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Time to destroy Hamas

Islamic movement morally corrupt, a cancer in Palestinian dream

Ray Hanania

East Jerusalem - Occupation of the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terrorist
organization and the destruction there of the democratically elected
government system should make it clear to all that there is no
compromise with Islamic fundamentalism.

Hamas is and always has been an organization premised on Islamic
superiority, not on the goal of achieving nationalism for the
Palestinian people.

But if there is a silver lining in the Hamas-led civil war there, it
is that the conflict could serve as the basis for secular Palestinian
leaders in the remaining government institutions in the West Bank to
re-engage in the peace process with Israel.

A coalition can be formed that would re-energize a new peace
initiative with Israel while destroying Hamas and the Islamicist
movement that threatens not only the West but all Palestinians who
believe in an independent state based on secular nationalism and true
democracy.

Since it was founded during the first Intifada as an armed Islamic
movement, Hamas has never compromised on its two main goals,
destroying the Jewish State and undermining the Palestinian secular
existence.

In their extremist religious eyes, there is no difference between
Israel and the Israeli people, and a secular Palestine and its
secular leadership.

That Hamas was able to take control of the Gaza Strip, a hell hole of
economic disaster and political turmoil where more than 1.35 million
Palestinians live, should not be a surprise.

Although Hamas fronted representatives to participate in the
democratic elections held in January 2006, their organization has
been neither democratic nor driven by the goal of creating a democratic
state.

They took over control of the Palestinian National Authority only
because the larger, more popular secular Palestinians split their
votes. Although Hamas won the January 2006 elections, the
organization never won a majority mandate from Palestinians.

Yet Hamas used its power not to build on the democracy and to pursue
peace, but as an opportunity to undermine the secular lifestyles of
the majority Palestinians through intimidation, militant
confrontation and by using violence designed to provoke the Israeli
military occupation to create greater Palestinian hardship that plays
into Hamas' long term goals.

As long as there is no hope for peace, no movement towards compromise
and continued suffering and frustration for Palestinians living under
an oppressive Israeli military occupation, Hamas militancy, not their
religious fanaticism, will remain an attractive choice to the
emotionally racked Palestinian people.

Ismail Haniyeh, who was ousted as prime minister of the Palestinian
Authority that his organization intentionally destroyed in the Gaza
Strip, is frank in declaring that his goal is to transform the
Palestinian movement into a religiously-governed movement, not a
secular democratic state.

Haniyeh is disingenuous when he claims that the conflict is the
result of the corruption of his secular rival party, the Fatah
organization founded by the late Yasir Arafat.

In truth, while the Fatah-dominated government had serious corruption
problems, the Hamas organization is morally corrupt. It used violence
not as a weapon of resistance, although that is what they claimed,
but as an immoral tool to block the very peace process that gave
legitimacy to the election system that allowed Hamas to rise to
"minority control" of the PA.

It is so important to understand that the peace process failed not
solely because of the difficult hurdles on the Palestinian refugees
and the City of Jerusalem that both Israeli and Palestinian
negotiators failed to overcome, but because Hamas intentionally used
suicide bombings at each and every junction where peace talks were
poised to make headway.

Hamas is as much responsible for the collapse of the peace process
and the return to violence as was Ariel Sharon, the extremist Israeli
prime minister who rose to power in the five years after one of his
followers assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin who launched the
peace process with Arafat.

Hamas does not want peace. It is a cancer in the Palestinian dream
for statehood. They will trade off anything to survive as a movement
driven by blind faith, not reasoned and free public choice.

Mahmoud Abbas is not only the successor to Arafat, he is the symbol
of the secular political movement that places individual choice and
real democracy above religious fanaticism.

For the sake of Palestinian unity, he has stood by while Hamas
government leaders have violated the fundamental basis upon which
they were elected, asserting undemocratic policies such as Sharia Law
on the Palestinian populations where they have rule.

They have sat back while Islamic terrorists have threatened to "slit
the throats of women from ear to ear" who appear on Palestinian TV
without wearing the "Hijab," or Islamic religious head covering.

But their real goal is not the imposition of the Hijab on women, but
the subjugation of women, Christian Palestinians and secular Muslims
by denying them an equal voice in Palestinian society. Hamas
terrorists firebombed symbols of secular lifestyle, including
restaurants that have served alcohol, nightclubs that have permitted
intermingling of young men with women and dancing.

Worse, though, Hamas has allowed their armed factions to act outside
of the authority of the PA, firing Qassam rockets into Israel not as
acts of defensive resistance but as a provocation to create increased
conflict that allows their political counterparts to exploit the
Palestinians who are then the victims of Israeli retaliation.

Hamas cannot claim they are both a resistance movement and the
majority leadership of the secular Palestinian Democratic government.

They have played both sides not for the sake of achieving Palestinian
goals of democratic statehood, but to strengthen their base as an
Islamicist power that has exploded into a mini-Hamastan State.

Abbas and the true democratic representatives of Palestinian hope in
the PA have a choice. Either they can continue to try to appease the
unappeasable Hamas cancer, or they can act forcefully to destroy
Hamas and remove it from all aspects of Palestinian leadership and society.

The fear of a civil war is long past. This is a civil war that Hamas
has begun by its actions in the Gaza Strip where dozens of
Palestinians from rival political groups have been murdered in cold
blood and their buildings, homes and offices burned to the ground.

If the secular Palestinians do not take a stand today to stop Hamas,
Hamas will eventually bring its religious fanaticism to the West Bank
where a final civil war will be fought.

In the battle against religious fanaticism, secular forces always
seek to compromise while the religious extremists, driven by faith,
cannot compromise on their faith and continue to seek the destruction
of the other side.

At stake today is the survival of Palestinian secular society and the
hope for a negotiated peace with Israel.

Ray Hanania is an Award Winning Palestinian American columnist,
author and standup comedian. Writing from East Jerusalem, Hanania
can be reached at www.hanania.com.

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Radical Islam's 'End-Game'

A friend of mine said recently, "We shouldn't even be there. Let them kill each other. I mean, that would solve the problem. Right?"

I thought about that statement as I read the news coming out of the Gaza Strip. As Hamas and al-Fatah literally battle to the death for supremacy in their region, it is crucial that we take the time - right now - to understand what it is they're fighting about. The truth is our lives depend on it.

To look at the situations in Iraq and Gaza as separate conflicts is to view them in a naive and overly simplistic way. True, the battles taking place in Gaza are more akin to a civil war, if in fact a civil war can take place without a recognized country to govern. And the battles taking place in Iraq are almost completely instigated at the hands of al Qaeda terrorists hell-bent on creating chaos with violence while destroying any chance of democracy in that nation. But what the less visionary among us are deficient in understanding and neglectful or deceitful in not addressing is the reason they are fighting, their goal, their end-game.

Many anti-war activists and members of the American Fifth Column insist that the reason radical Islamist terrorists -- insurgents or militants as they like to call them -- have taken to jihad against the United States and the West is because of the encroachment of our culture into the 7th Century Middle Eastern culture in which they exist. They point to Osama bin Laden's 1996 fatwa against the US and the West citing the presence of Western military personnel and installations as the catalyst for al Qaeda's Islamofascist aggression.

While these points may very well be the justification used by the cadre of terrorist organizations originating throughout the Middle East for attacks against the West, it doesn't explain their propensity for Arab on Arab, Muslim on Muslim violence. It doesn't explain the original catalyst for the conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims and it certainly doesn't address the Islamofascists' goals.

