• Al Aqsa official: Jewish temples existed (June 14, 2006) - Contradicting most of his colleagues, a former senior leader of the Waqf, the Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount, told WorldNetDaily in an exclusive interview he has come to believe the first and second Jewish Temples existed and stood at the current location of the Al Aqsa Mosque. The leader, who was dismissed from his Waqf position after he quietly made his beliefs known, said Al Aqsa custodians passed down stories for centuries from generation to generation indicating the mosque was built at the site of the former Jewish temples. He said the Muslim world's widespread denial of the existence of the Jewish temples is political in nature and is not rooted in facts. "Prophet Solomon built his famous Temple at the same place that later the Al Aqsa Mosque was built. It cannot be a coincidence that these different holy sites were built at the same place. The Jewish Temple Mount existed," said the former senior Waqf leader, speaking to WorldNetDaily from an apartment in an obscure alley in Jerusalem's Old City. The former leader, who is well known to Al Aqsa scholars and Waqf officials, spoke on condition his name be withheld, claiming an on-the-record interview would endanger his life. While the Islamic leader's statements may seem elementary to many in the West, especially in light of overwhelming archaeological evidence documenting the history of the Jewish temples and description of services there in the Torah, his words break with mainstream thinking in much of the Muslim world, which believes the Jewish temples never existed. more... | Temple Mount |
• Bush sneaking North American super-state without oversight? (June 13, 2006) - Despite having no authorization from Congress, the Bush administration has launched extensive working-group activity to implement a trilateral agreement with Mexico and Canada. The membership of the working groups has not been published, nor has their work product been disclosed, despite two years of massive effort within the executive branches of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The groups, working under the North American Free Trade Agreement office in the Department of Commerce, are to implement the Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP, signed by President Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and then-Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005. The trilateral agreement, signed as a joint declaration not submitted to Congress for review, led to the creation of the SPP office within the Department of Commerce. The SPP report to the heads of state of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, -- released June 27, 2005, -- lists some 20 different working groups spanning a wide variety of issues ranging from e-commerce, to aviation policy, to borders and immigration, involving the activity of multiple U.S. government agencies. The working groups have produced a number of memorandums of understanding and trilateral declarations of agreement. The Canadian government and the Mexican government each have SPP offices comparable to the U.S. office. Geri Word, who heads the SPP office within the NAFTA office of the U.S. Department of Commerce affirmed to WND last Friday in a telephone interview that the membership of the working groups, as well as their work products, have not been published anywhere, including on the Internet. Why the secrecy? "We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public," said Word. more... | NewWorldOrder | America |
• The Market of Markets (June 13, 2006) - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited President George Bush at Camp David this week. According the EUobserver, Rasmussen was meeting with Bush to sell his idea about creating the market of markets. Rasmussen's plan is to establish a free trade zone spanning both the European and North American continents Read about it here. Prophetically speaking, this news is incredible. Before we examine the implications, let's take a look at what else is going on by way of markets.
   
  • First, we have the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for Peace (Euro-Med) agreement that Javier Solana negotiated between the then 15 European Union member states and 12 Mediterranean states. Today, the agreement is between 25 EU states and 10 Mediterranean states -- 35 in all. Included in this plan is to have a huge free trade area in place by the year 2010 Read about it here.
  • Next we have the six Persian Gulf states coming together in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Their free trade area is also to be in place by 2010 Read about it here.
  • Then we have the North American Economic and Security Community forming between Mexico, the United States and Canada. It too is to be in place by 2010 Read about it here.

