• Turkey reaching out to Arab world - leaving Europe behind? (August 29, 2006) - Turkey's moves to increase economic ties with the Persian Gulf countries are seen by diplomats as yet another indication of Ankara's waning enthusiasm for the European Union. Some Turkish analysts feel that in view of the slow pace of accession talks with the European Union, Turkey's interests would be better served by improved relations with the Arab countries of the Middle East, an area for centuries ruled by Ottoman sultans. At the same time, diplomats in Ankara and Athens discern a low ebb in Turkey's relations with the United States, attributed to Turkish opposition to U.S. policies in Iraq and Washington's unconditional support for Israel during the war against Hezbollah guerrillas. "U.S.-Turkish alliance is crumbling," Kathimerini, a conservative Greek daily, headlined recently. Turkish officials say relations with Washington are merely in a state of "temporary chill," and point to a "shared vision document" signed by the two countries last month. The United States has always considered Turkey to be a major link between the West and the Muslim world and an example of coexistence between Islam and secularism. At this time, however, Turkey's political and economic attention is centering on the Arab world, particularly after a three-day visit last week by Saudi King Abdullah and the announcement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of plans to double trade with the Saudi kingdom. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
• Turkish Parlament Gives Green Light to Turkish Troop Deployment in Lebanon (August 29, 2006) - Ankara, which has been discussing whether to join in the peacekeeping force to be deployed in Lebanon following a United Nations (UN) cease-fire decision, has finally decided to join the force “in principle.” Ankara’s decision came after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s announcement that the peace-force would not be commissioned with the disarmament of Hezbollah. Following a cabinet meeting yesterday, Justice Minister and government spokesperson Cemil Cicek informed reporters that the cabinet decided to join the peace-force in Lebanon in the frame of U.N. resolution 1701. The parliament will be called on to discuss this issue as soon as possible, Cicek noted. The number of soldiers to be sent to Lebanon will not exceed 1,000. The government plans to pass the decision on troop deployment within a week at the latest. A decree allowing the use of some ports and airbases for "humanitarian purposes" was submitted for signatures in the cabinet meeting as well. A “statement of purpose” had been sent to the U.N. regarding this issue and details of the motion will be discussed in today’s meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and representatives from the General Staff will attend today’s meeting. "Turkey’s hesitations have been eliminated. Annan’s remarks have been influential in this as well," said a foreign ministry official about the troop deployment decision. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Did you catch that? As long as Turkey doesn't have to disarm their heroes, Hizbullah, they're fine with sending in troops. I can't believe Israel is so blind. Maybe that's because God is bringing Gog/Magog against Israel so He "will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
• Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams (August 26, 2006) - A pipeline shuts down in Alaska. Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles. Electricity runs short at a spy agency in Maryland. None of these recent events resulted from a natural disaster or terrorist attack, but they may as well have, some homeland security experts say. They worry that too little attention is paid to how fast the country's basic operating systems are deteriorating. "When I see events like these, I become concerned that we've lost focus on the core operational functionality of the nation's infrastructure and are becoming a fragile nation, which is just as bad — if not worse — as being an insecure nation," said Christian Beckner, a Washington analyst who runs the respected Web site Homeland Security Watch (www.christianbeckner.com). The American Society of Civil Engineers last year graded the nation "D" for its overall infrastructure conditions, estimating that it would take $1.6 trillion over five years to fix the problem. "I thought [Hurricane] Katrina was a hell of a wake-up call, but people are missing the alarm," said Casey Dinges, the society's managing director of external affairs. more... | America |
• These Are the Facts Herb L. Peters (August 26, 2006) - While putting together the map above a had a thought: "This is not speculation. These are the facts!" You see, we all have seen those prophecy charts and maps in our old Bible prophecy books that where based on the author's understanding of the prophecies. And, here I was, creating a map about recent events, and it looked like what was in those old books. As I've been reporting, we may have the two big players of end-time prophecy moving a peacekeeping force into the Middle East -- the EU and the UN. Their stated goal is to bring a lasting peace. Also as I've been reporting, the 10-nation WEU alliance is the backbone of the EU's new force, which is the backbone of the UN's peacekeeping force. For someone like me who believes in prophecy and has followed the rise of the WEU alliance from its beginning, the recent news is almost overwhelming. If you've read my book, you may understand why. Let's take a closer look at where the WEU peacekeepers will be deployed. Like I mentioned before, these events aren't speculation -- they're the facts on the ground EU/WEU  |  Russia |  Iran |  Arab League. The scary part is, all the players appear to be in place for the 70th week of Daniel. The only thing missing may be the religious element to the UN -- or is it? My friend Constance Cumbey called a few minutes ago and directed me to the Website of the Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace. And, guess whose smiling face showed up? That's right, Club of Rome President, His Royal Highness Prince El Hass bin Talal. Remember? We were asking where the religious element to the UN came in. Bingo!  