The specifics surrounding the original cause for conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims are disputed by both camps. But both factions concede that it stems from a disagreement over the direct succession to Mohammed, to the Caliph. This subject requires more space than can be afforded here. What can be addressed here is the "end-game."

That Islamofascist aggression advanced through the use of terrorism is taking place around the world against members of every faith other than Islam is a testimony to the fact that radical fundamentalist Islamists are engaged in an intentional conflict of global conquest. Terrorist attacks in the name of Islam have taken place in Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Spain, Britain, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Somalia, Algeria, Sudan, South America and the United States - to cite a short list - against, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus and even conformist and non-fundamentalist Islamists.

When one examines the facts and logistics of Islamofascist aggression - both in history and modern times - it is hard to argue that the basis for this aggression is Western influence on the Islamic culture. If this were the sole reason for Islamofascist aggression there would be no excuse for attacks in the name of Islam on the Hindus or Buddhists or in any nation that doesn't embrace Western values such as Thailand, Somalia or most of Indonesia. Yet, the slaughter of innocents in the name of Islam does take place against these people and in these non-Westernized regions.

By acknowledging these facts - and they are indisputable - we can dismiss the argument that the US and the West have brought the wrath of Islamofascism upon ourselves, which is the basis for the argument used by the anti-war movement, the American Fifth Column and disingenuous and opportunistic politicians.

What, then, is the catalyst for Islamofascist aggression and what could be so powerful as to produce legions of suicide bombers and those willing to die, without reservation, for their cause?

While the many elements of this subject are complex, together they indicate an overall agenda that is not.

In almost every declaration and action of the Islamofascist, from Osama bin Laden to Hassan Nasrallah, Ayman al Zawahri to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the goal is the same: the successful establishment of a global Islamic state - or caliphate - ruled under sharia law. This notion is not a supposition on my part. Rather, it is an accurate observation, based on understanding and acknowledging the actions taken and the words used by each of these fascist leaders (note the correct usage of the word fascist).

In his 1996 fatwa, Osama bin Laden proclaimed, "...O you horses (soldiers) of Allah ride and march on. This is the time of hardship so be tough. And know that your gathering and co-operation in order to liberate the sanctities of Islam is the right step toward unifying the word of the Ummah under the banner of 'No God but Allah'...Our Lord, shatter their gathering, divide them among themselves, shaken the earth under their feet and give us control over them..."

It should be noted that to bin Laden, the Ummah is considered a figurative nation comprised of all Muslims and all Islamic nations.

In 2000 bin Laden declared, "...Afghanistan is the only country in the world that has the Shari'ah. Therefore, it is compulsory upon Muslims all over the world to help Afghanistan. And to make hijra to this land, because it is from this land that we will dispatch our armies to smash all kuffar all over the world."

In October of 2005, during his address to the United Nations, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "From the beginning of time, humanity has longed for the day when justice, peace, equality and compassion envelop the world."

And in a speech to Friday prayer leaders he said, "Our revolution's main mission is to pave the way for the reappearance of the 12th Imam, the Mahdi."

It should be noted here that Ahmadinejad believes - as do most Shi'ites - that the 12th Imam (or Muhammad al-Mahdi), according to their interpretation of the Quran, will bring "peace and justice on earth" by establishing Islam throughout the world. This equivalent of the "second coming" would take place when the world has fallen into chaos and civil war emerges between the human race for no reason.

If we are to take the leaders of the Islamofascist movement at their word - and the leaders of the United States and the West have been delinquent in accepting the declarations of fascists in the past, so much so that world war has ensued - we can only surmise that the battles taking place between Sunni and Shi'ite factions in Iraq, Gaza and elsewhere in the world are for dominance in what they perceive as an inevitable global Islamic Caliphate.

It is crucial that the United States government - and all the governments of the West - dispense with the political infighting that currently holds hostage national unity and the collective will, so we can defend ourselves from the inevitable full-scale confrontation with an emboldened and strengthening Islamofascist movement. The first step to achieving this unity is an honest, comprehensive understanding of the enemy. The education to achieve that end must begin immediately.

Make no mistake. We are essentially re-visiting the ominous days of 1938. It took everything that the freedom loving people of the world could muster to vanquish evil then. This time we may not be so lucky. This time the forces of evil will have nuclear capability.

By Frank Salvato

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SOWING SEEDS FOR THE NEXT HOLOCAUST - (Print)

During the Second World War the Nazi regime lead by Adolf Hitler massacred approximately six million Jews. This brutal atrocity - known as the Holocaust - is perhaps one of the darkest periods of human history. It is also one of the most well-documented events in history. However despite overwhelming evidence and countless eyewitness and survivor testimonies, there are some who claim that the Holocaust never happened (or that the extent of the bloodshed was exaggerated for political purposes).

It used to be that Holocaust denial was limited primarily to a handful of neo-Nazis and radical anti-Semites. However in recent years the seeds of Holocaust denial have found fertile ground in the Muslim world - where it has become a propaganda tool for Islamic extremists.

The spread of Holocaust denial in the Middle East has even begun to impact other parts of the world. A disturbing report by the UK's Department of Education indicates that some teachers in the UK are dropping controversial subjects such as the Holocaust and the Crusades from history lessons because they do not want to offend Muslims. (There are more than 1.5 million Muslims in the UK, making Islam the nation's largest religious minority.)

Rewriting History

Embracing Holocaust denial seems to be a recent trend in the Middle East. Kenneth Jacobson, assistant national director of the Anti-Defamation League, made the observation that "adopting the theories of Holocaust denial of Western scholars is a relatively new phenomenon in the Muslim world. The accepted attitude had been to say that whereas it was true the Holocaust had taken place, the Palestinians should not have to pay the price."

A few Muslim leaders, most notably Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have combined these two approaches - simultaneously claiming that the holocaust is a "hoax" and a "myth" while saying it is also not the fault of the Palestinians. Ahmadinejad once told reporters: "Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces. Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true, our question for the Europeans is: Is the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem? If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe - like in Germany, Austria or other countries - to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe."

In December of 2006 Iran hosted a conference on the Holocaust which called into question the historical facts surrounding the atrocities - the US State Department condemned the conference, calling it a "platform for hatred" and an "affront to the entire civilized world."

Replacement Theology

Many people today do not take the Word of God seriously. Some ignore it, many disbelieve or deny it, and others dilute its meaning with conjectures, allegories, and redefinitions. But God says what He means, and means what He says. God delights in making and keeping His promises. A disturbing aspect of many modern churches is their failure to appreciate the seriousness of God's covenant with Israel. Some believe that Israel "forfeited her promises" by rejecting her Messiah, and that these promises now devolve somehow symbolically, or allegorically, upon the Church. This false doctrine has been taught for centuries.

Under the influences of Martin Luther and others, the Protestant Reformation brought an intensive return to the authority of the Scriptures which, in turn, resulted in the subsequent reform in soteriology (the study of salvation) with its emphasis on salvation by faith alone. Many were willingly burned at the stake for their commitment to a Biblical perspective. However, one of the unfortunate shortcomings of the Reformation was that it failed to also reexamine the eschatology of the Medieval Church in the light of Scripture. As a result, most Protestant denominations today are amillennial and post-tribulational.

