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Subject: News: Excerpts from an Article by Palestinian Colonel
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:01:14 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Excerpts from an Article by Palestinian Colonel Muhammad al-Masri
Gaza Al-Hayah Al-Jadidah (Internet Version) in Arabic 27 Oct 98
Following any attack against Palestinian citizens, the National
Authority will not accept considering the extremists, who are arrested
by Israel, as lunatics. We now demand Israel to take complete
measures on the same level as those we take in such cases. As for the
participation of the US Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] to supervise
the Palestinian and Israeli implementation of the agreement, this will
be done by one person only. The CIA will not participate in
interrogating any Palestinian detainee. Furthermore, the National
Authority will never allow any party to interfere in its internal
affairs. The US role will be that of monitoring anyone who violates
the agreement on both sides. As for arrests, which are being talked
about, only members of the armed secret organizations or those who
incite violence will be arrested. We believe that the Israeli prime
minister will try to evade the implementation of this agreement by
various ways. Hence, the Palestinian opposition should wait for three
months, which is a crucial period, because the Israeli side awaits any
opportunity to move out of the impasse. Israeli Prime Minister
Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Ari'el Sharon believe that they
relinquished Israeli territory. We in the National Authority will
monitor their mistakes and sins and treat them with reciprocity
because they are now instigating others against the agreement they
have signed. Moreover, the National Authority will not hand over
anyone wanted by Israel. If anyone made a certain mistake, he will
stand trial before
Palestinian courts in accordance with Palestinian law. This new, yet
old, position is an indivisible part of the Palestinian people's
sovereignty and national dignity.
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Subject: News: Sermon on Temple Mount (10/30/98)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:41:58 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Sermon on Temple Mount
Al Aqsa Mosque, October 30, 1998
I seek refuge with ALLAH from the Satan.
In the Name of ALLAH the merciful and the compassionate.
All praise is due to ALLAH and all peace be upon our prophet
Muhammad, his family and companions.
O Muslims,
The Islamic world lived under the flag of "There is no god but
Allah Muhammad is his messenger" (The Islamic flag) for more than
thirteen hundred years, east as far as China, west as far as the
Atlantic Ocean, north as far as France, and south as far as mid
Africa. The people of that land were under the flag of La Ilaha Illa
Allah Muhammad Rasool Allah, the flag of Oqab (eagle, as the prophet
named it). And so was this great Islamic State applying Islam in all
the people. And Islam brings nothing but justice when it's applied
solely. Muslims didn't know victory and dignity except when Islam was
being applied. And in that State there was Jihad, where Muslims rushed
to open lands to liberate people from darkness, polytheism; worship of
humans under "man made laws" to worship Allah alone.
When Nikfor, the Greek Emperor, stopped paying Jizya (tribute) to
the Islamic State headed by the rightly guided Haroon (the Abbasite
Khalifah), the Muslim Khalifah wrote to the Greek Emperor: "From
Haroon the Prince of believers to Nikfor the dog of the Greeks: You
son of the unbeliever, my response is not what you will hear but what
you will see in your own eyes".
This is how true Muslim leaders used to respond:
Like the Abbasite Khalifah Al'Motasem when he wrote to the Greek
Emperor after the Greeks occupied a Muslim city: "I will send an army:
it's beginning at your side and its end is at my side".
Or like Tariq ben Ziyad, the Muslim leader who opened Andalus
(Spain and Portugal today) when he stood infront of his army before
the battle saying: "The sea is behind you and your enemy is infront of
you and you have nothing but to be sincere and patient when you fight
the enemy". And Muslims won the battle, and Islam entered Andalus.
Or like Khalid ben Alwaleed (leader of the Islamic army against
the
Greeks in the Yarmook battle, where 33,000 Muslims faced more than
600,000 soldier. When this man entered the battle he shouted 'Allahu
Akbar' (Allah is Great) and his army defeated the enemy.
This is how Muslim leaders used to be and not like the leaders of
today where today the leaders of Muslims take their orders from the
imperialist infidels telling them what to do, how to act and when to
respond.
O Muslims,
Islam will always be strong. The Islamic faith (creed) is the
source of Muslims strength. But when Muslims moved away from Islam,
they neglected Jihad, and they were afflicted with corrupted leaders,
these leaders are in fact agents to the imperialist infidels. These
leaders execute the imperialist infidels' plans from killing sincere
Muslims activists, to arrest and torture Muslims throughout the Muslim
world under the claim that these sincere Muslims are extremists and
terrorists.
This is the kind of leadership all over the Muslim world that
slaughter sincere Muslims, it strengthens the foundation of
imperialism in the heart of the Muslim lands.
We Muslims should work hard to remove such leadership from our
lands, We should make Muslims aware that whatever these leaders engage
their states in unlawful treaties, agreements that lead to treason;
such agreements and treaties are null and void and do not represent
us.
Our road is clear as the sun in the middle of the day: We work
towards establishing the Islamic State; it is an Islamic obligation
and it is the right solution for all our problems today. This way
Jihad will be restarted, and the Islamic way of life will be revived.
Islam will reach the whole world as Prophet Muhammad peace be
upon
him said in the hadeeth "Islam will reach where day and night had
reached, and my Ummah will reach where it was being reached." And in
another hadeeth the prophet says "..and at the end there will be
Khilafah on the footsteps of the early prophethood".
O Allah revenge from the unjust leaders. O Allah help your
sincere
slaves in their work towards establishing the Islamic Khilafah State.
Ameen.
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Subject: News: Mufti notes Islamic ownership of all Jerusalem
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:41:58 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Arafat Appointed Mufti Notes Islamic Ownership of All of Jerusalem
Abu Dhabi Al-Ittihad (Internet Version) in Arabic 28 Oct 98
Report by Muhammad al-Khatayibah in Amman
Shaykh 'Ikrimah Sabri, the mufti of Palestine, has stressed that
East and West Jerusalem are an inalienable Palestinian and Islamic
endowment. He added that he is not a party to any negotiations on the
holy city, which continues to be occupied until its liberation.
Shaykh Sabri said that Muslims within the Green Line, Israel, have
pledged allegiance and loyalty to him. He also said that he has the
right to free movement in the Islamic land of Palestine.
In an interview with Al-Ittihad, Shaykh Sabri said that the Hebron
accord made no mention of the Ibrahimi Mosque. As such, the mosque
will remain under the Israeli control, whereas the city of Hebron will
be subjected to Judaization.
He said that his work is not confined to the Palestinian Authority
territories and that he has a blue Israeli identity card, which
enables him to freely move in the Palestinian territories. He said his
identity card has no nationality or political significance. He added
that he holds a Palestinian diplomatic passport.
Palestine's mufti said, The Hebron accord has lent legitimacy to
Israel's control of half of the Ibrahimi Mosque. I believe that by
ignoring this issue, Israel will deny Palestinian worshippers any
access to the mosque under the pretext of the Jewish religious
holidays. Israel had installed electronic batteries and monitoring
posts to limit the Muslims' movements in the mosque. He added, The
Israeli army is present in the mosque.
