THE DAILY WAR!
Non-pagan/papal date: 11-25
THE HOLY ROMAN
B16's first group of cardinal appointments sent signals about the direction and priorities of his papacy. They also spotlighted church leaders who, in diverse ways and on different continents, are involved in cultural and social battles that are clearly on the pope's radar.
Despite a 1,500-year-long separation, and differences that are more cultural than dogmatic, the Catholic and Eastern Churches have kept the same fundamental apostolic structure.
EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
A government report cleared the German secret service of charges that it helped the US military during the Iraq war, but opposition leaders counter a giant cover-up is in effect.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
The separation of these two regions — Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north and French-speaking Wallonia — has been quietly proceeding towards divorce, and the outcry over the affair appeared to suggest that Belgium may be flirting with Balkanisation.
Polish president Lech Kaczynski has said the EU constitution has "no chance" of being ratified in Poland, while pleading for a new, less centralist kind of charter. "This treaty has practically no chance of being ratified in Poland, neither by referendum, nor via the parliamentary route."
[WAR: Hmmm ... I wonder what the "The EU is the Beast" prophets think of this!]
The upsurge of sectarian violence in Iraq casts a pall over today's press. In France President Chirac attends a memorial service for a Jewish man tortured to death, while German papers breathe a sigh of relief over bird flu.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
"Olmert does not see that Israel is under a strategic threat from Hamas. We need practical solutions. Currently, the government does not have such leadership."
If the Bush administration is wondering why the Pakistani Army has been losing the war against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the northwest frontier area, it may want to look south. Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, has increasingly been diverting his armed forces to quell a growing insurgency in Baluchistan, the gas-rich province that borders Iran and the Arabian Sea.
Iraq's political leadership was engaged in a desperate attempt to prevent the country from slipping into civil war last night
During the last 2 months, Tehran's secret services have boosted their work in the countries of the Southern Caucasus and Central Asia. As one could expect, the regional activity of Tehran's secret services concerns mainly the South-Caucasian and Central-Asian politics of the US.
Iran's foreign minister that 4 issues needed to be resolved before his country could reach a deal on Russia's uranium enrichment proposal, including timing and location. "We are ready to compromise. We believe that we should move from here to compromise, not go back."
China joined Russia in diplomatic efforts to ease a crisis over Iran''s nuclear work before a IAEA meeting and avert any sanctions. Moscow and Beijing, each with heavy trade and investment stakes in Iran, do not want an IAEA board meeting on March 6 to precipitate moves in the UNSC for sanctions against Tehran.
Come March, the Iranian oil bourse will commence operations and will use euro in its daily activities. That is why Iran must be destroyed at any cost. The Iranian oil bourse poses a clear and present danger to the survival of the US.
Kingdom of the South...
The Sudanese government rejected attempts to replace African Union troops by international peacekeepers in the war-torn province of Darfur.
HOUSE OF ISRAEL
Americans don't comprehend how our nation's foreign policy is affected by a small minority of religious fundamentalists. This Vanity Fair piece on the best-selling "Left Behind" novels provides a glimpse into their worldview.
[WAR: I absolutely hate and despise these Paranoid Protestant Prophecy Propaganda books! They are deceiving millions of people about what is just about to transpire on the world scene. But hey, what should we expect from "false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Messiah"!]
Bush's assortment of irrational decisions now litter the landscape. It is increasingly clear that the administration's policies are not conservative. They have nothing to do with the Constitution, the preservation of country, freedom, or national security. Bush's policies, and those of Clinton before him, are the product of a globalist mindset.
A 3-year-old executive order that vastly expanded his powers illuminates how the vice president and his minions led us into war.
The birth and life of the '9-11 Truth movement'
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