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Off Again, On Again, Gone Again, Finnagan & Nuclear Tunnel Vision!

March 13, 2006

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The two articles from the Washington Post and Sunday Telegraph (UK) were extracted from the Daily Alert Jerusalem Center.

They follow the preamble below.

Once upon a time there was an Irishman who was the engineer on a daily train run from Chicago to New Orleans. He was noted for not being able to keep the train on the track, and suffered derailment after derailment, just like the Irani

an nuclear enrichment talks have suffered derailment after derailment. Each time that Finnagan’s train suffered a derailment, he would send a lengthy telegram describing how it was not his fault, some of them were 100 pages in length.

It got to the point that the telegrams were costing as much as the derailments. So, they called Finnigan into the main Chicago Office and told him: “Look, Finnigan, we know the derailments are not your fault, but if you send us another long telegram after having one, we are going to fire you, so make them BRIEF.”

Well, sure enough, Finnagan had another derailment a month later and, following the instructions to be brief, he sent the following telegram: Off Again, On Again, Gone Again, Finnigan!

That has been the story of

the Iranian nuclear enrichment talks since the beginning, derailment after derailment, followed by off again, on again, gone again, Iranagain. When I was actually typing up this Blog, I received another notification they were on again, after just having been advised by the article which follows they were off again, which makes my point. The truth is that Iran is stalling for the maximum amount of time it can get in order to complete the enrichment process all by its “little ole” self, before the UN takes any action against it. And, even if Russia does reach some agreement with them, it will be as phony as a three dollar bill.

Iran is preparing a massive complex of numerous tunnels deep below the surface in an underground command center for any contingency they will face in the future, which is living proof they are determined to develop nuclear warheads for their Shihab-3 series.

Begin Washington Post Article from Jerusalem Center Daily Alert

• Iran Rejects Russian Uranium Proposal –

Karl Vick

Iran has rejected a Russian proposal to enrich uranium on its behalf. “The Russian proposal is not on our agenda any more,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Sunday.

Asefi’s dismissal “destroys the last and real possibility of a compromise,” said Konstantin Kosachyov, who chairs the international affairs committee of the Duma.

“By all accounts, Tehran’s decision will seriously radicalize the upcoming debates over the IAEA report in the UN Security Council, since trust in Tehran’s plans and ambitions has been strongly undermined.”

Kosachyov said it was “increasingly clear that Tehran has never seen the Russian proposal as a replacement for a national uranium enrichment program

and only considered it as an addition to it.” (Washington Post)

Begin UK Sunday Telegraph Article from Jerusalem Post Daily Alert

• Iran Builds Secret Underground Command Center –

Philip Sherwell

Iran’s leaders have built a secret underground emergency command center beneath the Abbas Abad district in north Tehran as they prepare for a confrontation with the West over their illicit nuclear program.

The recently completed command center is connected by tunnels to other government compounds near the Mossala prayer ground. The Revolutionary Guard has overseen the development of subterranean chambers and tunnels – some more than half a mile long and an estimated 35ft high and wide – at sites across

the country for research and development work on nuclear

and rocket programs.

The Iranian regime is also reviewing its contingency plans to attack tankers and American naval forces in the Persian Gulf and to mine the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of world oil production passes each day.

The naval wing of the Revolutionary Guard has in recent years practiced “swarming” raids, using its flotilla of small rapid-attack boats to simulate assaults on commercial vessels and U.S. warships, according to Ken Timmerman, an American expert on Iran. (Sunday Telegraph-UK)

End Both Articles from Jerusalem Daily Alert Center

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The Final Stage of Ariel Sharon’s Unilateral Withdrawal and Plan for Separation and Final Establishment of Permanent Borders is in Sight!

March 12, 2006

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I have waited for more than five years for this to become a functional reality.

When it is in place, Israel will finally develop the “mindset” of “peace and safety,” which will set the state for an eventual Jihad attack against Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.

I have been honest that timing has always been a guesstimate on my part, but have always put my confidence in the sequence of events, which I believe to be Scripturally correct.

I Thessaloonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in d

arkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

The following article by Mark Lavie, Associated Press, was taken from Canada Dot Com, and is a most comprehensive accounting of what will happen after the March 28 elections in Israel.

Begin Associated Press Article

Israel Will Draw Border, Move Israelis In

By Mark Lavie, Associated Press

Friday, March 10, 2006

JERUSALEM — In the absence of negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel plans to impose a border in the West Bank, build a wall and move all Jewish settlers to the Israeli side — all with backing from the international community, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in interviews published Friday.

Olmert, the front-runner in March 28 elections, has laid out his most detailed vision about how he will proceed if he wins, in interviews this week.

His plan includes setting Israel’s borders by 2010, establishing a deadline for what would appear to be a large-scale unilateral withdrawal from much of the West Bank.

While the plan would involve uprooting some Jewish settlements, it also would retain portions of the West Bank and beef up major settlements in those areas.

Israel also would retain control over Jerusalem and link a large settlement to the city.

The plan falls well short of Palestinian claims to all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

Olmert’s comments drew stiff criticism from political opponents, who accused him of jeopardizing the country’s security, and Palestinian officials, who want a negotiated solution.

Olmert said he still hopes to reach a settlement, but the chances of a deal have dimmed with Hamas’ victory in Palestinian legislative elections.

Israel says it will only deal w

ith the militant group if it renounces violence and its calls for destruction of the Jewish state.

Hamas rejects such demands.

Olmert also threatened to assassinate the incoming Palestinian prime minister, Hamas legislator Ismail Haniyeh, if he is involved in terrorism. “Anyone who is involved in planning terror attacks will be a legitimate target for liquidation,” he told the Yediot Ahronot daily.

Olmert told Yediot that if the Palestinians “prefer to be dragged into the axis of evil of Iran,” then Israel will draw its own border in the West Bank based on its security needs.

“At the end of the process we will reach a complete separation from the vast majority of the Palestinian population,” he told the Maariv daily.

Olmert said the new border would not follow the route of the separation barrier Israel is building in the West Bank. He called the barrier, which has drawn international criticism, a “security barrier” meant to prevent attacks.

He told Yediot that he would try to work with Jewish settler leaders to try to get them to agree to the new line, moving settlers into settlements he plans to incorporate into Israel.

“We will definitely change the route either east or west in accordance to internal Israeli agreement,” Olmert told the paper. “The fence that will be built … will be the border line that

will separate Israel and the Palestinians. Israelis will not live beyond the fence,” he said.

In the absence of peace talks, Olmert’s unilateral approach is meant to solve Israel’s main security problems. It follows a unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip last summer under Sharon.

Olmert seems ready, though, to go further than Sharon, who ruled out any further unilateral action after the Gaza pullout. Olmert, a close Sharon confidant, took over as acting prime minister after Sharon’s stroke on Jan. 4. Sharon, 78, remains in a coma.

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat urged Israel to return to the bargaining table.

“Israel cannot determine my borders by dictating them to me. That only prolongs the conflict, rather than solving it,” he said.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who favours a resumption of peace talks, remains in office and has been trying to work out a power-sharing agreement with Hamas.

Olmert told Yediot he will consult with world leaders to win recognition for the border. “First of all I will talk to (U.S.) President (George W.) Bush,” he said.

In earlier interviews this week, Olmert said he would keep Gush Etzion and Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, and Ariel, deep in the West Bank, as well as maintaining control over the Jordan River Valley, the line between Jordan and the West Bank.

However, it is unclear whether he could retain these areas, especially Ariel.

Bush has backed Israel’s claims to retaining some settlement blocs, but American officials have reacted coolly to Israeli claims on Ariel. Washington has also expressed displeasure over Israeli plans to link

Maaleh Adumim to Jerusalem, despite Olmert’s assertion in Yediot that the U.S. “has no doubt” that this will happen.

Officials at the U.S. Embassy did not return a message seeking comment.

Olmert hinted that he is prepared to redraw Jerusalem’s border, giving up a refugee camp on the city’s outskirts. But he said the city’s holy sites, including the Old City and Mount of Olives, would stay in Israeli hands.

