The Western Axis of Power

The Western Axis of powers -- Great Britain, the United States, and Israel -- are deliberately maneuvering all Muslim nations throughout the world into declaring a jihad, a holy war, against our interests in the entire Middle East, from Israel to Pakistan. Then, when Muslim hordes attack, they shall be annihilated by the greatest military weapons and armed forces the world has ever seen. The technological military gap between Western powers and Muslim powers has never been greater, even though the Muslims have acquired capabilities they did not possess in 1991. - David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries

"BLOOD IN THE STREETS" -- A PERFECT BLUEPRINT FOR THE UPCOMING SLAUGHTER OF IRAQ FIRST AND THEN ALL MUSLIMS

By David Bay, Cutting Edge Ministries
Originally Published on March 26, 2002; Updated May 3, 2004

Subtitle: New Age authors report what just may be the perfect plan whereby the Illuminati annihilates Iraq with super-weapons and then all Muslims throughout the world. Jerusalem could turn into the "Cup of Trembling" and End of Age prophecy concerning Antichrist could finally be fulfilled.

As the world struggles with the spectre of the terrifying sexual and sadistic torture of Muslim soldiers in our military prisons located in Iraq, the principles of this article need to be reiterated and understood. We are deliberately seeking to provoke Islamic armies throughout the world.

NEWS BRIEF: "Nuclear Option In Iraq? Sources say U.S. is considering the option", by DEBKAfile, as reported in WorldNetDaily, March 22, 2002.

"The White House is considering the use of tactical nuclear weapons and planning the break-up of Iraq as an objective in a broad military campaign set now for April, according to the military and intelligence sources of DEBKA-Net-Weekly ... As a result of the serious threat of nuclear terrorism, the U.S., DEBKA reports, is weighing its own nuclear options ... European and Middle East governments believe the White House may be reverting to the 'second strike' nuclear doctrine espoused by U.S. governments in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War ... Cheney received intelligence evaluations suggesting that in late February, Saddam Hussein attempted to head off a U.S. offensive by transferring to al-Qaida nuclear devices – possibly radiological 'dirty bombs'– or explosives and containers packed with viruses, including smallpox. This deadly supply may have been cached in any of the following places – the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority, Rome or Berlin – together with crews standing by for a signal to unleash them, according to DEBKA sources."

In other words, this report is saying that if Iraq or any Arab nations used nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons on the United States, we would then reserve the right to retaliate with our own nuclear weapons. Of course, since the Illuminati controls Saddam Hussein, we know that whatever he does is exactly what the Plan calls for him to do. If "dirty nukes", or biological, or chemical weapons were unleashed upon us, the Illuminati would have its excuse to launch devastating attacks on Iraq, and maybe beyond. Then, right on cue, suddenly, surprisingly, Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair shocked and dismayed Parliament by boldly stating that he could order nuclear strikes against Iraq. Listen:

NEWS BRIEF: "U.K. 'prepared to use nuclear weapons'," BBC News, March 20, 2002.

"The UK is prepared to use nuclear weapons against rogue states such as Iraq if they ever used 'weapons of mass destruction' against British troops in the field, defence secretary Geoff Hoon has told MPs. Mr Hoon said he was not certain Britain's nuclear arsenal would deter a first strike from a state willing to sacrifice its own people to make a 'gesture'."

While this policy may seem a reasonable protection of your own troops in the field, we all know that such an Iraqi "first strike" could be manufactured out of thin air, just as the Gulf of Tonkin "attack" was manufactured so as to give America the excuse to commit massive military forces to South Vietnam. Our government could just announce that such a strike had occurred, and the Mass Media would jump all over such an announcement. President Bush could then drum the beat powerfully for retaliation, and hold up even greater terror threats if we do not retaliate. An Iraqi "first strike" with nuclear, chemical, and/or biological weapons could easily be manufactured.

Now, consider an earlier news report that seems to indicate that America may be planning a first strike on Iraq with our nuclear weapons, even if we admit they do not possess any nukes in their arsenal.

NEWS BRIEF: "Iraq Nuke Option", DEBKAfile, March 11, 2002.

"... the American deputy secretary of state for disarmament, John Bolton, stated on February 21 that Washington had decided to depart from its traditional policy of nuclear non-use against non-nuclear powers. The exceptions would be made in the cases of terrorists, their sponsors and states developing weapons of mass destruction. Bolton’s statement was received in Baghdad as a signal that the United States has decided to use nuclear weapons in its coming offensive, and Saddam Hussein regime has made preparation."

In this diplomatic doublespeak, the American Deputy Secretary of State for Disarmament stated that America would now reserve the right to use nuclear weapons against a nation that did not possess nuclear weapons! This policy shift is huge, as it reverses U.S. policy for the past five decades!

The formerly forbidden door to using nuclear weapons has now been kicked wide open. Now, just the perceived "threat" that Iraq may have Weapons of Mass Destruction will be enough "provocation" for the Bush Administration to launch a nuclear strike on Iraq.

With this thought in mind, ponder carefully this most recent announcement:

NEWS BRIEF: "BRITAIN MOVES TRIDENT SUB INTO PERSIAN GULF IN MAJOR ESCALATION OF WAR PREPARATIONS AGAINST IRAQ", Global-Intel, by Gordon Thomas, Number 9, March 21, 2002.

"Britain has moved one of its Trident nuclear submarines into the Persian Gulf. It is a significant escalation of the preparations for the widely predicted war against Iraq. The Trident carries a pay-load of missiles capable of destroying every military target in Iraq. At least one U.S. nuclear weapon-carrying submarine is also said to be in the region. The decision to move the Trident from its regular patrol area in the southern Indian Ocean was authorized by Prime Minister Tony Blair after meeting with Vice-President Dick Cheney during his stop-over in London."

Notice two factors that are exceedingly important about this announcement:

First, notice that Vice President Cheney made a stopover in London as he was preparing to travel to the Middle East to begin his 10-day tour. Tim Cohen demonstrates conclusively that Britain's House of Windsor is the monarchy from which Antichrist will arise. Cohen further demonstrates that all major decisions are made in London, and simply carried out in Washington and other capitals of the world. To demonstrate this fact, Cohen asks you to start noticing the itineraries of the many leaders coming to Washington, D.C., for consultations. You will be amazed how many times the foreign dignitary either stopped in London before coming to Washington, or stopping London on the way back home from Washington. While Cheney was in London, the real consultations were held in secret between Prince Charles and the Vice President. [Antichrist and A Cup of Tea]

Secondly, the Trident is a weapon of First Strike capability against a first-class nuclear opponent, such as Russia. The Trident was designed to engage and defeat a sophisticated enemy, delivering a staggering blow from which that enemy would never recover. Sending it to engage Iraq is exactly like swatting a fly with a huge, heavy sledgehammer. However, positioning one or more Trident submarines against Iraq opens up the largest gap of military capability of Western technology verses Arab technology.

Furthermore, we have deployed against Iraq the most formidable military machine the world has ever seen. Since most people have no idea what the Iraq Army is facing, let us quickly review our array of weaponry facing the poor Iraqi Army right now.

WIDEST GAP IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN
WORLD HISTORY?

The technological gap between the nuclear missiles a Trident submarine carries and the Iraqi poor-man's nuclear bomb [if Iraq even has this much of a nuke] may represent the largest technological gap in history. The military gap is so huge that a war could be planned specifically to fight this weaker enemy in order to advance the global strategic goals of the nation wielding the superior power.

To understand this principle more completely, let us examine the findings of a book entitled, "Blood In The Streets", by James Dale Davidson & Sir William Rees-Mogg, Warner Books, A Time Warner Company, 1987. Listen carefully, for these authors present the philosophical underpinnings of this upcoming war, first with Iraq and then with the entire Muslim world.

"... you must turn to megapolitics to find the answers to the deepest puzzles of economic and political life ... The largest of the variables is shifting technology. New weapons and new ways of organizing the use of weapons can sometimes give one group of people an overpowering advantage. With new technology, it can become relatively cheap to deploy force, very costly for anyone to resist. For months or years or decades, or however long it takes for other groups to copy or defeat the advantage, those at a disadvantage will be like the 98-pound weakling confronting a barrel-chested bully. They will bow to power. Or be forced to bow. And the world will change to reflect the new megapolitical reality. Maps will be rewritten." [Page 11-12; Emphasis added]

Today, the forces of the United States, Great Britain, and Israel possess the type of cutting edge weapons technological advantage over the Muslim forces of the world exactly as described above. Let us examine the key element of this passage for its full understanding a application to the coming planned World War III that will produce the New World Order and its Christ.

