, I turn on a camera to talk to Mum 200 miles away.I KNOW her knee is playing up, thanks to a sensor embedded in her that has sent signals to my computer and her carer's.Mum would rather see me in person but it's so difficult finding the time.
I switch on the TV and a list of my favourite shows pops up. That's because I've programmed them into my microchip and don't need to channel surf with the remote any more.Nor do I have to go shopping. My fridge's computer knows when I'm low on food and orders from the supermarket, which brings it to my door. Then it's bedtime. I don't need to set an alarm as my microchip senses my brain activity and tells my clock radio when to wake me up. When it does, the Prime Minister is on, saying things are far better now we know one another's every move. Of course he's right. Isn't he? antonia.hoyle@mirror.co.uk
Bishop attacks Muslim hypocrisy
Bishop Nazir-Ali's views differ from the Archbishop of Canterbury A senior Anglican bishop has accused many Muslims of being guilty of double standards in their view of the world. The Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Times some had a dual psychology in which they sought victimhood and domination. The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments were not very helpful. The bishop, whose father converted from Islam, also said situations such as teaching could require Muslim women not to wear full-face veils. Mr Nazir-Ali argued it would never be possible to satisfy all of the demands made by Muslims because their complaint often boils down to the position that it is always right to intervene when Muslims are victims... and always wrong when Muslims are the oppressors or terrorists.
He compared Bosnia and Kosovo, where he said Muslims were oppressed, with the powerful position of the Taleban in Afghanistan, who he said had been the oppressors. He added: Given the world view that has given rise to such grievances, there can never be sufficient appeasement and new demands will continue to be made. Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, told the Sunday Times such remarks could affect "community relationships.
Veil debate
The bishop's comments on the use of full-face veils by Muslim women add to the debate sparked by Commons Leader Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, last month. He disclosed that he asks Muslim women to remove the veil when they attend his Blackburn constituency surgeries. Mr Straw also suggested that Muslim women who wear veils over their faces can make community relations harder. In the Sunday Times, Mr Nazir-Ali referred to a huge increase in the wearing of Muslim dress in Egypt, Pakistan and Malaysia.He said: I can see nothing in Islam that prescribes the wearing of the full-face veil. In the supermarket those at the cash till need to be recognised. Teaching is another profession in which society requires recognition and identification.
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, entered the veil debate last month by saying people should be free to wear visible religious symbols. He said aiming for a society where no symbols such as veils, crosses, sidelocks or turbans would be seen was politically dangerous.
Minister Lieberman Calls for Separation from Arabs
By Hillel Fendel(INN)
Just days after joining the government, Avigdor Lieberman has set the national agenda at least for the day. His statement that Arabs must be separated from Israel has become the talk of the town. Lieberman, Israel's Minister for Strategic Affairs, told The Sunday Telegraph's Jerusalem correspondent that the best way to achieve peace in the Middle East would be for Jews and Arabs - including Israeli-Arabs to live apart. The remarks drew a storm of protest from the left-wing. MK Dov Hanin of the joint Arab-Israeli Hadash party said that Lieberman should be fired for his racist remarks. Meretz MK Zahava Gal'on added, Lieberman was always a Kahanist, and remains a Kahanist.MK Uri Ariel (National Union), on the other hand, justified Lieberman's position: His words about the threat presented by Israeli-Arabs to the physical existence of the State of Israel are correct. Now that he has entered the government, it remains only for us to see which of his plans he will actualize to deal with this threat.
We established Israel as a Jewish country, Lieberman said. I want to provide an Israel that is a Jewish, Zionist country. It's about what kind of country we want to see in the future. Either it will be an [ethnically mixed] country like any other, or it will continue as a Jewish country.
In Favor of Territorial Exchange
Lieberman disagrees with most of his right-wing colleagues in one aspect of his separation plan between Israeli Jews and Arabs. While most of the right-wing recognizes Jordan as the original Palestinian state, and some, such as MK Benny Elon, would leave many Arabs in Judea and Samaria as a sub-state of Jordan, Lieberman wishes to trade Israeli-Arab populated areas for Jewish areas of Judea and Samaria. Specifically, Lieberman would hand over the Um El-Fahm area of the southern Galilee, known as the Triangle, to foreign sovereignty. By thus redrawing Israel's borders, he wishes to retain Israel's overwhelming Jewish majority.
Speaking today with Army Radio, Lieberman explained, The exchange of territories and populations will help us form a Jewish, homogeneous state. We promised to establish a Palestinian state free of Jews, but in the meanwhile, we ourselves are turning into a bi-national state with a minority of more than 20% Arabs.
The Cyprus Model
Minorities are the biggest problem in the world, Lieberman told the newspaper. I think separation between two nations is the best solution. Cyprus is the best model. Before 1974, the Greeks and Turks lived together and there were frictions and bloodshed and terror. After 1974, they constituted all Turks on one part of the island, all Greeks on the other part of the island and there is stability and security. Acknowledging that this involved the forcible eviction of thousands, he said that in any event, the final result was better.The Telegraph writes in the name of analysts that the smooth appointment [to the government] of a man recently considered an extremist rabble-rouser is a sign of political radicalization in Israel. Tel Aviv University political science professor Gideon Doron is quoted as saying, After the summer war in Lebanon, many Israelis have moved to the Right. They think security is bad and trust Palestinians and Arabs less. They don't believe in the possibility of peace through negotiations, so Lieberman has become the center of a new consensus.
Lieberman, the head of the Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) party, also had some strong words for Iran. Israel is on the "front line of a clash of civilizations between the free world and extremist Islam, he said, adding that Iran is the base of an axis of evil which is a problem for all the world. Every week, the president of Iran declares his intention to destroy us, Lieberman said.Lieberman called upon the international community to unite against an axis of evil led by Iran. Iran is the biggest threat. It's a problem for the whole world, but Israel really has a bad location. We are on the front line between the clash of civilizations between the free world and the extremist Islamic world.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_cirm.htm
DOES GOD SAY TO DESTROY WOMANS GENITALS,NOOOOOOOOOOO.
GENESIS 1:26-31
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
OK, countries that do Genital mutilation, lets look at verse 28. GOD says he created MAN and WOMAN to be fruitful and multiply. This sounds like no Gental mutilation to me which can destroy the Womans Gentitals. Woman can't bear children if their Genitals are cut out.
As for sexual reasons, GOD gave Woman their Genitals to have feelings to enjoy sex, not to have them destroyed so they can't have sexual desire. This Genital Mutilation is clearly against GODS WORD and should be stopped around the world.
GOD CREATED WOMAN (EVE) FOR THE MAN (ADAM) TO BE IN A MONOGOMOUS RELATIONSHIP AND TO ENJOY SEX TOGETHER AND TO PRODUCE CHILDREN AND FILL THE EARTH. NOT DESTROY THE WOMANS GENITALIA.
So there no debate about it. ITS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Africa, the Middle East & Far East,Debates about FGM
Debate Among Muslims:
As noted above, FGM is a social custom, not a religious practice.