There are two basic views in eschatology (study of End Times) which concern the promises to Israel and the millennium: amillennialianism, which says they are symbolic, and premillennialism, which says they are literal. One of the derivative aspects of an amillennial perspective is that it denies Israel's future role in God's plans. This also leads to a "replacement theology" in which the Church is viewed as replacing Israel in God's program for mankind. In addition to forcing the allegorization of many key passages of Scripture, this heretical eschatology promotes anti-Semitism and was a contributing factor to the tragedy of the Holocaust in Europe. Unfortunately this "replacement theology" still continues to pervade the doctrines of most Protestant denominations today.

Anti-Semitic violence has become a serious problem throughout the world. Some may blame the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict for fostering anti-Semitism. Others may say that such racially motivated hatred is limited to neo-Nazi groups and radical Islamic sects. Yet hatred of the Jews goes back long before even the existence of the Islamic faith, before the Nazi party took power in Germany, and before the advent of television and modern media. The real root of anti-Semitism is Satan's desire to thwart God's plan for the redemption of mankind. Anti-Semitism exists in many places and many forms. It may be displayed in blatant aggression or in more subtle and subversive ways, but all are aimed at the destruction of God's chosen people.

For a more detailed examination of this topic, listen to our briefing titled The Next Holocaust (see link above for discounted prices).

HAMASISTAN VS. FATAHLAND - (Print)

In recent weeks the Palestinian territories have spiraled deeper and deeper into chaos. Hamas has driven Fatah from Gaza and the Palestinian territories are now effectively divided - with Hamas in control of Gaza and Fatah in control of the West Bank. The Palestinian unity government has crumbled and the two groups are now battling for power. While the press has resisted using the term "civil war" to describe this latest surge of violence, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is calling it a coup.

In January of 2006 Hamas won a landslide victory in the Palestinians parliamentary elections - their victory completely transformed the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The militant group won 76 of 132 seats in parliament. Fatah, which prior to the elections had controlled the Palestinian Authority for nearly 40 years, won only 43 seats. Following the elections the Palestinian Prime Minister and his Cabinet were forced to resign. Mahmoud Abbas still holds the office of President, but he has been stripped of most of his power. Even before the elections Abbas was a weak and ineffective ruler, however the Hamas victory reduced him to little more than a figurehead.

When Abbas came to power after Yasser Arafat's death he inherited the remnants of a regime that was plagued with problems and was growing in unpopularity. During the decades of Yasser Arafat's corrupt and incompetent leadership, crooked government officials had stashed away billions of dollars that should have gone to help the Palestinian people. While Arafat grew rich, the Palestinian people suffered, and Israel was blamed for it all.

The PLO and Fatah-controlled government was often criticized for neglecting to provide Palestinians with basic social services. Meanwhile, Hamas operated a network of schools, clinics, and mosques which helped it gain the support of the people - effectively paving the way for the Hamas victory in last year's pivotal parliamentary elections.

The rivalry between Hamas and Fatah has ignited a frantic arms race. According to Israeli intelligence sources Hamas has been able to smuggle weapons through the Egyptian border with Gaza. Israeli forces say militants have also acquired hundreds of new anti-tank missiles. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been arming himself against his rivals. Although Abbas' power base has eroded since Fatah lost the parliamentary elections, both Israel and the United States support Abbas' limited efforts to bring peace. Being the lesser of two evils, Israel has agreed to let Egypt and Jordan supply Abbas' presidential guard with small arms and ammunition.

As the fighting escalates, the international community is divided over what must be done to stop the bloodshed. There has been talk of placing a UN peace-keeping force on the Israel-Gaza border, however many suspect that the UN's presence in the region would do little to stem the tide of violence that has engulfed the territories.

Past Week Breaking News

Every day, our editors scour the web for news items of interest in the areas of world events, religion, and technology. Here are some choice news that we found this past week:

Enormous Hindu temple being built in Georgia
UK Abortions Set Record
Isaac Newton: End of the World Will Come After 2060
Christians warned: Accept Islamic law
SEATTLE: "I am both Muslim and Christian"?
Ministers say hate crimes act could muzzle them
Schwarzenegger to Immigrants: Avoid Spanish-Language Media
Gay Marriage to Remain Legal in Mass.

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Baptist Megachurch Makes History Electing Woman to Pulpit
Billy Graham's wife Ruth dies at 87
Atheists and agnostics take aim at Christians
PCA Approves Recommendations of Federal Vision Report
Southern Baptist split over politics
Tomb Found in Mexico Reveals Mass Child Sacrifice
The revival of Mass in Latin
Vatican issues 10 Commandments for drivers
Vatican reverses annulment of Joseph P. Kennedy
Mint Releases More 'Godless' Dollars

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Photo Feature: Arutz-7 Stands With Sderot, Broadcasts Live

Arutz-7 launched its Sderot Solidarity Week with a visit to the embattled town Sunday and a day-long live-broadcast from the scene.

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Civil War in Gaza
Labor Party Primaries Get Underway
Votes Lining Up in Presidential Race
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FICC Praises Partial Tax Relief, Calls for Lower Income Tax
Two-Thirds of Israelis Dissatisfied with the Democracy
Thousands Expected to March to Homesh
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1. Photo Feature: Arutz-7 Stands With Sderot, Broadcasts Live

by Ezra HaLevi

The city of Sderot has fallen from the headlines – but rockets continue to fall as well. Though fewer in recent days, the tension from the impacts and from the Color Red alert system has actually thickened.

A group of Arutz-7 readers and listeners traveled from Jerusalem to Sderot Sunday to kick off Arutz-7’s Sderot Emergency Campaign and Telethon.

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Israel National Radio's live 6-hour broadcast raising funds for the Sderot Hesder Yeshiva, featuring Yishai and Malkah Fleisher, Tamar Yonah, Walter Bingham, Avi Mechanic, Ze'ev Orenstein and Alex Traiman, as well as interviews with Sderot residents young and old, as well as your phone calls, can be heard by clicking here:

Hour 1, Hour 2, Hour 3, Hour 4, Hour 5, Hour 6

“The reality here is one of Russian Roulette,” says Noam Bedein, a college student in Sderot who started SderotMedia.com, a web site dedicated to telling Sderot’s story and facilitating visits by journalists, tour groups or individuals that decide they want to stand with Sderot in the face of rockets and abandonment.

Sunday’s tour group was the latter – made up mostly of new immigrants and non-Jewish friends of Israel.

Bedein recalled to the group the most jarring images he had witnessed as a resident of the leading shell-struck town in Israel. (About 1,600 rockets and mortars have hit Sderot, while more than 6,000 hit the Jewish towns in Gush Katif. Now used a launch-sites after being destroyed by PM Ariel Sharon in 2005.)

SderotMedia.com's Noam Bedein shows the Arutz-7 groups the piles of hundreds of Kassam rockets at the local police station

Kassam rockets labeled with the date and site of impact

A school, one-third of which is protected from rockets

Store front near Kassam impact

Holes in a metal door from the shrapnel of a Kassam rocket that detonated nearby

Residents of a building hit several times by Kassam rockets adorned it with a Hamsa

“I have never seen a more horrifying site than a man, given the seconds of warning provided by the Red Alert system, having to decide which of his two kids to grab when scrambling for cover,” Bedein tells the group. “I also never thought I would see synagogues blown up by explosives in Israel.”

