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Middle East Saying Peace and Safety,

Preparing for Sudden Destruction War,

As both Israel and Islam certainly Know.

Islamic lips say we desire to have Peace,

But their hearts are filled with killing Jews!

The Antichrist Gog will Attack the Israelites,

With full knowledge that Israel wants Peace!

Ezekiel 38:14,15 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? [15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them

riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

Ezekiel 38:8-12 – After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

[9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. [10] Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: [11] And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, [12] To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

I Thessalonians 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 darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

December 11, 2009

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Peres to Turkish envoy: Hamas readying for next war

December 9, 2009

Greer Fay Cashman , THE JERUSALEM POST

The first priority of Hamas is to prepare for another war, President Shimon Peres told Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Oguz Celikkol on Wednesday after the latter presented his credentials.

Celikkol was the last of five ambassadors who presented their credentials to Peres throughout the morning.

The others were Henry Hanson-Hall of Ghana, Kyriakos Loukakis of Greece, Andrew Standley of the European Union and Roberto Eduardo Arango of Panama.

When Israel disengaged from Gaza, Peres reminded Celikkol, Hamas, instead of developing the area, began to shoot rockets at Israel.

Then, after Operation Cast Lead, instead of restoring houses that had been damaged, it intensified its building of underground tunnels, he said.

Declaring that the peace process was quite advanced and that the remaining differences could be bridged, Peres said that the greatest obstacle was the division between Hamas and Fatah, with Iran and Hizbullah in the background.

Despite these problems, he said, it was imperative that negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians be resumed as soon as possible.

“We have to bring an end to the conflict,” he said. “The Middle East needs peace, and we need a peaceful Middle

East. Turkey is an influential partner in this.”

Celikkol, who participated in numerous bilateral discussions in Israel prior to his present assignment, underscored that relations between Turkey and Israel were built on solid foundations. He noted the success of Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer’s recent visit to Turkey, where he had met with President Abdullah Gul and members of the cabinet and had engaged in “fruitful dialogue.”

High-level visits between Israel and Turkey will continue, he said.

In response to Peres’s invitation to Gul to visit Israel and his query as to when he would come, Celikkol quoted Gul as saying he would come at an appropriate time.

“We are ready to help with peace in the region, and Turkey will contribute whatever it can toward peace between Israel and its neighbors,” he affirmed.

Peres listed terror, violence and weapons of mass destruction as dangers confronting not only Israel and Turkey, but the whole region.

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Turkey warns IAF against using airspace

December 10, 2009

JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

If Israel were to violate Turkish airspace in order to conduct reconnaissance operations on Iran, Ankara’s reaction would resemble an “earthquake,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with Egyptian journalist Fahmi Huwaidi published Thursday morning.

Responding to a question concerning rumors that Israel had entered Turkey’s airspace for espionage purposes, Erdogan said that such a thing had never happened, but that the consequences would be dire if it did.

“[Israel] will receive a response equal to that of an earthquake,” he cautioned, urging Israel’s leaders to refrain from “using the relationship they have with [Turkey] as a card to wage aggression on a third party.”

Ankara would not be a neutral party and stand aside with its arms folded, he said.

Erdogan also alluded during the interview to last winter’s Operation Cast Lead, saying that Israel could not reasonably have expected to participate in a joint military drill with Turkey after “sweeping” the people of Gaza.

He stressed that the Turkish government’s policy on Israel was both derived from and backed by the country’s voting public.

“We cannot challenge the feelings of the Turkish people, who were greatly affected by what happened during the aggression on Gaza,” he said.

