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March 1, 2003

Turkey Rejects U.S. Troop Deployment Plan
(AP) - Turkey's parliament dealt a stunning blow to U.S. war planning Saturday by failing to approve a bill allowing in American combat troops to open a northern front against Iraq. The decision was likely to seriously strain ties with Washington and marked a setback to U.S. efforts to show Saddam Hussein that he is surrounded and his neighbors support a U.S.-led coalition.

Iraq Begins Destroying Banned Missiles
(AP) - Iraq began crushing banned missiles with bulldozers Saturday, meeting a U.N. demand in an attempt to prevent a devastating U.S.-led attack. Washington dismissed the move and continued to push for war. But President Bush's preparations for a military showdown with Iraq suffered a severe setback when Turkey's parliament failed to approve the deployment of 62,000 U.S. combat troops. The United States wants to use Turkey to open a northern front against Iraq if it launched a war.

N. Korea Warns Nuke War Could Break Out
(AP) - South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, in his first policy speech since taking office, on Saturday warned of a "calamity" from the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program unless a peaceful resolution is found quickly. After his speech, Pyongyang issued a dispatch threatening that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula at "any moment," an escalation of the communist North's hostile rhetoric as international pressure grows for it to disarm.

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Turkey has rejected a bill allowing U.S. soldiers and allies to use airbases for the northern front of the possible Iraqi war.  Of course, this is a huge turn about for Turkey.  Actually, it doesn't surprise me that this has happened.  Turkey is never going to get into the E.U. even with U.S. help.  They will eventually make a secret alliance with Russia and the Arab world.  The U.S. will have to re-deploy its troops in Kuwait. 

Iraq is playing the old bait and switch game again.  They will keep making inspections interesting until everyone in the world has tired of the whole ordeal.  Unfortunately for Saddam, I don't think President Bush is bluffing and it may already be to late.

I am beginning to hear a lot of speculation about this war being connected to the rapture.  That could be possible but no more possible then the first one in the early 1990's.  I think that we have become a world of Christians that are eager to connect anything negative with the rapture.  It all comes down to the antichrist coming on the scene and signing a peace treaty with Israel.  Everything else is just window dressing and preparation for that day. 

I had a person email me the other day and say that they believed that Iraq would be rebuilt after the invasion and the antichrist would make it his home.  They believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible and Iraq would be Mystery Babylon since that was the location of ancient Babylon.  For the most part, I agree that the Bible gives a literal interpretation of prophecy.  Of course, I believe that Mystery Babylon will turn out to be the U.S. because it describes them very well in Revelation 14, 17 & 18.  It could turn out to be Iraq, but they'd better hurry if they're going to turn into a world financial powerhouse who will one day make the whole world rich.  At least that's how the Bible describes them (ch. 18).  They also will lord power over the antichrist and the world until he (antichrist) destroys her (Mystery Babylon ch. 17).

Getting back to the inspections.  Look for an attempt to drag out the inspections by a number of countries.  The U.S. will not tolerate it.

Pastor Malone

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