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EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

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

EARTHQUAKES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The authenticity of the Tablet has not faced any challenge.

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

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

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

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

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

Blessings and Warnings from Israeli Sanhedrin

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

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

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

Nationalists Form Pact to Fight Expulsion II in Israel

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

WORLD TERRORISM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WORLD TRAVEL AND KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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

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

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

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

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

FAMINE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EU diplomatic defeat

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

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

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

Security risks

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

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

Regional governance

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

Crazy situation

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

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

WORLD WIDE GOSPEL PREACHED.

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

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

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

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

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

MUSLIM NATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

REVELATION 18:10
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

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

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

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

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

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

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

NO DESTRUCTION AS COLLIDER STARTED

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.

Quake in Iran kills 3, sends tremors across Gulf By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Assocaited Press Writer SEPT 10,08

TEHRAN, Iran - A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, killing three people and sending tremors across the Persian Gulf to the skyscrapers of Dubai. The country's seismological center said the magnitude 6 quake struck at 3:30 p.m., with the epicenter about 850 miles south of the capital Tehran in the province of Hormozgan. The region's main city, Bandar Abbas, is one of Iran's key ports and home to a large oil refinery that primarily serves the domestic market.The quake, which was followed by 10 aftershocks, knocked out power and caused minor damage on the Gulf island of Qeshm. State television reported three people were killed and 26 injured.The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the initial quake's strength at magnitude 6.1.Abdolkarim Setareh, a local official in the epicenter town of Bandar-e-Khamir said extensive damage was unlikely.Houses in this region have been built in recent years and are resistant to earthquakes. Only minor damage has been reported from a dozen villages so far, he told The Associated Press by telephone.Across the Persian Gulf in Dubai, the tremors sent office workers rushing out of high-rises in the city-state's commercial center.My bed was hitting against the wall, said Rheanne Anderson, a Canadian teacher living in the nearby emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. There was definitely some shaking.Iran is located on seismic fault lines and averages at least one slight earthquake every day.In February 2005, a magnitude 6.4 quake in southern Iran killed 612 people. A magnitude 6.6 quake flattened the historic city of Bam in the same region in December 2003, killing 26,000 people.Associated Press writers Barbara Surk and Adam Schreck in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

Quake rocks Chile; no major damage seen SEPT 10,08

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-5.8 earthquake rocked northern Chile on Wednesday, causing landslides that blocked highways but no immediate reports of victims or major damage.The quake hit at 12:12 a.m. Wednesday in Chile's northernmost province of Tarapaca, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.The Seismological Institute of the University of Chile said the quake was centered near the town of Pica, outside the coastal city of Iquique. It was felt hundreds of miles away.The government's Emergency Bureau said the quake caused some landslides that blocked highways, but there were no immediate reports of victims or damage, though officials were seeking word from small Andean towns.The U.S. earthquake center said the epicenter was located 4.8 miles below ground, while Chilean seismologists said it was much deeper.

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.

Ike gains strength over Gulf, aims for Texas By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer SEPT 10,08

HAVANA - Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings. Forecasters said the Category 1 storm was already strengthening over open waters after leaving Cuba and could grow into a massive Category 3 storm before slamming into Texas or northern Mexico on Saturday.Ike has already killed at least 80 people in the Caribbean, and Texas put 7,500 National Guard members on standby and urged coastal residents to stock up on supplies.The U.S. Federal Emergency Management agency still was uncertain about the timing of evacuations along the coast.Cuban state television said some 2.6 million people — nearly a fourth of the island's population — sought refuge from Ike, which killed four people and shredded hundreds of homes as it swept across the country. Power was still spotty in Havana on Wednesday morning.As it left Cuba, Hurricane Ike delivered a punishing blow to towns such as Los Palacios, which already suffered a direct hit from a Category-4 Hurricane Gustav on Aug. 30.In a poor neighborhood along the train tracks, the combined fury of Ike and Gustav left nearly two-thirds of the wooden homes leveled or without roofs.The first one left me something, but this one left me nothing, said Olga Atiaga, a 53-year-old housewife. Gustav obliterated her roof and some walls. Then Ike blew away a mattress and smashed the kitchen sink.I don't even have anything to sleep on, she said.Odalis Cruz, a 45-year-old housing inspector, said she evacuated to a shelter in the town's rice mill when it became clear Ike was following Gustav's path through Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province where Cuba produces tobacco used in its famous cigars.

She surveyed the damage to her home Tuesday.

We repaired the roof two days ago and this one took the new one, she said. I'm ready to move to Canada! We have spent eight days drying out things, cleaning everything, sleeping on the floor, and now we are hit again.Gustav damaged at least 100,000 homes but didn't kill anyone because of massive evacuations. Cubans were ordered to evacuate for Ike as well, with those in low-lying or wooden homes seeking safety with friends or relatives in sturdier structures. Others were taken to government shelters.State television said two men were killed removing an antenna from a roof, a woman died when her home collapsed and a man was killed by a falling tree.

