http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Quetta Sun, 19 May 2013 14:10:51 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Quetta Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:36:51 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=de4_1367047993 Pakistani Where should we be headed? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=de4_1367047993 Pakistani A Message to Pakistan! Pakistan, Pakistani Islamabad Peshawar Canada Australia Japan China Russia Europe United Kingdom Quetta Israel Zionists India Enemy Britain Freedom America Snatch Karachi Lahore Punjab Sindh Capital Pukthuna Kwa Tribal Areas Balochistan Baluchistan Balooc Tue, 07 May 2013 19:38:40 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=852_1367969679 catthirteen Major Toryalai Najibi (L) and Captain Said Aga Mahammadi of the 2/1/205 ANA based in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War Journal . Panjwai district in Kandahar province is home to four separate indigenous security forces: the Afghan National Army (ANA), the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP), the Afghan Uniform Police (AUP), and the Afghan Local Police (ALP). Of these entities, the ANA's Second Kandak (battalion) of the First Brigade, 205th Corps arguably most represents the face of the central Afghan government. The 2/1/205 ANA have maintained a consistent presence in Panjwai for five years, whereas the ANCOP, a relatively well-trained and equipped national police service, has units that rotate in for short tours in the district. The officers of the AUP, another technically national police service, are currently headed by a police chief with local tribal ties that can place him at odds with other leadership figures in the district. Finally, the ALP is a truly local movement, consisting of minimally trained area men who have opted to fight the Taliban. The ANA are outsiders -- the force includes many ethnicities that predominate in northern Afghanistan (i.e. Tajiks and Uzbeks) -- a makeup which sets them apart from the Pashtun-dominated local police forces, as well as the Pashtun citizenry of Panjwai. This distinction has drawbacks and benefits. The Afghan soldiers don't possess quite the local knowledge and intelligence sources maintained by the police (although their longtime presence in the area has mitigated this issue), but they are widely assessed as being better educated and trained, and their outsider status distances them from the tribal politics that influence local civilian leaders and cops. After the Americans, the ANA might resemble the closest thing to an honest by CouponDropDown">broker in Panjwai. US advisers to the 2/1/205 ANA and members of the American infantry units that partner with them on patrol offer mixed, though hesitantly positive ratings of the Afghan soldiers. Shortly after US forces with the 4-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team rotated into the district in late November, they faced a difficult transition period: a December directive from higher US command mandated that the Americans would no longer augment the Afghan Army with fuel or other logistical help. Forced to suddenly rely on the Afghan Ministry of Defense's shaky requisitions system, the Afghan soldiers were significantly challenged for about three weeks. But then things started to click, and soon the ANA were obtaining their own fuel, food, and most essential supplies without US assistance. Logistical issues remain. It is difficult for the Afghan soldiers to obtain parts for vehicle maintenance, for example. But the ANA have started to operate independently and with greater competence -- at least when they decide to do so. Despite their improved capability, the soldiers of the 2nd Kandak opt out of a regular patrol by CouponDropDown">schedule about 20 percent of the time, according to a number of Americans, and recently did so for two consecutive partnered patrols between April 7 and April 9. The reasons typically cited for a refusal to operate include holidays, weather, bureaucratic excuses, and sometimes just because the Afghan soldiers "don't feel like it." While some Americans offer a dim view of this inconsistency, some of the same individuals, at other times, have been genuinely impressed with the ANA: "I've seen them get out there and do crazy operations, be really aggressive," remarked one US infantryman. On March 28, the ANA, along with police forces, led Operation Baz ("Hawks") 1392, a major clearing operation across eight villages in the western horn of Panjwai. Over five days of searches and disruption patrols, the ANA found and disabled 10 IEDs; killed three insurgents while losing one Afghan soldier; and found a large cache consisting of 30 IEDs, 100 pounds of homemade explosives, two bicycles, two radios, two bags of batteries used in IEDs, and five plastic AK-47s used for weapons training by insurgents. The Long War Journal interviewed Major Toryalai Najibi, the 2nd Kandak's executive officer, and Captain Said Aga Mahammadi, the unit's 'Battle Captain' (operations officer) just after the completion of the Baz 1392 operation. Mahammadi is a methodically-spoken 50-year-old from Kapisa province who has spent 30 years with the Afghan Army in its Soviet-affiliated and post-2001 forms. Najibi is a gregarious 43-year-old from Logar province who has been a self-described "freedom fighter" since he was 17; this stretch includes 12 years with the present Afghan Army and before that, service with the Mujahedeen who fought the Soviets and then the Taliban. As Najibi pointed out with a smile, the latter experience put him on opposing sides of a war with his current Battle Captain many years ago. The Long War Journal's interview with Major Najibi and Captain Mahammadi follows. The Long War Journal: Can you tell me a little bit about your recent operation (Baz 1392) - how did it go and what was its goal? Battle Captain Said Aga Mahammadi: The second Kandak is responsible for all of western Panjwai, and it conducts a number of different operations throughout the year. Basically, every time we conduct an operation it's based on intel that we receive on enemy depots, enemy activities, enemy manpower, and enemy weapons caches, if available, and from that we put together our operational plans. This is how the most recent operation was conducted. We had a very successful operation. The participants were the Afghan Army, Afghan Uniform Police, Afghan Local Police, and the Afghan National Civil Order Police. They were all combined forces that participated in this operation. LWJ: And what did the operation accomplish? Captain Mahammadi: We were able to get some of the weapons caches and also some of the training sites of the Taliban. We set up in the villages and we were able to get a hold on the area and remove the insurgents. And we sent a report to our higher commanders about the results we achieved. LWJ: How does the ANA work with the AUP, ALP, and ANCOP? Do they work well, are there any issues? Captain Mahammadi: Since the beginning the ANA have taken a leading role in any operation, so for any operation to take place, the police, the local police, and ANCOP are supposed to coordinate their plans with us. So far, we haven't had any problem with them and I can say we have a great relationship. LWJ: It is a perception among Western advisers in Afghanistan that there are sometimes cultural tensions between the Afghan Army units and local civilians because of a different ethnic makeup. Do your soldiers get along with local civilians, or is there a resistance to the Army because many of the soldiers are ethnically different? Captain Mahammadi: In the beginning when the ANA was formed, there were some of these problems because the ethnicities of most of the people who backed the new government were from the north (of Afghanistan) and we had some problems in the south when we came to Pashtun areas. But right now we have some soldiers who are from neighboring provinces who speak the language of the local people, and now we don't have any problems with the locals here. Executive Officer Major Toryalai Najibi: The local people used to think whoever is with the ANA are Americans, because the Americans are operating here. But right now I think the people appreciate us even more than the local police here, and I'll tell you the reason: the ANA soldiers will never take any of people's property; they will never unlawfully kill anybody; they will not fire on anyone unless fired upon; and ANA soldiers and staff are better educated and have better relationships with tribal leaders and the elders of the villages. In Kandahar, eight different languages are spoken, each tribe has a different dialect and they have disagreements between themselves. I'm from Logar province, Captain Mohammadi is from , and Captain Hughes is from America; we don't have any problems with each other. But in Kandahar province they are all from here and they have problems among themselves, the DGOV (district governor) the DCOP (district chief of police), whoever is in security and all the government staff who are from this province itself. So the problem here is really a tribal one; for example, the Alikozai tribe has problems with the Popalzai tribe, so there is a lot of intertribal conflict. It's been about 10 years I've been here doing my duty ... with the Americans. I see all these tribal conflicts, but the don't really have any problems with us. I think it would be good if people from other areas to do their jobs . LWJ: So you're saying that the ANA serves as an honest broker between the tribes; because they don't have the tribal ties they can be neutral? Major Najibi: Yes, we are just like American forces; we don't touch anybody's money, we don't really care what tribe someone is from, who their elder is, we aren't influenced by those issues that they have among themselves. If someone shows us a good face, we make sure that we show them a good face in return. If they shoot at us, we will certainly shoot back at them. LWJ: Is there a flip side to that benefit of being an outsider? Because the ANA are not from around here, maybe the civilians are hesitant to talk to outsiders? Major Najibi: I don't think so. I think we have better relationships with the locals than the police who are originally from this area. I think Captain Hughes is also aware of this, because we are really good people and we are really treating well. I don't think an ANA soldier at any given time is going to do anything unlawful toward the people, I think if you get out with us and ask the locals about the ANA, they are all going to tell you positive things about us. Please ask the locals if we have ever unlawfully entered their property, if we have ever taken any of their belongings, or if we have ever disrespected the tribal elders of their villages. LWJ: I have heard positive things about the ANA from , the district governor, and civilians who live near the Panjwai district center . The other side of that question is what problems do local people have with the police that they don't have with the ANA? Major Najibi: Whenever we go on duty, we have our own fuel, we have our own ammunition, we get our salary paid on time, we get our food delivered on time for our soldiers, and we don't have any problems. I think the police don't get paid enough, they don't get enough food for their soldiers from their commanders, and they aren't well supplied, so they are forced to take from people's homes. LWJ: There have been problems with police forces in certain parts of Afghanistan that are so significant that local citizens wind up hating them more than the Taliban. In other sections, the problems are milder, and people work with the police . How much of a problem do you think corruption is here, and do you feel that the local people will work with the police? Major Najibi: I think in Kandahar the problem is different. Captain Hughes is from America and he doesn't know any Taliban, I'm from a different province and I don't know the locals here, but the local police know who belongs to the Taliban. They know who is active in the insurgency and who is not. And that is why the Taliban is so against them and tries to kill so many of them; to make it unable for them to pass this information to other forces. Right now that's why the Taliban is on the hunt for the Afghan Local Police (ALP) and in every place they can find them they will kill them. They are also telling the tribal elders and others in the villages that they should prevent anyone from joining the local police. The Taliban ... is threatening the local elders to disrupt the relationship between the ALP and the locals because they fear the ALP. LWJ: How is security in Panjwai now and how has it been trending? Major Najibi: Right now I think security is great in Panjwai. I don't know if you guys are aware, but a few days ago the shadow district governor was killed. LWJ report, US special operations forces kill Panjwai shadow governor. ] LWJ: Yes. Why has been ? Major Najibi: I think there are a few reasons. One of them is that the DCOP's (district chief of police Lt. Col. Sultan Mohammad) forces are increasing in Panjwai, another is the increase in the Afghan Local Police in several different areas, a third reason I can give you is our (ANA) operations jointly and with ISAF support, and another reason is the locals are aware of where the Taliban gets their support from, and that's why they are backing the government right now. A little while ago the Taliban captured two civilian engineers that were building roads and they killed them at (the village of) Garandai. After they killed them they hung them from the trees and shot them a few times. And right in front of the bodies, they placed seven IEDs for us. During a shura, the district governor asked us to remove the bodies from the site. When we went there we were hit three times by a Taliban ambush, but finally we were able to neutralize all of the IEDs, fight with the Taliban, and get the bodies out of there. People are now worried that the Taliban kills more civilians than soldiers because they can't fight against armed people; that's why they kill civilians. And now people are really angry about this. They also see other provinces being developed, schools being opened, health system is being emplaced, and they see that even though their President (Hamid Karzai) and their king is from this province, it is still undeveloped and the illiteracy rate is still high. So they are becoming aware that this is all thanks to the insurgency. LWJ: I understand that this may sound like a simple question, but can you explain to me who the enemy is, and why they are fighting? Major Najibi: The enemies are Pakistanis and Iranians and there are some people that we have files on who we know come from Pakistan to fight here. The Taliban's shadow district governor who was just killed, we know that just a week ago he came from Quetta, Pakistan. LWJ: But Panjwai is considered the birthplace of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan, so obviously some of the insurgency is based here. What percentage of the insurgency is local, even if it is currently controlled from Pakistan? Major Najibi: I think it's 50/50; in 10 people, five are from Pakistan and five are locals from Panjwai. But it is the clerics in Pakistan that encourage the people because of religion to fight against the ANA because we are working with the Americans, and they feel the Americans are fighting against Islam. The Taliban enjoyed power here for a while, and they are still dreaming about getting that power back, and having the same regime they had in the past. But I think the local people are the enemies of the Taliban. I think the ratio for government support is 80 percent for the government, 20 percent against. And I think that the 20 percent is also being influenced under the propaganda of the enemy. The Taliban are also encouraging people to plant poppy, and a few days ago when we went to destroy poppy fields, were shooting at us. I think the Taliban is encouraging people to plant the poppy so they make extra income, and thus back the Taliban. But otherwise, in our religion, opium is forbidden and cultivating poppy is also forbidden, according to our Koran. LWJ: How is your relationship with the Americans, and how are you operating in conjunction with them? Major Najibi: The same way we are sitting side to side, we are also operating in conjunction with them, side to side. LWJ: But as the Americans are drawing down and pulling back, how much is the ANA working with the Americans at this point compared to in the past? Major Najibi: Right now the Americans are just providing blocking positions during operations, and also providing air support. LWJ: It is my understanding that in the past the ANA has had trouble getting their own fuel and other logistical support from their own government systems. It's also my understanding that the Americans have withdrawn support of this nature and that the ANA have found ways to get these resources. How have you managed to obtain these resources? Major Najibi: Right now we don't have any problems; we get our salaries, ammunition, food, and supplies on a weekly basis. LWJ: And do you think this supply is sustainable past 2014, when you are on your own? Major Najibi: The world community has promised they will keep it this way and we hope it is sustained the same way. President Obama has promised that some American forces will remain past 2014 and they will not leave Afghanistan. Also the American said that you won't withdraw from Afghanistan and as long as your soldiers can remain, they will remain here. LWJ: What about your own government? For example, I've spoken to the district governor, and he has very low financial support from the government in Kandahar City and Kabul; is there greater support from the Afghan Ministry of Defense to the Afghan Army, and is it a priority to project into Kandahar province long term? Major Najibi: We don't have any problems, sir. On a monthly basis 24,000 liters of fuel gets distributed to us, and we distribute it among our bases here in Panjwai. Every month the soldiers get paid for their job and soldiers get to go on leave that they accrue, and we manage to cycle our companies every once in a while. The police forces have their own problems, but we don't have any problems with salary, phone cards, or anything. LWJ: As the Americans pull back, two resources the ANA do not have the ability to replace are helicopters, such as those used for medevac, and the reconnaissance and surveillance resources. How does the Afghan Army plan to cope with the loss of these resources? Major Najibi: We recognize that there are problems but we think that with the withdrawal of Americans, the government is going to step by step, little by little increase the size of ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) in general, and there shouldn't be any problem, even with few Americans remaining here in the country. LWJ: Do you get any support here in Panjwai from the Afghan Air Force helicopters, such as the Mi-35 (Hind) and Mi-17 (Hip) helicopters that are based out of Kandahar Airfield? Major Najibi: They are all expired and not mission capable. LWJ report from 2010, Soviet workhorses, ISAF training form the backbone of a developing Afghan Air Force ] LWJ: In we have heard a great deal about insider attacks, or "green-on-blue" attacks. How much of an issue has that been in Panjwai and the wider Kandahar and how do you prevent such attacks? Major Najibi: It's been about 10 years for me working with Americans and personally, I have not witnessed any green-on-blue attack. In about 80 to 100 kandaks of ANA there were no suspicious people or activities among them. But lately some of the people who have been influenced by others conduct those attacks. But this kandak has been here for the past five years in Panjwai and not one single attack or attempt has occurred here. LWJ: That seems like a long time for one national unit to be based in an area, is this normal? Major Najibi: It's not normal, but they decided to leave this kandak here because during this time we came to know the area, we know the enemy's activities, and we know what type of IEDs they use and where they put them. And that's why I think if they bring a new kandak in here, they are going to take a lot of casualties. LWJ: I heard about a scenario involving a civilian janitor here on the base who tried to fake a Koran desecration. Can you explain to me what happened? And does this happen often, when insurgents try to exploit cultural tensions? Major Najibi: To answer your question, the problem is because of the Americans, but please don't write that. I'm just joking with you ... because it was the Americans who brought the contractors here to clean the trash cans and the restrooms. Also, the contractor was a native from Kandahar. And this guy, whether he was threatened, encouraged, or paid by the Taliban, to do it himself. We took care of it. The Americans arrested those two people, brought them to Kandahar Airfield and returned them to Zangabad after the investigation was complete. I arrested them, tied them together, and let them go but I told them, 'Even if the Americans ever decide to let you come back inside this base, I won't.' I think their intent was to disrupt the relationship between us and the Americans. I also tasked our intelligence officer to do a background check on everyone who enters the camp and to get a guarantee letter from one of the members of the Kandahar provincial council for anyone who comes to work at Zangabad. LWJ: Regarding the local uprising that had started in Peshinagan and spread to Sperwan : How widespread is it and how did it start? Captain Mahammadi: The people in this area are really bothered by the fighting and the pressure from the Taliban. Also they are not happy with how the Taliban treat them. Finally they became united, and 13 villages around Zanganbad rose up against the Taliban and backed the government forces. The following villages: Peshinagan, Korozai, Sapozai, Alikozai, and other villages like that. LWJ: Is it sustainable? For example, there has been another, similar uprising in Andar, another part of Afghanistan, but there are reports that the Taliban have come back and are crushing the uprising .... Captain Mahammadi: I don't think that this will occur here because we are in very close contact with the locals and we are supporting them. Any time the Taliban tries to attack them or wants to bother civilians, we will be there in a short time to back them. Also, another solution would be if government starts reconstruction programs here, for example potable water , road construction, new schools, and health clinics; that will keep the people away from the insurgents and with the government. Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/04/the_taliban_are_stil.php#ixzz2SeYMqC4c http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=852_1367969679 catthirteen The Taliban are 'still dreaming' of a return to power: an interview with Afghan Army officers in Panjwai Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/a afghanistan Wed, 01 May 2013 00:39:17 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=162_1367383104 Pakistani QUETTA: If you ever wanted a greenhouse that can literally run on remote control, then you need to talk to Waleed Bashir. Hailing from Khuzdar, this 15 year old Pakistani recently bagged the Grand Winner position, along with a gold medal, at the International Infomatrix Asia Computer Competition, held between April 18 and 21 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Infomatrix is an annual international computer project competition which aims at bringing together computer science students from across Asia. Although the Infomatrix competitions have been held since 2003, this was the first International Computer Project Olympiad. This means that Bashir beat out competitors and projects from over 20 countries. Participating nations included Russia, India, Bangladesh, Georgia, Bosnia, Ukraine, Kyrghzstan, Azerbaijan, and Kenya, and judges had to choose between hundreds of projects. They chose Bashir's 'Green Automation' project . Bashir, a ninth grader at the Quetta chapter of Pakturk International Schools &amp; Colleges, designed an automation system that illustrates how to control a greenhouse with only a computer and an internet connection. With heat, water level, humidity and other factors controlled through strategically installed sensors, there is virtually no need for human attendants,. That's not all; the energy required for the functioning of the system is provided by movable solar panels that follow the position of the sun for the best possible energy recovery. "The honor and the pride belong to my country, Pakistan. They belong to my school and teacher, and to my parents," he said. "Carrying our flag on an international platform, with dignity and honour, was my dream," he said. In addition to this, students from Pakturk schools across the country hold countless awards. Through many international competitions held in 2012, the Quetta chapter of the same institution won a gold medal in Turkmenistan and a silver medal in Turkey. http://www.defence.pk/forums/technology-science/248028-infomatrix-competition-gold-medals-greenhouses.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=162_1367383104 Pakistani Infomatrix Competition: Gold medals and greenhouses Infomatrix Competition: Gold medals and greenhouses Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:11:08 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8d5_1366931281 Pakistani Pakistan's Jewish Ghosts According to the state's election commission, there are 800 registered Jewish voters. That's bogus. By Liel Leibovitz April 4, 2013 12:00 AM Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/social-issues-current-events/244696-pakistan-s-jewish-ghosts.html#ixzz2RWGxWDtI The News, Pakistan's largest English-language publication, had some stirring political tidbits to share with its readers yesterday: "According to the Election Commission of Pakistan," the newspaper reported, "there are around 800 Jewish voters registered in Pakistan out of which 427 are women and 382 men." Karachi's campaign managers, however, needn't polish their Hebrew just yet. Even if there are indeed as many Jews in Pakistan as the election commission claims-which is highly unlikely-the Islamic nation's relations with its Jews is a long and grim story, one that begins with mere tolerance and ends, famously, horrifically, with the slaying of Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. According to a recent history by Hebrew University anthropologist Shalva Weil, as Pakistan slouched toward independence, it had a number of minuscule but thriving Jewish communities in Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, and Lahore. Some of Pakistan's Jews belonged to India's Bene Israel community, others were brought on by the British to fill a host of administrative positions, and still others had trickled in from Afghanistan. By 1941, a government census recorded 1,199 Jews nationwide, sufficiently at home for one of them, a local leader named Abraham Reuben, to become the first Jew elected to Karachi's city council. All that soon changed. As India was partitioned in 1947, Mohajir, or Muslim refugees, filed into the newly minted Dominion of Pakistan, often ransacking Jewish synagogues and prayer halls on their way. Many of Pakistan's Jews, in turn, fled in the opposite direction, settling in India. The following year, with Israel having declared its independence, things grew even tenser when rioters burnt down a Karachi synagogue to protest Harry Truman's diplomatic recognition of the Jewish state. Wasting little time, Pakistan's Jews soon began their exodus, scurrying to Israel and elsewhere. But even if the disappearance of its Jewish population was of little concern to the Islamic republic, the existence of the Jewish state presented far thornier issues: It was difficult to look at the two nations-born within months of each other, each having bloomed, as one scholar put it, as a result of "a religion-based territorial division"-and not notice the striking similarities. These commonalities encouraged many of Israel's early leaders to pursue an alliance with Pakistan. In January of 1948, for example, Chaim Weizmann, soon to become Israel's first president, corresponded with Sir Zafrulla Khan, Pakistan's eloquent and charismatic foreign minister. "Our small state in Palestine," Weizmann wrote, "shall soon have to follow you. Many problems will be common to both of us, and it is my earnest hope that it may be possible for us to deal with them together, and in cooperation, for the good of both of our peoples." Khan was inclined to listen, even meeting with Weizmann in New York later that year. But his advocacy of embracing the Jewish state soon failed. Fashioning itself a champion of Muslims everywhere, and actively involved in supporting the Palestinian cause, Pakistan quickly sided with the Arabs in seeing Israel's establishment as land theft pure and simple. Khan himself made that argument well, claiming that while Pakistani Muslims have only claimed the regions in which they were a clear majority, the Jews in Palestine did no such thing. "The United Nations," he thundered, "cannot subscribe to the principle that a racial or religious minority, whether arising from national development or created as a result of immigration, can insist upon the breaking up of a homeland or shatter the political, geographical, and economic unity of a country without the consent and against the wishes of the majority." The same logic prevailed for decades to come, intensifying with the political ascent of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. "There were two issues he was strong on," a friend of Bhutto's once confessed, "the destiny of Pakistan and a fanatical hatred of Israel." As host of the Second Islamic Summit Conference in Lahore in 1974, he made his opinions of the Jewish state clearly known: "Any agreement," he stated, "any protocol, any understanding that postulates the continuance of Israeli occupation of the Holy City or the transfer of the City to any non-Muslim or non-Arab sovereignty will not be worth the paper it is written on." And yet, for all his vehemence, Bhutto also insisted that his grievance was with Israel, not with Jews as such. "To Jews as Jews, we bear no malice," he said shortly after taking office as Pakistan's prime minister. "To Jews as Zionists, intoxicated with their militarism and reeking with technological arrogance, we refuse to be hospitable." The difference between Jews as Jews and Jews as Zionists, however, was often blurred. With each new conflagration in the Arab-Israeli conflict came new waves of anti-Semitic violence. By the time the dust settled in the aftermath of the Six Day War, Weil had found, there were only 350 Jews left in the entire country, all of them in Karachi. Two decades later, in 1988, when President Zia Ul-Hak ordered the razing of the historic Magen Shalom synagogue in Karachi to make way to a shopping mall, there were no more than a handful of Jews present to object. And with no Jews to witness firsthand, Pakistanis were free to nurture the darkest thoughts about their enemies. After he'd crashed into a parked vehicle and killed its driver four years ago, Nazir Ahmed, the Pakistani-born member of the British House of Lords, gave an interview to a Pakistani television station and, speaking in Urdu, blamed his incarceration on anything but his driving. "My case became more critical because I went to Gaza to support Palestinians," he said. "My Jewish friends who own newspapers and TV channels opposed this." He then argued that the judge in his case owed his appointment to a Jewish friend of Tony Blair's. Ahmed has since apologized for his statements, but his opinions seem to be far from a rare occurrence among Pakistanis. Writing in the New Statesman last month, columnist Mehdi Hasan argued that anti-Semitism was commonplace among Pakistanis and British Muslims of Pakistani descent. "The truth," he wrote, "is that the virus of anti-Semitism has infected members of the British Muslim community, both young and old. No, the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict hasn't helped matters. But this goes beyond the Middle East. How else to explain why British Pakistanis are so often the most ardent advocates of anti-Semitic conspiracies, even though there are so few Jews living in Pakistan?" Meanwhile, some Pakistani politicians are arguing that normalization of relations with Israel was inevitable. Former President Pervez Musharraf, for example, last year became the first Pakistani official to give an interview to an Israeli newspaper, arguing that his nation had to "keep readjusting its diplomatic stand toward Israel based on the mere fact that it exists and is not going away." Musharraf is most likely plotting his re-entry to Pakistani politics; too bad he won't even have 800 Jewish voters in his corner. *** Like this article? Sign up for our Daily Digest to get Tablet Magazine's new content in your inbox each morning. Liel Leibovitz is a senior writer for Tablet Magazine. Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/social-issues-current-events/244696-pakistan-s-jewish-ghosts.html#ixzz2RWH0Fltl http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8d5_1366931281 Pakistani Pakistan's Jewish Ghosts israel pakistan relationship? karachi syn jew nuclear war muslims islam berlin germany holocaust ahmad iran iraq syria yemen afghanistan india cricket Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:45:12 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a2_1361227063 Sheek Water Tanker filled with 1000 kg of explosives ripped through a packed bazar in Hazara town, on Kirani road located on the outskirts of Quetta at around 6:00 pm. Over 86 killed, including over 25 children, and primarily women and over 200 hundred injured. Ethnic cleansing in Pakistan. Muslims killing Muslims I know is a welcomed subject here on liveleak - as an avid leaker myself as an FYI for everyone; Muslims cannot and do not kill - it's Salafis (Saudi brand) killing Muslims. This is my hometown in the unfortunate country of Pakistan - we're Shi'ite - Muslim by religion; and Hazara by ethnicity, descendants of Ghengis Khan from Mongolia. Over the decade of non-stop killings, terrorists have been carrying out acts with impunity. There have been 0 prosecutions. For over a decade, the Pakistani intelligence agency - The ISI (Inter Services Intelligence), whom you may know as the prime support of various sub-taliban groups, across Pakistan and Afghanistan, is not only spreading supporting these groups to find the US, but is also using it to crush religious minorities- primarily Shia's. Please read, watch and share. Video Links https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=383790661719129&amp;set=vb.365474589212&amp;type=3&amp;permPage=1 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=383703441727851&amp;set=vb.365474589212&amp;type=3&amp;permPage=1 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a2_1361227063 Sheek 1000 kg Blast in <span class="highlight">Quetta</span>, Pakistan - Feb 16, 2013 terrorists, pakistan, quetta, ISI, Intelligence Agency, Hazaras, Shia, Wahabi, Extremists, salafis Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:55:28 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e44_1365025845 SAPD_HRT Reports of brutal rapes of foreign tourists in India and Brazil in recent months have rocked the international travel industry. According to data cited by The Atlantic , visitors to India have dropped 25 percent since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in the capital of New Delhi, and 35 percent among female travelers. And that data was compiled before March 16, when a Swiss woman who was touring the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh by bicycle with her husband was gang-raped by a group of eight men . In Madhya Pradesh, there are nine reported rapes every day, according to the Washington Post . In Brazil, where an American tourist was raped by three men over the course of six hours on Monday, reports of rapes there have risen 150 percent since 2009, The Atlantic reported . Not surprisingly, Brazil and India are among the most dangerous places to travel, according to an interactive map produced by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs . But they're not the most dangerous: North Korea, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Mali, Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic and Somalia are where would-be tourists are warned to "avoid all travel." For other countries, like Libya, visitors are cautioned to "avoid non-essential travel." The color-coded danger map also includes region- and time-specific warnings. In Pakistan, tourists are told to avoid: - areas reporting military or militant activity; - all border areas, except the Wagha official border crossing point; - Kashmir region, including Azad Kashmir; - the province of Baluchistan, including the city of Quetta; - the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, including Swat, the city of Peshawar and the Khyber Pass; - and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. In Mexico, those "required to travel to Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo Le'on, should avoid movement after dark and stay within the suburb of San Pedro Garza Garc'ia." So where, exactly, is it safe to travel? Australia, Botswana, Canada, Chile, most of Europe, Greenland, Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea, the United States and Uruguay, according to the agency. "No matter where in the world you intend to travel," the department's website advises , "make sure you check the travel advice and advisories page twice: once when you are planning your trip, and again shortly before you leave. ... The decision to travel is the sole responsibility of the individual." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e44_1365025845 SAPD_HRT Where in the world is it safe to travel? Travel, Dangerous, World Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:36:50 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fcf_1364754905 MisterPatel KARACHI Karachi and Larkana have the highest prevalence of HIV in female sex workers (FSWs), according to the findings of a recent survey by the National Aids Control Programme. The survey says that 377 FSWs from Karachi and 375 from Larkana were tested for HIV/Aids, of whom seven each from the two cities (1.9 per cent) turned out to be positive. They were followed by Haripur (0.9 per cent), Sukkur (0.8 per cent), DG Khan (0.5 per cent), Sargodha and Multan (0.3 per cent). No HIV cases were found in Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Quetta. The average prevalence of HIV in FSWs, however, was low. A total of 27 FSWs tested HIV positive for an overall weighted prevalence of 0.8 per cent. The survey report said the highest number of FSWs was estimated in Karachi (25,399), closely followed by 23,766 in Lahore. More than 56 per cent of the total FSW population of 89,178 in 15 major cities was mapped in Karachi and Lahore. Across all cities, the average age of FSWs was 26.9 years. Overall, 12.3 per cent of FSWs were aged 15-19 years. They had been working as sex workers for an average of 5.3 years and those who worked in brothels involved in the trade at even younger age and worked longer (average 9.7 per cent) than other FSWs. A majority of FSWs (63.7 per cent) were married, and a small proportion was either widowed (3.5 per cent) or divorced (eight per cent). A majority (85 per cent) of FSWs had children with 18.5 per cent reporting at least five children. Illiteracy in the FSWs was witnessed as a major curse as 50.6 per cent of them were found illiterate, and most illiterate (64 per cent) were found in brothels. Only 23.5 per cent of them had a source of income other than sex work, with FSWs who solicit clients through mobilephones being most likely to have other sources of income. Their monthly average income reported was Rs16,000, but as they get older the income decreases. Only 33 per cent of the FSWs reported that they always used contraceptives with their clients and most of them were brothel-based. Their number was the highest in Larkana (53 per cent), followed by Karachi (48 per cent). The lowest ratio was reported in Sukkur (five per cent). About 80.4 per cent of the FSWs had heard of HIV and/or Aids, with brothel-based sex workers reporting the highest level (91 per cent) of awareness. Some 94 per cent of them had heard of HIV and/or Aids and knew that HIV could be transmitted by sexual intercourse, but fewer than one-third knew that HIV could be transmitted through injuries by sharp instruments or needles or syringes and only 13.4 per cent knew about mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Only 15.7 per cent of the FSWs had ever been tested for HIV and 22.5 per cent knew where HIV testing services were available. With the exception of Larkana and Karachi, fewer than one-third of the FSWs were aware of services in their cities. http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&amp;id=141141&amp;heading=Pakistan http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fcf_1364754905 MisterPatel HIV/AIDS Sky rocket in Pakistan Pakistan AIDS HIV Skyrocket Sex workers Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:42:43 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a30_1362411734 Pakistani_Empire An Iranian lawmaker says the West is behind terrorist attacks against Shia Muslims, addressing a recent deadly bombing attack in southwestern Pakistan. Javad Heravi made the remarks in an interview with ICANA, Majlis (the Iranian Parliament)'s official news agency, on Sunday. He noted that, "Terrorist attacks and heinous crimes against Shias are planned by the West" as Shia principles are against those of the West. He also stated that the hatred against Shias has grown among atheist groups and Wahabis, and that such actions are all preplanned. Earlier on Sunday, an attack in southwestern Pakistan on Shia pilgrims, who were on their way to Iran, claimed the lives of at least 19 people. The attack took place after a bomb ripped through a convoy of three buses carrying Shia pilgrims in the Mastung district, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Quetta in the Balochistan province. Reports say a number of women and children are among the dead. A senior government official in Quetta, the capital of the Baluchistan province, said the buses were carrying some 180 Shia pilgrims. Attacks against Shia Muslims in different parts of Pakistan have escalated in recent months. Since the beginning of 2012, hundreds of Shias have been killed in the country. Last month, many Shia Muslims were killed in several attacks targeting processions held to commemorate the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH). Pakistani Shia leaders have called on the government to form a judicial commission to investigate the bloodshed. According to Human Rights Watch, the Pakistani government has failed to stop violence against Shias, who account for around 20 percent of the country's 167-million-strong population. Pro-Taliban militants have been involved in a violent campaign against Shia Muslims in Pakistan over the past years. NT/HN PressTV - Iran MP: West behind terrorist attacks against Shias Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/iranian-defence/228915-iranian-mp-west-behind-pakistans-shia-bombings-create-shia-sunni-war.html#ixzz2MaPBjcCc http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a30_1362411734 Pakistani_Empire Iranian MP: West behind Pakistan's Shia Bombings, to Create Shia-Sunni war Iranian MP: West behind Pakistan's Shia Bombings, to Create Shia-Sunni war Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:11:16 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=36c_1362242796 Nuclear Fire "Terrorists Will Nuke New York City!" Says The Lord God Almighty Collected Intelligence and Serious Prophetic Warnings http://www.scribd.com/doc/102493742/Terrorists-Will-Nuke-New-York-City-Collected-Intelligence-and-Serious-Prophetic-Warnings Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!'" Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again." Holy Bible, Revelation 18:10, 21 "Terrorists Will Nuke New York City," says Almighty God. REPENT NOW!!! The Lord has made all for Himself, yes, even the wicked for the day of doom. Proverbs 16:4 Trust in the Lord forever, For in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength. For He brings down those who dwell on high, the lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust. The foot shall tread it down-the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy." Isaiah 26:4-6 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt securely, that said in her heart, "I am it, and there is none besides me." How has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss and shake his fist. Zephaniah 2:15 Prophetic Words of Destruction Against New York City Given through Brian Charles "You must leave it all behind, city of My wrath!" "Leave this place, city of My wrath!" "Destroyed in an instant, city of My wrath! You must go!" "Leave the city of My wrath!" "It'll be destroyed in an instant!" "It'll be blasted out of existence." --New York City "Destroyed in an instant by My wrath." --New York City "I hate that place." --New York City "It'll all be blasted apart in a minute." --New York City, world economy "Leave it all behind." "You must flee!" "You must go! You must flee for your life!" "Flee the city of My wrath!" "City of My wrath, you must go!" "Eternal destruction shall be her lot. She has refused to obey Me. Thus says the Lord of Hosts." "It'll be a piece of history. You'll see." "All the big cities will be nuked." "It'll all be gone in an instant. You'll see -by nuclear fire." "It'll all erupt in nuclear fire!" "Great is My wrath against this place!" --New York City "Flee this place! Flee this place for your life!" "Get out of My country -I shall bring destruction upon it." "Leave this place." --New York City "It'll be blasted off the face of the Earth!" "I'M gonna destroy that town!" --New York City "I'll destroy this city with a sudden burst. It will all be reduced to piles of rubble." --New York City "See them building those buildings taller? I shall bring them flat!" "Towers will come down in an instant." -Manhattan "I'll tear it down with My bare hands." --Word of judgment for the Empire State Building "This place will be collapsed." --Lincoln Tunnel "This place will be collapsed under My hand." --Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City "Not a block will be left on top of another that won't be blasted away." "It'll be a thing of the past." --The Statue of Liberty, and what it stands for - freedom and liberty "The American flag will be a thing of the past, replaced by martial law, New World Order control." "New Flag - New World Order" "It all must go -they won't serve Me." --God's people, the Christians and the Jews "It all must go -they won't obey Me. Thus says the Lord Most High. Amen" "Leave it all behind -it's coming under My wrath. They have refused to obey My will." "They won't obey Me. Nobody will. I must destroy them for that." "All apportioned to destruction." "All this will be a thing of the past." --nightlife, culture "It's all gonna be gone." --New York, New England "All this will be submerged underwater." --NYC, CT "It'll all be submerged under the sea." --NJ, New York State, Long Island "I'm gonna destroy this place. They depend on money too much." "They have chased after their idols." --People of NY, NJ "It'll all be submerged under the sea." "Factories will be silent under My wrath." "It'll all go silent." --world economy system "I'll destroy the world because of that!" --covetousness, greed "I'm gonna destroy humanity." --because of the sin of covetousness Read Isaiah chapter 14, and Revelation chapters 17 and 18, Holy Bible New York City Nuclear Destruction Prophecies 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.' Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is like this great city?' 19 "They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.' 20 "Rejoice over her, O Heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!" 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. Holy Bible, Revelation 18:17-21 New York City Nuke Dream A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION SO POWERFUL OVER NEW YORK CITY THAT WINDOWS IN HOUSES IN NORTHERN CANADA WILL BE BLOWN OUT!!! By Brian Charles (Dream begins) I was hitchhiking up in the Northern Territories of Canada, or now called Nunavut, trying to get to this highway that curves through Quebec heading south to the States. A truck driver gives me a ride, and while we are traveling south, between the forests of spruce trees that are lining both sides of the highway we are on, right in front of us I see a glowing orange nuclear mushroom cloud. It was over New York City, and it got very big very fast, and I was surprised that, it being so powerful, it produced a very strong blast of wind where we were there in northern Canada. Now I was in a small town in northern Canada. While I was walking through this depressed-looking little town I looked at some of the houses, and I saw that the windows were broken out in many of these houses, yet they still had people living inside of them. (Dream ends) Read Revelations chapter 18, Holy Bible The Vision of the Future of New York City Brian Charles October 2004 After fasting about a day or so, I got this vision from God, which persisted quite a while. I was looking at the Manhattan skyline from the west, from New Jersey. It was almost dark after sunset, and only a little bit of daylight was still illuminating those tall towers. There were absolutely no lights on in or on those skyscrapers, and they were totally empty, without any office workers or residents. These towers were in a state of advanced ruin, and their internal steel frames could be seen protruding from their tops and some of their side places too. There were absolutely no people living there in Manhattan, for the city had been abandoned. The entire Manhattan skyline looked as dark and lifeless and as forsaken as a barren mountain range in the Southwestern desert at night. Prophetic Word Against New York City Brian Charles June 2010 "I'll destroy this city with a sudden burst. It will all be reduced to piles of rubble." (New York City) Terrorists Nuke New York and Economy The farmer of Krems, also known as "The Seer of Waldviertel" ...On September 17, 2001, a reverend from Tirol, Josef Stocker, spoke to the seer by telephone. Regarding the New York attack of September 11, 2001 the Farmer of Krems said: The terrorist act that is prophesied for the present-time has not yet occurred, and when it does there will be a nearly total destruction of New York -- an unprecedented terrorist act that will be carried out with two small nuclear explosive devices... Destruction of Manhattan New York is destroyed unexpectedly before this time of war by small explosive devices that explode very low in the air. The image grows more vivid, becoming like houses blasted apart from a violent storm. In the explosion inferno (the explosion's epicenter or "ground zero"), I saw nothing left standing. It would seem to have occurred around noon (local time). If one considers, however, that, in the early summer, it becomes light very early, that could be also in the morning hours. I saw all details clearly and with extraordinary clarity... ... Also, regarding the destruction of New York, I saw details that one could never perceive with the eye due to the quickness of the event. It was revealed to me in proper sequence, but in slow motion. I saw this city in all of its detail. There a dark object fell in its course, continually crooking upon itself. I stared intently as this body fell, until it almost crashed to the ground. First it shredded into pieces, dissolving itself as it did this. In this moment I did not yet comprehend what had happened. The first explosive device exploded some buildings a distance behind a larger building standing with a wide entrance facing the ocean's shore. From the perspective of the Atlantic Ocean, these buildings seemed to be located somewhat to the south behind this larger building. The buildings did not fall over or implode upon themselves, but rather they became, save for a few, part of the explosion's epicenter (ground zero). They then became pulverized from the ground up. From a distance, they had the appearance of sinking, as if swallowed up by the ground beneath them. A Most Solemn Call Christine Darg Dear friends, The following call is a very serious one and right on, I want to add again the call to pray for New York as this City represents by my understanding the main target of the next attack in the US, also as until recently it had the largest concentration of Jewish People in the world. They call it the "Big Apple" and the Jewish people are the "Apple of God's Eye". I really felt that was a lot of the reason that it became already the target on 9/11, and it will be the again the next one also, it has been prophetically said many times, specially during the past 12 months.....! Shalom Ueli Surbeck Message: 1 A MOST SOLEMN CALL by Christine Darg Message: 2 USA: Al-Qaida's US Nuclear Targets by "Katrina Parnell" &lt; katrinaparnell@yahoo.com &gt; Message: 3 Global: Can Terrorists Build A Nuclear Bomb? by "Katrina Parnell" &lt; katrinaparnell@yahoo.com &gt; Message: 1 A MOST SOLEMN CALL TO BELIEVERS WORLDWIDE TO FAST ON EVERY FRIDAY TO CONTAIN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Christine Darg &lt; christine.darg@btinternet.com &gt; Tue, 26 Jul 2005 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isaiah 58: 6) Early in the morning before the July 7 bombings in London, sleep eluded me. The Lord said solemnly, 'I am calling you to call my people to fast and pray every Friday to contain Islamic terrorism.' The same morning, a brother in Baghdad who is translating into Arabic my book, 'The Jesus Visions: Signs and Wonders in the Muslim World,' emailed me concerning Islamic terrorism. He quoted Jesus in Matthew 17:21: 'This kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting.' We covenanted to obey the heavenly call and to add regular fasting to our prayers on Fridays. Within a few hours the call to fast was confirmed by the coordinated attacks on London transport; the subsequent failed attempts of similar coordinated attacks in London encourages us that disasters can be diverted through prayer and fasting. For many years many of us have been praying and fasting individually for the Moslem people, but the Islamic world is no longer a 'special interest group' of concern to just some believers in the Church. The threat of Islamic terrorism has now become the concern of every true worshipper of the God of Israel. In Derek Prince's book, Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting , he stated that there are some answers we never obtain until we add fasting to our prayers. Friday is the day that much hatred, violence and blood-thirsty rhetoric is fomented in fundamentalist mosques around the world. The Lord's solemn call to fast and pray is not intended to extend into the Sabbath day of rest, which begins Friday evening at mealtime, but is intended to consist of afflicting our souls with fasting during breakfast and/or lunch on Fridays as a way of humbling ourselves and to entreat His mercy corporately. Islamic terrorists crave an 'Hiroshima' upon their enemies. In Israel, a fence can deter some terrorism, but in most nations we cannot build a wall to protect ourselves from sleeper cells. Nevertheless 'The weapons of our warfare are not physical but are mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds.' The weapons of corporate prayer and fasting can bring victory and delay divine judgments in this time of great peril. Corporate fasting is part of the process of humbling ourselves that is being required by Heaven. 'If My people who are called by My name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.' (2 Chronicles 7: 14) As we gave this solemn call first in England at an 'Open Heaven' conference July 9 and also in churches in Virginia and in the Washington, D.C. area this past weekend, many have responded to the Spirit's call and have asked what is involved in this fast. Some say they are not able to fast because of sicknesses. (Be healed!) But this call is not intended to be a 'religious' fast. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you how to participate in this Prophetic Summons during these strategic hours on Fridays: perhaps forfeit one meal, two meals, perhaps a partial fast. But do something by faith to be a part of this corporate response to Heaven. For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. (2 Chronicles 16:9) Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3: 7) We humbly implore you not to disregard this call. Many of us for many years in Jerusalem have faithfully banded together to pray specifically for the irreversible overthrow of the Anti- Christ Pharaoh-like principality of Islam that is holding a billion souls captive. Therefore this call from Heaven was not given to us by chance but because in some measure we have gained a place in intercession concerning this grave issue. Therefore the Lord says, 'Be not distracted nor indulgent but put your hand to this plough of fasting and prayer and you will be numbered among those who stand in the gap and build up My hedge to avert many calamities and disasters.' As you fast, pray: --that we will be forgiven for our gross national sins (bullying Israel, abortion, same sex marriages, euthanasia, pornography, sexual predators on children, playing God in laboratories yet denying God and his commandments in schools, courthouses). As we humble ourselves Heaven may decide not to allow the Islamic terrorists to scourge us with weapons of mass destruction. God who is plenteous in mercy may leave behind a blessing and stay his Hand on ripe judgments. --that the hatred and curses hurled from fundamentalist mosques will be bound and nullified --that sleeper cells will be exposed and all military intelligence will be accurate to avert many national disasters --that our political and religious leaders will cease being politically correct and will deal decisively with Islamic terror in a bold, courageous manner --that the terrorists will be miraculously converted for 'they know not what they do' and in their misguided zeal believe they are doing their god a service --pray for many of the terrorists to have dreams and visions and to repent --that misguided suicide bombers and all terrorists will receive a vision and understanding that they are indeed dupes, pawns, murderers and not martyrs and that the reality of their destiny is eternal damnation unless they repent Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast. . . . Let the priests, the ministers of YHVH, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O YHVH. . . . (Joel 2:15-17) Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isaiah 58: 6) (Christine Darg, an author and broadcaster who ministers in Israel and the nations, received this call. Her contact is info@exploits.tv ) Message: 2 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:54:06 -0000 From: "Katrina Parnell" &lt; katrinaparnell@yahoo.com &gt; Subject: USA: Al-Qaida's US Nuclear Targets UNITED STATES Al-Qaida's U.S. nuclear targets Captured documents, terrorists reveal bin Laden's preferred dates, places for 'American Hiroshima' Al-Qaida's prime targets for launching nuclear terrorist attacks are the nine U.S. cities with the highest Jewish populations, according to captured leaders and documents. As first revealed last week in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND, Osama bin Laden is planning what he calls an "American Hiroshima," the ultimate terrorist attack on U.S. cities, using nuclear weapons already smuggled into the country across the Mexican border along with thousands of sleeper agents. The series of attacks is designed to kill 4 million, destroy the economy and fundamentally alter the course of history. At least two fully assembled and operational nuclear weapons are believed to be hidden in the United States already, according to G2 Bulletin intelligence sources and an upcoming book, "The al-Qaida Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse," by former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams. The cities chosen as optimal targets are New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and Washington, D.C. New York and Washington top the preferred target list for al-Qaida leadership. Bin Laden's goal, according to G2 Bulletin sources, is to launch one initial attack, followed by a second on another city to simulate the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The optimal dates for the attacks are Aug. 6, the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Sept. 11 and May 14, the anniversary of the re-creation of the state of Israel in 1948. No specific year has been suggested, however, this Aug. 6 represents the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima attack. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp ' ARTICLE_ID=45313 Message: 3 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:01:53 -0000 From: "Katrina Parnell" &lt; katrinaparnell@yahoo.com &gt; Subject: Global: Can Terrorists Build A Nuclear Bomb? GLOBAL Popular Science Article by Michael Crowley 07/27/05 Amid the conflict in Iraq and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, this is a side of the war on terrorism you rarely hear about: the drive to prevent terrorists from acquiring the ingredients for a nuclear bomb. In recent years, operations similar to the one in Uzbekistan have been conducted in Libya, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. These efforts reflect an intense and growing concern within the U.S. government about the specter of nuclear terrorism. It is one of the few issues on which President George W. Bush agreed with his former rival, John Kerry, who called nuclear terrorism the greatest threat that we face in the world today. That threat comes not just from suspected weapons programs in Iran and North Korea, but also from Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. Last year Michael Scheuer, who ran the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit for several years in the late 1990s, wrote a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee warning of the "careful, professional manner in which al-Qaeda was seeking nuclear weapons . . . in deadly earnest." More than a decade ago, bin Laden allegedly tried to buy a canister of uranium in Sudan for $1.5 million. (He appears to have been scammed.) In August 2001, he met with two Pakistani nuclear scientists. And later that year, crude sketches of nuclear weapons were found in Al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. Scheuer told CBS's 60 Minutes last year that bin Laden even sought a religious edict from a Saudi cleric on whether he could use a nuclear weapon against America. The cleric's answer: Go for it. Intent isn't the same as capability, of course. But of more than a dozen nuclear-arms experts I interviewed, almost all agreed that assembling a crude nuclear bomb, though extremely difficult, is by no means impossible. Just ask Graham Allison. In his recent book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, he concludes that a terrorist nuke attack is "inevitable" unless the U.S. works much harder and faster to safeguard nuclear material. A former assistant secretary of defense who served under President Bill Clinton and now teaches government at Harvard University, Allison is actually taking small bets from colleagues that terrorists will detonate a crude nuclear bomb in a U.S. city within a decade. "If this happened tomorrow," he says, "I could almost explain it more easily than I could explain why it hasn't happened." http://www.popsci.com/popsci/generaltech/article/0,20967,1017201,00.html Soon Coming Judgment Tom Heward Here are some additional dreams I believe you will be interested in regarding the judgments about to come upon America. These dreams were taken from the book "SPARE YOUR PEOPLE " by Richard Swanson published in 1986. This book is currently out of print and I am in possession of one of the few copies I am aware of. From chapter 12 Future Judgments: Dream 1: by Kay Fowler, a housewife, mother, and member of an interdenominational church who lives in North Carolina - I saw a map of the United States and it was covered with blood. And the blood started to flow from the right side of the map until the entire map was covered. At another time I saw people in an auditorium, and they were singing and shedding tears because of their love for America. And they were singing " America the Beautiful ". After the singing stopped, I received the word " Shroud - shroud to cover America." Of course a shroud is a burial cloth. I believe America as a nation is going to dwindle; she's going to die. And the freedoms that we know today will cease to be." Dream 2: by Kay Fowler - " In November of 1980 I had a vision of part of the Scripture in the book of Deuteronomy, Chapter 28:49,50. It was early one morning and I was awakened; and there before me on the wall and in full color was the unveiling of this Scripture - " The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, of which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young." Dream 3: by Kay Fowler - "The form of judgment that will be on this nation that I've seen will be in the form of war. One of the first revelations God gave me concerning this judgment was a map of the United States of America. As I saw it before me, there stood a weatherman to the right, and as he was speaking he said, " There's a giant storm headed towards America, it is coming from the Soviet Union." As I looked out to the left in the waters, I saw a great black storm cloud headed for the states. The voice continued to speak, " There's a smaller storm that will precede, and it will hasten the coming and will draw in right behind it the larger storm. As I looked I could see the smaller storm cloud drift over the country and stop." Dream 4: by Kay Fowler - At one time I saw a hurricane of fire. I had been placed out in the middle of this great field to be a watchman for my family and some members of my congregation. They were standing in a building behind me, waiting for my signal. I was out standing in a field alone watching this great hurricane of fire approaching, covering many, many miles at a time. It looked just like a hurricane that I've seen in pictures, but instead of walls of water it was walls of fire. The fire was burning and catching everything that it was touching on fire. The fire was burning in the trees, the woods, and on the mountainside. "I was giving hand signals back to my family, signals such as one might see a flight attendant standing on a runway signaling for airplanes to land. As the storm moved closer, I continued with the signals and then saw that the fire was burning in the middle of our trees and getting very close to our building. So I ran to them and said, ' It's time, time to leave, the fire is here.' I led them out of the building for a distance to a little shelter. Inside of this place were blankets for warmth and maybe other supplies, but blankets were the only things I saw. As the last one moved into the shelter, the thought came to me to pray for rain to put out the fire. So I prayed In The Name of Jesus that He would let it rain. Then I saw sprinkles of rain begin to fall all around, and I could hear sizzling of fire as the flames began to diminish. Then I saw the heavens open up and there before me stood a great lion. His eyes were as rubies and as coals of fire; at His feet lay a great sword. I knew Him to be the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. And I cried out loud: 'Yes, Lord - you are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You are the great Lion of the Tribe of Judah.' I saw the sword at His feet; I knew it represented judgment, and that it was He that was in the hurricane of fire that was sent to bring judgment on America." Dream 5: by Robert T. Heath, a family man and local contractor from Scotch Plains, New Jersey - "Within the past couple of years, I have had a dream, the significance of which I am uncertain, but which gave me a confidence in the Lord's faithfulness towards believers who remain present when God's judgment comes to destroy the ungodly." " I was facing New York City from New Jersey when I saw a huge white cloud hanging close to the ground and dispersing rapidly in all surrounding directions. I sensed immediate impending destruction of my physical being as I stood in a kind of braced position on open ground. I knew that within the intense heat of that coming cloud, that for me, there was safety. It was as if I knew that Jesus was in it for me, even though it would otherwise be an instrument of destruction for the world of unbelievers." Dream 6: by the author of the book 'Spare Your People', Richard Swanson-" In 1971 I saw, in a dream, limited nuclear war in America." " I beheld two or three short successive orange-colored flashes of light off in the distance towards the north. These flashes, which produced a strobe-light effect, literally lit up the nighttime sky. As they occurred I could briefly see the outline of some mountains from beyond which the flashes came. The next morning - in the dream - as I was walking through a field of swamp grass, I heard a news report over a transistor radio which was attached to a corner pole of a lean-to. The news report said: " Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco have been struck by thermonuclear warheads," By the time the broadcast said "Denver" I was in the Spirit. I was standing beside Jesus. I then realized it was Jesus who was giving the news report, and what I was hearing over the transistor radio was the Word of God. As He spoke, His words could be heard throughout eternity. As Jesus said "Denver," He pointed there, and as he did the Holy Spirit showed me, though it was not quite dawn, exactly where Denver was. It was still night in San Francisco, yet the Holy Spirit showed me where that city was too. I then looked back toward the East Coast. The sun had already risen there and , through some cirrocumulus clouds, I could see the Florida Area. I suddenly realized I was up in the heavens looking down. I also knew that during this limited nuclear attack I would be in Florida very close to the Alabama border. Several years later I discovered that this part of Florida is indeed swampland, just as in the dream. Dream 7: by Clinton White, author, evangelist, and former host of the radio program, "Let's Talk About Jesus," spoke over the airwaves one Saturday morning describing New York City after nuclear war - He stated that in his vision many buildings were destroyed; others were only half standing. There was much rubble strewn about the streets. The city was without electricity and other essential services. If that wasn't bad enough, brother White really shocked me when he mentioned there were still people living there. He could see them going about in the day time, though there weren't nearly as many as there are now. He also saw those who ventured out after dark being attacked by packs of wild dogs that roamed