"New weapons and new ways of organizing the use of weapons can sometimes give one group of people an overpowering advantage. With new technology, it can become relatively cheap to deploy force, very costly for anyone to resist."

When Great Britain moved her Trident submarine into the Persian Gulf in order to take up positions against Iraq, this act fully complied with this explanation. This deployment of a world-class strategic nuclear submarine against Iraq presented Hussein with the specter of "an overpowering advantage". This Trident submarine was "relatively cheap to deploy .... very costly for anyone to resist."

However, the over-all technological advantage of the Axis of Western Powers [U.S., UK, Israel] over the Muslim military forces of the world is enormous. In fact, the advantage is so enormous that both Russia and China will sit on the sidelines for the moment to wait to see what we shall actually do to these hapless Muslim armed forces. Listen to Col. Beardon (Retired) describe our modern military capabilities:

"We have ground-based radars, endoatmospheric interceptors, exoatmospheric interceptors, airborne sensors, space-based sensors, chemically propelled interceptors, electromagnetic railguns, particle beam weapons, high energy lasers, all tied together by a massive command and control systems ... Massive systems. Electromagnetic marvels. Nuclear-pumped lasers of staggering power. Perhaps even x-ray and gamma ray lasers. Directed energy RF weapons. Stupendous railguns. Sensors everywhere. Giant webs of communications. Banks of computers and control systems. ["Fer De Lance", Ibid. , p. 331]

This overwhelming military superiority will "burn right through" the Iraqis, no matter what they throw at us and no matter how enraged or full of hate their armies and the populations might be toward us. Our military has the capability of annihilating entire armies and populations through our vastly superior weaponry.

TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES THE "HIDDEN
WORKINGS OF HISTORY"

"The key to the hidden workings of history is technological ...The murderous kings who gave history its start would merely have been murderous nobodies without the tools to chisel their names. Technology is still the driving force that makes history go ...The purpose of this book is to lay bare these hidden, perplexing interconnections. To tell you where to look for the revolutions to come ... Only when one nation has an overwhelming share of economic resources and power does the world economy seem to function smoothly. Only then is there likely to be free trade and open movement of goods, services, people, and capital across borders. The last Great Depression coincided with significant megapolitical development -- the effective collapse of that day's dominant power -- Great Britain." ["Blood In The Streets", p. 16-17]

Today, we hear much of the push for free trade and open movement of goods, services, and people, and it is disconcerting when you realize that the vast majority of the pressure for free trade comes from the United States, the only truly economic superpower since World War II. Surely, Free Trade brings the world ever closer to the global economy, government, and religion of Antichrist! And, America is leading the way [Seminar 2, "America Determines the True Flow of History"].

Then, the authors of this book restate their principle and give a graphic example:

"Weapons technology is the major megapolitical force that determines the power equation. When it is cheaper and easier to project power from the center to the periphery, the number of political units in the world declines ... and economies tend to prosper. When it becomes more costly to project power and cheaper to resist, borders and barriers proliferate. Economies stagnate." ["Blood In The Streets", p. 17]

Then, they give some prime historical examples of military situations in which Great Britain was able to cheaply and easily project power from their center to the peripheral areas of the world.

"In the summer of 1898, the British Empire appeared to be in its heyday. Queen Victoria had celebrated her Diamond Jubilee the year before. London was the undisputed center of world finance and commerce. The British navy ruled the waves ... Then, as now, Moslem extremists were menacing Egypt -- where the British-held Suez Canal was a vital link in world trade. Out in the desert, a force of Islamic true believers was engaged in a jihad, or holy war, against whatever Western targets came within their sights. As the threat grew, London dispatched military forces, under the command of Lord Kitchener. Their mission was to enter the Sudan, secure the Upper Nile, and thus protect British interests in Egypt from attack.

"Opposing the British was Abud Allah ibn Muhammed, the Khalifa of the Dervishes, an Islamic religious leader who was the nearest nineteenth-century equivalent of the Ayatollah Khomeini. Like Khomeini, the Khalifa was bitterly opposed to Western disruptions of the settled ways of Islamic society. Like many groups in the Middle East today, he held hostages. Several who managed to escape told tales of cruelty, torture, and murder that shocked British opinion. [Ibid.]

[Some things never change, do they?]

"The Khalifa commanded an army organized by fierce Islamic fighters known as 'Dervishes' (as in 'whirling dervishes'). Hardened to life in the desert, the Dervish fighters had been taught from childhood to master hand-to-hand combat. They were good at it. They were brave. They were skilled in using knives and muskets. They were also skilled at screaming. Their practice of using noise as a psychological weapon in battle had been widely reported in Europe for many years. As one writer of the 1870's put it, 'And now, their guttural chorus audible long before they arrived in sight, came the howling dervishes'.

"On September 2, 1898, 40,000 Dervishes began to howl as they swarmed across the desert to attack the British Camel Corp. The attack employed a centuries-old tactic that had worked for Dervish armies many times in the past -- a mass frontal assault. The first British troops drew back to the Nile to avoid being overwhelmed. What happened next? Let Winston Churchill tell you. He was there at the battle of Omdurman.

"At the critical moment the gun boat arrived on the scene and began suddenly to blaze and flame from Maxim guns, quick-firing guns and rifles. The range was short; the effect tremendous. The terrible machine, floating gracefully on the waters -- a beautiful white devil -- reethed (sic) itself
in smoke. The river slopes of the Kerreri Hills, crowded with the advancing thousands, sprang up into clouds of dust and splinters of rock. The charging Dervishes sank down in tangled heaps. The infantry fired steadily and stolidly, without hurry or excitement, for the enemy were far away and the officers careful. Besides, the soldiers were interested in the work and took great pains ... And all the time out on the plain on the other side, bullets were shearing through flesh, smashing and splintering bone; blood spouted from terrible wounds; valiant men were struggling on through a hell of whistling metal, exploding shells, and spurting dust -- suffering, despairing, dying."

"At the end of five hours of battle, the British had lost 20 men killed. Another 20 Egyptians who accompanied the British were also dead. The Dervishes lost 11,000 dead." [Ibid., p. 32-33]

Nor was this result a rarity.

"In one remote place after another in Africa and Asia, British forces overwhelmed their opponents, at trivial costs. In one battle near Zimbabwe in 1893, 50 British South African police fought 5,000 Ndebele warriors, killing more than 3,000 in an hour and a half. As an African survivor of such a massacre said, 'The whites did not seize their enemy as we do by the body, but thundered from afar. Death raged everywhere -- like death vomited forth from the tempest'. [Ibid., p. 36]

"Earlier in the Century the Celestial Dynasty in China was brought low by British gunboats and a few marines. Without any apparent difficulty, the 'barbarians from the sea' swept in and mauled Chinese forces in a war lasting from 1839 to 1842. The expense to Britain for defeating the most populous nation in the world was trivial, one-tenth of one percent of the gross national product. London's military budget actually fell as the fighting progressed. A few years later, a similar war was fought with equally lopsided results. Again, the Chinese were humiliated.

"The abracadabra in British military success was technological superiority. Weapons in the hands of British forces were far deadlier than those available to fighters in traditional societies of Asia and Africa. This made it very cheap for the British to project power at great distances, very costly for local peoples to resist." [Ibid., p. 36; Emphasis added]

"In 1898, it was cheap for Western powers -- and Great Britain in particular -- to control peoples at the periphery. As Churchill described the battle of Omdurman, it was 'the most signal triumph ever gained by the arms of science over barbarians. Within the space of five hours, the strongest and best-armed savage army yet arrayed against a modern European Power had been destroyed and dispersed, with hardly any difficulty, comparatively small risk, and insignificant loss to the victors." [Ibid.]