Even with the settlement blocs under Israeli control, the plan would mean a pullout from most of the West Bank and removal of dozens of settlements.

End Associated Press Article

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Training to be an Army of One

of the Ten Toes of Daniel 2!

March 11, 2006

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Daniel 2:42-44 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

[44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

For a full exposition of Daniel 2:42-44, please look at Special Prophecy Update Number 233B in our Prophecy

Update Archives

As I have indicated in previous Blogs, Hamas must build a regular army from a bunch of guerilla terrorists that can fight a face to face frontal war.

The article which follows by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen in Front Page Magazine was taken from the Jerusalem Center Daily Alert.

Begin Article

Hamas Prepares for War

Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen (FrontPageMagazine)

Hamas is busily preparing for war. A Hamas official identified as

Abu Huzeifa, in an

interview with the Gaza City newspaper Dunia al-Watan, revealed that since Israel left the Gaza Strip, Hamas has built training camps in all Palestinian cities.

These camps are training new cadres of Jihadists.

The basic training lasts a month, followed by three more months of advanced instruction in battle skills, endurance building, marksmanship, missile launching, commando fighting, hand-to-hand combat, crawling under fences, and urban warfare.

The instructors are Hamas members trained internationally, most likely in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

Each training camp occupies over five acres and accommodates dozens of trainees.

End Article

I assure you that Hamas will do the same thing in the West Bank once Israel finishes the barrier and completes unilateral withdrawal from it.

In order to be an effective fighting Army with ability to attack outwardly along the length of the 340 mile barrier, when the other nine toes attack Israel from the north, they must

be taught military coordination tactics for a regular type of war.

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HAMAS MAY NOT WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED!

March 11, 2006

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Hamas has done a lot of crowing and bragging about how they were so powerful that they drove Israel out of the Gaza Strip. I do not think the Kassams are being launched by Hamas, but rather by Islamic Jihad and al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades.

I confess that I am guessing, but it may be that Hamas will would be so embarrassed by Israel being able to reenter the Gaza Strip at will, after all their crowing and bragging, that they may persuade the other two terrorist groups to temporarily cease their Kassam attacks.

I suspect all the terror groups need a Hudna (truce) to get their acts together in the crescent that runs from the Persian Gulf across Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and into the Palestinian sections of Israel.

The Article which follows by Yaakov Katz in the Jerusalem Post does contain a very real threat.

If launching of Kassam rockets continues, then it is likely that Israel will again enter the Gaza Strip in a massive ground operation.

Begin Jerusalem Post Article

IDF: Gaza Land Operation Inevitable

March 8, 2006

Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Since the IDF has been unable to eradicate the firing of Kassam rockets in

to Israel, senior IDF officers said Tuesday that Israel would have no choice but to launch a massive ground operation into the Gaza Strip

in the near future.

While artillery fire on launch sites, as well as targeted interceptions of key terror figures, did deter attacks to some degree, it was “only a matter of time” before the IDF would need to reenter Gaza which it left last summer under the disengagement plan.

“The exact timing depends on…when we will be fed up with the rocket attacks,” one officer said.

“Most of the Kassams are fired at the Ashkelon power station,” the officer said. “They look up and see the two smoke stacks and do all they can to try and hit them.”

Former Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya’alon last month called to “escalate military action against the Kassam launchers, even if it means entering the Gaza Strip.”

End Jerusalem Post Article

If the Kassams continue to be launched, sooner or later, Israel will say enough is enough, and reenter the Gaza Strip, staying long enough to do in the launch zones and places of Kassam manufacture. It will be very interesting to see how Hamas will respond.

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Right in the Middle of the Time Frame 2008 to 2012 for a Jihad Attack!

March 10, 2006

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As I have indicated for the past year, the most likely time frame for a Jihad attack against Isr ael

by 10 Arab nations would be 2008 to 2012. It appears things are headed in that direction. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmerts announcement that he intended to continue the original plan of Ariel Sharon’s unilateral withdrawal, and establish permanent, secure, walled borders of separation from the Palestinian

s by 2010, falls in line with the 2008 to 2012 time frame.