However, in those Muslim countries where it is practice, FGM is often justified by a controversial saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed that seem to favor sunna circumcision. The authenticity of these sayings are unconfirmed, and some scholars have refuted them. Even if true, they only permit the practice; they do not mandate it. FGM has probably been performed for at least 1,400 years (some references estimate 2,000 years), and started during what Muslims call al-gahiliyyah (the era of ignorance). The Qu'r'an, Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and Christian Scriptures (New Testament) is silent on the subject. The Sunnah (the words and actions of the Prophet Mohammed) contains a reference to female circumcision.
According to the Muslim Women's League:
Those who advocate for FGM from an Islamic perspective commonly quote the following hadith to argue that it is required as part of the Sunnah or Tradition of the Prophet:Um Atiyyat al-Ansariyyah said: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (pbuh) said to her: Do not cut too severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband'.1,8. One interpretation of this passage is that the woman was going to proceed with the circumcision anyway; Muhammad suggested that she remove a smaller amount of her genitalia than she had perhaps intended to.This passage is regarded by many Muslims as having little credibility or authenticity. The Muslim Women's League comments: According to Sayyid Sabiq, renowned scholar and author of Fiqh-us-Sunnah, all hadiths concerning female circumcision are non-authentic.
Many Muslims see passages in the Qur'an which, by implication, oppose FGM. they reason: God apparently created the clitoris for the sole purpose of generating pleasure. It has no other purpose. There is no instruction in the Qur'an or in the writings of the Prophet Mohammed which require that the clitoris be surgically modified. Thus God must approve of its presence. And so, it should not be removed or reduced in size or function. The Qur'an promotes the concept of a husband and wife giving each other pleasure during sexual intercourse. For example: It is lawful for you to go in unto your wives during the night preceding the (day's) fast: they are as a garment for you and you are as a garment for them.(2:187) and He has put love and mercy between you.(30:21)
Mutilated genitalia reduce or eliminate a woman's pleasure during the act.
The Qur'an (An-Nisa': 119) states that Satan will try to trick humans into body modification: And I will surely lead them astray, and arouse desires in them, and command them and they will cut the cattle's ears, and I will surely command them and they will change Allah's creation.This might be interpreted as forbidding FGM as well as tattoos, piercing and any other modification that alters the design of the human body as Allah created it.
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Muslim victim of infibulation, stated:
The importance given to virginity and an intact hymen in these societies is the reason why female circumcision still remains a very widespread practice despite a growing tendency, especially in urban Egypt, to do away with it as something outdated and harmful.
Behind circumcision lies the belief that, by removing parts of girls' external genitals organs, sexual desire is minimized. This permits a female who has reached the dangerous age of puberty and adolescence to protect her virginity, and therefore her honor, with greater ease. Chastity was imposed on male attendants in the female harem by castration which turned them into inoffensive eunuchs. Similarly female circumcision is meant to preserve the chastity of young girls by reducing their desire for sexual intercourse.3.Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, head of the al-Azhar Islamic Institute has stated that the practice is un-Islamic. The Health Minister of Egypt, Ismail Sallam, announced the ban on FGM in 1996-JUL. This was upheld by a junior administrative court in Cairo.
Sheik Youssef Badri, a Muslim fundamentalist, took the health minister to court. In 1997-JUN, an Egyptian court overturned the country's ban on FGM. Eight Muslim scholars and doctors had testified that the ban exceeded the government's authority and violated the legal rights of the medical profession. Sheik Youssef Badri commented: [Female] circumcision is Islamic; the court has said that the ban violated religious law. There's nothing which says circumcision is a crime, but the Egyptians came along and said that Islam is a crime.
About 1997-JUL-6, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel interviewed Sheik Badri. He claimed that many Muslim women are pleased with this victory of Islam over its enemies. When it was pointed out to him that parents in Morocco and Algeria do not practice FGM, he replied that the clitoris in Egyptian girls was larger than in those countries and had to be cut back to a normal size. He quoted a French study which showed that circumcised girls are less likely to catch AIDS. He believes that the United States is spreading misinformation on the health risks of FGM. Author's note: This may be true; victims of FGM are probably less likely to be sexually active.
The government appealed the case to Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court. They ruled that the operation is not required by Islam, and that female circumcision is not a personal right according to the rules of Islamic Sharia (law).Thus, FGM is subject to Egyptian law. They prohibited the procedure, even if it is done with the agreement of the child and her parents. However, gynecologists will be able to approve the surgery if it is needed for health reasons. Fatwas are published opinions by Muslim religious scholars. They are non-binding in law. But Muslim believers are expected to follow them. In Egypt, a number of Fatwas have been issued by the influential Egyptian Fatwa Committee on FGM:
1949-MAY-28: They decided that it is not a sin to reject female circumcision.
1951-JUN-23: They stated that female circumcision is desirable because it curbs nature (i.e. sexual drive among women). It stated that medical concerns over the practice are irrelevant.
1981-JAN-29: The Great Sheikh of Al-Azhar (the most famous University of the Islamic World) stated that parents must follow the lessons of Mohammed and not listen to medical authorities because the latter often change their minds. Parents must do their duty and have their daughters circumcised.
Reaction by the rest of the world
The United Nations has supported the right of member states to grant refugee status to women who fear being mutilated if they are returned to their country of origin. Canada has granted such status to women in this situation. A judge of a Canadian Federal Court declared it a cruel and barbaric practice. In 1994 CNN broadcast footage of the circumcision of a 10 year old Egyptian girl by an unskilled practitioner. This program drew international attention to the operation. A 500 million dollar lawsuit was brought against CNN for allegedly damaging Egypt's reputation, It was rejected by the courts.In the West, the procedure is outlawed in Britain, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. A US federal bill, Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation of 1995 was passed in 1996-SEP. Section 273.3 of the Canadian Criminal Code protects children who are ordinarily resident in Canada, (as citizens or landed migrants) from being removed from the country and subjected to FGM. In the US and Canada, the very small percentage of immigrants who wish to continue the practice often find it impossible to find a doctor who will cooperate. The operation is often done in the home by the family.
Legislation against FGM can be counter-productive in some cases. It might force the practice deeply underground. Women may not seek medical care because their parents might be charged.
UN activity:
In 1958, the Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to undertake a study on the persistence of customs involving ritual practices on girls and on the measures in effect or planned to put an end to those practices.4 The WHO responded that the ritual practices in question, resulting from social and cultural conceptions, are not within the WHO's jurisdiction.5 They subsequently changed their position. 6 In 1989, the Regional Committee of the WHO for Africa passed a resolution urging participating governments to adopt appropriate policies and strategies in order to eradicate female circumcision and to forbid medicalization of female circumcision and to discourage health professionals from performing such surgery.In 1980, UNICEF announced that its anti-FGM program is based on the belief that the best way to handle the problem is to trigger awareness through education of the public, members of the medical profession and practitioners of traditional health care with the help of local collectives and their leaders.7.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is ambiguous about FGM. On one hand, Article 24, paragraph 3 states: States Parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children.But Article 29 paragraph 1.c calls for: The development of respect for the child's parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilizations different from his or her own.
References used:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
Position paper on Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision, Muslim Women's League, at: http://www.mwlusa.org/
Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Religious arguments about male and female circumcision, at: http://www.lpj.org/
Nawal El-Saadawi, The hidden face of Eve, Women in the Arab World, translated and edited by Sherif Hetata, Zed Press, London, 1980, P. 33.