"The cost for consolidating control over a restless Middle East was trivial as compared to the cost to native peoples of resisting. Even though native armies were larger, with far better knowledge of local terrain, they were hopelessly outmatched. Britain had modern weapons -- gunboats, breech-loading rifles, machine guns, and more. These weapons were immeasurably superior to those available to people in less technologically advanced societies. As a result, all disputes at the periphery were easily settled. Whenever some local faction threatened investment, stood in the way of trade, or got caught up in a strategic conflict, Britain or another metropolitan power dispatched gunboats and soldiers. The locals had no choice but to yield to overwhelming force -- or else. These who resisted were practically wiped out, absorbing absurd casualties while inflicting almost none." [Ibid., p. 38-39]

Doesn't this last sentence aptly describe the results of the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq? Iraqis "who resisted were practically wiped out, absorbing absurd casualties while inflicting almost none"?

This same situation now exists in the Middle East, with the Western Axis of powers -- Great Britain, the United States, and Israel -- deliberately maneuvering all Muslim nations throughout the world into declaring a jihad, a holy war, against our interests in the entire Middle East, from Israel to Pakistan. Then, when Muslim hordes attack, they shall be annihilated by the greatest military weapons and armed forces the world has ever seen. The technological military gap between Western powers and Muslim powers has never been greater, even though the Muslims have acquired capabilities they did not possess in 1991.

As Tim Cohen demonstrates in Antichrist and A Cup of Tea, the House of Windsor in London draws up all the plans, and uses the economic and military might of the United States to carry these plans out. Israel fits nicely into this equation because it was restored to nationhood by the combined efforts of the United States and Great Britain, and has been supported ever since 1948 -- militarily, economically, and politically. Today, Israel has the capability of annihilating all the combined Arab armed forces surrounding her, and has been very adamant in declaring her intention of using her super-weapons if attacked by Arab numerically superior forces.

ATTACKING IRAQ USING THIS OVERWHELMING
WEAPONRY SCENARIO

As we have noted in our Daily News Updates, an incessant drumbeat against Iraq has been going on for a number of weeks now, conditioning people to the "necessity" of taking Saddam Hussein out, even if it is by nuclear war. In U.S. Army Intelligence, I was schooled to the reality that continuous rhetoric from one nation against another can easily be the opening salvo of an actual physical attack later. To put it another way, when you hear continuous rhetoric from one nation against another, you have to consider that, just perhaps, hostilities are imminent.

We have listed at the beginning of this article representative articles that demonstrate this incessant drumbeat rhetoric against Iraq. The Bush Administration even took the bold step of publicly changing our nuclear strike scenario that would now allow us to strike a nation with our nuclear might, even though the targeted nation possesses no nuclear weapons.

The Anglo-Saxon axis of powers [Great Britain, America, and Israel] have planned a war to be fought along the lines specified in the "Blood In The Streets" book. The likely outcome is complete fulfillment of Bible prophecy and the appearance of Antichrist.

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Are you spiritually ready? Is your family? Are you adequately protecting your loved ones? This is the reason for this ministry, to enable you to first understand the peril facing you, and then help you develop strategies to warn and protect your loved ones. Once you have been thoroughly trained, you can also use your knowledge as a means to open the door of discussion with an unsaved person. I have been able to use it many times, and have seen people come to Jesus Christ as a result. These perilous times are also a time when we can reach many souls for Jesus Christ, making an eternal difference.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, but have been very lukewarm in your spiritual walk with Him, you need to immediately ask Him for forgiveness and for renewal. He will instantly forgive you, and fill your heart with the joy of the Holy Spirit. Then, you need to begin a daily walk of prayer and personal Bible Study.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Savior, but have come to realize His reality and the approaching End of the Age, and want to accept His FREE Gift of Eternal Life, you can also do so now, in the privacy of your home. Once you accept Him as Savior, you are spiritually Born Again, and are as assured of Heaven as if you were already there. Then, you can rest assured that the Kingdom of Antichrist will not touch you spiritually.

If you would like to become Born Again, turn to our Salvation Page now.

We hope you have been blessed by this ministry, which seeks to educate and warn people, so that they can see the coming New World Order -- Kingdom of Antichrist -- in their daily news.

God bless you.

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China

China Moves

Watson's Web
August 7, 2009

China is moving around the world to get hold of critical resources.

When China's biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq's willingness to open an industry that had previously prohibited foreign investment.

One year later, the China National Petroleum Corporation has struck oil at the Ahdab field in Wasit Province, southeast of Baghdad. And while the relationship between the company and the Iraqi government has gone smoothly, the presence of a foreign company with vast resources drilling for oil in this poor, rural corner of Iraq has awakened a wave of discontent here.

"We get nothing directly from the Chinese company, and we are suffering," said Mahmoud Abdul Ridha, head of the Wasit provincial council, whose budget has been cut in half by Baghdad in the past year because of lower international oil prices. "There is an unemployment crisis. We need roads, schools, water treatment plants. We need everything."

The result has been a local-rights movement — extraordinary in a country where political dissent has historically carried the risk of death — that in the past few months has begun demanding that at least $1 of each barrel of oil produced at the Ahdab field be used to improve access to clean water, health services, schools, paved roads and other needs in the province, which is among Iraq's poorest. - AINA

Stories like this simply will go underreaported by U.S. outlets because the Big media will not criticize China, because of lucrative media licencing it has or desires to obtain in the large and growing Chinese market. In short, they have been bought off.

China is now obtaining what can only be described as the new world currency. It is stockpiling this currency for the dark days ahead with the dollar comes a tumbling down and nothing else can take its place. What is that new currency?

China, holder of the world’s largest rare-earths deposits, may build a strategic reserve in Inner Mongolia, strengthening its control over materials used in technology ranging from iPods to guided missiles.

Inner Mongolia, which contains 75 percent of China’s deposits, is in talks with the central government to build stockpiles to support prices, Zhao Shuanglian, deputy chief of the province, said at a press conference today in Beijing.

China, which imports most of its iron ore, oil and copper, is tightening control over supplies of rare earths, a range of more than 15 elements such as scandium and lanthanum. Shares in Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co., the main producer in the province, surged 7.6 percent in Shanghai trading today after Zhao said the company will take over smaller rivals to consolidate the industry.

“The plan of building a national reserve stockpile is part of a government-level strategy to protect the resources of rare earths and prevent it from being sold cheaply,” Liu Minda, analyst at Huatai Securities Co., said by phone from Nanjing. - Bloomberg

This is no 'conspiracy theory;' this is better called 'Central Planning.' The two phrases often get mixed up in the minds of those who only read U.S. government pronouncements and can't think clearly or never planned for a rainy day... like most Americans.

China is busy building her reserves for a future she knows is certain. Now, China has become a net seller of U.S. Treasury debt.

Just a few days ago, the U.S. Treasury Department revealed that China actually REDUCED its note and bond holdings by $25 billion in June. Although China did NOT sell shorter-term Treasury bills — and isn't expected to — it's still the largest amount of Treasuries China has ever sold in a single month.

This is a huge development:

* In 2006, China and Hong Kong accounted for more than 50 percent of the increase in the amount of Treasury debt sold to the public …

* In 2008, their share had fallen to 22 percent as the U.S. government increased its public debt by a record $1.2 trillion …

* In the first half of THIS year, China and Hong Kong acquired only 9 percent of the more than $800 billion worth of Treasury bonds that were sold — and now …

* In June, China became a net SELLER of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds!

Regular readers of Watson's Web are not surprised; in fact, many of you are wondering what took them so long. First, the Chinese are not stupid. They know they are now in the driver seat and will now drive the car as fast or as slow and in whatever direction they choose to; and if it is other desire to crash the car, they now have it in their power. It is far wiser for them to use those Tresuries to obtain the 'New World Currency' and stockpile it in places like, oh say... Mongolia.

Don't expect the Chinese to crash the car anytime soon, but rather let them allow the U.S. to dig its own grave while they stockpile those things it needs to keep its economy going and that they can barter with when dollars are no longer accepted in international markets.

Don't expect your policy makers to see the light; and if they do, it will only be to save themselves — they have no plan to save our nation. Rather every indication and evidence shows that some are clearly helping the Chinese along with their plan on becoming the worlds dominant economic power.

September 8 Update:

But wait there is more. I was too lazy to post this part yesterday (it was a holiday), and I was going to do a longer piece on this later, but here is a preview now. I thank a loyal reader for passing on some of these links.

A Financial War Going On Derivatives Markets (a great video that explains things for the average Joe.)

For those of you who hate Video's, here is some text from a couple of blogs.