the streets. Dreams 8 &amp; 9: The night before the author left Worchester, Massachusetts, to preach the gospel in Florida, a Christian brother shared a startling dream he had experienced a few years earlier. - In this dream, because he'd been preaching the gospel, he was hidden away in a small cabin located in a wooded area by a lake. He thought it to be somewhere in New Hampshire. He mentioned how the natural surroundings, the trees, the grass, the lake, all seemed so beautiful, but he knew the lake was contaminated and unfit to drink. He had been provided with a canteen of water and a little food by the Christians who had brought him to this place of refuge. He had been there a few days when some travelers came passing through the area. He felt it safe to go out and speak with them. As he greeted the travelers, he realized there was something different about them - their skin was grayish white and blotchy, and their hair had fallen out in patches. However, they were not the least bit upset by their condition. He offered them some water from his canteen, but they refused, saying it didn't matter if they drank the water from the lake. The travelers said it would take two to three years for the land and water to cleanse themselves. They also greatly encouraged the brother in hiding by ministering the things of the Lord to him. Before they left, they held hands and prayed for one another and embraced. The travelers then resumed their journey. Some time after the dream, this brother went to a library and read descriptions of people who had been exposed to nuclear radiation; he immediately recognized their features - they were like those of the people in his dream. The second dream this brother had (which I am calling dream number 9) He saw himself walking down a street in the United States with one arm around a Russian Soldier; in his other hand was a New Testament in the Russian language from which he was reading to the soldier. This brother read to the Russian soldier from the gospel of John and also from the book of Romans. Dream 10: by Kay Fowler - " I saw troops had suddenly appeared on the land. And I found myself hidden away on top of a mountain. And I'm looking down through a periscope - I see the troops have appeared and have gathered together a great multitude of Americans. And they have surrounded them and I see fear on their faces. Suddenly, the troops divide the people into two great numbers. The loved ones are being divided - husbands and wives separated, and there's much shedding of tears." "I saw a group on the right, and they were gathered to go up a ramp, possibly into a ship. I know it was a loading ramp or a gangplank....Behind the second group, I could see small buildings, like barracks." Dream 11: by Kay Fowler - " I've also seen a large city with skyscrapers, and enemy planes were coming in and shelling the city. The buildings were on fire and burning as if bombs had been dropped. I saw the people all in a panic, fleeing the city for safety. I've seen New York City Harbor completely destroyed. I watched as every ship rolled over and sank. I've seen military jets trying to land and take off from airstrips and then crash because untrained and unqualified people were placed in command positions. I've seen a squadron of our American jets flying to the war zone, excited about being in war. On each plane was an American flag. I could hear the pilots talking from the cockpit of each of these planes, boasting how powerful their planes were and how great America is. Then, I saw them crashing into the sides of the mountain. ' Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord' (Obadiah 1:4). In the same revelation I saw that when all the men are called off to the war zone all the work will be left to the women in that community. Dream 12: by a Christian brother from Seattle, Washington - I saw a vision concerning the Western United States. Instead of combines and tractors, I beheld a large contingent of foreign troops in full battle array rolling through the wheat fields of what seemed to be Eastern Washington State. This well-equipped army, which included planes, tanks, and armored vehicles, was rushing toward the battlefield. I knew they were foreign troops because of their helmets and uniforms which were not at all like ours, but distinctly European. Dream 13: by a prominent American Evangelist given to him by the Lord who was speaking to him of America's continual procrastination regarding repentance and the putting away of evil. - "Between midnight and dawn the Communists attacked America. Major cities were destroyed in a matter of minutes by long range missiles fired from Russia, and medium range missiles fired from submarines, stationed along our coasts. All communications were destroyed. This was synchronized with a widespread reign of terror, caused by Communist Saboteurs blowing up bridges, power plants, dams, etc. People fled to the mountains, deserts, and open fields, and there hunger, disease and death overtook them. In a couple of days thousands of Russian and Chinese Soldiers were flown in to restore order. All leaders in the American Way of Life were immediately shot. A proclamation was issued by the Communists for everyone to return to their homes, and they would be cared for and protected. Everyone was required to register with the Communists, and at that time receive instructions to turn their property over to the State, with all money. All children were separated from their parents and made wards of the State. While this was happening all the remaining nations in the world surrendered to the local Communists. The final blow came when ALL ADULT AMERICANS WERE SHIPPED OUT AS SLAVES TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD. Every nation was calling for American Slaves so they could humiliate and utterly destroy the last vestige of Americanism. People from China, India and other overpopulated areas were brought to America to take the place of enslaved Americans that were being shipped out to every nation under the sun. In the midst of this tragedy, prophets appeared among the people and spoke these words, ' YE WOULD NOT GO AS FREE PEOPLE TO ALL THE WORLD WITH THE MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM .... NOW, YE SHALL CARRY IT AS SLAVES.' " Dream 14: by the author Richard Swanson - When I was eight (8) years old I dreamed of a little church with a cross on top of a peaked roof. I opened the door and walked inside. As I did I entered into, for the first time in my life, the presence of God. The little church was only big enough for one person. The approximate dimensions were six feet long, four feet wide and six feet high. The only object inside this little church was one small wooden seat attached to the wall; everything else was cement. There wasn't even a window. Being only eight years old, I didn't know I was in a prison cell. Twenty years later the Lord spoke to me in a subway car: " I am going to speak to you through a man about your missionary work for me in this world." I decided that instead of traveling to New Jersey to visit my parents I had better go to the meeting at the Calvary Baptist Church, where John Hill from Texas was speaking. When brother Hill began to speak about Christians who lived behind the Iron and Bamboo Curtains, I could actually see, in the Spirit, scales falling off my eyes. And I knew that someday I would be serving the Lord inside a Communist Country. DREAM 15: by the author Richard Swanson - In 1978 I dreamed I was being held captive in the Soviet Union. I was sitting on a bench in a small but very modern city park. The park was adjacent to the building in which I lived. I was having some real good Christian fellowship with a husband and wife who were good friends of mine. The wife was expecting a baby. In the next sequence of the dream, the husband came walking towards me. He said, " They have taken away our baby at birth." I will never forget the look on his face - grief no tongue could tell. As we embraced, his sorrow became my sorrow. I then momentarily awoke, yet I was still filled with sorrow. I then momentarily awoke, yet I was still filled with sorrow. I closed my eyes, and now I was sitting on the grass in that same park. A stranger, whom I recognized as being an American, came over to where I was sitting. I asked her, "Do you have any news from America?" She looked around very suspiciously and replied, "Let's go for a walk. I need to find a drug store." I knew there was one located on a corner a couple of blocks down on the left. She started to walk in that direction, but I didn't go with her because I knew I was not allowed to leave the park. It was obvious she was under a lot of pressure as she nervously walked away. Suddenly, I realized where I was - I was in a large city somewhere in the Soviet Union. I became filled with the Holy Spirit. " The peace of God which surpasses all understanding" flooded my soul (Phil 4:7) DREAM 16: by Kay Fowler - "In the past, I've seen a watch, it's a digital watch. And it's zero hours, zero minutes, and zero seconds. As I'm looking at this watch the seconds begin to move forward - one, two, three seconds. And then it approaches 59 seconds; and then it moves into minutes. As it approaches 60 minutes, the numbers continue counting up - 61, 62, 63 minutes. Therefore the Lord has shown that we are in the last hour. He's not going to give us another hour; only a few minutes. Indeed, America is living on borrowed time." DREAM 17: by Key Fowler - " I saw at another time panic had hit our community, and that an invasion had come from the North. Everybody was in a frantic state. Above me were the darkest clouds I had ever seen. The cloud cover seemed to be for miles and miles; as far as I could see there was this dark storm cloud. Great fear seemed to come with the cloud, such fear that cars were being driven off the highway, and the occupants would run out into the field. As I viewed all of this, I was given a map. There were no boundaries or states on it, so I know not what states or area this will be. But I could see each county was circled in black. And across each county was written ' Forbidden Zone.' And right in the center of this map of a particular county was written in green the words ' Green Meadow.' I knew this was my map, and that God was going to lead me out of all this war zone into this green meadow of His protection and safety. Dream 18: by Kay Fowler - " During the night hours I dreamed I was with a group of people. We had obtained a canvas-covered Army truck, and were having to travel under cover of darkness so as not to be discovered by the soldiers that were already in the land. We were directed by an Angel as he stood by the side of the road and pointed which road to take. We traveled a long way when we got to the foot of this mountain. The road that led to the top was just a narrow little pig trail. Now, I don't have the knowledge of the location of this area, but I do know that it was deep in the mountains. When we got to the top of this narrow road we found a forsaken campground, one that the soldiers had overlooked. At this campground there was running water, showers, and open grates for us to cook food on. As I was looking over the grounds there before me I saw a giant clock that had come down from the sky, and it was superimposed over the ground. It had a hand on it that marked off sections; spring, summer, fall and winter. I saw the hand as it moved over each season. And at the end of the last season, I knew that we had been there a year. I looked at the base of the mountain, and the soldiers had discovered our tracks along the road. They were proceeding up the mountain when the dream ended. I know not what happened to us." DREAM 19: by Kay Fowler - I've seen myself as a prisoner on a passenger train. There were others on this train. I don't know which country we were in, or where we were going. I'm standing before some of the prisoners, with an open Bible before me. I'm trying to teach them about Jesus, and tell them of His Saving Blood. A guard happened to walk through; I quickly hid the Bible behind my back, so I wouldn't be caught. After the guards have left, I bring the Bible back out and continue my teaching. I saw some Oriental Faces among some of the people on this train." DREAM 20: by Kay Fowler - " I heard in a dream the sound one would hear if he were to hit the end of a large steel drum with his fists. ' Boom, boom, boom.' The noise filled my entire being as if I were the drum. It was maddeningly insane. It was the most horrible experience I've ever had. The Lord then showed me the inside of my head. Don't ask me how, but as He did, the noise stopped. A beautiful quietness prevailed. I awoke from that dream and saw in a vision tiny drops of water dripping from a faucet about three feet from the ground onto my forehead. Immediately I knew I was being water-tortured. I also knew that by faith the Lord Jesus Christ would keep me from going insane. What a comfort that was. Sincerely, Tom Heward and Mike Roell with Ground Zero Ministries Currently based in Silicon Valley, California Mailing Address: Tom &amp; Mike w/Ground Zero Ministries 482 West Hamilton Avenue # 268 Campbell, California 95008 Phone/Fax: 408-558-7938 E-mail: mysbabylon@aol.com Web Site w/dreams: http://members.aol.com/mysbabylon Back to: WHATS NEW PAGE or DATED FILELIST of End Time Prophetic Vision http://www.etpv.org The Last Days of America By David Wilkerson June 18, 1989 America is dying! The country's wound is incurable. It is now in the final throes of a terminal disease. The great empire is crumbling! This country is headed the way of all fallen empires. The time that God warned us about in His Word has come - the "dread release," when even the prayers of godly saints no longer avail. God said, "When the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it... and will cut off man and beast from it: though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God" (Ezekiel 14:13-14). God never yet has destroyed a society or nation without ample warning. "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7). God warned Abraham of the sudden destruction about to fall on Sodom: "And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do" (Genesis 18:17). He warned Noah, too, that He soon would destroy mankind with a flood: "Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear" (Hebrews 11:7). God warned Samuel of the downfall of Eli's ministry and of the destruction of Shiloh, "And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle" (1 Samuel 3:11). Jeremiah prophesied judgment upon Israel because "the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou showedst me their doings" (Jeremiah 11:18). God also revealed to Daniel what was to come: "Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision:" (Daniel 2:19). In every age God has communicated His warnings to the people in different ways. He spoke with Moses face-to-face, to Joshua through an angel and to the Old Testament prophets in visions and dreams. And today God is speaking again - loud and clear. Yes, there are false prophets: crazy, immoral, half-mad, self-proclaimed seers who are also crying judgment. But these people are sent by Satan to discredit the true word of God-sent watchmen. Many American shepherds - or, ministers - have become so blind, lazy and sinful that God has had to call upon secular writers and artists to warn this nation it is dying! Have you seen the prophetic cartoons in our newspapers lately? One depicts the Statue of Liberty standing with her head in her hands, weeping in shame! Another shows a bloody finger inscribing the prophetic writing on the wall: "Anarchy." Unlike the blind shepherds, these secularists see the grim reality that is now upon us, In New York City and other urban areas, cartoons portray crowds walking over corpses! Bulldozers are avalanched by mountains of white cocaine - and are unable to make a dent in them! In book after book, financial experts warn of the soon-coming economic crash. They have seen the handwriting on the wall, and they're frightened. One well-known financial advisor has cashed out in preparation for what is being anticipated as the world's worst depression. The Old Testament prophecies of destruction were based on sound Biblical deductions. The prophets were students of the revealed Word of God. They studied history. They saw patterns in societies. They became well acquainted with God's mercy and His long-suffering endurance. And they were able to discern the trigger points of God's wrath - that is, when He had enough! Daniel was a student of the Word. He came to understand the captivity of Israel in Babylon by reading the writings of the previous prophets. From their prophecies he calculated the end of the captivity, the time the Messiah would come, how long He would live and when He would die. "I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the Prophet" (Daniel 9:2). Daniel listed all the terrible things that were happening to God's people in his day. He compared it all with Deuteronomy 28 and concluded, "The curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him... As it is written in the laws of Moses, all this evil is come upon us... for we obeyed not his voice" (Daniel 9:11,13-14). Any God-fearing, praying Christian can do as Daniel did. Beloved, compare to the Scriptures what we see happening right before our eyes, and you will know beyond any doubt that America is even now under the fury of God's curse for disobedience. Twelve Signs of the Curse Moses listed in Deuteronomy 28 all the signs of the curse. We need to be reminded of these dreadful signs which shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments" (Deuteronomy 28:15). I'll list just 12 of the fearful curses here: 1. A curse upon our cities: "Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field" (Deuteronomy 28:16). American cities are doomed. Our own magazines have declared them to be Western "Beiruts" or war zones. Crack is tearing them apart. New York City is becoming unlivable. A murder occurs every five hours, a crime every 20 seconds. Our cities are headed for anarchy, and there is no turning back. Now it's spreading even to our smallest towns. 2. A curse upon our economy: "Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store" (Dueteronomy 28:17). This refers to gross national product, banking and reserves. A curse will fall upon it all, bringing confusion, fear and uncertainty. "I (will break) the staff of your bread" (see Leviticus 26:26) - meaning widespread unemployment. 3. A curse upon our futures market: "Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine (cattle), and the flocks of thy sheep" (Dueteronomy 28:18). This curse will fall on our crops and cattle. 4. A curse upon our foreign negotiations: This curse will bring shame and embarrassment. "Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do... because of the wickedness of thy doings" (Dueteronomy 28:19-20). U.S. foreign policy today is in complete disarray! Our negotiators come home confused - upstaged by Russia, upstaged in China. We appear befuddled before the whole world. 5. Plagues of incurable illnesses: "The Lord shall make the pestilence (sickness) cleave unto thee... with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation" (Deuteronomy 28:21,22). "The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt... and with the scab... where of thou canst not be healed. The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment (panic) of heart (Deuteronomy 28:27,28). "The Lord shall smite thee... with a sore botch (boil) that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head" (Deuteronomy 28:35). The mark of AIDS is the purple blotch - the incurable boil. 6. Dust bowls and areas of drought: "The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee" (Deuteronomy 28:24). This is God's doing. All of it is sent from heaven! 7. Insignificant enemies will put our armies to chase: "The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before them... And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air" (Deuteronomy 28:25,26). Think of the stalemate in Korea. Or our troops fleeing from Vietnam and being chased out of Lebanon. Or tiny Panama holding a gun to our head. 8. An epidemic of divorce: An epidemic of broken homes has erupted. "Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shalt lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof: (Deuteronomy 28:30). 9. A wave of bankruptcies: "Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes... thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them" (Deuteronomy 28:31). This describes the ancient Oriental custom of the creditor taking everything from the debtor for restitution. It warns of the wave of bankruptcies that will come upon this cursed nation. 10. The loss of an entire generation of youth: "Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them" (Deuteronomy 28:32). Today a nation of adults, supplied with all money and might, can merely stand by and watch in horror as drugs and violence swallow up an entire population of youth. This Scripture is a prophetic warning about the despair that falls upon parents in a nation under the curse. "Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity" (Deuteronomy 28:41). 11. The prosperity of other nations at our expense: "The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low" (Deuteronomy 28:43). Hosea describes the blindness of people under this curse: "Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not: (Hosea 7:9). Whatever the crop, whatever the fruit, "The strangers shall swallow it up" (Hosea 8:7). 