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June 5, 2007 Call (785) 266-1112 now to order!		In This Issue Perspectives: Zoo typifies how far society has fallen Feds prepping for 'continuity' hub? United States Orders Concentration Camps Built To Hold Over 400,000 The end of the plug? Scientists invent wireless device that beams electricity through your home Hindu appointed to run Christian religion studies Muslim congressman called 'security' issue Truckers demand feds come clean on Mexican rigs Proposal could fine pharmacists $500,000 CBS News Anchor Bryant Gumbel Says He Was Right to Call Pro-Family Advocate a F***ing Idiot One Third of Americans Say Bible is Literal Word of God Pentagon Report Says China's January Missile Test on Satellite, Other Actions Cause for Concern TB Case Stirs Concerns About Pandemic, Biological Attack 'Palestinians are on verge of civil war' Syrian MP confirms preparation for war Israel to ready public for 'all-out war' Putin is playing a dangerous game Russia announces large joint military exercise with China, Shanghai Six Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction Getting Close Poll: 2 of 3 U.S. Muslim Converts Left Christian Roots Christians Deplore Malaysia's Convert Verdict New technology killing off cash Porn Addiction Flooding Culture, Church U.S. intelligence chief says Russian spies at "Cold War levels" 'Get used to cussing on TV' War of words targets James Dobson NATIONAL SUICIDE Military positioned to launch action – here N-word fine, but 'family values' banned Virtual fence along Mexican border has turned ranchers' solitude into 'war zone' Fed up with Google? Try Scroogle.org Dallas Could Elect Its First Gay Mayor Gov't documents reveal plan for U.S., Canada to rebuild Mexico's infrastructure Avian Flu Gift of: $25 Item: D-AFK01 Russia's Secret Weapon Gift of: $40 Item: D-ETI01 About Us Become a Partaker Bookstore Contact Us Crusader Magazine Current Gift Offers Donations Lear Financial Media / Radio Meetings Radio Schedule
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Perspectives: Zoo typifies how far society has fallen Documentaries are often meant to enlighten us on the human reality surrounding historical and noteworthy events. But the reality of zoophilia -- sexual attraction to animals -- simply does not make good filmmaking. (Caution: This article discusses disturbing material that some may find offensive.) In an attempt by the filmmaking community to normalize another abhorrent lifestyle, organizers of the Cannes Film Festival recently recognized the film Zoo as the most shocking movie this year. News24.com says independent filmmaker Robinson Devor created the film as a supposed "documentary [that] centers on a true-life incident" in which a 45-year-old man died of internal bleeding due to a perforated colon following a sexual encounter with a stallion during a "bestiality weekend" in Washington state in 2005. I find it absolutely amazing that a filmmaker like Devor would even tackle the bizarre subject of bestiality. Not surprisingly, Devor excluded any moral judgment or negative connotation of the bestiality weekend event itself. Members of the filmmaking community as well as the Hollywood entertainment industry rarely take a moral position on anything. A main actor in Zoo actually felt sorry for the perpetrator in the film. One of the cast members of Zoo even went so far as to say that the animals were "willing participants" in the sex acts between the zoophilic men and horses. In my mind this is the same type of irrational thinking pedophiles use when trying to justify child-adult sex. Advocates for these degenerates justify their behavior by claiming that a child benefits from the abuse. Feds prepping for 'continuity' hub? Against the strong protests of the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, several key strategic military commands, including NORAD and NORTHCOM, are moving ahead with a Department of Defense decision to abandon the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, the center of U.S. missile defense since the Cold War, to make way for what a GAO report says could be used as a "continuity of operations relocation facility." In an extraordinary report issued by the GAO May 21, Davi D'Agostino, GAO director of defense capabilities and management and the author of the report, considered the military's decision to abandon Cheyenne Mountain so unfounded that the agency urgently called for congressional hearings. GAO asked Congress to block the Pentagon plans to use funds for relocating NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and NORTHCOM, the United States Northern Command, and the other military operations that were scheduled to be moved from Cheyenne Mountain until complete operational and cost-savings studies could be conducted. United States Orders Concentration Camps Built To Hold Over 400,000 The fears of President Putin that the United States has become like ‘Hitler’s Germany’ appears to be a stark reality today as the United States is preparing to pass new laws that call for the building of massive concentration camps ordered by their War Leaders to be able to hold over 400,000 human beings. Buried within one of the largest pieces of legislation in United States history, known as the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006, and which US Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott described as being ‘longer than the Bible’, is the horrific provision ordering the construction of ‘at least 20 detention facilities in the United States’ to hold ‘not less than 20,000 individuals’, bringing the total capacity of these new concentration camps to over 400,000 people. [SEC. 233. INCREASE OF FEDERAL DETENTION SPACE AND THE UTILIZATION OF FACILITIES IDENTIFIED FOR CLOSURES AS A RESULT OF THE DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE REALIGNMENT ACT OF 1990. (a) Construction or Acquisition of Detention Facilities-] Kremlin legal experts familiar with American law further point out that these new concentration camps are not for the estimated 11 million Mexicans currently living illegally in the United States as these new laws forbid their detention, and as we can read from this law itself: “Beginning on October 1, 2007, an alien (other than a national of Mexico) who is attempting to illegally enter the United States and who is apprehended at a United States port of entry or along the international land and maritime border of the United States shall be detained until removed or a final decision granting admission has been determined…” SEC. 131. MANDATORY DETENTION FOR ALIENS APPREHENDED AT OR BETWEEN PORTS OF ENTRY. To the grave dangers facing the American people, and who are the undoubted future prisoners of these new concentration camps, many American writers have sounded their warnings, such as Paul Craig Roberts, and who has written: "President Bush claims the power to set aside habeas corpus and to dispense with warrants for arrest and with procedures that guarantee court appearance and trial without undue delay. Today in the US, the executive branch claims the power to arrest a citizen on its own initiative and hold the citizen indefinitely. Thus, Americans are no longer protected from arbitrary arrest and indefinite detention. These new "seize and hold" powers strip the accused of the protective aspects of law and give reign to selectivity and arbitrariness. No warrant is required for arrest, no charges have to be presented before a judge, and no case has to be put before a jury. As the police are unaccountable, whoever is selected for arrest is at the mercy of arbitrariness." To the type of treatment the American people should expect to receive at the hands of their brutal interrogators in these new concentration camps, likewise, they have been warned about, and as the New York Times News Service has detailed how the United States is now utilizing the horrific torture methods once used by the dreaded Soviet KGB, and as we can read: The end of the plug? Scientists invent wireless device that beams electricity through your home Scientists have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead. In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone or laptop computer without wires or cables. In the first successful trial of its kind, the team was able to illuminate a 60-watt light bulb 7ft away. The team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who call their invention 'WiTricity', believe it could change the way we use electricity and do away with the tangle of cables, plugs and chargers that clutter modern homes. It could also allow the use of laptops and mobile phones without batteries. The inspiration came when the lead researcher, Dr Marin Soljacic, was standing in his kitchen at night staring at his mobile phone. "It was probably the sixth time that month that I was awakened by my cell phone beeping to let me know that I had forgotten to charge it. It occurred to me that it would be so great if the thing took care of its own charging," he said. To turn this dream into reality, Dr Soljacic needed a way of transmitting power wirelessly. Scientists have known for nearly two centuries that it is possible to transfer an electrical current from one coil of wire to another without them touching. The phenomenon, called electromagnetic induction, is used in power transformers and electric motors around the world. However, the coils in motors and transformers have to be close for power to pass from one to another. Attempting to transfer power over distances is impossible. The breakthrough came when Dr Soljacic realised there was another way of transferring energy through the air. Rather than sending power from a transmitter to a receiver as a conventional electromagnetic wave - the same form of radiation as light, radio waves and microwaves - he could use the transmitter to fill a room with a 'non-radiative' electromagnetic field. Most objects in the room - such as people, desks and carpets - would be unaffected by the electromagnetic field. But any objects designed to resonate with the electromagnetic field would absorb the energy. It sounds complicated, but the result demonstrated by the American team this month was a dramatic success. Using two coils of copper, the team transmitted power 7ft through the air to a light bulb, which lit up instantly. Hindu appointed to run Christian religion studies A college affiliated with a Christian denomination has appointed to head its religion department a practicing Hindu who believes that some forms of Christian ministry produce violence. Anantanand Rambachan, who has taught religion and philosophy at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., since 1985, now will become the first non-Christian to head the religion department in the school's 133-year history. "It's a great honor," Rambachan, a leading figure in Minnesota's Hindu community, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. But in an interview with Hinduism Today, he wrote of participating in the Pontifical Council in Rome in 2006. "Last year we met in Rome in a joint consultation with the World Council of Churches to discuss conversion. This was the first meeting of a three-year project to study the issue and to develop an acceptable code of conduct. Certain forms of Christian proselytization have given rise to tension and even violence between some religious communities," he said. "We gathered to share our perspectives on this matter and to consider acceptable and unacceptable ways of sharing our faiths in communities. Muslim congressman called 'security' issue The Muslim congressman from Minnesota who used a Quran for his swearing-in ceremony now is associating with a Muslim group accused of fomenting violence against Jews and Christians and either should distance himself or resign, say critics. As WND has