E.U. Puts Support Behind New Palestinian Unity Government; Could Peace Be Next?

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Al Qaeda appears to be preparing a large-scale terrorist attack on Israeli and UNIFIL forces in South Lebanon
According to some Western and Lebanese intelligence sources, al Qaeda has named veteran Abu Rush al-Miqati, 56, an old Middle East hand, to organize the attack. Lebanese interior minister Ahmad Fatfat reports 13 al Qaeda cells are operating in Lebanon and are being mustered for the attack.

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hizballah reneges on its deal for the Lebanese army and the UN force’s missions in South Lebanon
Until Wednesday night, the Shiite terror group stood by its consent to the Lebanese army on the border with Israel handling any military problems or clashes with Israel, with Hizballah assisting. Now, Hizballah has gone back on this deal and announced that henceforth its own forces will no longer wait for the Lebanese army to act but send its own forces into action against Israel.

EU presidency seeks to renew Middle East peace process
AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 15 Sep 2006 3:07 AM PDT
The European Union should welcome the setting up of a new Palestinian government of national unity as an opportunity to renew the Middle East peace process, the EU's Finnish presidency has said.

EU agrees to back Palestinian unity government
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the Hamas movement,...

Iran ready to discuss enrichment suspension: Paris
Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 15 Sep 2006 5:08 AM PDT
Iran told the European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana last weekend that it is prepared to discuss suspending its uranium enrichment program, a French foreign ministry spokesman confirmed on Friday.

Giora Eiland: Iran will get a nuclear bomb
Iran will not be deterred from its nuclear program and will ultimately reach a nuclear capability, Giora Eiland, the recently retired head of Israel's National Security Council, has told The Jerusalem Post, in an assessment immediately refuted by the Prime Minister's Office.

Putin: Russia’s Next Czar?
CBNNews.com – ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - As American troops give their lives in Iraq to spread democracy around the world, the people of Russia are facing a stark reversal of their democratic rights.

It's a retreat from democracy that comes just 15 years after Boris Yelstin's standoff with the Soviet Union from a tank turret in Moscow that marks the collapse of Communism in Russia.

SUMMER 2006 TEMPS FAIL TO BREAK RECORD SET IN 1936...
Sept. 14, 2006 — Summer 2006 was the second warmest June-to-August period in the continental U.S. since records began in 1895, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Additionally, the 2006 January-to-August period was the warmest on record for the continental U.S.

Kissinger warns of possible "war of civilizations"
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that Europe and the United States must unite to head off a "war of civilizations" arising from a nuclear-armed Middle East

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According to military sources, Al-Qaeda appears to be building up for an attack against Israel, but U.S. intelligence doubts this to be true.

"The pattern is always the same," an intelligence source said. "A group of terrorists assault a Western installation. The Syrian forces come and kill all or most of them and the regime claims to be fighting terrorism." http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2006/september/09_13_3.html

Whether it's true or not the enemies of Israel have definitely gained a false confidence that they can attack and be successful in a war against Israel.  It should be said that success doesn't always mean victory.  Hizbollah wasn't victorious against Israel but they were able to withstand their assault and inflict a little damage of their own.  That, to the terrorists, is a victory and gives courage to many other would be terrorist recruits. 

According to DEBKAfile, Hizbollah has gone back on its word to allow U.N. and Lebanese troops to patrol the southern Lebanon border.  Not only will the border area be off limits to U.N. and Lebanese troops but Hizbollah says the airport will be restricted as well.

"In a second statement, Hizballah warned Berlin that German troops posted at Lebanese air ports, seaports or Lebanese-Syrian border posts would be legitimate targets for attack." http://www.debka.com/

President Bush has been getting hammered as of late due to his war on terrorism.  I do realize this is an election year and certainly his opponents have to use whatever information they can to make their chances greater to be elected or re-elected.  They can't use the economy anymore.  According to the U.S. Department of Labor unemployment is at a low 4.7% (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm).  

I find it shocking that liberals are attempting to use the war on terrorism against President Bush.  Since 9/11 there have been zero successful terror plots carried out on U.S. soil.  No matter how you slice it that's the ultimate goal in the fight against terrorism.  Certainly, it would be nice to wipe it out altogether but the liberals won't allow that since it requires the U.S. (and allies) to take the fight abroad.  They don't understand that the cost of freedom isn't free and never has been.

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger sure doesn't share the liberals views.  In a recent opinion article he warned that if the U.S. and E.U. are to prevent a "war of civilizations" they better join forces and head off a move toward a nuclear-armed Middle East.  

"Kissinger said the international community on both sides of the Atlantic should work together to head off the growing danger posed by the development of a nuclear-armed Middle East.” http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=112062

His advice seems to be right on time.  At a recent Arab League Gulf conference, member states were urged to develop nuclear technology.  You can bet this recommendation is due in large part to the success of Iran to defy the U.N.'s request to halt its nuclear program.  

It wouldn't surprise me if the next great war (Revelation 6) was sparked over an attempt to stop Islamic states from pursuing nuclear weapons.  Certainly, it would be in the name of preventing the spread of these weapons reaching the terrorist.

Another issue that is rampant in Christian thinking is that global warming has something to do with the future plagues God will unleash upon the world.  That ideology couldn't be further from the truth.  When God brought the ten plagues upon the Egyptians they were specific and unmistakably from God.  It wasn't caused by decades of earthy neglect and they knew they were from God.  

That will also be the case in the future.  When the tribulation period begins and God reigns terror and destruction upon the earth there will be no mistaking where it came from.  Global warming or some other man made theory will be the furthest think from their mind...they'll know it's from God and curse Him!

It looks like the E.U. has put its stamp of approval and support behind the new Palestinian unity government.

"We agreed that we have to support the new Palestinian government. It's a very important turning point for the situation," Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema told Reuters.

"(EU foreign policy chief) Javier Solana told us in the platform there will be recognition by the new government of the treaty signed by the Palestinian Authority in the past -- it means recognize Israel as a partner," D'Alema said. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-09-15T140228Z_01_L15493961_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-EU.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

I agree!  This is a very big turning point that could end in at least recognition between Israel and the Palestinians.  I'm not yet sold on the fact that it could eventually lead to a short-term peace plan between the kingdom of the antichrist and Israel.  We'll have to wait and see.    

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