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Subject: [BPR] - Dozens wounded in riots after Sharon's Temple Mount visit
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:11:29 -0400

Dozens wounded in riots after Sharon's Temple Mount visit

By Baruch Kra and Dvorit Peles, Ha'aretz Correspondents

                  Ariel Sharon surrounded by security personnel in Old
                  Jerusalem
                                 (Photo: Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)

Likud Chairman Ariel Sharon and other Likud party members visited the
Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem this morning. Hundreds of
young Muslims demonstrated against the visit and attempted to bypass the
security personnel in an effort to reach the MKs.

The demonstrations continued in the East Jerusalem. Stones were thrown
at a bus crossing Salah-a-din street, its window was broken and one
passenger was lightly wounded.

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded and 25 border policemen were lightly
injured in the riots between the police and several hundreds of
Palestinian who protested against the visit, the police said.

An extensive police force was present, as well as Jerusalem District
Commander Yair Yitzhaki. Yitzhaki met Wednesday with the head of the
Waqf in order to prepare for Sharon's visit on the Temple Mount. The
Waqf leader expressed bitterness at the visit, which he said could lead
to violence. Yitzhaki requested Waqf leaders to show restraint and not
allow the potential rioters to incite violence.

The riots began after the visitors left the Temple Mount. The MKs said
in a press conference held after the visit that three members of the
Knesset, Abdulmalik Dehamshe (United Arab List), Ahmed Tibi (Arab
Movement for Renewal) and Talab A-Sana (United Arab list) were present
and as Sharon and the Likud party members left the scene they chanted
"Murderers out!" and "We will redeem the Temple Mount with blood and
fire."

After Sharon left the mount, fierce clashes broke out between the police
and the hundreds of Palestinian protesters. Police fired rubber bullets
and sprayed tear gas. Faisal Husseini, the Palestinian Authority's
Jerusalem Affairs Minister, was lightly injured during the riots.

An extensive police force was present and police officers focused mainly
on the area adjacent to the Mugrabim Gate on the Temple Mount. Police
are also enforcing strict security checks near other gates on the Temple
Mount and in various locations in the Old City

The heads of the Islamic Movement in Israel also opposed Sharon's visit
and asked that Prime Minister Ehud Barak prevent it. They said that they
would hold the government responsible for whatever happened.

The Palestinian Legislative Council also warned of the grave
consequences that could be caused by the visit. The council released a
statement demanding that the Israeli government prevent the visit, which
it claimed could endanger the peace process. In the press conference
Sharon attacked the Arab MKs who demonstrated against the visit. He said
they were inciting against Israel. "I'm sorry about the injured, but it
is the right of Jews in Israel to visit the Temple Mount," he added.

http://www2.haaretz.co.il/breaking-news/homenews/297609.asp

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Subject: [BPR] - (Fwd) New Scientist Newsletter 30 September 2000
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:26:23 -0400

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Date sent: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 05:02:08 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: New Scientist Newsletter 30 September 2000

NEW SCIENTIST WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
No 53, 30 September 2000

You may think you're alone. But we know you have company. At this very
moment 80 different species inhabit your mouth, about 100 million
bacteria dwell in just one square centimetre of your armpit, and
approximately 10 billion microbes reside in a similarly sized area of
your bowel. And that's not counting the fungi which could be in your
hair, the mould which may be on your skin and the follicle mites that
are crawling all over you. This week's Last Word takes a look at the
different species living on or in the human body and discovers a most
impressive line-up...
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/bodily.html

DEADLY TOUCH
Some of the inhabitants of the human body go quietly about their
business, keeping a respectably low profile. Superbugs, however, don't.
Researchers fear that antibiotics which seep out of the body in sweat
could be turning skin into a perfect breeding ground for resistant
bacteria. Niels Hoiby at the University of Copenhagen found that
bacteria on his skin developed resistance only three days after he
completed a week-long course of a "leaky" antibiotic. According to
Hoiby, simple physical contact would then be enough to pass on these
superbugs and cause chaos in any hospital.
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/deadly.html

AT GUT LEVEL
Still on superbugs, and still in Copenhagen, Marianne Blom and Thomas
Sorensen have found what may be the "missing link" in the transmission
of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from infected meat to the people who
eat it. Blom and Sorensen discovered that volunteers who ate bacteria
which comes from chicken and is resistant to the drug vancomycin,
developed a colony of the same bacteria in their guts a couple of days
afterwards. The researchers believe this increases the risk that genes
coding for vancomycin resistance can transfer to more dangerous bacteria
and could "ultimately lead to treatment failure".
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/superbugs.html

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Needless to say, Feedback can contribute generously to a week which is
big on the "yuck factor". Today's column inspects the gunk on your
computer keyboard and unearths another cast of interesting characters.
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/30.html

HANDY MAN
"Looking down a microscope underneath the skin, it's just like looking
at a coral reef, it's so full of colour and activity." In 1970 Earl Owen
successfully sewed back a child's finger. Two years ago in an operation
which captured the public imagination he transplanted a human hand from
a cadaver to a living patient. Owen has revolutionised microsurgery. We
talk to the man who describes himself as the "luckiest surgeon that ever
lived", and whose pioneering procedure could pave the way for
transplanting whole limbs, faces, and even penises.
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/with.html

MINES THAT MOVE AROUND
Take one away, and the others will "know" immediately. They'll notice
the gap and will jump around until they form a regular pattern again.
These robots are capable of leaping more than 10 metres in the air, have
ultrasonic sensors to detect where their neighbours are, and can
communicate with each other by radio. According to Rush Robinett at
Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one minute he
was catching grasshoppers to go trout fishing, the next moment he felt
inspired to design an "intelligent" minefield with hopping mines which
can reorganise themselves in seconds.
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/scorched.html