reported, Ellison also allowed his election supporters to shout, "Allahu Akbar!," the same phrase allegedly used by the 9/11 suicide pilots, and he has confirmed to reporters that "in terms of political agenda items, my faith informs these things." Regarding Ellison's speech last month at the Muslim American Society's annual conference in Minneapolis, Joe Kaufman, founder of Americans Against Hate, warned, "This is of grave concern." In an article at FrontPage Magazine as well as in a news statement, Kaufman said: "Not only is it a conflict of interest for a member of the U.S. House of Representatives to participate with such groups, but it is, as well, an issue of national security. Those in positions of power must demand an end to Keith Ellison's dangerous and bigoted associations. Either that or they must insist on his resignation." As WND reported earlier, it was in 2000 when Ellison joined Bernadine Dohrn, one of the founders of the 1960s radical group the Weather Underground, and several other speakers at a fundraiser for then-recently arrested Kathleen Soliah, a.k.a. Sara Jane Olson. Truckers demand feds come clean on Mexican rigs Pointing to an overwhelming rebuke by the House, opponents of an agreement that would allow Mexican trucks to travel freely on U.S. roads are demanding the Department of Transportation come forward and tell the American public whether or not the program will begin next month, reports WND columnist Jerome Corsi. Last month, the House passed a measure 411–3, the Safe American Roads Act, to limit the secretary of transportation's authority to allow Mexican trucks to operate beyond U.S. cities and commercial zones on the border. Safety requirements also were enacted in the Iraq supplemental funding bill. But this week, amid a series of high-level meetings, the DOT appears ready to move ahead with the program. Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the OOIDA, wants an official statement confirming or denying reports the controversial program will commence July 15. "How many times will DOT and the Bush administration thumb their noses at Congress and the American people," Spencer asked in a telephone interview with Corsi yesterday. Proposal could fine pharmacists $500,000 Democrats in Congress have proposed a plan to fine pharmacies up to $500,000 if the pharmacists follow their conscience and decline to dispense abortifacient chemicals. "Pharmacists are professionals, not vending machines," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America. "The FDA has been known to make mistakes in approving drugs, and doctors have made mistakes in prescribing. Pharmacists provide a line of defense to ensure that patients' lives and health are protected and can make patients aware of ethical concerns. "Yet this bill would punish pharmacists up to $500,000 for acting on their ethical duty," she said. The new plan, called the "Access to Birth Control Act," is being pushed forward by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. CBS News Anchor Bryant Gumbel Says He Was Right to Call Pro-Family Advocate a F***ing Idiot ALEXANDRIA, VA, June 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Yesterday, while filling-in for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly, CBS News Early Show anchor Bryant Gumbel actually boasted about once calling conservative culture-critic Robert Knight "a f***ing idiot". Gumbel used the actual word at the end of a June 29, 2000 interview on CBS's The Early Show about whether active homosexuals should work as scoutmasters in the Boy Scouts. Mr. Knight, then with the Family Research Council, is now the director of the Media Research Center's Culture (MRC) and Media Institute. After the first incident, the Media Research Center called on Mr. Gumbel to apologize. He remained silent. His employer, CBS, made the astounding claim that they did not know what Mr. Gumbel had said, although the incident was captured on videotape and live television. In his comment today, Mr. Gumbel expanded on the insult, saying, "One time I was doing an interview with - I'm going to kindly describe him as a gentleman - and he was arguing about how gays should be kept out of the Boy Scouts, etcetera, and he was infuriating me. And I finished the interview and I thought we had gone to commercial and we hadn't, and I said 'what a blank-ing idiot.' I was correct, but it was wrong to do." Concerning Mr. Gumbel's recent remarks, MRC President Brent Bozell commented: "Bryant Gumbel is a crude, left-wing reporter who has now confirmed what we documented and CBS denied for seven years-CBS claimed 'it is unclear what the comment was'-and for which Mr. Gumbel refused to apologize. Mr. Gumbel's words and lack of decency and decorum, then and now and as confirmed on the broadcast today, show that he is grossly biased and sees absolutely nothing wrong in smearing people he disagrees with politically as blankety-blank idiots." Bozell added, "Robert Knight, and the audience, deserved an apology back in 2000 from Mr. Gumbel and CBS, and they certainly deserve one today from Mr. Gumbel. In this age of Don Imus and belittling of people for political reasons, the lewdness on the left needs to be challenged and rejected by all Americans, most notably by those in the media." He concluded: "We once again call upon Bryant Gumbel to apologize publicly for his crass comments and we also call upon CBS to correct the record, which it has stonewalled for so long." One Third of Americans Say Bible is Literal Word of God According to a new Gallup Poll, Protestants are the most likely to credit the Bible as the inerrent word of God. The rest of the population feels the Bible might be inspired by God, but not literally so. Do you believe the Bible is the literal word of God? Since 1991, the Gallup Organization has asked Americans that question, yet their answers remain remarkably unchanged. About 31% of people believe the Good Book is infallible. Frank Newport with Gallup says we still live in a country where God’s word is taken seriously. “Religious people around the world who believe that a religious document is inerrant will engage in behaviors and support types of policies which are significantly different than others might and those have real implications for society.” Year after year, the other constant is that belief in the infallible word correlates with church attendance and a Protestant Christian theology. Dr. Richard Land with the Southern Baptist Convention is not surprised. “People who take the Bible seriously are going to go to church. And if they go to church they’re going to hear sermons and they’re going to have Sunday school lessons that are going to teach them that the Bible is the inerrant and infallible word of God.” If you add together the people who think the whole Bible is the direct word of God and those who see it as divinely inspired, but not all parts are to be taken literally, you arrive at about 80% of the public believing it to be a major source of truth in their lives. “This is a very religious country and it’s getting more so, not less so.” Nineteen percent of Americans surveyed say the Bible is a book of ancient fables, legends or history written by man. Pentagon Report Says China's January Missile Test on Satellite, Other Actions Cause for Concern WASHINGTON — China's recent success at destroying a satellite in low-Earth orbit is a threat to the interests of all space-faring nations and posed dangers to human space flight, the Pentagon said Friday. In its annual report on Chinese military developments, the Pentagon also said the People's Liberation Army is building a greater capacity to launch pre-emptive strikes. It cited as examples China's acquisition of long-endurance submarines, unmanned combat aircraft and additional precision-guided air-to-ground missiles. Attempting to capture the essence of China's strategy, the report quoted former supreme leader Deng Xiaoping's guidance, known as the 24-character maxim, which says in part, "hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile." "It suggests both a short-term desire to downplay China's capabilities and avoid confrontation, and a long-term strategy to build up China's power to maximize options for the future," the Pentagon report said. Peter Rodman, who until early this year was the Pentagon's top Asia policy official, said in an interview Friday that there is reason for concern that China's long-range aim is to "revise the existing balance of power in the world, but they are patient and they are just doing this quietly; they think long term." TB Case Stirs Concerns About Pandemic, Biological Attack The case of a man traveling overseas with a potentially lethal form of tuberculosis has raised several policy questions for how an avian influenza pandemic or international biological attack would be contained in the first hours and days. While protocols have been established between the departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security for limiting the travel of people with contagious diseases, lawmakers and health officials said the protocols were clearly flouted in this case. And the scenario — which can be seen as a microcosm for a pandemic — raised new questions about the complexity of international travel and standards. “Nature’s providing us the perfect drill for a pandemic,” said Nicole Lurie, co-director of the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security. She said it has raised many unresolved issues about when individual rights can be curtailed, and when government officials should inform and coordinate with international partners. Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old attorney from Atlanta, allegedly traveled to Paris on May 12 to attend his wedding in Greece, despite being told he had a form of TB that is resistant to drug treatments. While in Europe, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that he had a strain that was extremely drug resistant. CDC officials said they worked with Speaker to try to find ways to bring him back to the United States. But Speaker resisted orders to not return back to the United States on his own, government officials said, and took a flight on May 24 to Montreal, and then rented a car to return to America. 'Palestinians are on verge of civil war' Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday that his people were on the verge of civil war and said the infighting was worse than living under Israeli military rule. Israel's capture of the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem in the Six Day War was a "black day" for the Palestinians, who paid a heavy price for defeat, Abbas said in a televised speech on the anniversary of the start of the war on June 5. Abbas focused on the bloody factional fighting between Fatah and Hamas. The two parties have been governing in an uneasy coalition since March, after a year of Hamas-only rule, but another round of deadly gun battles erupted in May. "Regarding our internal situation, what concerns us all is the chaos, and more specifically, being on the verge of civil war," Abbas said. He said he has spent hundreds of negotiating hours trying to halt the bloodshed, "realizing that what is equal to or even worse than occupation is internal fighting." Abbas warned that factional fighting had harmed the Palestinians' standing in the world. He also criticized Palestinian operatives, who captured IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit a year ago and continued to fire rockets at southern Israel after the 2005 disengagement. Abbas said the operatives only invited Israeli retaliation that had left hundreds of Palestinians dead. Abbas said he wanted to move forward instead of affixing blame, and was not trying to restore calm by negotiating a cease-fire with Israel. Syrian MP confirms preparation for war A member of the Syrian parliament, Muhammad Habash, confirmed on Tuesday that his country was actively preparing for war with Israel, expected to break out in the summer, Israel Radio reported. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Habash said it was no secret that the Syrian military was arming itself for the upcoming confrontation with the IDF. He also claimed that the Israeli government was the one that wanted the war so that it could survive politically. Meanwhile, Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan (GIL Pensioners) said on Tuesday that in negotiations with Syria, Israel must relate to the matter of the Golan Heights as a real estate issue. "Negotiations need to be about the property value," he said. National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), said he believed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should respond positively to any offer of peace talks from Syrian President Bashar Assad. However, Shas ministers Eli Yishai and Yitzhak Cohen insisted that the Syrians must take steps to show their intentions were serious before Israel negotiated with them. On Wednesday, the Security Cabinet was set to discuss the question of whether to examine the option of talks with Damascus. Israel to ready public for 'all-out war' With Iran racing toward nuclear power and IDF preparations for the possibility of a conflict with Syria and Hizbullah in high gear, the Home Front Command plans to launch a publicity campaign to prepare the public for war. Within a few weeks it intends to inform the public about what people need to do in the event of attack. The campaign was not connected to a specific event or threat but was meant to brace the public for war in general, senior IDF officers said. "Our job is to prepare for an all-out war," Col. Hilik Sofer, head of the Home Front Command Population Division, told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday. "We prepare for a wide range of possibilities since it doesn't make a difference where the threat comes from." Several weeks ago, the Home Front Command distributed pamphlets in Netivot and Ashkelon explaining how to behave during a Kassam attack. Both cities are within 15 kilometers of the Gaza Strip. The IDF has deployed early warning systems outside Netivot and Ashkelon. They have not been activated, pending government approval Next week, Sofer will meet with heads of government offices and local councils to discuss ways to improve service to the public at a time of emergency. "We know that the Palestinians have Kassams that can reach 12-kilometer distances and even farther," Sofer said. "And even though Kassams have yet to fall there, we'd best be prepared." Putin is playing a dangerous game Last week, I found myself in Dom Knigi, the very largest of all the very large Moscow bookstores, staring at the history section. Spread out over an entire wall were books of a sort I've never seen in such quantities during 10 years of visits: endless glorifications of Soviet fighter pilots, Soviet war heroes, even Stalin himself. Stalin: the Author of the Great Victory was one title; others had cover illustrations featuring red stars, or hammers and sickles. I don't think this new publishing trend heralds a new period of Stalinism, or not exactly. But it does illustrate a growing Russian fascination - encouraged and manipulated by the Kremlin - with Russia's imperial past. Every year, celebrations marking the anniversary of the end of the Second World War grow more elaborate. One by one, those countries in Russia's periphery which remember that conflict differently - Estonians, say, for whom the war ended with 40 years of Soviet occupation - have found themselves in open conflict with the Russian federation. A Russian historian and publisher told me a few days ago that government authorities had informed him, more or less outright, that while they didn't mind what he or anyone else wrote about the internal, Soviet victims of Stalin and his Gulag, he'd do well to stay away from the Katyn massacre. The Katyn massacre? It sounds distinctly odd. After all, the massacre by Soviet secret police of more than 20,000 Polish officers in and around the Katyn forest happened nearly 70 years ago in 1940. But that doesn't seem to matter. Maybe, my friend speculated, the Kremlin hopes to make use of the Katyn story in its current trade dispute with Poland. Or maybe Soviet behaviour in what used to be the Soviet empire is taboo simply because right now the Russians want to remember that period as one of success and glory. Either way, this creepily retrograde mood forms the backdrop to the current foreign policy of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Whether by waging cyberwarfare on Estonia, threatening the gas supplies of Lithuania, or boycotting Georgian wine and Polish meat, he has, over the past few years, made it clear that he intends to reassert Russian influence in the former communist states of Europe, whether those states want Russian influence or not. At the same time, he has also made it clear that he no longer sees Western nations as mere benign trading partners, but rather as Cold War-style threats. Last week, Andrei Lugovoi, the man accused of poisoning Alexander Litvinenko in London, responded by accusing MI6 of the crime instead - a statement he surely would not have made without the Kremlin's support. Russia announces large joint military exercise with China, Shanghai Six NARO-FOMINSK (Moscow Region), June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will hold a counterterrorism military exercise with China and other members of the "Shanghai Six" in August, the Ground Forces commander said Friday "The main [of the six international counterterrorism exercises planned for the year] will be a joint exercise of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in August," a regional grouping dominated by Russia and China, Army General Alexei Maslov said. The exercise will be held in the Russian Urals and will involve 500 vehicles from Russia and China, about 2,000 Russian and 1,600 Chinese personnel, a company (around 100 men) from Tajikistan, and smaller units from other members, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, the general said. While China has yet to decide how its troops would be transited through Kazakhstan, he has already suggested an alternate route directly across the Sino-Russian border in the Far East. Officially, the SCO focuses on fighting drug and arms trafficking, terrorism and separatism. Although it has conducted a number of joint military exercises since 2003, Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov earlier this month reassured critics concerned about SCO countering U.S. and NATO influence in resource-rich Central Asia, saying the grouping would not turn into a military bloc. Russia also held its first-ever joint military exercise outside the SCO framework with China in 2005, several exercises with SCO observer nation India, and has raised the prospect of the other two SCO observers Pakistan and Iran participating in such exercises in the future. Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction Getting Close Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday said the world would witness the destruction of Israel soon, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Ahmadinejad said last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah showed for the first time that the "hegemony of the occupier regime [Israel] had collapsed, and the Lebanese nation pushed the button to begin counting the days until the destruction of the Zionist regime," IRNA quoted him as saying. "God willing, in the near future we will witness the destruction of the corrupt occupier regime," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying during a speech to foreign guests who attended ceremonies marking the 18th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who is known as the father of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has lost public support after Israel failed to achieve its goals during last summer's 34-day war with Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon — freeing two captured soldiers and crushing the militant group. Poll: 2 of 3 U.S. Muslim Converts Left Christian Roots WASHINGTON – Two-thirds (67 percent) of all converts to Islam in the United States came from a Protestant background, according to the first nationwide survey to measure the demographics, attitudes, and experiences of Muslim Americans. Not much was formerly known about the Muslim American population in terms of their attitudes and opinions, but the new survey by the Pew Research Center found that Muslim Americans, in comparison to the rest of the world, have the unique feature of consisting of a relatively large number of converts to the religion – nearly a quarter. Almost all conversions are native-born (91 percent) and almost three-fifths (59 percent) of converts to Islam are African American. Most converts to Islam gave as reasons for their conversions: the appeal of Islam’s teachings, the belief that Islam is superior to Christianity, or that religion “made sense” to them. Only 18 percent of converts said family reasons, such as marrying a Muslim, was reason for conversion. The new landmark study seeks to understand the growing segment of American society when little quantitative research about the attitudes and opinions of Muslim Americans has been conducted. It compares the attitudes of the Muslim population with those of the general U.S. population and Muslims worldwide and understanding the similarities and differences of this American population. The study found that not only are Muslim Americans largely similar to the rest of the country in terms of income, education level, and economic satisfaction, they also share common values and attitudes and, in general, subscribe to a “decidedly” American worldview. The majority of Muslim Americans have a generally positive view of society and believe in the American dream. A full 71 percent said they believe that if a person works hard they can be successful in the United States. Moreover, despite the fact 65 percent of Muslims in the country are first-generation Americans they believe that Muslims living in the United States should try and adopt American customs instead of trying to remain distinct from society. U.S. Muslims were also more likely than most European Muslims to describe themselves by nationality before religion. Only forty-seven percent of Muslim Americans think of themselves first as a Muslim before an American compared to Britain where 81 percent said they are first Muslim and then British. Christians Deplore Malaysia's Convert Verdic WASHINGTON – American Christian leaders called the recent ruling by Malaysia’s top civil court against a Christian convert seeking recognition a “set-back” that reveals the country’s “flawed” legal system. “This verdict is obviously a set-back for religious freedom in Malaysia,” said Todd Nettleton, director of media development of Voice of the Martyrs USA, to The Christian Post on Wednesday. “We had hoped that the courts would give the people of Malaysia the right to choose and change their religion according to the dictates of their conscience,” he added. Lina Joy, 43, lost the court battle to change her religion from Islam to Christianity on Wednesday when the Federal Court ruled she should seek permission to officially change her religion from Islam to Christianity at Islamic Shariah courts. Joy had been engaged in a legal battle for six years with this most recent court appeal being her last real chance to gain legal status as a Christian in Malaysia. With Wednesday’s court ruling, Joy now again faces Shariah courts, where apostasy is mostly considered a crime punishable by heavy fines or imprisonment “I am disappointed that the Federal Court is not able to vindicate a simple but important fundamental right that exists in all persons: Namely, the right to believe in the religion of one’s choice,” Joy said in a statement released through her lawyer, Benjamin Dawson, according to The Associated Press. “The Federal Court has not only denied me that right but [denied it] to all Malaysians who value fundamental freedoms,” she stated. Joy was born and raised a Muslim but began to attend church in 1990. She then received baptism in 1998. Because she is still legally a Muslim, she is unable to marry her Catholic Indian fiancé in Malaysia. Many Christians and religious freedom advocates are discouraged by Malaysia’s ruling since the country is considered to be one of the most progressive and modern Muslim democracies. 