Evacuations are not mandatory except for pregnant women and small children, but in an authoritarian state, few people ignore the government's advice.In Havana, towering waves broke over the seaside Malecon promenade as downpours soaked historic but crumbling buildings in the capital's picturesque older areas. Some of the most dilapidated structures collapsed, including four houses on a single block.Police told 21-year-old Niyel Rodriguez she had to move to a shelter with her 19-day-old daughter Chanel. She huddled Tuesday with 109 expectant and new mothers and their children in a wing of an Old Havana maternity hospital.They came looking for me yesterday and brought me here in a patrol car, Rodriguez said. I probably would have been scared to stay at home with my little one, and here they take good care of us.

Elsewhere in Cuba, officials evacuated about 10,000 tourists from vulnerable seaside hotels, mostly from Varadero beach, east of Havana. While Ike was expected to strengthen before making landfall again, oil prices closed below US$104 a barrel for the first time since early April, in part because traders were betting Ike would miss critical Gulf Coast oil installations. Mexican officials warned that unrelated heavy rains in the northern part of the country had caused more than a dozen dams to reach capacity or spill over. If Ike brings more rain to the area, evacuations may be needed. Ike was centered about 145 miles (230 kilometers) north of the western tip of Cuba Wednesday morning and about 430 miles (695 kilometers) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It was moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). Maximum sustained winds remained near 85 mph (140 kph), still at Category 1 storm.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lowell has weakened to a tropical depression off Mexico's Pacific coast and it was expected to move across the Baja California Peninsula Wednesday night or Thursday morning. It had maximum sustained of near 35 mph (55 kph). Associated Press writers Andrea Rodriguez and Anita Snow in Havana, and Kathy Corcoran in Mexico City contributed to this report.

Some 140,000 Entergy customers still without power Tue Sep 9, 7:36 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 140,000 customers in Entergy Corp's service area in Louisiana remained without power Tuesday, more than a week after Hurricane Gustav hit the coast on September 1 and caused massive damage to the company's transmission system. Over the past week, Entergy has restored power to more than 789,000 of the 964,000 customers who lost service in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.The remaining outages are in the hardest hit parts of Louisiana. Entergy predicted its team of 13,000 restoration workers would return power to most customers by the end of the week. Some homes and businesses, however, may have to wait until the end of the month.As Entergy restores power from Hurricane Gustav, the company said it is monitoring Hurricane Ike and planning for the possibility of Ike impacting its territory later this week.Although the forecast track can change, Ike, which is beating up Cuba, is now forecast to hit South Texas near the Mexico border - far from Entergy's service area.Gustav cut power to more than 1.8 million homes and businesses along the Gulf Coast and shut more than a dozen oil refineries and numerous oil and natural gas pipelines and other energy facilities.Entergy said it restored power to all 12 of the oil refineries and petrochemical plants affected by the storm. Even with power it still takes days or weeks for a refinery to ramp up to normal production, depending on the damage.Hurricane Gustav caused the second largest number of outages in Entergy's 95-year history behind only Hurricane Katrina, which left 1.1 million out in 2005.Both of Entergy's nuclear power reactors in Louisiana remained out of service Tuesday morning. Entergy shut the 1,152 MW Waterford 3 reactor before Gustav hit and the 967 MW River Bend reactor after the storm hit.

One MW powers about 500 homes in Entergy's service territory.Entergy, of New Orleans, owns and operates about 30,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes power to 2.7 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.(Reporting by Scott DiSavino; editing by Jim Marshall)

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

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

China raises death toll from mine mudslide to 128 SEPT 10,08

BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from a massive mudslide caused by the collapse of a mine waste reservoir after heavy rain two days ago has risen to 128 people, state television said on Wednesday.The wall of mud roared through homes and a market, submerging some buildings up to their roofs. Sludge blanketed fields and houses for several kilometers below the Tashan mine, where about 2,200 people were still searching for survivors, the report said.(Reporting by Yu Le; Writing by Emma Graham-Harrison; Editing by David Fogarty)

Oil barely budges as traders parse OPEC decision By ADAM SCHRECK, AP Business Writer SEPT 10,08

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oil prices edged just slightly higher Wednesday after OPEC vowed to abide by its quotas but decided not to take the more dramatic step of slashing production targets. Prices rose by more than a dollar after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting ended in the pre-dawn hours in Vienna, Austria, but quickly eased as investors digested the significance of the cartel's decision.Expectations that Hurricane Ike would pose little serious threat to U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and gas installations also helped keep prices in check.

Light, sweet crude for October delivery rose 8 cents to $103.34 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by afternoon in Dubai. The contract fell $3.08 overnight to settle at $103.26, the lowest close since April 1.