PLANNING A LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY IN THE SUN?...
.. don't forget to pack the DNA. At the Ohio State University in
Columbus, Bern Kohler took one DNA nucleoside, three RNA nucleosides,
some ultra-pure water and bombarded the mixture with UV laser pulses
every 0.15 picoseconds. The result could have every sunscreen
manufacturer pricking up their ears.
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/sun.html

WHATEVER YOU WANT
Need a new pair of glasses? A spare carburettor? A replacement part for
a washing machine? All it takes is a click of a mouse, a flick of a
switch and you can have almost anything you want, made to order.
Engineers are on the point of creating a magic box that can bring the
stuff of your imagination into the material world. As Stephen Danforth
at Rutgers University in New Jersey says, "I don't think there's any
doubt in anyone's mind that these 3D-printing techniques are going to
revolutionise manufacturing."
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/whatever.html

AND FINALLY...
At the Wolong Breeding Center in Sichuan province, China, they are
always on the lookout for a new way to perk up a panda's love life. Last
month, we heard how plastic balls, stuffed burlap sacks and other toys
could lift a flagging libido. This week we learn that allowing the
animals to explore each other's empty enclosures and exchange scents
before a "liaison" is another secret to sexual success...
http://www.newscientist.com/nl/0930/eau.html

Just started your final year at university? Looking for careers advice?
Or do you know someone who is? This week sees the relaunch of New
Scientist Careers - for advice on careers, applications, interviews,
assessments and more. You could also win a fabulous MBK scooter!
http://www.newscientist.com/graduate

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Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Bo")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 22:11:15 +0800

You might try THEOMATICS? I think it is--something like that--lots of
interesting stuff about numbers and Scripture.

At 07:11 PM 9/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:

>Ed Vallowe in his book suggests that 12 stands for governmental perfection.
>His book is packed at the moment so I can't tell you more.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charlie" <bpr-list@philologos.org>
>To: BPR Mailing List <bpr-list@philologos.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 6:01 AM
>Subject: [BPR] - The Number 12
>
>
> >
> > Dear John:
> >
> > I regret I am unable to answer your questions about then number 12 and
> > those scriptures you cited. It is probable the number 12, along with
> > some other numbers, have significance but I know of nothing, in the
> > scriptures, that indicate we should consider them of importance, nor
> > seek to understand them. All the conclusions I have seen, relative to
> > their significance and their application, appear to be based on one or
> > more assumptions. I have not, therefore, attempted to solve the mystery
> > of their meaning. Sorry about that! If you can point me to a scripture

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Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Shophar_Sho_Good")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:51:01 -0500

Would this fall into the realm of an "arcane diversion" ???
I agree with Charlie's response below, "point me to a scripture", one that
allows you to infer/deduce or one that plainly states the meaning. A cloud
of mystery and conjecture burns neurons better consumed elsewhere,
productively, in the scriptures (in my considered opinion)...Thanks
Shophar_Sho_Good

-----Original Message-----
From: bpr-list@philologos.org ("Bo")
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:11 AM
To: bpr-list@philologos.org
Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12

You might try THEOMATICS? I think it is--something like that--lots of
interesting stuff about numbers and Scripture.

At 07:11 PM 9/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:

>Ed Vallowe in his book suggests that 12 stands for governmental perfection.
>His book is packed at the moment so I can't tell you more.

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Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Bill")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:17:54 -0700

Biblical Mathematics
Dr. Edward Vallowe

Dr. Edward Vallowe, The author of numerous prophetical books, has taken the
code of Gimaytria and applies it to the scriptures. This informative and
very enlightening book will help you to grow in your knowledge of not only
the Bible, but also the meanings behind some of the numbers in the occult.
This book also proves that the King James version is the one, true
translation. You will refer back over and over.

Available at Amazon.com

Review

Finally, Bible numerics made straightforward!, February 7, 1999
Reviewer: theocodes@juno.com or Dr. Luther G. Williams from New Orleans,
Louisiana

Dr. Vallowe has suceeded in making numerics accessible to and meaningful for
Bible students. This book not only presents God's use of key numbers in the
Bible in layman's terms, but also provides a basis for further
investigations. Although one may disagree with Dr. Vallowe's conclusions
about the meaning of certain numbers, his methods derive solidly from the
Biblical context in which the numbers are used. Through this timely book,
God releases a long-awaited blessing to His people so that in these last
days His Word may be understood in greater fullness and detail. Move over,
E. W. Bullinger; Ed Vallowe has written the seminal introduction to the
subject of Biblical numerics.

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> From: bpr-list@philologos.org ("Bo")
> Reply-To: bpr-list@philologos.org
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 22:11:15 +0800
> To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
> Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12
>
>
> You might try THEOMATICS? I think it is--something like that--lots of
> interesting stuff about numbers and Scripture.
>
> At 07:11 PM 9/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> Ed Vallowe in his book suggests that 12 stands for governmental perfection.
>> His book is packed at the moment so I can't tell you more.

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Subject: [BPR] - Re: The Number 12
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Bill")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 12:22:35 -0700

Theomatics II : God's Best Kept Secret Revealed
by Del Washburn

Available at Amazon.com

Review

Theomatics.....truth in numbers, January 13, 2000
Reviewer: MARK LAWRENCE (see more about me) from Woodlands, Texas
If you are straddling the fence in your religion, and are in need of
something more than just sheer blind faith, then Theomatics may be just what
you have been looking for.

Theomatics scientifically proves that there is more to the Bible than just
the literal meanings of the English translated words. This discovery sheds
light on many confusing aspects of the Bible, and shows how hugely symbolic
both the old and new testaments really are - and how they relate to each
other.

