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October 14, 2010
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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.
Revelation 11:15,18 – And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOMS OF OUR LORD, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. [18] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
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Israel News
PM: Lebanon’s turning into Iranian satellite tragic
As Iranian leader’s visit to Lebanon ends, PM Netanyahu says Israel will remain wary of ties between Beirut, Tehran: will ‘know how to defend itself against such developments’
Attila Somfalvi
October 14, 2010
As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon draws to an end, Israel remain wary of the latter’s strengthening ties with Tehran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that,”Unfortunately, Lebanon is rapidly turning into a satellite of the ayatollahs’ regime. This is tragic for Lebanon, but Israel will know how to defend itself against such developments.”
Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon included several public speeches, in which he vehemently attacked Israel, saying that “Zionists are the enemies of humanity,” and promising that the “Zionist regime will not last long.”
“The world should know that eventually the Zionists will be forced to go and will not last long. They are enemies of humanity and will have no choice but to surrender. Palestine will be liberated through the force of faith,” Ahmadinejad said, speaking before masses gathered in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil Thursday afternoon.
“We’ve heard cursing and abomination from the Lebanon border today,” Netanyahu said. “The best answer to these blasphemies was given here 62 years ago. We shall continue building and creating our country and will be prepared to defend it,” he added.
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Middle East Online
October 14, 2010
Assad tells visiting Maliki new Iraq govt will help ties
Syrian President, Iraqi PM discuss improving relations to strengthen security, stability in area.
By Reem Haddad – DAMASCUS
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told visiting Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday that better ties between the two nations would be strengthened by the formation of a new
Iraqi government.
Assad said he was happy that improving ties between Baghdad and Damascus “will be strengthened and completed with the formation of the Iraqi government soon,” according to a statement from Maliki’s office.
“Our attitude about the formation of the government is clear: the solution must be Iraqi,” Assad was quoted as saying.
“Iraq has a great history, no one can order” it what to do, the Syrian leader said. “Iraqis own that decision,” he added.
The statement was issued after Maliki arrived in Damascus and held talks with Assad, following a year-long row over massive truck bombings in Baghdad that Iraq blamed on Syria.
It said the two leaders “discussed the improving of relations between the two countries to serve the joint interest and strengthen security and stability in the area.”
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussain Shahrestani said the two sides had signed an agreement for an oil pipeline from Iraq through Syria to Mediterranean seaports for the export of crude during Maliki’s visit.
He did not give any details in his comments to Iraq’s state television, but the two countries have been discussing construction of two pipelines with a combined capacity of 2.75 million barrels of oil per day.
On Sunday, Iraq’s ambassador to Damascus resumed his duties, more than a year after ties were strained following massive truck bombings in Baghdad. Iraq said the attacks were plotted in Syria, a charge denied by Damascus.
“What we have between us is special … Iraq and Syria cannot get by without each other,” the Iraqi premier was quoted as saying.
“The relations between Syria and Iraq are different from relations with other countries,” he said.
“We obtained all that we wanted from this trip in mending relations,” Maliki said on his flight home.
He also met with Syrian counterpart Mohammed Naji Otri during the trip, which comes two weeks after his main rival for the premiership, ex-premier Iyad Allawi, visited Damascus.
His visit came as he seeks support for his bid to retain the premiership after March 7 elections in which his Shiite bloc finished a narrow second behind Allawi’ s Sunni-dominated Iraqiya group.
“We have made good progress,” the Iraqi premier said in the statement, adding: “The government should be formed on correct bases, we are working to make it a balanced government.
“Things are moving toward a real partnership between all of the blocs, and the alliances have started to open dialogue with each other.
“Only Iraqis are responsible on the decision of forming the government and our demand from our brothers is for support for this,” said Maliki.
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose radical movement controls 40 seats in parliament, has thrown its support behind Maliki, whose party still falls short of the parliamentary majority needed to form a government.
Maliki needs the support of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, another Shiite group, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, to forge a majority.
He hopes that Hakim, who has close ties with Syria, will soften his opposition to his candidacy.
In Washington meanwhile, the US State Department welcomed Wednesday’s talks.
“We are certainly supportive of the dialogue that has occurred today between Syria and Iraq,” State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters.
“They should have constructive relations so that… each can play an appropriate role… to help reintegrate Iraq into the region,” Crowley added.
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Ahmadinejad: ‘The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations’
October 27, 2009
AP and jpost.com staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
Ahmadinejad spoke after welcoming Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived in Teheran Tuesday for a two-day visit.
“The Zionist regime is a threat to all nations … it cannot tolerate the existence of any strong country in the region,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, according to Teheran news agency Press TV.
Iran’s president praised Erdogan’s stance over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the Turkish leader’s “clear stance toward the Zionist regime has had a positive impact on the world of Islam.”
At an international conference in January, Erdogan strongly condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and the steep Palestinian casualties inflicted there. The Iranian leader is known for his anti-Israeli remarks since 2005, when he said the Jewish state should be “wiped off the map.”
Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel, which is believed to have nuclear weapons, saying that when an “illegal regime has atomic weapons, it’s impossible to block others” from having peaceful nuclear energy.
The Iranian leader was echoing statements voiced by Erdogan in the Guardian on Monday, accusing the five permanent Security Council members of hypocrisy.
While these countries put pressure on Iran, which does not have “a weapon,” he said, they themselves keep nuclear arsenals for military purposes.
During the Guardian interview, Erdogan also referred to reports saying Israel or other Western countries were planning to carry out what he termed a “crazy” attack against Iran in lieu of sanctions or negotiations.
“On the one hand you say you want global peace, on the other hand you are going to have such a destructive approach to a state which has 10,000 years of history.
It is not correct,” he was quoted as saying, adding that Ankara was firm in its belief that Teheran’s nuclear program was peaceful.
Ahmadinejad reportedly suggested that if Turkey and Iran “reinforce their unity, they will overcome serious threats and make use of opportunities in favor of their own nations.”
In related news, Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that his country would persist with its nuclear program, despite international concerns.
His remarks were the first since a UN-backed draft was put forth aimed at easing tensions with the West.
Iranian State TV reported later on Tuesday that Teheran opposes shipping its full stockpile of low-enriched uranium at once, and seeks changes to the UN plan.
The demand for a step-by-step approach Tuesday came as the world awaited Iran’s decision on the plan, which seeks to ease Western worries about the country’s ability to one day create nuclear weapons.
According to an unnamed Iranian official cited on Arabic-language television channel al-Alam, Teheran will agree to the “general framework” of the UN-drafted plan, but will seek “important changes” in the deal.
The UN plan envisages Teheran sending out most of its low-enriched stock to Russia for further processing, which would reduce its stockpile significantly and limit its potential capability to build nuclear arms.
According to the plan, the higher-enriched uranium would be used to power a small medical research reactor in the Islamic republic’s capital.
Later on Tuesday, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who has been playing a role in negotiations with Iran, said that “the deal was a good deal and I don’t think it requires fundamental changes.”
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner also spoke on the subject, expressing concern over Iran’s strategy of delaying time and again its responses to world powers.
“It cannot take forever. We wait for answers,” he said during a visit to Luxembourg on Tuesday.
Iran’s stance on the plan has so far been unclear, and an official resp
onse from Teheran is expected on Friday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki hinted Monday Teheran could agree to ship some of its low-enriched uranium to Russia for processing as reactor fuel – but also left the possibility open that Iran may snub the proposal altogether.
The remarks came as UN inspectors were visiting a formerly secret mountainside uranium enrichment site near Qom, south of Teheran.
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