He stressed that the city of Hebron is currently facing difficult
conditions. Last week, the foundation stone of a new settlement in
Tall al-Rumaydah quarter in the city center was laid down. There are
also Judaization plans there similar to those implemented in
Jerusalem. He added, From a religious viewpoint, we consider all these
acts illegal and unacceptable.
Responding to a question, the mufti of Palestine said Since
Palestine is occupied and I am its mufti, I would like to say that the
Palestinian people and their mufti are captives and Muslims should
free them.
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Subject: News: Saddam Husayn said treated for cancer
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:41:58 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Saddam Husayn Said Treated for Cancer
Jerusalem Channel 2 Television Network in Hebrew 1800 GMT 20 Oct
98
Discussion between anchor Ya'aqov Eylon in the studio and
correspondent Shlomo Raz and Arab affairs correspondent Aharon Barne'a
at Wye Plantation
[Eylon] Our newscast leads with information on the health of
Iraqi
leader Saddam Husayn which has reached Shlomo Raz, our correspondent
in Washington.
[Raz] According to information that has reached Jerusalem from
various Arab elements, European doctors have been giving Saddam Husayn
chemotherapy treatment for some time for cancer.
[Eylon] Has this information also reached the United States?
[Raz] The information is due to be transmitted to Wye Plantation
at
this hour. We must recall that the entire Israeli top leadership is
here and they intend to present the information to President Clinton.
[Eylon] We would like to stress that the aforementioned report is
n
assessment which was relayed to Israeli sources. We have no way of
ascertaining whether Saddam Husayn's medical condition really conforms
with this assessment. In any event, Aharon, what would be the
implications if that were Saddam's medical condition?
[Barne'a] Look, I am not an oncologist and I don't know what his
health condition is. If it is true that he is seriously sick with
cancer, Iraq's top leadership is now in serious trouble because Iraq
is a country of one leader who governs it with two very firm hands and
with one brain. Therefore, the top leadership would be in serious
shock. If - - and that is a big if -- something were to happen to him,
one would
expect his successor to be his son 'Udayy, who was wounded in an
assassination attempt two years ago. It would be interesting to see
what the position of the army would be. And if a conflict were to
erupt between the ruling Sunni minority to which Saddam belongs and
the Shiite majority, the army's position would be decisive.
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Subject: News: FYI-Israel in the News excerpts
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 10:41:58 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
'THE G-D OF ISRAEL IS YET TO BE HEARD FROM': "It's All Over,
Except For The Shouting! Or Is it? One of the factors that was
completely ignored at Wye, by William Clinton and Benjamin
Netanyahu, was the G-d of Israel. It was as if there was no Old
Testament, and no Exodus of the Jews from Egypt to the Promised
Land. Instead there was an attempt to ignore the nature of this Holy
Land, a re-writing of history. Fortunately, the G-d of Israel is yet
to be heard from." (WOMEN FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW/ICEJ)
RABBIS CALL AGREEMENT "FORBIDDEN": The Union of Rabbis for
Eretz Yisrael, headed by Rabbi Shapira, convened in his home Monday,
and released the following statement: "We hereby declare that the
current withdrawal agreement -- providing for the transfer of large
parts of the Land of Israel to foreigners and enemies of Israel -- is
a degradation of our national pride, is against Halakhah (Jewish Law),
and is in violation of several Biblical prohibitions. In addition, it
is in direct opposition to what was promised to the public. The
implementation of this agreement will abandon the blood of our
brothers, the residents of the many communities that will be
surrounded by enemy rule. In addition, this agreement endangers the
entire Israeli populace. We therefore declare that it is forbidden to
cooperate with this terrible agreement. We must act for the advancing
of the elections in order to choose a new leadership that will be
loyal to the Torah of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Land of
Israel." Present at the meeting were Rabbis Dov Lior, Zalman Baruch
Melamed, Chaim Druckman, Eliezer Waldman, and others. (ARUTZ-7)
VATICAN OWNS UP: The Vatican said Thursday it had to take
responsibility for the Inquisition, rather than try palm off blame
onto civil authorities for one of the darkest eras in Roman Catholic
church history. Many Jews were forcibly converted to Catholicism
during the Inquisition, and many -- Jews and Gentiles -- accused of
heresy were tortured and killed. According to the ENCYCLOPAEADIA
JUDAICA, tens of thousands of victims were burnt alive at the stake.
The Vatican set up a special court, whose activities reached their
climax in the 16th century, to counter "heresies". Among its targets
were promoters of the Reformation, and the astronomer Galileo, who was
condemned for claiming that the earth revolved around the sun. During
the Inquisition, church officials reportedly began to count on civil
authorities to fine, imprison and even torture accused heretics. An
infamous Index of Forbidden Books listed books which Roman Catholics
were not allowed to read or possess on pain of excommunication. The
Bible was included. A three-day symposium opened Thursday to examine
the Inquisition. Some of its conclusions are expected to be included
in a document in which the Vatican is expected to ask forgiveness for
past errors, as part of celebrations for the year 2000. (ICEJ)
FYI--Israel in the News
Week ending 10/31/98
http://www.tzemach.org/fyi
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Subject: Millennium Bug in Bible Codes
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 11:23:41 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
For anyone interested, Bryan Huie has updated his find
"The 'Millennium Bug' Computer Problem in the Bible Codes."
The new expanded matrix can be viewed at
http://www.aristotle.net/~bhuie/code2r.htm
I have taken this code and put together a file describing the
Scripture underlying it and this can be viewed at:
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/butterfly/rev/bug.htm
Thanks to the help of a couple of list members, we are able to put
this thing together and have it added to the BPR website.
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Subject: News: Hizbollah tells Palestinians to kill Arafat
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:50:01 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** Hizbollah tells Palestinians to kill Arafat
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanon's radical Hizbollah group called
on the Palestinians Sunday to kill President Yasser Arafat for signing
an interim peace deal with Israel last month. Speaking at a mass rally
to denounce the U.S.-brokered interim deal, the pro-Iranian group's
leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah branded Arafat a traitor and told the
Palestinians to attack Israelis to foil the accord. "Is there no
Palestinian who can do what Khaled Islambouli did and say Arafat's
presence on the face of this earth is shameful to the Palestinians and
the Muslims?" the cleric asked. Nasrallah was referring to the
Egyptian Muslim militant who shot dead former Egyptian president Anwar
Sadat in 1981 for signing a 1979 peace deal with Israel. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556881818-545 ***
Also: Hamas says may turn on Palestinian police, see
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556887500-cbc
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Subject: News: New human rights court
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:50:01 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
*** New human rights court faces mountain of cases
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - A streamlined European Court of Human
Rights, due to be inaugurated Tuesday, should usher in an era of more
efficient and transparent justice but might not see a significant
speed-up in verdicts. The court, probably the only one in the world
where an ordinary citizen can file a complaint against a state for a
violation of human rights, came into being in 1950. At that time, the
court's parent organization, the Council of Europe, had 13 members.