Did you notice? All these free trade areas appear to be following a single plan. They all are to be in place by 2010. And, if you do a little Google searching, you will discover other trade agreements to be completed by that date too. Now, we read about Rasmussen's plan to link this all together in a grand market of markets. Friends, if I were looking for a conspiracy theory, I sure could find one here. But, as I've always said, I try to keep my primary focus on the Bible. And, sure enough, the Bible may have something to say about these trade agreements. The Bible tells us that the nation Israel will be reborn and the old Roman Empire will be revived. These two events will be the first great signs of end-time Bible prophecy. From out of this revived Roman Empire will rise a 10-nation alliance. Out of this alliance will emerge a new European political leader who will achieved a covenant of some kind that includes Israel. And, he will make firm, or confirm, his agreement with Israel for a period of seven years. But, in the middle of the seven years, the leader will break his promise to Israel. This brings us to our subject. After breaking his agreement, this European leader will implement a global, single economic system that will require a mark of some kind in order for people to buy or sell. more... | EU/UN | NewWorldOrder | America | Read Herb Peters free online e-book for more: Recommendation 666

• Denmark proposes transatlantic marketplace ahead of EU-US summit (June 13, 2006) - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish liberal prime minister, has unveiled an ambitious proposal for the world's two biggest economies to form a free trade zone. During a visit to the US, where he addressed the Berkeley, University of California, Mr Fogh Rasmussen suggested the creation of a "transatlantic marketplace without barriers to trade and investment." "Let us not forget that the EU and the United States are responsible for two fifths of world trade. We are each other's largest trading and investment partners," Mr Fogh Rasmussen said in the speech focussed on globalisation. As much as 85 per cent of US global investments in professional, scientific and technical services are placed in the EU, he noted. "Globalization is a fact and we have to embrace it by going on the offensive both nationally and through international cooperation." "Achieving the vision of a transatlantic marketplace will of course take time. Within Europe we have spent the last 50 years building an internal market," Mr Rasmussen added. He also stressed that it would not be an "exclusive club" for rich countries. At home the political opposition was quick to criticise the proposal, saying it risks turning global trade talks into bilateral co-operation. more... | EU/UN | NewWorldOrder | America | What Herb thinks

• US cites China firms for supporting Iran military (June 13, 2006) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday named one U.S. and four Chinese companies as supporters of Iran's military and Iranian weapons programs. The designation, under an executive order issued by President George W. Bush in 2005, freezes those companies' U.S. assets and outlaws U.S. firms or people from doing business with them. The Chinese companies are Beijing Alite Technologies Co. Ltd., LIMMT Economic and Trade Co. Ltd., China Great Wall Industry Corp., and China National Precision Machinery Import/Export Corp. The U.S. company, G.W. Aerospace Inc. of Torrance, California, is the representative office of China Great Wall Industry. The Treasury Department designates firms or people under a range of executive orders and laws in an effort to stop flows of financing to countries, groups, or individuals it says are engaged in weapons proliferation, terrorism, or other illicit activities. The executive order used in Tuesday's announcement is aimed at choking off funding for weapons programs in North Korea, Iran, and Syria. "Governments worldwide are urged to take appropriate measures to ensure that their companies and financial institutions are not facilitating Iran's proliferation activities," Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey said in a statement. more... | Iran | America |
• Austrian chancellor suggests EU-wide referendum on constitution (June 12, 2006) - The head of the outgoing Austrian EU presidency, chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, believes a pan-European referendum could be the way to revive the stranded EU constitution. In an interview with Germany's Bild am Sonntag, Mr Schussel said "I can well imagine a referendum that takes place simultaneously in all EU states. The constitution would be accepted if the majority of the European population and the majority of states approves it." But he added that such a proposal would need to come from the two countries that have already rejected the charter in public polls - France and the Netherlands. French and Dutch voters put the bloc in turmoil by rejecting the constitution on 29 May and 1 June last year, with EU leaders this week gathering in Brussels to assess the political impact one year later. more... | EU/UN |

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• Ahmadinejad to Meet Russian, Chinese Leaders (June 14, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans separate meetings this week with leaders of China and Russia, key players who have resisted US efforts to seek tougher UN action in the standoff over Iran's nuclear program. Those meetings were expected to take place Friday following a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, or SCO, although host China, has said the Iranian nuclear issue won't be on the summit's agenda. China had already announced a planned meeting between Ahmadinejad and Chinese President Hu Jintao, to include discussion of the nuclear dispute. Russia's Interfax news agency said Wednesday Putin would also meet the Iranian leader for talks on the nuclear issue, as well as Caspian Sea energy exploration and other cooperation between the two states. | Iran | Gog/Magog |
