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July 25, 2004
Mideast
Peace Process Impossible Without EU: Erakat
23/07/2004 Palestinian negotiation affairs minister Saeb Erakat said
Friday the EU's role in promoting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was
essential after Israel said the opposite during a visit by EU envoy Javier
Solana.
Israel
Hits Palestinian Militants In Retaliation
JERUSALEM - An Israeli helicopter attack in Gaza
that killed two Palestinian militants was aimed at a man believed to have
jubilantly displayed the severed head of an Israeli soldier two months ago,
security officials said Friday.
Hazem Rahim and another militant were killed late Thursday, partly fulfilling a pledge by the Israeli army chief to "show no forgiveness" to the men who gloated over the corpses of six Israeli soldiers last May and held their body parts for ransom.
Chirac's
Outbursts Worry World Leaders
PARIS - Jacques Chirac, whose refusal to join
the Iraq (news
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sites) invasion gained him I-told-you-so clout, is worrying allies with
blunt outbursts that some say raise the risks in an overheated world.
At a time when fighting terrorism needs a united front, arrogance in Paris and Washington alike is breeding discord, analysts and diplomats say.
Japanese
Council Approves Human Cloning...
TOKYO - Japan's top science council voted Friday
to adopt policy recommendations that would permit the limited cloning of human
embryos for scientific research, an official said.
The recommendations would let researchers use and produce cloned human embryos but only for basic research, said Tomohiko Arai, an official at the Cabinet's Council for Science and Technology Policy.
Germany
denies agreement on Verheugen for new commission job
22/07/2004 The German government denied a report on Thursday that it
had the support of France and Britain to put forward Guenter Verheugen as the
new European commissioner for the internal market.
France
calls on all EU members to help in defence
22/07/2004 French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie called
Thursday on all 25 members of the European Union to participate in their common
defence, emphasizing the part to be played by the 10 countries which joined the
bloc in May.
Israeli
missile finds Palestinian who paraded soldier's severed head
Missiles from an IDF helicopter killed three Islamic
Jihad terrorists in a car in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City late
Thursday night. An IDF spokesperson said the target was Hazam Yasser Rahim,
24, believed to be planning an attack in Israel in the coming days. Rahim was
among those filmed holding the severed head of a soldier killed two months ago
when an IDF armored personnel carrier was blown up.
Ship-Sinking
'Rogue' Waves Are Widespread
PARIS (Reuters) - Rogue waves that
rise as high as 10-storey buildings and can sink large ships are far
more common than previously thought, imagery from European Space Agency
(ESA) satellites has shown.
As part of a scientific project initiated by the European Union (news - web sites) in December 2000, two ESA satellites monitored the world's oceans to test the frequency of monster waves that were once dismissed as a nautical myth.
Comments
Some interesting news has developed this
weekend. Japan's top science council
has voted to look further into the cloning of human embryos for scientific
research. I can't even image where this may lead. It may not have
a direct impact on Bible prophecy, but it wouldn't surprise me if cloning
played an indirect role. Of course, you have the Christian sci-fi crowd
that would have you think that cloning maybe used to duplicate the perfect
army. That's a long shot but I won't rule anything out just because it
might be a little bizarre.
Just when you think the E.U. is out of the picture the Palestinian's pull them back in. That doesn't surprise me. The E.U. has been Palestine's number one financier for years. It will be interesting to see how Israel will finally come around to trusting the E.U., but we'll (Christian's) probably be gone by that time. When that happens, the world will be satan's...for a little while anyway. When he is given control he'll deceive the world like a lamb being lead to the slaughter.
An Israeli helicopter exacted judgment on three militants Thursday night. Two just happened to be hanging out with the wrong guy. The intended target was said to have been filmed parading a severed hand of an Israeli soldier through the streets of a Palestinian city. Is it me or have the Islamic militants found away to shock the civilized world? We'd better get used to it or be held hostage the rest of our days.
It looks like Germany made a deal with both Britain and France to put forward Guenter Verheugen as the new European commissioner for the internal market. These three countries seem to have an unwritten alliance that I believe will come into play during the tribulation period. As you may know, Daniel 7:24 states that the antichrist will have to subdue three kings who will oppose him during the tribulation period. Could this alliance be the group?
Pastor Malone