Now 40 nations belong to the human rights body, with a combined 769
million citizens. In the beginning, judges faced just a trickle of
cases. This year, complaints of human rights abuses have arrived at
the rate of almost 500 a month, making an overhaul unavoidable. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556892948-354
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Subject: Honey Bees
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 10:16:48 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
I saw a program on CNN lately ("Where are all the honeybees?"--CNN &
Time) that was explaining that about 1/3 of the stuff we eat needs
bees to pollinate it. Apparently 80% of honey bees in the US have
been decimated by mites (90% of the wild bees). Commercial bee
keepers are in heavy demand in places where nature used to take it's
own course, but now needs a lot of help.
Another threat to the honey bee is the African bee. Tonight on TLC
(10:00 pm eastern) there is a program called "Killer Bees" which is
about African bees migrating to the US. I did see on another show
that this "killer bee" phenomenon was due to human error--not
migration--where they had been experimenting on getting the US bees
to be hardier and the experiment had gone awry with the African bees
killing the gentler honey bee. Either way, without enough bees
pollinating crops, nothing grows and this made me think of the third
and fourth seals (Rev 6:5-8)..
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Subject: (Fwd) Man comes to the rescue: Is this the time before the gre
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Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 06:48:35 -0500
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Subject: Man comes to the rescue: Is this the time before the grea=
t storm?
Man comes to the rescue: Is this the time before the great storm?
Over the last two years I have heard prophetic predictions that
there would be two large stock market corrections in the United
States before the year 2000.
I heard these predictions from people in Australia, New York, and
other areas around the world. These predictions rang true to my
spirit when I heard and prayed about them. With the serious nature
of the recent downturn and the magnitude of the events happening
worldwide, things looked ominous in size and significance. There
was a bombardment of negative news throughout the world. I felt, as
did many others, that if the markets did move up again it would be
short-lived and would be followed by another large dip.
The recent correction began in late July. In a period of 75 days,
the U.S. market lost $2 trillion in market capitalization; the
world markets lost another $2 trillion, and kept heading further
down. Most of the news we received for a period of 75 days or so
was bleak and ominous.
We saw currencies around the world get pushed down as the dollar
strengthened. The large hedge funds were blamed for the large drops
in values of the world currencies. We saw riots and violence in
Indonesia, and increased crime in China, Russia, and other
locations around the world because of economic hardships. We saw a
political crisis developing in Washington, and a nationally
televised, defiant message to the nation on August 17. After that
came the vote by the House Judiciary Committee to pursue
impeachment hearings after the elections.
We had a large hedge fund need an emergency $3.5 billion bailout
arranged by the Federal Reserve of New York, top Wall Street
leaders, and leaders of some of the largest banks in the United
States. According to Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, if the fund had
failed it could have inflicted serious damage on many market
participants, and "could potentially have impaired the economies of
many nations, including our own."
Then we heard of the crisis scenario in Brazil and South America.
Brazil said they would need up to $30 billion to meet their debt
obligations. We also received the news that the oil producing
countries around the world had lost $80 billion in much-needed
revenues because of a worldwide glut of oil.
Most major news and business magazines in the United States
predicted a recession or possible depression, and Fortune, Forbes,
Newsweek, Business Week, Esquire, and others had cover page stories
on the state of world financial markets and the gloom that lay
ahead.
We heard how the money for many commercial real estate projects had
been cut off in a matter of days without any notice. The money
dried up for REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts). And we also
heard of the liquidity crisis impacting small and large businesses
because of the concerns that bankers were having with the direction
of the economies and the concern with the loans on their books. We
also had large job layoff announcements by corporations and Wall
Street firms and major banks.
We even heard on CNBC from some of the top Wall Street economists
that, yes, we are in the beginning of a bear market, and that the
Dow Jones Industrial Average could fall into the 6000 to 7250 range
in the near future. (This was when the Dow was trading in the 7400
range.)
Then there was a "quick change" of direction without much notice.
The Dow Jones average rallied, stocks began moving up again, and
renewed confidence came to the markets.
Then there was a week long lull, with very little market movement,
waiting for news.
This week it was one "good news" item after another. Yes,
compressed into one week, after a period of 90 days of gloom and
doom.
The good news came from many troubled areas of the world. We heard
of the "final status talks" in the Middle East after nine days of
meetings at Wye Plantation between Arafat, Netanyahu, and Clinton.
We heard from the Fed that they will continue to lower interest
rates to keep the U.S. economy from going into a recession; it is
even believed that the Federal Reserve policy-makers will trim
interest rates another quarter percentage point when they meet next
on Nov. 17, to counter trade weakness and a likely scale-back in
additions to inventories. Fed Director Kelly said he was
"cautiously optimistic" that Y2k wouldn't cause a recession in the
U.S. We heard positive news about Japan's $500 billion in public
savings bailout of their banking system. Russia's Prime Minister
Primakov (the former KGB spymaster) introduced plans which included
tighter state controls on the economy; the measures included a
gradual cut in income tax, limiting monthly inflation for 1998 to
5% and annual inflation next year to 30%, and allowing the ruble to
find its own level under the watchful eye of the IMF, which is
waiting to release an additional $4.5 billion in aid.
Brazil agreed to large and significant commitments in order to
appease the IMF and international bankers, in exchange for the
IMF's $30 billion commitment.
Then on Friday, October 30th, the G7 (top seven industrial
countries in the world) announced a plan to stop future
international swings; the plan would create tighter global
financial regulation and a big bailout fund to head off future
economic crises.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, who is currently
chairman of the G7 finance ministers, said that the reforms were
designed to "strengthen the global financial system" and to head
off future economic crises. The centerpiece of the G7's proposals
is a new facility for the International Monetary Fund to lend money
quickly to countries facing financial market problems, rather than
having them drag out as they have the last year.
They would set up a new IMF fund worth $90 billion for emergency
lending to stop a crisis from spreading into other economies. The
money is to be complemented by private sector contributions. There
would be tighter regulation of the world's international capital
markets to prevent a repeat of the recent financial turmoil. A code
of practice for private banks and businesses, designed to regulate
highly leveraged companies like hedge funds, would be instituted.
There would be "transparency rules" for companies in order to make
financial transactions and dangers to the markets more visible. An
international code of conduct for monetary and financial policy in
G7 countries would be established. There would be new rules for
monitoring international capital flows. A new World Bank welfare
fund would be established to alleviate economic suffering among the
most vulnerable people in the emerging economies.
We even received news Friday in the United States that our Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) experienced a 3% gain in the third quarter,
after a 1.7% gain in the second quarter. Also, lenders began
loosening credit to help deal with the liquidity crisis that has
affected companies in the last 60 days.