As I write in my book, the EU's Javier Solana is a member of the Spanish chapter of the Club of Rome. The club's primary purpose is the creation of what they call global governance. That explains the club's interest in the UN. And, since the Club of Rome's president is the person pictured above, establishing a global religion appears to be part of their agenda. In fact, take a look at what I found on the World Assembly of Religions for Peace Website. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
• VeriChip Sells First Baby Protection System, in Talks with Military (August 25, 2006) - Updated: The maker of human-implantable RFID chips makes its first sale of its infant protection, wander prevention and staff duress system to a Canadian hospital and is discussing testing its implantable chips in two military branches. VeriChip, the company that makes human-implantable RFID chips, is looking to span its equipment from newborns to the military's enlisted. The company announced Aug. 24 that it has made the first sale of its infant protection, wander prevention and staff duress system to the Brampton Civic Hospital in Brampton, Ontario. Separately, the company confirmed a day earlier that it is in talks with the military to test its implantable chips in two branches of the military. VeriChip said in a press release Aug. 24 that the Brampton hospital, under construction now, is spending $750,000 to have VeriChip's platform and applications installed at its newest facility. more... This RFID technology sounds like the perfect technology to implement the coming mark of the beast. Part of the mark is not being able to buy or sell without it. The way credit cards and identity theft is going, this would be a sure-fire way to ensure only those who take the chip can participate in the global commerce system. For instance, if there is no more cash, the only way you could legally get anything from any store anywhere is to have this chip that's linked up to the databases with all your information and bank data. That would be the only way to access funds and so stealing would be the only way to have access to food and other essentials outside of hunting for it yourself. It essentially criminalizes those who refuse it. This technology also enables a chip to be tracked wherever a reader is located. With the implementation of WiFi technologies, RFID can be read and it's data transmitted from anywhere within WiFi network range. Soon, there won't be anywhere you go that isn't covered by WiFi of some kind. This could allow the operators on the other end to see where any particular person is at any particular time. Sounds like just the technology the antichrist could use to make people choose his system or to have faith in God to provide. Faith being what it is amongst non-believers or new believers, I'm guessing the majority will choose the system that they can ensure will give them food. The Bible says that there is no salvation for those who take the mark and give their loyalty to the antichrist. That's why it's the number of a man. It's his mark they're taking. I don't think this is the mark of the beast, but it certainly could develop into it. If you're forced to make a choice between being rejected from society or taking a mark of loyalty to someone, choose rejection. It will only last a while. Eternity is forever.
• Russia and Central Asian Allies Conduct War Games in Response to US Threats (August 24, 2006) - Barely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organization, (CSTO) were launched on the 24th of August. These war games, officially tagged as part of a counter terrorism program, are in direct response to US military threats in the region including the planned attacks against Iran. The Rubezh-2006 exercise, is scheduled to take place from August 24-29 near the Kazak port city of Aktau: "It will be the first joint military exercise undertaken by CSTO countries, and will involve 2,500 members drawn from various armed services of member states, with Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan the principal participants. Uzbekistan, which has recently rejoined the CSTO, will send observers, while the two other pact members, Belarus and Armenia, will not be taking part .( IPWR News Briefing Central Asia) Press reports from the region describe these war games as a response to US military presence and ambitions in Central Asia: "The growing militarization is connected with mutual mistrust among countries in the region, say analysts. Iranian media have speculated that the United States is using Azerbaijan to create a military counterweight to Iran on the Caspian. It is possible that the exercise conducted by the CSTO – in which Russia is dominant – represents a response to concerns about United States involvement in developing Kazakstan’s navy. Observers say Russia is leaning more and more towards the Iranian view that countries from outside should be banned from having armed forces in the Caspian Sea." Experts say the US is trying to step up the pressure on Iran, as well as to defend its own investments in Azerbaijan and Kazakstan. It is also trying to guarantee the security of the strategically vital Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Hmm... Looks like Russia and company are flexing their muscles in defense of Iran. Surprised?