An OPEC statement issued after oil ministers ended their meeting said the organization had agreed to produce 28.8 million barrels a day. OPEC President Chakib Khelil said that quota in effect meant that member countries had agreed to cut back 520,000 barrels a day of excess production.OPEC members regularly churn out oil above the organization's overall quota, last set in November at 27.3 million barrels a day. The new production limit is above that November quota, and the statement said it reflected adjustments to include new members Angola and Ecuador and exclude Iraq, as well as Indonesia, which is withdrawing from the cartel.The move was viewed as a compromise meant to avoid new turmoil in crude markets while seeking to prevent prices from falling too far. But it also left investors scrambling to decipher the implications of the surprise announcement.Indonesia leaving OPEC but the formal inclusion of Angola and Ecuador is making for a statement clear as mud and for wide interpretations as to the desired level of OPEC production, analyst Olivier Jakob of Swiss trade advisory and risk management firm Petromatrix said in a note to investors.Despite the confusion, a number of analysts said they did not expect the output decision to spark a sustained rally in oil prices, as investors remain concerned over slowing economic growth in the U.S, Europe and Japan.All they're saying is: we've been cheating for the past year. ... I don't think the market's going to take it that seriously, analyst and trader Stephen Schork said by phone from Vienna. I think the general mood is we are heading lower.David Dugdale, a London-based energy analyst with MFC Global Investment Management, said he agreed that prices could continue to ease in the coming days because any tightening of supply to match OPEC quotas would take time to trickle down through the world's oil supply.OPEC's compromise move, he added, could be read as either bullish for prices in that members are tightening the spigots, or bearish in the sense that the group could be anticipating a further drop-off in demand.Keeping a lid on oil prices were expectations Hurricane Ike would veer to the west of the oil refineries and offshore drilling platforms of the Louisiana coast region.

Early Wednesday, Ike was about 95 miles west of Havana, Cuba, moving west-northwest at 10 mph with sustained winds near 75 mph. It was expected to cross the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening to a Category 3 with winds of up to 130 mph.Forecasters said that it could hit on Saturday morning about anywhere along the Texas coast, with the most likely spot close to Corpus Christi.Just a few days ago it looked like it was heading for New Orleans and the coast of Louisiana, said John Vautrain, an energy analyst at consultancy Purvin & Gertz in Singapore. . Now Ike has come off the radar screen some and the market is discounting the threat of hurricane damage.Investors are also waiting for the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration to release its report on U.S. oil stocks for the week ended Sept. 5 later in the day. The petroleum supply report was expected to show that oil stocks fell 3.9 million barrels, according to the average of analysts' estimates in a survey by energy information provider Platts.The Platts survey also showed that analysts projected gasoline inventories fell 4.7 million barrels and distillates went down 2.3million barrels during last week. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 0.4 cents to $2.9289 a gallon, while gasoline prices gained 2.24 cents to $2.675 a gallon. Natural gas for October delivery fell 17 cents to $7.365 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, October Brent crude rose 46 cents to $100.80 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press Writer Alex Kennedy in Singapore contributed to this report.

MURDER

GENESIS 4:8-11 (THE FIRST MURDER)
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

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

EXODUS 20:13
13 Thou shalt not kill.(Murder)

REVELATION 9:20-21
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils,(OCCULT) and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries,(DRUG ADDICTIONS) nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

LUKE 21:25
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(OZONE DEPLETION) and in the moon,(FIRST MAN ON MOON) and in the stars;(JUPITER BOMBARDED ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;
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.

Shooting death on Highway 401 creates traffic chaos Tue Sep 9, 11:25 PM

Traffic ground to a halt on a stretch of Highway 401 in Toronto Tuesday afternoon as police investigated a shooting that ended with a body being dumped from a moving vehicle.Toronto police Const. Tony Vella said it appeared the victim had been shot before being pushed onto the eastbound collector lanes of Highway 401 at about 2:45 p.m.There is a body there, Vella said in an interview. It appears that someone has been shot ... It's been reported the victim was pushed out of the car.He said police were investigating a report that the suspected shooter was female.A person was taken into custody for questioning, Vella said, without identifying the individual or providing any other details.The shooting closed the eastbound collector lanes of the 401 near Keele Street, and by 4 p.m. ET, traffic was backed up for kilometres. Congestion also spilled over onto Highway 400 as commuters headed into the rush-hour period.Local television footage showed fire trucks, ambulances and police cruisers gathered at the scene where a body lay on the road covered by a tarp.The CBC's John Lancaster said he saw emergency officials trying to perform CPR on a man. The victim, whose name has not been released, was later pronounced dead at the scene, Vella said.At a news conference Tuesday night, Det. Mike Barsky said the cause of death would be released following an autopsy Wednesday.The identification of the male is not going to be released at this point, Barsky added.Police said the victim's body had been riddled with multiple bullets.Yellow police tape cordoned off the collector lanes while Toronto police and the Ontario Provincial Police investigated, work that was expected to take hours.What normally is a very busy stretch of highway is now been transformed into a crime scene, Lancaster said, adding that there were reports the man had perhaps been chased along the side of the highway before being shot.