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Ships will Play a Large Role in the Final War of this Age

Particularly in the final great battle of Armageddon ending It

December 11, 2009

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Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

Luke 21:25-27 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. [27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Revelation 8:9 – And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 18:8,9,17,18 – Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. [9] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, [17] For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, [18] And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

Excerpt from the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) via Independent Media Review Analysis (IMRA)

The Naval Arena in the Struggle against Iran

INSS Insight No. 146

December 3, 2009

Guzansky, Yoel

www.inss.org.il/research.php?cat=3&incat=&read=3504

The seizure of the ship carrying weapons from Iran to Syria (intended apparently for Hizbollah via Syria) in early November revealed something of the scope of the struggle between Iran and Israel in general and on the high seas in particular, a struggle that is steadily moving upstage. However, the importance of the naval arena in the Iranian context lies not only in the foiling of attempts of weapons shipments making their way to Hizbollah and Hamas. The option of operating at sea allows Israel to refine its deterrent and offensive capabilities with regard to Iran and would allow the West to impose crippling sanctions on Iran if and when the need arises.

The efforts to foil the shipments of illegal weapons received new judicial and political legitimacy after the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead, and are related to the Security Council resolutions on Iran’s nuclear program. Three incidents were reported this year where weapons shipments from Iran to Hizbollah via Syria were intercepted at sea.

The attempt to vary the smuggling methods, the high signature of sending containers by land and by air, and the ability to move large quantities of armaments by sea have all contributed to Iran’s increasing use of the maritime arena.

The seizure of the Francop – perhaps the biggest catch to date – followed a seizure the previous month by the Maltese authorities who, acting on a request from the United States, confiscated the Hansa India, a German-owned merchant vessel carrying arms from Iran to Syria. In January 2009, Cypriot authorities confiscated weapons and weapons-manufacturing equipment originating with the Iranian military industries carried by the Russian vessel Monchegorsk, after American ships of the 5th Fleet had previously intercepted it in the Red Sea. As impressive as these successes are, they likely represent only the tip of the iceberg of Iran’s efforts. Israel is well aware of this, and therefore since early 2009 the Israeli navy has
intercepted hundreds of suspicious vessels.

Even if the successful interceptions do not significantly alter the next battle in Lebanon or Gaza, they serve to embarrass Iran and expose its intentions.

Hizbollah and Hamas are not the only organizations supported by Iran.

At the end of October, the government in Sana’a announced it had seized an Iranian ship, the Mahan 1, carrying a wide range of ammunition intended for the Shiite rebels in the northwest of the country.

This is a struggle that has recently spread and involves direct Saudi Arabian military activity, also at sea, in order to prevent additional Iranian arms shipments from reaching rebel hands.

The attack attributed to Israel in early 2009 on the convoy and vessels carrying weapons to Sudan did not occur in a vacuum. In recent years relations between Iran and the countries in the Horn of Africa have grown warmer, and Iran is trying to establish a military presence along the shipping routes in the region. There were reports of c onstructi

on of an Iranian seaport on the Eritrean coast in the port city of Assab for use by the Revolutionary Guards. Iran’s growing naval presence at the Red Sea’s southern point of egress caused several Arab nations to announce last month the establishment of “an Arab naval taskforce in the Red Sea,” the first of its kind.

The Security Council’s decision on Iran provides a legal basis for increasing inspection of Iran.

In addition, initiatives such as the PSI (Proliferation Security Initiative), even if limited in their ability to establish operational and intelligence gathering cooperation, are likely to serve as a platform for moves to curb Iran’s steps, especially with regard to the proliferation of non-conventional arms. The failure of the talks with Iran regarding its nuclear future may add to the West’s willingness to take these steps, especially in light of the low effectiveness of the economic sanctions imposed on Iran to date.

The House of Representatives has even discussed a bill that would prevent oil distillates from entering Iran by land, air, or sea, though for now that bill has been shelved.

Presumably as part of preparations for the day after the failure of the dialogue with Iran, the 5th Fleet is currently holding war games and discussing ways to increase the pressure on Iran, for example, by preventing its import of oil distillates Despite the fact that it is easier to enlist support (both internationally and within the United States) for a naval blockade than for attacking nuclear installations, a naval blockade is a de facto declaration of war. The blocking of distillates to Iran would be a severe blow to Iran, to the point of representing an actual threat to the
stability of the regime. Therefore, even such a limited move is likely to arouse an extreme reaction on Iran’s part, whether by disrupting open shipping in the Persian Gulf and in various oil conveyance, storage,

and production facilities, or by harming American interests in the region or the Gulf states themselves.