The South China Morning Post published an article today that has caused quite a stir. It seems that Beijing and global investment banks are involved in a dispute over significant losses China’s state-owned airlines have suffered on oil futures contracts.

The central government and foreign banks are threatening legal action against each other in an escalating row over ballooning losses racked up by state-owned airlines which ran into the red on derivatives contracts.

Air China (AICAF.PK), China Eastern (CEA), and Shanghai Airlines have reported losses of almost US$2 billion since last year on aviation fuel-hedging contracts after taking wrong-way bets on oil prices with their banks.

The article names Citi (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), JPMorgan (JPM), and Morgan Stanley (MS) as banks that regularly sell derivates to mainland companies. It notes that the banks face a serious dilemma. - Seeking Alpha

More here.

It seems China is making some very interesting moves to protect not just their markets but their banks and their own people, something out government is diametrically opposed to doing.

Then there is this most interesting story.

Hong Kong is pulling all its physical gold holdings from depositories in London, transferring them to a high-security depository newly built at the city's airport, in a move that won praise from local traders Thursday.

The facility, industry professionals said, would support Hong Kong's emergence as a Swiss-style trading hub for bullion and would lessen London's status as a key settlement-and-storage center. - Market Watch

People in North America and Europe are used to seeing plenty of advertisements for gold and silver – from opportunists urging people to get rid of their “useless” gold and silver for cash! Clearly this is a bullish indicator for the market, as these companies wouldn't be spending large amounts of advertising dollars to hype “scrap” sales, and then even more money buying the metals if they didn't see the opportunity for big profits.

It turns out that there is also “advertising” for gold and silver in China, too. The big difference here is that it is China's government which is advertising the “opportunities” in gold and silver, and it is urging the Chinese people to buy gold and silver. - Bullion Bulls Canada

But if that is not enough, there is more on this front that does not necessarily have China at the center of it.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said in a report published Monday that the U.S. dollar should be replaced as the world’s standard reserve currency, giving rise to a new global currency managed by an as-yet undetermined financial regulatory organization.

Heiner Flassbeck, director of the conference, told Bloomberg News that changes needed in the world’s financial systems rival the scope of the Bretton Woods or European Monetary System agreements. - Raw Story

But China really is a big player in moves to change the international currency regime. They are concerned over the dollar and are not going to get stiffed by Uncle Scam Sam.

The US Federal Reserve's policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy. - Telegraph

My Comment? These articles pretty much speak for themselves and only bolster the things I have been warning my readers about for several years almost (but not totally) alone out here on the net. Granted, over the past two years, people have begun to take these things more seriously, but who was back in 2004-05 when people were cashing out equity out of their houses and buying BMW's? Not very many.

So to my readers, I say this. This trend is pretty much unstoppable. There is not much Uncle Sam can do but try and reflate the bubble or create a new scam for the suckers to fall into. No, dear readers, this is not educated guesswork: Wall Street, with Obama's help, appear to be working on a plan to do to Life Insurance what it did with Mortgages.

Is Obama planning to kill grandma? Probably not, unless grandma is Afghani or Pakistani and the murder weapon is an aerial drone. Or maybe you consider capitulation to private health insurance companies in health care reform an indirect way of killing grandma, given that the true death panels are the ones convened by those companies to deny coverage to, among other people, some grandmas.

But another industry that the Obama industry is busy capitulating to—Wall Street—has figured out another way to profit from grandma's death: securitizing her life insurance. Here's how it works, according to an article in today's New York Times:

Investment banks would give policy-holders cash for their policies, which would then be securitized and bundled as "life settlements" (with fees going to the bundlers), sold, traded, resold—just the way subprime mortgages were. And there are similar possibilities for fraud and conflict of interest as with the complex derivatives that played such a big role in the current financial crisis.

The most striking aspect of this new scheme, though, is that it bets against grandma: "The earlier the policyholder dies, the bigger the return—though if people live longer than expected, investors could get poor returns or even lose money." - Dollars and Sense

Are you ready for what is coming? Don't expect this slow motion tragedy of a President to do anything for you. He has already lined up with Wall Street and Big Pharma against ordinary people and even against any hope of a future for the US economy. He is nothing more than a tool to be used by others. If you don't protect yourself, no one else will.

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Iran-Venezuela-Cuba Alliance

Ayatollah: Repeated U.S. Failures Indicate a New World Order in the Making

Press TV
September 6, 2009

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the repeated US failures in different countries and the loss of its influence both indicate the undeniable fact of world change.

“The US had far greater failures in the Islamic Republic of Iran than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine,” said Ayatollah Khamenei in a meeting with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday.

The Leader touched upon changing the situation in Latin America and said, “A power has been formed in this region which was once regarded by the US as its courtyard.”

Iran and Venezuela should make efforts to prepare the grounds for strengthening their independence, said the Leader.

“Along with political coordination, Iran and Venezuela should enhance industrial, economic, banking and transportation cooperation,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.

Tehran and Caracas had previously signed an array of agreements, pledging to work together in oil exploration, building low-income housing, and assembling tractors and bicycles as well as military projects among other ventures.

Chavez, who is on his seventh official visit to Iran, hailed positive talks between the high-ranking Venezuelan delegation and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other senior Iranian officials.

The Venezuelan president, a vocal critic of the global capitalistic system, said that enhanced cooperation and unity between the two countries would be the only way to fight against enemy plots.

Venezuela has been a vociferous defender of Iran and its nuclear program as Western countries, spearheaded by the US, accuse Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons program and demand a halt to the country’s uranium enrichment activities.

Tehran, however, denies all such allegations and has called for the removal of weapons of mass destruction from across the globe.

The Venezuelan president visited Libya, Algeria and Syria before coming to Iran. He is also scheduled to go to Belarus, Russia, Turkmenistan and Spain after his Tehran visit.

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Afghanistan

Charity: U.S. Troops Stormed Through Afghan Hospital

Associated Press
September 7, 2009

KABUL – A Swedish charity accused American troops Monday of storming through a hospital in central Afghanistan, breaking down doors and tying up staff in a search for militants. The U.S. military said it was investigating.

The allegation that soldiers violated the neutrality of a medical facility follows the reported deaths of Afghan civilians in a U.S. airstrike in the country's north last week. An Afghan human rights group said Monday the strike on two hijacked fuel tankers may have killed as many as 70 civilians in Kunduz province.

Civilian deaths and intrusive searches have bred resentment among the Afghan population nearly eight years after the U.S.-led coalition invaded to oust the Taliban's hard-line Islamist regime for sheltering al-Qaida terrorist leaders.

Foreign forces are working to persuade the population to support the Afghan government after last month's presidential election, which has yet to be decided amid allegations of vote-rigging.

On Monday, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan said the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division entered the charity's hospital without permission to look for insurgents in Wardak province, southwest of Kabul.

"This is simply not acceptable," said Anders Fange, the charity's country director.

The U.S. troops came to the hospital looking for Taliban insurgents late at night last Wednesday. Fange said they kicked in doors, tied up four hospital employees and two family members of patients, and forced patients out of beds during their search.

When they left two hours later, the unit ordered hospital staff to inform coalition forces if any wounded militants were admitted, and the military would decide if they could be treated, Fange said.

The staff refused, he said.

"That would put our staff at risk and make the hospital a target."

The charity said on its Web site that the troops' actions were not only a violation of humanitarian principles but also went against an agreement between NATO forces and charities working in the area.

"We demand guarantees ... that such violations will not be repeated and that this is made clear to commanders in the field," a statement said.

U.S. military spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Christine Sidenstricker confirmed that the hospital was searched last week but had no other details. She said the military was looking into the incident.

"We are investigating and we take allegations like this seriously," she said. "Complaints like this are rare."

Violence has surged across much of Afghanistan since President Barack Obama ordered 21,000 more U.S. troops to the country this year. Two foreign troops were killed Sunday when their patrol hit a roadside bomb in the country's south, NATO said without giving their nationalities.

NATO was also investigating last week's U.S. airstrike. The strike came despite new rules for foreign forces limiting use of airpower to avoid civilian casualties.

The provincial government said most of the dead were militants, but on Monday, the Afghan Rights Monitor said interviews with 15 villagers indicate that only a dozen gunmen died and 60-70 villagers were killed. The group called for further investigations.