The synagogue referred to is called Ohel Yitzchak, Tent of Isaac. The Dahan family – nine brothers and a sister, all born and raised in Sderot, had just completed a year of mourning for their father, Hananya. They planned for months to dedicate a Torah scroll in his memory, setting the date for May 17 – the day after the mourning ended. Police and the IDF Home Front Command advised against holding the dedication celebration. “We said, ‘What, we are going to let Hamas and Hizbullah win?'” recalls Ziva Dahan. “We did it with faith – on time, even though half of Sderot had fled.”

The 'Ohel Yitzchak' synagogue

The study hall of the synagogue

The roof of the synagogue

The synagogue's shattered sign

Damage from the impact in the hall outside the study hall

Photos of Rabbis Yaakov Abuhatzeira and Mordechai Eliyah were unharmed despite the blast, which almost led to the building's collapse

Four hundred people attended the dedication. “After the festive meal, the family stayed behind to clean the synagogue,” Yigal Dahan said. “Our mother finished cleaning the study room (Beit Midrash) and locked the door, but we were all still gathered outside in the large courtyard.”

The Red Alert system sounded and...

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2. Civil War in Gaza

With 19 Arabs killed by Arabs in 24 hours, mortar shells at Abu Mazen's office, and a rocket at Hamas PM Haniye's home, what has until now been known as "violence" is now widely being called, even in Gaza, all-out civil war.

The fighting in Gaza is now in its latest and most severe round since it broke out well over a year ago. On Tuesday morning, Fatah gunmen fired an RPG rocket at the home of the head of the Fatah-Hamas unity government, prime minister Ismail Haniye. Haniye, who was home at the time but was not hurt, lives in the Shati section of Gaza City.

The RPG attack followed the firing of four mortar shells by Hamas at the office of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). No injuries were reported. Nearly 100 Arabs have been injured since Monday, and more than 80 have been killed in the current round of fighting.

The RPG attack against Haniye was far from the first time he has been targeted. Fatah men have shot at his house more than once over the past month, and last October, Haniyeh's convoy came under gunfire in Gaza and one of the cars was set on fire.

Tuesday at noon, exchanges of fire were reported at the hospital in Khan Yunis (near the site of what was N'vei Dekalim). Hamas men have taken up positions on the hospital's roof, and Fatah men are firing at them from an adjacent building.

The Hamas military faction has warned Fatah security personnel not to show up for work. "Every security force agent who comes to work will be suspected of taking part in the struggle against the Palestinian people and is liable to be hurt," Hamas warned. Fatah accuses Iran of encouraging Hamas in its attacks, particularly against innocent civilians for "shock value." Three women and a boy in a Fatah family were murdered in their Monday night.

The Egyptian mediator in Gaza said both Fatah and Hamas should be "ashamed of themselves" for having "killed the hope." He said both sides refused to come to peace talks today.

The civil war in Gaza has also included at least one case of armed terrorists throwing people out of their home and then blowing it up.

Related article: PA Militia War Continues Despite Truce

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3. Labor Party Primaries Get Underway

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

The vote for leadership of the Labor Party is taking place Tuesday with polling stations around the country opening at 8:30 a.m. The balloting is the second round in the party's primaries, and it will end the contest between freshman Knesset Member Ami Ayalon and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

In the first round of voting, Barak won the largest number of votes (35.6%); however, much of the support and campaign infrastructure of defeated incumbent and Defense Minister Amir Peretz has been formally thrown behind Ayalon, which may well shift the second round outcome in Ayalon's favor. The voters who supported another defeated primaries candidate, MK Ophir Paz-Pines, are likely to be split evenly between the Barak and Ayalon camps, although Paz-Pines formally gave his endorsement to Ehud Barak. Paz-Pines won only 8% of the vote in the first round, while Peretz and Ayalon won 22.4% and 30.6%, respectively.

On the other hand, there has been criticism in the kibbutz movement, a traditional core base of Labor voters, of the Ayalon-Peretz collaboration. Many kibbutz voters cast their ballots in the last national elections for the Kadima party out of a rejection of outgoing party chairman Peretz. It has also often been the case that kibbutz voters support the candidate who was himself a former member of a kibbutz - in this case, Ehud Barak.

Most polls have indicated that former Prime Minister Barak will pull slightly ahead of MK Ayalon.

Former Prime Minister Barak has also received the endorsement of influential MK and former radio talk show personality Shelly Yechimovitch. The impact of MK Yechimovitch's support for Barak is amplified by the fact that she was among the chief supporters of Peretz in the previous round of voting. She explained her support for what has developed into the rival camp by saying that her concern in the first round was to support Peretz's socio-economic positions; however, the economic policies advocated by Barak and Ayalon are nearly identical, Yechimovitch claims, and therefore she prefers Barak's leadership experience.

Most polls have indicated that former Prime Minister Barak will pull slightly ahead of MK Ayalon, who has emphasized the need for social welfare programs. Barak ran a "race of silence," leaning on his previous experience and declining to make major policy statements, except to say that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must be replaced. A poll carried out for television's Channel 10 and released Monday night gave Barak 46% of the vote and Ayalon, 39%. Undecideds were listed at 7%.

Tuesday's contest is the seventh time in seven years that Labor voters have had to elect a party leader.

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4. Votes Lining Up in Presidential Race

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

As Israel's June 13th Presidential election approaches, Knesset blocs are making their favorites known. Candidate Reuven Rivlin has written a last-minute appeal to all the MKs.

The nine Knesset Members of the right-wing National Union-National Religious Party faction have thrown their support behind candidate Reuven Rivlin, a Knesset Member from the Likud known for relatively hawkish political positions. The Pensioners Party (Gil) pledged its seven votes to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres of the Kadima party.
The Pensioners party did not select the octogenarian Peres because of his age.

According to their announcement, the Pensioners Party did not select the octogenarian Peres because of his age. Rather, the party leadership explained, Peres would best represent Israel in the eyes of the world, since he is a well-known and well-liked figure abroad.

According to Israeli law, the President is elected by the majority of voting Knesset Members. The election is conducted by secret ballot. The current President is Moshe Katzav; however, due to a criminal investigation underway against him, the Acting President, MK Dalia Itzik (Labor), will be handling the transition following the election.

Another faction that has recently declared its support for Shimon Peres's presidential bid is the Sephardic-Hareidi Shas party. Last week, the party's guiding Council of Torah sages, led by former Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, announced, "We instruct all Shas faction MKs to vote for Mr. Shimon Peres as President of the State, and we wish him luck in his position for the State of Israel. We also honor and respect our dear friend Reuven Rivlin and appreciate him, and wish for him to rise upwards and upwards."

Some Shas MKs, however, have already intimated that they will vote differently once they are alone, behind the voting partition. It was just such a scenario that led to Peres' defeat in the last presidential election, when the Peres camp confidently counted votes that were ultimately cast for his opponent, Moshe Katzav.

Reuven ("Ruby") Rivlin is a respected former Speaker of the Knesset from the Likud party, upon which he is counting for the core of his support. However, he enjoys the support of individual MKs from parties across the political spectrum.

On Monday, Rivlin sent a last-minute letter to MKs in which he expressed his faith that "at the moment of truth, behind the curtain, far from those who entice and those who threaten, fairness and conscience will win out." In his call to his
Rivlin enjoys the support of individual MKs from across the political spectrum.
colleagues in parliament - issued "over the heads of the entertainers, the publicists, the rich, the PR consultants, the advertisers and the strategists" - Rivlin wrote:

"I believe that only a president elected by a broad and rare consensus in this house will see before him all of those who elected him and all of the public, with all of its sectors and ethnic groups, throughout his entire seven-year term of office. I believe it is in my power to bring that message out."