Israel’s campaign against arms smuggling from Iran has long taken place far from Iran’s shores, as in the seizure of the Karine A near Sharm a-Sheikh in January 2002. However, after the Second Lebanon War, and even more so after Operation Cast Lead, the efforts to foil smuggling attempts have been stepped up and occur far from Iran with cooperation from friendly nations in the region.

Israel is especially interested in naval activity in the Red Sea, both as a way to deter Iranian activity in this arena and to serve whenever necessary as a shipping route to Iran and back in the event that a military confrontation develops. Israel’s activities are meant to demonstrate to Iran that Israel is capable of causing it severe damage from a location that

is less vulnerable to attack. In June 2009, the convoy of Israeli navy missile ships and submarines making their way south towards the Red Sea was
highlighted, in order to signal to Iran that the Red Sea arena is important to Israel as well as to the bloc of pragmatic nations (in this case, Egypt) cooperating with it.

The sea is also of importance with regard to a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Reports in recent years have generally focused on aerial capability to damage the nuclear facilities, without discussing the advantages inherent in the various options open for taking action from the sea alongside the aerial possibilities.

The increasing use of the Red Sea arena is likely designed to signal to Iran that Israel is capable of acting from the sea too.

Operating from the sea means operating from a space that is less vulnerable than what airpower uses, and allows the launch – without the need to go through the air space of other nations – of long range precision ammunition to damage targets in Iran. Generally speaking, naval platforms allow larger amounts of armaments, are more difficult to locate, and allow special operations in order to attack targets such as command and control positions and surface-to-surface missiles.

In the next battle Israel can expect most of its air force bases and airfields to be exposed to long range rocket and surface-to-surface missile fire over time and in ranges greater than ever before, and the importance of maritime activity will rise. As to the struggle against Iran, Israel must adhere to a policy that de facto expands its strategic borders and take naval action in order to demonstrate more clearly than ever the dangers of Iranian activity. This is also a signal that in terms of its nuclear program, time is running out and all options, including naval, are on the table.

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Long Range Planning for Gentile Age Final War Under Way,

Iran Is Preparing HIZBULLAH For Jihad Attack From The North,

As it still prepares Hamas to attack from Southwest to the East!

West Bank FATAH is Now Preparing Within to attack Israel Without,

When the King of the North roars south into the glorious land of Israel,

Along the Mediterranean Shoreline and the West Bank of the Jordan River,

All the Training and Weapons Supplied to Palestinians will be Used ON Israel! Meanwhile, Israelites have always been known to buy guns & ammo from Palmetto State Armory, and it isn’t going to be any different this time.

December 10, 2009

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Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and

shall overflow and pass over.

[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

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Hamas preparing advanced rockets and ‘offensive’ tunnels

December 10, 2009

Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST

Israel is likely to face advanced Iranian weaponry, long-range rockets, large missile silos and dozens of kilometers of underground tunnels connecting open fields with urban centers in the event of a future conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, according to the latest Israeli assessments.

Since Operation Cast Lead ended almost a year ago, Hamas has increased its weapons smuggling and today operates hundreds of tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor. It has smuggled in dozens of long-range Iranian-made rockets that can reach Tel Aviv as well as advanced anti-aircraft missiles and anti-tank missiles.

Hamas is believed to have a significant number of shoulder-launched anti-tank missiles and 9M113 Konkurs, which have a range of four kilometers and are capable of penetrating heavy armor.

In addition, Hamas is believed to have today a few thousand rockets, including several hundred with a range of 40 kilometers and several dozen with a range of between 60 and 80 km. Intelligence assessments are that Hamas smuggled the missiles into the Gaza Strip through tunnels, possibly in several components.

Iran already supplies Hamas with 122mm Katyusha rockets that are smuggled into Gaza in several pieces and then assembled by Hamas engineers.