To many who heard this news this week, it seems that "man" has come
to the rescue of the world markets again and has given people much
confidence in the economy and in the markets. This comes after bad
and even horrible news of intense magnitude; then, in a week, one
positive news story after another. This is remarkable, to say the
least. There was even a commitment by the Fed to keep this economy
churning by lowering interest rates further if needed to fend off
sluggish growth and to revitalize the economy.
This has been a very good week for positive news. If I didn't know
what I know, I could be pulled into this optimism, too. Optimism is
much more enjoyable than pessimism, and very contagious. Yet below
I have provided reasons to be cautious in the months and year
ahead.
*********
Cracks in the Foundations of Japan and Russia
There are still many cracks underneath the surface in Japan and
Russia:
- Japan's problems will take at best 5 to 7 years to fix in normal
circumstances.
- A majority of Japan's large banks are broke and in need of a
massive bailout.
- Japan's bad debt is now estimated at over $1.2 trillion. Some
even say that, despite their massive private savings ($11
trillion), their corporate, government, and private debt makes them
technically broke.
- Japan is also reliant on the U.S. and Western Europe to keep
buying their exports to avoid a further and deeper correction.
- Russia has technically filed for bankruptcy, by defaulting on its
massive international debt.
- Over 40% of Russia's economy is run by corrupt underworld
figures. Russia has a former communist leader (Primakov) running
the country because the president is too ill to attend meetings.
- They fear a cold winter, they have many in the military going
without food, and they still have over 20,000 nuclear missiles in
place.
- Parliament is demanding that Primakov reassert state control over
wide sectors of the economy, spend more on welfare, and pay back
wage arrears, while the IMF is insisting on urgent fiscal reform,
tight money, and spending cuts.
- Although Primakov has brought Russia some much-needed political
stability, he has so far served up little more than platitudes on
the economy.
**************
Things That Could Happen "in the Blink of an Eye"
"For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the
ark." -- Matthew 24:38 (NIV)
- Further large hedge fund losses could threaten the world's
banking system.
- Major loss potential with $10 trillion in financial derivatives
coming due in Southeast Asia by the end of the year; huge financial
exposure for four major American banks.
- The repercussions of an unsuccessful completion of the Middle
East final status talks.
- The political fallout potential with the Clinton impeachment
hearings and the opening of hearings on Al Gore and the China
fundraising situation.
- A potentially unsuccessful and complicated Euro introduction,
beginning January 1, 1999, and its impact on our world financial
markets.
- The worsening of the Russian financial crisis, their potential
move back to communism with Primakov already in place, and concerns
over their 20,000 missiles.
- Increasing concerns over the prospect of nuclear war between
India and Pakistan.
- Concerns over the prospect of bio-terrorism attacks in the United
States; Department of Defense teams in cooperation with the
National Guard will have people in place in 20 states by the end of
1999.
- Concerns over Iran's growing nuclear capabilities.
- Iraq's refusal to work with the UN teams who are tasked with
examining their biological weapons buildup and its potential
implications.
- The heightened probability of communication satellites being
temporarily or permanently disabled by solar flares, meteor
showers, or sunspot-related phenomena, and the affect of such
disruptions on business. (The loss of Galaxy 4 knocked out 90% of
the pagers in the U.S. for a day or so.)
- The beginning of the manifestation of Y2k problems in the first
quarter of 1999.
- The impact that people's planning and preparing for Y2k will have
on the economy.
- The impact that bank runs could have on the U.S. economy.
- The downturn in consumer confidence (two-thirds of the economy is
consumer driven) and its impact on the American economy and the
world economies.
*************
Plan and Prepare
"A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep
going and suffer for it." -- Proverbs 22:3 (NIV)
Whatever transpires, it looks as though we might see some positive
things happen in the financial markets in the near term. But, as
listed above, things could change "in the blink of an eye" as they
did in the last 90 days.
Man is not going to solve this huge problem of great magnitude; you
can count on that. Yet, recent improvements might seem to many to
be a vote of confidence that man is resourceful enough to solve any
world economic problem. After the negative activity of the last 90
days, combined with the good news of the last week on the economic
front, that swagger and confidence of man seems to be coming back.
We all must remember that the Lord is in total control. He has
allowed the greatest economy in history to be developed. He has
allowed man to fix the short-term problems and to develop a renewed
confidence in the system and in his own ingenuity. He can also
allow it to come unraveled by removing His protection from a nation
and a world that is idolatrous and so undeserving of economic
prosperity.
As many are saying, the judgment of the Lord is at hand. Only
through our faith in Him and our true repentance will we be able to
survive the coming storm. Only those whom the Lord has quickened
through the Holy Spirit even sense what is ahead.
Pray for the Lord to continue guiding and directing you in the days
ahead. Pray that He will provide you the discernment that you will
need as you enter 1999.
God bless you all.
Koenig's International News - Bill Koenig - http://watch.org/
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:43:57 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
The UN has a Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance.
"The position of Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance was
established by the 53-member Commission on Human Rights in 1986...
"The role of the Special Rapporteur is to examine incidents and
governmental action in all parts of the world inconsistent with the
provisions of the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of
Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
(http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_intole.htm), and to recommend
remedial measures for such situations. The Special Rapporteur reports
to the United Nations General Assembly in October each year and to the
Commission on Human Rights in March/April each year."
United Nations Human Rights Website
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/press/hr9802e.htm
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Subject: (Fwd) News Summary for Monday, November 2, 1998
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 06:54:03 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y
by the Editors at ReligionToday.com
November 2, 1998
[..snip..]
Nineteen European countries violate religious liberty, says the
1998 report of the Helsinki International Federation for Human
Rights. Religious liberty is in greater danger in Europe than
during the communist era because many governments in both Western
and Eastern Europe are supporting traditional religions at the
expense of minorities, the report says. The report contains
investigations on human rights carried out in 41 countries.
Violations of religious liberty are cited in Albania, Armenia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Georgia,
Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, the former Yugoslav
republic of Macedonia, Moldavia, Norway, Romania, Russia,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Yugoslavia. Sixteen former
communist states are among the countries listed.
...The report cites many Western European countries, Adventist
Press Service said. It noted that a 1997 Austrian law that
prohibits giving official recognition to any religion other than
the 12 that already exist. In Norway, mandatory religious
instruction courses in public schools do not teach tolerance for
all religions. In Greece, where 97% of citizens are considered to
be members of the Orthodox Church, Protestants, Catholics, and
other minorities are victims of discrimination, the Helsinki
report says. Other nations of the European Union are in the
process of preparing laws to reinforce the status of traditional
religions while limiting smaller groups such as Jehovah's
Witnesses.
[..snip..]