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was quite correct when he stated: “that would allow Israel to hold on to a large portion of the West Bank and Jerusalem, keep the wall, the settlements, and delay the right of return.” That is prec

isely what Israel intends to do, whether the Palestinians like it or not.

This is the “forced” peace I wrote about five years ago, and now it is finally coming into place.

It has taken a long time for this “forced peace” to finally come into play, but before Sharon ever officially announced the security barrier, in the spring of 2001, in Archive Prophecy Update 24A, I wrote the following:

SPECIAL PROPHECY UPDATE 24A

Since we began this web site we have continuously been bombarded by queries involving the current, and past, conflict activity in the Mid-East. The most frequent query is this: do you expect the current conflict to cause a full scale, all out war? As in the past, my answer has been consistent – the answer is NO! Will the conflict escalate and then decline like a yo-yo from time to time? My answer, as in the past, is YES!

Will Ariel Sharon unleash the FULL fury of the IDF into the Palestinian held territories

? My answer is NO! Will he intensify his thrusts into their territories from time to time as needed

? My answer is YES! If the Palestinians and terrorist groups continue to perform acts of killing against his people, will Ariel Sharon eventually be forced to put a “forced peace” on the Palestinians

? My answer is YES!

In Prophecy Update Number 3 (Click Prophecy Archives Above), when Ariel Sharon first took office, I stated: “Ariel Sharon may try to put a forced peace on the Palestinians before the terrorist groups shut down.

This was one of the options considered by his party in the past.” So what is a “forced peace?” Barriers would be built, which would completely surround the autonomous zones given to the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and the IDF would deploy guards day and night outside those barriers in order to separate the two nations.

It would be similar, but not exactly the same, as the Berlin wall Russia built to separate West and East Germany during the cold war. All but the major roads leading into the Palestinian Autonomous Zones would be sealed off. At the major road openings in the wall the IDF would thoroughly scrutinize all who passed through, and all types of transportation

would be examined from top to bottom.

Many of these barriers are already in place, and some of the material to add onto them is already in place. It would amount to a nation within a nation, with the surrounding nation controlling the movements of the inner nation. If the inner nation was deemed responsible for terrorist activities in the outer nation, the outer nation could launch air strikes against the inner nation without fear of killing their own people.

End Special Prophecy Update Number 24A

I believe Hamas needs a Hudna (truce) with Israel as a cover for time it needs to build the Palestinians a better economy and way of life.

It also needs time to train an army.

It is quite different to switch from a hit and run guerilla terrorist group with numerous cells to a regular army that must stand and fight face to face across battle lines. Rest assured that is the plan of Hamas for a future Jihad frontal attack against Israel on the opposite side of the security barrier.

The following article from the Jerusalem Post gives the reaction of the Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to the “forced” peace Israel has in mind for the final security barrier border with the Palestinians.

Begin Jerusalem Post Article

Mashaal: Olmert’s border plan is a ‘declaration of war’

JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST

March 10, 2006

Hamas leader abroad, Khaled Mashaal, said Friday that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan to create Israel’s permanent borders by 2010 is “a declaration of war” on the Palestinian people.

According to Mashaal, “this is not a peace plan, rather a declaration of war that would enable Israel to hold on to a large portion of the West Bank and Jerusalem, keep the wall, the settlements, and delay the right of return. Olmert is in the process of committing the same mistakes as Ariel Sharon.”

Olmert told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday that Israel’s permanent borders will be set within the next four years, a period during which construction will also begin in the controversial E1 section between Ma’aleh Adumim.

The acting prime minister said he intended within the next four years to “get to Israel’s permanent borders, whereby we will completely separate from the majority of the Palestinian population and preserve a large and stable Jewish majority in Israel.”

This was the first time that Olmert has put a time frame on what he has said in the past was Israel’s most pressing issue: determining its final borders.

Olmert also said he had no intention of meeting Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas after the elections.

with Herb Keinon and Gil Hoffman

End Jerusalem Post Article

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