One of the main lessons Hamas learned from Cast Lead was the need to rein force

its defenses and as a result has invested efforts in digging additional tunnels, which connect open fields with homes belonging to key operatives as well as command centers.

The idea is to enable freedom of movement for the operatives between different battlefields, which it found difficult during Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza earlier this year.

Hamas has also increased its use of civilian infrastructure, particularly mosques, which the terror group already used quite extensively for storage and launching rockets during the operation. Hamas is believed to have taken control of almost 80 percent of the mosques in Gaza, using them to store weapons and set up command-and-control centers.

Hamas, is “padding” itself as well by setting up its command centers in large apartment buildings.

This way, it believes, the IDF will not attack them by air, and will need to send ground forces deep into the population centers, where it will lose its technological advantage.

In addition, Hamas is hoping to increase the effectiveness of its rocket capability during a future conflict and has created large missile silos.

Hamas has also recently increased its efforts to dig what the IDF calls “offensive tunnels” close to the border with Israel, which the terror group could use to infiltrate into Israel and kidnap soldiers.

These tunnels are believed to be of strategic value for Hamas, which would only use them for large-scale attacks and high-value targets.

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Flaming row between Palestinian PM and US general puts security cooperation at risk

DEBKAfile’s Exclusive Report

December 7, 2009, 3:11 PM (GMT+02:00)

According to DEBKAfile’s military sources, a loud shouting match erupted Sunday, Dec.

6, between Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad and US Gen.

Keith Dayton, who is in charge of training 2,000 Palestinian commandos as the Palestinian Authority first ever effective security force.

The quarrel is serious enough to hang a question mark over US-Palestinian-Israel cooperation in the campaign against Hamas and other terrorist organizations.

Our sources report exclusively that Sunday, Dec. 6, Fayad took advantage of the Mahmoud Abbas, the PA chairman’s chronic absence from the country, to summon the general to his office in Ramallah to order him to stop issuing press statements about the new Palestinian West Bank force.

“You’re just the trainer, that’s all,” he said to the four-star American general.

The two were soon at it hammer and tongs.

Washington has invested $260 million in the establishment, training and equipment of the new Palestinian National Security Force.

A small task force of American, British and Canadian instructors, commanded by Gen. Dayton, act as the high command for the force’s officers and men. Egypt supplied firearms with US financing.

Deployed in Hebron, Jenin and Nablus, the new force represents a major, if not the only success, of Washington’s Palestinian policy: in a relatively short time, this core element of US-Israeli Palestinian security and intelligence cooperation on the West Bank, has succeeded in imposing law and order in the streets of the main Palestinian towns: for the first time, they are safe and clear of terrorists.

But it is not popular on the Palestinian street, which calls the new army “Dayton’s men.”

The same stigma is attached to prime minister Fayyad, who is seen as an American puppet.

DEBKAfile’s Palestinian sources report that Fayyad decided to take advantage of Abbas’ long absences to establish his credentials as a Palestinian leader and the new force’s credibility as a Palestinian force.

Hence the showdown with the US commander.

The row puts Gen.

Dayton in an awkward position.

Although he carries out his West Bank duties in mufti, he is a military man who may not publicly react to his putdown by the Palestinian prime minister. So the case now rests with secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

He is however at liberty to get up and leave. The general has served the Palestinians for four years, well beyond the time allotted for his mission.

If he decides to go, the only military force competent to secure the Palestinian Authority, after it was painfully created at great cost, is bound to fall apart.

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An Iranian Nuclear Crisis,

Iran – A clear nuclear Path,

Push is getting close to Shove,

Shove is getting close to STRIKE,

AIR STRIKE MAY CAUSE Hezbollah

To launch rockets on Israel – And

Th at

might trigger a Final Conflict!

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Experts say Iran has clear path to nuclear weapons

By Yossi Melman

December 10, 2009

Last week the Harvard Kennedy School held a simulation game of the Iranian nuclear crisis, and Israel should be very concerned about its course and its outcome.

