September 3, 2005

Palestinian Leader Abu Mazen: Israel's Handover Of Gaza Is Not Enough For An End-Of-Occupation Determination
DEBKAfile Sat, 03 Sep 2005 3:16 AM PDT
He is now demanding more territory cut out of Israel to the north and east of Gaza. Israel’s withdrawal followed the boundaries Yasser Arafat signed onto for the Palestinian Authority in the 1993 Oslo Peace Framework accords.

Sharon, Abbas To Meet This Month - Israeli Paper
Reuters via Yahoo! News Sat, 03 Sep 2005 1:37 AM PDT
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet this month, their first summit since Israel removed Jewish settlers from occupied Gaza, an Israeli newspaper said on Saturday.

Israel Threatens Reprisals For Attacks From Gaza
Khaleej Times Sat, 03 Sep 2005 4:26 AM PDT
JERUSALEM - Israel threatened on Saturday to strike the Gaza Strip if militants use the Mediterranean coastal strip to launch attacks after the Israeli military completes its pullout from the territory later this month.

As New Orleans Moves Into Chaos A National Radio Talk Show Host Says End Times Are Here
Frustration, anger, and despair prevades New Orleans and the Gulf Coast as FEMA authorities promise help soon to arrive for thousands of people stranded without food, water, and relief...

SENATOR: LOUISIANA DEATH TOLL MIGHT TOP 10,000...
BATON ROUGE, United States (AFP) - US Senator David Vitter said that the death toll from Hurricane Katrina could top 10,000 in Louisiana alone.

"My guess is that it will start at 10,000, but that is only a guess," Vitter said, adding that he was not basing his remarks on any official death toll or body count.

U.N.: Iran Has Gas For Uranium Enrichment
VIENNA, Austria - Iran has produced tons of the gas used in uranium enrichment since last month, when it resumed the process that can be used to make nuclear weapons, a U.N. report revealed Friday.

U.S. Likely To See Suicide Attacks
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States should brace for the prospect of suicide attacks against mass transit such as those that rocked London in July 2005.

Egypt Deemed Leading Buyer Of Weapons
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Egypt has been deemed a leading consumer of military platforms and weapons.

The Congressional Research Service said Egypt has become the third largest buyer of weapons over the last four years. CRS, a division of the Library of Congress, said in its latest report that Egypt purchased $6.5 billion worth of weapons from 2000 to 2004.

PA Has Double The Weapons Allowed
JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel has assessed that the Palestinian Authority has deployed at least double the amount of weapons allowed under a 1995 accord in what could lead to anarchy in the Gaza Strip in 2006.

Israeli officials said that according to a military assessment the Palestinian Authority has accumulated far more weapons than that allowed under the accords signed with Israel. They said PA security forces have about 40,000 weapons, double the number stipulated in bilateral agreements, and this could be used to fuel internecine strife as well as war against Israel within six months.

DEBKAfile -
DEBKAfile Sat, 03 Sep 2005 3:46 AM PDT
A federal court in Brooklyn has upheld three lawsuits accusing the Jordan-based Arab bank of promoting Palestinian suicide attacks by funneling Saudi money to bombers’ families.

Comments
Palestinian Leader Abbas has told Israeli leaders that Gaza is not enough and that more land would have to be turned over.  That was to be predicted.  They will chip away at Israel until Israel finally says no more then they will attack.  Sharon and Abbas will meet sometime later this month for their first summit since the Israeli withdrawal.

The Palestinian Authority has double the weapons they are allowed, Egypt is now the third largest buyer of weapons over the last four years, Iran now has fuel for uranium enrichment to produce nuclear weapons, and Syria is looking to purchase long-range missiles (of course for peaceful means) from North Korea.  

I read an article the other day that said Syria maybe looking to strike the U.S. troops in Iraq.  It maybe in anticipation or preemptive against a U.S. strike.  Whichever is true I can't see them going it alone.  If this happens you can bet Iran and a few others maybe in the mix.

But the build up of Arab military power and especially Iran thumbing its nose at the world is not a good sign.  If they are successful, look for a host of other nations to follow.  It's no wonder the Bible said "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."  (II Timothy 3:1)  We may shake our heads at the present state of the world, but when rogue nations start developing nuclear weapons that's when the real fear will come.   

The Rand Corp. said in a report that the United States in all likelihood will be the next target of suicide bombers that have previously struck Europe and Asia.  The attacks will most likely center on the U.S. mass transit system such as buses, subways, and airlines.  I do look for this to happen in the near future.

U.S. Senator David Vitter has said there maybe as many as 10,000 dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  This is a terrible tragedy I wouldn't want anyone to go through.

I mentioned back in December 2004 that I believed the frequency of devastating natural disasters would increase from that time forward and the world would take notice.  I still hold to this belief and look for this pattern to continue.

Certainly, I don't know anymore than what the Bible has already foretold in scripture, but I have to wonder if the Lord isn't giving us a foretaste of a very horrible time known as the tribulation period.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.  And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.  And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?  (Revelation 6: 12-17)

This horrible day has not come yet, but one day it will.

Are you ready to meet the Lord?  If not, your time is running out!