United Nations, 26th Session of the Economic and Social Committee, 1029th Plenary Meeting, 1958-JUL-10.
WHO, 12th World Health Assembly, 11th Plenary Meeting, 1959-MAY-28.
WHO, Resolution of the Regional Committee for Africa, 39th session, AFR/RC39/R9, 1989-SEP-13.
UNICEF, Department of Information, Position of UNICEF on Female Excision, 1980-SEP-23, Page 1.
Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 41: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab), at: http://www.usc.edu/
DOES GOD SAY TO DESTROY WOMANS GENITALS,NOOOOOOOOOOO.
GENESIS 1:26-31
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
OK, countries that do Genital mutilation, lets look at verse 28. GOD says he created MAN and WOMAN to be fruitful and multiply. This sounds like no Gental mutilation to me which can destroy the Womans Gentitals. Woman can't bear children if their Genitals are cut out.
As for sexual reasons, GOD gave Woman their Genitals to have feelings to enjoy sex, not to have them destroyed so they can't have sexual desire. This Genital Mutilation is clearly against GODS WORD and should be stopped around the world.
GOD CREATED WOMAN (EVE) FOR THE MAN (ADAM) TO BE IN A MONOGOMOUS RELATIONSHIP AND TO ENJOY SEX TOGETHER AND TO PRODUCE CHILDREN AND FILL THE EARTH. NOT DESTROY THE WOMANS GENITALIA.
So there no debate about it. ITS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Africa, the Middle East & Far East,Debates about FGM
Debate Among Muslims:
As noted above, FGM is a social custom, not a religious practice.
However, in those Muslim countries where it is practice, FGM is often justified by a controversial saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed that seem to favor sunna circumcision. The authenticity of these sayings are unconfirmed, and some scholars have refuted them. Even if true, they only permit the practice; they do not mandate it. FGM has probably been performed for at least 1,400 years (some references estimate 2,000 years), and started during what Muslims call al-gahiliyyah (the era of ignorance). The Qu'r'an, Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and Christian Scriptures (New Testament) is silent on the subject. The Sunnah (the words and actions of the Prophet Mohammed) contains a reference to female circumcision.
According to the Muslim Women's League:
Those who advocate for FGM from an Islamic perspective commonly quote the following hadith to argue that it is required as part of the Sunnah or Tradition of the Prophet:Um Atiyyat al-Ansariyyah said: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (pbuh) said to her: Do not cut too severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband'.1,8. One interpretation of this passage is that the woman was going to proceed with the circumcision anyway; Muhammad suggested that she remove a smaller amount of her genitalia than she had perhaps intended to.This passage is regarded by many Muslims as having little credibility or authenticity. The Muslim Women's League comments: According to Sayyid Sabiq, renowned scholar and author of Fiqh-us-Sunnah, all hadiths concerning female circumcision are non-authentic.
Many Muslims see passages in the Qur'an which, by implication, oppose FGM. they reason: God apparently created the clitoris for the sole purpose of generating pleasure. It has no other purpose. There is no instruction in the Qur'an or in the writings of the Prophet Mohammed which require that the clitoris be surgically modified. Thus God must approve of its presence. And so, it should not be removed or reduced in size or function. The Qur'an promotes the concept of a husband and wife giving each other pleasure during sexual intercourse. For example: It is lawful for you to go in unto your wives during the night preceding the (day's) fast: they are as a garment for you and you are as a garment for them.(2:187) and He has put love and mercy between you.(30:21)
Mutilated genitalia reduce or eliminate a woman's pleasure during the act.
The Qur'an (An-Nisa': 119) states that Satan will try to trick humans into body modification: And I will surely lead them astray, and arouse desires in them, and command them and they will cut the cattle's ears, and I will surely command them and they will change Allah's creation.This might be interpreted as forbidding FGM as well as tattoos, piercing and any other modification that alters the design of the human body as Allah created it.
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Muslim victim of infibulation, stated:
The importance given to virginity and an intact hymen in these societies is the reason why female circumcision still remains a very widespread practice despite a growing tendency, especially in urban Egypt, to do away with it as something outdated and harmful.
Behind circumcision lies the belief that, by removing parts of girls' external genitals organs, sexual desire is minimized. This permits a female who has reached the dangerous age of puberty and adolescence to protect her virginity, and therefore her honor, with greater ease. Chastity was imposed on male attendants in the female harem by castration which turned them into inoffensive eunuchs. Similarly female circumcision is meant to preserve the chastity of young girls by reducing their desire for sexual intercourse.3.Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, head of the al-Azhar Islamic Institute has stated that the practice is un-Islamic. The Health Minister of Egypt, Ismail Sallam, announced the ban on FGM in 1996-JUL. This was upheld by a junior administrative court in Cairo.
Sheik Youssef Badri, a Muslim fundamentalist, took the health minister to court. In 1997-JUN, an Egyptian court overturned the country's ban on FGM. Eight Muslim scholars and doctors had testified that the ban exceeded the government's authority and violated the legal rights of the medical profession. Sheik Youssef Badri commented: [Female] circumcision is Islamic; the court has said that the ban violated religious law. There's nothing which says circumcision is a crime, but the Egyptians came along and said that Islam is a crime.
About 1997-JUL-6, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel interviewed Sheik Badri. He claimed that many Muslim women are pleased with this victory of Islam over its enemies. When it was pointed out to him that parents in Morocco and Algeria do not practice FGM, he replied that the clitoris in Egyptian girls was larger than in those countries and had to be cut back to a normal size. He quoted a French study which showed that circumcised girls are less likely to catch AIDS. He believes that the United States is spreading misinformation on the health risks of FGM. Author's note: This may be true; victims of FGM are probably less likely to be sexually active.
The government appealed the case to Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court. They ruled that the operation is not required by Islam, and that female circumcision is not a personal right according to the rules of Islamic Sharia (law).Thus, FGM is subject to Egyptian law. They prohibited the procedure, even if it is done with the agreement of the child and her parents. However, gynecologists will be able to approve the surgery if it is needed for health reasons. Fatwas are published opinions by Muslim religious scholars. They are non-binding in law. But Muslim believers are expected to follow them. In Egypt, a number of Fatwas have been issued by the influential Egyptian Fatwa Committee on FGM:
1949-MAY-28: They decided that it is not a sin to reject female circumcision.
1951-JUN-23: They stated that female circumcision is desirable because it curbs nature (i.e. sexual drive among women). It stated that medical concerns over the practice are irrelevant.
1981-JAN-29: The Great Sheikh of Al-Azhar (the most famous University of the Islamic World) stated that parents must follow the lessons of Mohammed and not listen to medical authorities because the latter often change their minds. Parents must do their duty and have their daughters circumcised.