Haling from a technical background myself, I have always appreciated and
respected the precision of numbers, perhaps much more than the average
individual. Numbers truely are the universal language, and are mankinds'
"key" to unlocking the physical secrets of this world. Why not see if that
"key" also fits the Bible? It does.

Mankind is compelled to control and understand his environment - it is his
nature. History is full of individuals that have made incredible scientific
discoveries that, at first, were shunned by the masses(much like Theomatics
is today) - but later were seen for the great breakthroughs that they
were/are.

I have been studying Theomatics for over a year now, and am just as excited
about it as ever. I read it just like a technical journal - a few pages at a
time, then break away so that I can sort-out what has just been presented.

It's a confusing religious world out there today, with everyone having their
own translation of what the Bible is saying - or even if the Bible is for
real. This confusion is compounded by all of the "other" Bible code claims,
such as ELS, Bible numerics, Omega code, etc. Not to mention the claim of
number patterns found in the Koran.

A person today, perhaps more than ever, needs a truth that he/she can
believe in. I have studied, and am continuing to study all of these other
phenomena as well - but none of them has even come close to what is present
in the Theomatic discovery.

Find out for yourself what the truth is....it's nothing to be afraid of.

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Subject: [BPR] - Wiccan Priest Unwelcome
From: bpr-list@philologos.org
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:26:39 -0500

* WICCAN PRIEST UNWELCOME: A Wiccan priest,
representing the Covenant of the Goddess, was invited
to deliver the invocation at a Dallas City Council
meeting -- until the mayor learned of it, and
uninvited the priest. Critics of the mayor's action
said if the city allows opening prayers at council
meetings it should permit all faiths to participate.

Morrock News Digest
Sept 27, 2000
http://morrock.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Weekend News Today (9/28/00)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:06:56 -0400

In U.S., FDA approved RU-486 abortion pill & softens its restrictions

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: faith
                         Source: UPI

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- On Thursday, the U.S. FDA went ahead and approved the
early abortion drug, mifepristone-also known as RU-486 -- and even
softened restrictions against its use. Gloria Feldt, president of
Planned Parenthood Federation of America told UPI, "this is a historic
moment for American women". The FDA approved RU-486, abortion pill, for
termination of pregnancy through the first 49 days. Mifepristone, the
abortion drug, has been used in Europe for early termination of
pregnancy for more than a decade, but its use in the United States has
been held up by economic and political forces. In Britain, Sweden and
other European countries, 620,000 women have now used the drug to
terminate their pregnancies. Danco Laboratories, a New York-based
pharmaceutical company, has been granted a distribution license by the
Population Council, a not-for-profit international organization that
originally sponsored the drug for FDA approval. Reaction from
anti-abortion forces was led by U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, Jr. (R.-Okla.),
who attacked President Clinton for the approval of the drug.

Bill Clinton got the legacy he was looking for," Watts said Thursday.
"On his third day in office, he issued an executive order to get the
ball rolling on the approval of the abortion pill. Nearly eight years
later, President Clinton got what he wanted, and the losers in his
victory are women and children all across the country. This is a sad day
for America." "The population control folks and the abortion lobby will
hail this decision as a victory for women, but it is quite the
opposite," he continued. "Do-it-yourself abortion has no place in a
civilized society. Inducing a miscarriage still means a mother has to
deliver a baby. These are the morbid details the other side doesn't want
you to hear," Watts said. Wendy Wright, dir. of commun. for Concerned
Women of America, based in Washington, said, "RU-486 is dangerous to
women. Unlike medicine, which heals, it has no purpose other than to
kill a human life. No person or group who claims to care about women
would subject women to RU-486, a drug that has only one purpose-to kill
an unborn child." The New York-based Population Council has promised the
FDA that it will conduct postmarketing studies on the drug. The
availability of mifepristone, the abortion drug, will allow women who
don't want to be pregnant an alternative abotion by pills instead of
surgical abortion.

Hurricanes Isaac & Joyce in the Atlantic

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: faith
                         Source: UPI

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- As hurricanes usually fluctuate in their strength,
Hurricane Joyce weakened slightly Thursday, as she continued west with
winds of 85 mph. If she keeps her current pace, the Caribbeans wouldn't
see Hurricane Joyce until early next week. She's about 1,000 miles east
of the Windward Islands, traveling WSW at 14 mph. Joyce is expected to
turn more due west by Friday, and more fluctuations in intensity are
expected. Meanwhile, powerful Hurricane Isaac continued north in the
Atlantic with dangerous 120 mph winds. Isaac had reached major-hurricane
strength Monday, then weakened, but now is stronger than ever with
Category 3 winds of 120 mph. A little more strengthening is in the
forecast, but it is expected to swing well east of Bermuda and remain a
threat to shipping lanes only. It was last about 1,325 miles ESE of
Bermuda, moving NW at 17 mph. A gradual turn toward the NNW is predicted
in the next 24 hours.

Aurora watch

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: faith
                         Source: Spaceweather.com

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- AURORA WATCH: NASA's ACE spacecraft recorded a
solar wind disturbance on Sept. 27th that may have been the leading edge
of a Sept. 25th full-halo coronal mass ejection. The solar wind velocity
abruptly jumped from 480 to 550 km/s at 1820 UT (2:20 pm EDT).

Fleet of satellites to monitor disasters & civil strife!

