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US, Russia come to Iran's aid
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

The United States under President Barack Obama has switched sides and is now joining Russia in opposing international economic sanctions against Iran.

Former US President George W. Bush was the international community's chief proponent of strong economic sanctions against Iran, but Obama has doggedly stuck with a much softer approach since being elected last year, despite continued Iranian defiance and provocation regarding its nuclear program.

European and other industrialized nations recognize how dangerously close Iran is coming to acquiring nuclear weapons, and what the recent post-election crackdown in Tehran says about the mentality of its government, and want to introduce new sanctions at Wednesday's G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.

But US officials have said Obama will actively oppose any new sanctions, and an Italian newspaper cited Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as saying he wholeheartedly backs the US president in that endeavor.

Meanwhile, Israeli government officials told The Washington Times on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly hesitant about asking Obama for a green light to strike Iran, fearing that an outright rejection of the request could put an end to the military option.

London's Sunday Times reported earlier this week that ultimately, Israel may not need America's go-ahead to strike Iran. According to the report, Saudi Arabia, which stands to lose nearly as much as Israel if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, is willing to turn a blind eye to Israeli aircraft passing through its airspace.

U.S. Bails Out Palestinian Terrorism...Again
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsFrontpagemag.com
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

The May 28 meeting between President Barak Obama and Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, confirms that this Administration, like its predecessors, refuses to learn from the past.

In yet another déjà-vu, the U.S. unconditional support to the Palestinians is persisting despite the fact that the Palestinians have never upheld any agreement to stop the violence against Israel.

Not even the economic downturn and financial instability in the U.S. have curtailed the Obama Administration's financing of Palestinian terrorism.

In addition to the $900 million the Administration offered the Palestinians on March 2, it is working to speed the establishment of regular Palestinian military and security forces. The U.S. has already trained 1,500 Palestinian soldiers costing the recession gripped American taxpayer $161 million. These newly trained forces says Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the PA, "are new men," unlike the thousands trained by the U.S. since the creation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 1994.

Abu Yusef, a member of the PA's Chairman own security unit - Force 17, has an unambiguous view of the American military training of the Palestinians: "The operations of the Palestinian resistance would [not] have been so successful and "would not have killed more than 1,000 Israelis since 2000, and defeated the Israelis in Gaza without [American military] trainings," he boasted in an interview in August 2007. "All the methods and techniques that we studied in these trainings, we applied them against the Israelis," he said.  

Abu Yusef explained that the American training helped the Palestinian forces to better snipe "at Israeli settlers and soldiers." The special intelligence training they received from the U.S. instructors helped them "collect information on the movements of soldiers and settlers... the best timing to infiltrate our bombers inside Israel." Abu Yusef specified: "We used weapons and we produced explosives, and of course the trainings we received from the Americans and the Europeans were a great help to the resistance."

The May 28 meeting between President Barak Obama and Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, confirms that this Administration, like its predecessors, refuses to learn from the past.

In yet another déjà-vu, the U.S. unconditional support to the Palestinians is persisting despite the fact that the Palestinians have never upheld any agreement to stop the violence against Israel.

Not even the economic downturn and financial instability in the U.S. have curtailed the Obama Administration's financing of Palestinian terrorism.

In addition to the $900 million the Administration offered the Palestinians on March 2, it is working to speed the establishment of regular Palestinian military and security forces. The U.S. has already trained 1,500 Palestinian soldiers costing the recession gripped American taxpayer $161 million. These newly trained forces says Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the PA, "are new men," unlike the thousands trained by the U.S. since the creation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 1994.

Abu Yusef, a member of the PA's Chairman own security unit - Force 17, has an unambiguous view of the American military training of the Palestinians: "The operations of the Palestinian resistance would [not] have been so successful and "would not have killed more than 1,000 Israelis since 2000, and defeated the Israelis in Gaza without [American military] trainings," he boasted in an interview in August 2007. "All the methods and techniques that we studied in these trainings, we applied them against the Israelis," he said.  

Abu Yusef explained that the American training helped the Palestinian forces to better snipe "at Israeli settlers and soldiers." The special intelligence training they received from the U.S. instructors helped them "collect information on the movements of soldiers and settlers... the best timing to infiltrate our bombers inside Israel." Abu Yusef specified: "We used weapons and we produced explosives, and of course the trainings we received from the Americans and the Europeans were a great help to the resistance."