• World's Greatest Diplomat by Herb L. Peters (August 22, 2006) - According to this report, the UN's Kofi Annan is the world's top diplomat Read about it here. I don't think so. Annan may be a player, but it's certainly not because of having any special diplomatic skills. That's why I fear Annan's involvement in finding a solution to the Middle East crisis is not only unwise -- it's dangerous. So, how did Annan wiggle himself into the crisis? I suspect Annan's opening may have been the EU's Javier Solana, and Solana's opening US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. If you recall, when the crisis broke Solana first met with British Prime Minster Tony Blair. Soon after a microphone inadvertently left on caught Blair delivering a message through President Bush to give to Rice. Only a few days later Rice attended a dinner with Solana and Annan. I believe that's where it may have happened. You see, Solana developed a close relation with Rice and I believe he may have used his influence to bring Annan in to help settle the crisis. Keep in mind, part of Solana's security doctrine calls for creating a new international order through the UN. The saddest thing about all this is what happened to Israel. It's becoming obvious that the war went wrong. In fact, many Israelis are demanding an investigate to uncovered exactly what happened. The picture that's forming reminds me of what happened at the Bay of Pigs. The US government assembled a group of Cuban freedom fighters and promised air support for their invasion. At the last minute, the new Kennedy Administration called back the planes. The result was their invasion plan turned to a disaster and the freedom fighters were killed or captured. Here's what I think: As in the Bay of Pigs, I believe Israel and the US may have agreed to a well thought out plan. But, after Israel set out to fulfill that plan, the US, for some reason, suddenly changed it. The result was the well thought out plan turned to a disaster. A few days ago I was listening to Bill O'Reilly interviewing a former US Ambassador to the UN. O'Reilly asked why France talked the US into going along with a UN Resolution that later France refused to support Read about it here. The former Ambassador answered it was Rice's fault -- she said Rice should have known France is hard to work with. In other words, this former Ambassador also believed that Rice may have been deceived.  This brings us back to the dinner Rice had with Solana and Annan. You see, I too believe Rice may have been deceived -- but not by France. I suspect Rice may have been deceived by the world's greatest diplomat. And, it wasn't Kofi Annan. more... | Iran | Israel |  Islam | EU/UN | This is some background information on Solana. More here.
• Iran's Navy Attacks and Boards Romanian Rig in Gulf (August 22, 2006) - Iran attacked and seized control of a Romanian oil rig working in its Persian Gulf waters this morning one week after the Iranian government accused the European drilling company of "hijacking'' another rig. An Iranian naval vessel fired on the rig owned by Romania's Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) in the Salman field and took control of its radio room at about 7:00 a.m. local time, Lulu Tabanesku, Grup's representative in the United Arab Emirates said in a phone interview from Dubai today. "The Iranians fired at the rig's crane with machine guns,'' Tabanesku said. "They are in control now and we can't contact the rig.'' The Romanian company has 26 workers on the platform, he said. Iran, which holds the world's second-largest oil and gas reserves, is due to respond today to a European Union-led offer of incentives aimed at persuading it to halt uranium enrichment activities that are crucial to its nuclear program. Neither the press office of Iran's oil ministry nor the one of Iran's revolutionary guards could be reached for comment when called. Today is a national holiday in Iran. more... | Iran | EU/UN |
• Irish company challenges scientists to test 'free energy' technology (August 19, 2006) - An Irish company has thrown down the gauntlet to the worldwide scientific community to test a technology it has developed that it claims produces free energy. The company, Steorn, says its discovery is based on the interaction of magnetic fields and allows the production of clean, free and constant energy -- a concept that challenges one of the basic rules of physics. It claims the technology can be used to supply energy for virtually all devices, from mobile phones to cars. Steorn issued its challenge through an advertisement in the Economist magazine this week quoting Ireland's Nobel prize-winning author George Bernard Shaw who said that "all great truths begin as blasphemies". Sean McCarthy, Steorn's chief executive officer, said they had issued the challenge for 12 physicists to rigorously test the technology so it can be developed. "What we have developed is a way to construct magnetic fields so that when you travel round the magnetic fields, starting and stopping at the same position, you have gained energy," McCarthy said. more... | Technology | This is kind of the same idea that I had been mulling about for free energy. The principle being that magnetism is a force that is never degraded in rare earth magnets. It is a limitless source of energy because magnetism manifests itself in the physical world. If you can harness that energy in such a way that it creates perpetual motion, you could have a rotating source that produces electricity as long as the power from the magnetism is over the friction, etc. At any rate, magnetism is a force that never goes and has the power to expound more energy than it takes. See an example here.