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: faith
                         Source: Space.com

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Soon, an English satellite developer plans to send up
a fleet of five pyramid-shaped satellites by early 2002. These
satellites will especially be devoted to monitoring natural and
human-made disasters from orbit. Surrey Small Satellite Technology
(SSTL) hopes to use this new network of satellites to facilitate
management and relief efforts in crisis situations ranging from civil
strife and industrial accidents to droughts, earthquakes, fires and
landslides. Unlike multipurpose Earth-observing satellites that have
already been monitoring mishaps, SSTL's satellite fleet will be solely
dedicated to disaster observation. With photo-cameras, the Disaster
Monitoring Constellation (DMC) will be able to monitor any point on
Earth at least once daily for use by emergency-aid agencies to assess
the damage and to plan rescue efforts. Along with the satellites, SSTL
promised to offer users access to ground-control stations and a
centralized mission planning system. The company expects all
participants the share the resources of the system in cases of
U.N.-declared disasters. The disaster- monitoring spacecraft will
revisit the same area over the planet at least once every 24 hours. Each
satellite's camera will have enough resolution to conduct, to map,
monitor, and assess damage. This information can then be used to monitor
and possibly plan refugee movement, camp establishment and large-scale
aid activities. Finally, the computers on the satellites could be
reprogrammed in flight as more advanced software becomes available. As
more customers express interest in this commercial enterprise satellite
system, a follow-on constellation will be developed and launched, after
the original network has been deployed,

Clinton awaits right moment to submit comprehensive Mideast peace plan

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Middle East Newsline

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- President Bill Clinton is timing the release of a
second draft of a U.S. peace document, that includes new proposals meant
to bridge Israeli and Palestinian positions for a treaty. Clinton's
aides are sounding out senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in
Washington over the next three days as the president considers when to
launch what could be his last effort to complete a peace treaty. The
bridging proposals will mark the first time the administration has
drafted a comprehensive draft of Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Israeli and PA officials said that during the United Nations millennium
celebrations earlier this month Clinton sounded out Barak and PA
Chairman Yasser Arafat on their positions regarding all aspects of a
peace treaty in an effort to determine the extent of their agreement.
From those meetings, White House and State Department officials drafted
principles for a comprehensive peace treaty. The first draft was
completed and submitted on Sept. 19. Clinton, they said, called for
revisions. Three days later, the president was given a second draft.
Clinton's scenario, the officials said, began with consultations on
Tuesday in Arlington, Va. with senior Israeli and PA negotiators.

If the meetings succeed, the U.S. president will present his peace plan
to Arafat and Barak. At that point, Clinton will schedule another summit
that will negotiate an agreement based on the U.S. document. Palestinian
Authority International Cooperation Minister Nabil Shaath compares the
U.S. document to a large package. Shaath said Israel and Palestinians
would discuss each issue separately and if agreement is achieved, place
that aside and proceed to unresolved matters. "Jerusalem would be a
subpackage within that package," Shaath said. "If we make subpackage
agreements, we will pocket and keep them. You sign the agreement when
all the packages are ready."

Arab League blasts Israel's Sharon over visit

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- The visit of right-wing Israeli opposition leader
Ariel Sharon to a Muslim holy site earlier on Thursday threatens to
completely destroy Middle East peace efforts, the Cairo-based Arab
League has said. Israeli police earlier fired rubber-coated metal
bullets to disperse clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians at
Jerusalem's most hotly contested holy site during a one-hour visit by
Sharon and some of his Likud party's parliamentary faction.

"The Arab League warns of the continuous deliberate Israeli violations
at the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and using the Holy Sanctuary in
Israeli party political struggles for electoral gain," a statement
received by Reuters said. It described the visit by Sharon, reviled by
many Arabs for his role in Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, as
"defiling" the site of the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosques.

Russian PM in Norway for talks, Norway seeking 'close relationship' with
Russia

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov arrived in
Oslo on Thursday for a two-day state visit and talks with his Norwegian
counterpart Jens Stoltenberg. It was the first time since 1988 that
Norway, which is the only NATO member with borders to Russia, has
received a Russian prime minister. "The Norwegian government wants a
tight and close relationship to Russia. Kasyanov's visit is very
important," Stoltenberg said in a statement. The two ministers will
discuss issues including nuclear safety, environmental questions and an
alert system in cases of accidents such as the underwater explosion
which sank a Russian submarine last month.

Danish vote expected to reject euro, European Central Bank has world
support to boost euro again

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Denmark edged toward rejecting the euro in a
referendum Thursday that could further dent the fledgling single
currency and have far- reaching implications for European integration.
As momentum for a "no" vote appeared to pick up, a leading European
monetary official warned financial markets that the Group of Seven big
powers would step in to support the euro if confidence in the currency
was hit. "With a "no" from the Danes, there would certainly be a loss of
confidence in the euro," German Bundesbank governing council member
Klaus-Dieter Kuehbacher said in Frankfurt.

"The European Central Bank would not stand accused of acting only once,"
he said, referring to concerted central bank action last week. "Further
interventions could therefore be expected." Early exit polls among some
8,500 voters, and published by broadcaster TV2 with hours of voting
still to go, put the "no" vote at 52.2 percent against 47.8 for the
"yes" camp. Most pre-vote polls gave a slim lead to opponents of closer
European ties who do not want to give up the Danish crown currency.

Economic and military decrees source of tension for Turkey's PM,
president

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said on Thursday
that tensions between his government and the new president were
threatening economic stability. Ecevit, who was speaking unexpectedly
after a meeting with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, made it clear that he
felt that Turkey's IMF-backed anti-inflation programme was in danger. At
stake is a crucial financial reform package backed by $4 billion in IMF
standby loans and aimed at reducing inflation from 50 percent annually
in August to single digits by the end of 2002.