'Alarming' rise of radical Islam in Caribbean In the wake of the foiling of an attempted plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, counter-terrorism officials say the rise of radical Islam in the Caribbean and Latin America is "alarming". All four suspects in the plot had ties to the region. Two were arrested in Trinidad and Tobago, including ex-Guyanese lawmaker Abdul Kadir. Senior U.S. counterterrorism officials confirmed fears that Islamists in Trinidad and Tobago could turn the nation "into another Mogadishu", referring to the Somali capital ruled until last year by Islamic fundamentalists with Al Qaeda ties. 'Loose-knit' confederation "Trinidad and Tobago have been a high concern for us since the late 1980s," said Michael Scheuer, who created the CIA's Osama Bin Laden unit in 1996. Scheuer said the Caribbean is not home to major terror groups, aside from Trinidad's Jamaat al Muslimeen, but a "loose-knit" confederation of extremists have found it easy to move around the tourist-friendly islands. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the Caribbean is a region "of increasing concern to us". "It's an area we should take a closer look at," he said Saturday at the arraignment of Russell Defreitas, the Guyanese-born alleged mastermind behind the attempted plot. Counter-terror agents In Latin America, most attention of U.S. counterterror agents is focused on Argentina, its notorious border with Paraguay and Brazil, and northern Chile. But the FBI has only about 25 legal attaches, called legates, positioned in embassies throughout the Americas, officials said. New technology killing off cash Conrad Chase, British co-owner of the VIP Baja Beach Club in Barcelona, makes an unlikely human debit card. Mr Chase and almost 100 other clubbers have opted to have tiny data chips implanted surgically under their skin. When they want to buy a drink, they simply wave their techno-enabled arms across the counter. The chip, made by the VeriChip Corporation, is only the size of a grain of rice but can transmit an ID number to a scanner allowing money to be taken from clubbers’ bank accounts. Mr Chase may be an extreme example but he demonstrates a wider point: Britons are rapidly embracing the cashless society. The Association for Payment Clearing Services, the UK industry body, forecasts that in less than a decade fewer than half of all payments will be made by cash. Banks, including HBOS, HSBC, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, are surfing the cash-free wave by introducing new credit and debit cards. Customers will be able to pay for items under £10 by tapping the cards on a terminal at the till – much as they would a transport fare card. Sandra Alzetta, head of innovation and acceptance at Visa Europe, says this will speed transactions:. “Until now, cash has been king. Other methods have been too slow or too expensive for small ticket items with values of less than £10,” she said. “But contactless payments are much quicker than cash. If you’re buying a coffee or doing a grocery top-up, speed matters a lot. ” Payment by mobile phone is also starting to take off. This week, the Post Office announced an electronic money-transfer service that allows recipients to receive funds using a bar code sent to a mobile or email address. Porn Addiction Flooding Culture, Church In a culture where sexuality and porn is now a part of everyday life, porn addiction in the church is escalating, according to a new survey. In a poll of 1,000 respondents, 50 percent of Christian men and 20 percent of Christian women were found to be addicted to pornography. Conducted by ChristaNet.com, a popular Christian marketplace website, the poll asked visitors about their personal sexual conduct. "There have been dynamic paradigm shifts in the behavior of Christians over the last four years," said Clay Jones, founder and president of Second Glance Ministries, which partnered with ChristiaNet.com to evaluate poll responses. Many point to the Internet for the pervasive problem of sexual addiction. "Technology (the Internet) has allowed pornography to flood the market place beyond a controllable level," said Jones. For the first time in history, the American culture has point-and-click pornography; porn stars have MySpace pages; and the Internet and reality TV have provided new platforms for young women to flaunt their sexuality, as reported by the Associated Press. In April, more than a third of the U.S. Internet audience visited sites that fit into the online "adult" category, according to comScore Media Metrix. And according to Michael Simon, a therapist and high school counselor in the San Francisco Bay area, pornography or performative sexuality has "essentially become the standard of sexiness" rather than being one choice among many ways of being sexual, he told AP. Yet a 2006 study reported by Morality in Media found that 73 percent of U.S. adults think that viewing pornographic websites and videos is morally unacceptable. Males ages 18 to 34 were more likely to say viewing pornographic material is morally acceptable (44 percent) than older males and females overall. U.S. intelligence chief says Russian spies at "Cold War levels" WASHINGTON, June 7 (RIA Novosti) - The United States national counterintelligence chief said the number of Russian agents operating in the country had reached "Cold War levels," but added that this was normal and would not affect bilateral relations. Joel Brenner said in a radio interview, "They are sending over an increasing and troubling number of intelligence officers into the United States," adding that Russia, China, Iran, Cuba were the most persistent and aggressive intelligence threats to the U.S. Former head of FBI counterintelligence David Szady backed up Brenner's claims adding that Russian agents operated at the UN and embassies, and also arrived in the U.S.under the cover of students or businessmen. Dmitry Simes, a political scientist with the Nixon Centre, believes the situation is having a negative effect on U.S.-Russia intelligence cooperation, citing a high-ranking intelligence source who said the U.S. was pretending it shared intelligence information with Russia, and Moscow pretended it used it in its work. But Brenner disagreed with Simes stating there were lots of areas where Russia and the U.S. continued to work effectively, including intelligence. The Russian side was not immediately available for comment. 'Get used to cussing on TV' A new decision from a federal appeals court in New York has tossed out a rule by the Federal Communications Commission that cracked down on "fleeting expletives" on television airwaves, and a media monitor says it's another setback in the battle for clean entertainment. "Vulgarity has literally exploded," Robert Peters, chief of Morality in Media, told WND. "What went on in 1978 is not what's going on today." The court ruling was in a case brought by Fox, CBS, NBC and ABC, who went to court against the FCC after the agency cited the networks for allowing various objectionable words to hit the air – and ears of consumers. The case was based on those words that television characters sometimes blurt out – whether intentional or not. But observers noted it could have ramifications for other speech on television or radio. War of words targets James Dobson An internecine battle in the camp of pro-life activist groups is pointless, because no, the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision cannot stop any specific abortion, but yes, it is a huge precedent in the long-range strategic war over the deaths of the unborn in the United States, experts have told WND. "So my advice is (a) pause for a moment to celebrate the victory, (b) don't read more into it than is actually there, and (c) get back to work. Babies are still dying," Mark Crutcher, chief of Life Dynamics, told WND. The dispute arose with the publication of a series of "Open Letters" to Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family by a coalition of other pro-life organizations, including the American Life League as well as the Colorado Right to Life. "The Justices you called 'pro-life' did not 'affirm' the life of the unborn but upheld a mere 'regulatory' law 'under the Commerce Clause' (p. 36). These Justices you misrepresent as 'pro-life' actually suggest other ways for abortionists to kill the fully intact, late-term child to comply with their regulation, such as 'an injection that kills the fetus' (p. 34). Dr. Dobson, imagine the horror yet to come now that our greatest Christian leaders are willing to call good evil, and evil good," said one of the letters. NATIONAL SUICIDE It's finally undeniable. America's very existence as a free nation is threatened by a full-scale illegal invasion from the south. The nation's transformation from what once was a unified Judeo-Christian culture into an angry cauldron of squabbling groups and nationalities grows daily. And the U.S. government's response to this momentous threat to America's national survival? Excuse it, legalize it and encourage it! Why is the federal government doing this? How can Americans stop it? And most importantly, what is the right way to deal with the nation's overwhelming and ever-worsening illegal immigration problem? That's the focus of the June edition of WND's elite monthly Whistleblower magazine, in a blockbuster issue titled "NATIONAL SUICIDE: How the government's immigration policies are destroying America." Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls the government's current effort to fix the problem "madness." Pat Buchanan and David Limbaugh both call it "suicide." And President Theodore Roosevelt, looking forward through the decades to today, warned us sternly: "The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities." Yet today's government, by allowing and indeed encouraging a Third World immigrant invasion of the United States – encouraging it by offering endless incentives like Social Security, food stamps and free education, as well as refusing to enforce existing immigration laws – is overseeing a radical conversion of America. Military positioned to launch action – here The United States military is being positioned to be put into action under presidential authority in any one of a dozen scenarios within the United States – including natural disasters, epidemics, terrorist attacks, insurrections, or domestic violence including conspiracies, according to a report from WND columnist Jerome R. Corsi. He has concluded that under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, the military of the United States and Canada are turning NORTHCOMM into a domestic military command structure, with authority extending to Mexico, even though Mexico has not formally joined with the current United States-Canadian NORTHCOM command structure. "President Bush appears to have positioned the U.S. military and the National Guard acting under presidential authority to intervene in a wide range of domestic incidents that could occur anywhere in North America," he wrote. He cited a number of developments, including the 2002 order establishing NORTHCOM as response for "homeland defense" of the U.S., Canada, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean and some Atlantic and Pacific waters That organization already controls the North American Aerospace Defense Command, a joint U.S.