Colette Avital, a former ambassador, consul-general in New York and a sitting MK representing the Labor party, is also running for the presidency. Formally, she is the Labor pick; however, several MKs from her party have already indicated their support for one or another of her rivals, Peres or Rivlin. In particular, Labor MK Shelly Yechimovitch, a former radio personality, publicly stated that she will not vote for Avital, but rather for Rivlin.

Avital has charged supporters of Vice Prime Minister Peres with threatening to wreck her political career if she does not pull out of the race for President. Aides to Peres responded that they refuse to be drawn into an argument.

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5. EU Breaks Freeze on Funding PA

by Hana Levi Julian

The European Union has agreed to transfer 4 million euros (approximately $5 million) to the coffers of the Palestinian Authority government, effectively ending a freeze by Western nations on funding the Hamas terrorist-led entity.

“The EU is resuming its support of the Palestinian Authority in a direct manner through the finance ministry,” announced PA Finance Minister Dr. Salem Fayyad at a news conference Monday.

The money is to be used for a project “to assist the Minister of Finance in ensuring the proper use of Palestinian taxpayers’ money” and that expenditures are accounted for, said EU representative John Kjaer.

Mr. Kjaer signed the memorandum of understanding with Dr. Fayyad, clearing the way for a new flow of funds to the PA government.

"The European Union's first step will be a €4 million project to help the minister of finance in ensuring that Palestinian taxpayers' money is spent efficiently and that all expenditures are accounted for to the highest international standards," read a statement by the EU.

Training for the financial management project will reportedly begin in the PA Finance Ministry’s offices in Ramallah and Gaza City and will be carried out by the accountancy firm Ernst & Young.

The Quartet, of which the European Union is a member as well as the United States, Russia and the United Nations, declared a freeze on funding to the PA until the Hamas-led government officially recognizes the State of Israel, renounces terrorism and fulfills past agreements.

The Quartet members had also said they would not acknowledge the Fatah-Hamas unity government until it fulfilled the conditions.

The freeze went into effect in January 2006, immediately after the Hamas terrorist organization, whose charter plainly states its intent to destroy the State of Israel, took control of the PA government in a landslide victory.

“The European Union has always played a leading role working with the Palestinian Authority to help it achieve its objective of managing public money efficiently and transparently,” said Dr. Fayyad in a statement.

The financial move raises the status of the PA without formal acceptance. It is also likely to result in increased pressure on Israel to release $700 million in tax revenue collected for the PA but withheld following the Hamas victory, leading to an accelerated disintegration of Western resolve to boycott the terrorist organization.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently returned to pressuring Israel into releasing the funds, despite America’s ban against transferring money to Hamas.

In explaining her actions, she told The Associated Press, "I understand the Israelis' concerns about what might happen to tax revenue, but we think that there are mechanisms that they could use in the ways that they have in the recent past to support important activities."

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert acceded to her request several months ago to release almost $100 million in tax revenues. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas cancelled a planned meeting with Mr. Olmert due to the prime minister's refusal last week to agree to free more money, among other reasons.

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6. FICC Praises Partial Tax Relief, Calls for Lower Income Tax

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz

The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FICC) issued a statement Monday in praise of Prime Minister and Acting Finance Minister Ehud Olmert for his decision to eliminate the purchase tax on a wide range of consumer items. The next step, in the view of the FICC, is lowering income tax levels.

On Sunday night, Prime Minister Olmert signed an order directing the Finance Ministry to lift purchase taxes from dozens of durable goods and cosmetics, including major household appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners. The cuts, expected to total 400 million shekels in lost taxes, were meant to "encourage growth" and give consumers greater freedom of choice, according to the Prime Minister.

Uriel Lynn, President of the FICC, said, "Eliminating the purchase tax is a move in the right direction, which will give an additional push to the economy's growth and increase purchasing power in the local market. This move also has significant social import, for by this measure products are made more available to the low-income population."

The FICC, the nation's largest employers' association, noted that the current annual economic growth of 5% will be bolstered by the new tax cuts.

"Eliminating the purchase tax is a move in the right direction." - FICC President Uriel Lynn

The next step, Lynn recommends, is to cut direct taxes at the lower income levels. With an average Israeli salary currently estimated to be 7,383 shekels per month, Lynn proposes cutting taxation such that those who earn between 4,170 shekels and 11,140 shekels per month will not pay more than 25% in income tax. About 30% of the working population in Israel falls in that category, according to the FICC.

Lynn explained, "At the conclusion of the tax reform measures in 2010, the direct tax burden of 30% will still be high, disproportionate to [the average] income level and relative to higher tax brackets. Lowering the direct tax will constitute a real incentive for seeking employment.... It will increase motivation to move ahead in terms of level of income."

The FICC is the non-profit, autonomous umbrella organization of six regional Chambers of Commerce, in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beer Sheva and Nazareth.

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7. Two-Thirds of Israelis Dissatisfied with the Democracy

by Hillel Fendel

An Israeli Institute for Democracy survey shows that 66% of Israelis are unhappy with the way Israeli democracy functions - but they're not leaving.

The latest annual survey, entitled "2007 Israeli Democracy Index: Cohesiveness in a Divided Society", finds that the proportion of those who are unhappy with Israel's democracy jumped by 12 percentage points over last year.

In general, the survey finds that Israelis are not proud of the way their country works - but do not want to leave, and are willing to fight for it if necessary.

Among the findings:

79% of those interviewed say they are concerned with the current situation in Israel.
86% state that the government is not dealing adequately with the country’s problems. Only 29% give credence to statements issued by the political echelon regarding Israel’s security.
70% agree that politicians tend not to take the average citizen’s opinion into account, and 68% believe that the people running the country are motivated by personal interests rather than the public good.
Despite the above, 76% of Israeli citizens are proud to be Israeli, despite the current atmosphere, and 80% of Israelis want or seriously intend to continue living in Israel in the long term. Most Israelis deeply identify with the state and the problems that it faces, and are prepared to fight for their country should the need arise.
Support for a "strong leader" is up. Those who agree that a few strong leaders would prove more useful to the state than all of the discussions held and laws passed now number 69%, compared to 60% last year.
75% of the respondents believe that there is a great deal of corruption in Israel.

Regarding Jewish-Arab relations, 87% rated Jewish-Arab relations in Israel as poor or very poor. Both Jewish and Arab respondents stated that they find it difficult to trust each other; 73% expressed the belief that the other side tends to behave violently.

Significantly, the report did not provide the breakdown of how many Jews felt Arabs are violent, and how many Arabs feel that way about Jews.

Trust in Government - Down
The authors of the report feel that its most conspicuous finding is a 22% decline in the level of trust shown by the public in the Prime Minister – 21% now, compared to 43% a year ago. However, trust in all government bodies dropped: Trust in the Supreme Court dropped to 61%, compared to 68% last year; the police - 41% (44% last year), IDF - 74% (79% last year), Knesset - 74% (79% last year), and the government - 31% (39% last year). Trust in the media stayed basically the same, at 45%, compared to 44% last year. Trust in the President plunged drastically from 67% to 22% - an unsurprising finding, given the accusations against President Moshe Katzav.

The Supreme Court is perceived by 39% of the public as the institution that most effectively safeguards democracy, followed by the media at 34%, the Prime Minister at 14%, and the Knesset at 13%. A significant increase was registered in the degree of trust placed in the media as a means to safeguard democracy – from 25% to 34%.