Terrorists to descend on Jesus' birthplace
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsWND - Aaron Klein
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

Muslim jihadists to congregate at site of rampant Christian persecution

TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization has decided to hold in the West Bank city of Bethlehem its first congress in 20 years.

Well-known terrorists and anti-Israel extremists are slated to descend upon the important Christian city, where, among other things, the Fatah party is set to vote on a clause that would affirm "resistance" against Israel, WND has learned.

The event will mark Fatah's sixth General Congress. At the meeting, hundreds of voting Fatah members will discuss the future of their party and pass official resolutions outlining Fatah's major objectives.

SOFT TYRANNY
Jul 7th, 2009
CommentaryWND
Categories: Commentary;Contemporary Issues

Behind the captivating rhetoric, a revolutionary agenda unfolds

First it was the bank takeover, then astronomical deficit spending in the "stimulus" and "omnibus" bills, then nationalizing the auto industry. Now it's the largest tax increase in history ("cap and trade"), socialized health care and the end of "don't-ask-don't-tell." Then comes socialized energy and education – on and on it goes.

In between reports of these radical efforts by Barack Obama to dismantle the nation's free-market economy, Americans hear tantalizing tidbits about new villains like "ACORN," "Saul Alinsky," "the Cloward-Piven Strategy" and the like – all pieces of a puzzle millions of outraged citizens are desperately trying to put together, so they can understand what's really happening and why.

The July 2009 edition of WND's acclaimed Whistleblower magazine – titled "SOFT TYRANNY: Behind the captivating rhetoric, a revolutionary agenda unfolds" – puts the puzzle pieces together.

Former Reagan administration CIA honcho Herbert E. Meyer sets the tone for this Whistleblower issue when he writes: "During the last 30 years we Americans have been so politically divided that some of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a 'culture war' or even a 'second Civil War.' These descriptions are no longer accurate. The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution."

Rick Warren calls for Christian-Muslim partnership
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsSarah Karush - Associated Press Writer
Categories: Today's Headlines;Apostasy

WASHINGTON, DC – Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems.

"Some problems are so big you have to team tackle them," evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren addressed the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

Warren said Muslims and Christians should be partners in working to end what he calls "the five global giants" of war, poverty, corruption, disease, and illiteracy.

Warren, founder of Saddleback Community Church in Orange County, California, is the author of The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. His willingness to show support for U.S. Muslims is a huge gain for the community, which has endured intense scrutiny since 9/11.

A Southern Baptist, Warren has a record of upsetting fellow Christian conservatives by calling old-guard evangelical activists too partisan and narrowly focused. Ahead of his speech Saturday, bloggers who follow Warren had already denounced his appearance at the convention as cozying up to extremists.

Warren acknowledged the controversy during his 20-minute speech.

"It's easier to be an extremist of any kind because then you only have one group of people mad at you," he said. "But if you actually try to build relationships — like invite an evangelical pastor to your gathering — you'll get criticized for it. So will I."

 In his speech, Warren also urged Muslims and Christians to speak out against stereotyping of any group and to respect each other even while disagreeing. Addressing Muslims who "have been in America for many generations now," he urged them to help "the newcomers learn what it means to be American."

 Based in Plainfield, Indiana, ISNA is an umbrella organization for Muslim groups across the country. The annual convention, now in its 46th year, regularly draws more than 30,000 people for lectures, prayer, and socializing.

 Many in the crowd were drawn to the session by prominent Muslim scholars such as Sheik Hamza Yusuf of the Zaytuna Institute in Berkeley, California.

 Ann Zahra, 42, said she had never heard of Warren before Saturday but agreed with much of his speech. "The basics are the same," said Zahra, of McLean, Va. "No religion teaches cruelty or disrespect or hatred."

RESEARCHERS SAY THEY CAN GUESS YOUR SSN
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsMsnbc
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning;World Government

Another possible reason for the mark of the beast?

There’s a new reason to worry about the security of your Social Security number.  Turns out, they can be guessed with relative ease.

A group of researchers at Carnegie-Mellon University say they’ve discovered patterns in the issuance of numbers that make it relatively easy to deduce the personal information using publicly available information and some basic statistical analysis.

