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Hamas leaders are laying
down a smoke screen of contradictory statements to lower resistance in
the West and
Palestinian
Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is going along with this tactic. While
pretending to lay down conditions for Hamas to lead a government, he is
in fact giving way to Hamas demands. The concessions he is in the
process of making to the Islamic terrorists contradict his pledges to
Palestinian
and intelligence sources have revealed to DEBKAfile the demands Abu
Mazen faced when he met Hamas leaders Mahmoud a-Zahar and Ismail Haniya
in
They
want the civil affairs portfolio held by Mohammad Dahlan because it
controls Palestinian exchanges with Israeli officials on a whole gamut
of issues from coordination on civic affairs to day-to-day problems.
They also want the interior ministry with the Palestinian police and
the preventive intelligence services.
A-Zahar said
Hamas would merge the two ministries.
The handover
of Dahlan’s functions and management of Palestinian relations with
The
two amalgamated ministries would be the most powerful body in the
Palestinian Authority, which is why Hamas is willing to forego control
of all other Palestinian security and intelligence services and leave
them to Abu Mazen. Once all the Palestinian police stations and every
branch of Preventive Security are in Hamas hands, the Islamic group
will attain two objectives: direct control of the Palestinian and the
breakup of the power bases supporting the two Fatah strongmen, Dahlan
and Jibril Rajoub. The plan is to finish these two long-ruling
officials for good.
The new
rulers will also have the tools for controlling West Bank traffic
arteries in the areas under Palestinian rule and the C zones where
The
Gaza-based Hamas leaders fly to
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DEBKAfile
Exclusive Analysis
Washington
and the European Union are congratulating themselves on getting 27 of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s 35 members to refer the
Iranian nuclear program to the UN Security Council. This is still a
long way from sanctions. But the diplomatic achievement was achieved at
a price, one that was paid for by the collapse of a fundamental Israeli
policy platform just two weeks after the interim Olmert government was
rocked back by the Islamic Hamas terror group’s attainment of enough
parliamentary seats to form the next Palestinian government.
The
resolution recognized “that a solution to the Iranian issue would
contribute to global nonproliferation efforts and… the objective of a
This linkage between
For
1.
The last batch of prime ministers, the late Yithzak Rabin, Shimon
Peres, Ehud Barak, Binyamin Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon and now Ehud
Olmert, opted to leave the nuclear issue in the hands of the
2. While the
3. The reference to weapons
of mass destruction and means of delivery would also require
4. The Arab states will
achieve their old ambition of forcing the Security Council to address
5. The American
surrender to the Arab demand was carried through by telephone between
6. The Bush
administration’s capitulation to Arab and European demands is part of
the collapse of the larger
Olmert
and his foreign minister Tzipi Livni say they are pleased to see
international opinion lining up behind their stipulations from Hamas,
but this apparent alignment is no more than diplomatic claptrap.
On all these fronts,
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Official: Hamas Won't
Recognize
The comments by Moussa Abu
Marzouk, the right-hand man to Hamas' political leader Khaled Mashaal,
came as Hamas leaders from
In
a sta
tement, Abu Marzouk blamed the Fatah movement for refusing to
participate in a national unity government, which Hamas wants to form
to avoid an Israeli veto on it.
"We
will act in the legal framework to get out from this deadlock, which
our brothers in Fatah have put us in," Abu Marzouk told reporters late
Sunday.
Abu
Marzouk said any government set up by Hamas "will not make security
arrangements with Israeli or hand over (Palestinians) who fire rockets
(on
Hamas
is under growing international pressure to renounce violence and
recognize Israel's right to exist as a condition for receiving millions
of dollars in foreign aid — the lifeline of the Palestinian economy.
Western powers have said they will not fund a Hamas-led Palestinian
government otherwise.
Egyptian intelligence
chief Omar Suleiman said last week that
The
leaders are expected to meet later with senior Egyptian officials,
including Suleiman and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Omar
Suleiman.
An
Egyptian official said M
onday that Egyptian officials will repeat to Hamas leaders that they
should comply with all obligations undertaken by the Palestinian
Authority.
"They
will also be advised that they should keep all the achievements the
Palestinian people have made regarding peace and security,"said the
Egyptian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was
not authorized to speak publicly.
Mashaal arrived from
Before the leaders started
their meetings at a
"The most daunting task we
face is to recognize the Zionist enemy and the obligations which t
he Authority had in the absence of similar (Israeli) obligations," he
said.
Marzouk
said Hamas officials had met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas,
Fatah's leader, and that Abbas did not insist that Hamas had to
recognize Israel or make other concessions before Fatah would negotiate
a deal to form the next Palestinian government.
Speaking of past peace
deals between the Palestinians and
He said Hamas would review
all past deals.
"If
the agreements contradict logic and rights, there are legal measures to
be taken ... there are no eternal agreements," he said.
The
Israeli Cabinet decided to transfer the money because Hamas was not yet
in the government, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said.
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Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov called for talks to continue with
"I think that at the
current stage, it is important not to make guesses about what will hap
pen and even more important not to make threats," Lavrov said during a
visit to Athens, Greece.
Rumsfeld,
in an interview with the German daily newspaper Handelsblatt, was asked
if all options, including the military one, were on the table with
"That's right," Rumsfeld
responded, according to Handelsblatt's print edition Monday.
Lavrov said the use of
force would be possible only if the United Nations consented.
The IAEA's 35-nation board
of governors voted to report
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said Monday a proposed joint venture to
enrich Iranian uranium in
Despite an earlier threat
to the contrary,
Talks on the project were
scheduled for Feb. 16 in
Uranium enriched to a low
degree can be used for nuclear reactors, while highly enriched uranium
is suitable for warheads.