The survey also found that 59% of those interviewed stated that they favor a socialist-economic approach over capitalism.

The Democracy Index is produced by IDI's Guttman Institute, by Yael Hadar and Nir Atmor under the direction of Professor Asher Arian. The Index includes data from a public opinion survey based on a representative sample of 1,203 interviewees in three languages, conducted by Machshov as well as assessments and comparative data from international research institutes.

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8. Thousands Expected to March to Homesh

by Hillel Fendel

For the first time, a visit to the ruins of a Disengagement-destroyed town is sanctioned by the government - and that's precisely what worries some supporters.

The army and police will be on hand Tuesday afternoon and evening to protect thousands of expected Land of Israel loyalists as they march to Homesh in the Shomron. Homesh was one of four Jewish towns in the Shomron region destroyed by the government two years ago during Ariel Sharon's Disengagement/expulsion scheme. Unlike Gaza, the area has not been handed over to Arab control, and former residents and current supporters of Homesh have made clear their intentions to resettle it.

Tuesday's event was initiated by Rabbi Chaim Druckman, the head of the religious-Zionist Yeshivot Bnei Akiva movement. He spoke with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and received permission for the ascent - with the clear condition that those who make the trek do not try to remain there past nightfall. The IDF spokesman said the IDF will not allow anyone to seize or resettle any of the territory of the former town.

This arrangement ostensibly follows the pattern of early settlement in Judea and Samaria (Yesha). In the 1970's, determined groups of pioneers made attempt after attempt to settle the region, until finally the government ceded slightly - leading later to full-fledged communities. Today's march will set out, symbolically, from the old Sebastia train station - where, in July 1974, thousands of people took part in a milestone five-day-long settlement effort that led to the founding of Elon Moreh.

In the current case of Homesh, as well, supporters have made several attempts to re-settle the site, with little success, but the pressure is perceived as having led to the government's consent to Tuesday's event.

The Yesha Council organizers say they see the event as a preparation for another planned ascent to the site next month, after which families plan to remain at the site. Council spokesman Yishai Hollander clarified to Arutz-7, however, that next month's attempt is not a Yesha Council event, but rather one organized by the group that arranged the previous ascents, known as "Homesh First."

This clarification is an allusion to tensions reigning between the two groups. "Homesh First" organizer Boaz HaEtzni explained to Arutz-7 that he sees no potential in events, such as Tuesday's, that are organized by the Yesha Council. "The Council has shown in the past that it is not interested in winning," HaEtzni said. "When the government gives you a permit, this means that you also have to leave when they say so. Our goal is not just to go and visit Homesh every once in a while. We want to remain there. The only way to achieve this goal is not by working together with the government, but by clashing with it; the government won't give you anything unless you clash with it."

HaEtzni said he knows that there are many who plan to participate in the Tuesday march, but will then try to remain there - hopefully, he says, at the expense of a clash with soldiers.

The police have announced that they will begin an investigation into the organizers of some of the Homesh marches - prompting MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) to complain of "selective law enforcement." "Why are the organizers of the weekly left-wing protests at Bil'in not being investigated?" Eldad asked. The anti-partition wall protests at Bil'in often turn violent.

Many religious high schools throughout the country will take part in the Tuesday event - prompting Education Minister Yuli Tamir, an early Peace Now member, to investigate whether illegal political use is being made of school education. Left-wing complaints have also been heard regarding the army's dedication of four battalions to protect the marchers.

The participants plan to bring new street signs, bearing the original names of the streets, and affix them there. They will also bring shovels, hoes, rakes and brooms in an attempt to begin to restore the once-beautiful town to something similar to its original state.

Several youths who made an early attempt to arrive at the site last night were arrested. They allegedly attempted to paint the Homesh water tower orange, the color of the anti-Disengagement struggle.

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	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
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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.

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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)

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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)

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Pandemonium at public meet on BC status for Muslims
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Cartoons unfair to Muslims
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Would a cartoon of an American praying to Jesus for Muslims to occupy the United States under force of arms be funny? In fact, you know such a picture is an ...
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Pope restores office dealing with Muslims
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A year after Pope Benedict XVI restored an office that had specialized in relations with Muslims, he restored it and named a former Vatican foreign minister ...
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'I'm not out to divide Muslims'
Times of India - India
"I have not used the term caste in my entire report when I spoke about reservations for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh ,"he says. Nonetheless, Krishnan asserts ...
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Hoosier Muslims say they're feeling at home in Indiana
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
From AP INDIANAPOLIS -- Some Indiana Muslims say their first statewide convention represents a sign of staying power and their desire to become fuller ...
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NCP leaders call to unite dalits, Muslims, OBC
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Mumbai, June 25: A new non-political front, comprising Dalits, Muslims and OBCs, was launched here, with the objective of consolidating their political ...
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Muslims want back land, JI militant says
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Asked where the hatred of the west came from, he replied: "Many lands owned by Muslims have been taken away by our enemies. America is part of it, ...
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Al-Qaida Deputy Leader Calls on Muslims to Support Hamas
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News The deputy leader of al-Qaida has called on all Muslims to support the Islamic militant group Hamas with money and weapons. ...
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Muslims jailed for Gujarat murder
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Nine Muslims have been sentenced to life in prison in the Indian state of Gujarat for the killing of the state's former Home Minister, Haren Pandya. ...
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Lucknow Muslims start signature campaign against Rushdie's knighthood
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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Best wishes
Sarah Parker

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The Filth of Islam around the World