He said police are investigating the possibility that Tuesday's shooting was connected to a fatal shooting Monday, in which a man was gunned down at a bus stop on Eglinton Avenue West.The victim of that shooting has been identified as Stephen Barton, 18, police said in a statement released Tuesday.A champagne-coloured Lexus seen fleeing from Tuesday's crime scene, reportedly with a woman at the wheel, is registered to the same Eglinton Avenue West complex where Monday's murder victim lived, Lancaster said.Police are saying they are looking into the possibility this was a revenge shooting, a tit-for-tat shooting after an 18-year-old man was shot not far from here yesterday, Lancaster said, reporting from the scene of the Highway 401 shooting.A Lexus with the same licence plate as the one speeding away from Tuesday's crime scene was later discovered in a parking lot near Albion and Weston Roads. It had been set on fire but was still intact when police arrived.Officers, including those from the forensic identification unit, were searching the grounds of the neighbouring Humber Valley Golf Club for a suspect early Tuesday evening. Adding to the traffic woes Tuesday was an accident in the westbound lanes of the 401 that happened shortly before the shooting.With files from the Canadian Press.

WE WILL ONLY KNOW ITS CLOSE (JESUS RETURN)BY ALL THE SIGNS HAPPENING ON EARTH. WE ARE COMMANDED TO WATCH FOR THE SIGNS SO WERE NOT CAUGHT LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT OFF GUARD. WE WILL NOT KNOW THE DAY OR HOUR WHEN JESUS RETURNS IN THE CLOUDS FOR THE CHRISTIANS AT THE RAPTURE. BUT WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN JESUS WILL RETURN TO EARTH TO RULE AND REIGN FOR 1000 YEARS , THEN FOREVER. THE VERY DAY THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR SIGNS THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27, YOU KNOW EXACTLY 7 YEARS LATER JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY TO REIGN FOREVER.

MATTHEW 24:36,33-35
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.(WHEN JESUS RETURNS IN THE CLOUDS AT THE RAPTURE)
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,(ALL THE SIGNS HAPPENING ON EARTH AT THE SAME TIME) know that it is near, even at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

JESUS RETURN IN THE CLOUDS FOR THE RAPTURE.

MARK 13:29-37
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

JESUS RETURNS AT END OF 7 YR TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27 AFTER WW3 OCCURRS.

MATTHEW 24:27
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.(YOU WILL KNOW WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY, LIGHTNING FROM EAST TO WEST,AFTER WW3 HAS OCCURRED, BECAUSE IN THE NEXT VERSE IT TALKS ABOUT BIRDS EATING FLESH, THIS OCCURRS WHEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH BODILY AND GIVES THE BIRDS A FEAST ON THE WORLDS ARMIES WHO COME AGAINST JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL TO DESTROY THEM.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is,(WW3) there will the eagles be gathered together.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

MARK 13:23-26
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

REVELATION 19:11-21
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

JUDE 14-16
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YRS EARLIER)
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.(JESUS AND THE BIBLE)
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

Want to know day of Jesus' return? New video series on Feasts of the Lord makes bold prediction September 09, 2008 9:39 pm Eastern 2008 WorldNetDaily

Would you like to know the specific day of the Lord's return?

Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries believes he knows – the exact day, if not the specific year.It is laid out in a series of two DVD teachings produced by WND Videos called The Feasts of the Lord.The spring feasts – or appointed times – were fulfilled by the first coming of Yeshua, the Hebrew name of Jesus, which means Salvation, explains Biltz. The fall feasts will be fulfilled by His Second Coming – in the very near future, he relates in an engaging, informative and entertaining series of teachings you will want to watch again and again and share with your friends, relatives and fellow believers.Biltz emphasizes that these feasts, described in Leviticus, were not intended for the Jewish people alone. They are repeatedly referred to in the Bible as the Lord's feasts – meaning they are for all people. They are meant to be observed as well as to serve as signs of the times in which we live – reminders of the greatest events of the past and foreshadowings of the future to come.Biltz says much of the church is asleep – unaware of the significance of the feasts in God's holy time clock. The feasts were not intended to be abandoned by believers after the coming of Jesus. His followers observed them in the First Century. It's time to rediscover them again as the hour of His return approaches.

Just as the spring feasts were the dress rehearsals for Messiah's first coming, the fall feasts are the dress rehearsals for His Second Coming, says Biltz, a Hebraic roots teacher.The video series pinpoints the specific day on the Hebrew calendar for the return of Jesus. The only unknown, according to Biltz, is which year that return will occur – though he makes the case it is very near.Biltz says most of the church is unaware of this very specific prophetic time clock offered by God to the human race in the Bible. Because of this, he believes many Christians will be surprised rather than watching with anticipation and hope, as the Bible commands.I think most believers will be stunned by what they see in The Feasts of the Lord teachings, says Joseph Farah, who produced the two-DVD set. Their faith will be renewed or heightened to new limits. These are powerful videos – unlike anything ever produced before.

SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.

GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

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.

Largest particle collider conducts successful test By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer SEPT 10,08

GENEVA - The world's largest particle collider passed its first major test by firing a beam of protons around a 17-mile (27-kilometer) underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.