The research could have far-ranging implications for financial institutions and other firms that rely on Social Security numbers to ward off identity theft. It could also unleash a wave of criminal imitators who will try to duplicate the research.  

Details of the research were published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal and will be explained at the annual Black Hat computer hacker convention in Las Vegas later this month.

The report means companies and other agencies should once and for all stop using Social Security numbers as passwords or unique identifiers, said Professor Alessandro Acquisti, who authored the report.

"We keep living as if they are secure, a secret," he said. "They're not a secret."

 The Social Security Administration says SSNs are issued using a complex process that is effectively random, making them impossible to guess in practical terms.  But Acquisti and fellow researcher Ralph Gross used public lists of Social Security numbers to look for patterns.  They found several. The two say they can guess the first 5 digits of the Social Security number of anyone born after 1988 within two guesses, knowing only birth date and location. The last four digits, while harder to guess, can be had within a few hundred guesses in many situations -- a trivial hurdle for criminals using automated tools.

"Someone filling out credit card applications using a Web site and a botnet could easily succeed (in getting someone's number)," he said.

Pope Benedict calls for a stronger UN to tackle major global problems
Jul 7th, 2009
News UpdateJimmy DeYoung
Categories: Jimmy DeYoung News

Pope Benedict in an encyclical letter, the highest form of Papal teaching, called for a stronger UN to tackle the major global problems, mainly the economic crisis, the wars and rumors of wars and the social injustice that is taking place across the world.

Benedict said the blind pursuit of profit and economic mismanagement had wreaked havoc on the global economy and there must be a worldwide financial structure put in place to resolve this complex problem.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A worldwide religious leader calling for a stronger global political power to ensure economic security and world peace is a page out of Bible prophecy.

In the latest teaching from the Vatican in Rome and given by Pope Benedict, the Pope has called for reform of the UN to give this global political institution some teeth with which to tackle the major problems facing our world.

As the Pope has indicated, this world has a global financial crisis that must be dealt with. Pope Benedict says a worldwide political power must step up to bring peace and stability out of the conflict and chaos.

The ancient Jewish prophets wrote of the Last Days and basically wrote of the world we see today unfolding with all of these major problems. Jesus Christ Himself said there would be wars and rumors of wars in the Last Days, Matthew 24:6-7. John, the Apostle who wrote the book of Revelation, in chapter 6:1-8 lays out the scenario for the Last Days that calls for a powerful world leader to deal with the war, the food shortages, financial disaster and even global health problems.

Another of the ancient Jewish prophets, Daniel in chapter 9:27 reveals the appearance of this world leader, a religious leader who will bring peace and supposedly stability to the world. His name is Antichrist. The world today is ready for such a leader and he could appear at any moment.

Pope Benedict's call for this global political power is indeed a page out of Bible prophecy.

Obama offers Russia partnership and challenges
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsReuters - Jeff Mason and Michael Stott
Categories: Today's Headlines

MOSCOW  - President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for Russia to forge a true partnership with the United States, promoting democracy and the rule of law but avoiding direct criticism of the Kremlin.

Obama was speaking after a first meeting with Russia's most powerful figure, Vladimir Putin, whom he had upset with pre-trip comments accusing the prime minister of keeping one foot in the past. U.S. officials called the talks "very successful."

In a carefully calibrated speech billed by the White House as a major set piece, Obama lavishly praised the achievements of Russian history and culture and said Washington wanted to see a "strong, peaceful and prosperous" partner in Russia.

New York Congressman Blasts Jackson as 'Pervert, Low-Life'
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsFox News - Joshua Rhett Miller
Categories: Today's Headlines;Commentary

A New York congressman says Michael Jackson was a "pervert" and calls on society to stop "glorifying" the late entertainer in a YouTube video.

Rep. Peter King said Jackson -- whom he called a "low-life" -- is being glorified in the days after his death while society ignores the efforts, of teachers, police officers, firefighters and veterans. In the two-minute video, King claims the "day in and day out" coverage of Jackson's death is "too politically correct."

"Let's knock out the psychobabble," King said in the video taped outside an American Legion Hall on New York's Long Island. "He was a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country?