2007-06-22T21:45:00.000-07:00

Muslims
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Indian Muslims Inc.DinarStandard.com - NJ,USAAccording to the World Fact Book, Muslims in India are today estimated to be 151 million (2007), making them the third largest Muslim population in the ...See all stories on this topic
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Muslims
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SC tag for Dalit Muslims & Christians under cloudTimes of India - New Delhi,IndiaThe immediate casualty may be a recommendation by a national commission for granting Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians and Muslims. ...See all stories on this topic
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Survey spotlights UK Muslims' viewsGuardian Unlimited - UKNearly a quarter of Britain's Muslims believe the four men identified as the July 7 suicide bombers were not responsible for the attacks, according to a new ...See all stories on this topic
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THE ISLAMIC DIVIDE - (Print)
The terms Shiite (Shia) and Sunni are heard often in stories about the Muslim world, but few people really know what they mean. Religion permeates every aspect of life in the Muslim world and understanding the differences between Shiites and Sunnis is important in understanding the complex geopolitics of the Middle East.The division between Shiites and Sunnis began in the years immediately following the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of the Islamic faith. When Muhammad died in 632 AD there was a disagreement over who should succeed him as the political and religious leader of the Muslim world. One group of Muslims elected Abu Bakr, a close companion of Muhammad to be the caliph, or leader. However a smaller group believed that Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abu Talib, was the rightful leader. The Muslims who believed that Abu Bakr should be Muhammad's successor have come to be known as Sunni. Whereas the Muslims who felt Ali should have been the successor are now known as Shiite.Abu Bakr was the first caliph, although Shiites considered him to be a usurper. He was succeeded by Umar ibn al-Khattab and Uthman ibn Affan, the second and third caliphs. In the year 656 AD, 24 years after the death of Muhammad, Uthman was murdered. After Uthman's death Ali, whom Shiites had always considered the rightful leader, was finally elected to rule. Ali was opposed by Muhammad's wife Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Aisha challenged his authority and criticized Ali for his lack of interest in bringing Uthman's killers to justice. Aisha raised an army against Ali, which lead to the first Fitna, or Islamic civil war. Ali defeated Aisha at the Battle of Bassorah, also known as the Battle of the Camel. Ali's reign was turbulent and he was assassinated in 661 AD.Under the leadership of the first four caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali), the political, social, and religious institutions of Islam were solidified. Islam spread far beyond the borders of the Arabian peninsula, east into the Persian empire, north into Byzantine territory, and west across northern Africa. After Ali's death, however, Islamic unity splintered. Sunni Islam continued through the Umayyads and other dynasties that led to the powerful Ottoman and Mughal empires of the 15th to 20th Centuries. For Shiites, leadership was passed down through the Imams, who were believed to be divinely appointed from Muhammad's family. The 12th and final Shiite Imam died in the late 9th Century. After several centuries a council was appointed to elect an Ayatollah, the supreme Shiite spiritual leader.The divide between Shiite and Sunni Muslims began as a political one, but this ultimately led to some religious and theological differences. The divide between the two sects has grown over time. Shiites and Sunnis disagree on the identity of the Mahdi, the coming Islamic messiah. They also disagree on the interpretation of various key passages of the Quran and the hadith. The Quran (or Koran) is the Islamic holy scriptures - the word of Allah. While the hadith are teachings and traditions passed down from Muhammad - not divinely inspired nevertheless very significant. Yet while there are differences in beliefs, both Shiites and Sunnis share the main articles of faith - the five pillars of Islam - which are the testimony of faith, prayer, giving to charity, fasting, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.Shiites and Sunnis are the two largest Islamic sub-groups. However there are other sects, as well as divisions within the two groups. Sunni Muslims make up the majority, approximately eighty-five percent, of Muslims all over the world - they are spread from North Africa to Asia. However large populations of Shiite Muslims live in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.Islam is the world's fastest growing religion, and is second in size only to Christianity, but the god of Islam and the God of the Bible are not one and the same. Allah is presented as unknowable and capricious, and is derived from the ancient pagan moon god. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob delights in making and keeping His promises. Jesus summarized the entire Law of Moses in two commandments: Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself. Nowhere does the Koran make such a commandment. Although there are many peace-loving Muslims, study of the Islamic religion will reveal that true Islam is anything but a peaceful religion. Islam demands the utter destruction of all Jews, Christians, and anyone who refuses to convert to the Islamic faith. It is a warrior code that demands Muslims live and die by the sword.The truth about Islam is exactly the opposite of what you will hear on the news. Many Americans believe that Islam is a religion of peace and that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. In public schools we teach our children a doctrine of tolerance, and in some schools students are even required to memorize passages of the Koran. While in comparison, Islamic children are taught that America is the Infidel. We are the enemy. When the towers came crashing down on September 11, 2001 and thousands of innocent people were killed, Muslims all over the world danced in the streets and praised the hijackers. Islamic terrorists are referred to in the West as radicals and extremists, while in the mid-east they are heralded by fundamentalists as martyrs and heroes, and the families of suicide bombers are rewarded monetary pensions. The disparity between the two perspectives is staggering, still Americans are not willing to face the truth about Islam.[Editor's note: This is a highly condensed overview of early Islamic history as it pertains to the division between Shiites and Sunnis. It is important to note that Islamic sects tend to disagree on many aspects of key historical events (one man's hero is another's villain). See the links below for more detailed information. Also, check out our briefing pack The Sword of Allah to learn more about the origins of the Islamic faith.]
Related Links: • Islam - CARM • What's the Difference Between Shi'ah and Sunni? - Christianity Today • The Sword of Allah - MP3 Download - Special Offer! • A Legacy of Hate - MP3 Download - Koinonia House • Strategic Trends: The Rise of Islam - Koinonia House

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FriendsWalid will appear on Hannity and Colmes tonight at about 9.30 pm Eastern Time and tommorow June 20th on Fox and Friends at about 7.15 am Eastern.The topic of discussion will be the crisis in Gaza and Hamas. Walid's view of what to do will be a little bit different than what the rocket scientists have come up within our own State Departmemt.Unfortunately we are sneeking disaster from the jaws of opportunity.How to defeat terror according to George Bush is give "good" terrorists more weaspons and let "bad" terrorists steal the old weapons.May G-d protect us from our own leaders never mind from our enemies.Keith DaviesDirector

Tonight Dateline reveals how Australian spy agency ASIO manipulated the media in the past and asks: is it still happening today?ASIO files recently declassified and obtained by Dateline's Thom Cookes show that from the mid 60s to the early 70s, ASIO deliberately blocked the careers of ABC journalists it disliked - with full cooperation from the boss of the ABC.In one instance in 1972, ABC journalist Peter Moore was picked up by an ASIO wiretap when he called a Communist Party official. That resulted in ASIO head Peter Barbour tipping off ABC boss Sir Talbot Duckmanton. The memo reads:"Mr Duckmanton said there was increasing dissatisfaction with Moore in Radio Australia, and it was possible that the opportunity might be taken for him not to be returned to his present duties on the expiration of his present leave."In the same memo, the pair discuss sidelining a number of journalists who they believe pose security risks, including Darce Cassidy. Mr Cassidy confirms to Cookes that he was sidelined: "It was decided that I should be moved away from current affairs and confined to book reviews, arts programs and nothing vaguely political - simply on the basis that it would appear I held personal views that the government didn't like."Perhaps the most disturbing document to emerge from the declassified ASIO files is a handwritten memo from 1963, detailing how one ABC staffer spied on his/her colleagues: "Drinks heavily on duty.has affairs with various news typists.this man needs check!.nearly always wears red shirt..."In the files there are also many references to 'reliable' journalists that ASIO used to get its message across. Dateline asks, is this still happening today? In 2005, 13 Melbourne men were arrested for terrorism offences. In court the Australian Federal Police revealed it was developing a media strategy several months before the arrests. When they occurred, large amounts of accurate information were leaked to certain sections of the media. "When security agencies start leaking information to journalists there can be pretty serious consequences," journalist and historian David McKnight tells Cookes. "You become part of a political campaign."In contrast, another ABC journalist rang one of the suspects, Abdul Benbrika, months before he was arrested. His call was recorded via a wiretap and reported directly to the Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock. Manipulating the media - up next, on Dateline.Best wishesSarah Parker

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Muslims Trying to Force there Golden age onto the Infidels

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Dear Stephen,

Mike Evans is in New York City doing network shows and attempting to wake-up this nation. Please pray for him; he is receiving grave threats. Why not send him a word of encouragement at jpteam@sbcglobal.net?

As you know, the book hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers' list on Sunday, and masses of God-haters are fighting back, trying to kill the book, or him.

We know that every evil organization will go after Mike and the book. Will you write a review right now, and will you ask your church, Sunday school class and/or prayer group to pray for him?

The following review was posted just today:

This theology is the greatest threat to the security of America, June 4, 2007

The greatest threat to the security of America comes from this kind of theology. It reinforces racist stereotypes, perpetuates hatred of Arabs and Iranians, undermines the work of evangelicals in the Middle East and exacerbates the threat from Islamists who wrongly equate this politicised apocalyptic fiction with the genuine teachings of Jesus Christ.

Will you please write a review? The extremists are trying to kill this book and stop this cause. Would you fight back today by writing a 5-star review? These negative reviews have hurt the book sales on Amazon which will close media doors on secular radio and television.