• Palestinian Power Struggle Risks Civil War (June 14, 2006) - The Palestinian territories are in a state of near civil war and just one act of violence, such as a high-profile assassination, could trigger mayhem, an international think tank said on Tuesday. The International Crisis Group also said President Mahmoud Abbas's determination to hold a referendum on July 26 on a statehood proposal that implicitly recognizes Israel risked igniting more fighting with the ruling Hamas militant group. Abbas and the Hamas government have been locked in a bitter power struggle since the Islamists took office after trouncing the president's Fatah movement in January elections. "Today the situation is but one tragic step -- the assassination of a senior Fatah or Hamas leader, for example -- from all-out chaos," said a report from the Brussels-based ICG, an organization that seeks to prevent and resolve conflict. Fatah gunmen set fire to the West Bank office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, on Monday after a day of running clashes between the rivals. Fighting in the Gaza Strip has killed about 20 people in the past month. more... | Israel | Islam |
• Israel prime minister OKs arms for Abbas (June 14, 2006) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he had given the go ahead for a shipment of weapons to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose loyalists are engaged in bitter infighting with the militant Islamic Hamas. Violence between armed members of Hamas and forces from Abbas' rival Fatah movement have killed 20 Palestinians over the past month. "I authorized last night the transfer of arms and ammunition to chairman Abu Mazen in order to strengthen his presidential guard, so he can strengthen his forces against Hamas," Olmert said, referring to Abbas by his widely-used nickname. "I did this because we are running out of time and we need to help Abu Mazen," Olmert told said at a meeting with members of Britain's Parliament. more... | Israel | Islam |
• Minister: Iran, Syria Security Intertwined (June 13, 2006) - Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Mustafa Najjar stressed that Syria's security is part of Iran's security and that his country has a duty to defend Syria. Najjar's remarks were quoted by the Iranian News Agency, IRNA, following his talks Monday with visiting Syrian counterpart Gen. Hassan Torkmani. Najjar said Iran will extend full support to Syria under present conditions "because Iran considers that Syria's security is part of its own security and national interests." "Relations between Iran and Syria are solid and fall within the framework of consolidating peace, stability and security in the region," he added. Torkmani, for his part, hailed Iran's stance on Syria, noting that he is carrying a letter of mutual solidarity and support. He stressed the need to reinforce the armed forces of the two countries to confront the common enemy which seeks to destabilize security and provoke tensions in the region. He also reaffirmed Syria's support to Iran's right to profit from nuclear energy, stressing that "the only way to settle the crisis over Iran's (nuclear program) is to recognize officially this right." Both Torkmani and Najjar described the military and defense relations between the two countries as "strategic" and constitute "an example of regional cooperation." | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
• Global Markets Plunge on Fed Worries (June 13, 2006) - Renewed worries over the outlook for U.S. interest rates sent global markets tumbling again on Tuesday, with the Japanese stock market plunging more than 4 percent, its biggest one-day loss in two years. In Bombay, Indian shares plummeted 4.5 percent to their lowest point this year. South Korean shares dropped 2.9 percent, while Hong Kong plunged 2.5 percent. European stocks opened sharply lower, with mining and technology stocks leading the decliners. London's FTSE 100 index dropped 1.4 percent, the German DAX Xetra 30 index fell 1.7 percent, and the French CAC-40 index slipped 1.6 percent. Investors across Asia dumped stocks on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates later this month, stoking fears of an economic slowdown in the U.S., the biggest export market for many Asian countries. A decline Monday on Wall Street also hurt sentiment. Such concerns have roiled Asian markets in recent weeks, sparking a similar broad sell-off on Thursday. Until early May, they were among the world's best-performing markets this year. The market's plunge comes as investors around the world anxiously await U.S. inflation data due out Tuesday and Wednesday. more... | America |

• Blair: World Wants Two State Solution (June 12, 2006) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday following his meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the world wanted a two state solution to the Middle East conflict. "The international community agrees on a two state solution on the basis of democracy and the renunciation of violence," said the British prime minister. Blair expressed his sympathies for the fatal train crash and for former prime minister Ariel Sharon's incapacitation, saying, "our thoughts are with the former prime minister."