After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen at 10:26 a.m. (0826 GMT) indicating that the protons had traveled the full length of the 4 billion Swiss franc (US$3.8 billion) Large Hadron Collider — described as the biggest physics experiment in history.There it is, project leader Lyn Evans said when the beam completed its lap.Champagne corks popped in labs as far away as Chicago, where contributing and competing scientists watched the proceedings by satellite. Physicists around the world now have much greater power to smash the components of atoms together in attempts to learn about their structure.Well done, everybody, said Robert Aymar, director-general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, to cheers from the assembled scientists in the collider's control room at the Swiss-French border.The organization, known by its French acronym CERN, began firing the protons — a type of subatomic particle — around the tunnel in stages less than an hour earlier, with the first beam injection at 9:35 a.m. (0735 GMT).Now that the beam has been successfully tested in a clockwise direction, CERN plans to send it counterclockwise. Eventually two beams will be fired in opposite directions with the aim of recreating conditions a split second after the big bang, which scientists theorize was the massive explosion that created the universe.My first thought was relief, said Evans, who has been working on the project since its inception in 1984. This is a machine of enormous complexity. Things can go wrong at any time. But this morning has been a great start.

He didn't want to set a date, but said that he expected scientists would be able to conduct collisions for their experiments within a few months.The collider is designed to push the proton beam close to the speed of light, whizzing 11,000 times a second around the tunnel.Scientists hope to eventually send two beams of protons through two tubes about the width of fire hoses, speeding through a vacuum that is colder and emptier than outer space. The paths of these beams will cross, and a few protons will collide. The collider's two largest detectors — essentially huge digital cameras weighing thousands of tons — are capable of taking millions of snapshots a second.The CERN experiments could reveal more about dark matter, antimatter and possibly hidden dimensions of space and time. It could also find evidence of the hypothetical particle — the Higgs boson — which is sometimes called the God particle because it is believed to give mass to all other particles, and thus to matter that makes up the universe.The supercooled magnets that guide the proton beam heated slightly in the morning's testing, leading to a pause to recool them before trying the opposite direction.The start of the collider came over the objections of some who feared the collision of protons could eventually imperil the Earth by creating micro-black holes, subatomic versions of collapsed stars whose gravity is so strong they can suck in planets and other stars.It's nonsense, said James Gillies, chief spokesman for CERN.CERN was backed by leading scientists like Britain's Stephen Hawking , who declared the experiments to be absolutely safe.

Gillies told the AP that the most dangerous thing that could happen would be if a beam at full power were to go out of control, and that would only damage the accelerator itself and burrow into the rock around the tunnel.Nothing of the sort occurred Wednesday, though the accelerator is still probably a year away from full power. The project organized by the 20 European member nations of CERN has attracted researchers from 80 nations. Some 1,200 are from the United States, an observer country that contributed US$531 million. Japan, another observer, also is a major contributor. Some scientists have been waiting for 20 years to use the LHC. The complexity of manufacturing it required groundbreaking advances in the use of supercooled, superconducting equipment. The 2001 start and 2005 completion dates were pushed back by two years each, and the cost of the construction was 25 percent higher than originally budgeted in 1996, Luciano Maiani, who was CERN director-general at the time, told The Associated Press. Maiani and the other three living former directors-general attended the launch Wednesday. Smaller colliders have been used for decades to study the makeup of the atom. Less than 100 years ago scientists thought protons and neutrons were the smallest components of an atom's nucleus, but in stages since then experiments have shown they were made of still smaller quarks and gluons and that there were other forces and particles. On the Net: CERN: http://www.cern.ch The U.S. at the LHC: http://www.uslhc.us/ Large Hadron Rap http://www.youtube.com/watch?vf6aU-wFSqt0

Hawking bets CERN mega-machine won't find God's Particle Tue Sep 9, 3:55 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - Renowned British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has bet 100 dollars (70 euros) that a mega-experiment this week will not find an elusive particle seen as a holy grail of cosmic science, he said Tuesday. In the most complex scientific experiment ever undertaken, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be switched on Wednesday, accelerating sub-atomic particles to nearly the speed of light before smashing them together.The LHC will increase the energy at which we can study particle interactions by a factor of four. According to present thinking, this should be enough to discover the Higgs particle, Hawking told BBC radio.I think it will be much more exciting if we don't find the Higgs. That will show something is wrong, and we need to think again. I have a bet of 100 dollars that we won't find the Higgs, added Hawking, whose books including A Brief History of Time have sought to popularise study of stellar physics.On Wednesday the first protons will be injected into a 27-kilometre (16.9-mile) ring-shaped tunnel, straddling the Swiss-French border at the headquarters of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).Physicists have long puzzled over how particles acquire mass. In 1964, a British physicist, Peter Higgs, came up with this idea: there must exist a background field that would act rather like treacle.

Some scientists were however more optimistic.