-Canadian effort, he said. Secondly, section 1076 of the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007 grants the president the right to commandeer federal troops or state National Guard to use them domestically, he noted. And as WND has reported, the new National Security (NSPD-51) and Homeland Security (HSPD-20) Presidential Directives signed May 6 give the president unprecedented, almost dictatorial, powers should the president declare a national emergency. The columnist noted such a combination of provisions would allow President Bush to mobilize for a variety of events – such as a hurricane. He said under USNORTHCOM, the U.S. command center, a number of exercises and operations already have been carried out, including ARDENT SENTRY – NORTHERN EDGE, VIGILANT GUARD, ALASKA SHIELD and others. An exercise that finished just a few weeks ago included the Canada Command as a full partner and was the largest exercise to date in terms of the number of personnel, the length of the drill, the cost and the complexity of the exercise series. The exercise took place in New England, Alaska, as well as Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, with cross-border deployments staged in the Indiana part of the exercise, he wrote. Gen. Victor E. Renuart, commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, recently told the media the exercise "allowed us to validate the incredible amount of planning that has gone on since Hurricane Katrina, not only to respond to things like a hurricane, but also to ensure that the agencies responsible for homeland security and homeland defense really can work together under a series of demanding scenarios." WND also has reported that KBR, formerly a Halliburton subsidiary, has in place a $385 million Department of Homeland Security contract to build on a contingency basis detention facilities that could be utilized for domestic emergencies, including sudden mass immigration across our southern border. N-word fine, but 'family values' banned A Christian organization fighting on behalf of religious and speech rights is going to the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge an appellate court decision that found municipal employers could censor words such as "marriage" and "family values" because they are hate speech and could scare workers. At the same time, those municipal officials for the city of Oakland, Calif., were allowing employees to exchange epithets such as the N-word, the appeal said. "To allow the lower court's ruling to stand exposes every public employee to outright censorship by a municipal employer for merely mentioning words such as the 'natural family,' 'marriage,' 'and 'family values,' issues which are at the forefront of national debate," said the appeal prepared by the Pro-Family Law Center. "In fact, the lower courts' decisions could preclude a public employee from so much as mentioning the birth of one's child or the fact that they were just married because this might theoretically offend a co-worker," said the file in the case argued at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals level by Richard D. Ackerman, of the Pro-Family Law Center, as well as Scott Lively. "We are simply unwilling to accept that Christians can be completely silenced on the issues of the day – especially on issues such as same-sex marriage, parental rights, and free speech rights," Ackerman told WND. "If we fail to get U.S. Supreme Court review, however, it will be up to each individual Christian in the United States to stand up for their rights to be heard on the issues of the day. If we choose to be silent, silenced we shall be," he said. The case involves the Good News Employee Association and two women, Regina Rederford and Robin Christy, who wanted to launch the organization among co-workers. They put up an announcement on an Oakland city bulletin board asking those interested in those "family" issues to contact them. Virtual fence along Mexican border has turned ranchers' solitude into 'war zone' TUCSON, Ariz. - When Elizabeth Isaman leaves the El Mirador Ranch smack on the Mexican border, she can see a tall metal tower, packed with cameras, radars and sensors about a quarter-mile away. It's one of nine towers creating a so-called virtual fence stretching along a 28-mile segment of the Arizona-Mexico border, dubbed Project 28, straddling the Sasabe port of entry - the federal government's newest effort at deterring illegal immigrants and drug smuggling. ''It's like Big Brother is watching you. I don't like that part of it,'' said Isaman, whose son Roy runs the El Mirador. The ranch, three miles west of Sasabe, has been in the family since 1929. Sasabe is about 80 miles southwest of Tucson. ''I think it'll help the Border Patrol round up people that they catch,'' Roy Isaman said. ''But I would rather see boots on the ground and have them confront drug smugglers that are coming across, and bandits. I would like a real fence here, to cut cross-border traffic and real cows,'' he said. With the exception of a few miles of X-shaped, welded steel-rail vehicle barriers, the only border fencing on this section of the border - if it's still standing - consists of rusty, twisted five-strand barbed wire. ''I think everybody's pretty much scratching their heads about what the heck the government's up to,'' Isaman said, referring to uncertainty whether Congress will pass heavily criticized proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation. ''I'd rather see people here with guns, so if there are any problems with smugglers with AK-47s, at least they'd have a little backup.'' For the past few months, the Boeing Co. has been overseeing construction of the nine mobile towers, each 98 feet tall with an array of high-tech equipment. Each unmanned tower's radar and sensor devices are intended to detect intruders, then zero in its potent cameras for detailed sightings. The elevation provides for line-of-sight above the surrounding vegetation and hilly terrain. Fed up with Google? Try Scroogle.org As more Internet users grow cautious about Google's seemingly unquenchable desire for the private, personal data of its users, one entrepreneur is using the search engine giant's own algorithms to offer consumers a choice. It's called Scroogle – located at Scroogle.org – and offers searchers all the power of Google but none of the privacy concerns. One of Google's fiercest critics is Daniel Brandt. He runs Google Watch, which, among other things, tracks the growing number of privacy concerns about the company and its practices. His latest endeavor, however, actually offers Internet users the opportunity to use Google's powerful search tools without personal data being collected by the company. Scroogle filters searches through Brandt's servers before hitting Google. It effectively hides the address of the searcher. Brandt says he doesn't save the search terms and deletes all his logs every week. Google, on the other hand, saves records on Internet searches for two years. Dallas Could Elect Its First Gay Mayor DALLAS (AP) - This conservative metropolis could become the nation's largest city to elect an openly gay mayor if a longtime city council member wins a runoff election later this month. Ed Oakley's candidacy is the latest indication that Dallas' reputation as a conservative stronghold is giving way to more diversity. The city is already home to several gay elected officials, including the sheriff. "Dallas is less and less the Dallas that people think it is," said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University. "And Dallas is less and less the Dallas that it used to be." In the mayoral race, Oakley and former construction company CEO Tom Leppert emerged from a crowded 11-candidate field that included another openly gay man and a transgendered woman. Oakley and Leppert will be the only candidates in the June 16 runoff. But if Oakley, 54, is on the edge of history, he doesn't talk about it. His sexuality hasn't figured prominently in the campaign. Oakley said his internal polling showed it had little impact on voters. "I have never made this an issue, a part of what I am or who I am or what I have done to represent the community," said Oakley, a small business owner. Dallas, with a population of 1.2 million, is home to a growing gay community with an estimated 120,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered households. The city has nondiscrimination policies covering sexual orientation and gender identity and offers health insurance to the domestic partners of city employees, measures praised as progressive by local gay-rights activists "I think some people don't realize that Dallas is very diverse: economically, ethnically, culturally," said Pete Webb, president of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance. That has helped mute any controversy about Oakley's sexuality in a state where two years ago voters approved a ban on gay marriage by a 3-to-1 margin. There also are other signals of political shifts. In November, Dallas County Democrats swept Republicans out of power, winning 42 judicial races and six countywide offices. Among the winners was District Attorney Craig Watkins, the first Democrat to hold the position in more than two decades. The public hasn't seemed interested in Oakley's sexuality, but voters also have been disinterested in the election itself. Only about 13 percent of registered voters turned out in the initial election. Leppert received fewer than 20,000 votes and Oakley fewer than 15,000. That has local gay activists hitting the pavement to support him. Jesse Garcia, president of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, said his group "has gone into our gay bars and stressed early voting." Gov't documents reveal plan for U.S., Canada to rebuild Mexico's infrastructure Judicial Watch, a public-interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, has obtained more documents pertaining to the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) of North America -- an initiative that has created uneasiness among some conservative groups. Hear This Report advertisement According to its own government website, the SPP is defined as a "trilateral effort to increase security and enhance prosperity among the United States, Canada, and Mexico through greater cooperation and information sharing." The effort includes what the website calls "ambitious security and prosperity programs" designed to keep the nations' borders "closed to terrorism yet open to trade." Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, says his group has obtained documents that reveal a plan for using U.S. and Canadian tax dollars to improve Mexico's infrastructure. "It would take a lot of money to bring the economic conditions of Mexico up to United States standards," he shares. Yet according to the documents, he says, it appears that discussions within the SPP are "about how that is accomplished -- and that may involve taxpayer funds." According to the Judicial Watch leader, one of the plans involved funding of physical infrastructure projects in Mexico with U.S. and Canadian monies. "This shows ... us that this is a significant development," says Fitton. If U.S. tax dollars are going to be used to fund Mexico's economic development, those providing those dollars ought to know about it, says Fitton. "I think the American people are going to be quite curious that their government officials are planning to send money to Mexico to help build roads and highways and other things," he offers; "and I think these documents are going to be quite controversial as a result."