Ecevit has twice clashed with Sezer, a former constitutional court head
who was elected president with the premier's backing earlier this year.
At issue was Sezer's refusal to approve government decrees -- the first
on an anti- Islamist crackdown and the second on the privatisation of
state banks. The rejection of the first decree, on purging suspected
Islamists from government service, upset the powerful military. This
will now go before parliament and could spur divisive political debate.
This week's second rejection, however, had a particular significance for
the markets since bank privatisations are a key condition attached to $2
billion in World Bank aid.

German economics minister to visit Iran

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Economics Minister Werner Mueller will lead a
delegation of German business people and bankers to Iran from October
1-3, his ministry announced on Thursday. In Tehran, Mueller may meet
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, who visited Berlin in July amid
warming ties, as well as other Iranian officials. Germany is Iran's
largest Western trading partner. In July Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
announced Germany would quintuple its export credit cover for
investments in Iran to one billion marks. Bilateral trade fell to 3.1
billion marks last year, the lowest figure since 1979. German direct
investment in Iran totalled just 90 million marks.

Russians chase Chechens south across Georgia-Chechnya border

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Stratfor Report-0015 GMT, 000927

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- For nearly a year, one of Russia´s key strategic
goals for Chechnya has been to seal off its border and stem the efforts
of Chechen rebels to import supplies and reinforcements. But in that
same time, Russia has been pulling out equipment and troops from bases
in Georgia, giving rise to the question: How can Russia meet its
objectives for containing the insurgents in Chechnya as Russian troops
redeploy? The answer is simple. Not only can Russia meet its objectives
in Chechnya - it probably already has.

In accordance with a November 1999 agreement, Russia began pulling
tanks, armored personnel carriers and other vehicles out of its bases in
Gudauta and Vaziani in early August. By next July all Russian equipment
and troops will have left Georgia. Moscow, has, however, secured
Georgia´s permission to maintain access to the airfield at Vaziani until
the Russian military withdrawal is complete, according to the Georgian
minister of foreign affairs. But Russian troops leaving Georgia won´t
damage the effort on the Georgia-Chechnya border because those troops
were not protecting the border. Moreover, recent events prove the
Georgian border is no longer the main rebel supply route, illustrating
that the troop withdrawal is not at odds with Moscow´s Chechnya mission.

Also, the Russian troops in Chechnya were typically interior ministry
officers or paratroopers deployed from Russia to guard the Chechen side
of the border. They did not receive reinforcements from Russian troops
inside Georgia. That´s why the closure of the bases will not seriously
affect control of Georgia´s boundary or Russia´s operations on the
ground in Chechnya. And, a continued hold over the airspace means Russia
will still have reconnaissance capability and, if need be, could rapidly
deploy or hold an emergency landing just south of Chechnya. Russia could
easily have sealed the Georgian border, and the rebels may have found a
new route for supply through Russian territory, making the withdrawal of
Russian troops from Georgia a non-issue with regards to the Chechen
situation.

Germany seeks confident new role on world stage and permanent
membership in UN Security Council

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- A new, more confident Germany has emerged onto the
world stage since its reunification of 10 years ago, a Germany aspiring
to a political and military role commensurate with its economic weight.
None are more aware of this than those in power in Germany today. "We
all sense that Germany's role is beginning to change," Foreign Minister
Joschka Fischer noted, addressing German diplomatic representatives in
Berlin on September 4.

This change was best illustrated, Fischer went on, by German
participation in the Kosovo war, a "decisive and historic turning point"
by which the country's "increased responsibility became concrete
policy". Addressing the United Nations on September 6, Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder explained why Germany, among others, should have a
permanent seat on the Security Council. "It cannot help the prospects
for ensuring world peace if politically and economically weighty states
are not associated with the decision- making process of the Security
Council," he said.

California firm sees profit in Egypt's scheme for greening desert

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- A farm business from arid southern California is set
to plunge into a bold water diversion scheme designed to green 600,000
hectares (1.5 million acres) of remote Egyptian desert. Cadiz Inc. will
be part of an Egyptian government-sponsored project to alter the destiny
of a desert nation crowded into the Nile valley's narrow confines while
boosting crop yields for export to Europe, the Middle East and even
Asia. "You've got an excellent example here of what a public-private
partnership should be," Cadiz chief executive Keith Brackpool said on a
visit to the site Friday with cabinet ministers, bankers, farmers and
foreign diplomats. Cadiz, working with private Saudi partner Prince
Al-Walid bin Talal to develop 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) in the
Toskha depression, is a boost for a government accused by the opposition
press of wasting funds on a white elephant.

Israeli soldier dies after Gaza bombing attack

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- An Israeli soldier died on Thursday from injuries
suffered in a bomb attack the night before against Jewish settlers and
their military escort in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced. The
soldier was seriously wounded in the head when two radio-activated bombs
exploded as the convoy was passing the border checkpoint of Karni and
entered a security corridor leading to the Netzarim settlement in the
central Gaza Strip. The dead man was identified as David Biri, 19. An
Israeli officer was also lightly wounded in the leg in the blasts.

Russia and France begin new round of diplomacy; seek common ground on
Yugoslavia

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine met Vladimir
Putin on Thursday to discuss the Russian leader's upcoming Paris summit
and forge a common position on Yugoslavia's contested presidential
polls. Putin is due to make his debut visit to the French capital from
October 30 to November 1, a trip Paris hopes will warm relations cooled
by sharp French criticism of Russia's year-long crackdown in breakaway
Chechnya.

"France is a traditional partner and one of the most important from
several points of view, irreplaceable for Russia," Putin said at the
start of his talks with the French minister, Interfax reported. The
Kremlin chief said he hoped his upcoming visit would herald the start of
a series of contacts and "help develop relations between Russia and
France, between Russia and the European Union." Vedrine said he was in
Moscow both as the chief diplomat of France and as the envoy of the
European Union, whose rotating presidency is currently held by France.