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: (Fwd) Middle East
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 07:06:31 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
[Mod Note: More and more we see the United States' influence in
the Middle East being eroded, while Middle Eastern countries continue to grow
in unity. Hussein has been a thorn in our side. Unfortunately, the thorn seems to
be working]
------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
Global Intelligence Update
Red Alert
November 3, 1998
Mid-East States Prepare Regional Response to Iraq
Though basically a formality, on November 2, the Iraqi Parliament
announced its approval of Saddam Hussein's decision not to allow
the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) to continue its inspections of
Iraqi weapons sites. The Parliament also called on other Arab
nations to support the Iraqi position in denouncing UNSCOM's
weapons inspections. While they may not be ready to heed Iraq's
call, a flurry of diplomatic activity between several Middle
Eastern nations suggests that they are finally preparing a
regional answer to the long-running Iraqi crisis.
The U.S. responded to the recent crisis exactly as it has in the
past, condemning Iraq, insisting that nothing short of full
compliance is acceptable, conferring with allies, and hinting
strongly at the possibility of using unilateral military force
against Iraq. Baghdad, in turn, announced that it did not fear
U.S. threats, since the U.S. has been threatening Iraq for eight
years. But Iraq's neighbors, seeing this latest and now almost
formulaic crisis brewing, have apparently already begun to write
a new script. On October 22, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-
Sharaa delivered a message to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
from Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, the contents of which were
not disclosed. On November 1, Assad himself flew to Egypt to
discuss security concerns, including Syrian-Turkish tension and
the Wye River accord. Syria also discussed the situation in the
Middle East and expanding bilateral cooperation with Iran on
October 24, when Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi traveled
to Syria.
This week, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz
began a three-day visit to Egypt. The Prince will meet with
Mubarak to discuss regional issues and military cooperation
during his stay. Later this week, Kharrazi is scheduled deliver a
message from Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to Saudi Arabia.
Kharrazi will reportedly discuss bilateral relations and
cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, as well as regional
problems, during his two-day working visit to Riyadh.
This flurry of diplomatic activity between Syria, Egypt, Saudi
Arabia, and Riyadh, broadly focused on regional security and
occurring in the runup to the latest U.S.-Iraq confrontation,
could be but a continuation of the movement toward a regional
security alliance that we were tracking earlier this summer.
However, it becomes more interesting in light of an additional
Iranian diplomatic initiative. Last week, Iranian commerce
Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari visited Iraq to discuss trade
development. On November 2, Tehran announced that Kharrazi will
pay a visit to Baghdad in the near future. The date for the trip
has not been announced, but Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister
Mohammad Sadr told the Tehran Times that after Kharazi's trip,
Iranian First Vice-President Hassan Habibi would travel to Iraq.
Habibi would be the most senior Iranian official to travel to
Iraq since the Iranian revolution.
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Syria began to discuss the idea of
a regional security body, a kind of Arab-Persian "NATO,"
following the anti-climactic conclusion of the last major U.S.-
Iraq standoff in February. Faced with what looks like another
such confrontation, that process may be reaching fruition. That
being the case, the meeting of the foreign ministers of the
Damascus Declaration countries, scheduled for November 11-12, may
be the event to watch. The Damascus Declaration was signed in
March 1991, immediately after the Gulf War, by the eight Arab
member states of the coalition that drove Iraq from Kuwait. One
of the main features of the accord, which has yet to be
implemented, was to have been security cooperation. The agenda
for next week's meeting of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Kuwait,
Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates includes
cooperation, the Mid-East peace process, Iraq, Iran, the Syrian-
Turkish crisis, and terrorism. Judging from the pre-conference
diplomacy, we expect the participants to emerge from the meeting
with some substantial initiatives, and perhaps a new regional
security arrangement.
The question then becomes what position will they take on Iraq?
First, they could emerge prepared for another U.S. led effort to
finally oust Saddam. Judging by growing regional dissatisfaction
with U.S. policies and behavior, Washington's unreliability in
these crises, and Iran's overtures to Iraq, this scenario is
unlikely. Support for sanctions against Iraq showed signs of
flagging after China, Russia, and France called for ending the
embargo last week. With international resolve on sanctions
fading, the U.S. is also losing international support and
political will for a military option in Iraq.
More likely, expecting little of the U.S., the Damascus
Declaration countries and Iran are preparing their own policy
toward Iraq. Based on the current balance of forces, it is not
likely to involve a coordinated attack on Iraq, but rather some
form of containment and gradual acceptance of Iraq back into the
Gulf community.
Iran, Syria, Egypt, and the Saudis recognize that the chance of
military intervention in Iraq is decreasing, and as a result the
balance of power is again shifting in the region. This is
forcing Iraq's neighbors to examine and redefine their positions.
They are preparing to take matters into their own hands, and as
they do not appear prepared to use military force against Iraq
themselves, then reconciliation with Iraq has become a definite
possibility. Interestingly enough, this sentiment is growing
even within Kuwait, and was last voiced by a Kuwaiti strategist
at a seminar on Gulf security held last month. Sami al-Faraj
reportedly said, "If we still consider our neighbor a pest, isn't
it wise to put an end to this by directing the attention of this
neighbor to the common interests that bring us together."
This may be the last post-Gulf War U.S.-Baghdad crisis, for
however Washington resolves this crisis, it is likely to solidify
the nascent regional alliance. If Washington backs down once
again, then the Damascus Declaration countries and Iran know that
they have no further use for the U.S. in the region. If the U.S.
strikes at Iraq inconclusively, they will draw the same
conclusion. And if the U.S., against all odds, succeeds in
unilaterally driving out Saddam Hussein, then the backlash
against U.S. hegemony could itself help forge the regional
alliance. In the end, we may soon see the birth of a new order
in the Middle East.
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Chinese and Russian Weapon Technology
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 07:44:44 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
[Mod Note: Umm.... thanks Mr. President.]
Published in Washington, D.C. 5am -- November 3, 1998
Chinese army is building laser weapons
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
China's People's Liberation Army is building lasers to destroy
satellites and already has beam weapons capable of damaging sensors
on space-based reconnaissance and intelligence systems, according to
a Pentagon report. Consequently, China could blind U.S. intelligence
and military space equipment, systems vital for deploying U.S.
military forces in current and future warfare. The lasers also could
be used to disrupt or cripple commercial communications and
navigation systems during "information warfare," according to the
report mandated by Congress.
Please continue reading at:
http://www.washtimes.com/news/news3.html
---------------
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1998
Selling rope to the hangman
[Mod Note: Umm... thanks again Mr. President. This is sort of like
having a football game and then inviting the other team over to your
huddle. Am I missing something?]
In May 1995, Boeing/McDonnell Douglas was awarded a $4.7 million
contract to evaluate four Russian built Kh-31 ramjet cruise missiles
under the foreign comparative test program. That contract included an
option for the procurement and target presentation support of up to
20 targets. The titanium Kh-31 was built in 1988 by Zvezda-Strela for
the former Soviet Union.
In 1997, the U.S. Navy test-fired the four kerosene Kh-31 cruise
missiles. In 1998, the Clinton administration gave Boeing/Douglas and
Zvezda-Strela engineers additional funding to improve the Russian
missile range to over 100 miles. The Clinton program to improve the
Russian missile also requires the U.S. Navy to employ Russian
engineers on board American ships to observe attempts to shoot it
down.