Reaction by the rest of the world
The United Nations has supported the right of member states to grant refugee status to women who fear being mutilated if they are returned to their country of origin. Canada has granted such status to women in this situation. A judge of a Canadian Federal Court declared it a cruel and barbaric practice. In 1994 CNN broadcast footage of the circumcision of a 10 year old Egyptian girl by an unskilled practitioner. This program drew international attention to the operation. A 500 million dollar lawsuit was brought against CNN for allegedly damaging Egypt's reputation, It was rejected by the courts.In the West, the procedure is outlawed in Britain, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. A US federal bill, Federal Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation of 1995 was passed in 1996-SEP. Section 273.3 of the Canadian Criminal Code protects children who are ordinarily resident in Canada, (as citizens or landed migrants) from being removed from the country and subjected to FGM. In the US and Canada, the very small percentage of immigrants who wish to continue the practice often find it impossible to find a doctor who will cooperate. The operation is often done in the home by the family.
Legislation against FGM can be counter-productive in some cases. It might force the practice deeply underground. Women may not seek medical care because their parents might be charged.
UN activity:
In 1958, the Economic and Social Committee of the United Nations invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to undertake a study on the persistence of customs involving ritual practices on girls and on the measures in effect or planned to put an end to those practices.4 The WHO responded that the ritual practices in question, resulting from social and cultural conceptions, are not within the WHO's jurisdiction.5 They subsequently changed their position. 6 In 1989, the Regional Committee of the WHO for Africa passed a resolution urging participating governments to adopt appropriate policies and strategies in order to eradicate female circumcision and to forbid medicalization of female circumcision and to discourage health professionals from performing such surgery.In 1980, UNICEF announced that its anti-FGM program is based on the belief that the best way to handle the problem is to trigger awareness through education of the public, members of the medical profession and practitioners of traditional health care with the help of local collectives and their leaders.7.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is ambiguous about FGM. On one hand, Article 24, paragraph 3 states: States Parties shall take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children.But Article 29 paragraph 1.c calls for: The development of respect for the child's parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilizations different from his or her own.
References used:
The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.
Position paper on Female Genital Mutilation/Female Circumcision, Muslim Women's League, at: http://www.mwlusa.org/
Sami A. Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Religious arguments about male and female circumcision, at: http://www.lpj.org/
Nawal El-Saadawi, The hidden face of Eve, Women in the Arab World, translated and edited by Sherif Hetata, Zed Press, London, 1980, P. 33.
United Nations, 26th Session of the Economic and Social Committee, 1029th Plenary Meeting, 1958-JUL-10.
WHO, 12th World Health Assembly, 11th Plenary Meeting, 1959-MAY-28.
WHO, Resolution of the Regional Committee for Africa, 39th session, AFR/RC39/R9, 1989-SEP-13.
UNICEF, Department of Information, Position of UNICEF on Female Excision, 1980-SEP-23, Page 1.
Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 41: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab), at: http://www.usc.edu/
BRITONS MOST SPIED ON
1-Earthquakes occur near Anchorage, Klukwan. 2-Mild quake off southern Philippines. 3-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 4-Diseases staring at flood-hit villages. 5-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 6-Ex-Israel PM Sharon rushed to intensive care. 7-Iran test-fires 3 new missiles in Gulf. 8-Palestinian Authority Terrorists Use Female Shields Against IDF. 9-Income Trust Investments. 10-Britons are the most spied on in Europe.
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.
Earthquakes occur near Anchorage, Klukwan
Associated Press 11/03/2006
An earthquake was felt Friday morning in Anchorage and Kenai. The Alaska Earthquake Information Office says the Cook Inlet area quake occurred at 6:38 a.m., and had a preliminary magnitude of 3.7. It was centered 45 miles west of Anchorage and 44 miles north of Kenai. A second earthquake occurred later Friday morning in Southeast Alaska. It had a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 and was centered 65 miles west of Haines. There were no reports of damage in either case.
Mild quake off southern Philippines Sat Nov 4, 4:58 AM ET
MANILA (AFP) - A mild earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale has been detected in waters off the southern Philippines but caused no damage or panic.The epicenter of the quake was located off the southeastern coast of Mindanao island, about 1,090 kilometers (676 miles) south of Manila, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Saturday.The quake, which occurred at a depth of about 0.3 kilometers, took place at 2:18 pm (0600 GMT) Saturday and was tectonic in origin.Residents in the southern cities of Davao and General Santos on Mindanao island barely noticed the quake, the institute added.The Philippines sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.Although about 10 quakes hit the Philippines every day, few are felt. Only three major, destructive tremors have been recorded in more than 30 years, according to the institute.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sat Nov 4 10:01:04 AM EDT
NOV 04,2006
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.3 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
NOV 03,2006
MAP 2.8 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 2.9 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.5 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.7 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.5 VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA BORDER REGION
MAP 3.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.0 MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
MAP 2.5 PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.6 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
MAP 2.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.3 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
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.
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).
Diseases staring at flood-hit villages
Friday November 3 2006 11:42 IST
CHIRALA: With hygiene and sanitary conditions deteriorating in Chirala town, fears are being this website’s newspaper about the spread of viral and contagious diseases.While floodwater has been causing havoc from the southern side of the town, seawater has been gushing in from the eastern side. The breached Nallamada, Saki, Aaleru, Apperu and Romperu drains, flowing from outer reaches, had inundated several villages, agricultural fields besides surrounding villages of the town.Consequently, communications between Chirala and coastal areas like Chilakaluripet have been cut off.The medical and health authorities are lagging behind in providing necessary medical care to the victims owing to shortage of personnel and funds. Further, the citizens have been facing scarcity of drinking water and essential commodities, apart from the rising prices.
Even as Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy took stock of the situation in the flood-ravaged coastal mandals in Prakasam district, he had face the anger of the scores of displaced families. As his convoy trooped through the villages, people forced him to stop and address their grievances. Reacting to their plea, Reddy announced immediate relief of 20 kg of rice and five litres of kerosene to each of the affected families.At some places, ruling party members tried their best to keep off the agitating persons from approaching the CM Reddy visited parts of Railway colony, Karamchedu mandal and other surrounding places.At Karamchedu, farmers met Reddy and poured out their woes. Union Minister Daggubati Purandareswari, Parchur MLA Daggubati Venkeswarara Rao, Ministers K Rosaiah, N Raghuveera Reddy and other senior officials were present.
This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 2, 2006
Dear Friend of The Fellowship,
As I look back on the past few months, I think how truly extraordinary they have been for Israel. Who could have imagined, at the beginning of this year so rapidly drawing to a close, that by summer Israel would be involved in an all-out war - a war that would take such a devastating human and economic toll on a country already reeling from a years-long Palestinian intifada?