12. You will become a debtor nation rather than a lender: "He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail" (Deuteronomy 28:44). In the last five years we have become the world's biggest debtor nation. At this moment we are now the tail - and Japan is the head. We can't even bail out our own bankrupt savings and loan institutions. Consider the $150 billion that's needed to save our banking system - and then tell me America is not under the curse! We are now experiencing the full fury of it! Nineveh Was The New York City Of Its Day Nineveh was the capital of a mighty empire. At the very height of its power and prosperity God raised up prophets to warn of impending judgments. God Himself described Nineveh as "that great city... (whose) wickedness is come up before me" (Jonah 1:2). Nahum called it: "the bloody city... full of lies and robbery" Nahum 3:1). Nineveh, like New York City, was comprised of four smaller cities or precincts. It spread some 30 miles in circumference and was protected by a 100 foot-high wall. The wall was side enough for three chariots to run abreast on its roadway, and had 1,500 towers on it - each of them 250 feet tall. In Jonah's day, Nineveh had 120,000 children under seven years old, so its total population had to be more than 600,000. In Nahum's time, it had a large standing army, powerful and undefeated. War horses paraded along its boulevards. Nineveh was a great merchant city, a world trade center. Three-fourths of the known world was under the sway of its power and commerce. Under Jonah's preaching Nineveh had exhibited a form of repentance - but this repentance was shallow and short-lived. Nineveh soon returned to its wicked ways, and God was quickly forgotten. The city's wickedness and immorality were exported all over the world, and Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire began to flaunt their bloodshed. Thus God became enraged. The Spirit of God came upon the prophet Nahum, and he declared this: "God is jealous... and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance: (Nahum 1:2). Nahum saw that wicked society - drunk with pleasure, success and prosperity, full of pride, greed and violence, a people at ease while robbing and shedding blood - and he cried out, "Woe to Nineveh! God is going to bring judgment again!" Nahum's prophecy came forth years after Jonah had been sent to proclaim judgment on the city. God had been "slow to anger" and patient in spite of their wickedness, bloodshed and godlessness. He remembered the short-lived repentance of their fathers under Jonah's preaching. Nahum Anchored His Prophecy of Coming Destruction On The Revealed Word Of God Nahum's prophecy was more than a dream or vision. Like Daniel and the other prophets, Nahum was a student of the Word. He had studied the history of God's dealings with societies in the past, especially the great city of No-Amon (Thebes of Egypt). No-Amon was the capital of the Egyptian empire during the imperial 18th to 20th Dynasties. Treasures poured into No-Amman's coffers from all over the world. It was the city of the Pharaohs. Temples to false gods lined its boulevards. Jeremiah prophesied against the city's idolatry: "Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods" (Jeremiah 46:25). Ezekiel, too, prophesied that God would "execute judgments in No... and... cut off the multitude of No" (Ezekiel 30:14,15). No-Amon had been an impenetrable city, protected on all sides, "waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from sea" (Nahum 3:8). The city was very prosperous and had added power from satellite nations. "Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength... Put and Labium were thy helpers" (Nahum 3:9). No-Amon had almost the size and population of Nineveh before that city was wiped out in divine judgment. With its palaces, expensive art, exotic furniture, pottery and fine clothes, No-Amon was the envy of nations. It boasted a huge army and a great stockpile of weapons. The world thought No was an invincible city in its time. they believed it would live forever. "Yet was she (No) carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains" (Nahum 3:10). Nahum prophesied this based on God's historical dealings with wicked societies in the past. "Art thou better than popular No?" (Nahum 3:8). In other words, "What makes you believe God will judge all others for the things you are now doing but let you escape?" God has every right to ask America the same question today. What is different about America from wicked Sodom? Are we better than Noah's generation? Or Lot's generation? Are we better than the wicked people of No-Amon? Are we more deserving that Nineveh, which God wiped out? considering all past evidences of God's fury, why should He spare us, since we are committing acts seven times worse than any of these wicked people? Nahum's warning to Nineveh is a warning to us also: "Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shall be hid" (Nahum 3:11). America is drunken with lust, drugs, violence, evil sex - and intoxicated with success and prosperity. "Thou shalt be hid" means this country will become powerless, reduced to nothing, unable to take action or to solve problems. Our mortal enemies will plunder us. Society will crumble under the weight of unsolvable problems. Up to now America has stumbled along. enduring but never solving its problems. Yet we have survived. But now, all our problems are going to accelerate. The hospital system in our cities has become unmanageable: Addicts are slipping out of their rooms, running out to get crack, and then climbing back into bed. Many are freebasing cocaine in hospital rooms - even in emergency rooms. Doctors and nurses are being beaten and murdered. There is no cure, no solution possible! Our jails are overflowing, resulting in the release of many criminals. We're now building prison barges in the attempt to cope with the overcrowding. Our penal institutions are horror houses of rape, violence and hopelessness. Here, too, there are no solutions, no cures in sight. Our courts can't handle the caseloads anymore. Judge after judge has issued warnings: "We're on the brink of anarchy. we can't even process the multitudes of criminals." Our schools are the shame of the whole world. Inner-city school buildings are decaying; teachers live in fear. The schools have become a miniature hell where kids are confronted with guns, knives, drugs, violence and promiscuous sex. The schools are devoid of all morality. Our welfare systems are in total chaos. New York State has called this city a "welfare basket case." Costs already have spun out of control. Nobody in the U.S. Government, in Congress, on Wall Street or at the Federal Reserve can tell us what is happening to our economy. It is beyond us all. No one knows what is holding the system together. There is a Trigger That Has Set Off This Awesome Judgment "There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counselor" (Nahum 1:11). God must pour out His fury when the nation turns from simply ignoring God to deliberately plotting against Him. This evil one who plots against God - making laws, giving wicked counsel, designed to anger God - is the consensus, the national mind, expressed by its judges, courts, and government. This one who has arisen in our midst is embodied in our Supreme Court, our federal courts, our judges on every level. These people have become wicked counselors, waging war against God. And they have blood on their hands! They are evil God-haters who protect baby-killers and atheistic rights. They have shaken their fist at God, daring Him to react to their flaunted rebellion. This small handful of wicked counselors has set their hearts against God. They have declared war, and God no longer can hold back His fury. I do not care a bit what the Supreme Court does, however, you see, God is going to turn it into a kangaroo court of fools." For now will I break His yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder" (Nahum 1:13). These wicked counselors will go down in judgment. God has promised to confound them and to make their faces black with fear. Nahum asks, "Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide (endure) in the fierceness of his anger?" (Nahum 1:6). when God's fury is on the land, when the fierceness of God's anger strikes, what judge can then stand in rebellion? What court will endure? God will smite them all with fear, striking their hearts with confusion. They will be helpless against the flood, crying, "What has happened? It's all going down!" Four Specific Judgments God Inflicts On A Nation Going Down Like Nineveh, America has an incurable wound. Other than a miracle of mercy, there is no more healing for us, only judgment (see Nahum 3:19). These judgments appear and quickly accelerate until each becomes an avalanche, an overwhelming flood (Nahum 1:18). 1. There shall be no end of corpses: The first judgment is that there will be "no end of corpses" Nahum 3:3 says, "There is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is no end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses." Nahum saw something that at the time seemed unbelievable. Nineveh was lounging comfortably in its prosperity. Its streets bustled with shoppers and merchants - business as usual. But the prophet saw a sword coming to those busy streets. He saw corpses lying everywhere, a multitude of the slain and murdered with people stumbling over the bodies. When judgment comes, expect to see caskets and corpses in growing numbers. A terrible scene is emblazoned on my mind: that of former President Reagan and his wife weeping over the 250 caskets of soldiers who were blown up in Lebanon. And again I see them standing before empty caskets - those of five astronauts blown out of the sky. I see President Bush, too, standing gravely before some 35 caskets - those of sailors killed by a shipboard explosion. It's coffin time in America! In the days ahead there will be so many corpses that Americans will become immune to it all - and will just step over bodies. One day we will see bodies dead from starvation on America's streets. Already AIDS victims are languishing on the streets with no place to die! This story appeared in the news recently: A 14-year-old mother threw her newborn baby out of a fourth floor window. The little child's corpse was found three days later in the alley. People thought it was a discarded baby doll. Another equally gruesome story is that of a three-day-old baby found in a dumpster on Ninth Avenue, wrapped in a plastic bag - just one of hundreds of little abandoned corpses found in the city. But perhaps the most disturbing story to appear recently was that of the tiny corpse of a little girl who had been placed in a suitcase and burned to death. The story read, "She was abused and abandoned in life, but adopted and loved in death. She was a toddler, about three years old, found burned to death in a suitcase dumped amid piles of trash in the vestibule of an apartment house." "The body was going to be buried in Potters' Field, but the firefighters who found her were so broken by what they saw that they arranged - 'to give this baby some type of dignity in death - she probably didn't have much dignity in life'... Trucks from the engine and ladder company stood outside the church as (they) carefully cradled the tiny white casket in their arms and carried it into the church." You can almost hear the frightful cry: "Come all ye gravediggers! Come, all ye coffin makers, labor around the clock. Come, ye pallbearers, the caskets keep coming! Come, ye funeral directors and embalmers, you work has just begun!" There is no end to the corpses! What kind of spiritual blindness has fallen on us when we see this judgment all about and still have preachers crying, "Peace! Prosperity!" Do they not care? Does it mean nothing to them? 2. Loss of national purpose: "I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame" (Nahum 3:5). The second judgment we'll see is the nations which once feared us, envied us and stood in awe of us will discover us to have become weak. "Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women" (Nahum 3:13). In other words, "You have grown soft and effeminate through your luxury. You have no will, no resolve." All dying empires become soft and effeminate, unwilling in the end to take a stand for anything. From Sodom to Babylon, dying empires have gone out drunk, lazy, stoned and immune to all warnings. Like Belshazzar, the king of Babylon who saw the writing on the wall, they end up giving the prophets their day in court - telling them, yes, they are on target, that what they're saying is all true. But then they go right back to the party. (See Daniel 5). "The gates of thy land shall be set wide unto thine enemies" (Nahum 3:13). Drug lords from Cambodia, Columbia, Mexico and Pakistan are laughing at our flimsy border patrols. God has torn down our walls. Castro has dumped hundreds of prisoners and spies on our land. Thank God for the many good - even godly - aliens I've met. But for every good one, ten evil ones, including murderers and rapists, pour in. In many countries drug pushers are the only ones able to raise the money to come to America. The prophet said they came with a sword to kill and destroy. 3. A baptism of filth: "I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock" (Nahum 3:6). Our third judgment, like Nineveh, is that we have become the shame and disgrace of the world. The rest of the world blushes at our wickedness. I once took visitors from Poland and other Soviet-bloc countries on a tour through New York's streets. As we walked down 42nd Street, I saw tears in their eyes. finally, one Polish businessman turned to me and said, "I'm walking through hell itself! Please take me out of here!" "This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand" (Zephaniah 2:15). Israel once became so wicked that even the heathen "daughters of the Philistines... are ashamed of thy lewd way" (Ezekiel 16:47). Moses warned Israel that sin would bring any nation "into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it" (Leviticus 26:32). America is now experiencing this supernatural baptism of filth. The prophet paints the picture of a God so furious, so full of vengeance, that He is throwing mud or dirt on this wicked nation. We are literally drowning in pornography: It is now a multi-million- dollar business. Ten years ago much of it was imported. But today the U.S. is the biggest exporter of filth in all the world. With its television shows and VCR movies, our nation has developed an appetite for perversion and sadomasochism. Even daytime soap operas are full of smut, fornication and homosexuality. TV has become the open floodgate of this barrage of filth. God is doing to America what He did to Israel after she lusted for flesh in the desert. "Ye shall not eat one day, not two days, nor five days... until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you" (Numbers 11:19-20). The United States of America is now known as "the nation where anything goes!" There are virtually no more restraints. Young 11 and 12 year-old boys are becoming rapists. Girls are getting pregnant at age 12 - and then having abortions! Our nation plays the harlot while looking down the barrel of the deadly gun of AIDS, and laughs, "Who's afraid of AIDS?" Last week a movie star confessed that 12 of his best friends have died of AIDS. But he doesn't intend to change his ways! 4. A massive depression from which there is no escape: Many don't like to hear about the coming economic collapse. The word "depression" scares Americans. But believe it or not, we are not just facing another recession that will last a short while before the economy bounces back. Rather, we are facing the last great depression! It happened to every past society and empire in the throes of judgment. Don't believe it won't happen to us. Because of Israel's unfaithfulness, the Lord said to that nation: "Thou has multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away" (Nahum 3:16). In this prophecy, the prophet Nahum was warning the city of an insidious enemy that would come to destroy its economy. Nineveh exported glassworks, textiles, carpets, ivory carvings, artwork of all kinds, gems, silver, gold and spices. Its merchants traveled throughout the world. But before long an invading cancer came, and enemies swooped down, spread themselves over the rich spoil and fled with the loot. Rest assured the day is not far off when Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Germany will take their money from the United States and flee! "All they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will bemoan her? Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?" (Nahum 3:7). "All that hear the bruit (news) of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?" (Nahum 3:19). One day soon, Japan will quit buying our government bonds - as will all other nations. We will not be able to finance our massive debt. It will all tumble and fall. "He (God) hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee" (Lamentations 2:17). The real estate market will crash as well. Zephaniah warned Nineveh; "Desolation shall be in the thresholds" (Zephaniah. 2:14). The thresholds represent dwellings. He prophesied of empty buildings with birds flying in and out of the shattered windows. "The bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it" (verse 14). The New American Standard Bible reads, "Birds will sing in the window." Even now in Dallas, Houston and Denver we see the appalling sight of empty skyscrapers: "A day of the trumpet against the high towers" (Zephaniah 1:16). High buildings, such as the Trump and Zeckendorf Towers in New York City represent the pride, competition and greed of American society. The day is coming when many of these towers will stand empty like giant, decaying tombstones, full of homeless people. When Will All This Fall Upon Us? Nahum said of Nineveh, "The Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee... will I cut off... for thou art vile" (Nahum 1:14). I believe God already has given the commandment to bring forth all these prophesied judgments. It all has been set in motion. The word I keep hearing in my spirit is "acceleration". The fire has been ignited - and soon it will grow hotter, more intense and eventually will encompass all our society. What about the people of God? What are we facing? Again, we are driven to the Word to find our what the Lord declared and performed in the past. Has not God always delivered His people in past desolations? Let's search the Scriptures: Noah and his family escaped the flood. Were they preserved? Yes! Did Daniel and the Hebrew children survive the furnace and lion's den? Yes! Did Lot and those who heeded God's warnings perish in Sodom? No! Didn't Jesus warn the Jews to flee Jerusalem when invading armies approached? He said, "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies... flee to the mountains... depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter" (Luke 21:20-21). And Jerusalem was destroyed while the obedient ones escaped - remembering the Lord's warning. Even to the wicked Nineveh, for the sake of even one righteous man, God gave this glorious message: "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him" (Nahum 1:7). Those who listen and obey have always been saved! His stronghold is a fortified house of rock: "In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust... Be thou my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress" (Psalm 31:1-3). And here is how we will be kept safe: "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth... Thou hast known my soul in adversities; and hast not shut me up in to the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large room" (Psalm 31:5,7,8). Prepare now for God's imminent judgments - by setting your heart on the Rock Who provided refuge for His own. Commit the keeping of your body soul to our gracious and merciful Lord. How God intends to save His people in these troubled times, I do not know - but with Him nothing is impossible. He is our ark of safety, so we need not fear, or run, or hide. Even if we leave this world by way of a hydrogen meltdown, it will be instant deliverance from a world gone mad. Call me a doomsayer - call me unpatriotic - call me any name you please. But I am already a citizen of another country - the New Jerusalem, which is above. We are supposed to be looking for a city whose builder and maker is God. Finally, Jesus forewarned us of a day coming - so frightful, men's hearts would fail them for fear, beholding the horrors coming on the earth. Then He said, "Look up and rejoice, for your redemption draws near." McNamara: Nuclear War Still Possible; NYC No. 1 Target http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/4/26/163503.shtml Jon E. Dougherty, NewsMax.com Tuesday, Apr. 27, 2004 The threat of devastating nuclear attack by Russia against the United States has not diminished, warns former Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara. Writing in Monday's Los Angeles Times, McNamara and co-author Helen Caldicott claim that the threat of a nuclear catastrophe remains real, "whether by accident, human fallibility or malfeasance." The Soviet Union collapsed on itself and the divide between Eastern communism and Western democracy disintegrated more than 13 years ago. Because of that, the nightmare scenario is not on the minds of many Americans today. Missiles Still Pointed at New York, Cities Nevertheless, the threat remains serious, McNamara and Caldicott argue, because, despite the end of the Cold War in the early 1990's, thousands of Russian nuclear warheads are still pointed at the U.S. targeting many civilian population centers. McNamara, defense secretary to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, U.S. and Caldicott, a pediatrician and head of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, say that Russian nuclear targeting strategies haven't changed much - and certainly not enough to reflect the thaw in relations between both nations. The pair also cite a January 2002 document from the U.S. Foreign Military Studies Office at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., titled, "Prototypes for Targeting America, a Soviet Military Assessment." The study reports that New York City is the single most important target after military installations on the U.S. Atlantic coast. In addition, a report commissioned in the 1980s by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment is still as relevant today. It said Soviet nuclear war plans called for aiming two one-megaton bombs at each of the following: The three airports serving NYC; Wall Street; each major bridge; all major rail centers; all power stations; four NYC-area oil refineries; and the NYC port facilities. Also, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in a recent report on nuclear-attack preparedness, featured a map showing an obliterated New York City from nuclear blasts and the resultant firestorms and fallout. It predicted millions of people would instantly perish, while most survivors would die shortly thereafter from radiation burns and exposure. Russia , Leading Nuclear Superpower Russia, despite press reports to the contrary, remains a nuclear superpower, arguably the greatest nuclear superpower. Between Moscow and Washington, the two governments can lay claim to 96 percent of the world's 30,000 nuclear weapons. In Russia, says the National Resources Defense Council, most of the 8,200 nuclear warheads are pointing at American cities and defense sites. In return, most of the United States' 7,000 warheads are targeting Russian missile silos and command centers. Russia continues to lead the U.S. in smaller tactical nuclear warheads. The U.S. destroyed most of its tactical nuclear arsenal during the 1990s. Of the 7,000 warheads in the U.S. arsenal, 2,500 are maintained on a 24-hour ready alert status, and can be launched within moments. And, the commander of the Strategic Air Command has only about three minutes to decide if a nuclear attack warning is real or not. Then he has 10 minutes to find the president and give him a 30-second attack briefing, including options. After that, the president has three minutes to decide whether or not to retaliate and if so, which targets will be hit. Once they were launched, U.S. missiles would reach their Russian targets in about 15 to 30 minutes. The situation is relatively similar in Russia, with the exception that Moscow's early warning system is rapidly aging. According to the McNamara and Caldicott, the systems of both countries sound alarms daily, in response to wildfires, satellite launchings and solar reflections off clouds or oceans. But as the Russian system continues to decay, it may be more difficult for Moscow to determine whether alerts are real or not. That's dangerous, argue experts, because it may mean in the future, Russian commanders and leaders may have to rely more on human judgment-a concept much less reliable than computerized early warning systems that operate without emotion. Russia Continues Missile Build-up Perhaps worse, as Russia's overall military structure continues to suffer from a lack of funding and crumbles, Moscow continues to pour scarce military funding into more nuclear weapons. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters Monday Moscow will test its mobile version of the Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile once more before it is put into service. The missile, which will form the backbone of Russia's nuclear defenses, is 47 tons, will carry one warhead, and has an estimated range of 6,900 miles. Ground-based Topol-M rockets are already in use; the mobile version could be operational by 2006. The last test of the mobile missile came earlier this month, Ivanov said. It traveled its maximum distance before hitting a target on the Kamchatka peninsula. In addition, according to Agence France Presse, the U.S. has hinted it may use a loophole to get out of a treaty signed with Russia in 2002, which mandates both countries slash their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds over a decade. Give Them Up The liberal leaning McNamara and Caldicott say the best strategy now is to simply abandon nuclear weapons altogether. They say Russia and the U.S. are now allied in the global fight against terrorism. As such, "their first duty in this effort should be immediate and rapid bilateral nuclear disarmament, accompanied by the other six nuclear nations (France, Britain, China, India, Pakistan and Israel)," followed by U.N. Security Council action "to ensure no other nations, particularly Iran and North Korea, acquire nuclear weapons." "Time is not on our side," they wrote. Editor's note: . Find out Russia's secret strategy: Click here now . Is America prepared for the next war? Click here now! Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics: Missile Defense Russia Fall of the King of Babylon 3 It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, 4 that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: " How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers; 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders. 7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing. 8 Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, 'Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.' 9 " Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations. 10 They all shall speak and say to you: ' Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us? 11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.' The Fall of Lucifer 12 " How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: ' I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.' 15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 " Those who see you will gaze at you, And consider you, saying: ' Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, 17 Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?' 18 " All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house; 19 But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot. 20 You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children Because of the iniquity of their fathers, Lest they rise up and possess the land, And fill the face of the world with cities." Babylon Destroyed 22 " For I will rise up against them," says the LORD of hosts, " And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, And offspring and posterity," says the LORD. 23 " I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, And marshes of muddy water; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says the LORD of hosts. Holy Bible, Isaiah 14:3-23 Putin not able to track all nukes By The Washington Times Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush he could not account for all of Moscow's nuclear weapons at the same time al Qaeda was seeking to purchase three Russian nuclear devices on the black market, former CIA Director George J. Tenet said. In his new book, Mr. Tenet states that shortly after the September 11 attacks, Mr. Bush briefed Mr. Putin about a Pakistani nongovernmental group, Umma Tameer-e-Nau. The group, whose members included extremist nuclear scientists, was helping the Taliban and al Qaeda develop nuclear arms. The president "asked Putin point blank if Russia could account for all of its material," he states in his book, "At the Center of the Storm." "Choosing his words carefully, the Russian president said he was confident he could account for everything - under his watch," Mr. Tenet stated, noting that the deliberately ambiguous response tended to confirm reports of nuclear smuggling shortly after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Mr. Tenet said the CIA informed Russian intelligence about former Soviet nuclear scientists who were working with al Qaeda. Russian officials "refused to delve into any matters related to the security of their nuclear facilities and nuclear weapons, including reports sourced to Russian officials concerning possible theft of Russian 'suitcase nukes,' " Mr. Tenet stated. The comments contradict Russian government claims for the past 16 years that no nuclear arms were missing. Alexander Lebed, a former Russian national security adviser, stated in 1997 that Russia could not account for about 80 portable nuclear weapons, a claim later denied by Moscow. Mr. Tenet disclosed the presidential exchange in explaining detailed intelligence reports from late 2002 to spring 2003 stating that senior al Qaeda leaders were "negotiating for the purchase of three Russian nuclear devices." The former CIA chief identified the al Qaeda nuclear procurement group as including No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri and Abdel al-Aziz al-Masri, who is described as the "nuclear chief" for the terrorist group. The disclosures in Mr. Tenet's book are generating criticism from people who say some meetings and dates described in the book are inaccurate. Kenneth deGraffenreid, a former senior intelligence official, said the book cannot be gauged for accuracy because the CIA continues to withhold a critical inspector-general report on the agency's pre-September 11 activities. Michelle Van Cleave, a former high-ranking counterintelligence coordinator, said Mr. Tenet's book and its "kiss and tell" format are more than "bad manners." "Insights into how decisions are made - the thought processes and confidences and personal traits of our senior leaders - are real intelligence jewels," she said. "Our enemies hunger for these kinds of insights. Of all people, George Tenet knows that. He at least could have waited until the president was out of office before baring his soul." Intelligence officials said the book inaccurately quoted Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Tina Shelton during an August 2002 meeting at the CIA, falsely claiming that Miss Shelton said connections between Iraq and al Qaeda were an "open-and-shut case." Officials who were present at the meeting said the statement was never made. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield praised the book as an accurate depiction of Mr. Tenet's "service and leadership at the CIA during a time of great intensity and challenge." Intel: Iran equipped for atomic weapon http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44496 Sources say Bush stunned by news of N. Korea transfer Posted: May 27, 2005 5:00 p. m. Eastern (c) 2005 WorldNetDaily. com While European negotiators focus on Iran's development of enriched plutonium, U. S. intelligence officials say Tehran already has completed all of the elements required for an atomic bomb. The news has stunned President Bush, according to Geostrategy Direct, an intelligence news service led by national security reporter Bill Gertz of the Washington Times. "It's an incredible piece of intelligence that overshadows everything we thought we knew on Iran's nuclear program," one U. S. intelligence source said. Geostrategy says the intelligence information asserts North Korea this year transferred components to Iran to assemble a plutonium-based nuclear warhead. The components were believed to have originated in Pakistan. Iran insists its nuclear program is only for generation of electricity. But Washington contends Tehran's intentions are not peaceful, pointing to an enrichment program hidden from U. N. inspectors for nearly two decades before it was officially declared in October 2003. The CIA has been tracking for the past two years Iran's efforts to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon, Geostrategy reports. All of the agency's assessments were based on how much technology and enriched uranium Iran had obtained for its first nuclear warhead. While dismayed by Iran's efforts, the CIA believed Iran needed at least another three years before it could assemble an atomic bomb. "Instead, the entire Iranian uranium enrichment effort appears to have concealed a much more immediate aim," Geostrategy says. Meanwhile, the head of the U. N. atomic watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, praised Iran for its decision Wednesday to continue suspension of its enrichment program and to continue talks with the EU-3 -- France, German and Britain. In exchange, the Europeans will present plans for economic and political incentives that will become part of a final deal. Also, the World Trade Organization rewarded Tehran for its decision by opening membership negotiations. Iran's chief representative to international organizations in Geneva, Mohammad Reza Alborzil, responded: "Today, this house with this decision has done service to itself by correcting a wrong." In late 2004, says Geostrategy, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps tested a command and control network that would permit a nuclear weapons warhead to be placed on an enhanced Shihab-3 intermediate-range missile. The CIA believes Iran could immediately assemble several nuclear warheads for the Shihab-3 arsenal. "This means that U. S. forces in Iraq and southern Europe are under immediate Iranian threat," Geostrategy says. "Israel and Saudi Arabia are already under Iranian nuclear threat." The CIA first obtained reports in 1994 of Iran obtaining plutonium components from North Korea. The latest information, however, comes from a new and far more reliable source, Geostrategy says. Intelligence sources won't elaborate, but stress that the source is from a "hostile" state, a reference to either Iran or North Korea. Osama's biographer says nukes in U. S. Border used to smuggle WMDs inside America, says source --------------------------------------------------------------------------------www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50341 Posted: May 24, 2006 1:00 a. m. Eastern (c) 2006 WorldNetDaily. com Al-Qaida has smuggled tactical nuclear weapons and uranium into the U. S. across the Mexican border and is planning to launch a major terrorist attack using a combination of nukes and dirty nukes, according to an interview with Osama bin Laden's biographer, Hamid Mir, in WorldThreats. com. The information confirms reports previously published in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin and in a new book by Paul L. Williams, "Dunces of Doomsday." "I came up with this conclusion after eight years of investigation and research in the remote mountain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. I traveled to Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan and Russia and met dozens of people," Mir said. "I interviewed not only al-Qaida operatives but met scientists and top U. S. officials also. I will have the details in my coming book. At least two al-Qaida operatives claimed that the organization smuggled suitcase nukes inside America. But I have no details on who did it. But I do have details about who smuggled uranium inside America and how." Mir claims his information is based not only on what al-Qaida operatives, including bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, told him, but also upon his own independent research as a journalist. Mir says his upcoming book, a biography of bin Laden, will disclose al-Qaida's nuclear attack plans. "As far as I know, they smuggled three suitcase nukes from Russia to Europe," Mir says about al-Qaida. "They smuggled many kilos of enriched uranium inside America for their dirty bomb projects. They said in 1999 that they must have material for more than six dirty bombs in America. They tested at least one dirty bomb in the Kunar province of Afghanistan in 2000. They have planned an attack bigger than 9-11, even before 9-11 happened. Osama bin Laden trained 42 fighters to destroy the American economy and military might. Nineteen were used on 9-11, 23 are still 'sleeping' inside America waiting for a wake-up call from bin Laden." Mir said al-Qaida operatives told him that tactical nuclear weapons were smuggled over the Mexican border before Sept. 11, 2001. Mir said again he believes al-Qaida may use its nuclear arsenal after the U. S. attacks Iran in an effort to stop its nuclear weapons program. "This is my opinion," he says. "No al-Qaida leader has ever admitted that they are working with Iran. I also think that, maybe, the Iranians will organize some attacks inside America and you will accuse al-Qaida." Asked why al-Qaida hasn't used nuclear weapons it already possesses, Mir said: "They are waiting for the proper time. They want the U. S. to be involved in a mass killing of Muslims, so that they will have some justification. That is what I was told by a top al-Qaida leader in the Kunar Mountains of Afghanistan." Mir made similar comments in an earlier interview with G2 Bulletin. Hamid Mir's credibility skyrocketed when he accurately predicted in G2 Bulletin last month the imminent release of a new recorded communiqu'e from bin Laden through al-Jazeera, the Arabic TV network. Two days later, bin Laden's tape was the focus of international news coverage. "If you think that my information and analysis about bin Laden's location is correct," said Mir, "then please don't underestimate my analysis about his nuclear threat also." If al-Qaida has nukes, why wait to use them? Analysts see major investment in complex, coordinated, devastating terror attack plan http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45649 Posted: August 8, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern (c) 2005 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON - Recent al-Qaida attacks using primitive bombs and inflicting relatively small numbers of casualties have persuaded some that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network has been unable to secure weapons of mass destruction or has been unable to smuggle them into the U. S. and other key target countries. In the wake of a series of reports from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin about the nuclear terrorism threat, some skeptics of al-Qaida's ability to detonate nuclear weapons inside the U. S. most often suggest the problems with maintenance and technical attention. Others suggest Osama bin Laden may have purchased duds on the black market. Others point out that the triggers on suitcase nukes decay rapidly and have short half lives. The nuclear cores, after a time, fall below the critical mass threshold, say the optimists. Even the shells are subject to contamination over time if not properly maintained, they say. Unfortunately, finds Paul Williams, author of the upcoming book, "The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime and the Coming Apocalypse," there's little point in assessing the possibilities with rose-colored glasses. "The belief that bin Laden simply purchased these weapons for millions of dollars and stored them within his cave without concern for maintenance has its basis in the erroneous and prejudicial notion that he is a backward Bedouin warrior without knowledge of sophisticated weaponry, rather than a highly trained engineer and one of the most gifted military tacticians in the annals of modern history," he writes. Williams dismisses suggestions that bin Laden hasn't taken into account some obvious problems with nuclear weapons. "Bin Laden has been extremely mindful of proper maintenance," he writes. "As soon as he obtained the weapons, he paid an amount estimated from $60 to $100 million for the assistance of nuclear scientists from Russia, China and Pakistan. From 1996 to 2001, bin Laden also kept a score of Spetznaz technicians from the former Soviet Union on his payroll. These technicians had been trained to open and operate the weapons in order to prevent any unauthorized use. To simplify the process of activation, the scientists and technicians came up with a way of hot-wiring the small nukes to the bodies of Muslim agents who long for immediate martyrdom and immediate elevation to the seventh heaven." Other skeptics ask: "If bin Laden has nukes, why hasn't he used them? Why would he wait? If he has successfully smuggled them into the U. S., why haven't any gone off yet?" Williams and other G2 Bulletin intelligence sources explain that one of bin Laden's defining characteristics is patience. "He started plotting the 1998 bombings of the U. S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania when he was in Sudan in 1993," points out Williams. "The attack on the USS Cole was more than two years in the making; and 10 years passed between the first attack on the World Trade Center and the second." Williams said recruits at al-Qaida training camps are instructed to repeat this throughout the day: "I will be patient until Patience is outworn by patience." Intelligence analysts and sources disagree on the details of the way bin Laden's "American Hiroshima" plan unfolds. Some G2 Bulletin sources emphasize bin Laden's commitment to re-enacting the 1945 attack on Japan with one nuclear detonation, followed by another days later. Williams, however, sees a much more devastating, coordinated, all-out, surprise attack coming. "The next attack, according to al-Qaida defectors and informants, will take place simultaneously at various sites throughout the country," he writes. "Designated targets include New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Washington, D. C., Houston, Las Vegas, and Valdez, Alaska, where the tankers are filled with oil from the Trans-Alaska pipeline. To orchestrate such an incredible event requires not only the shipment of the nukes into the United States but also the establishment of cells, the training of sleeper agents, the selection of sites, and the preparation of the weapons without detection from federal, state or local law enforcement officials. Unlike 9-11, that cost less than $350,000, this event already has cost a king's ransom, and bin Laden will not waste the billions in expenditures, the years of planning and his coveted 'crown jewels' on an attack that is ill-planned, poorly timed and carelessly coordinated." Other sources interpret some of the same information, based on captured al-Qaida operatives and documents as well as defectors, differently. They project an escalating series of attacks, each followed by blackmail demands upon the U. S. government and the American people. In any event, both kinds of spectacular nuclear terror attacks require pinpoint coordination and secure communication. Williams also speculates that the delay in launching attacks with weapons already smuggled inside the U. S. could be due to reports al-Qaida is determined to locate tactical nuclear weapons that were forward-deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These weapons were reportedly buried at remote sites throughout the country for recovery by Soviet agents. "There is no doubt that the Soviets stored material in this country," says Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Research. "The question is what and where." Bin Laden may have a considerable head-start in the search given his predilection toward hiring former Soviet special forces officers whose job it was to know something about these plans. U. S. officials have reportedly ordered the excavation of several sites believed to be possible depots. Russian defector Stanislav Lunev told congressional investigators nuclear suitcases had been buried throughout the U. S., and that he could not pinpoint the locations because Russian military leaders continue to believe a nuclear conflict with the U. S. is still "inevitable." He said the only hope of finding them would be if the Russian government disclosed the locations. During the same hearings, Belgian officials testified they found three secret depots containing tactical nukes buried by the Soviets in the 1960s. WND and G2 Bulletin previously reported, based on captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, that the terrorist group has a plan called "American Hiroshima" involving the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the U. S. over the Mexican border with the help of the MS-13 street gang and other organized crime groups. According to the reports, al-Qaida has obtained at least 40 nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union - including suitcase nukes, nuclear mines, artillery shells and even some missile warheads. In addition, documents captured in Afghanistan show al-Qaida had plans to assemble its own nuclear weapons with fissile material it purchased on the black market. The plans for the devastating nuclear attack on the U. S. have been under development for more than a decade. It is designed as a final deadly blow of defeat to the U. S., which is seen by al-Qaida and its allies as "the Great Satan." At least half the nuclear weapons in the al-Qaida arsenal were obtained for cash from the Chechen terrorist allies. At least nine major U. S. cities, including New York and Washington, are prime targets for the al-Qaida nuclear terrorists. Osama bin Laden's preferred dates for attacks include Aug. 6, the anniversary of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing in 1945, Sept. 11 and May 14, the anniversary of the re-creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Al-Qaida has suitcase-size nuclear bombs February 9, 2004 http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-bomb09.html Ukraine sold al-Qaida an unknown number of tactical nuclear weapons in 1998, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported, and the terror organization is storing them for possible use. After the Soviet Union broke up, Ukraine agreed to send 1,900 nuclear warheads back to Russia and sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but up to 100 portable suitcase-size bombs were unaccounted for, former Russian national security adviser Alexander Lebed said. Each bomb was the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT, he said. Moscow has denied that such weapons existed. The Arabic-language newspaper's report has not been confirmed. In 1994, under U.S. and Russian pressure, Ukraine removed 1,900 nuclear warheads to Moscow and signed the anti-nuclear proliferation agreement. However, three years earlier, Lebed already had warned of the missing suitcase bombs. According to al-Hayat, the weapons are not meant to be used except as a last resort, if the movement is in danger or attacked by weapons of mass destruction. Jerusalem Post Copyright (c) The Sun-Times Company ----------------------------------- Back in 1977, I sat at a Tony's Bar and Pizza in Beckley, West Virginia getting drunk with 5 college professors across the street from Beckley College. He said he was a newspaper reporter from Russia. In 1992, this reporter left Russia and went to the US Congress under a hooded head on C-Span testifying that Russia is lying and the Sino-Soviet Pact is going to attack the USA some day. He --Lunov -also said that 100 to 300 nuclear suit case bombs were missing. (Note: In 77" Lunov told us about the Greenbrier Bunker. We found out -through his book "Through the Eyes of the Enemy" that he was a KGB officer. Lunov was a high ranked KGB agent and warned the USA. Congress and the Clinton FBI scoffed at him.) Later on alternative ultra-conservative radio talk shows the cry rang out this is true. Howard Stern to Rush Limbaugh scoffed and laughed at these trying to warn America. I know for a fact via channels that some were already found in the Clinton Administration on major dams and locks and powerplants. Well, now brace yourself-as I always said "The party is about over!" http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/02-09-04/discussion.cgi.13.html Mon Feb 9 15:15:24 2004 Is it possible for terrorists to develop an atomic bomb? Jul 9, 2001 By Miles Stair We have been told that the development of an atomic bomb is too vast a project, highly technical, and far too costly for all but a large and wealthy government to even attempt. Everyone is familiar with the development of the atomic bomb. The Manhattan Project was the largest, longest, most costly development program in history, and under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer. The Project developed an atomic bomb which