[..snip..]
Russia will soon destroy an entire American missile factory and
witness former Soviet missiles flying over American skies. All with
the single stroke of Bill Clinton's pen.
Please read the full commentary at:
http://www.worldnetDaily.com/smith/981103_cs_selling_rope_ha.shtml
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Subject: fr. Ed - Additional thoughts on Sennacherib and Assyria
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 09:32:25 -0500
From: Ed <ejt@ncinter.net>
Hi everybody,
Here are some excerpt from an email I answered this morning concerning
Sennacherib:
Some points may be a little weak in the summary below, but I think Syria is
significant regarding antichrist.
I know your time is limited, but let me say this. Nimrod of Babylon is the
source of all the paganism in Catholic Church today. How did it get their?
Researchers say Babylon at the time of Daniel might as well have been
called Assyria because they basically absorbed all of what Assyria was, and
Assyria's religious system was absorbed by Babylon, and passed on through
Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and now resides in Rome to be manifest in the last
days. Hislop says this in Two Babylons. Furthermore, Nimrod as Asshur built
Nineveh, which was then destroyed by Babylon, and read at least the first
entry below. Assyria as a lion with wings is hidden in the symbolism of the
first beast in Daniel 7. What does that do to the end time scenario?
Assyria is "hidden" in all the kingdoms mentioned in Daniel that have ruled
over Jerusalem ands religiously, is "hidden" in Rome awaiting full
manifestation. In other words, Assyria, to me, is "Mystery Babylon." Some
say there are only 4 beasts mentioned by Daniel - Babylon, Media Persia,
Greece and Rome. I say there are 5 and one is mysteriously hidden only to
resurface because Revelation 17 talks of 5. The same in Revelation 13: one
PART of the beast is Babylon, the mouth of a lion. Babylon is PART of this
beast, and I think the entire beast is Assyria. Assyria under Sennacherib
is, as far as I know, the only one who came against Jerusalem and failed, a
major embarrasment, all in the flavor fo the end time scenario.
Ed
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Subject: REVISION: IGNORE FIRST SEND ON THIS -Additional thoughtson Sennacherib and Assyria
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 09:58:27 -0500
From: Ed <ejt@ncinter.net>
Hi everybody,
I am strongly considering Sennacherib as the beast that comes out of the
pit asgainst Israel in the last days. Here are some additional notes.
Nimrod of Babylon is the source of all the paganism in Catholic Church
today. How did it get their? Researchers say Babylon at the time of Daniel
might as well have been called Assyria because they basically absorbed all
of that Assyria was, and Assyria's religious system was absorbed by
Babylon, and passed on through Egypt, Babylon, Meida/Persia, Greece, and
now resides in Rome to be manifest in the last days. Hislop says this in
Two Babylons.
Furthermore, Nimrod as Asshur built Nineveh, which was then destroyed by
Babylon, making the first beast in Daniel 7, in part, a fallen Assyria.
Assyria as a lion with wings is hidden in the symbolism of the first beast
in Daniel 7 <A
HREF=<"http://www.ncinter.net/~ejt/PForum/Sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib As A
Type Of Antichrist</A>. What does that do to the end time scenario? Assyria
is "hidden" in all the kingdoms mentioned in Daniel that have ruled over
Jerusalem ands religiously is "hidden" in Rome awaiting full manifestation.
In other words, Assyria, to me, is "Mystery Babylon." Some say there are
only 4 beasts mentioned by Daniel - Babylon, Media Persia, Greece and Rome.
I say there are 5 and one is mysteriously hidden only to resurface because
Revelation 17 talks of 5:
Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will
tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her,
which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out
of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the
earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from
the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is
not, and yet is.
Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the
other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and
is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
The same in Revelation 13: one PART of the beast is Babylon, the mouth of a
lion. Babylon is PART of this beast, and I think the entire beast is
Assyria. Assyria under Sennacherib is, as far as I know, the only one who
came against Jerusalem and failed, a major embarrasment, all in the flavor
fo the end time scenario, wounded but rising up mysteriously through the
kingdoms down through the ages as the king of the bottomless pit:
Rev 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them.
Sennacherib, the wounded one, I believe, will rise out of the pit and come
against Jerusalem again:
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet
were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Ed
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Israel excluded from UN Security Council
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 20:16:30 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
From a full-page ad printed in the International Herald Tribune on
September 19-20, 1998 sponsored by The American Jewish Committee:
-----begin-----
Countries eligible to sit on the United National Security Council:
[List of 184 nations, from Afghanistan, Albania, Alegeria,
Andorra.... to Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe]
Countries not eligible to sit on the United Nations Security Council:
Israel
Believe it or not, Israel is the only one of the 185 member
countries ineligible to serve on the United Nations Security
Council, the key deliberative group of the world body. Even
Iraq is eligible. So is Iran. And so, too, are Cuba, Libya,
North Korea, Sudan and Syria....
To be eligible for election, a country must belong to a regional
group. Every UN member state--from the smallest to the
largest--is included in one of the five regional groups. By
geography, Israel should be part of the Asian bloc but such
countries as Iraq and Saudi Arabia have prevented its entry
for decades....
As a temporary measure, Israel has sought acceptance in the
West European and Others Group (WEOG), which includes not
only the democracies of Western Europe but also the United
States and other Western countries.
The UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on March 25,1998,
called for an end to this injustice to Israel and "the
normalization of Israel's status within the United
Nations..." Moreover, several countries, including the U.S.,
Australia, Canada and Norway, have expressed support for
Israel's admission to WEOG, but the 15-member European Union
refused to act.
Thus, without membership in a regional group, Israel can never
be elected to serve a term on the Security Council or, for
that matter, to the other most important bodies of the UN
system, such as the Economic and Social Council, the World
Court, and the Commission on Human Rights.
-----end-----
Watch Jerusalem
September 30, 1998
http://www.concentric.net/~gproctor/watch.html
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Israel has an ethnic "bullet?"
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:23:59 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
[Mod Note: is this for real?]
http://www.israelwire.com/new/981101/98110121.html
Israel Has 'Ethnic Bullet' - Bio-Weapon Could Target Arabs
(IsraelWire-11/1-14:15 - IST) According to a Jerusalem Post report
quoting the London-based Foreign Report, Israel has successfully
developed what is being called an "ethnic-bullet", which will target
only Arabs.
The report quotes an "unconfirmed report" which originated in South
Africa, which details how Israeli scientists have made a biological
weapon tailor made to attack targets with the Arab genetic system.
Long-term studies of Iraqi Jews was credited with providing the
genetic code needed to target Arabs.
According to the report, the ethnic-bullet program was originally
developed for use in Apartheid South Africa for use against blacks.
Scientist in both countries worked together towards the development
of the Israeli program.