Montenegro recognizes Kostunica's presidential victory

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- Montenegro recognizes the victory of the opposition
candidate Vojislav Kostunica in the disputed Yugoslav presidential vote,
the republic's Prime Minister Filip Vujanovic said Thursday. "The
presidential vote is over for us and Kostunica is the winner,"
Vujanovic, top ally of reformist Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic,
told reporters. According to official results presented by the federal
election commission early Thursday, Kostunica beat Milosevic in the
first round polling but failed to gain the absolute majority needed to
avoid a run-off.

But Kostunica and the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) which has
backed his candidacy, said they would not stand in the second round and
threatened to stage civil disobediance and a general strike. Despite the
boycott, the government of Montenegro, which has a population of only
650,000, offered cautious support to Kostunica.

Milosevic's party claims victory in parliamentary polls

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: AFP

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- The Socialist Party (SPS) of Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic and a coalition of allies claimed Thursday to have
won an absolute majority in weekend parliamentary elections. A statement
from the SPS, carried by the state news agency Tanjug, hailed its
"capture of an absolute majority in the federal parliament" in coalition
with the neo- communist Yugoslav Left and pro-Belgrade Montenegrin
Socialist People's party. The party said the result of Sunday's vote,
due to be released late Thursday by the official election commission,
"enables" the three groupings to form a federal government.

Israel will have two capitals if peace agreement is signed: Barak

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- If a peace agreement is signed with the Palestinians,
it will include Jerusalem and Al-Quds as two capitals, Prime Minister
Ehud Barak said for the first time yesterday in a Rosh Hashana interview
with The Jerusalem Post. One government official said this is the first
time Barak has spoken publicly of Jerusalem and Al-Quds as separate
entities, and of Al- Quds as capital of a future Palestinian entity. "I
do not know if there will be an agreement," Barak said. "But if there is
an agreement it will include an end to the conflict, permanent borders
for Israel recognized by the world, 80 percent of the settlers in Judea
and Samaria under Israeli sovereignty in settlement blocks, security
arrangements, principally along the eastern border, and Jerusalem bigger
than ever since King David - with a solid Jewish majority for
generations, united under our sovereignty, and recognized by the world
as the capital of Israel."

Barak continued: "Now I don't want to enter details. There will also be
a Palestinian capital that will be called Al-Quds. It will also include
what we agree upon, but the final result will be Jerusalem that will
include Givat Ze'ev, Ma'aleh Adumim, Gush Etzion - big in territory,
including all, almost all, the Jewish neighborhoods, and as a result it
will make Israel stronger." Pressed on the Al-Quds suggestion, Barak
said: "It will be Jerusalem and Al-Quds, one next to the other, as two
capitals. But with Jerusalem with dozens of embassies from all over the
world, and Jerusalem under the guidelines that we established. It was no
coincidence that I said that no Jewish prime minister will sign on a
paper, document, or agreement that transfers the sovereignty of the
Temple Mount to the Palestinians or to an Islamic body."

Katsav urges dignitaries to make 5761 a 'year of unity'

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- With his predecessor back for a visit and questions
raised about his efforts to free Jonathan Pollard, President Moshe
Katsav urged dozens of dignitaries gathered at Beit Hanassi last night
to make 5761 "the year of unity in Israeli society." "No matter what our
differences are on the diplomatic front and on issues of religion and
state, what unites us is much more than what divides us, and we truly
are one nation," Katsav said.

Sharon's Temple Mount visit erupts in violence, 34 injured

                         Weekend News Today
                         Lead: Kelly
                         Source: Jerusalem Post

Thu Sep 28,2000 -- In violence that marked the struggle for sovereignty
over the Temple Mount, 30 Israeli policemen and four Palestinians were
lightly injured today, immediately following the visit of Opposition
leader Ariel Sharon to the mount. Sharon arrived at the mount shortly
after 7.30 a.m. accompanied by members of his faction. Hundreds of
police were out in force at the Western Wall plaza to ensure their
safety. The MKs went through the Moghrabi Gate into the Temple Mount
compound and visited Solomon's Stables beneath the mosques and an area
near the al-Aksa mosque. Despite tension, this part of the visit passed
without violence although Israeli Arab MKs who were at the site called
Sharon a "murderer" and Likud Mks accused them of inviting violence.

It was only after the Likud faction left the site that the violent
disturbances bagen. Scores of Palestinian youths shouting "Allah hu
achbar" tried to approach the MKs but were prevented from reaching them
by police. They then started throwing stones and other objects at police
who served as a buffer between the two sides. At the height of the
violence, police fired three rubber bullets at the Palestinians. "The
Temple Mount is under Israeli sovereignty and it is the right of every
Jewish person to visit the site," said Sharon afterwards. "There cannot
exist a situation in which Jews cannot visit the holiest site in the
world for Judaism." Rejecting Palestinian claims that the visit was a
provocation, Likud whip Reuven Rivlin said: "If being here is a
provocation, then the very presence of the Jews in the land of Israel is
a provocation."

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Subject: [BPR] - Praying for a Jewish Jerusalem
From: bpr-list@philologos.org("Moza")
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:12:50 -0400

PRAYING FOR A JEWISH JERUSALEM

One of America's largest groups of observant Jews is challenging every Jew
to stop the plan to give away the Temple Mount to Yassir Arafat or the
United Nations. The National Council of Young Israel
<webmaster@youngisrael.org> is asking every rabbi to read a statement
from Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Hoenlein criticizes the
giveaway: "On Rosh Hashana we will read 'Akeidas Yitzchak,' the account of
Abraham's test of faith, when he was asked to sacrifice his son, Isaac. That
took place on this same holy site, the Temple Mount. Our essence as a
people is embedded in the bedrock of this mountain. For decades we have
worked to keep the UN out of Israeli issues. Can anyone now seriously
consider giving the Security Council oversight of our most sacred site?"