Today I write to say thank you to all who have given so generously to provide for Israel's many emergency and rebuilding needs. Israeli officials and ordinary citizens alike have been quick to offer their thanks as well and now you can read letters to The Fellowship and its supporters from the mayors of some of Israel's northern cities to see the impact that your generous contributions made during their critical time of need.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=micro_goi_about_mayorthankyou&s_src=E6J1&s_subsrc=E6J1
I have just returned to the U.S. after several weeks in Israel, where I had the opportunity to see firsthand the war damage and assess the ongoing rebuilding efforts. I assure you that the need remains great. The war may be old news to the media outside of Israel, but one look at the statistics surrounding the devastating impact will give you an idea of the seriousness of the rebuilding task that lies ahead. Israel still faces an ongoing battle for long-term economic recovery - and she will need her friends to stand with her through this struggle.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=micro_goi_about_conflictfacts
I want to call your attention to an email you received just a few days ago. Perhaps you were unable to respond then, but can do so now. As I said above, the need is great, and by giving today to our Guardians of Israel program you can help many needy people whose lives have been ravaged by war. And you can know like the Israelites in ancient times who responded to Nehemiah's call to rebuild Jerusalem with a resounding, Let us start rebuilding that you played a crucial role in blessing the Israeli people and rebuilding the Jewish state.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=appeal_october
With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
Ex-Israel PM Sharon rushed to intensive care From correspondents in Jerusalem November 04, 2006 12:07am
ISRAEL'S former prime minister Ariel Sharon has been rushed to intensive care due to a fresh deterioration in his fragile health, 10 months after falling into a deep coma following a huge stroke.Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred this morning from the Sheba Medical Centre department of respiratory rehabilitation to its intensive care unit, due to a weakening of his condition,the hospital treating him announced.Sharon contracted an infection that is affecting his heart and will receive intensive treatment to combat the infection.At this point, his condition is stable.
The hospital provided no further comment.
The former statesman who oversaw Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 following a 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory, dramatically disappeared from public life after suffering a brain haemorrhage in January.Today's announcement was the first public update on the 78-year-old Mr Sharon's health since August, when he was removed after yet another spell in intensive care having come down with pneumonia and kidney problems.Mr Sharon, who was elected premier in early 2001, suffered a huge stroke on January 4 and was moved from a Jerusalem hospital in May to Tel Hashomer, a facility on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, for long-term treatment.His collapse signalled a dramatic end to the career of the former general who had been on course at the time for re-election as head of the brand-new Kadima party he created just two months before falling ill.Mr Sharon, who came to be revered by Israelis as a father figure after his career underwent a dramatic rehabilitation, was succeeded by his close ally Ehud Olmert, who led Kadima to a less than convincing victory in a March election.
Mr Sharon had called an early election on the same day as quitting his long-time political home in the right-wing Likud party, fed up with hardliners who refused to forgive him for unilaterally pulling Israel out of Gaza.He masterminded Israel's disastrous 1982 invasion of Lebanon as defence minister before assuming the premiership following several stints in the cabinet.At one stage, an official Israeli commission declared him unfit for public office over his role in a massacre by Christian militiamen of Palestinians in two Beirut refugee camps during Israel's invasion of Lebanon.Mr Sharon was also heavily blamed for sparking the second Palestinian uprising by visiting Jerusalem's disputed Al-Aqsa mosque compound in September 2000.But he managed to salvage his reputation internationally by ordering the first ever evacuation of Jews from occupied Palestinian territory in 2005.
Mr Sharon's disengagement from Gaza had been expected to allow Mr Olmert to pull tens of thousands of Jewish settlers out of the West Bank later.But those plans now appear to be dead in the water, following Israel's war in Lebanon and ongoing operations in the Gaza Strip to retrieve an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants on June 25 and stop rocket attacks.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JOEL 2:20,30-31
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.
Iran test-fires 3 new missiles in Gulf By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, military officials said Friday.Television showed footage of the elite Revolutionary Guards firing the missiles from warships and from mobile launching pads on the shore.Iranian forces have previously test-fired missiles in the crowded Gulf waters, but the new maneuvers, which began on Thursday, appeared to be Iran's response to a U.S.-led military exercise held earlier this week in the same zone.The maneuvers are not a threat to any neighboring country, said Gen. Ali Fazli, the spokesman for the Iranian war games.Iran nonetheless insisted the new sea missiles enhanced its military muscle in the Gulf, where most of the world's oil is extracted.The weapons are suitable for covering all the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian gulf and the sea of Oman,said Adm. Sardar Fadavi, the deputy navy chief of the Revolutionary Guard.
Some 20 percent of the world's oil supply passes every day through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.The three new types of missiles, named Noor, Kowsar, and Nasr, have a range of about 106 miles and were built for naval warfare, TV reported. Iranian sea missiles previously had a range of 75 miles, TV quoted Fadavi as saying.The new tests demonstrate Iran's military capacities at sea, the admiral said.State TV said the new missiles were Iranian-made and could be used in lant-to-sea or sea-to-sea warfare. It did not give more details about the weapons.The Revolutionary Guards began the maneuvers, named Great Prophet, on Thursday by firing dozens of long-range missiles in a desert area of central Iran.Iran insisted the renewed saber-rattling was not intended at intimidating countries in the region. We are in good interaction with our neighbors, said Fazli, the military spokesman.
On Thursday, however, Iran said it hoped the war games would send world powers a strong message. We want to show our deterrent and defensive power to trans-regional enemies, and we hope they will understand the message, the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, said in a clear reference to the United States, Britain and France, who were among the six nations that took part in the Gulf maneuvers this week.Iran called adventurist the U.S.-led naval exercise that ended on Monday, criticizing Arab states that took part and saying Gulf nations would be safer if they organized their own security alliance an implicit criticism of American military presence in the region.The U.S. Fifth fleet is stationed in Bahrain, a tiny oil kingdom located across the Gulf from Iran.
Iran remains locked in dispute with the West over its nuclear program, which Washington says is geared to producing atomic weapons but Tehran says is only for generating electricity.Asked about Thursday's maneuvers, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she thought the Iranians are trying to demonstrate that they are tough.The Islamic Republic has already held three large-scale military exercises this year. In its April exercises, Iran tested what it called an ultra-horizon missile, which is fired from helicopters and jet fighters, and the Fajr-3 missile, which can reportedly evade radar and use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.While U.S. officials have suggested that Iran is exaggerating the capabilities of its newly developed weapons, Washington and its allies have been watching the country's progress in missile technology with concern.
The U.S.-led maneuvers that finished Monday focused on surveillance, with warships tracking a vessel suspected of carrying nuclear components or illegal weapons. The nations that took part were Australia, Bahrain, Britain, France, Italy and the United States. The U.N. Security Council is considering imposing sanctions on Iran, which has ignored demands that it cease uranium enrichment, a process that can produce the fuel for nuclear reactors or material for atomic bombs. Russia, a veto yielding power at the Security Council, said it opposed the U.N. sanctions in their current form.
Palestinian Authority Terrorists Use Female Shields Against IDF
By Hana Levi Julian(INN)
Palestinian Authority terrorists used women to protect them from arrest by IDF soldiers at the cost of life on Friday. One woman died in Gaza. Arab women in northern Gaza were urged in a radio broadcast Friday morning to go to a mosque in Beit Hanoun to serve as human shields for gunmen holed up in the Muslim religious building surrounded by IDF forces. According to military sources a number of Arab terrorists who were wanted for Kassam rocket attacks had taken refuge in the mosque, which was also used as a storehouse for weapons and other materials. The women rushed to the building despite the exchange of gunfire between the terrorists and IDF soldiers. Local sources claimed that IDF soldiers opened fire on the women, killing one and wounding ten others. An army spokesman explained that the soldiers had exchanged gunfire with terrorists standing among the women rioters at the scene.