Israeli officials declined to confirm the existence of the "ethnic
bullet," but one told the newsletter: "We have a basket full of
strategic surprises which we will not hesitate to use if we feel that
the State of Israel is under serious threat."
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Live Web View of Leonids
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 08:23:59 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Live Webcast of Leonids Meteor Storm
From Chiang Mai Thailand
chiangmainews.com will be presenting a live webcast of the Leonids on
November 16, 17, and 18.
Visit: http://www.chiangmainews.com/leonids/index.html
for more information. (Interesting background article).
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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Sharon Interview on Wye
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:35:21 -0500
From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>
Forwarded by the Freeman Center:
Subj: Sharon interview on Wye, arafat
Date: 11/3/1998 3:33:33 AM Central Standard Time
From: aryeh.koenigsberg@telrad.co.il (Aryeh Koenigsberg)
Source: I & G News
October 30, 1998
Sharon Says View of 'Arafat as 'War Criminal' Unchanged
Israel Television Channel 1 Network in Hebrew
1900 GMT 25 Oct 98
Interview with Israeli Foreign Minister Ari'el Sharon by anchor Hayim
Yavin and party affairs correspondent Yaron Deqel in the studio
[Yavin] The $60,000 question tonight is will you support the Wye
agreement in the government and the Knesset?
[Sharon] The best answer is wait and see.
[Deqel] Is it a military secret?
[Sharon] It is not a military secret. We participated in very tough
negotiations, perhaps the most difficult ever. In the circumstances
that existed, I believe we achieved the best results possible. We
reduced the dangers. There is no comparison between what Labor
was ready to accept or the early US proposal and what we
managed to achieve. I expressed my opinion that the scope of the
withdrawal is broad and dangerous. That was my position before
and that is still my position, but the agreement in general is the best
that could have been achieved under the existing circumstances.
[Yavin] Mr. Sharon, how is it conceivable that you, as an architect
of this agreement and one of those who approved it at Wye
Plantation, might vote against it?
[Sharon] Why guess? You will see my stand and understand it.
[Deqel] Mr. Sharon, you said in the past, after the Government of
Israel negotiated with 'Arafat, that he is a war criminal and a terrorist
leader. After your meetings with Yasir 'Arafat in an expanded forum,
not in private, have you changed your mind?
[Sharon] No, but I suggest we deal with issues of substance.
[Deqel] You have been criticized for your refusal, despite
representing the State of Israel as its foreign minister, to shake
hands with the person with whom you were negotiating. You sat
and talked with him and reached an agreement, you stood up in his
honor when he finished his speech, but you do not want to shake
his hand.
[Sharon] I rose in his honor because the ceremony was at the
White House. The entire audience stood up and so did I -- there is
such a thing as protocol -- but I did not applaud. I did the minimum
necessary.
[Yavin] Nonetheless, Mr. Foreign Minister, how do you explain the
contradiction? You say that on one hand it is a dangerous
agreement while, on the other, you almost forced its approval at
Wye Plantation.
[Sharon] Under no circumstances am I saying that the agreement is
dangerous. I am saying that it is the best agreement that could be
achieved and that there is no comparison between it and what the
Americans wanted to impose on us.
[Deqel] But it contains a 13-percent withdrawal, which you said was
dangerous.
[Sharon] This 13-percent withdrawal, although 3 percent have a
different status....
[Yavin, interrupting] If that is the case, you are endangering Israel's
security.
[Sharon] I suggest that we talk straight. I have never endangered
the security of Israel. I will continue my explanation I believe the
agreement we achieved is a good agreement. Things that were
never achieved before have now been achieved, including the
annulment of the Palestinian Charter. I heard Labor say often Why
is that important? The agreement calls for a reduction in size of the
Palestinian security forces. It is no longer a police force; they have
Palestinian security forces. That was also never part of Labor's
demands. It calls for the imprisonment of terrorists under supervision
and, perhaps most important, it contains a detailed working plan to
fight the terrorist organizations.
[Deqel] Do you still believe that the process will end in a Palestinian
state, as you have said in the past?
[Sharon] We have a problem with a Palestinian state. The danger
of a Palestinian state is that a state could sign a treaty with Iraq or
Iran.
[Deqel] Do you still think that is the situation?
[Sharon] I think every effort must be made to ensure that there is no
unilateral decision, and I believe that was made absolutely clear in
the discussions. It was also decided that the permanent talks will
start as quickly as possible. I have already been invited to
Washington to present our ideas, and I believe that I will start
working on them within a short time. I think we will start the contacts
with the Palestinians here, even prior to my trip to the United States.
We have made this absolutely clear. Your description of the
deterioration in relations with the United States are unfounded. Not
only have relations not been harmed but I believe they have....
[Deqel, interrupting] Improved.
[Sharon] I believe so. I would also like to say that a serious state --
and the United States is a serious state -- and its President, who is
undoubtedly a serious President and with whom I had the honor of
meeting for lengthy discussions, including private talks, respect
another state that knows how to firmly defend its interests. We
should learn from that.
[Yavin] Mr. Sharon, your supporters, who were interviewed here
and on the other television station, said that you have changed
from being a bastion of the right wing to giving the Palestinians a
state. How will you prevent that from happening?
[Sharon] We have warned against unilateral moves. Israel will take
steps. We will enter into negotiations on the permanent
arrangement as early as possible. There might be a solution before
then, but I believe that we must make our position very clear. I
spoke in the past about a process that would lead to a Palestinian
state. There is an enormous difference between Israel's recognition
of such a state and such a development on the ground.
[Deqel] Something else you said is that if a decision is made to
withdraw from 13 percent, and I quote you, this government will fall.
Do you still believe that?
[Sharon] The 13-percent issue was not up for discussion there.
[Deqel] I am asking whether the government will fall, not about the
13 percent.
[Sharon] I believe that following the achievement of this agreement,
which was the best possible and which contains major advantages
for Israel, there is no reason why the government should fall.
Moreover, there will be no other government that will be able to
continue the policy that guarantees continued Jewish development
in Judaea and Samaria without digressing from our desire to reach
an arrangement and peace in the long run. This government has
decided to achieve peace. There were many, perhaps even some
at this table, who said that was empty talk. The government
decided to achieve peace. In my opinion, we have to make every
effort to achieve peace, but it must be a peace that gives security
to Israel and its citizens everywhere, and that is what we have
achieved.
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Subject: News: Climate 'threatens third of forests'
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:53:10 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Climate 'threatens third of forests'
Weekend News Today
By Staff Writer
Source: BBC
Sat Oct 31 , 1998 -- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says the
world's changing climate poses a grave risk to one third of its
forests. WWF says this has serious implications for many plant and
animal species, three-quarters of which depend on the forests for
their survival. Most scientists believe climate change is being caused
by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels like coal,
oil and gas. Carbon dioxide given off as the fuels burn is trapping
more and more of the sun's heat close to the earth, instead of letting
it radiate safely back into space.