"Even if all the victims were supporters of the Taliban, the fact that most of them were unarmed and were not engaged in any combat activity does not warrant their mass killing," said Ajmal Samadi, the rights group's director.

A spokesman for the provincial government, Ahmad Sami Yawar, said Monday that only five of the estimated 70 killed were civilians.

The increasingly violent insurgents have killed more civilians in bombings and other attacks. On Monday, the government said three militant rockets landed overnight in the capital, Kabul, hitting a house and killing three people. In central Uruzgan province, a remote-controlled bomb targeting a police vehicle exploded in a busy market, killing two children and wounding 16 other people, according to local police official Gulab Khan.

A United Nations report in July said the number of civilians killed in conflict in Afghanistan has jumped 24 percent this year, with bombings by insurgents and airstrikes by international forces the biggest killers. The report said 1,013 civilians were killed in the first half of 2009, 59 percent in insurgent attacks and 30.5 percent by foreign and Afghan government forces. The rest were undetermined.

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Syria

Venezuelan President Bashes Israel in Syria Trip

By Albert Aji, AP
September 3, 2009

DAMASCUS, Syria — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attacked Israel Thursday during his visit to Syria, calling it an imperialist nation that annihilates other people.

Chavez comments came during a news conference with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad after a one-hour meeting at the hilltop presidential palace.

"Israel has become a country that annihilates people and is hostile to peace," he said, according to the Arabic translation of his remarks to reporters.

In comments carried by Venezuelan state television, he also accused Israel of being part of imperialist efforts to divide the Middle East.

"The entire world knows it. Why was the state of Israel created? ... To divide. To impede the unity of the Arab world. To assure the presence of the North American empire in all these lands," he said.

Chavez is on an 11-day trip to Libya, Algeria, Syria, Iran, Belarus and Russia in his bid to build a multi-polar world and decrease U.S. influence in the region.

"I believe it is a fateful battle. It's either now or never in order to liberate the world from imperialism and change the world from a unipolar into a multi-polar world," Chavez told reporters in Damascus.

On Tuesday he attended Libya's celebration of the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Moammar Gadhafi to power before heading to Algeria.

The firebrand Latin American leader has built close ties with Iran, Syria, Cuba and other countries while his relations have grown tense with Israel.

Chavez strongly criticized Israel's war against Gaza in December and January and said the Jewish state should return to Syria the strategic Golan Heights that it captured in 1967 Mideast war.

For his part, Assad said that he does not think Israel is ready to make peace, while Damascus is serious about the matter.

Last year, Turkey mediated several rounds of indirect peace negotiations between Israel and Syria. But Syria suspended them in December over Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

Assad said in a newspaper interview in March that the Turkish-mediated talks failed because Israel would not make a clear commitment to return all of the Golan up to the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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Russia in the Middle East

Russia in the Middle East (Excerpt)

INSS
August 2009

In recent years Russian foreign policy has stressed the value of legally binding agreements, over the political declarations and personal rapport that characterized the Gorbachev-Yeltsin era. Acting abroad, Moscow pursues three principal objectives: multipolarity; regional security; and promotion of economic interests in its "natural sphere of influence" and worldwide (mainly cooperation in the energy, military, and technology sectors). A review of its foreign policy doctrine reveals that Russia aims to:

1. Become an influential world center

2. Create favorable external conditions for the modernization of its economy

3. Influence global processes through the UN (using its veto right in the Security Council)

4. Search for common interests with other actors to advance Russia's national priorities and ensure its international position

5. Promote good neighborly relations, and assist in eliminating the existing hotbeds of conflict (which is apparently a lip service goal, in light of its actions in Georgia in 2008, the handling of the crisis over gas transit through the Ukraine to Europe in the winter of 2009, and the "milk war" with Byelorussia in June 2009)

6. Provide comprehensive protection of rights and legitimate interests of Russian citizens and compatriots abroad

7. Propagate its culture and cultivate a positive image of the country

Zionism and the Judeo-Christian Impact on World Peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nation's General Assembly on September 24, 2009; he responded to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's earlier address to the UN (see video below).

Judeo-Christians’ Role—Mr. Sharon’s Final Solution

By Charles E. Carlson, We Hold These Truths
Originally Published on June 16, 2004

A powerful new lobby tells the world its purpose is to direct Congress to act on behalf of the State of Israel.

Unity Coalition for Israel (UCI)* is strictly an Israeli controlled organization that calls for a militant, no compromise solution to its Arab problem. What makes UCI unique among radical Israeli political groups is that it finds its support among prominent USA professing Christians.

Some stumping Americans raise the UCI agenda in colleges and churches. In fact, the UCI “Christians” go far beyond the Israelis in their call for Arab blood.

This paper examines who these Judeo-Christians are, their motives, and the impact on peace in the world.

Israeli political lobbies in the US Congress are hardly new. Upward to 100 pro-Israel PACs swarm over the American Washington, approaching every new candidate for Congress before his fur is dry. Most big campaigns, in the past, have been orchestrated by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). As detailed in Andrew Hurley's book, Holocaust II Saving Israel from Suicide, former Congressmen, for three decades, have privately and occasionally publicly, called AIPAC the most powerful lobby in Washington. Few dare talk about it in public.

What makes UCI different from AIPAC is that its lobbyists are mostly celebrity “Christians.” Nevertheless, strictly Israelis and American non-Christians control the organization. This might be likened to a flock of turkeys laboring for the elimination of fox skin coats.

UCI does not stop with bending Congress; it openly and without reservation seeks to re-define Christianity to conform to Judaic requirements, seeking Christian support for Israel’s policies vis-à-vis the Palestinians, while openly declaring that its aims are to control the rest of the Middle East. The foxes, it seems, pay the Christian turkeys to perch on the low limbs.

UCI’s attitude toward the Palestinians and Arabs, in general, suggests its solution can only be obtained by genocide. To some it would seem strange that prominent professing Christians would support this militant agenda, but in fact violence is endemic to a certain cult of militant-Christians, and they are those who are part of UCI. They help spread the justifications throughout evangelical churches, and lately in a major effort on college campuses, for the liquidation of the Palestinian people.

Let us first take a close look at what UCI tells us about itself.

According to its own claims, it is an Israeli Lobby in the US Congress, but it is much more an activist lightning rod to attract and promote Christians willing to support a violent solution in Palestine, including liquidation of the Palestinians. It is important to observe that UCI is strictly a Zionist-Jewish controlled business. Rabbis and self-proclaimed Israeli militants are listed as it directors with only two or three exceptions. In its own words, it seeks goals to end resistance in Palestine that can only be achieved militarily or by assassination. Individually these goals seem careless and incomplete, but let’s put these three goals together: they only work by killing and imprisoning Palestinians.

Let us look at UCI’s stated purposes.

We quote from the UCI website: Who is Unity Coalition for Israel?

“Since July 1991, the National Unity Coalition for Israel (now Unity Coalition for Israel) has cultivated American support for a strong and secure Israel,” and “Israel is not just a Jewish issue. Millions of Christians resolutely endorse the principle of peace with security for the state of Israel.”

One stated goal is:

“Cessation of Palestinian terrorism and incitement.”

Note, UCI does not say it seeks an end to the cause of “terrorism,” nor does it work to end Israeli occupant and assassination raids, which it obviously does consider “terrorism.” UCI wants only to end only Palestinian terrorism, not Israelis terrorism. It makes no pretense of compromise or concession, such as withdrawing 7,000 militant squatters (“settlers”) from Gaza, nor does it cite any goal that might bring a peaceful two state system.

In fact, UCI openly defies Ariel Sharon’s compromise aim of withdrawal of settlements from Gaza, a move that might be a frail gesture for peace. Most Israelis this author met recognize the need to end the settlements as a necessity for peace, and 150,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv for withdrawal on May 16th. Instead, UCI would eliminate Palestinian resistance to occupation, but it does not say how. Presumably it favors any acts by Israel that will bring this about and an end to resistance and what it calls “incitement.” Such acts as assassinating some 328 leaders, and many with their families, are not mentioned.

Another goal is:

“Not rewarding terrorism (jihad) with establishment of a Palestine.”