Meanwhile, Israeli special forces surrounded a house in Bethlehem on Friday and ordered the terrorists to surrender. The armed Arabs opened fire and in an ensuing shootout, one soldier was wounded by a ricocheted bullet and evacuated to a hospital in light to moderate condition. Two IDF companies provided backup for the front unit.Arab sources say that one woman was killed in the gunfire, but the IDF spokesman said that it could not confirm that its soldiers had hit any bystanders.
Income Trust Investments
By BobThompson Nov 03 2006
It was a bit of a shock this week, but once again a Canadian ruling party has made a statement on income trusts. As you may recall, income trusts are investment entities that flow through earnings to shareholders, resulting in no tax being paid at the corporate level. The investor, or unit holder, in turn pays the tax. More and more companies have been converting themselves to income trusts in the last few years, and more and more investors have been using them to receive a steady income stream. This week, we will talk a bit about trusts. I write this on Wednesday, as we have seen a $23 billion drop in the value of trusts on the market today. I won’t dive into the pros and cons, or personal opinions on the decision of the tax trusts, but I will highlight some facts for you to ponder. First, there are four basic types of income trusts. Utility trusts are companies like power generation businesses. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) invest in a portfolio of real estate income producing properties, and energy and resource trusts have properties that produce oil, gas, coal, iron or other commodities. Lastly, business trusts are businesses that could include anything from auto shops, to pizza, to restaurant chains. As far as the tax changes, it looks like REITs will not necessarily be affected, whereas the other trusts will be taxed to some extent under the current proposals. We will have to see how things develop in the future but for now, I have included excerpts from the Ministry of Finance press release.
• For months there has been a growing trend toward corporate tax avoidance. Top Canadian companies, operating within the current rules, have announced their intention to convert to income trusts. They feel compelled to seek more favourable tax treatment by capitalizing on an available tax rule.
• For income trusts that begin trading after today, these measures will apply beginning with their 2007 taxation year. For existing income trusts and limited partnerships the government is proposing a four-year transition period. They will not be subject to the new measures until their 2011 taxation year.
The time has come for Canada’s New Government to act, said Minister Flaherty. By introducing our Tax Fairness Plan today we are acting in the national interest, doing what’s right for all Canadians, and significantly enhancing the incentives to save and invest for family retirement security.
If the proposals made this week go through, then people will have to reassess some of the ways they derive income from their portfolios. Probably some of the trusts will go back to the normal corporate structure, and some may get bought out. It will be an interesting time going forward, and I’m sure there will be lots of discussion on the subject for a long time to come.
Tip of the Week
Pursuant to my job as an alternative investment strategist at my company, from time to time I go on Report on Business Television to discuss non-traditional investment strategies. With regard to the current big news in the income trust sector, I was on TV on Thursday morning. If you are interested in seeing the segment, which lasted about five minutes, feel free to go to www.robtv.com, then click on WATCH PAST VIDEOS. Once you are there, click on the tab THURSDAY, then scroll down to 11:15 a.m. (Eastern). Click on play, and that will be me. For more information, please contact Bob Thompson at 604-643-7743. Dollars and Sense is a regular column appearing in the NewsLeader. Burnaby News Leader
THERE WILL BE A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT HEADED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.
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.(TR 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).
DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,12,16-18
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) 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.
Britons are the most spied on in Europe
03.11.2006 - 09:41 CET | By Lisbeth Kirk (EU OBSERVER)
Britain has emerged as surveillance society number one, while Germany is the only EU country offering significant privacy protection, according to a study by civil liberties group Privacy International.It estimates that there are now over four million cameras in Britain, one for every 14 residents, a 300 percent increase in just three years.The average Briton is captured about 300 times a day on film.The study, called The Privacy and Human Rights Report, assesses the state of technology, surveillance and privacy protection in all EU countries together with eleven benchmark countries.Britain ranks as the worst western democracy at protecting individual privacy, at the level of Russia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.Only slightly better were the US, Thailand and the Philippines, described as extensive surveillance societies.
The report runs to almost 1,200 pages and holds a chapter for each of the countries ranked.The aim of the study was not to humiliate the worst ranking nations, according to its foreword "but to demonstrate that it is possible to maintain a healthy respect for privacy within a secure and fully functional democracy.
Britain in the black box
Germany comes out as the only EU country offering significant privacy protection, followed by Belgium, Austria and Greece offering adequate safeguards against abuse, while citizens in nine EU countries are exposed to systemic failure to uphold safeguards. These are Denmark, Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Spain, Slovenia, Netherlands and Sweden.Only the UK ranks in the black box of endemic surveillance societies.Richard Thomas, the UK's independent information commissioner, said clear lines needed to be drawn for the monitoring of people.Two years ago I warned that we were in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance society. Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us, Mr Thomas said, according to Reuters. And it is not only cameras on the streets that are watching over Europeans.
The internet will hold so much digital data in the future that it will be possible to find out what an individual was doing at a specific time and place, according to Nigel Gilbert, a professor heading a Royal Academy of Engineering study into surveillance.He said, according to UK daily the Guardian, that people would be able to sit down and type into search engine Google what was a particular individual doing at 2.30 yesterday and would get an answer.
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.
Earthquakes occur near Anchorage, Klukwan
Associated Press 11/03/2006
An earthquake was felt Friday morning in Anchorage and Kenai. The Alaska Earthquake Information Office says the Cook Inlet area quake occurred at 6:38 a.m., and had a preliminary magnitude of 3.7. It was centered 45 miles west of Anchorage and 44 miles north of Kenai. A second earthquake occurred later Friday morning in Southeast Alaska. It had a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 and was centered 65 miles west of Haines. There were no reports of damage in either case.
Mild quake off southern Philippines Sat Nov 4, 4:58 AM ET
MANILA (AFP) - A mild earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale has been detected in waters off the southern Philippines but caused no damage or panic.The epicenter of the quake was located off the southeastern coast of Mindanao island, about 1,090 kilometers (676 miles) south of Manila, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Saturday.The quake, which occurred at a depth of about 0.3 kilometers, took place at 2:18 pm (0600 GMT) Saturday and was tectonic in origin.Residents in the southern cities of Davao and General Santos on Mindanao island barely noticed the quake, the institute added.The Philippines sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.Although about 10 quakes hit the Philippines every day, few are felt. Only three major, destructive tremors have been recorded in more than 30 years, according to the institute.
WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)
Update time = Sat Nov 4 10:01:04 AM EDT
NOV 04,2006
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 SULAWESI, INDONESIA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 3.3 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
NOV 03,2006
MAP 2.8 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 2.9 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.5 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
MAP 2.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.7 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.5 VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA BORDER REGION
MAP 3.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.0 MYANMAR-INDIA BORDER REGION
MAP 2.5 PUERTO RICO
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.6 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.5 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
MAP 2.6 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.3 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.3 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
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.
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).
Diseases staring at flood-hit villages
Friday November 3 2006 11:42 IST
CHIRALA: With hygiene and sanitary conditions deteriorating in Chirala town, fears are being this website’s newspaper about the spread of viral and contagious diseases.While floodwater has been causing havoc from the southern side of the town, seawater has been gushing in from the eastern side. The breached Nallamada, Saki, Aaleru, Apperu and Romperu drains, flowing from outer reaches, had inundated several villages, agricultural fields besides surrounding villages of the town.Consequently, communications between Chirala and coastal areas like Chilakaluripet have been cut off.The medical and health authorities are lagging behind in providing necessary medical care to the victims owing to shortage of personnel and funds. Further, the citizens have been facing scarcity of drinking water and essential commodities, apart from the rising prices.