Weekend News Today
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/went
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Subject: News: Holograms may give advertising new dimension
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 10:27:04 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
[And he had power to give life unto the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not worship the image
of the beast should be killed.--Rev 13:15]
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Holograms may give advertising new dimension
LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The days of one-dimensional
images on advertising billboards could soon be a thing of the past if
two British holographers have their way.
Michael Medora and Nigel Robiette of Colourholographics, a
British photographic laboratory, said billboards could come alive with
full-colour holograms in two to three years.
They have produced holograms in full colour up to a half a
metre (yard) square in which figures will be animated or move their
heads from side to side as viewers walk past .
``No one has even done full-colour at this size before,''
Medora told New Scientist magazine.
The holographers superimposed three holograms on one
emulsion to get the three primary colours of red, green and
blue. They then borrowed a technique from the movie industry to
get good colour registration.
``Instead of hologramming objects, like they used to, we
hologram film,'' Medora said in a telephone interview. ``It's 3-D,
it's moving and it's full colour.''
Thirty-five millimetre film is used for the first shot. A
camera is then moved past the scene, capturing it from different
views.
``A hologram is like a window -- you can mask off areas and open up others -- so you can use holography to store frames and
animate,'' Medora said.
As long as there are not vast differences in the position of objects between frames, the hologram can record motion. Up to
150 frames can be recorded on an emulsion, giving six seconds of animation.
Medora said the holograms would be used initially in shopping malls and airports but his company hopes to enlarge
them to billboard size in two to three years if they can find investors to fund the project.
Infobeat
http://www.infobeat.com
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Subject: NEWS: WORLD POPULATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 19:35:03 -0600
From: "Donna J. Berkley" <donna_berkley@csi.com>
I have Catholic friends and one sent me this.
I thought this was fascinating.
Donna
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> FRIDAY FAX
>
> November 6, 1998
> Volume 2, Number 4
>
> UNITED NATIONS DEMOGRAPHERS REPORT
> WORLD POPULATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING/
> 61 COUNTRIES NOW EXPERIENCING
> BELOW REPLACEMENT FERTILITY
>
> * The world's population is growing at a rate slower than previously
> thought, according to numbers just released by UN demographers in New
> York City. The last UN revision reported in 1996 showed a world growth
> rate of 1.37%. The new numbers reveal that population growth rates have
> fallen to 1.33% per year this year. The UN expects this number to fall
> to .45% by 2,050. The new numbers are reported in the 1998 Revision of
> the World Population Estimates and Projections, a biennial report issued
> late last week by the Population Division of the UN Department of
> Economic and Social Affairs.
>
> * The 1998 Revision goes on to say that UN projections for total world
> population also fell in the last two years. In 1996 the UN predicted a
> world population of between 7.6 billion and 11.1 billion by 2,050. The
> new report adjusts these predictions downward to a range between 7.3
> billion and 10.7 billion. This represents a reduction of approximately
> half a billion people from the 1996 report and reduction of one billion
> from the 1994 report.
>
> * Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, a
> non-partisan think-tank located in Virginia, explains that "these census
> figures make it harder for the population controllers to exaggerate the
> number of people on the planet in years to come. The population of the
> world will never double again. We will only add 2 or 3 billion members
> of the human family before beginning what will be a wrenching decent."
>
> * The 1998 Revision also reports on three alarming population
> developments; rapid population aging, the demographic impact of
> HIV/AIDs, and the now widespread phenomenon known as below-replacement
> fertility.
>
> * For the first time, the Population Division reports on countries
> whose demographic picture has been affected by HIV/AIDs. Of the 34
> countries most affected, 29 are in Sub-Saharan Africa, three are in
> Asia, and two are in Latin America. In the hardest hit African
> countries, life expectancy at birth is currently estimated at 47 years,
> seven years less than what could have been expected without the presence
> of AIDs. Moreover, in Botswana, life expectancy is expected actually to
> drop from 61 years in 1995 to 47 years in 2,000.
>
> * The 1998 Revision says the aging of the world's population continues
> at a rapid pace. The median age of the world's population increased
> marginally from 23.5 years in 1950 to 26.1 years in 1998. But by 2,050
> the world median age is projected to reach 37.8 years. In the developed
> world aging is even more stark, with Europe expected to top 47.4 years
> in 2,050. Economists insist young populations are needed for economic
> growth.
>
> * By far the most alarming statistic in the 1998 Revision, is the
> number of countries who have reached what is known as below-replacement
> fertility, a condition where the citizens of a country no longer replace
> themselves. In order to replace itself, a country must achieve at least
> 2.1 children per couple. Two years ago 51 countries had fallen below
> that number. The number of countries now in below-replacement-fertility
> has reached 61. Experts fear these countries are in demographic
> free-fall with no end in sight.
>
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Subject: Leonids Meteor Shower Info
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 09:40:52 +0000
From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>
Subject: Leonid Meteor Shower,
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Griffith Observatory Press Release
Leonid Meteor Shower
There may be a significant meteor shower on the morning of Tuesday,
November 17 (or, less likely, on the morning of November 18).
Every November 17, when the earth passes near the orbit of Comet
Tempel-Tuttle, we pass through a sparse swarm of comet debris and
experience a minor meteor shower that generally goes unnoticed. Every
33 years, however, the earth passes through a dense knot of this
cometary material, and there is the possibility of a dramatic meteor
storm when the sky might fill with thousands of "falling stars." This
year there may be such a brief meteor storm lasting no more than a few
hours. Although the shower is predicted to be strongest over Asia,
enough meteors may fall over California to make the night very
interesting. This is a meteor shower that sky watchers should not
miss.
The best time to observe the shower from the United States will be the
few hours before dawn on Tuesday morning, November 17. There is less
likelihood of a shower on the morning of the 18th. Few meteors will
fall before 1 a.m. Although it is difficult to estimate the actual
rate, an observer in a dark location will likely see dozens of meteors
per hour. There may be brief periods lasting several minutes when
quite a few meteors fall, followed by periods of relative calm.
The meteors radiate from the direction of Leo, the Lion, and for that
reason they are called the Leonids. Leo is low in the east before
dawn, but the meteors will appear all over the sky. Leonid meteors
strike the earth's atmosphere at high speed, 44 miles per second, and
often leave smoke trails. The moon is almost new and out of the way.
Because of the early hour, Griffith Park will not be open for meteor
observing. Observers should plan to be far from city lights. The
Observatory is often asked to recommend an observing location, but the
answer is -- go away from the city to where it is dark.
For additional information on the Leonid meteors please visit these
web sites:
International Meteor Organization: http://www.imo.net
Leonid 98: http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/~leonid.html
Meteor Storm Hazard:
http://leroy.cc.uregina.ca/~astro/Leonids/Leo_1.html
Media i Corporation (live CCD images from Japan):
http://www.media-i.com/www/Milkyway/index.html
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