The game made it clear: Iran will not stop on its path to producing nuclear weapons. The United States will not embark on a military action and will find it difficult to enlist support at the United Nations for imposing more severe sanctions, while relations between Israel and the United States will deteriorate.

Prof. Graham Allison, a leading analyst of American security policy for decades, conducted the game, whose participants were representatives from countries and organizations likely to be affected by the real outcome.

Israel was represented by Dore Gold, former ambassador to the United Nations, and Dr. Shai Feldman, currently at Brandeis University, and by a former brigadier general and a nuclear physicist.

Their decisions were made by consensus. The U.S. team, headed by Nicholas Burns, who was an assistant to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice during the administration of George W. Bush and was responsible for the “Iranian portfolio,” included Admiral William Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command from 2007- 2008.

Iran was represented by Prof. Gary Sick of Columbia University, who was a member of the U.S. National Security Council under Jimmy Carter.

Also participating were American and European academics (some of them former government officials), representing Russia, China, U.K., France and Germany and the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar). Also present as observers – the game lasted an entire day – were journalists David Ignatius of the Washington Post and David Singer of The New York Times, who “played” the media. All the participants promised to maintain secrecy about the game and not to reveal the identity of the participants, but details have leaked in the United States and now here as well.

Dynamic revealed

The rules of the game permitted the participants to conduct bilateral or multilateral discussions and contacts, to leak information to the media, to make public declarations and to provide one another with intelligence information. True, it was only an exercise, but it tried to simulate reality. It’s possible the decision-making process of the participants was biased because of their worldview, because of partial information or the absence of genuine responsibility for the outcome.

But the game revealed a dynamic that is reminiscent of the reality familiar to anyone who keeps tabs on the nuclear crisis with Iran and reflects that reality. Burns in the role of President Barack Obama tried everything possible to prevent a military confrontation fearing this would lead to a serious retaliation from Iran and effect the hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq, in the Gulf and in Afghanistan.

Gold, in the role of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tried to enlist all the participants in imposing serious economic sanctions on Iran, designed to hit its “soft underbelly” – its oil and gas industries.

Saudi Arabia and the other members of the GCC, which worry about the possibility of Iran having nuclear weapons, joined in the effort. But when Israel tried to reach clandestine understandings with them, they refused (in reality, there is a secret cooperation). The United States operated exclusively through the UN Security Council in reaching a decision on sanctions, but encountered evasion by China and Russia. In the final analysis the U.S. failed to impose the sanctions on Iran, and it turned out that Russia and China even maneuvered behind its back.

Their companies made deals with Iran to provide what it requires instead of Western companies.

New tactic

At this point the U.S. administration switched to a new tactic, one designed to extort a promise from Israel that under no condition would it attack Iran without U.S. permission. Gold-Netanyahu refused, and a very unpleasant exchange of words developed between him and Burns-Obama. “Our most serious problem is how to restrain Israel,” Burns told Ignatius after the game. In a desperate attempt the Americans tried to tempt Israel and offered it a defensive treaty and a nuclear umbrella if it gave up the military option. Israel rejected the offer, with Gold insisting on the principle that Israel has a right to self-defense and refusing to subordinate the little freedom of action Israel still has to American interests.

“The game,” summed up Gold, who conveyed its findings to the relevant authorities in Israel (as the leaders of the game presumably did to their colleagues in the Obama administration) “made it clear to me that the U.S. is going from a policy designed to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons to an approach that accepts the possibility that it will have nuclear weapons and to deter it from using them by means of containment. Israel continues to believe that Iran must be prevented from arming itself with nuclear weapons.”

Conclusions: The U.S. will not attack Iran. Russia and China will not agree to imposing serious sanctions. The U.S. will pressure Israel to prevent it from attacking Iran, and so a serious crisis is liable

to develop between the two countries. Under these circumstances and in view of operational capability, Israel does not in effect have a real option of attacking Iran. If it so desires, Iran can produce nuclear weapons.