was tested in the desert near Alamagordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945, and two of these bombs were dropped on Japan, first on Hiroshima on August 6th, then Nagasaki on August 9th. This is what our history books tell us. But is it right? No. Not at all. At the urging of Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 2nd, 1939, to urge the development of an atomic bomb before Germany did. Einstein and his fellow physicists did not know what specific use such a bomb could have to the military, so he said in his letter, "This new phenomena would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable - though much less certain - that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air." Without realizing it, Einstein set in motion two very different projects. The first was the development of an airplane big enough to carry a nuclear bomb - the B-29. The B-29 was the most technologically complex mass-production aircraft of World War II. The program to built it also represented the largest commitment of resources to a single military aircraft up to that time. Initiated in 1940, the program eventually cost over $3 billion - one (1) billion more than the Manhattan Project! The second effect of Einstein's letter was a direct opening for the Navy. Navy Captain William J. Parsons designed the first atomic bomb, using uranium 235 from the Hanford reactor on the Columbia River in a project started in 1939. Oppenheimer's Manhattan Engineering Project did not get started until late in 1941, and was headquartered at Los Alamos Laboratories, NM, using plutonium from Oak Ridge, Tenn. Captain Parsons had a two year head start on the Manhattan Project! Captain Parsons had a simple mandate: build a bomb that could be used by the U.S. Navy, and do it quickly. Oppenheimer, however, was to build an implosion bomb using plutonium, a giant technical breakthrough, developing research which could be used for the development of future bombs of various sizes and yields. The two projects thus had virtually nothing in common except the end result of an atomic explosion, and were indeed totally separate developmental projects. Captain Parsons designed a gun bomb. At Hanford, U-235 was separated from U-238, a slow and laborious process, as U-235 exists in a proportion of one part to 140 parts U-238. Raw uranium was mixed into a slurry, then a chemical and mechanical filter system was used for the element separation. To make plutonium, the U-235 must be bombarded with more neutrons in a nuclear reactor, then another element separation needed to get the pure plutonium. But plutonium has four phase transformations and can go critical all by itself, so it needs to be mixed with gallium for stabilization. Obviously, Parsons had an easier task than did Oppenheimer. Captain Parsons did not have Oppenheimer as a cooperative partner - he had British scientists for help. They helped develop the overall concept and fusing requirements. The specifications for the U-235 gun-bomb used at Hiroshima were complete by February, 1944, according to the Manhattan District History. Hardware for at least three (3) uranium-235 guns was ordered at the end of March, 1944. Basically, the gun-bomb was a 155 mm howitzer breech and 6 feet of barrel, with a ball welded to the end of the barrel. Inside the steel ball was a sphere of U-235 with a conical hole centered on the barrel. The howitzer cartridge was loaded with a pure U-235 bullet with a matching conical nose or "point." When fired electrically, the bullet hit the ball of U-235 at high speed, critical mass was achieved, and a nuclear chain reaction resulted in an explosion. The finished design weighed approximately 9,000 pounds and could be delivered by a B-29. However, it was a Navy weapon, and the British scientists pointed out that the outstanding difficulty of the scheme was that the main principle could not be tested on a small scale - it had to be tested at full design size and yield. It was assumed that the design would yield an explosion equivalent to 1.5 tons of TNT. On May 5, 1943, the Military Policy Committee met and discussed where to use the gun-bomb. The first choice was the Japanese fleet concentration in the Harbor of Truk, but General Styer suggested Tokyo harbor, where it would land in water of sufficient depth to prevent easy salvage if it failed to work. The Japanese were selected for the first use as they would not be so apt to secure knowledge from it as would the Germans, should the bomb fail and be recovered. Ultimately it was realized a test was required before the gun-bomb could be used on the Japanese, and the result of that decision is shocking. The SS E.A. Bryan victory ship was selected for the test. The ship was first loaded with the gun-bomb, then conventional ammunition and bombs were loaded into the ship over the gun bomb as an intentional "cover story" for the main blast. At 10:00 PM on July 17, 1944 at Port Chicago, approximately 35 miles northeast from San Francisco, the U-235 gun-bomb was tested by the U.S. Navy. The resulting explosion had an explosive yield exceeding 20,000 tons of TNT, with a nominal yield for the gun-bomb being estimated at 15,000 tons of TNT. White hot chunks of metal the size of houses blew up past aircraft at 9,000 feet near the detonation site. The SS E.A. Bryan, the pier, a 220 ton locomotive on the pier, and approximately 320 black ship munitions loaders were instantly vaporized - not a single piece of the locomotive or the ship were ever found. The world had witnessed the first explosion of a nuclear bomb, had seen the unique double flash signature and then the mushroom cloud, but believed the cover story of a conventional munitions explosion. Remember, this was war time and rigid censorship was in place, and no one had ever seen the unique "double flash" signature of an atomic explosion or a mushroom cloud. The gun-bomb designed by Captain Parsons was a success, was called "Little Boy," and the two remaining bombs were ultimately shipped on the cruiser USS Indianapolis to Tinian Island (remember, it was a Navy bomb!), and one of them was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the B-29 Enola Gay. The records of the Navy/Parsons gun-bomb project were declassified in 1981. The Navy eventually bought out the town of Port Chicago, and the depot itself was incorporated into the Concord Naval Weapons Station. Within a week of the test of his gun-bomb, Captain Parsons was promoted to the rank of Commodore and assigned to Los Alamos as Deputy Director under J. Robert Oppenheimer. After Hiroshima, Parsons was elevated to the rank of Rear Admiral. Parsons died in 1952. Meanwhile, back at Los Alamos, things were not going well. There was only 74 kilograms of U-235 available by December, 1943. Effective August 1, 1944, Los Alamos Laboratories were reorganized, all work on the U-235 gun-bomb curtailed, and efforts were concentrated on the plutonium-239 Nagasaki bomb, with Commodore Parsons as Division Leader for the Ordnance Engineering Division. The "Fat Man" Nagasaki bomb, with a ball of plutonium-239 exploded by means of an implosion caused by shaped charges of conventional explosives, was more difficult to build, and no one knew if it would actually work. It was tested on July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, New Mexico. It had an estimated yield of 21,000 tons of TNT. Within two weeks, two additional bombs were built. The second plutonium bomb was loaded on a B-29, but it crashed at an air base between San Francisco and Sacramento, and the bomb was lost. The third bomb, separated into various components, was successfully flown by several B-29's out of Roswell AAB, NM to Tinian Island. At 1:45 AM, August 6 the B-29 Enola Gay took off from Tinian Island; at 8:15 it dropped "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, killing 78,150 Japanese. Three days later the plutonium bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing 23,753 more. The U.S. Navy--Parsons gun-bomb has virtually disappeared from mainstream history, and it is assumed that all atomic bombs are plutonium-239 weapons. Rear Admiral Parsons has lost his place in history as the developer of the world's first atomic bomb. Very clever terrorists, however, know how to access the internet and find all the information they need to build it. Even though obsolete and inefficient, it works and works well. This letter, however, is proof that information on the gun-bomb exists! In the late 1980's, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo began a project to built weapons of mass destruction. Aum Shinrikyo gained notoriety in 1995 when it released extravagant quantities of the nerve gas sarin into the Tokyo subway system, killing twelve people. A search of their records revealed that Aum Shinrikyo had purchased land in the vast Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia -- which had a uranium deposit. Aum Shinrikyo hired Russian nuclear scientists in 1990, and they duplicated the Parsons gun-bomb from raw uranium in the Australian outback At 11:03 PM on May 28, 1993, they successfully tested their gun-bomb, completely unnoticed by anyone!!! Seismograph needles all over the Pacific region noted the very large-scale disturbance near a place called Banjawarn Station, and some prospectors later reported seeing a flash in the sky, but the explosion had no obvious explanation, so it was filed away as an unexplained curiosity. Fugitive Saudi terrorist-sponsor Osama bin Laden is a billionaire, has an intense hatred of the "Great Satan" - the United States. Bin Laden certainly has the assets and motivation required to build a gun-bomb even if he could not purchase a nuclear weapon from one of the former Soviet states. He knows they can be used on ports and harbors, and getting a fishing vessel loaded with an atomic weapon into a U.S. harbor would be incredibly easy. New York, Washington, DC, and Miami are likely targets for bin Laden, as they represent not only the heart of the United States financial and governmental systems, they also have a large population of another group of people he loathes - Jews. It's just a matter of time.... FIRST STRIKE WITH TACTICAL NUKES BEING PROPOSED The line between tactical and strategic nuclear weapons exists only in the minds of ivory tower theoreticians. With either, we are at the mercy of the LEAST STABLE person who has their finger on the button. Allowing battlefield commanders control over tactical nuclear weapons has only been done once before. In late September, 1958, China and Taiwan were battling over Quemoy and Matsu Islands. The islands are only 8 miles from the mainland, and were being shelled by Mao. Chang convinced Eisenhower to "protect" the islands, so Eisenhower sent the USS Mauna Kea on a midnight run through the Taiwan Straights to give the American battlefield commander 8" howitzers and nuclear shells. The battlefield commander was horrified and ordered the nuclear shells removed from the islands. Had we a less sane commander on the spot, a nuclear war could well have resulted, as Russia was then supplying China with nuclear bombs. Miles http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?nn20050502a3.htm US May Allow Nuke Strikes Over WMD Proposal Would Reverse 10-Year Policy The Japan Times 5-3-5 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military is considering allowing regional combatant commanders to request presidential approval for pre-emptive nuclear strikes against possible attacks with weapons of mass destruction on the United States or its allies, according to a draft nuclear operations paper. The March 15 paper, drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is titled "Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations," providing "guidelines for the joint employment of forces in nuclear operations ... for the employment of U. S. nuclear forces, command and control relationships, and weapons effect considerations." "There are numerous nonstate organizations (terrorist, criminal) and about 30 nations with WMD programs, including many regional states," the paper says in recommending that commanders in the Pacific and other theaters be given an option of pre-emptive strikes against "rogue" states and terrorists and "request presidential approval for use of nuclear weapons" under set conditions. The paper identifies nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as requiring pre-emptive strikes to prevent their use. Allowing pre-emptive nuclear strikes against possible biological and chemical attacks would effectively contradict a "negative security assurance" policy declared 10 years ago by the Clinton administration during an international conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Creating a treaty committing nuclear powers not to use nuclear weapons against countries without nuclear weapons remains one of the most contentious issues for the 35-year-old NPT regime. A Pentagon official said the paper "is still a draft which has to be finalized" but indicated that it is aimed at guiding "cross-spectrum" combatant commanders how to jointly carry out operations based on the Nuclear Posture Review report adopted three years ago by the Bush administration. Citing North Korea, Iran and some other countries as threats, the report sets out contingencies for which U. S. nuclear strikes must be prepared. It calls for developing earth-penetrating nuclear bombs to destroy hidden underground military facilities, including those for storing WMD and ballistic missiles. "The nature (of the paper) is to explain not details but cross spectrum for how to conduct operations," the official said, noting that it "means for all services -- army, navy, air force and marine." In 1991 after the end of the Cold War, the United States removed its ground-based nuclear weapons in Asia and Europe as well as strategic nuclear warheads on warships and submarines. But the paper says the U. S. has the capability of reviving sea-based nuclear arms. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?nn20050502a3.htm Al Qaeda nukes are reality, intelligence says http://washingtontimes.com/world/20021028-9543907.htm By Neil Doyle SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES LONDON - Soon after September 11 last year, the notion that al Qaeda might have nuclear weapons was largely dismissed by intelligence professionals. It is, however, a working assumption in security circles now that the terror group does have nuclear capabilities. Al Qaeda's secret nuclear stash is assumed to be somewhere in Afghanistan, although finding it is proving to be as hard as locating Osama bin Laden. The first clue came during Christmas, when low-grade uranium-238 was discovered in tunnels near a former al Qaeda base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. U. S. officials said that enough material was found to make one "dirty" radiological bomb, which involves combining nuclear materials with conventional explosive to spread contamination over a wide area. The black market in radioactive materials has been booming for some years, and the archives are littered with stories of smuggling. In March 2000, for instance, customs officers in Uzbekistan stopped a truck, destined for Quetta in Pakistan, that was carrying 10 lead-lined containers filled with strontium-90, enough to manufacture scores of dirty bombs. The uranium found in Kandahar is in theory suitable for a radiological weapon, but not a fission bomb. That the retreating fighters from al Qaeda and Afghanistan's Taliban regime chose to leave this behind when they took to the mountains fueled suspicion that their nuclear crown jewels went with them. Geoff Hoon, the British Defense secretary, hinted as much early this year, when he said: "We are certainly aware that he has some material that could contribute to a nuclear weapon." There is no consensus among experts on whether al Qaeda possesses working nuclear warheads, as Osama bin Laden contended in an interview after September 11. Rose Gottemoeller, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant energy secretary for nonproliferation in the Clinton administration, said: "I believe that the chance that al Qaeda controls actual warheads is virtually nil. "It is much more likely that they have acquired some nuclear materials, but here the range could be very wide: from depleted uranium or low-level radioactive sources , all the way up to weapons-usable material - highly enriched uranium or plutonium." "I think it more likely that they have some kind of lower-level sources than weapons-grade material, but this cannot be excluded," Miss Gottemoeller added. "The origins for the lower-level materials could be very broad, virtually worldwide; weapons-grade material is much more precious, therefore proliferating countries tend to hold on to it. "It is possible such material could have come to him from a former Soviet nuclear facility, not only in Russia, but in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, etc." A minority of specialists holds that al Qaeda already may enjoy command and control over Pakistan's nuclear arsenal via close links with the country's Inter-Services Intelligence, the agency credited with creating the Taliban. Others suggest that theft of military hardware is a more likely possibility. One former Soviet GRU (military intelligence) agent says he knows for certain that al Qaeda possesses small atomic warheads. "Mossad reported that bin Laden bought tactical nuclear weapons from some former Soviet republics," he said. "They are not the suitcase-type bombs that people often refer to, but more the warhead-type munitions. These are the payloads of short-range missiles, torpedoes, and the like." He declined to elaborate. Others believe that pilfering military warheads is unfeasible, but that al Qaeda might have bought some of Russia's missing Cold War-era "suitcase nukes" on the black market. In 1997, the Red Army's former chief, Gen. Alexander Lebed, acknowledged that 84 such devices were missing from the military's inventory. Atomic Demolitions Munitions (ADMs), as portable nuclear weapons are formally known, are miniaturized warheads that were developed by the United States during the Vietnam War. They were designed for use against key infrastructure targets, such as bridges and dams. The Soviets soon followed suit and produced their version in huge quantities. They were secretly buried near targets in the West by specially trained GRU agents as part of a Soviet strategy to knock out key government and military targets and hamper response to a nuclear attack. According to informed sources, these weapons constantly circulated around the world in diplomatic baggage, and large numbers were buried along Russia's borders for use as nuclear land mines in the event of invasion. They were often disguised as boulders. Each has a yield of about 1 kiloton - equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT. It has been estimated that one ADM could immediately kill 100,000 people if it exploded in a major city center, with hundreds of thousands dying from cancer in the fallout. ADMs have a shelf life of about eight years, after which they need to be retrieved and sent to a laboratory for refurbishment. One source said that a semi-skilled operative could set one off easily, given the right codes. They can be set to detonate using an built-in timer or can be triggered remotely with a mobile phone call. Academics are not sure that terrorists have gotten their hands on ADMs, but few will rule out the possibility. Robert Sherman, director of strategic security at the Federation of American Scientists, said that this is "more likely than getting a ballistic missile warhead." Paul Rogers, professor and head of the Center for Peace Studies at the University of Bradford in Britain, said: "There were unconfirmed reports that one or two Soviet-era tactical nuclear weapons had got to Iran a few years ago. Apart from that, I do not have any evidence that al Qaeda has access to such weapons." However, one senior Western intelligence contact is adamant that the terrorists do have a number of these weapons - nine, to be precise. The price on the deal is put at $30 million, plus 2 tons of opium per nuke. "Reliable sources report that not only atomic munitions were sold by the Russian underworld and smuggled into during the conflict between the U. S. and the Taliban, but that several Russian nuclear technicians were hired by the Islamic fundamentalists to try and make the weapons operational," the Western source said. According to Mr. Rogers, an ADM would cause cataclysmic damage: "The effect of the plane-fuel explosion and the gravitational forces of collapse of the two towers was about 600 tons of TNT equivalent, so an ADM would destroy a couple of city blocks, or a major bridge, or an airport terminal." Western cities, however, may not be high on the target list if al Qaeda is holding these as weapons of final resort. The group may be planning to use them to achieve bin Laden's ultimate goal: the creation of an Islamic superstate. This could be achieved by using nuclear weapons to destroy the oil industry in the Middle East and trigger an unprecedented global economic meltdown, according to a report published late last year by Decision Support Systems Inc., a private-sector intelligence and risk-management consultancy. In a "limited number of strategic positions," a small nuclear device would expose the Middle East's oil infrastructure to massive radiation, with sand spreading fallout on a vast scale. In addition, hydrostatic shock waves transmitted through pipelines could destroy production and delivery facilities over wide areas. With most of the world's oil reserves inaccessible, the United States no longer would have an economic interest in the region. And there is a precedent for such a plan: Iraq's attempt to destroy the oil fields in Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf war. Few experts doubt the feasibility of such a plan. Mr. Sherman said: "If you presume perfect accuracy - that is, hand placement within inches of where intended - there are very few objects that would not be severely damaged by a small nuke. "I presume that someone with a detailed knowledge of the oil field could cause a cascading effect with great damage." According to Mr. Rogers, the greatest threat lies further downstream in the production process. "Such warheads would have a limited effect against an oil field because well heads are normally quite dispersed but could do substantial damage to a refinery or a major pumping facility," he said. Oil has been a sore point with bin Laden. Al Qaeda propaganda prior to September 11 accused the United States of "robbing all Muslims" of exactly $36.96 trillion by exploiting its oil interests in the Middle East. It issued a pamphlet providing a long and detailed breakdown of its calculations, explaining that this was why America was responsible for poverty in the region. The pamphlet ends with a vow of revenge, and what appears to be a euphemistic reference of future intent: "O Muslims, the times are critical indeed. Seek the approval of Allah quickly, for this is imperative. Then it won't take as long for the American jinn to be put back into the bottle as it takes for the first light of dawn to turn into the break of day." Pyongyang: We'll put a torch to New York http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826533281.html By Shane Green, Herald Correspondent in Tokyo March 8 2003 North Korea would launch a ballistic missile attack on the United States if Washington made a pre-emptive strike against the communist state's nuclear facility, the man described as Pyongyang's "unofficial spokesman" claimed yesterday. Kim Myong-chol, who has links to the Stalinist regime, told reporters in Tokyo that a US strike on the nuclear facility at Yongbyon "means nuclear war". "If American forces carry out a