• Tehran Seeks Help From Turkey on Lebanon (August 13, 2006) - Following the European Union, Turkey’s neighbor Iran, sought assistance from Ankara to resolve the crisis in Lebanon, the Turkish website Zaman reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made a surprise visit to Turkey en  route to Yemen and Egypt, where he suggested, “Turkey should exert its influence and take the necessary initiatives.” The visiting foreign minister met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Before his meetings, the Iranian FM said that Iran and Turkey have common concerns about the situation in Lebanon. Diplomatic sources informed Zaman that Mottaki asked Turkey to adopt an assertive and active role to help the United Nations (UN) Security Council take a fair decision on Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. Mottaki also requested Turkey to take the initiative to implement the decisions taken during the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) meeting in Malaysia last month. During the Malaysia meeting the OIC had made a call for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
• Turkish, Iranian Armies Build Up Forces Along Iraq's Only Quiet Area (August 12, 2006) - Hundreds of Kurds had to flee their homes in the mountain village of Razqa, Iraq, when artillery shells came whistling down from Iran early this month, blowing apart their homes and livestock. In Turkey, meanwhile, armoured personnel carriers and tanks rumble along its remote border with Iraq’s Kurdish zone. Turkey has sent tens of thousands of fresh soldiers in the last few weeks to beef up an already formidable force there. The Kurdish provinces of northern Iraq are the country’s most stable and prosperous area. But to neighbouring Iran and Turkey, they are something else: an inspiration and a support base for the large Kurdish minorities in their own countries. So Iran and Turkey are sending troops, tanks and artillery to the frontier to seal off the borders and send a message: if the U.S.-backed Iraqi government doesn’t clamp down on Kurdish guerrillas who use Iraq as a base, they’ll do it themselves. That has left the United States in a quandary. If U.S. forces take action, they risk alienating Iraqi Kurds, the most pro-American group in the region. And if they don’t, they risk increased tensions – and possibly worse – with two powerful rivals. more... | Islam | My main reason for bringing this story in is to show the clear relationship between Iran and Turkey. Contrast this to the "peaceful" Turkey that is going to be sending in troops to Lebanon. Turkey is Islamic, no doubt, and the anti-Semitism comes from Islam more than anywhere else. As the story above points out, Turkey has now agreed to sending in troops purely because they will not be forced to disarm Hizbullah! What kind of peacekeeping force will that be? Not a very good one since they'll probably try to attack Israel as soon as they're ready. Guess where all their troops will already be deployed? The Northern border of Israel. Sound familiar? Keep watching!
• Turkey Set to Buy 50 SLAM-ER Missiles From U.S. (August 10, 2006) - Turkey is to buy 50 SLAM-ER missiles (Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response) for $139 million from the U.S. through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) program, Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Wednesday. Gonul, responding to a question from Justice and Development (AK) Party Deputy Turhan Comez, confirmed that the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has asked for Congress' approval to sell Turkey the missiles. Gonul indicated that Turkey and the U.S. have reached agreement on the sale of the missiles, adding that talks are yet to be concluded on the conditions of payment. The minister underlined that these missiles will be of great strategic advantage to the country. SLAM-ER missiles are a highly adaptable day/night, all-weather, over-the-horizon precision strike missile. They are capable of hitting stationary or moving targets on land or at sea and are recognized by the U.S. Navy as the most accurate weapon in its inventory. | America | Islam |

• Report from Invader-Infested Maywood, California (August 27, 2006) This story speaks for itself... - I was at the Maywood, California protest yesterday joining Save Our State and Minutemen protesting the fact that Maywood allows it to be a "sanctuary city". This was my experience...
