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U.S. officer demands answer: Is Army 'corps of chattel slaves?'
Jul 13th, 2009
Daily NewsWND - Bob Unruh
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida with orders to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has filed a court demand to be classified as a "conscientious objector" because without proof of the commander-in-chief's eligibility for office, the entire army "becomes merely a corps of chattel slaves under the illegitimate control of a private citizen."

A hearing on the questions raised by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, an engineer who told WND he wants to serve his country in Afghanistan, already has been scheduled for July 16 at 9:30 a.m., according to California attorney Orly Taitz, who is handling the claim.

Cook told WND he's ready, willing and able to carry out the military needs of the United States, but he raised the challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to be president because if he would be captured by enemy forces while serving overseas under the orders of an illegitimate president, he could be considered a "war criminal."

"As an officer in the armed forces of the United States, it is [my] duty to gain clarification on any order we may believe illegal. With that said, if President Obama is found not to be a 'natural-born citizen,' he is not eligible to be commander-in-chief," he told WND only hours after the case was filed.

"[Then] any order coming out of the presidency or his chain of command is illegal. Should I deploy, I would essentially be following an illegal [order]. If I happened to be captured by the enemy in a foreign land, I would not be privy to the Geneva Convention protections," he said.

The order for the hearing in the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia from U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land said the hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order will be held Thursday.

Cook said without a legitimate president as commander-in-chief, members of the U.S. military in overseas actions could be determined to be "war criminals and subject to prosecution."

He said the vast array of information about Obama that is not available to the public confirms to him that "something is amiss."

"That and the fact the individual who is occupying the White House has not been entirely truthful with anybody," he said. "Every time anyone has made an inquiry, it has been either cast aside, it has been maligned, it has been laughed at or just dismissed summarily without further investigation.

"You know what. It would be so simple to solve. Just produce the long-form document, certificate of live birth," he said.

He said he is scheduled to report for duty one day before his hearing, on July 15, and while other details are not public, he knows he is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's plan to increase pressure of insurgent forces there.

He told WND he is prepared for a backlash against him as a military officer, since members of the military swear to uphold and follow their orders. However, he noted that following an illegal order would be just as bad as failing to follow a legal order.

French FM: It's natural to meet with Hizb'allah
Jul 13th, 2009
Daily NewsJerusalem Newswire - Stan Goodenough
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

The Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist organization Hizb'allah welcomed another nod in its direction from the international community Friday when French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with one of its legislators in Beirut.

Hizb'allah has perpetrated numerous acts of violence against Israel, including kidnapping and murdering Israeli soldiers from inside Israeli territory; actions which triggered the 2006 Second Lebanon War during which the group fired thousands of missiles at Israeli civilian population centers.

While the United States regards Hizb'allah as a terrorist organization, Britain and other European states have sought to dialogue with the group.

France has long stood out as being a champion of the Arab side to the conflict in the Middle East.

Kouchner, the second senior European official to meet with the blood-soaked organization's leadership in recent weeks, defended his decision.

"Hizb'allah is part of the parties that participated in the recent parliamentary elections. It is natural to meet with its representatives," he told reporters, according to the Associated Press.

"Lebanon is a democratic country; democracy implies we meet with opposition figures as well."

Last Thursday a group of British legislators also met with a senior Hizb'allah parliamentarian.

Israel views with alarm these western acts of intercourse with the group, which is seeking a position of influence in the new Lebanese government.

"If Hizb'allah joins the Lebanese government, then Lebanon as a country will be responsible for any Hizb'allah aggression against Israel. That has to be clear," said an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following Kouchner's meeting in Beirut.

France: US has imposed deadline for settlement freeze; Israel: Really?
Jul 13th, 2009
Daily NewsJerusalem Newswire - Stan Goodenough
Categories: Today's Headlines;Anti-Israel

According to press reports, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday that Washington has given Israel six months to put a stop to the growth - natural or otherwise - of Jewish communities in Samaria and Judea.

Kouchner - whose country has nurtured a longstanding love affair with the Arab world - passed this information on to Israel's enemies during a visit to Lebanon, apparently in an effort to encourage them.

The US is heading up the global effort to take the heart of the Israel's historical homeland from the Jews and give it to the Palestinian Arabs, and has in recent weeks massively intensified pressure on the Netanyahu government to "freeze settlements."

But Israel has no knowledge of any deadline being imposed, said Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon Saturday, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Last Wednesday the US denied it had reached a compromise that would allow Israel to complete the construction of 2,500 housing units in Samaria and Judea.

The denial followed Israeli newspaper reports that such a deal had been reached.

"This [settlement] activity has to stop. This is laid out in the road map" peace plan, Kelly said, according to Ha'aretz.

An advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Israel must have a tremendously powerful weapon to ward off a nuclear attack
Jul 13th, 2009
News UpdateJimmy DeYoung
Categories: Jimmy DeYoung News

Israel's national security adviser, Uzi Arad, says that Israel must have tremendously powerful weapons to ward off a nuclear attack or destroy an enemy that dares to launch an atomic strike against the Jewish state. Arad's comments appeared to allude to what is widely believed to be Israel's own nuclear arsenal and a standing Israeli policy of mutually assured destruction, a warning to other countries that could bring about their own devastation if they launch an attack.

The Israeli security advisor to the prime minister said that he feared that if Iran became a nuclear power, five or six other states in the Middle East would follow suit which he called a potential nightmare for Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

A nuclear powered Israel in a face off with with a nuclear powered Iran and a number of other Middle Eastern states is a scenario that is real today but also a scenario found in Bible prophecy for a soon to be tomorrow.

As US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev recently discussed the reduction of their own nuclear arsenals, the Middle East is actively building up their potential nuclear capabilities. With the statement from the national security advisor in Israel, Uzi Arad, that the Jewish state must be nuclear powered to ward off a nuclear attack by Iran or a number of other Middle Eastern states, it seems to be clear that Israel is ready to apply the "MAD" policy. If attacked, Israel would respond with mutually assured destruction.

These words indicate how close our world may be to the end time scenario that is found in Bible prophecy for the Jewish state. The nation of Iran, mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5, when nuclear powered will follow through on their threat to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. An alignment of nations including nuclear powered Middle Eastern nations will join Iran in this attack only to be destroyed not by an Israeli nuclear weapon, but by Jesus Christ who will devastate these attackers (Ezekiel 38:18-23).

God, not nuclear weapons, will protect His chosen people. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.