The head of the PLO's Israel desk, Sufyan Abu Zaideh, warns that unless
Jerusalem is divided "fifty-fifty... there will be a war here." But former Foreign
Minister David Levy told Arutz Sheva today that most Israelis won't
approve Barak's extreme concessions on Jerusalem.

Arutz Sheva News Service
<http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com>
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000 / Elul 28, 5760

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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:25:57 -0400

House Warns Arafat On Statehood
As the President Clinton attempted on Wednesday to revive stalled
Mideast peace talks, the House voted overwhelmingly to end all but
humanitarian aid if Palestinian leaders unilaterally declare statehood.
"The Palestinian threat to declare an independent state unilaterally
constitutes a fundamental violation of the underlying principles of the
Oslo Accords and the Middle East peace process," said House
International Relations Committee Chairman Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y. "That
threat continues unabated." The 385-27 vote came as senior Israeli and
Palestinian negotiators returned to Washington in a last ditch attempt
to reach a U.S.-brokered peace. "At this critical juncture, it is
important that we seek to support the parties, and do not take steps
that hamper their efforts or place obstacles in their way," said a State
Department official. "(This) legislation complicates the very process we
seek to conclude, and makes it more difficult to reach a just and
lasting peace." UPI

First Arab Plane Breaks Sanctions On Iraq
The Jordanian Cabinet has decided in a special session held on Tuesday
to send a Jordanian plane to Baghdad today to be boarded by a huge
Jordanian delegation including a group of ministers, parliament members
and doctors. The Jordanian acting minister of culture and information
Mahmoud al-Kayed said in a press statement that sending the Jordanian
plane which will return back to Amman tomorrow ( Thursday) is but a sort
of declaring solidarity with the Iraqi people and its first mission,
will be in the first place a humanitarian task, as it will carry amounts
of medicines and medical requirements. Al- Kayed explained that Jordan
informed the UN about this matter, expressing his hope that this phase
will be the beginning for regular flights between the two states.
Meantime, the Jordanian foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib said on
Tuesday that Jordan is taking necessary measures to send shortly a
Jordanian plane to Baghdad carrying a high ranking official
delegation. Arabic News

Sharon Invites Netanyahu To Join The Team Against Barak
Likud leader MK Ariel Sharon on Wednesday issued a warm welcome to
former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to join his team in the battle
to topple the Barak administration and return the Likud to power.
Speaking Wednesday evening following Attorney General Elyakim
Rubinstein´s announcement that the case against the former prime
minister and his wife was being closed, Sharon indicated he did not plan
to step aside, adding the Likud was “the most democratic party in
Israel,” and anyone may run in the primaries for the party´s top spot.
Sharon expressed confidence that even with the return of the former
prime minister to the political scene, he would emerge victorious and
take the party to an election victory in the next national
elections. Israel Wire

Syrian Intellectuals Calls For Freedom, Release Of Detainees, End of
Emergency Law
For the first time since 30 years, a statement was released by a huge
gathering including 99 Syrian men of letters, intellectuals, artists,
engineers and journalists calling on the authority to "cancel the state
of emergency, the martial law and Amnesty for all political detainees
and the release of freedoms.

Among those who signed were Antoine al-Maqdisi; Burhan Ghalyoun, Sadeq
Jalal al-Azem, Michael Kilo, Tayeb Teizini; Abdul Rahman Munif; Adonis;
Omar Amirlai, Nayela al-Atrash; Haidar Haidar; Nazih Abu Afash; Osama
Muhammad; Nabil Suleiman; Hanan Qassab Hassan; Mamdouh Azzam; Adel
Mahmoud, Jamal Shehayed, Rimond Butrous; Akram al-Khatib; Lukman Deirki;
Shawqi Baghdadi; Ali al-Jundi, Ali Knaan, Mamdouh Adnan Muhammad Malas
and Muhammad Ali al-Attasi.

The following reads as follows: " Democracy and the principles of human
rights in the world of today is a common humanitarian language bringing
together the peoples of the earth and unit their hopes for a better
future. If certain greater states use these statements selectively to
impose its policies and achieve their interests, however, civilization
interaction among peoples; away the logic of hegemony and the policy of
dominance, had permitted our people in the past and will permit them in
the future to become affected by the experiences of others, to have
effect on others, while developing on their own special character.

Today, Syria enters the 21st century, while in need drastically for the
united efforts of all her people to confront the challenges of peace,
modernization and openness to the outer world, and therefore, our people
are called on, more than at any time before to take part in the making
of its present and future. Stemmed from this objective need, and on the
ground of our care to maintain our national unity and on the belief that
the future of our country can be only made by our people, and being
citizens in a Republican system which gives the right to expressing
views and self expression, we, the undersigned call on the authority to
achieve the following demands

1. canceling the state of emergency, martial law applied in Syria since
1963.

2. Issuance of an Amnesty general for all political detainees, the
detainees of the views and the opinion and who are chased for political
reasons and permitting the return back of all politically expelled
citizens.

3. Setting up the state of the law, releasing public freedom,
recognizing political and intellectual freedoms, the freedom of meeting
and the press and self expression, freeing public life from forms of
restrictions and control imposed so as to permit citizens to express
their various interests in the framework of social compliance, peaceful
competition and institutional build up that avail all to take part in
contributing to developing the country and for its prosperity.