  
  Photo: Illegal alien supporters take down the American flag at a US post office and in its place, raise a Mexican flag in Maywood, CA.
  
  I was dropped off by my ride while he parked and I saw all of the American flags and started walking towards them and suddenly there was a rush of thugs running towards me calling out "death to the minutemen". They stopped me in my tracks. They pushed me around and told me if I was to take one step further, they would beat the shit out of me.
  
  I looked to the back of me and there were about 4 police officers leaning on their vehicle just watching, doing nothing! So, as I stepped forward, they stole my sign and ripped it up as another was throwing water on me. Meanwhile, I am still getting pushed around and threatened, so I again look back to see if the police are going to help. Nope!
  
  So, I stood there with my hands on my hips with one hand on my pepper spray and I was ready to use it. Again, I might mention that there are 4 or 5 police officers behind me doing NOTHING to the fact that I am being threatened, pushed around and stolen from.
  
  I was ready for whatever they were going to give me at that point. I was going to pepper spray all of them and I looked back one more time as I am being pushed around by men, a police officer finally waves me over. So, I went over and then they escorted me across the street to another group of officers who escorted me to our SOS group.
  
  After being at the rally for a while, we noticed that the opposition was getting louder and they we watched as they took the American flag off of the flag pole and stepped on it on the ground at the United State Post Office and mounted a Mexican flag and up it went. At this point the police did nothing. Finally, they went over to take it down and they had bottles and rocks thrown at them. They did not attempt to arrest anyone. They were unable to take it down because they cut the wrong line so the flag remained there for the rest of the day.  I believe that all Americans need to know about this and need to see that Mexican flag hanging at an American post office. We are being invaded and the American people need to wake up! Another woman was beat up (while the police watched) and injured as well as an elderly man. They tend to pick on the weaker targets. more... | America |
• Syria Draws a Line at the Border (August 27, 2006) - When United Nations Resolution 1701 was passed on August 11, it was seen as a diplomatic breakthrough to end 33 days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Many today, however, are having serious doubts whether this ceasefire will last and whether 1701 is actually a diplomatic victory - or failure - for the UN. In addition to a ceasefire, the resolution demands the deployment of the Lebanese army, and eventually multinational troops, on the border to prevent any future  war between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah. It gives Israel the right to self-defense, however, while denying this right to Hezbollah, explaining why the party's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, accepted the resolution "with reservations". If implemented to the word, the resolution would deprive Hezbollah of the territory it has used to wage war against Israel since the 1980s. A Hezbollah that is deprived of southern Lebanon would be a Hezbollah that cannot fire rockets against northern Israel. The resolution also asked for implementation of Resolution 1559, which calls for the complete disarming of Hezbollah, and strongly says that no arms should be transferred to the Lebanese military group. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
• Life and Death (August 27, 2006) - Western guilt blinds us to the nature of Islamic extremism. The simple back-and-forth of war can create the illusion that both sides have a legitimate point to make even when this is not so, and it is clear that Hezbollah's cause has greatly benefited from war's "equalizing" effect. This Shiite militia seems to have known that merely fighting Israel would gain legitimacy for its cause. A cease-fire would make it a "partner" in peace. The Goliath Israeli military would make it a David whose passion proved the truth of its cause. But amid all the drama of this war there has been very little talk of exactly what Hezbollah's cause is. And, of course, it is not just Hezbollah's cause. There is Hamas, one more in a family of politicized terrorist groups spread across the Muslim world. Beyond these more conventional groups there is the free-floating and world-wide terrorism of groups like al Qaeda. In Europe, there are cells of self-invented middle-class terrorists living modern lives by day and plotting attacks on modernity by night. And around these cells there is often a nourishing atmosphere of fellow traveling. Then there are the radical nation-states in league with terrorism, Iran and Syria most prominent among them. From nations on the verge of nuclear weapons to isolated individuals--take the recent Seattle shootings--Islamic militancy grounded in hatred of Israel and America