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What is the present status of Iran's nuclear program? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has stated that Iran will have 3000 centrifuges by the end of July. This is the number needed to build an atomic bomb. The Agency has said the Iran will have 8000 by the end of the year. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_NUCLEAR?SITE=FLSTU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT You met with President Barzani during a State invitation to northern Iraq in April 2007. What is the status of Kurdistan now? The U.S. Base in the capital, Erbil, will be empty by the end of this month. The 1500 South Koreans that now man the base are leaving Iraq. If the U.S. does not occupy the base, the Turks will invade. The Turks have oil contracts with Iran and do not want the Kurds to control the Kirkuk oil fields (considered the largest untapped reserves in the world). HAMAS has recently taken over Gaza; why? Iran has given the order for HAMAS to attempt to destabilize Israel. The same thing was done last summer through Iran's other sub-contractor, Hezbollah. I was on the northern border of Israel when some 4000 missiles were fired into Israel. Why? To weaken Israel so it will not attack Iran's nuclear reactors. HAMAS' plan is to establish an Islamic theocracy from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River with no Jews. Their constitution says, "The day of judgment will not come about until Muslims fight Jews and kill them. Then Jews will hide under rocks and the rocks will cry out, 'Oh, Muslim, a Jew is hidden behind me; come and kill him.'" HAMAS airs a daily show "Tomorrow's Pioneers," a Mickey Mouse-type video in which children sing songs and recite poems about how they will blow up Jews, since all Jews are considered "monkeys and pigs." An unrestrained Islamic revolution is spreading through Iraq, Lebanon, and the PA while the world sleeps. This revolution is fueled and fed by Iran; its final move is to take it to the streets of America. What is the current status of your book, The Final Move Beyond Iraq, since it hit #1 on the New York Times list? The second and third weeks, the book posted at #5, and the fourth week, it posted at #6. What would the U.S. or Israel have to do to impede Iran's nuclear program? Iran's three facilities in order of ascending importance would have to be attacked. They are the heavy water and plutonium reactors under construction at Arak, a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, and a uranium enrichment facility at Natanz. Fifty Israeli jets would have to reach these targets to succeed: twenty-five F-151s and twenty-five F-161s. What do the Iranians believe concerning the End Times? They believe there are 50 signs of the coming of the "perfect human being," the Mahdi's resurrection. Some of those signs are: Death of 1/3 of mankind Elimination of scholars Fireball in the sky (a nuclear event?) Profanation of the house of Islam Skyscrapers and technology War - East verses the West (Armageddon) The Mahdi and Jesus will jointly defeat the Dajjal (Antichrist), liberate Palestine, and unite the world under Islam A cataclysmic situation will usher in the Mahdi What do they believe about Jesus? He was prophet, but not the Son of God. He was raised to heaven but not crucified. He will reign 40 years, die, and be buried in a tomb beside Mohammad. The chosen devotees (144,000) of al-Mahdi will reach Israel within a short period of time to oppose the great deceiver, Israel. He will be a faithful Muslim and make a pilgrimage to Mecca. He will visit Mohammad's grave, salute Mohammad, and destroy Christianity. Does Iran plan to attack the U.S. with nuclear weapons? Yes, their goal is to detonate a nuclear device in the U.S. FBI director Robert Mueller said that the goal of the terrorists is to hit American cities - among them, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, Houston, and Washington, D.C. How can I see the documentary on the subject? You may purchase a copy of the documentary on the website, www.beyondiraq.com, or you may watch a pay-per-view version. You can purchase it for $10.00 or watch it on pay-per-view for $4.95 by going to www.beyondiraq.com. What can I do to help? Send this email to everyone on your list; ask them to buy the book and watch the special. Ask your pastor to preach on it. There is a message complete with PowerPoint information on www.beyondiraq.com at no cost. Also ask him to buy the book and use it as a study guide for church members. The book contains a 21-day call to prayer plan. URGENT! PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR ENTIRE LIST AND ASK THEM TO PRAY. THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT... Dr. Mike Evans’ latest #1 New York Times bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq, outlines the threat that Iran’s terror activities through its proxies, Hezbollah and HAMAS, holds for Israel, and indeed, the world. The battle can be won, but it has to be fought by knowing the truth (it will set us free), and through prayer. Millions of praying saints (Daniels and Esthers) can reverse the curse. Esther won the battle: “If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What's more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14) Daniel won the battle: “The people that do know their God will be strong and do exploits...” (Daniel 11:28) All royalties from the book will be used to bless Israel. THE MOVIE, go to www.beyondiraq.com. Please forward this to your friends and ask them to do the same.

Dear Stephen, Someone is going to win two trips to Israel. The contest ends at midnight, Friday, June 15. Don't assume that you cannot win the two trips to Israel as outlined in the contest information. The winner will be the person that purchases the largest number of books or collects receipts from their pastor, friends, etc. and sends them in. This is not about a book - The Final Move Beyond Iraq; it is about saving America and Israel from a Holocaust. Israeli and U.S. experts have told me Hezbollah will attempt to begin attacks in the U.S. this summer. A precious partner has gifted these two trips so that as many peoples as possible would read this book. Books are available at WalMart, Barnes and Noble, your local Christian bookstore. All purchases must be dated no later than June 15. God-haters are on a campaign to destroy the soul of America. You can help get this message out by going to your bookstore between May 15 and June 15 and buying as many copies of the book as you are able. If this book becomes a New York Times bestseller, it will mean invitations to speak on this subject on network television. Encourage your friends to do the same. Collect the receipts for the books from your friends and send them with your name, address, telephone number and email address to: Israel Trip Contest P. O. Box 210489 Bedford, TX 76095 All receipts must be dated between May 15 and June 15, 2007. The person who sends in the receipts for the most books purchased will receive two 7-day all-expense paid trips from New York City to Israel via El Al Israel in 2008*, the year of Israel's 60th Anniversary. Your cards and receipts must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2007. Winners will be notified on August 15, 2007. The winner may choose the dates of travel in 2008. The trips will be coordinated through a travel agency. The package is a $4400 value. If the winner chooses to extend or upgrade the package, additional expenses must be paid by the winner. The IPS Interpress Service organization sent out the following article worldwide. The writer is obviously upset at what you have accomplished as a Jerusalem Prayer Team member. And yes, it is true that I could not have done this without you. It is also true that I have done back-to-back network shows. I have done more than 70 shows to date. And, yes, your 5-star reviews are hindering them from killing the book. I cannot take credit for anything; this is a battle for the soul of America and we are presently winning the battle. We have not, however, won the war. Prime Minister Shimon Peres told me that ninety percent of the war on terror is a media war. The good news is that you do have a dog in the fight (me), and the liberals can't stand it. POLITICS-US: A New General for God's Army? Bill Berkowitz* OAKLAND, Jun 13 (IPS) - In recent appearances on two U.S. cable news networks, he was slinging and zinging -- the well-rehearsed pitchman for the Biblical "End Times" was dead certain that "Iran is going to have to be attacked" before 2008. He also claimed that during a recent visit to Iraq, he was told by intelligence sources that Iran had given the green light to Hezbollah to unleash suicide bombers in the United States this summer. Mike Evans is a shock jock for Armageddon, a cheerleader for the apocalypse. These days, the bestselling author and head of the "Jerusalem Prayer Team", a U.S.-based pro-Israeli Christian evangelical organisation, is at the top of his game. On Jun. 3, his new book, "The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While The World Sleeps", made it onto the New York Times bestsellers' list at number one in the paperback category. Evans's publisher bills him as "one of America's top experts on the Middle East" and "a personal confidant to most of Israel's top leaders." He has several bestselling books under his belt, including "Beyond Iraq: The Next Move" and "The American Prophecies". Evans' latest offering -- 200 pages of text and 100 of assorted appendices -- is relatively uncomplicated: Iran is the biggest threat to the United States and to peace in the Middle East, and it should be confronted militarily no later than the end of the George W. Bush presidency. Under no circumstances should U.S. troops be withdrawn from Iraq before the mission is accomplished -- the mission being the disarming of Iran. The U.S. public has been dumbed down by the secular left and the liberal media. And god has been removed from the public square in the U.S., resulting in Christians being systematically "stripped" of their rights. His prose is pugnacious, a style you might expect from a writer who claims that he is giving the U.S. its "final wake up call." In the book, and in its promotional materials, terms like "appeasement," "secular humanist God-haters," and "pro-Islamic radical sympathisers" are tossed around as easily as if he were playing catch in the backyard. In one passage, Evans maintains that the recommendations in the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG) report, issued in early December 2006, are a "call to appeasement -- just like Chamberlain's in the face of Nazi aggression in 1938." The ISG report, which was largely ignored by the administration, had urged the withdrawal of virtually all U.S. combat troops by next spring, as well as the engagement of Iraq's neighbours, including Syria and Iran, as part of a comprehensive "diplomatic offensive" designed to both stabilise Iraq and to address "key regional issues", including the Arab-Israeli conflict. Evans essentially agrees with the core group of neoconservatives in the Bush administration who were the architects of the war in Iraq and have more recently been advocating a robust response to Iran. He departs company with them, however, in that his analysis appears to be strictly based on his reading of the Bible and what he calls the relentless attack on Christians in the United States. In the penultimate chapter, titled "The Battle for the Soul of America", Evans argues that the assassinations in the 1960s of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. "signaled the end of the age of innocence that had been enjoyed by the American people." The social revolution that followed "was a full frontal assault against traditional family values and an American culture steeped in the tenets of the Bible," and was accompanied by a "lack of moral clarity." This "lack of moral clarity" resulted in "battle after battle [that] has slowly stripped Christians in America of their rights," he says. "The American courts that espouse such movements as 'gay rights,' 'abortion rights,' and even 'animal rights' are now pursuing the right to be godless." The book's appendices offer an interesting array of excerpts from interviews with former Israeli Defence Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former CIA director James Woolsey, former Chairman of the Armed Services General Hugh Shelton, Harvard University Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, and U.S. News & World Report editor-in-chief Mort Zuckerman. The journey of "The Final Move Beyond Iraq" to the number one spot on the New York Times bestselling paperback book list is a fascinating tale in and of itself. Evans and his publisher, FrontLine, an imprint of the Christian publishing house, Strang Communications, flew under the radar of the mainstream media, using near-daily e-mail blasts to supporters urging them not only to buy multiple copies of the book, but to help publicise it by writing five-star reviews at Amazon.com. The goal of the campaign was two-fold: Become a bestselling book, and have that result in multiple appearances on mainstream radio and television programmes. By all accounts, this approach has achieved its aims. Evans had "made himself a major religious movement and media figure long before his new book was published," John Stauber, executive director of the Centre for Media and Democracy and the co-founder of PRWatch, told IPS. Although "he pegs himself as a 'journalist,' he's really a right-wing religious political advocate with great media marketing savvy." For Stauber, the co-author of two books on Iraq, "Weapons of Mass Deception," and "The Best War Ever," Evans fits into the conservative evangelist Pat Robertson category "in some ways." After all, "Pat started the 700 Club and morphed his run for the presidency into the Christian Coalition." The success of Evans' book "shows is that if you can tap into a passionate movement, present yourself well in the media, know how to raise money, and have a fan base of hundreds of thousands of rabid fans, you can sell books. He uses the media -- right wing, religious, mainstream and online -- very effectively. He's not just an author, he's a general in God's patriotic army, and he knows how to mobilise his troops," Stauber added. *Bill Berkowitz is a longtime observer of the conservative movement. His column "Conservative Watch" documents the strategies, players, institutions, victories and defeats of the U.S. Right. (FIN/2007) Please forward this to your friends and ask them to do the same.

