Abbas To Meet Putin As Russia Returns To ME Peace Talks
Daily Times Sun, 30 Jan 2005 3:57 PM PST
MOSCOW: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas takes a brittle new Middle East peace initiative to Moscow on Sunday in the first direct engagement of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the conflict in four years. Both sides will seek to benefit from Monday s Kremlin talks.

120,000 Israelis Demonstrate Against Gaza Withdrawal
World Peace Herald Sun, 30 Jan 2005 1:17 PM PST
JERUSALEM -- Some 120,000 Israelis Sunday launched a 24-hour demonstration against their government's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.

Iraqis Defy Threats To Vote For Assembly
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis embraced democracy in large numbers Sunday, standing in long lines to vote in defiance of mortar attacks, suicide bombers and boycott calls. Pushed in wheelchairs or carts if they couldn't walk, the elderly, the young and women in veils cast ballots in Iraq (news - web sites)'s first free election in a half-century.

Rice Signals Stepped-Up US Role In Mideast Peace Process
AFP via Yahoo! News Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:44 AM PST
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signaled a stepped-up US role in the Middle East peace process as she prepared to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's top adviser ahead of a trip to the region.

Bush Declares Iraq Election A Success
WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) called Sunday's elections in Iraq (news - web sites) a success and promised the United States will continue trying to prepare Iraqis to secure their own country.

"The world is hearing the voice of freedom from the center of the Middle East," Bush told reporters at the White House on Sunday, four hours after the polls closed. He did not take questions after his three-minute statement.

Russia Fielding As Many Spies Now in the USA; As the Soviet Union Did During the Cold War...
Russia runs more than 100 known spies under official cover in the U.S., senior U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement officials say. And those are just the more easily spotted spies working under the classic guise of diplomat. An unknown number of so-called nocs—who work under nonofficial cover as businessmen and -women, journalists or academics—undoubtedly expand the Russian spy force. "They're baaaaack," says a former senior U.S. intelligence official who worked against Moscow during the cold war. "They're busy as hell, but I don't think we've really got what it is that they're doing." The number of Russian spies in the U.S. is especially surprising, given that it was less than four years ago that the Bush Administration expelled 50 of them in retaliation for the humiliating discovery that FBI counterintelligence agent Robert Hanssen had been spying for Russia for 21 years.

Comments
Yesterday was a great day for democracy throughout the world.  Of course, I will get emails from those who will want to spin this election as Senator Kerry and Edwards did earlier last week.  The bottom line is we did exactly what we said we would do... unseat a dictator, free Iraq and put in place a democratic government.   

President Bush and Prime Minister Blair were right, and as predicted, they have come out of this situation stronger and more respected whether the liberals want to admit it or not.  This is an article I wrote back of March 17, 2003: Article# 185: Message To Saddam: Times Up! Get Out! I k now it's hard for the liberals to swallow but I told you so!  

Is this going to stop terrorism?  Of course not!  But it will slow it down.  The Israelis proved that when they took a proactive stand against suicide bombers.  It's unfortunate that many the world over are naive enough to believe that terrorism will just go away if we ignore it.  But thank God for those leaders who had the courage to stand for what they believed in.

Russia is back!   If they're not at full military strength yet they will be very soon.  But they are back in the spy game.  Look for them to continue toward their quest to revive the old Soviet Union and become the feared nation they once was.  Again, I wrote an article over five years ago that predicted this day would come:  Article# 6: Prophecy Alert: New Russia And The Threat That Will Come.

President Bush you were right about Iraq, but the liberal left will eventually get their way and once again we'll let down our guard.   

Pastor Malone