• Al Qaeda in Iraq Chooses Zarqawi Successor (June 12, 2006) - Al Qaeda in Iraq named a successor to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Monday and said he would pursue the gruesome campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings begun by the Jordanian militant killed last week. "The shura council of al Qaeda in Iraq unanimously agreed on Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, to be a successor to Sheikh Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," said a statement signed by al Qaeda and posted on a Web site frequently used by Islamist militants. "Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir is a good brother, has a history in jihad and is knowledgeable. We ask God that he ... continue what Sheikh Abu Musab began," it said. Muhajir, little known in the West, was not among the names that al Qaeda experts had expected to succeed Zarqawi. Al Qaeda makes up about five percent of Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgency but its suicide bombers have been responsible for the most spectacular violence, sometimes killing over 100 people in a single attack. more...| Islam |
• Israel: Final Peace Talks Unrealistic (June 12, 2006) - Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that Israel wants to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but insisted it's "not realistic" to pursue a final peace deal with him while the Hamas militants controlling the Palestinian government refuse to moderate. more...| Israel | Islam |
• Israel Should Not Wait Too Long to Implement Plan: PM (June 11, 2006) - Israel should not wait too long to implement a plan to set its borders unilaterally if negotiations with the Palestinians make no progress, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday. Olmert, in an interview with Sky News, said he was ready to make "painful and divisive" concessions in the quest for peace with the Palestinians. But if the Palestinians would not meet requirements set out in an internationally-backed "road map" to peace, "then I will try to move with the collaboration and advice of many other countries, not alone, toward changing the status quo in the Middle East," he said. Olmert is due to holds talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Monday as he seeks European support for his proposals to define Israel's borders unilaterally if peace talks with the Palestinians are not revived. more...| Israel | Islam |
• Spring of 2006 Warmest On Record In Canada, Says Environment Canada (June 11, 2006) - The spring of 2006 has been the warmest in Canada since record-keeping began, according to preliminary data from Environment Canada. Average temperatures have been 3 degrees C above normal, consistent with a trend that has seen temperatures rise 1.6 degrees C since 1948. The trend has been accelerating, with five of the warmest springs on record occurring in the last decade, the federal data show. Last winter was the warmest on record with temperatures 3.9 degrees above normal. more... | Earth Changes | This article goes on to put an environmentalist slant on the data retrieved, placing the "blame" for this global warming on us for our pollution. While I agree pollution is bad, I disagree that we are the cause of global warming. The evidence is given by the scientific evidence found throughout our whole solar system. There is a solar system-wide increase in radiation of light measured from all the planets as well as other measurements that show that while the earth's global temperature is increasing, so is Mars. Venus has had a 2500% increase in auroral brightness and global atmospheric changes in less than 30 years, and every planet has some dramatic increase. The sun has had more activity since 1940 than in the previous 1150 years. For more data on these measurements, go here. Clearly, those stuck only observing the earth are going to miss these facts and blame the changes on us because cars are relatively new to the scene. Don't be deceived by this ploy. One volcano eruption produces more greenhouse gasses than a years-worth of car pollution in Los Angeles. Look how many are becoming active in the earth changes page. It's a ploy to get public funds for an apparent problem that can't be fixed. It takes more money from our pockets and puts it into the hands of the rich and powerful. They use fear to manipulate the masses. Be wary of fear-mongering to get money. Look at the WHOLE spectrum of evidence, not just what's directly in front of you. (ie, examine the whole solar system before saying the only place affected is earth.) There are no traffic jams on Mars, but it's in the same predicament as earth.