Bar Gil will stay

The degree to which the Defense Ministry continues to show contempt for public opinion and to make decisions based on individuals rather than on practical considerations is evident in the latest episode concerning Victor Bar Gil, its deputy director general. His boss, Pinhas Buchris, wanted to transfer him and, as published in Haaretz, cushioned his exit with a tailored-made post – head of the ministry delegation in Thailand. Bar Gil prepared and even made three preliminary tours to Bangkok and neighboring Cambodia and Vietnam. But, it turns out, Buchris is retiring.

Bar Gil says he is not interested in going to Thailand and wants to remain deputy director general. He now has the hutzpah to advise his ministry to close the Bangkok office, arguing that it is unneeded.

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‘Iran can now produce nuclear bomb’

December 7, 2009

JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

Iran now has the technical capability to build a nuclear bomb and the only thing separating it from the bomb is the decision to go ahead and build one, said Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, head of Military Intelligence’s research division, on Monday.

Speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Baidatz said Iran had successfully enriched 1,800 kilograms of uranium, enough to build over one bomb.

Baidatz also said that Iran had been upgrading its missile arsenal, and that it had developed missiles with the capability of carrying nuclear weapons that could reach Israel.

Prime Minister Binaymin Netanyahu also addressed the Iranian nuclear threat at the committee meeting. The prime minister said that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities was Israel’s “central problem.”

“In the last year, two things have happened,” he told the FADC. “Iran has advanced its military nuclear program, and the international community has lost its legitimacy.”

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Obama: Turkey key to keeping Iran’s nuclear program peaceful

Dec. 7, 2009

HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPost correspondent in WASHINGTON,

THE JERUSALEM POST

In a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday, US President Barack Obama called Turkey an “important player” in keeping Iran’s nuclear energy program peaceful despite his recent criticism of the Western approach towards Teheran.

Speaking beside Obama at a White House press conference, Erdogan said that the two leaders discussed what could be done “jointly in the region with regard to nuclear programs.”

He also stressed that “we stand ready as Turkey to do whatever we can do with respect to relations between Israel and the Palestinians, and Israel and Syria.”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was quoted as telling the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday he had been told by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Syria was ready to open direct talks if Israel was prepared to commit itself to a withdrawal from the Golan Heights.

According to media reports from the closed-door meeting, Netanyahu told Sarkozy that if indirect negotiations were to continue, he would prefer France to Turkey as a mediator.

Turkey helped hold indirect negotiations between the latter two countries before the Gaza war last winter, during which Syria called off talks and Turkey harshly criticized Israel.

US officials said they would like to see Turkey return to such a mediation role, though none is currently on the table, but indicated they understood Israeli discomfort with the idea given Turkey’s rhetoric on Gaza.

Obama also praised Turkey for helping stabilize Iraq and Afghanistan, and concluded his remarks, which followed a lengthy Oval Office meeting ahead of a working lunch, by calling Turkey “a great country” and Erdogan a personal friend.

It was the prime minister’s first trip to the Obama White House, and the two leaders extended their tete-a-tete to review an “enormous agenda” of issues, as one US official put it.

The meeting came amid growing disagreements between Washington and Ankara over a slew of policies, notably Iran and Israel.

The Obama administration has largely chosen publicly to emphasize places of agreement and stress Turkey’s important regional role, but US officials have also subtly acknowledged differences and areas where they would like to see more being done.

A senior administration official briefing reporters ahead of Monday’s meeting noted that America was “disappointed” with Turkey’s decision to abstain on an International Atomic Energy Agency rebuke of Iran last month, and indicated that Turkey faced an important choice over whether to be helpful on sanctions.
“The President will make clear our views on Iran, and will strongly encourage Turkey to join us,” he said. “We want the widest possible support for any potential sanctions, as it’s necessary to go in that direction, so Turkey would be an important player on this issue.”

Despite Turkey’s dim view of sanctions on Israel, the official still stressed that “they also make it very clear that they don’t want to see Iran develop nuclear weapons capability, and they want to be helpful in avoiding that scenario,” including by holding some of Iran’s enriched uranium.