"Any reform, being economic, administrative or legal, will not attain
stability in the country, unless it copes completely, side by side, with
the optimum political reform. This political reform is the only way to
reach our society, step by step to the shore of peacefulness and
tranquility." Arabic News

DNA Records To Be Held On Nationwide Database
A national genetic database, containing the DNA and medical history of
around half a million British adults, is to be established to help UK
scientists investigate links between genes and inherited illness.
Ministers want the database to be put in the hands of an independent
body to ensure that the police, insurance companies and private firms
cannot access the sensitive material.They are discussing plans for a
public trust to administer and protect the library of British genes. The
database, which is likely to be set up by the Government's Medical
Research Council, would take voluntary donations of individuals' genetic
sequences from blood tests or cheek swabs. Ministers want the
information to be restricted to scientists working to decipher the human
genetic code to discover links between gene sequences and certain
illnesses. But they fear it could be used by the police to link people
to the scenes of crimes or sold to insurance companies who could use it
to assess whether to grant policies. Ministers believe that if the
information in the genetic bank is abused, threatening the
confidentiality of people's DNA, the public would be dissuaded
from giving samples. independent

Taiwan Jolted by Four Quakes
Four earthquakes rattled the island of Taiwan on Tuesday and Wednesday,
but there were no reports of injuries or damage from any of the tremors.
Three consecutive quakes jolted eastern Taiwan early Tuesday morning.
The tremors ranged from a magnitude 2.6 to 4.0. Seismologists reported
that the quakes were centered east of the city of Hualien and occurred
about 6 miles beneath the surface of the earth. A magnitude 5.0
earthquake hit western Taiwan on Wednesday at 1:16 a.m. local time. The
quake was centered in the southwestern part of the island, near the west
coast of Chiayi County. Earth Alert

Tongan Islands Shaken by Strong Quake
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean islands of Tonga on
Tuesday at 7:18 a.m. local time, but there were no immediately available
reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that
the shallow quake was centered about 105 miles north of the island of
Neiafu, located in the Vava'u Islands, and about 285 miles southwest of
Pago Pago in American Samoa. Police on Neiafu reported that,
although the quake had been felt, it was insignificant. Earth Alert

Malaysian Tigers Terrorizing Farmers
Two tigers in northern Malaysia have killed a farmer in his home and
attacked and eaten at least 30 sheep and cows. Malaysian authorities
have issued warnings to people living in the region, and game wardens
have set traps for the big cats at the urging of farmers whose livestock
has been killed. Abdul Rahim Ahmad, State Wildlife Department Director,
reported that the two cats have been on a killing spree in the remote
community of Lepan Jaya in Kelantan State for almost a month. Earth
Alert

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1. canceling the state of emergency, martial law applied in Syria since
1963.

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Subject: [BPR] - Is Russia's leading religious figure a former KBG agent?
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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:14:08 -0500

(See my note at end of article)

Selected item from...

C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y
by the Editors of ReligionToday

September 28, 2000

Is Russia's leading religious figure a former KBG agent? Patriarch
Alexy II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, was recruited into the
Soviet Union's notorious spy agency in 1958, when he was 29 years
old, The Irish Times reported. The story is based on information from
the Keston Institute (see link #1 below), a United Kingdom-based
religious rights agency with an office in Russia.
..Keston reviewed KGB documents left in the former Soviet state of
Estonia when the agency folded. The documents show that the KGB
recruited a young priest it believed had a bright future in the
church, according to the Times. The priest is referred to only by his
code name, "Drozdov," but personal details about him match Alexy and
no other priest in the Estonian diocese, the paper reported.
International trips made by "Drozdov" over the years match the
travels of Alexy, according to the Times.
..Alexy was given an award for his work with the agency, the Times
reported. The archived documents describe Alexy as "punctilious,
energetic, and convivial." He also demonstrated a willing attitude
and provided information about priests under investigation and the
workings of the church. He was given the Certificate of Honor in 1988
on his 30th anniversary, according to the report.
..The charges are unsubstantiated, Orthodox officials told the
Times. "There are no data indicating that Patriarch Alexy II was an
associate of the special services, and no classified documents bear
his signature," church spokesman Vsevolod Chaplin said. The charges,
which have been made in the past, are from people who want to see
Christianity and the Orthodox Church weakened, he said.
..Alexy was not alone, according to Keston News Service. "Alexy's
collaboration was nothing exceptional. Almost all senior leaders of
all officially recognized religious faiths - including the Catholics,
Baptists, Adventists, Muslims, and Buddhists -were recruited as KGB
agents," Keston reported. It was virtually impossible to advance in
church hierarchies without affiliation with the government, according
to the report.

[Moderator: Golitysn talks about this in his book "The Perestroika
Deception" (see
http://philologos.org/guide/books/golitsyn.anatoliy.1.htm) --
"...greater apparent official tolerance of religion in the Soviet
Union is accompanied by a secret drive to increase Party and KGB
penetration of the Catholic and other churches and to use agents
therein for political and strategic purposes inside and outside the
Soviet Union. As part of the programme to destroy religion from
within, the KGB, in the late 1950s, started sending dedicated young
Communists to ecclesiastical academies and seminaries to train them
as future church leaders. These young Communists joined the Church,
not at the call of their consciences to serve God, but at the call of
the Communist Party in order to serve that Party and to implement its
general line in the struggle against religion." The author continues
in saying that when these new "church leaders" have achieved their
goals, that a mass withdrawal of these agents will occur to disrupt
and destroy the churches. Golitsyn warns that "never in its history
since Nero has Christianity faced such a threat of possible
destruction." (pp. 116-117)]

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