By “not rewarding terrorism” UCI obviously means they think Israel should take a stronger, not conciliatory position against Palestine. UCI also states it wants “no shared territory.” This can only means that UCI wants only one state, and that no Palestinian should be allowed in it. UCI intentions seem to be that there be no state of Palestine and no Palestinians in the Israeli’s state. One can only interpret its words to mean UCI wants them gone. Few Israeli dare whisper of a plan for total genocide of 3.5 million persons, but Judeo-Christians do not shudder at the thought.

UCI also wants: “An undivided Jerusalem.” This of course means UCI wants to take over all of Arab Jerusalem including the Dome of the Rock, which is in Arab Jerusalem! UCI’s soft words have a hard meaning: total conquest; total elimination.

But the UCI agenda does not stop with wiping Palestinians out of Israel, they also seek:

“Establishing democracies throughout the Middle East.”

This is what the USA says it is doing in Iraq, “Aren’t we ‘democratizing’ it?” UCI wants more wars like Iraq throughout the Middle East.

UCI states its goal to:

“Ensuring Israel's right to strategic water and land defense.”

But in this small country, all water and land can be said to be “strategic.” Israel’s farming practices have made good copy, but it has already pumped down the scanty aquifers to the point where there is a terrible water shortage. While “greening the land” it has all but dried up the Jordan River. Israeli management may even kill the Dead Sea, which is receding to a big puddle. Because both usable land and water are in very short supply, UCI lets you know it wants “strategic” to mean any and all the water, and all the land Israel has occupied since 1967, not only from the Golan Heights, West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Goal: “Establishing democracies throughout the Middle East.”

Note that Israel has no constitution of it own. UCI shows its quaint Zionist way of saying they want to claim and control all the land from the Euphrates to the Nile by imposing its own style of government on others.

AN AMERICAN LOBBY RUN BY ISRAELIS

UCI’s Board of Directors appears to be about 85% American Jews and Israeli militarists, including several Rabbis. One militant Christian, Gary Bauer, is listed on the board, as is Leslie Stahl, a commentator on CBS 60 Minutes. One or two other board members are probably not Jewish. One way or the other, Israeli patriots have total control over UCI. Israelis Patriots run UCI, and celebrity “Christians” carry its agenda. Who is paying for all this occupation, death and war? Taxpayers.

There is no better way to sum up the power of UCI than to quote a story found in the Jerusalem Post on April 8, 2004. Referring to the Unity Coalition for Israel, the Post states with some surprise:

“One of the largest grassroots pro-Israel groups in the United States has launched a nationwide effort to lobby the Bush Administration against offering support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate Gaza.”

Why do American “Christian” leaders care if 7,000 Israelis withdraw from settlements inside the Gaza strip? UCI is hard line and hell bent on influencing Sharon not to withdraw. The Jerusalem Post seems puzzled by the Zionist zeal of the "Christians" that exceeds the worst of the Israelis. It states:

“Evangelical Christians, who number in the tens of millions in the US, are considered to be one of Bush's core constituencies, whose support is essential in the upcoming November Presidential election; many of them oppose an Israeli withdrawal from the territories, citing the Biblical promise of the land is to the Jewish people.” - Jerusalem Post

In a recent Associated Press story, author Josef Federman stated:

“Prominent Israeli rabbis are for the first time speaking out against Israel's profitable alliance with evangelical Christians in the United States who have funneled tens of millions of dollars to the Jewish state. The rabbis fear the Christians' real intent is to convert Jews, their aides said Monday. Others are concerned about the evangelicals' support for Israel's extreme right wing, opposing any compromise with the Palestinians. To see how Judeo-Christian (“evangelicals” as the J. Post calls them) sets up the systematic assassination and deportation of Arabs, we will look at the words of several professing Christian enablers who are stumping the colleges for UCI.”

Kay Arthur - Founder & President - Precept Ministries
Joseph Farah - Founder, Editor & CEO – World Net Daily
Chuck Missler - Author & Radio Show Host
Janet Parshall - Author & Host of 3 Radio Shows including "Janet Parshall's America"
Clarence H. Wagner, Jr. - International Director - Bridges for Peace, Israel

Joseph Farah’s unique success in the Internet media may well result from being an Arab who has supported both Bush “wars” and every act of Israel, sometimes overtly and sometimes with sly cleverness. Farah recently spoke at the University of Colorado campus sponsored by several Jewish student associations. This author’s friend, who attended, witnessed his shocking remarks about Iraq and Palestine, with horror.

Farah discredited Palestinians any right to return to their farms and homes from which many were made refugees 50 years ago. We quote Farah’s militant words from his own article published just before the invasion of Fallujah in Iraq that has already claimed 900 Arab lives, including many women and children. Here is what Farah said about their rights:

“There are 250,000 people living in Fallujah. My guess is that the population is going to be reduced shortly... The U.S. should pound Fallujah like it has never been pounded before… We should not try to gain an international consensus for this action. We should not apologize for it. We should not restrain our Air Force and our artillery batteries from wreaking devastation.”

Over 900 Iraqis are known to have died since Farah said this, but it is not hard to see that the Zionist-friendly US media would support Farah’s internet business, and why financing for his costly World Net Daily does not seem to be a problem. Farah is the number one Zionist Arab in the world today.

Kay Arthur is Precepts Ministries Bible Study business guru. She is just as influential as Farah, but in a very different and equally dangerous way. She heads up what may be the biggest mail order bible study group in the world, Precepts Ministries teaches that the State of Israel is the fulfillment of Bible prophesy and its inhabitants are “God’s chosen people;” therefore, they alone are the only people with a right to the Palestinians’ land. This author suffered through one of these classes as an educational experience. Kay Arthur is also a militant-Christian, violent only against those who oppose Israel.

Here is what Mrs. Arthur says about her organization:

“‘Precept Upon Precept’ Bible Studies are published by Precept Ministries. Precept Bible classes are held in all 50 states and are used in more than 118 foreign countries, 63 languages including Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Czech, German, and Russian.”

Kay Arthur and Gary Bauer are among those on record as signing a pledge of allegiance to the state of Israel at the celebration of its 50th anniversary in 1998. Precepts Ministries teaches heresy to hundreds of thousands of devotees; Precepts is a life-costing ministry that is obsessed with accelerating the “end times.” It crosses lines into the Catholic, Mainline churches, and even Orthodox churchgoers. Precepts Ministries teach seekers the Scofield-concocted heresy of the land grant and the chosen people from day one. Spoon-fed Judeo-Christianity sounds something like this from the Precepts class coordinator:

“The land belongs to Israel, and the Palestinians have to go. (Sigh) It’s sad sometimes (another sigh), but it is God’s will; those people need to repent of Islam so God can save them!”

Kay Arthur sells “end times” masked violence in the name of “God’s will.” Precepts’ precept is that the “end times are here.” It has no problem claiming it is empowered to know “God’s will” and feeds a diet of “chosen people” racism under the reluctantly disclosed label of “dispensationalist.” This author prefers the widely accepted and tragic Judeo-Christianity as a name for the inevitably violent, Christian heresy. Ariel Sharon fondly calls the same people Christian-Zionists.

It may seem strange to the casual observer that these who profess Christianity also advocate the genocidal acts of Israel, including torture of the Palestinians and the Iraqis. Some 3,000 political prisoners, including several hundred children, have been imprisoned and tortured as a method of extracting confessions. Torture is legal and not even denied in Israel; its military helps train the Americans, now about to be tried, who have been caught red-handed torturing Iraqi prisoners.

But how can Christian Celebrity ignore UCI’s stated aim of changing traditional Christianity into a form of Judaism? It is easy to understand why the State of Israel would use Christian front men when we consider the now accepted fact that G. W. Bush rode into office on the “Christian right” vote. Israel’s war policy and aims toward the Palestinian people have raised the ire of the entire civilized world against it.

Israel’s old excuse can be paraphrased:

Cut us some slack; we are the survivors of the Holocaust. If we are mean to others and sometimes brutal, it is because the world has been so mean to us. The world needs to understand us when it comes to human rights: we are only getting even.

This argument comes with a Jewish curse placed on anyone who will not accept the Judeo-Christian concept of a "chosen race" supposedly based upon a bizarre theory of Israelite genetics. For those others who do not accept the Holocaust excuse or who oppose Israelis acts on humanitarian grounds, Judeo-christians have a curse to offer. That all purpose curse is: “anti-Semitism.” Anyone who does not recognize the nobility of the Serial Wars and of the occupation must be an anti-Semite.