Click here to write a review.

URGENT! PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR ENTIRE LIST AND ASK THEM TO PRAY. THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT...

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.

CLICK HERE to see how you can win two all-expense paid trips to Israel in 2008 just by purchasing the book and telling your friends.

Purchase your copies of
The Final Move Beyond Iraq
and win two trips to Israel!

Amazon.com

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THE FINAL MOVE BEYOND IRAQ - #1 - NEW YORK TIMES PAPERBACK NONFICTION!

Thank you! Please continue to pray! This is a big breakthrough. Please ask your pastor to mention this to your congregation. Please also ask your pastor if he will preach on this subject. He can go to the website, www.beyondiraq.com, and pull up the PowerPoint message on "What is Evil." Perhaps someone could make a donation to your local church to purchase enough books for your members, in the same way that happened with Rick Warren's book, The Purpose Driven Life.

Paperback Nonfiction
Published: June 3, 2007

This Week
1	THE FINAL MOVE BEYOND IRAQ, by Mike Evans. (Frontline, $14.99.) The author, a political conservative, says America should act decisively in confronting radical Islam and restricting Iran’s nuclear plans. (†)

We fail to realize that we are fighting the newest world power set not on an ideology such as Communism or Nazism, but a zealous, distorted form of Islam whose constituents are willing to both kill and die in the hope of spreading it worldwide. Their hope is to chase democracy and freedom from the Middle East, then from the world at large. Iran, the leader in this Islamofascism, is a regime with the mentality of a suicide bomber that is willing to go up in smoke as well in the hope of wiping Judaism and Christianity off the map.

It is obvious from the following review that the writer has not read the book. If so, the writer would know that the book is a call to spiritual warfare. Thank you for your prayers. This truly is a battle between light and darkness...and a battle for the soul of America.

What Happens When Fear Meets Ignorance...,

I have not read this book; however, reading the reviews are quite telling and scary enough. The people who support this book are convinced that their religious convictions give them the God-given right to attack a nation that they believe threatens them. Does this sound like a certain someone hiding out in the mountains of Pakistan? Or perhaps like someone else some years ago, who offered his own "Final Solution?"

Solving the world's problems is going to take a lot more than starting immoral wars (that are poorly executed by an inept Commander-in-Chief who needs to hire a "War Czar" to do his job). Alas, there are too many simpletons who just can't handle the hard, complex work of peace on Earth.

Click here to write a review.

URGENT! PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR ENTIRE LIST AND ASK THEM TO PRAY. THIS IS A BATTLE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT...

Will you please write a review? The extremists are trying to kill this book and stop this cause. Would you fight back today by writing a 5-star review, and please Send a copy to Mike to encourage him? This review has hurt the book sales on Amazon which will close media doors on secular radio and television.

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.

CLICK HERE to see how you can win two all-expense paid trips to Israel in 2008 just by purchasing the book and telling your friends.

Purchase your copies of
The Final Move Beyond Iraq
and win two trips to Israel!

Amazon.com

Barnes and Noble.com

WalMart.com

Join the Jerusalem Prayer Team Now!

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Wednesday 30th May 2007

Good afternoon,

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Tonight, Nick Lazaredes reports on the stick wielding militant females in a
standoff at Islamabad's Red Mosque. They've been held up there for the
last 4 months. And what do they want? They want Sharia law for all in
Pakistan a la the Taliban. Doe eyed young girls sit still behind young
women clad in black burqas and reconfirm their willingness to die for their
cause. But who is really behind these young girls and is it a side show to
take Pakistanis' minds off the real issues facing their country?

Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, sugar and spice and all things nice.
Or chopsticks and roof beams to use a Chinese colloquialism for the
comparison of the sexes. Tonight George discusses modern China and the
values and attitudes towards the sexes with Xinran Xue, a writer, former
teacher and talk back radio host from China. Her writing expresses the
difficulties facing women in China based on her own difficult childhood and
her callers' stories. She is the author of "The Good Women of China".

In an astonishing report from Poland, Olivia Rousset looks at the dangers
of history in the wrong hands. Twenty five years after the collapse of
communism, Poland's now conservative government is using the law to expose
former "collaborators" within the country's top brass, teachers and
journalists all facing a ban from their professions for 10 years. In row
upon row of old boxes and manila files lay personal histories collected by
spies and secret police during the 45 year communist rule. Not having
dealt with their past some Poles are horrified at the arbitrary use of the
files whilst others are in favour of lifting the lid on this Pandora's Box.

Best wishes
Sarah Parker

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A glimpse of the future under

Islam

Islam has won now control every thing in the world even try to control the way you think,

No man is allowed to shave he has to grow a big hairy beard.

Europe all research and development into modern technology is forbidden under pain of being beheaded for blasphemy so they say, but in reality it is because the Muslims don’t want more modern weapons that could overthrow the Islamic counsel that now control the world.

America is totally destitute and there is such a depression that has people dying in tens of thousands daily because of a bio weapon attack that was carried out by Hezbollah the bio strain they used attacked the vegetation and made grasses and trees shrivel nothing would grow. Britain was being ruled and raped by the self same people that they had helped and called freedom fighters, from the Palestinian capital Gaza.

Ever female from the age of nine had to appear in front of mullah once a month and declare if their monthlies had started if they had then the child was married off to some other older man or one of the lieutenants of the mullah who also had the power of life and death over all British citizens.

South America was deemed of no use to the Islamic brotherhood so they bombed it with toxoclolic toxin that kills humans only and leaves every thing else intact.

Africa sub-Saharan had been bombed into oblivion as the Muslim reasoning was that they were not going to feed almost 1 billion people with no return so the simply killed the all off with bombs.

The same bio attack was carried out on the people who supplied them with the toxins and tech to make their own so was the thank you to china and kimjengill of North Korea.

Needless to say when they marched into the Vatican the pillaged and destroyed every record and any thing that that was of value was either burnt or melted down for the gold and silver value biblical records dating from 2000bc were destroyed.

Israel had hit back at the main Perpetrator Iran but France and Britton had also unleashed their ICBM’s on Israel who had told the world exactly what would happen for many years even Australia did not manage to get out of the way and were battling against a strain of smallpox that had been let loose by Hezbollah terrorists.

New Zealand had faced a blood bath 1,000,000 al- kiada had landed and slew man woman and child by beheading them as a warning to every body in the world this was what would happen is you resisted Islam.

I wonder what happened to the last few Russians that remained after the rain of bombs that was unleashed on them no reports of any survivors they Russian and the rest of the world had seen Vladimir Putin beheaded on live TV and he had squealed but to no avail they still chopped his head off.

All that I can say if you want to you can help them make this become Reality or you can stop Islam in its tracks and make sure that they never again get a foot hold situation on the west.

Or you can start to put pressure on your elected officials in what ever country that you are in to put a stop to aid to every emerging Islamic country a as they are not our friends and want the scenario above to become reality

We do not have too much time left to put a stop to Islamic terror world wide, we can see just how ruthless Islam really is all we have to do is look at the Middle East conflict the Islamic faction wants to kill all the Jewish people there and they kill their own to try and achieve this.

Iraq, Saudi Arabia and turkey have also been hit they also called Muslims but Islam wants world domination and will lie, cheat and murder to achieve this goal.

Please if you agree that we must do some thing then pass this email on and get your elected officials to open their eyes if not then just delete this Email and pray that it never happens.