Hubert Reeves, the French astrophysician, told the Swiss daily Le Matin that the invention could bring unexpected results that would change the world of particle physics forever.This machine will probably bring unexpected results that could turn particle physics on its head, Reeves said.It's a really impressive tool. It can go as deep underground as the length of a cathedral, he said.Particles passing through it would acquire mass by being dragged through a mediator, which theoreticians dubbed the Higgs Boson.The standard quip about the Higgs is that it is the God Particle -- it is everywhere but remains frustratingly elusive.While questioning the likelihood of finding Higgs Bosons, Hawking said the experiment could discover superpartners, particles that would be supersymmetric partners to particles already known about.Their existence would be a key confirmation of string theory, and they could make up the mysterious dark matter that holds galaxies together, he told the BBC.Whatever the LHC finds, or fails to find, the results will tell us a lot about the structure of the universe, he added.Hawking, the 66-year-old Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, was diagnosed with the muscle-wasting motor neuron disease at the age of 22.He is in a wheelchair and speaks with the aid of a computer and voice synthesiser.

Will the Large Hadron Collider Destroy Earth? Clara Moskowitz
LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Tue Sep 9, 10:35 PM ET

The potential for the world's largest atom smasher to destroy Earth is one question weighing on the minds of some lay people as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) prepares to go online Wednesday. Don't worry, say the experts, who are more concerned with whether the 17 mile-long particle accelerator underground at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland, will work as planned and, perhaps, reveal the existence of the so-called God particle. All that in mind, here are answers to several questions buzzing around on the eve of the LHC's inaugural run:

So, will a black hole consume the planet?

Some people have suggested that a microscopic black hole, spawned by the powerful crash of subatomic particles racing through the LHC's tunnels, could potentially suck up the Earth. But physicists say these fears are unfounded. For one, creating a black hole at LHC is extremely unlikely based on the laws of gravity alone, CERN officials say. But even if it did happen, as a few highly speculative theories suggest, the miniscule black hole would be so unstable it would disintegrate immediately before it had time to gobble up any of the matter on Earth.

Will a strangelet destroy us?

Another wild idea: The LHC might produce something called a strangelet that could convert our planet into a lump of dead strange matter.This hypothesis is equally unlikely, experts say, because the same worries were raised eight years ago before the opening of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle accelerator at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. Since RHIC has been operating safely for years, and it's set-up made it even more likely to produce strangelets if such creation were possible, then the LHC poses little risk of converting us into strangelings. Although worrywarts have gone so far as to file suit in Federal District Court in Hawaii and in the European Court of Human Rights to stop the LHC (as they also did before RHIC), the project will go ahead as planned. The LHC will enable us to study in detail what nature is doing all around us, said CERN Director General Robert Aymar. The LHC is safe, and any suggestion that it might present a risk is pure fiction.

Just how big is this thing?

The LHC is an underground ring about 17 miles (27 kilometers) long, running through parts of both Switzerland and France. Inside are 9,300 magnets guiding two beams of particles around the circle in opposite directions until they smash into each other, spewing out loads of energy and hopefully some new and exciting particles.

How fast will the particles go?

The speeding particles will travel the full LHC ring 11,245 times a second, travelling at 99.99 percent the speed of light. At this rate, some 600 million collisions will take place every second. Don't we already have a bunch of atom smashers? What's so special about this one? The LHC will be the mother of all atom smashers: the largest, the most powerful, with the biggest and most sophisticated detectors ever built. Although there are a number of particle accelerators around the world, each was built for a unique purpose. Scientists are hoping the LHC will be able to answer some of our most puzzling outstanding questions about the nature of the universe, including how stuff gets mass, what makes up dark matter, and why the universe is made up of matter and not anti-matter.

How much does it cost?

The facility cost $8 billion, $531 million of which was contributed by the United States. More than 8,000 scientists from almost 60 countries will collaborate on LHC experiments.

How long have they been working on this?

The green light for the project was given 14 years ago, though some physicists have been planning the LHC since the 1980s.

Why does it have to be underground?

The planet shields the accelerator from radiation that could interfere with the experiments. Not to mention buying that much land aboveground would have been really expensive!

By the way, what's a hadron?

Hadrons are particles made up of bound quarks. A quark is a building block of larger particles such as protons and neutrons. The LHC will manipulate two kinds of hadrons - either protons or lead ions - because a) they are charged (this allows them to be accelerated by the electromagnetic forces created in the machine) and b) they do not decay and are heavy so they will not lose too much energy as they are accelerated along the ring.

And what's a God particle?

The God particle is the nickname given to the theoretical Higgs boson, a particle thought to explain why some things are more massive than others. The Higgs is one of the holy grails of physics, though its existence has yet to be proven.

Will the LHC find the God particle?

While many are hoping that Higgs bosons will pop out of the powerful collisions created by the LHC, the famous British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is betting it won't. He's wagered $100 (70 euros) that LHC won't produce the elusive God particle and physicists will have to go back to the drawing board. I think it will be much more exciting if we don't find the Higgs, Hawking told BBC radio. That will show something is wrong, and we need to think again.

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).