The Palestinians and Iraqis point out they had nothing to do with the Holocaust, and are victims of one every day. Most holocaust survivors have now died of old age. The perpetrators are also gone and people are increasingly weary of hearing about anti-Semitism. And there is a growing mistrust of the extravagant Holocaust numbers. It is time for a new Israeli excuse, it seems.

The “Chosen” are Justified by:

“We do what we do because we are exempt from the rules; God gave us the right to defend ourselves and our land without reservation, and this land, from the River Euphrates to the River of Egypt is ours: a gift from Him; and everyone else must leave or we will help them to leave.” This is often paraphrased: “We are the chosen people.”

Who would blame Israel for taking advantage of Christian heresy? Who would not like to be called “God’s chosen ones” by its ruinous cooperation? But, why would dozens of prominent and influential “Christians” lend their reputations (such as they may be), and their time, to supporting Israel’s claims to someone else’s land?

More puzzling: Why would they distort what their own Bible teaches and what their own professed faith demands of them. Jesus demands peace and love of all men, even one’s enemies. There is not one phrase in the Christian New Testament that supports anything Israel does to the Palestinians, including the claims of being a “chosen people.”

Judeo-Christianity is not Christian at all. It is a hodgepodge of bits from unrelated stories patched together to create an illusion. The illusion is of an “end times” apocalypse and a “chosen people” who enjoy the right to kill and imprison other people who are not “chosen.”

We must at least mention, in passing, that Israel’s evangelical support relies upon the word of a quack felon named Cyrus I. Scofield, who got rich writing a bible for Judeo-Christianity to follow.

Project Strait Gate has no real problem with the Unity Coalition for Israel (UCI) any more than with other organizations that depend upon quarter truths, pressure and deception to get its way. UCI does what a certain faction thinks is in Israel’s interest. But we do have a problem with professing “Christians” who front for UCI and claim it is “Scriptural” to do so. Our difference is with those who attempt to dilute our own faith or to make us accomplices to murder. Our complaint is over the blood and pain these false prophets bring on generations of our own people and on the innocent non-Christian victims in the Middle East.

UCI has the arrogance to tell us Christianity has it all wrong. It accuses traditional Christ followers of what it calls “The Error of Replacement Theology.” This includes traditional Reformation theology, orthodoxy, and traditional Catholic theology for over 2,000 years, and others.

It uses professing Christians like Clarence Wagner to witness against Christianity.

UCI uses its “Christian resources” prop, Clarence Wagner, to spell out “The Error of Replacement Theology,” which we have discussed, and four other crucial areas where it seems to feel brainwashing is needed to anesthetize Christ seekers.

Wagner says:

“Perhaps you have heard of the term Replacement Theology. However, if you look it up in a dictionary of Church history, you will not find it listed as a systematic study. Rather, it is a doctrinal teaching that originated in the early Church. It became the fertile soil from which Christian anti-Semitism grew, and has infected the Church for nearly 1,900 years.”

According to Wagner, those who believe Jesus brought the New Covenant to his followers are into "replacement theology" and are “anti-Semitics” because they will not worship Israel. Wagner and this author once debated this subject formally with on KCRO radio program entitled, “Resolve: the State of Israel is (is not) the fulfillment of Bible Prophecy.” (A tape of the debate is on the WHTT bookstore.) It should surprise no one that The Tragedy of Anti-Semitism is listed as another UCI key topic for brainwashing colleges, churches and religious schools.

Having debated Wagner, this author has no problem understanding what he is talking about. Wagner interprets Genesis 12 to be a land grant of specific property in the Middle East to a specific country, Israel, forever. He also considers it “anti-Semitic” to believe that that is not what the passage says. It bothers him not in the least that Abraham and the State of Israel were born some 3,000 years apart.

Genesis 12:1-3 reads:

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (KJV)

Wagner denies the New Covenant in Jesus’ blood. God’s promise to Abraham was not of real estate, but that he would start the lineage from which a Messiah that would come, who would be a light of peace to all men, even those who fail to follow him. Abraham was to produce the lineage of the Christ Child; this was the promise…this is Christianity!

Wagner makes God trivial. How demeaning it is to God, to put Him in the middle of a petty land scam. God does not parcel out little hunks of desert to former cronies!

Reverend Wagner corrupts the Christian concept of the covenant promise to Abraham into a schlock real estate scam favoring phony claimants 3,000 years after the fact. How disgusting. How insulting, to a Holy God. What UCI disparages as “Replacement Theology” is in fact traditional Christianity.

Wagner’s stand on the Jewish (land grant) interpretation of Genesis is destructive to mankind, of whom God made in the potential of His image. Rabbis, before whom Wagner grovels, do not believe Jesus is God, nor even a prophet blessed by God. To UCI, Genesis 12 is a good enough land title to drive the Palestinians into the sea or to Nuke-em, if need be. Israel has the “Nukes,” as Mordechai Vanunu told us 18 years ago, and went to prison for talking all about it.

Summarizing in UCI’s own words directly from its website, its desires are:

“Israel's Right to the Land”
“End of Radical Islam and the Quest for World Domination”
“The Urgent Need for Action: Achieving a Safe and Secure Israel”

Is UCI to carry out its agenda of building Islam and Palestine disenfranchisement, to control the entire Middle East in the name of Israel, and perpetual war in the name of Jesus Christ? UCI has an “Advocacy Manual”… “A Comprehensive Reference and Resource Guide for Colleges, Universities, Churches, Synagogues, Religious Schools, Prayer/Study Groups, Individuals.”

Christians must know from the New Testament that God is not into money or the property business. Wagner, who claims to be a Christian, also either ignores or denies that the Apostle Paul and Jesus Himself meant when they said: all who believe in Him inherit the promise of Abraham.

Grass Roots Support for War

Israel cannot continue to imprison the Palestinians without a broad base of public support in the USA. The rest of the world is turning against Israel, as is now commonly accepted -- everywhere but the USA. Only the influence of 40-70 million Judeo-Christians are keeping Israel’s war machine going. In the entire world, these millions of Americans are the ones duped into thinking God gave Israel the right to liquidate its enemies. Christian-Zionists do this dirty work for UCI by also selling Israel to churches as the “chosen people” heirs to the land.

Professing “Christians” like Wagner, Kay Arthur, Gary Bauer, Janet Parshall, Joseph Farah, legitimize Israel’s fanciful claim to the Arab lands, "from the Euphrates to the River of Egypt,” by spinning Bible yarns that refute what Scripture has taught for 1,970 years.

Clearly these Evangelicals call for a violent solution, not a peaceful one as Jesus did. Judeo-Christians seem embarrassed when confronted about being followers of the Prince of Peace. This is why we think the term violent Christians can be synonymous with Judeo-Christians. By failing to oppose it, they support the UCI scantily hidden agenda of the liquidation or deporting 3.5 million people. A sad testimony… How do they expect a Holy God to forget it?

* Note on Unity Coalition for Israel: For the first nine years of its existence, NUCI was titled “National Unity Coalition for Israel (NUCI). This is a fraud and distortion because there is nothing “National” (or American) about this organization. Nor is it international, as it claims; NUCI-UCI is “Israel first, last, and always.” Its board members probably laugh themselves into delirium over the name, just as they do over the duplicity of those who call themselves by Jesus’ name and shill for UCI’s death games. The name change was disclosed while this story was in preparation.

Here is what UCI tells us on their website, which is adorned with both US and Israeli flags flying in tandem:

“The National Unity Coalition for Israel is no longer just national. We are broadening our outreach, and we are now 'Unity Coalition for Israel.' Please check back for more exciting things to come!”

A true liar knows no shame.

© 2004, Strait Gate Ministries, All Rights Reserved

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The Zionist, Messianic-Christian Network Inside Evangelical Churches: Walid Shoebat, His Clones and Enablers
Scottsdale Bible Church is enabling an un-Christ-like, anti-Islam agenda. The Church's facility will be used by Walid Shoebat, whose program masquerades as a Commemorative Memorial Service Day for 9/11. His books sell the idea that Muslims hate Christians. Shoebat pretends to be a reformed bank-bombing, Arab Terrorist, in spite of his admission that he left Palestine for the USA with his American mother at age 16; the leaders of Scottsdale Bible Church have been informed but refused to cancel the event. Shoebat has been discredited and exposed by many, including the New York Times and Jerusalem Post. The Post feature in May 2008, concludes: “If the Bank Leumi bombing claim is unfounded, it is unclear why Shoebat would have wanted to manufacture a terrorist past. True or not, however, it has plainly brought him some prominence and provided him with a means to speak in favor of Israel and be paid for doing so.” We call for this church to return to the teachings of Jesus Christ, "Blessed are the Peacemakers," and "Love your Brother, even your Enemy."