Even as Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy took stock of the situation in the flood-ravaged coastal mandals in Prakasam district, he had face the anger of the scores of displaced families. As his convoy trooped through the villages, people forced him to stop and address their grievances. Reacting to their plea, Reddy announced immediate relief of 20 kg of rice and five litres of kerosene to each of the affected families.At some places, ruling party members tried their best to keep off the agitating persons from approaching the CM Reddy visited parts of Railway colony, Karamchedu mandal and other surrounding places.At Karamchedu, farmers met Reddy and poured out their woes. Union Minister Daggubati Purandareswari, Parchur MLA Daggubati Venkeswarara Rao, Ministers K Rosaiah, N Raghuveera Reddy and other senior officials were present.
This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
November 2, 2006
Dear Friend of The Fellowship,
As I look back on the past few months, I think how truly extraordinary they have been for Israel. Who could have imagined, at the beginning of this year so rapidly drawing to a close, that by summer Israel would be involved in an all-out war - a war that would take such a devastating human and economic toll on a country already reeling from a years-long Palestinian intifada?
Today I write to say thank you to all who have given so generously to provide for Israel's many emergency and rebuilding needs. Israeli officials and ordinary citizens alike have been quick to offer their thanks as well and now you can read letters to The Fellowship and its supporters from the mayors of some of Israel's northern cities to see the impact that your generous contributions made during their critical time of need.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=micro_goi_about_mayorthankyou&s_src=E6J1&s_subsrc=E6J1
I have just returned to the U.S. after several weeks in Israel, where I had the opportunity to see firsthand the war damage and assess the ongoing rebuilding efforts. I assure you that the need remains great. The war may be old news to the media outside of Israel, but one look at the statistics surrounding the devastating impact will give you an idea of the seriousness of the rebuilding task that lies ahead. Israel still faces an ongoing battle for long-term economic recovery - and she will need her friends to stand with her through this struggle.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=micro_goi_about_conflictfacts
I want to call your attention to an email you received just a few days ago. Perhaps you were unable to respond then, but can do so now. As I said above, the need is great, and by giving today to our Guardians of Israel program you can help many needy people whose lives have been ravaged by war. And you can know like the Israelites in ancient times who responded to Nehemiah's call to rebuild Jerusalem with a resounding, Let us start rebuilding that you played a crucial role in blessing the Israeli people and rebuilding the Jewish state.
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=appeal_october
With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
Ex-Israel PM Sharon rushed to intensive care From correspondents in Jerusalem November 04, 2006 12:07am
ISRAEL'S former prime minister Ariel Sharon has been rushed to intensive care due to a fresh deterioration in his fragile health, 10 months after falling into a deep coma following a huge stroke.Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred this morning from the Sheba Medical Centre department of respiratory rehabilitation to its intensive care unit, due to a weakening of his condition,the hospital treating him announced.Sharon contracted an infection that is affecting his heart and will receive intensive treatment to combat the infection.At this point, his condition is stable.
The hospital provided no further comment.
The former statesman who oversaw Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005 following a 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory, dramatically disappeared from public life after suffering a brain haemorrhage in January.Today's announcement was the first public update on the 78-year-old Mr Sharon's health since August, when he was removed after yet another spell in intensive care having come down with pneumonia and kidney problems.Mr Sharon, who was elected premier in early 2001, suffered a huge stroke on January 4 and was moved from a Jerusalem hospital in May to Tel Hashomer, a facility on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, for long-term treatment.His collapse signalled a dramatic end to the career of the former general who had been on course at the time for re-election as head of the brand-new Kadima party he created just two months before falling ill.Mr Sharon, who came to be revered by Israelis as a father figure after his career underwent a dramatic rehabilitation, was succeeded by his close ally Ehud Olmert, who led Kadima to a less than convincing victory in a March election.
Mr Sharon had called an early election on the same day as quitting his long-time political home in the right-wing Likud party, fed up with hardliners who refused to forgive him for unilaterally pulling Israel out of Gaza.He masterminded Israel's disastrous 1982 invasion of Lebanon as defence minister before assuming the premiership following several stints in the cabinet.At one stage, an official Israeli commission declared him unfit for public office over his role in a massacre by Christian militiamen of Palestinians in two Beirut refugee camps during Israel's invasion of Lebanon.Mr Sharon was also heavily blamed for sparking the second Palestinian uprising by visiting Jerusalem's disputed Al-Aqsa mosque compound in September 2000.But he managed to salvage his reputation internationally by ordering the first ever evacuation of Jews from occupied Palestinian territory in 2005.
Mr Sharon's disengagement from Gaza had been expected to allow Mr Olmert to pull tens of thousands of Jewish settlers out of the West Bank later.But those plans now appear to be dead in the water, following Israel's war in Lebanon and ongoing operations in the Gaza Strip to retrieve an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants on June 25 and stop rocket attacks.
MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JOEL 2:20,30-31
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.
Iran test-fires 3 new missiles in Gulf By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, military officials said Friday.Television showed footage of the elite Revolutionary Guards firing the missiles from warships and from mobile launching pads on the shore.Iranian forces have previously test-fired missiles in the crowded Gulf waters, but the new maneuvers, which began on Thursday, appeared to be Iran's response to a U.S.-led military exercise held earlier this week in the same zone.The maneuvers are not a threat to any neighboring country, said Gen. Ali Fazli, the spokesman for the Iranian war games.Iran nonetheless insisted the new sea missiles enhanced its military muscle in the Gulf, where most of the world's oil is extracted.The weapons are suitable for covering all the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian gulf and the sea of Oman,said Adm. Sardar Fadavi, the deputy navy chief of the Revolutionary Guard.
Some 20 percent of the world's oil supply passes every day through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.The three new types of missiles, named Noor, Kowsar, and Nasr, have a range of about 106 miles and were built for naval warfare, TV reported. Iranian sea missiles previously had a range of 75 miles, TV quoted Fadavi as saying.The new tests demonstrate Iran's military capacities at sea, the admiral said.State TV said the new missiles were Iranian-made and could be used in lant-to-sea or sea-to-sea warfare. It did not give more details about the weapons.The Revolutionary Guards began the maneuvers, named Great Prophet, on Thursday by firing dozens of long-range missiles in a desert area of central Iran.Iran insisted the renewed saber-rattling was not intended at intimidating countries in the region. We are in good interaction with our neighbors, said Fazli, the military spokesman.
On Thursday, however, Iran said it hoped the war games would send world powers a strong message. We want to show our deterrent and defensive power to trans-regional enemies, and we hope they will understand the message, the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, said in a clear reference to the United States, Britain and France, who were among the six nations that took part in the Gulf maneuvers this week.Iran called adventurist the U.S.-led naval exercise that ended on Monday, criticizing Arab states that took part and saying Gulf nations would be safer if they organized their own security alliance an implicit criticism of American military presence in the region.The U.S. Fifth fleet is stationed in Bahrain, a tiny oil kingdom located across the Gulf from Iran.