Netanyahu Calls for 'Two States for Two Peoples';
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsVoice of America - Robert Berger
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Peace Process

As Israel's new right-wing government marks a milestone, it is softening its position on the creation of a Palestinian state.  But the Palestinians are skeptical.

Under pressure from the United States, Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used this formula on Palestinian statehood for the first time:

He told the weekly Cabinet meeting that Israel supports the concept of "two states for two peoples."   

The Cabinet met on Mr. Netanyahu's 100th day in office, and he said the greatest achievement of his government, so far, is the agreement on the issue of Palestinian statehood.  It is a major about-face for a man who has long opposed a Palestinian state and supported Jewish settlement in all the biblical Land of Israel.

Mr. Netanyahu was forced to soften his position because it led to a deepening rift between Israel and Washington, which supports the two-state solution and sees settlement expansion as an obstacle to peace. But while seeking to patch up relations with the U.S., the Prime Minister must also appease his hawkish coalition partners.  So he again spelled out tough conditions for Palestinian statehood.

Mr. Netanyahu said the Palestinian state must be demilitarized, Israel must be recognized as a Jewish state, and there would be no "right of return" of Palestinian refugees to their former homes in Israel.

Palestinian legislator Mustafa Barghouti says that means Israel's two-state solution is no solution at all.

"Netanyahu is refusing a Palestinian state, he wants to substitute the Palestinian state with a ghetto, with no sovereignty, with no control of its land," said Mustafa Barghouti.

While reluctantly endorsing Palestinian statehood, Mr. Netanyahu has rejected U.S. and Palestinian demands for a complete freeze on construction in the settlements.  Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he will propose a compromise on the issue when he meets with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell this week in London.

Mousavi: Anti-gov't campaign will go on
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsJpost
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week on Monday, and vowed that his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy would go on.

Nevertheless, his comments indicated that he was abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown.

Mousavi's statements, reported on a pro-opposition news Web site, reflect his movement's struggles to survive after a wave of arrests that netted protesters, top pro-reform politicians and journalists. Hard-liners have called for Mousavi himself to be jailed. Since the crackdown, the dramatic marches that filled main streets after the disputed June 12 presidential elections have vanished.

Meanwhile, the Islamic clerical leadership is showing its determination to keep control. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday issued a sharp warning to Western nations not to criticize Iran over its crackdown, saying relations will suffer if they are seen as "meddling." Iranians, he said, would "unite against their enemies into one fist."

His warning appeared to be directed at world powers gathering at the G8 summit in Rome this week, who are to consider a coordinated response to Iran's turmoil.

In another sign of the regime's new toughness, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard acknowledged for the first time that the elite force - controlled by Khamenei - played the key role in putting an end to street protests.

Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari vowed to continue to defend the regime. The force's intervention gave "new life" to the 1979 Islamic Revolution and "strengthened the pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said in comments carried on the state news agency IRNA late Sunday.

"We believe that the Guards, in line with the mission to defend the revolution, must play a determining role in preserving and continuing the revolution (by saying revolution, he means ruling system)," he said.

Jafari's comments suggested that the force, which usually works behind the scenes, could take a more overt hand in Iran's politics after the biggest challenge to Iran's system of Islamic clerical rule in decades. The protests erupted after Mousavi declared fraud in official results that showed a landslide victory by incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Khamenei declared the results valid, but the protesters continued even after he said demonstrations would not be tolerated, a rare defiance of the man who holds ultimate political, religious and military power in the country.
The crackdown unleashed by the Guards, police and pro-government Basij militia killed 20 protesters and injured hundreds more. Since then, there have been no major street protests for more than a week, and Mousavi has stayed out of the public eye.
On Monday, however, he greeted well-wishers at his Teheran home for a holiday commemorating Shiism's greatest saint, Imam Ali, according to the Web site Parsine, which posted photos of him sitting in a salon with men and women in chadors.
Mousavi said the election had revealed the "flaws in the system" and that the government had been undermined despite its show of force.
"When a government doesn't take shape within the framework of the law, it has no legitimacy in the eyes of the people. This weakens the government and encourages the government to resort to violence against the people," Mousavi said, according to Parsine.

"The legitimacy of this government is in question because of people's lack of trust. This weakens the government from within even if it preserves it in appearance," he said.