Former German president bashes EU court
VALENTINA POP Today Sept 10,08 @ 09:29 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Court of Justice needs to be stopped from undermining national jurisdiction, former German President Roman Herzog and Lüder Gerken, the director of the Centre for European Policy, have warned in a comment published by the EUobserver.The sharp words come in the wake of similar arguments coming from Denmark and Austria accusing the court of stepping beyond its bounds.

Several cases analysed by Mr Herzog prove, in his view, that the European Court of Justice systematically ignores fundamental principles of the Western interpretation of law, that it ignores the will of the legislator, or even turns it into its opposite and invents legal principles serving as grounds for later judgements.One key judgement, known as the Mangold case, is set to be analysed by the German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe and will set the tone for future relations between the ECJ and national courts, writes Mr Herzog.Mr Mangold, a 56-year-old lawyer, was employed in June 2003 on a permanent contract, in compliance with a temporary provision to the German labour law, which lowered the minimum age for temporary contracts from 58 to 52 years, in an attempt to encourage employers to hire more older workers.Mr Mangold argued that this particular piece of German legislation contravened the principles within the EU's Equal Treatment Framework Directive adopted in 2000, as it was clearly age discriminatory.The ECJ ruled in November 2005 that the provisions of the German labour market reform were indeed infringing the directive, although it accepted that member states still had until December 2006 to transpose it into national law. However, according to the ECJ ruling, in the period leading up to the transposition of the directive, member states must refrain from taking any measures liable to seriously compromise the attainment of the result prescribed by that directive.Mr Herzog argues however that both labour market policy and social policy are under the jurisdiction - or in Brussels jargon - core competences of the member states: This case clearly demonstrates to what extent EU regulation and EU jurisdiction nevertheless interfere in the governing of these core competences.In order to justify its judgement, the ECJ also resorted to a somewhat adventurous construction, that a ban on age discrimination was included in the constitutional traditions common to the member states and various international treaties, notes the former German president.However, this was a fabrication, he believes, as only in two of the then 25 member states - Finland and Portugal - was there any reference to a ban on age discrimination, and no international treaty mentions this at all.

To put it bluntly, with this construction, which the ECJ more or less pulled out of a hat, they were acting not as part of the judicial power but as the legislature, he says.The former German president proposes the setting up of an independent EU court to deal with competence questions, since the ECJ is not appropriate to watch over the subsidiarity principle and the matters of member states. The ECJ was created with the aim of providing a arbitrator to mediate in the interests of the EU and those of the member states, but on the other hand, it is bound by the EU Treaty to act towards achieving a closer Union, and therefore it is no wonder it overrides national competences, he argues.Thus, he says, it is necessary for the German Constitutional Court to reject the ruling in the Mangold case, and to restrain the ECJ, otherwise it will be much more difficult to control the ECJ in the future.

Court under fire in Denmark, Austria

Mr Herzog's comments come amid growing frustration amongst Danish leaders that a ruling by the court regarding Irish legislation covering the residency rights of non-EU citizens who are spouses of citizens, is having a knock-on effect on similar Danish legislation.In July, Ralf Pittelkow, an adviser to former Social Democratic Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, used language similar to that of Mr Herzog to describe the court.The judges are crafting a lot of policies because the politicians allow them the margin to do so, he said, writing in the Jyllands-Posten. Political decisions that ought to be the responsibility of elected representatives are left with the court.In 2006, former Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel also attacked the European Court of Justice after it forced Austrian universities to open its doors to more foreign students, arguing that the court was interfering in education, a clear national competence, he said at the time.

Ukraine's borders non-negotiable, EU says
PHILIPPA RUNNER Today Sept 10,08 @ 09:39 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU leaders underlined their support for Ukraine's territorial integrity at the EU-Ukraine summit in Paris on Tuesday (9 September), as the Russian-backed partitioning of Georgia continues to raise fears of instability further afield.In the eyes of Europe, [the status of Ukraine] is absolutely non-negotiable, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at the Paris meeting, which he attended after flying in from Russia. In the discussions that we held yesterday in Moscow, there was nothing that would allow me to think that this was a problem. The phrase respect for the principle of territorial integrity was used three times in the joint political declaration signed at the summit, with the brief text devoting a whole page to the EU and Ukraine's common policy on Georgia.The meeting also saw the EU promise to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine in mid-2009, open long-term talks on a visa-free dialogue and rhetorically paint Ukraine as standing closer to the EU bloc than the old post-Soviet sphere.We say solemnly that Ukraine is a European country that shares a common history and values with European Union countries, Mr Sarkozy said.In the light of Russia's newly assertive foreign policy, Ukraine diplomats had hoped for a clear statement that Ukraine has an EU enlargement perspective, with the title of the Association Agreement itself offering no promise of future accession.

But despite the disappointment, Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko gave the deal a strong pro-enlargement spin.When we look at the enlargement of the EU, just looking back in the 1990's, there were 15 association agreements with countries that pursued the process and ultimately became members of the EU,he said. So this is why I am saying that today we are starting a very ambitious plan that should ultimately lead us to victory.