Iran remains locked in dispute with the West over its nuclear program, which Washington says is geared to producing atomic weapons but Tehran says is only for generating electricity.Asked about Thursday's maneuvers, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she thought the Iranians are trying to demonstrate that they are tough.The Islamic Republic has already held three large-scale military exercises this year. In its April exercises, Iran tested what it called an ultra-horizon missile, which is fired from helicopters and jet fighters, and the Fajr-3 missile, which can reportedly evade radar and use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.While U.S. officials have suggested that Iran is exaggerating the capabilities of its newly developed weapons, Washington and its allies have been watching the country's progress in missile technology with concern.
The U.S.-led maneuvers that finished Monday focused on surveillance, with warships tracking a vessel suspected of carrying nuclear components or illegal weapons. The nations that took part were Australia, Bahrain, Britain, France, Italy and the United States. The U.N. Security Council is considering imposing sanctions on Iran, which has ignored demands that it cease uranium enrichment, a process that can produce the fuel for nuclear reactors or material for atomic bombs. Russia, a veto yielding power at the Security Council, said it opposed the U.N. sanctions in their current form.
Palestinian Authority Terrorists Use Female Shields Against IDF
By Hana Levi Julian(INN)
Palestinian Authority terrorists used women to protect them from arrest by IDF soldiers at the cost of life on Friday. One woman died in Gaza. Arab women in northern Gaza were urged in a radio broadcast Friday morning to go to a mosque in Beit Hanoun to serve as human shields for gunmen holed up in the Muslim religious building surrounded by IDF forces. According to military sources a number of Arab terrorists who were wanted for Kassam rocket attacks had taken refuge in the mosque, which was also used as a storehouse for weapons and other materials. The women rushed to the building despite the exchange of gunfire between the terrorists and IDF soldiers. Local sources claimed that IDF soldiers opened fire on the women, killing one and wounding ten others. An army spokesman explained that the soldiers had exchanged gunfire with terrorists standing among the women rioters at the scene.
Meanwhile, Israeli special forces surrounded a house in Bethlehem on Friday and ordered the terrorists to surrender. The armed Arabs opened fire and in an ensuing shootout, one soldier was wounded by a ricocheted bullet and evacuated to a hospital in light to moderate condition. Two IDF companies provided backup for the front unit.Arab sources say that one woman was killed in the gunfire, but the IDF spokesman said that it could not confirm that its soldiers had hit any bystanders.
Income Trust Investments
By BobThompson Nov 03 2006
It was a bit of a shock this week, but once again a Canadian ruling party has made a statement on income trusts. As you may recall, income trusts are investment entities that flow through earnings to shareholders, resulting in no tax being paid at the corporate level. The investor, or unit holder, in turn pays the tax. More and more companies have been converting themselves to income trusts in the last few years, and more and more investors have been using them to receive a steady income stream. This week, we will talk a bit about trusts. I write this on Wednesday, as we have seen a $23 billion drop in the value of trusts on the market today. I won’t dive into the pros and cons, or personal opinions on the decision of the tax trusts, but I will highlight some facts for you to ponder. First, there are four basic types of income trusts. Utility trusts are companies like power generation businesses. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) invest in a portfolio of real estate income producing properties, and energy and resource trusts have properties that produce oil, gas, coal, iron or other commodities. Lastly, business trusts are businesses that could include anything from auto shops, to pizza, to restaurant chains. As far as the tax changes, it looks like REITs will not necessarily be affected, whereas the other trusts will be taxed to some extent under the current proposals. We will have to see how things develop in the future but for now, I have included excerpts from the Ministry of Finance press release.
• For months there has been a growing trend toward corporate tax avoidance. Top Canadian companies, operating within the current rules, have announced their intention to convert to income trusts. They feel compelled to seek more favourable tax treatment by capitalizing on an available tax rule.
• For income trusts that begin trading after today, these measures will apply beginning with their 2007 taxation year. For existing income trusts and limited partnerships the government is proposing a four-year transition period. They will not be subject to the new measures until their 2011 taxation year.
The time has come for Canada’s New Government to act, said Minister Flaherty. By introducing our Tax Fairness Plan today we are acting in the national interest, doing what’s right for all Canadians, and significantly enhancing the incentives to save and invest for family retirement security.
If the proposals made this week go through, then people will have to reassess some of the ways they derive income from their portfolios. Probably some of the trusts will go back to the normal corporate structure, and some may get bought out. It will be an interesting time going forward, and I’m sure there will be lots of discussion on the subject for a long time to come.
Tip of the Week
Pursuant to my job as an alternative investment strategist at my company, from time to time I go on Report on Business Television to discuss non-traditional investment strategies. With regard to the current big news in the income trust sector, I was on TV on Thursday morning. If you are interested in seeing the segment, which lasted about five minutes, feel free to go to www.robtv.com, then click on WATCH PAST VIDEOS. Once you are there, click on the tab THURSDAY, then scroll down to 11:15 a.m. (Eastern). Click on play, and that will be me. For more information, please contact Bob Thompson at 604-643-7743. Dollars and Sense is a regular column appearing in the NewsLeader. Burnaby News Leader
THERE WILL BE A ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT HEADED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.
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.(TR 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).
DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,12,16-18
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) 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.
Britons are the most spied on in Europe
03.11.2006 - 09:41 CET | By Lisbeth Kirk (EU OBSERVER)
Britain has emerged as surveillance society number one, while Germany is the only EU country offering significant privacy protection, according to a study by civil liberties group Privacy International.It estimates that there are now over four million cameras in Britain, one for every 14 residents, a 300 percent increase in just three years.The average Briton is captured about 300 times a day on film.The study, called The Privacy and Human Rights Report, assesses the state of technology, surveillance and privacy protection in all EU countries together with eleven benchmark countries.Britain ranks as the worst western democracy at protecting individual privacy, at the level of Russia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.Only slightly better were the US, Thailand and the Philippines, described as extensive surveillance societies.
The report runs to almost 1,200 pages and holds a chapter for each of the countries ranked.The aim of the study was not to humiliate the worst ranking nations, according to its foreword "but to demonstrate that it is possible to maintain a healthy respect for privacy within a secure and fully functional democracy.
Britain in the black box
Germany comes out as the only EU country offering significant privacy protection, followed by Belgium, Austria and Greece offering adequate safeguards against abuse, while citizens in nine EU countries are exposed to systemic failure to uphold safeguards. These are Denmark, Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Spain, Slovenia, Netherlands and Sweden.Only the UK ranks in the black box of endemic surveillance societies.Richard Thomas, the UK's independent information commissioner, said clear lines needed to be drawn for the monitoring of people.Two years ago I warned that we were in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance society. Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us, Mr Thomas said, according to Reuters. And it is not only cameras on the streets that are watching over Europeans.
The internet will hold so much digital data in the future that it will be possible to find out what an individual was doing at a specific time and place, according to Nigel Gilbert, a professor heading a Royal Academy of Engineering study into surveillance.He said, according to UK daily the Guardian, that people would be able to sit down and type into search engine Google what was a particular individual doing at 2.30 yesterday and would get an answer.
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