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nation's General Assembly on September 23, 2009. Delegates from the US, Israel and EU stormed out as he was speaking.

Read more: Israel and Iran Are on the Verge of War

Russia

Russian Subs Patrolling Off U.S. East Coast

AFP
August 5, 2009

Two Russian nuclear-powered submarines have been patrolling off the US East Coast in recent days, the first such move in several years and one that has US officials concerned, the New York Times said Wednesday.

Citing defense and intelligence officials speaking on condition of anonymity, a report on the paper's website said one submarine remained in international waters some 200 miles (320 kilometers) off the US coast, while the location of the other remained unclear.

The pair were Akula class vessels, the paper said.

The episode does not appear to pose any immediate threat to the United States, but it echoes the cat-and-mouse manouvers of the Soviet and US militaries during the Cold War, when Moscow and Washington routinely sent submarines towards one another's coasts to gather intelligence and track fleet movements.

"Any time the Russian Navy does something so out of the ordinary it is cause for worry," a senior US Defense Department official who has monitored reports about the submarines' activities was quoted as saying.

"We've known where they were, and we're not concerned about our ability to track the subs," said the official. "We're concerned just because they are there."

Naval historian and submarine warfare expert Norman Polmar told the Times: "I don't think they've put two first-line nuclear subs off the US coast in about 15 years."

While Pentagon officials declined to speculate about what weapons may be aboard the vessels, the submarines are considered not among the larger class of Russian submarines that can launch nuclear missiles, the Times reported.

The revelations of the Russian movements come as Moscow seeks to move on from the embarrassment of another failed test of its intercontinental Bulava missile.

The missile, which can carry nuclear warheads, veered off course and blew up mid-flight after it was launched from Russia's Dmitri Donskoi submarine in the White Sea on July 16.

Several such tests have already ended in failure, including one in December 2008 launched by the same submarine in the White Sea, off the northwest coast of Russia. On that occasion the missile also exploded in mid-air.

Once a mighty global naval power, Russian ship forays into open seas have become less common, although a flotilla of Russian warships conducted joint naval operations with Venezuela last December in the Caribbean Sea, close to US waters.

Defense Officials: Russian Subs Patrolling off East Coast of United States

AP
August 04, 2009

Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.

U.S. Northern Command would not comment on the Russian submarines' movement. But in a prepared statement, Northern Command spokesman Michael Kucharek acknowledged the patrols and said the U.S. has been monitoring the two submarines.

Two senior U.S. officials, however, said the submarines had been patrolling several hundred miles off the coast and so far had done nothing to provoke U.S. military concerns. The officials provided details on condition of anonymity in order to discuss intelligence reports.

While the incident raises eyebrows, it did not trigger the more intense reaction by the U.S. military that Russia prompted when two of its bombers buzzed an American aircraft carrier in the western Pacific in February 2008. U.S. fighter planes intercepted the two Russian fighters, including one that flew directly over the USS Nimitz twice at an altitude of about 2,000 feet.

The event did not escalate beyond that, but it signaled a more aggressive military agenda by Moscow.

The latest incident, which was first reported by The New York Times, comes amid increased Russian military activity in the region, and as the administration of President Obama works to thaw tense relations with Moscow over plans for a missile defense system in Central Europe.

Just last week a senior Pentagon official said the administration is looking at options for the plan, which would install 10 interceptors in Poland and a radar system in the Czech Republic. Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow told Congress members that the Obama administration is looking at various configurations as part of its review of missile defense plans.

Russia, meanwhile, conducted naval exercises with Venezuela last year in the Caribbean and sent one of its warships through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II. The exercises with Venezuela were the first deployment of Russian ships to the Western Hemisphere since the Cold War.

Officials said they became aware of the most recent submarine activity off the East Coast early on through intelligence sources and were not notified by Moscow in advance of the patrols. They said the submarines have not crossed into U.S. waters, which extend 12 miles out into the ocean.

The statement issued by Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, "We have been monitoring them during transit and recognize the right of all nations to exercise freedom of navigation in international waters according to international law."

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North Korea

Analysis: Obama Lets North Korea's Kim Save Face

Associated Press
August 5, 2009

The Obama administration let North Korean leader Kim Jong Il save face by releasing two jailed Americans to former President Bill Clinton. The payoff — maybe not right away — is likely to be renewed dialogue with Pyongyang about its nuclear weapons program.

After meeting with Clinton, who made an unannounced visit to the North Korean capital Tuesday, Kim pardoned and freed the young journalists who allegedly crossed into the country from China earlier this year. They were serving 12-year prison sentences.

"It could provide an opportunity to move forward on the nuclear issue, and that's not necessarily a bad thing," said Victor Cha, former Asia chief at the National Security Council. "The history with the North Koreans, as they have just done the past few months, is to put themselves out on a ledge. And they always need help getting off that ledge."

Not so fast, said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who had spoken with her husband after the pair was released.

She said the U.S. was not counting on a breakthrough but also said it could lubricate the way for the North to return to six-party talks about its nuclear program with the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and South Korea.

But there, perhaps, is the rub. The North Koreans have been demanding bilateral talks with Washington. The U.S., however, has shot down such overtures, insisting that it will work only through the six-party format.

North Korean behavior — ever an enigma — has included in recent months the withdrawal from those talks. The regime also launched a long-range rocket, conducted a second nuclear test, test-fired a barrage of ballistic missiles, and restarted its atomic program in defiance of international criticism and the U.N. Security Council.

Obama, while pushing heavy sanctions against the North for its recent nose-thumbing of the international community, also has been low key as he pursues a resumption of talks with the Stalinist regime.

That's been difficult because the North is widely believed to be embroiled in a succession struggle after Kim reportedly suffered a stroke and began setting up a 27-year-old son to take power. Its saber-rattling was widely believed to indicate that its military wanted to show strength as a successor is chosen.

The White House has taken pains since Clinton's arrival in Pyongyang to play the mission as a private one designed only to win the release of Laura Ling, 32, and Euna Lee, 36, both with former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV media venture. They were captured while on assignment to collect material for a report about trafficking of North Korean women into China.

Bill Clinton undertook the mission, a senior administration official said, only after the North assured the White House that the reporters would be freed and allowed to return home with the former president.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to detail the back-channel negotiations, also said the north rejected Gore as a suitable emissary. The journalists' families, Gore and the White House then turned to Clinton. The official said President Barack Obama did not speak with Clinton about the mission.

Daniel Sneider, associate director of research at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, said the journalists' release followed weeks of quiet negotiations between the State Department and the North Korean mission to the United Nations.

Clinton "didn't go to negotiate this, he went to reap the fruits of the negotiation," Sneider said.

In photographs of Clinton with Kim, the former president stood somberly at the North Korean leader's side, showing no signs of warmth. The official photographs were obviously intended for domestic consumption. Clinton is highly regarded in the North and his appearance with Kim will bolster him at home.

Pardoning Ling and Lee satisfied North Korea's need to continue maintaining that the two women had committed a crime while dispatching the former president as emissary served the Obama administration's desire not to expend diplomatic capital winning their freedom, Sneider said.

"Nobody wanted this to be a distraction from the more substantially difficult issues we have with North Korea," he said. "There was a desire by the administration to resolve this quietly, and from the very beginning they didn't allow it to become a huge public issue."

As a former leader, Clinton was a good choice to represent the United States in the delicate deliberations, according to Sneider. He had the cachet to get an audience with Kim but could claim to be acting as a private citizen.

North Korean media said Clinton had carried a message of apology from Obama and that the former president and Kim held wide-ranging talks, but White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said those claims were "not true."

Still, the diplomatic minuet was a success, more so if Obama indeed cracked open the door to resume dialogue with North Korea, whose nuclear program stands to destabilize Asia and compromise Obama's promise to work toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

Just don't hold your breath.

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