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Fresh Guns for Fatah The Bush administration wants to send more guns to Fatah, to replace those they surrendered to Hamas after losing the PA civil war in Gaza. more Fresh Guns for Fatah Katyusha Rockets Slam into Kiryat Shmona Justice Minister Offers Opinion: Open the Gaza Gates U.S. to Lift PA Funding Freeze -- in Judea and Samaria Abbas PA Gov't Sworn In, Haniyeh Denies He's Out IDF Central Commander Clears Way For Judea and Samaria Radio Other Headlines TV Programs President Peres- Mixed emotions in the Knesset Click to view King Herod's tomb found at the Herodion Click to view Radio Programs Audio: One Year Ago Today Click to Listen Audio: How History Repeats Itself Click to Listen 1. Fresh Guns for Fatah by Hana Levi Julian American officials have asked the U.S. Congress to restore funding that was to beef up weapons, ammunition and other materiel for Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Force 17 personal militia last year. The reason: Fatah lost a massive amount of military supplies when its Gaza forces were vanquished by Hamas last week in the PA civil war. A PA official warned during the Hamas takeover that the terrorist faction had succeeded in grabbing “thousands of rifles, large amounts of ammunition and dozens of vehicles,” including armored jeeps and armored personnel carriers supplied by the U.S., Egypt and Israel. “This is really bad news for all,” he said. According to the State Department, Assistant Secretary of State David Welch submitted the request at the end of recent Congressional hearings to restore $27 million in aid to the Fatah militia in order to help Force 17 re-arm. The original aid package, more than $50 million, was approved six months ago to help train the Fatah forces under the direct supervision of U.S. military envoy Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton. The package was trimmed by half however, after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned she could not guarantee that Hamas would not end up with the equipment supplied by the U.S. Thousands of weapons and other materiel were shipped to the PA militia from American allies Egypt and Jordan, with Israel’s full knowledge and approval. Of those, however, many were confiscated by Hamas as it won smaller skirmishes with Fatah over the year. Lt.-Gen. Dayton’s performance is now being questioned in the wake of his protégés’ stunning defeat at the hands of Hamas terrorists in Gaza, who honed their military skills under the tutelage of Iranian-backed Hizbullah terrorists in Syria, Lebanon and possibly Iran. The lion’s share of Fatah’s foreign-sent weaponry was lost to Hamas when the Gaza contingent of Force 17 caved in at the end of last week, fulfilling a prophecy confided months ago to WND journalist Aaron Klein. Hamas' Al Aqsa Television broadcast footage on Thursday and Friday of Hamas gunmen brandishing American assault rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, rocket launchers and ammunition the U.S. reportedly provided to Fatah over the past few months. Hamas fighters also showed what they said were 10 American-provided armored personnel carriers the terror group said it seized from U.S.-backed Fatah security compounds it took over Tuesday. Abu Abdullah, a senior member of Hamas' military wing commented, "We informed you many times we would obtain all American arms brought to Gaza in the conspiracy against our government." Abdullah told WND Hamas is now "swimming" in American weapons. Most of the American aid and weapons were transferred to Fatah's Force 17 fighters unit, which serves as Abbas' Presidential Guard and de facto police officers in Gaza and Judea and Samaria. Many members of Force 17 are openly members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group, Fatah's declared "military wing" which took responsibility for many suicide bombings in Israel the past two years. The Jewish state regularly arrests Force 17 members accused of carrying out shooting attacks against Israelis. Comment on This Story 2. Katyusha Rockets Slam into Kiryat Shmona by Hana Levi Julian Three Katyusha rockets slammed into northern Israel at approximately 5:25 p.m. Sunday, with no prior warning. Damage was caused, though no one was hurt. Two rockets landed in Kiryat Shmona and one near Kfar Blum. The streets of Kiryat Shmona quickly emptied of pedestrians and cars, but returned to routine two hours later. The rockets, 107 mm Katyushas, were fired from Lebanon, although there are conflicting reports as to who actually launched the attack. Hizbullah broadcast firm denials of any connection with the attack, and Lebanese army officials agreed: they said they believed the rocket fire came from a Palestinian enclave. IDF sources identified three launches from opposite the Ramim ridge, five to seven kilometers north of Israel's northern border. The area adjoins a number of positions occupied by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). One of the missiles reportedly landed next to a United Nations outpost in Adaysa. One of the rockets landed in the town’s industrial area near the Neviot water factory, damaging the building and barely missing a crowd of people standing nearby. Passenger cars were also hit by shrapnel, and one car sustained moderate damage in the front. One woman suffered shock and more people suffered anxiety attacks, but no other injuries were reported. A second rocket exploded in a residential area in the city, and the third landed in a field next to Kfar Blum. Approximately 1,000 Katyusha rockets hit Kiryat Shmona during the Second Lebanon War last summer. The last Katyusha hit on August 14th 2006. Residents were initially ordered into the shelters, but no one needed to be reminded; last summer’s memories of the Second Lebanon War are still fresh. They were soon told they return to their daily affairs, but some found that hard to do. “We hope it was only an isolated incident,” said a mother who was interviewed on Army Radio. “I had just gone out to buy a cake, and came right back. My son was crying, and I held him and calmed him down, telling him everything is okay, and not to worry.” She is not waiting to see what happens next, however. She’s leaving. “I hope everything will be okay, and there won’t be anymore. But I am taking my child out of here for now.” City officials strove to minimize the effect of the attack, saying no further attacks were anticipated. Nonetheless, the 24-hour municipal hotline has been activated, and Magen David Adom emergency medical services in the north were placed on the highest alert. Mayor Chaim Barbivai called on the Israeli and Lebanese governments to issue a strong response to the rocket fire. In an interview with Channel 2 TV news, Mayor Barbivai said, "Heaven help us if we have another summer like the last one. That would be a tragedy." Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he viewed the attack with grave concern, and told officials he intended to discuss the incident with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at their meeting in New York, planned for Sunday evening. Outgoing Defense Minister Amir Peretz met with defense establishment officials at the Kirya army base in Tel Aviv to discuss possible responses to the attack. Mr. Peretz will end his tenure in the post on Monday, and party colleague Ehud Barak will take his place. "The question of response is a complex one," an IDF source told Ynet. "We must remember that the Lebanese Army is carrying out activity in the area and doing it well. There are international forces in place and we have no interest in seeing them leave." A Kiryat Shmona resident echoed the call, saying the issue of identifying who had launched the attack was not relevant, at least for those who were targeted. “It doesn’t really matter who fired the rockets,” he said. “What matters is that they’re firing Katyushas at us again.” Comment on This Story 3. Justice Minister Offers Opinion: Open the Gaza Gates by Hillel Fendel With 300 Arabs at the Erez Crossing hoping to escape Gaza, followed by possibly thousands more, Justice Min. Friedmann says Israel should let the non-dangerous ones in. Hundreds of Fatah-supporters are still crowded on the Gaza side of the Erez Crossing into Israel, hoping to escape the vengeance of Hamas. Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann announced Monday morning that in his opinion, "Israel should ease their passage [to Ramallah], as long as they are not Hamas people or endanger Israeli security." The Fatah would-be refugees say they are caught between Hamas and Israel, and fear for their lives. Hamas wants to kill them, and Israel fears that thousands of people fleeing not Hamas dangers but economic difficulties will also soon try to pour into Judea and Samaria. Manhigut Yehudit, the Likud Party's Jewish Leadership faction headed by Moshe Feiglin, disagrees sharply with Friedmann. "The Government of Israel, by allowing Fatah terrorists to enter the territory of the State of Israel, continues to play fast and loose with the lives of its citizens. Gaza must have one land-based departure point only - towards Egypt." Similarly, Professors for a Strong Israel released this statement: "The drums of war between the Palestinian terror groups are barely silent, and the Kadima ministers are already making their foolish distinctions between good terrorists and bad ones, allowing passage to terrorists running from Gaza who in the future will act against us from Ramallah... They are more interested in the humanitarian needs of the enemy's civilians than those of the residents of Sderot." Several dozen Fatah VIPs and their families, journalists and others were allowed out of Gaza over the weekend, but the IDF shot in the air when hundreds of others tried to follow them. Hamas has begun a house-to-house search for Fatah leaders in Gaza - although this follows it granting amnesty to several leaders who were caught at the end of last week. During the height of the battles last week, both Hamas and Fatah executed leaders of the opposite group. A drama took place at the Erez Crossing on Friday, when a known Palestinian Authority photographer attempted to pass into Israel. Hamas men pursued him, shooting at his taxi. The photographer then jumped from the taxi and began running towards the Israeli side of the crossing, where he was saved. Comment on This Story 4. U.S. to Lift PA Funding Freeze -- in Judea and Samaria by Hana Levi Julian The United States is expected to push hard and fast this week Israel and the Palestinian Authority toward America’s goal five years ago to establish a PA state, now that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah terrorist faction is clearly divided from Hamas. U.S. Consul General Jacob Walles left no doubt when speaking to reporters on Sunday that his government intended to move ahead to strengthen whatever control over the PA Abbas has managed to retain in the wake of the civil war. The new emergency PA government installed by Abbas in Ramallah (north of Jerusalem) is expected to receive an infusion of American funding and other support, possibly within the next few days. “This government is going to receive the full support of the United States,” said Walles, “very quickly both diplomatically and also economically.” U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to announce resumption of funding to the PA, said American sources, sometime during Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to Washington this week. U.S. Hoping to Head Off a 3-State Solution “It is true now that [the PA chairman’s government] does not have a great ability to influence events in Gaza,” admitted Walles in Jerusalem on Sunday. He said that the U.S. would, however, continue to include Gaza in the working definition of the PA entity, at least for now. The Consul-General added that the U.S. will not abandon Gaza’s 1.8 million PA residents, although he also acknowledged that the issue of helping them had become more complicated since the Hamas takeover of the area. “But I think ways can be found in order to ensure that this (helping Gaza residents) happens. We don’t want to see the Palestinian people in Gaza suffer any more as a result of what’s happened there, he said.” The American official also said his government eventually hopes to work with Israel to persuade the Arabs of Gaza to abandon their support of the Hamas terrorist network, but realizes this might have to be a long-term project. It is clear that Abbas has yet to prove his ability to control the terrorist factions that permeate the population in PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. “We’re not going to lose sight of the need to begin a process between Israel and the Palestinians to resolve the fundamental problems,” he said, “but before we can do that, I think we need to get the house in order first.” More to the point, he added, the new PA government would first have to “ensure law and order and security in the West Bank.” PM Olmert Ready to Take More Risks For Peace Prime Minister Omert was upbeat about the results of the civil war when speaking to Jewish leaders in New York Sunday night, saying, "I personally believe that under the new circumstances, with a much greater cooperation between us and the Palestinian government, we can take perhaps more risks than we took in the past." Olmert explicitly stated that Israel can now hand over to the PA up to half of the $700 million in tax revenues that has been withheld since PA residents elected Hamas to become the ruling faction in their government. "We will defreeze monies that we kept under our control because we didn't want these monies to be taken by Hamas to be used as part of a terrorist action," promised the prime minister. Fatah forces surrendered some 50,000 weapons, ammunition, military vehicles and other materiel to Hamas terrorists in Gaza last week after Abbas' loyalists lost the PA civil war. Comment on This Story 5. Abbas PA Gov't Sworn In, Haniyeh Denies He's Out by Hana Levi Julian A new, Fatah-led Palestinian Authority government was sworn into power on Sunday – in PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. But Hamas still rules the new, Fatah-free Gaza. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas swore in an “emergency government” in Ramallah (north of Jerusalem) on Sunday, installing 11 new ministers who are to serve for as long as the PA chairman deems it necessary. According to the PA chairman’s aide, Nabil Amar, all of the new ministers are “independent technocrats.” The ceremony took place a day after Abbas issued a decree allowing the formation of a government without prior approval from the Palestinian Legislative Council. The PA chairman had already officially dissolved the Hamas-Fatah “unity government”, led by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, last Thursday. The emergency government will be led by newly-appointed Prime Minister Salem Fayyad, a professional economist and finance minister in the previous PA government, whose bank account was used to channel foreign aid into Fatah-controlled PA coffers. According to media reports, Fayyad will keep his job as finance minister and will also take on the additional role of foreign minister. Abdul Razek al-Yihya was sworn in as the new Interior Minister. al-Yihya served as interior minister in the PLO government of the late Yasser Arafat and was involved in negotiations with Israel. The new interior minister faces an uphill battle, having to coordinate security and civilian affairs in the PA-controlled areas of Judea and Samaria, while trying to resurrect the Fatah-linked security forces – the few that remain – in Gaza. The rest of the Fatah-appointed PA cabinet ministers are as follows: Riyad al-Maliki – Justice and Information Minister. Ziyad al-Bandak – Municipal Affairs Minister. Ashraf al-Ajarmi – Prisoners, Youth and Sports Minister. Kamel al-Hasuna – Communications, Economy and Public Works Minister. Hulud Deibas – Tourism and Women’s Affairs Minister. Namis el-Alami – Education Minister. Samir Abdullah – Planning Minister. Fat’hi Abu Marli – Health Minister. Jamal Bawatna – Religious Affairs Minister. Bawatna is also the mufti of the Ramallah district. Mashhur Abu Dakka – Transportation Minister. Who Rules the PA – and in Which Area? Abbas declared that the new emergency government has authority in Judea and Samaria and in Gaza. He also announced Sunday he was outlawing the Islamist Hamas terrorist organization and disbanding its armed militia. Fatah security men have been attacking Hamas-linked stores and other buildings in Judea and Samaria, burning several of them, since last week. The incidents have taken place primarily in the Samaria cities of Ramallah and Shechem. Local residents said that Fatah members kidnapped several Hamas men last week in Shechem. There were also reports over the weekend that Fatah security men executed a resident for allegedly collaborating with Israel. It was not clear whether the man was associated with Hamas, although it seemed unlikely. Hamas issued a statement in response to the attacks, accusing Fatah of “ethnic cleansing” against its members. Fatah spokesman Abu Odai responded by charging Hamas with trying to divert attention from Gaza, where he said Hamas had “murdered 400 Fatah activists.” Hamas has led the government after being elected by Palestinian Authority residents to take the helm in a landslide victory at the polls in the PA elections held in January 2006. Haniyeh insists that mandate is still in force. The deposed prime minister issued a statement saying “The national unity government asserts here that we are fulfilling our duty according to the law.” Haniyeh’s words were echoed by Hamas representative Abu Osama Abd el-Moti, stationed in Iran, who promised that the “resistance” to Israel’s presence “will get stronger.” El-Moti added that “Hamas has no intention of establishing a government in the Gaza Strip, and responding to Israel’s and Fatah’s dictates.” Hamas is insisting that the new Fatah emergency government is irrelevant, the result of an American-Israeli conspiracy, calling it “the peak of illegal political thuggery.” Spokesman Ismail Radwan told reporters, “The Islamic Resistance Movement considers this government illegitimate and illegal. We will not work with it.” Nonetheless, there were glimmers on Sunday that Haniyeh has begun to realize the party’s over, dismissing several senior officers in the PA security forces in Gaza. Kamal el-Sheikh, chief of the PA police was one of the first to go, as was the commander of the Preventive Security Services, Rashid Abu Shabak, who had already seen the writing on the wall and tendered his resignation last month. Comment on This Story 6. IDF Central Commander Clears Way For Judea and Samaria Radio by Ezra HaLevi IDF Central Commander Maj.-Gen. Gadi Shamni has paved the way for a Jewish radio station based in Judea and Samaria to return to the airwaves. Judea and Samaria have never had an authorized Jewish radio station, forcing Arutz-7 to broadcast from international waters for years before finally shutting down in 2003 due to legal harassment – even after a Knesset bill granting it authorization. With Shamni’s signature, the new radio station could be approved for the airwaves within three months. The Second Broadcast Authority Law and the Local Authorities Guidelines long ago approved the establishment of a Judea and Samaria regional radio station. Other regions in Israel have had localized stations for seventeen years. Three signatures were required for a tender to be issued for such a station. Those of: Communications Minister Ariel Attias (Shas), Second Broadcast Authority Chairperson Nurit Dabush and IDF Central Commander Shamni. The process had been frozen ever since then-Communications Minister Ehud Olmert announced it had begun in February, 2006. Only recently did Minister Attias begin pressuring the other two to sign their names. Within two weeks, the tender for the new station is expected to be published – allowing 45 days for proposals to be submitted. The Second Broadcast Authority says it is seeking proposals that can prove economic stability, proposed programming, the support of spiritual leaders and guidelines for proper language use. After proposals are submitted, they will be considered by a committee of experts for another month – who will issue a recommendation, after which the winner will be chosen. Broadcasts are expected to begin in October of this year. Comment on This Story 7. Other Headlines by IsraelNN Staff Gaza Brain Drain Fatah Overthrow in Samaria Gaza Muslims Burn Church, Monastery Comment on This Story

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Good afternoon,

Tonight at 8.30 on Dateline - political woes in Gaza, a Jemaah Islamiah
leader defects to the other side and the United States' man in Latin
America; two men with form as long as your arm.

Blessed be the peacemakers. Could it be a case of out of the frying pan
and into the fire for Tony Blair if he takes on this new career in making
peace in the Middle East? George's guest tonight knows only too well how
hot it can become. Well versed in historical battles, Dr Hannan Ashrawi is
a tireless campaigner for peace. So what does she make of the abolishment
of the democratically elected Hamas government and the legitimacy of a
future election?

Not so long ago, Nasir Abas was one of Jemaah Islamiah's top strategic
commanders in Indonesia, a specialist in weaponry, mastermind behind jungle
training camps in the Philippines and trained at a military academy on the
border of Pakistan and Afghanistan alongside Bali bombers Ali Imron and
Imam Samudra. As Ginny Stein finds out, the 2002 Bali bombings had a
cathartic impact on Nasir; his conscience split between his cause and his
men and his inability to condone the use of indiscriminate violence against
innocent civilians. Now, this lynch pin in Indonesia's war on terror
spends his time converting other JI members to follow the path to peace.

David O'Shea traces the deadly footprints of one of the Americas' most
controversial characters. Since the 70s, Cuban born Luis Posada Carriles
has been behind a trail of terrorist attacks across Latin America in the
fight against communism. Trained by the CIA in the art of demolition,
propaganda and intelligence, he became the brains behind the horrendous
1976 midair bombing of Cubana Airlines flight 455 over Barbados killing 73
people. He was an instrumental figure in the Iran Contra affair. He has
terrorised people across the continent and targeted Fidel Castro for
assassination. This is a man of contradictions; Latin America's bogey-man
and at the same time an anti-Castro freedom fighter. Posada Carriles
currently lives freely in Miami in spite of calls for extradition from
Venezuela.

Yet another episode not to be missed.

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