Georgia ripples

Events in Georgia - where the Russian army invaded to protect Russian passport holders - have stirred fears in Ukraine, where 25 percent of people are ethnic Russians, rising to 60 percent on the Crimea peninsula.Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in April warned that Ukraine's drive to join NATO would lead to a disintegration of the country, while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last month pledged to increase Russia's influence in regions of privileged interest.Moscow on Tuesday said it plans to keep 7,600 soldiers indefinitely in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions, which it has recognised as independent states, citing the EU and US' backing for Kosovo as precedent.But Nicaragua remains the only other country to also reognise the two Georgian territories, while China - which faces its own separatist problems in Xinjiang, Tibet and Taiwan - has voiced concern over the Russian move.Analysts say the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia could embolden separatists inside Russia, which crushed uprisings in Chechnya in 1994and 1999, but faces increasing violence and governance problems in Ingushetia and Dagestan and renewed talk of independence in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan.We do have some separatist movements, some extremist elements, especially in the northern Caucasus, but they are very minor, Vladimir Putin's spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov, told the International Herald Tribune.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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

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

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

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

EU TROOPS IN CHAD NOT SOLVING ANYTHING
http://euobserver.com/9/26716

EU MUST DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP IN BOSNIA
http://euobserver.com/9/26715

Europeans worry about Russia, increasingly support NATO
VALENTINA POP Today Sept 10,08 @ 14:04 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – European support for NATO and for closer ties with the US is increasing, while concerns about Russia as an energy provider and in relationship to its neighbours are on the rise, shows a survey released on Wednesday (10 September) by an American think-tank. Some 57 percent of Europeans agreed that NATO is still essential to their country's security, an increase of four percentage points since 2007, according to the new poll published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.European attitudes towards NATO are warming up, according to an American survey (Photo: nato.int)The survey marks a halt to an earlier trend of declining support for NATO in Germany and Poland - the first such up-tick since 2002. French support for NATO has climbed back to its 2002 levels, the survey also shows.

Support for strengthening relations with the US rose by four percent among EU member states and Turkey, with the highest rates occuring in Romania (52 percent), Poland (45 percent) and Italy (37 percent).Based on common values and shared interests ... Americans and Europeans want closer relations, said Craig Kennedy, president of the Fund upon the release of its annual Transatlantic Trends survey, conducted in 11 EU countries, Turkey and the US. As EU-Russia relations reach a straining point, the survey, which was conducted prior to the conflict in Georgia, reveals that Europeans continue to express concern about Russia's behaviour toward its neighbours.Europeans are also more willing than Americans to provide security assistance for neighbouring democracies such as Ukraine and Georgia (67% as opposed to 58%, respectively) and to desire increased support for democratic forces inside Russia (65% against 61%).

However, Europeans are less willing than Americans to sup­port restricting co-operation with Russia in international organizations (38% against 47%). Germany showed the highest concern amongst those polled over Russia's role as an energy provider, the behaviour toward its neighbours, the Balkans and its role in providing weapons to the Middle East. Italy, the UK and the US also showed substantial majorities that were concerned about such matters. However, concern over Russia was lowest in Bulgaria, Slovakia and Turkey. I think Germans are quite concerned about Russia, even though their leadership does not speak with one voice on this issue, John Glenn, the lead author of the survey told EUobserver. While Chancellor Merkel has criticised Russia, foreign minister Steinmeier - who is to run against her in next year's elections on behalf of the Social Democratic Party - has adopted a more conciliatory line towards Moscow, Mr Glenn said. It makes me wonder whether the Social Democrats are really in line with the views of the public, he added.

Turkey not part of the West

For the first time since 2004, Turkey's cooling trend towards the EU has reversed, registering an increase by seven degrees in warmth, with 33 percent viewing the bloc favourably. The feelings towards the US remain coldish, up three degrees to 14, the survey reveals.On the other hand, however, 57 percent of Europeans and 55 percent of Turks agreed that Turkey has such different values that it is not really part of the West, with the highest agreement with the statement found in Germany (76%), France (68%), and Italy (61%). Americans nonetheless did not share this view, with the largest percentage of respondents (41%) feeling that Turkish values are sufficiently in common in common with the West to be considered part of the privileged club.Some 48 percent of Turkish respondents felt that, on international matters, Turkey should act alone, compared with 20 percent who felt it should act with the countries of the European Union. Just three percent felt the country should act in concert with the US, while 11 percent favoured a partnership with the countries of the Middle East.

Turkish views of transatlantic relations do not appear to differ markedly with religious practice. There is little difference in the desirability of EU leadership among those who pray five times a day regularly (21%), sometimes (23%), and never (24%). The undesirability of US leadership is also common across the secular-religious divide. Support for the US among those who pray five times a day regularly was just 6 percent, while for those who sometimes prayed (9%), and never prayed (7%) also viewed Washington with a sceptical eye, on nine and seven percent respectively.