The official also warned that Turkey would need to work at its relations with Israel in order to be seen as an “honest broker” which could return it to the helpful role in brokering Israeli-Syrian talks it played in 2008.

“To the extent that they return to the kind of relationship that they have previously had, which has been a very strong and cooperative relationship, they will be able to serve in the role that they seek to play in the region,” he said. “If they don’t retain those ties, it’s going to be harder for them to lead in the way they would like to lead.”

Another administration official described the ruling Turkish government as having “a policy of zero problems with neighbors,” which they argue enables them to play that honest broker role, potentially even when it comes to Iran.

“We have no problem with Turkey reaching out to Iran, talking to Iran,” he said. “But it is important to us that the message be the same.”

But Soner Cagtaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said ahead of the meeting that the US and Iran were far from aligned on their attitude toward Iran. He also cited Israel and attitudes toward Islamic radicalism as places where wide gaps have emerged between Washington and a once reliable secular ally in the Muslim world.

“Some of these differences are getting too huge to bear,” said Cagtaptay of Turkey’s reorientation. He argued that its efforts to ease tensions with neighbors such as Russia, Syria and Islamic groups had actually revealed an ideology that goes far beyond a desire to balance its relations with East and West but actively shifts towards Islamic and anti-Western elements.

He expected the administration to deliver some reproach on these points but also words of gratitude and entreaty that could muddy the message.

“The administration will say that [there are problems], but also ‘Thank you for Iraq and could you please help us with Afghanistan?'”

He said that since Washington is desperate for further foreign contributions to the country, in which Turkey already has non-combat troops, Erdogan would likely see this as an easy way to please Washington at relatively little cost to his policies.

“It would be a golden opportunity misses if Erdogan leaves Washington with a sense that this new stance on Iran and Israel is something that Washington will swallow” in return for more troops in Afghanistan.

In that case, he predicated further divergence between the US and Turkey, and Israel and Turkey to the detriment of Western interests in the Middle East.

On Iran sanctions particularly, Cagtaptay assessed that the effort would be fruitless without the participation of Iran’s neighbor and strong trading partner – adding that there was little reason to think Ankara would be joining in.

“If Turkey’s not on board with a sanctions regime, there is no sanctions regime,” he said.

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Wicked One Jihad Hate!

Jesus will end Jihad Hate!

Heresy can’t take the Heat!

Truth and Heresy finally Meet,

Ahmadinejad FOR IMAM Weeps!

Somewhere within a Cavern Deep,

The Hidden Imam doth eat and Sleep,

While on Earth’s Surface there’s a Creep,

Leading a radical group of Jihad Shiite Sheep,

To learn the Islamic Sharia Law to love and Keep,

By eliminating all who on his bandwagon don’t Leap!

December 9, 2009

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

The Shiite religious Islamic fanaticism of the Iranian President Ahamadinejad is a very dangerous military reality. The Excerpt which follows the lead-in concerns the Creep Ahmadinejad and his relationship with the Shiite Hidden Imam.

Religious fanaticism in war is the most dangerous “ism” of “ism’s.”

I firmly believe the final war of

the Age of the Gentiles will begin at some point in time between 2010 and 2015. Christ will return at his Second Advent and rescue the Nation of Israel when their veil of unbelief is lifted at the last battle of Armageddon, some three and one-half years after the war begins.

We are heading for the final battle of

the Age of the Gentiles. It is a war between the True God and His Word (The Old & New Testaments) the False god Allah and his word (The Koran). It is a war between the TRUTH and a LIE!

II Thessalonians 2:8-17 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the worki

ng of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. [13] But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: [14] Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. [15] Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. [16] Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, [17] Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

II Thessalonians 1:7-10 – And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, [8] In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: [9] Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; [10] When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

Daniel 12:1 – And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

II Corinthians 3:9-18 – For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. [10] For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. [11] For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. [12] Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: [13] And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: [14] But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail un taken away

in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. [15] But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. [16] Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. [17] Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. [18] But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Romans 11:23-28 – And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. [24] For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? [25] For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that bl indness

in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

[28] As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

Zechariah 13:8,9 – 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. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Ahmadinejad and the 12th Imam

According to Islamic belief, an Imam is an anointed leader or ruler.