• China and Iranian Presidents to Meet Next Week (June 11, 2006) - The Chinese and Iranian presidents will discuss the Iranian nuclear dispute during a separate meeting next week in Shanghai on the sidelines of a regional summit, the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday. President Hu Jintao will play host to his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, along with the leaders of Russia and four Central Asian countries who comprise the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Hu and Ahmadinejad will hold consultations aside from the group meeting. Iran is attending the gathering as an observer, but Ahmadinejad's presence is raising expectations that China and Russia will broach a new European offer of incentives for Iran to relinquish its nuclear enrichment program. "I think the Iranian nuclear issue will be talked about," Liu said at a regular press briefing in response to a reporter's question about what the leaders will discuss. "China and Iran have communicated and will continue to communicate on the Iranian nuclear issue in order to enhance our mutual understanding so as to make continuous efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic negotiations," he said. more...| Iran | Gog/Magog |
• Hamas Votes to Make Sderot 'Ghost Town' (June 11, 2006) - Hamas terrorists took responsibility for Sunday morning's Kassam rocket attacks on the Negev town of Sderot. "We have decided to turn Sderot into a ghost town and we will not stop the fire rockets until they [the residents] leave," said Abu Oviyada, a spokesman for Hamas. Eli Moyal, mayor of Sderot, vowed that residents would stay forever. He called on the government to allow the IDF "to destroy Bet Hanoun," an Arab city in the north of the Gaza area which is used by terrorists to fire on Sderot, located about one mile to the east. | Israel | Islam |
• Iran sees problems in atomic offer from six powers (June 11, 2006) -  Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog urged it to exercise restraint at a meeting starting on Monday while Tehran studies an offer from world powers to avert a showdown over its disputed atomic program. Diplomats said the 35 nations on the International Atomic Energy Agency's governing board planned a debate on Iran but to keep it low-key and pass no resolutions to avoid upsetting delicate diplomacy over the powers' overture to Tehran. Four months ago, the dispute over Iranian nuclear fuel work escalated when the board voted to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security Council over its history of hiding atomic research and obstructing IAEA investigations. Last week, six big powers offered Iran a batch of economic and security incentives to shelve a uranium-enrichment program that could yield fuel for nuclear power plants or, eventually, atomic bombs. If Iran refuses, it could face U.N. sanctions. Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Sunday the package contained positive elements but also "problems and ambiguous points." He said the precondition that Iran stop all enrichment work, which it has ruled out, had to be clarified.  more...| Iran |
   

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• Russian Official Urges New World Financial System Without Dominating Currencies (June 14, 2006) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is often viewed as one of President Putin's possible successors, said on Tuesday, June 13, that the modern world needs a new stable financial system, in which there will be no dominating currencies. Medvedev was speaking at the 10th Economic forum in St. Petersburg. At present, dramatic fluctuations of the exchange rates of world currencies put in jeopardy not only the economies of individual countries, but also the world order in general, Medvedev said. In his opinion, the situation cannot remain like that forever. New leaders of world development with their new, stable currencies are coming to the limelight, which will inevitably bring about changes in the financial system too, Medvedev continued. "This is for the coming generations to decide whether or not a new international currency will be created," he said, quoted by the Itar-Tass agency. The Russian official did not rule out a possibility of the Russian ruble becoming such currency. "Along with the growth of the demand for rubles, our currency could be one of the reserve currencies," Medvedev said. | NewWorldOrder |
• Geyser, Inactive Since '98, Erupts (June 14, 2006) - Lee Whittlesey and Betsy Watry heard it before they saw it. "It was like a jet plane," Whittlesey said. The two were hiking near the edge of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday, looking for remnants of an old hotel. Around 5 p.m. they heard the roar, turned around and saw Ledge geyser, the second-largest at Norris and dormant since 1998, erupting full-bore, sending a plume of steam about 100 feet in the air. "I've been in the park 30 years and this was the first time I'd seen Ledge erupt," said Whittlesey, who is Yellowstone's historian. "Now I can check that one off." Watry, who works for the Yellowstone Association, said they were shocked at the show that unfolded about a quarter-mile away. "We just stood there stunned and watched it for a while," she said. The eruption coincided with other out-of-the-ordinary activity at Norris over the weekend, including the eruption of other sporadic geysers and changes in the water at the surface. more... | Earth Changes |
• US is 'Not Ready' for Chávez Oil Ban Threat (June 14, 2006) - A Venezuelan embargo on oil exports to the US would lead to an immediate 15 per cent surge in world oil prices and crimp economic growth in the short term, according to a US congressional investigation.The study by the Government Accountability Office, Congress's non-partisan investigative agency, obtained by the Financial Times before its release this month, warns that the US is inadequately prepared for a potential loss of oil from Venezuela. The investigation was requested 18 months ago by Senator Richard Lugar, Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, reflecting growing concerns about the reliability of Venezuelan oil supplies.Mr Lugar, who has described energy as a national security issue, introduced legislation in March that called on the US to expand its international co-operation on energy issues. The findings are likely to embolden his efforts.Hugo Chávez, president of the world's fifth largest oil exporting country, has threatened to "cut off" oil shipments to the US if Washington continues, as he alleges, to "plot" his overthrow. Venezuela supplies 11 per cent of US oil imports while Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), the state-owned oil company, wholly owns five refineries in the US and partly owns four others through its subsidiary, Citgo. more...

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