has become the Muslim world's most animating idea. Why? I don't believe it is because of the reasons usually cited--Israeli and American "outrages." No doubt Israel and America have made mistakes in the Middle East. Certainly, Israel was born at the price of considerable dislocation and suffering on the part of the Palestinians. And yes, there will never be a satisfying answer for this. Yet every Israeli land-for-peace gesture has been met with a return volley of suicide bombers and rockets. Palestinians have balked every time their longed-for nationhood has come within grasp. They have seemed to prefer the aggrieved dignity of their resentments to the challenges of nationhood. And Hezbollah launched the current war from territory Israel had relinquished six years earlier. more... | Islam | America | EU/UN |
• DEBKAfile Exclusive: First wave of arrests inside Hizballah of suspected informers to Israeli intelligence (August 29, 2006) - No commissions of inquiry for Hassan Nasrallah. Our exclusive sources learn that Hizballah’ special security service has begun rounding up suspects in the northern Beqaa Valley, Baalbek and South Lebanon of members and others suspected of tipping off Israel intelligence on the location of the storehouse holding the heavy Zelzal missiles. Those missiles, no more than three or four, were held in reserve as Hizballah’s most devastating strategic weapon against Israel, capable of hitting Tel Aviv. Monday, Aug. 28, prime minister Ehud Olmert revealed for the first time that the Israeli air force destroyed those missiles in the first 34 minutes of the Lebanon war on July 12. Nasrallah needs urgently to find the leak through which the missiles’ place of storage and very existence, one of Hizballah’s most tightly kept secrets known only to very few top leaders of the organization, reached Israel. The first arrests were made among people living in the vicinity of the missile cache. More arrests have been carried out in the Shiite communities who live near or are connected with the Hizballah intelligence and secret command centers in Baalbek, which were targeted by Israeli air strikes and commando forays. more... | Israel | Islam |
• Medicine Trees (August 29, 2006) - With more than 300 plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs) under various stages of discovery, plants are now gaining widespread acceptance as a platform for protein production. There is no doubt that PMPs are soon going to be the new buzzword in the biotech industry, Sushmi Dey discovers. Advances in biotechnology aided in the production of therapeutic proteins essential in a wide range of pharmaeuticals like monoclonal antibodies, enzymes and blood proteins. Since the demand for these biopharmaceuticals is expected to increase, researchers all over the world are looking at ways to ensure that they will be available at significantly larger amounts and on a cost-effective basis. One such solution comes in the form of plant-made pharmaceuticals (PMPs), which are cheap to produce and store, easy to scale up for mass production and safer than those derived from animals. The use of plants for medicinal purpose dates back to thousands of years, but genetic engineering of plants to produce desired biopharmaceuticals is a much more recent phenomenon. In normal circumstances, drugs are synthesised through strong chemical reactions or taken from natural sources such as texol or curcumin. The conventional system in place for the production of commercial protein has relied on microbial fermentation and mammalian cell lines. But according to studies, these systems have disadvantages in terms of cost, scalability, and safety that have promoted research into alternatives. more... | Technology |
• 'Ahmadinejad Would Sacrifice Half of Iran to Wipe Out Israel (August 25, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, if he ever became the supreme decision maker in his country, would "sacrifice half of Iran for the sake of eliminating Israel," Giora Eiland, Israel's former national security adviser, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. At present, Eiland stressed, the ultimate decision maker in Iran was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 67, whom he said was "more reasonable." But, Eiland went on, "if Ahmadinejad were to succeed him - and he has a reasonable chance of doing so - then we'd be in a highly dangerous situation." The 49-year-old Iranian president, he said, "has a religious conviction that Israel's demise is essential to the restoration of Muslim glory, that the Zionist thorn in the heart of the Islamic nations must be removed. And he will pay almost any price to right the perceived historic wrong. If he becomes the supreme leader and has a nuclear capability, that's a real threat." In facing up to Iran's nuclear ambitions, Eiland said the United States had three possible courses of action, "all of them bad," and that a decision could not be postponed for too long, "since delay, too, is a decision of sorts." more... | Iran | Israel | Islam |

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