Especially among the Shia beliefs an Imam is thought (though not required), to be a prayer leader or cleric when the word is capitalized. Sunnis too believe an Imam may be a prophet; Shiites believe not all prophets can be an Imam but an Imam can also be a prophet. An Imam is said to be anointed by Allah and a perfect example of leading mankind in every way.

The Shiite interpretation is that only Allah can appoint an Imam and no man has the power to do so. The 12th Imam is said to be a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, having divine status as did each of this succession of sons.

The 12th Imam is also called the Hidden Imam and the Mahdi (guided one).

Within the Shiite, (which is predominate in Iran), it is prophesied that there is a coming 12th Imam who is the great spiritual savior. This Imam is named Abu al-Qasim Muhammad or also called Muhammad al Mahdi.

He is said to have been born the son of the 11th Imam, Hasan Al-Askari and his wife, the granddaughter of an Emperor. There are conflicting statements of her name being either Fatima or Nargis Khatoon.

Most accounts of the story say that al Mahdi went into hiding as a child around the age of 5 years (about 13th Century). It said he has been ‘in hiding’ in caves ever since but will supernaturally return just before the Day of Judgment.

According to the Hadith some of the the criteria for the Hidden Imam are: (1) He will be a descendant of Muhammad and the son of Fatima, (2) Will return just before the end of the World, (3) His appearance will be preceded by a number of prophetic events during 3 years of horrendous world chaos, tyranny and oppression, (4) Will eradicate all tyranny and oppression bringing harmony and total peace, and will lead a prayer in Mecca during which Jesus will be at his side and follow in.

Remarkably, the 12th Imam theory plays heavily into the world’s current concerns with Iran. The Shiite Muslim President of Iran, Ahmadinejad, is deeply committed to the Islamic Messiah, al Mahdi.

There have been many through the years claiming to be the Hidden Imam but Ahmadinejad believes he is yet to come. He claims that he is to personally prepare the world for the coming Mahdi. In order to save the world, it must be in a state of chaos and subjugation. Ahmadinejad claims he was “directed by Allah to pave the way for the glorious appearance of the Mahdi”. This apocalyptic directive includes some very scary proclamations.

While Christians look for Jesus’ 2nd coming, the Jews await the Messiah and Muslims await the 12th Imam. However, of the three, Allah’s designated Mahdi is the only one who demands a violent path to conquer the world. Mr. Ahmadinejad, and his cabinet, say they have a ‘signed contract’ with al Mahdi in which they pledge themselves to his work. What does this work involve? In light of concerns over Iran’s nuclear capabilities, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly stated Israel should be wiped off the map. He spoke to the United Nations in September ’05. During that speech he claims to have been in an aura of light and felt a change in the atmosphere during which time no one present could blink their eyes. Iran’s PM is also said to have spoken in apocalyptic terms and seems to relish conflict with the West whom he calls the Great Satan.

This is while he proclaims he must prepare the world for the coming Mahdi by way of a world totally under Muslim control. He is working hard to bring about the world-wide horrors that must be in place for their al Mahdi

to bring peace.

This notion and goal, along with a violent hatred of infidels, America and Israel reminds us of Biblical prophecies of the coming anti-Christ and the pledges of millions to a deceiving False Messiah who will claim to bring peace.

Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert

December 8, 2009

Ahmadinejad: U.S. Is Blocking Return of Mankind’s Savior

Excerpt from Fox News

Iranian President Ahmadinejad claims the U.S. is attempting to thwart the return of

mankind’s savior, according to Dubai-based Al Arabiya television. Ahmadinejad claims he has documented evidence that the U.S. is blocking the return of the Mahdi, the imam believed by Muslims to be the savior. “They have devised all these plans to prevent the coming of the Hidden Imam,” he said. He also claimed there have been plots by both the West as well as countries in the East to wipe out his country. “They have planned to annihilate Iran,” he said. (FOX News)

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