Standing/surfing on the virtual wall of Israel ...
not being blinded by being among the trees ...
but seeing the whole forest as it is ...
watching the horizon and using over-the-horizon radar ...
for signs of the coming storm ...
[WAR: Well here it is, October 3 (according to the Papacy): German Unity Day and the anniversary of Franz Joseph Strauss' death in a Regensburg hospital. Quite ironic: Both he and the Holy Roman Empire died in the same town - the same one that B16 made his famous statement in. Hmmm . . .]
THE HOLY ROMAN ...
The opening of Vatican Secret Archives from the pontificate of Pope Pius XI may help historians [and "prophets"] to reevaluate the years preceding World War II.
Politicians who work toward the common good are performing acts of charity, says Benedict XVI.
Benedict XVI says that he hopes European universities will again be what they were at the beginning: "laboratories of authentic humanism."
When it comes to teaching others about Christ, Mary's example is one to follow, says Benedict XVI. "Mary has guided and continues to guide all her children to Jesus..."
An Iranian MP called on the Foreign Minister to expel Vatican's ambassador from Iran.
The recent turbulence surrounding Pope Benedict XVI brings to mind prophecies said to have come from popes themselves.
... EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
Germany marks the 16th anniversary of its reunification on Tuesday, a celebration still clouded by persistent differences in prosperity between the west and the formerly communist east.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's political authority will be be put to the test this week as her coalition government attempts to tackle one of the country's most unpopular issues at the moment.
(DPA: Merkel risks "chaos")
Engineering and electronics giant Siemens is facing heavy criticism in Germany amid accusations it let its mobile phone division die while handing hefty pay rises to top managers. Even the conservative leader of the powerful state of Bavaria, Edmund Stoiber, stepped into the row, describing the pay hikes at the Munich-based firm as "extremely regrettable."
[WAR: Stoiber is doing what any good "Holy"-Roman-Emperor-in-waiting would do: follow and uphold the social teachings of the Whore.]
Social Democrat Alfred Gusenbauer has emerged as the surprise winner of Austria's general election on Sunday. Far-right parties also scored highly after waging an anti-immigrant campaign.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
For years, political scientist Bassam Tibi has been urging Muslims to integrate into European societies and Europe to stand up to Islamists. He spoke with SPIEGEL about the weakness of Europe, the orthodoxy of Islam and what Germany needs to do to open up.
A novel was published here in May, winning more notoriety than sales, called "Assassination of a Pope." It was inspired, not by the attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II by a Turkish gunman in 1981, but on the trip to Turkey of his successor, Benedict XVI. He was far from loved here even before his recent speech.
President Bush on Monday endorsed Turkey's drive to join the European Union.
[WAR: Not gonna happen! This issue will become very tense between the US and certain countries of the EU - eventually leading to the collapse of the EU. Then there's nothing for Turkey to join! And with no EU, Angela Merkel's plan for a US-EU free-trade zone also collapses.]
A map prepared by a retired U.S. military officer that sketches Turkey as a partitioned country was presented at the NATO’s Defense College in Rome.
Powderkeg waiting ...
Serbia will have a referendum to confirm parliament's decision the mainly ethnic-Albanian Kosovo province cannot become independent.
The recent reburial of the remains of the Danish princess who married the future Aleksandr III of Russia in 1866, is the latest episode in a long-standing effort to cultivate the idea of restoring the monarchy in Russia.
Rumors of war...
The Kremlin has imposed a number of sanctions against Georgia and concessions by that country will not stop the process.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
Not a rumor of war - just a matter of when it starts ...
We bring to the attention of our readers, this carefully documented review of the ongoing naval build-up and deployment of coalition forces in the Middle East. The article examines the geopolitics behind this military deployment and its relationship to "the Battle for Oil". The structure of military alliances is crucial to an understanding of these war preparations.
A strategic thinker who called all the correct diplomatic and military plays preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom now sees diplomatic failure and air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. The war on Iran, he says, started a year ago when the United States began conducting secret recon missions inside Iran.
All Iranians has a major duty to present a model society for world nations that are exhausted of all man-made doctrines, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. "Today, all liberal and communist ways of managing world affairs have reached a deadline and have no clear plan for ruling the world. This is why they are just restoring to force and threats."
Splitting the West...
Iran has proposed that France create a consortium to enrich Tehran's uranium, saying that could satisfy international demands for outside oversight of the nuclear program.
[WAR: And if France declines, then Germany could pick-up the ball and run with it...]
...and again...
President Ahmadinejad stressed Iran's enthusiasm for consolidating and developing ties with the independent European states.
[WAR: Notice how the title can be misleading - and misused by the COG prophets. He said independent European states, not "European Union" - and there is a BIG difference!]
In addition to the threat of Security Council action, the US is also pressuring Iran in the banking sector. SPIEGEL spoke with US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert M. Kimmitt about the dangers of doing business with Iran and accusations that the treasury department is spying on business.
The Lebanese army will confront any new Israeli "aggressions", Army Commander Brigadier General Michel Sleiman has warned as the military deployed along the southern borders for the first time in almost 40 years.
Retired Pakistani intelligence officers could be running the Taliban insurgency against coalition forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has said.
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has disclosed that Omar Sheikh, who kidnapped and murdered American journalist Daniel Pearl and is now facing death penalty, was actually the British secret Agency MI6’s agent and had executed certain missions on their behest before coming to Pakistan and visiting Afghanistan to meet Osama and Mullah Omar.
North Korea has announced it will test one of its nuclear warheads, the BBC reports. North Korea's foreign ministry declared: "[North Korea] will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the condition where safety is firmly guaranteed." It added provocatively: "The US daily increasing threat of a nuclear war and its vicious sanctions and pressure have caused a grave situation on the Korean Peninsula."
HOUSE OF ISRAEL
Russian Intelligence Analysts are reporting today that during a telephone conversation between President Putin and President Bush, counter-coup forces within the United States are countering, with all of their resources, an attempt by American coup leaders to trigger a much larger global war by bringing Russia and the US backed puppet government of Georgia into conflict over Georgia’s unprovoked arrest of Russian Military Officers, and whom President Bush himself ordered the Georgian Government to release.
The bellwether of the cautious establishment press, Bob Woodward, has finally unloaded both barrels on the Bush administration's Iraq policy, in his new book, State of Denial. The real surprise in Woodward's book has received less attention: The Bush administration's main adviser during the war has been Henry Kissinger. Consulting Kissinger on how to successfully "win" a counterinsurgency is like getting advice from Mel Gibson on public relations.
But the bigger, more institutional question remains: What did the GOP leadership know, and when did they know it? In fact, evidence suggests that Foley's behavior was well known in GOP circles for years.
(WND: Give your opinion!)
Oh, the horror!...
Four Supreme Court justices attended the annual Red Mass (dates to 13th century). Also present were members of President George Bush's Cabinet — including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson — foreign ambassadors and members of the capital's legal community.
Why does O’Reilly place his faith in the military to determine who is a terrorist, rather than in civilian juries and the federal-court system that the Framers established in the Constitution? Well, he says it is because “most Americans are in danger and want the military to protect them.” Translation: “I’m scared to death, my knees are knocking, and I’m willing to surrender rights and freedoms that stretch all the way back to Magna Carta in the hope that the federal fox will protect us chickens from those big bad terrorists.”
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