Mubarak: M.E. War Could Explode At Any Time; Assad To Arab States...Let's Talk!

DEBKA Exclusive: Moscow posts two Chechen platoons in S. Lebanon, one headed by an ex-rebel commander, “to improve Russia’s image in the Arab world”
The Muslim commandoes of the Vostok (East) and Zapad (West) battalions of the Russian Army’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) (picture) are being sent to guard the 150 Russian military engineers. They arrived in Beirut this week to restore the roads in Lebanon damaged by Israeli bombing.

DEBKAfile reports: Moscow did not consult Israel before stationing Muslim Chechen troops on its border for the first time.

Mubarak: Regional war could break out
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak called the recent Lebanon war between Israel and Hizbullah a "warning sign" that another regional war could soon break out.

"The Middle East is on the verge of exploding," Mubarak said in an interview marking 33 years since the Yom Kippur War (known to Arab nations as the "October War.)

Assad to Arab states: Let's talk
In another interview, Syrian President Bashar Assad said Friday that Syria has begun preparations to counter an Israeli attack, and that his country was prepared for an Israeli attack "at any moment." The president told the Kuwaiti daily Al-Anba that Israel had given up on the peace process, even though most of the issues of contention between the two countries were resolved.

Tensions rise over North Korean threat
SEOUL, South Korea - Tensions mounted over North Korea's threat to test its first atomic bomb, with shots ringing out Saturday along the border with South Korea and Japan warning of harsh sanctions if Pyongyang goes nuclear.

Abbas Tells US PA Will Recognize Israel, Says Opposite on PA TV
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said this week he would ‘fire Hamas’ if the terror group won’t recognize Israel, but sang a different tune on PA TV.

Outspoken Putin critic shot dead in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was found shot dead on Saturday outside her apartment block in central Moscow, Interfax and other Russian news agencies reported.

EU body seeks closer ties with Syria
Members of European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee vote to strengthen cooperation with Damascus, support signing association agreement with country. Agreement could give 'a decisive impetus to political, economic and social reforms in Syria and would facilitate the Middle East peace process,' committee states.

Unemployment falls; wages up 4 percent
The nation's unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent last month, down from 4.7 in August, and average wages rose by 4 percent over the previous year -- the best performance for both measures in five years.  

The monthly Labor Department report released yesterday revealed that 51,000 new jobs were reported last month, a disappointing figure, but job gains were stronger than reported earlier for the previous year and a half.

Carter: Restore aid to Palestinians even if they don't recognize Israel
The former President said Friday that punishing the Hamas-led PA government by withholding aid has failed, and money should be given unconditionally

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If you think things are back to normal in the Middle East think again.  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said today that the war between Israel and Hezbullah was a "warning sign" and fears that an all out regional war could break out at anytime.  

"The Middle East is on the verge of exploding," Mubarak said in an interview marking 33 years since the Yom Kippur War (known to Arab nations as the "October War.)  http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1159193385797&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer

Syrian President Bashar Assad said he is making full preparations in anticipation of an imminent attack by Israel.  He also made it clear that if either Syria or Iran were attacked both would come to each others aid in accordance with their Joint Defense Treaty.

This is just another reason why I believe the Lord will be coming back very soon.  

Here's something else of great interest.  Russia has sent an elite Muslim commando unit as part of their troop contribution to the U.N. peacekeeping team to help guard the southern Lebanese border.  

"Russian defense minister Sergei Ivanov said openly to Russian media that the deployment of former rebel Chechen troops in Lebanon aimed at “improving Moscow’s image in the Arab and Muslim world.”

DEBKAfile’s military sources: The Russian units are operating independently of the largely-European UN peacekeeping force. Their vehicles fly Russian and Lebanese flags. UNIFIL too was taken by surprise by the posting of Chechen troops to Lebanon. Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora was informed but omitted to notify Washington, Paris, Berlin, Rome or the UN." http://www.debka.com/

DEBKAfile has also learned that they placed the commando unit in southern Lebanon without first consulting Israel.  Sources say that Israeli leaders were taken aback by the move.

If the Middle East wasn't hot enough, North Korean has thumbed its nose at its neighbors and the rest of the world, and said they could test fire their first nuclear bomb as early as Sunday.

In response, the U.N. Security Council came out with a meaningless warning that listed no specific consequences if they went through with the test.  Barring a miracle from God, look for North Korea to go through with their test.  The U.N. still hasn't figured out that sanctions mean nothing to North Korea.

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was found shot dead on Saturday outside her apartment.  She was a well-known outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The first thing that comes to mind is that Anna was killed for her professional activities. We don't see any other motive for this terrible crime," said Vitaly Yaroshevsky, a deputy editor of the newspaper where Politkovskaya worked. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-10-07T185535Z_01_L0763562_RTRUKOC_0_US-RUSSIA-MURDER.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

Whether this was a KBG hit or not is unknown (I tend to believe it was), but it will certainly send a strong message that there is a terrible price to pay for openly criticizing the president.  This also speaks volumes regarding President Putin's intentions of stepping down as president.

The double talk in the Palestinian government continues to flow.  Apparently, Chairman Mahmoud Abbas told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that he was committed to forcing the Palestinian government to recognize Israel.  But later on PA TV he said “It is not required of Hamas, or of Fatah, or of the Popular Front to recognize Israel.” http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=113148

Certainly they will one day give lip service to recognition and peace, but don't look for it to last long.  It will merely be a stepping stone to their ultimate plan of destroying Israel and pushing them into the sea.

Are you ready to meet the Lord?  If not, your time is running out!

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