pre-emptive strike on the Yongbyon facility, North Korea will immediately target, carry the war to the US mainland," he said, adding that New York, Washington and Chicago would be "aflame". A pre-emptive strike on Yongbyon is one of the strategic options in the crisis over North Korea's nuclear arms program. The US has deployed 24 long-range bombers to the Pacific base of Guam capable of launching such a strike. Mr. Kim, who has written a text studied by North Korean military leaders, predicted North Korea would restart its reprocessing plant to make weapons-grade plutonium this month. A nuclear weapon would be produced by the end of next month, with another five by the end of the year, he said. This was on top of a suspected nuclear arsenal of 100 weapons. The ultimate aim of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong_il, was the "neutralisation of the American factor" in the region, Mr. Kim said. This would be achieved by striking a non-aggression pact with the US or becoming an "official" nuclear power, thereby making the US nuclear umbrella in the region irrelevant. "Both ways, Kim Jong_il is a winner," Mr. Kim said. "By the end of the year, I predict Bush will be in Pyongyang suing for peace," Mr. Kim said. While his comments are extreme, they match the heated and belligerent rhetoric of North Korea, which has previously warned of nuclear war and turning the cities of its enemies into a "sea of ashes". The Bush Administration yesterday made renewed calls on China and other countries in the region to help broker a solution to the crisis. In his live televised press conference, Mr. Bush said North Korea's nuclear program was a regional issue. "I say 'regional' because there's a lot of countries that have got a direct stake into whether or not North Korea has nuclear weapons," Mr. Bush said. "We've got a stake as to whether North Korea has nuclear weapons. China clearly has a stake as to whether or not North Korea has a nuclear weapon." The Bush Administration is pushing for multilateral talks with North Korea but the communist state wants direct talks with Washington. In the meantime, diplomatic activity is continuing behind the scenes. "We have a number of diplomatic initiatives under way - some of them very, very quietly under way - to see if we cannot get a multilateral dialogue started," the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, told a US Senate Committee. Yesterday the US also flagged the possible withdrawal of its 37,000 troops from South Korea, part of the rethink of a deployment in place since the end of the Korean War in 1953. The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said the US was consulting with South Korea and he suspected "we'll end up making some adjustments there". "Whether the forces come home or whether they will move further south of the peninsula or whether to some neighbouring area are the kinds of things that are being sorted out," he said at a "town hall" meeting in Germany. North Korean Missile Warhead Found in Alaska http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200303/kt2003030417272311970.htm By Ryu Jin, Staff Reporter The warhead of a long-range missile test-fired by North Korea was found in the U. S. state of Alaska, a report to the National Assembly revealed yesterday. ``According to a U. S. document, the last piece of a missile warhead fired by North Korea was found in Alaska,'' former Japanese foreign minister Taro Nakayama was quoted as saying in the report. ``Washington, as well as Tokyo, has so far underrated Pyongyang's missile capabilities.'' The report was the culmination of month long activities of the Assembly's overseas delegation to five countries over the North Korean nuclear crisis. The Assembly dispatched groups of lawmakers to the United States, Japan, China, Russia and European Union last month to collect information and opinions on the international issue. The team sent to Japan, headed by Rep. Kim Hak_won of the United Liberal Democrats, reported, ``Nakayama said Washington has come to put more emphasis on trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the United States since it recognized that the three countries are within the range of North Korean missiles.'' According to the group dispatched to the U. S., American politicians had a wide range of opinions over the resolution of the nuclear issue, from ``a peaceful resolution'' to ``military response.'' Doves, such as Rep. Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and co-chairman of the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, called for a peaceful settlement of the current confrontation, by offering food, energy and other humanitarian aid to the poverty-stricken country, while urging the North to give up its nuclear ambitions. Rep. Markey also said the North should return to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the U. S. should make a nonaggression pact with the communist North. Hardliners, however, warned that the North's possession of nuclear weapons will instigate a nuclear race in the region, provoking Japan to also acquire nuclear weapons. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, an Illinois Republican, said the U. S. might have to bomb the Yongbyon nuclear complex should the North try to export its nuclear material to other countries. Over the controversy concerning the withdrawal of U. S. forces stationed here, most American legislators that the parliamentary delegation met said U. S. troops should stay on the peninsula as long as the Korean people want, the report said. North Korea warns U.S., Japan of 'nuclear sea of fire' http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04268/384518.stm North Korea warns U.S., Japan of 'nuclear sea of fire' Friday, September 24, 2004 By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times SEOUL, South Korea -- In an unusually explicit threat to its neighbor yesterday, North Korea warned that Japan would be immersed in a "nuclear sea of fire" if the United States were to attack the North. The threat came as Japanese and South Korean government officials expressed fears that North Korea was preparing to test a ballistic missile. Intelligence satellites have detected unusual movements of vehicles and personnel massing around missile bases on the east coast, South Korean and Japanese officials reported. South Korea yesterday said it believed that the movements were connected with annual military games taking place near the missile bases. U. S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told reporters yesterday that a missile test "would be a very troubling matter." Japan reportedly dispatched surveillance aircraft and a destroyer ship equipped with an Aegis weapons system, which allows it to track and destroy multiple aircraft targets. Bellicose language from Pyongyang is usually dismissed as rhetoric, but this threat seems certain to inflame tensions. "If the United States ignites a nuclear war in this part of the world, then U. S. bases in Japan would serve as a detonating fuse that would plunge Japan into a nuclear sea of fire," North Korea's paper, Rodong Sinmun, said in a commentary carried by the KCNA news agency. "If it wants to maintain peace and live safely, Japan should not become an appendage of the war strategy of American imperialism." Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who has made two trips to Pyongyang since 2002 in an effort to rebuild relations, downplayed the tensions with North Korea. After returning from New York at the end of an 11-day foreign trip, Koizumi told reporters there was a low probability that the North Koreans would launch a missile. North Korea continues to balk at joining another round of six-nation talks on its nuclear program. "Pyongyang apparently wants to wait for the outcome of the U. S. presidential election in November," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said. China 's Army On Combat Alert http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/analysis.htm By J. R. Nyquist 3-27-4 In response to the disputed presidential election in Taiwan, China's army went over to combat alert on Saturday (Reuters). If Taiwan is unable to resolve the dispute in an orderly fashion, Beijing officials have hinted at military intervention. The South China Morning Post is reporting, as of Wednesday, that Taiwan's election recount deal has collapsed. Violence has been reported between opposition protestors and Taiwan's police. This crisis offers the communists a possible rationale for exercising Beijing's declared sovereignty over Taiwan. The disordered state of Taiwan's democracy stems from Saturday's presidential poll in which incumbent President Chen Shui-bian won by a narrow margin of 30,000 votes. The election took place the day after an apparent assassination attempt on President Chen that has been decried as a "stunt" by opposition partisans. Intervention by China is yet unlikely, despite the combat readiness of the People's Liberation Army. Taiwan's troubles would have to spiral further out of control for intervention to appear fully justified (within China). Furthermore, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could not hope to succeed without an extended period of naval blockade, the establishment of local Chinese air superiority, air and missile strikes against Taiwan's defenses, and the acquiescence of President George W. Bush. Back in 2001 President Bush stated that he would defend Taiwan against communist aggression, and President Bush has generally backed up his words with military action. Would China dare to challenge U. S. military power over the Taiwan issue? There is the possibility that a Chinese move against Taiwan could be used to draw the U. S. into yet another conflict in which America is depicted as an "out of control" aggressor. Going against Europe's preference for a sellout of Taiwan to the mainland communists, President Bush could not expect support from NATO in a confrontation with China. Adding to the confusion of America's stand, President Bush has yet to formalize his opposition to China's stated position by recognizing Taiwan as an independent, sovereign state. Because of this, any U. S. move to defend Taiwan would be inconsistent with longstanding U. S. policies, including the "One China" policy (The "One China" policy is the principle that the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, a. k. a Taiwan, are one country). It should be remembered that in December 1978 President Jimmy Carter terminated the 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty signed by the U. S. and the Republic of China (Taiwan). If America attempted to break a future Chinese blockade against Taiwan, America would technically be committing an act of unprovoked aggression against China. (In reality, America would be defending an independent democracy threatened by communist aggression; though world opinion, of late, prefers a legalistic standard for judging such things.) Why is American policy regarding Taiwan so tangled? I should like to quote from an essay written by George H. W. Bush in 1979, published in a volume titled About Face: The China Decision and Its Consequences: "Because of the importance of the Russian threat ... the questions of full normalization and of Taiwan were never a major barrier to progress on commercial and strategic issues." In other words, we compromised Taiwan's position during the Cold War to make nice with the communist Chinese in order to unite with them against Russia. It seems that Russia's hyper-expansionism of the 1970s drove America into China's waiting arms (with a little nudge from Dr. Kissinger). Now consider the strategic implications of today's reversal of the old combination. Twenty-five years later Russia and China are "strategic partners" and Taiwan has no official status, no recognized sovereignty. The United States is virtually alone when it comes to the defense of Taiwan, a commitment that could lead directly to a hot war with China. Furthermore, the Sino-Russian Friendship Treaty opens the door to Russian military support for China in the event of outside interference in the internal affairs of China. It would seem that any American moves to defend of Taiwan might bring American directly into conflict with two nuclear powers. If this outcome were intended by China, then Beijing's diplomatic moves since 1978 might be regarded as worthy of Bismarck or Richelieu. Since war is always inevitable, grand strategy should, ideally, have the following character: You play your diplomatic, commercial and economic cards in such a way that when war clouds threaten, the war is already won in advance. The combination of Chinese economic entanglement with the U. S., along with China's penetration of Latin America, Beijing's hold on the Panama Canal, its subversion of Canada, the sheer size of the People's Liberation Army, China's strategic partnership with Russia, the combined transport capacity of the Chinese and Russian merchant marine, and America's simultaneous military involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq and Korea, complicate America's position versus China. Also, the War on Terror must be considered as a possible dimension of conflict the Chinese could plug themselves into -- if they have not clandestinely done so already. Should the present crisis over Taiwan develop into a hot war, al Qaeda's leaders might redouble their efforts against the American mainland, bolstered by the prospect of open Chinese encouragement and support. There is, of course, America's supposed military invincibility. But is America actually invincible? We might put this question to the British troops overrun by Zulu warriors at Isandlwana, or to Custer as he went down at the Little Big Horn. Professional or technical superiority is no guarantee of success in war. Of course, military experts expect that the United States would sweep China's third-rate navy from the seas in the event of a conflict. However, China's vast coastal buildup of ballistic missile weapons suggests a possible danger to U. S. naval forces. The Chinese have, in their possession, EMP warheads. These can disable warship electronics at a distance. Blanketing an area of sea with EMP warheads might cripple a U. S. carrier battle group, leaving it vulnerable to submarine or surface attack by advanced Chinese anti-ship missiles (acquired from Russia). We must also remember Russia's mysterious "plasma stealth" technology, which enabled Russian strike craft to over-fly the Kitty Hawk battle group twice in the fall of 2000. Had this over-fly occurred under combat conditions the carrier would have been sunk. In a conflict with Russia or China we cannot rule out the possibility of technological surprise. Despite the obvious weakness of these countries, they nonetheless possess thousands of nuclear weapons, hundreds of missile launchers, advanced torpedoes, cruise missiles and highly advanced anti-air and anti-ship missiles. The armed forces of China, Russia and North Korea are not to be compared to ill-disciplined, poorly led and demoralized Iraqi troops. China and Russia also possess technological depth. China has not directly challenged the U. S. militarily since the Korean War, and it is unlikely to do so until its leaders believe they have a definite military-diplomatic advantage. Since the time of confrontation over Taiwan will be at Beijing's choosing, a blockade of Taiwan or an invasion would signal a moment of grave danger for the United States. (c) 2004 Jeffrey R. Nyquist March 24, 2004 http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/geo/analysis.htm North Korea's computer hackers target South and US http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3d592eb4-15f0-11d9-b835-00000e2511c8.html By Anna Fifield in Seoul Published: October 4 2004 11:30 North Korea has trained as many as 600 computer hackers to be capable of launching a cyber-war on South Korea, the US or Japan, South Korea's defence ministry said on Monday. Coming amid intelligence reports that Pyongyang might be preparing to test a ballistic missile, the report will exacerbate jitters over the extent of the communist state's destructive ability. "North Korea's intelligence warfare capability is estimated to have reached the level of advanced countries," the ministry said in a report to the National Assembly's national defence committee. North Korea's military command has 500 to 600 hacking staff who have undertaken a five-year university programme, the report said. Their main task is to gather intelligence from - or launch a cyber attack on - the US, Japan and South Korea. In a wave of attacks earlier this year, nearly 300 South Korean government computers at departments including the National Assembly and an atomic energy research institute were infected with viruses capable of stealing passwords and other sensitive information. South Korea is particularly vulnerable to cyber-crime because it has the world's highest usage of broadband services and relatively poor levels of internet security. The South Korean intelligence traced the hackers to China, although it was unclear whether they were based in China or just using a Chinese network. The defence ministry's report comes as Pyongyang's relations with Washington, Seoul and Tokyo deteriorate. North Korea is refusing to return to the diplomatic table for the latest round of six-party talks between the countries, as well as China and Russia. The talks have reached an impasse owing to what Pyongyang calls the US's "hostile policies" towards North Korea. The process has been further complicated by recent revelations that South Korea has enriched a small amount of uranium and separated plutonium in secret experiments during the past 22 years. Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on Monday held talks in Seoul with Lee Hun-jai, the South Korean prime minister, as part of the agency's investigation into the experiments. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=36c_1362242796 Nuclear Fire "Terrorists Will Nuke New York City!" says God Collected Intelligence and Serious Prophetic Warnings New York City, Nuclear Attack, nuclear detonation, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, New York, terrorists, prophetic warnings, prophetic judgment, Holy Bible, end times, last days of America Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:27:53 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed9_1361885163 grimghost his is the man the government in Islamabad suspects might be behind the killing of over 90 people of Hazara community in southwestern city of Quetta earlier this month. Security forces arrested Malik Ishaque, the former member of Lashkar i Jhangvi, a militant organization last week. However, he is not charged with the killing of Hazara people but merely suspected of being a threat to the peace in Pakistan. courtesy of PressTV http://www.presstv.ir http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed9_1361885163 grimghost Pakistan arrests terror leader Pakistan,terrorist,terrorism,arrest,war on terror Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:35:54 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=275_1361060798 Zurm The blast occurred in a crowded market place in an ethnic Hazara area of the city. It is the second major attack on Quetta's 600,000-strong Hazara community in five weeks. A twin suicide bomb attack at a crowded snooker club on 10 January killed at least 92 people and wounded 121 The banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the January attacks; and has reportedly claimed responsibility for this latest bombing. The bomb went off in a market area housing grocery stores, vegetable shops, language schools and a computer centre. It happened in the late afternoon as people, mainly women, were shopping for groceries and children were coming out of their classes. The district is dominated by ethnic Hazaras, who mostly belong to the Shia Muslim minority in Pakistan. Quetta police chief Mir Zubai Mehmood told the media that some 70kg to 80kg explosives had been planted inside a water tank that had been installed on a tractor trailer. The blast brought down nearby buildings, and police said they feared some people remain trapped under the rubble. Victims were rushed to hospitals in the area, and some were flown to hospitals in the southern city of Karachi, police said. "I saw many bodies of women and children," an eyewitness at a hospital told Reuters. "At least a dozen people were burned to death by the blast." Angry crowds are reported to have gathered in the area immediately following the blast, pelting police and initially refusing to let them and rescue workers reach the scene of the blast. The police raised the number of casualties several times through the day. Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, and has been plagued by a separatist rebellion as well as sectarian violence. The city's minority Shia community have been angered by what they say is a lack of protection for them against sectarian attacks by Pakistani Sunni militants. Hundreds of Shia Hazaras in Quetta have been killed in such attacks over the last several years. Following the attacks on 10 January, families of the victims refused to bury their dead until they received assurances of security from the authorities. Following talks with Shia representatives from Quetta, Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf sacked Balochistan's chief minister and promised them better security. In the past Shia leaders and human rights campaigners have accused Pakistan's government of incompetence or collusion, the BBC's Orla Guerin reports from Islamabad. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21485731 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=275_1361060798 Zurm 72 dead in bomb attack on <span class="highlight">Quetta</span> market dead,bomb,attack,Quetta,market,islam,muslim Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:38:16 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c7b_1361044784 ali4life Another bloody day for the minority Shia Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan. A Water Tank packed with 800-1000kg of explosives was detonated in a busy market leaving 70+ dead with more than 180 injured. Casualties include many women and children. Dead toll is expected to rise. First video taken just 3 minutes after the Blast: Blast Took place in Hazara town. There are multiple security check-posts on roads entering the Town, yet the car managed to sneak in without any detection. The FC and Police security are believed to be involved in the attack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There was another attack on the same community back in January 10th resulting in 86 causalities. Hazaras staged a sit-in protest with the bodies of their families on the road. On 12th January, sit-in protests were held all around Pakistan in solidarity with Hazaras. After four days of continuous protest and hunger strike, governor rule was implemented. Here is the article for the 10th January attack: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c8_1358297917 Banned terrorist group Lashkare Jhangavi Claimed responsibility for both attacks.... The same group have been claiming responsibility for the following attacks: January 10: 117 Killed, Over 200 Injured Alamdar Road January 12: 2 Killed, Brewery Road January 15: 3 Killed, Bakra Mandi January 19: 4 Khameesa Khan Bugti January 21: 3 Killed near Saryab Road January 23: 1 Killed in firing January 24: 2 barbers killed January 25:7 bodies founded from Quetta surroundings February 07: 3 Killed Archar Road Firing February 09: 1 Killed in Kachlak February 16: 50 Killed in Hazara Town Blast http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c7b_1361044784 ali4life <span class="highlight">Quetta</span>, Hazara Town Blast Hazara Genocide, Quetta, Pakistan, Kirani Road Blast, Attack, Shia,