But even while vowing to push ahead, he seemed to suggest his campaign was moving into a new phase, away from protests and into political action.
"That protests subsided or were silenced doesn't remove the basis of the matter. I think this opposition movement will continue," he said. "We need to make efforts to show our protest ... within the framework of the law."

Mousavi said he intends to "work with a group in an organized way," suggesting that he may set up a political party.

But his political options could be limited. Many prominent figures from pro-reform parties have been arrested and could face charges of instigating unrest, making it unclear how much authorities will tolerate opposition political activities that were long allowed. An attempt at mainstream politics could also disillusion young activists who joined protests hoping for dramatic change.

Police say more than 1,000 people were detained in the protests, though they insist most have been released. The pro-reform Web site Norooznews said late Sunday that Hamid Maddah Shourcheh, a member of Mousavi's campaign office in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, died of torture during detention.

Jerusalem municipality fights Islamic summer camps
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

The Jerusalem Municipality is upping its battle against Hamas and Fatah-run summer camps for Arab children living in the city's eastern neighborhoods.

Ynet reports that the municipality has tripled the budget for Israeli Arabic-language summer camps in the city, but that most families are still sending their kids to the Palestinian-run camps because they are cheaper.

The problem is that at those camps, the kids are taught to adhere to the more violent precepts of Islam, to hate Israel and to view Palestinian terrorists as heroes and martyrs.

Several city councilmen are urging the municipality to go even further in combatting this phenomenon, noting that what young Arabs in Jerusalem learn now will inevitably have a major impact on the conflict in the near future.

Hospital won't back Obama birth claim
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsWND - Jerome Corsi
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

The hospital in Hawaii where Barack Obama claims he was born refuses to produce any documentation – or even confirm the claim – without permission of the president himself.

The Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu has posted on its website a letter on White House stationery dated Jan. 24 in which Obama wrote, "As a beneficiary of the excellence of Kapi'olani Medical Center – the place of my birth – I am pleased to add my voice to your chorus of supporters."

European Al Qaeda members received training in Gaza
Jul 7th, 2009
Daily NewsIsrael Today
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

An Egyptian newspaper reported this week that several European members of an Al Qaeda cell recently busted in Egypt received training and financing from Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

The Europeans - three Belgians, a man from France and another from the UK - stand accused, along with seven Arab Al Qaeda members, of planning to attack Israeli targets in Egypt and monitoring Israeli traffic through the Suez Canal.

Egyptian authorities involved in the investigation told Cairo's Al-Masri Al-Youm daily newspaper that they had discovered shocking evidence of the massive degree of Al Qaeda activity in both Gaza and Egypt.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas for years denied that Al Qaeda was active in Gaza, but the territory's Hamas rulers never hid their affinity for Osama bin Laden's group and its accomplishments.

Body Health Depends On Body Member Health
Jul 7th, 2009
Thought for the WeekA. W, Tozer
Categories: Exhortation;Inspirational

First, they misunderstand the nature of Christian faith. . . . Second, they misunderstand the nature of the church. . . . Third, they misunderstand what is wrong with them. You cannot cure a weak member by prescribing a certain diet. You can eat caviar and hummingbird tongue until the sun goes down, but it will not help you, because that is not what is wrong with you. Somebody else says, "Let's take a trip." Take your trip--it is all right. Try not to get killed on the way. But remember, that is not what is wrong with you. Somebody else says, "Let's start a committee to handle it." The lack of a committee is not what is wrong with you, either. You are missing the nature of true Christian faith, for true Christianity is inward, and what is wrong cannot be reached by these external means. Now suppose we are ready to admit that we are in a rut. You say, "Well, what is the church doing?" I don't know, because it is the individual that matters. You see, the church is composed of this fellow that lives out here a little way and those two people who live out there in Scarboro and the five who live in Rexdale and the seven who live up in Willowdale and the 14 who live out east. That is the church. What the church does is what the individuals do. How well or how sick the church is depends on how well or how sick the individuals are. In other words, it depends upon how you are. We must come to the Lord and say, "Oh, Lord, what do I still lack? I have some things, Lord, but what do I lack? Or what is it that I ought to get rid of? How do I compare with what I should be? How do I know what I should be?"