The Islamic republic also
left the door open for further international negotiations over its
program.
Radzhab Safarov, a
Moscow-based expert on
"There
is a strong chance that these talks will lead to a decision that would
help defuse the situation," Safarov said at a news conference.
Safarov said any
"The
Iranians should be careful," Philippe Douste-Blazy said on France-Inter
radio. "Isolating themselves would be very serious for them."
"They also need economic
cooperation for their industries."
"There is no debate about
relations and negotiation with the
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The man in charge of
hoodwinking the Western powers about
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Shi'ite creed has convinced him lesser mortals
can not only influence but hasten the awaited return of the 12th Imam,
known as the Mahdi.
"The
ultimate promise of all Divine religions," says Ahmadinejad, "will be
fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being [the 12th Imam],
who is heir to all prophets. He will lead the world to justice and
absolute peace. Oh mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence
of your last repository, the promised one." He reckons the return of
the Imam, AWOL for 11 centuries, is only two years away.
Mr.
Ahmadinejad is close to the messianic Hojjatieh Society, which is
governed by the conviction the 12th Imam's return will be hastened by
"the creation of chaos on Earth." He has fired
The
Iranian leader's finger on a nuclear trigger would be disquieting under
any circumstances. Positively alarming would be a nuclear weapon in the
hands of a man who badgers Israel, the U.S. and the European Union in
belief a pre-emptive aerial attack on Ira
n's nuclear facilities will hasten the return of the missing Mahdi.
Such an attack presumably would trigger anti-Western mayhem throughout
the
When he became
In Mr. Ahmadinejad's eyes,
Moving two or three Iranian
divisions into
A top Ahmadinejad officer,
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Kossari, who heads the political watchdog, or
Security Bureau, of
So far,
Supreme Leader and Chief of State Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who sits in
the holy city of
A.Q. Khan, father of
The Bush administration is
anxious to clear the decks in a democratic
President
Bush says all options are on the table. But the military option is
probably the one the "twelvers" would look forward to. Some <
st1:State w:st="on">Washington think tank strategists argue if
It might behoove the
In any event, one would
have to be irredeemably myopic not to see that
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The Hal Lindsey Report
Q&A – www.hallindsey.com
The
first official Hal Lindsey Report TV program airs tonight on Daystar
and Sky Angel. In anticipation of the broadcast, I will be featured on
Day Star's 'Celebrati
on' program on February 9th. Here are some of the highlights from that
Q&A interview.
Hal, you just started a new
show on DayStar called The Hal Lindsey Report. What’s it all about?
I
believe God called me to create this kind of a show because there is
such an anti-Christian bias in most of the media and entertainment
today. Everything is about being “politically correct” – and that
“correctness’ is usually contrary to everythin
g on which this country was founded. There is a predominant attitude in
the world today, especially in the
Do you find that there is
much interest in current news among Christians?
Well,
I believe that evangelical Christians who understand Bible prophecy are
extremely interested in getting a Biblically oriented analysis of
today’s news. They can see events fitting into the prophetic scenario
that the prophets said would precede Christ’s return. But even more
important, I find that every Christian has either close family members
or friends who don’t relate to the usual Christian emphasis. I seek to
provide a program that catches the interest of the kind of person who
‘wouldn’t darken the door of a Church.’ Then I slip in spiritual
answers, especially from Bible prophecy about the end times that
usually catch them by surprise. There are many viewers of the past
shows who started weekly “informal meetings” in their homes for the
purpose of watching the program and discussing it afterward. Literally
thousands have come to Christ as a result. One interesting case
happened in a village in
How did you get interested
in this kind of ministry?
I
believe God has prepared me all my life for this kind of ministry.
First, my background was not the usual one. When I came to believe in
Christ, I was a hard drinking, brawling Tugboat captain in
I
was really unaware of why God had me on the college campuses until
later. God was teaching me how to communicate with the non-religious –
often anti-religious – person. Most of my audiences were 95% hostile to
anything Christian. So I had to learn the hard way how to catch their
interest with contemporary issues. I soon discovered that there was
basically one Christian subject that caught the interest of most of
them – Bible prophecy related to current events. This resulted in me
writing my first book, The Late Great Planet Earth, with the help of a
wonderful Christian journalist named Carole Carls
on.
What are
some of the subjects that you cover in your Hal Lindsey Report?
Well,
first and foremost, the audience will discover that – without apology –
I am “politically incorrect.” This means speaking out in truth whether
it is “popular” or not. I bring an “alternative” kind of reporting on
today’s issues that have Biblical relevance. I believe the most
important prophetic sign that proves we are near the return of Christ
is the miraculously reborn State of Israel. There is a kind of
prophetic scenario spelled out in the Bible that applies to certain
discernable political developments among nations.
I don’t mean
to be argumentative, but do you believe that Christians will really see
the long-term benefit of such a show?
Certainly
not all Christians will. But I want to make something clear that some
Christian leaders seem to not recognize about me. I will always be an
evangelist at heart. I wrote the Late Great Planet Earth for
evangelistic reasons. More than a million people have accepted Christ
as Savior as a result of reading it. Even David Ben Gurion was reading
it the last few weeks of his life. There is a copy of it enshrined on a
table in the bedroom where he died that has been sealed off as a
memorial to him. By the grace of God, I will reach people that others
would not interest. This not to say that other approaches are wrong. It
is just to declare that this is my calling from the LORD. Will
Christians see this as beneficial? Well not all. But those whose loved
ones come to Christ through this approach will love it. I find that I
am either loved or hated. That’s all right with me. I guess it is
because of my nature. I would rather stand for something, than fall for
everything. It’s a lot easier for me to navigate through critics that
way.
How do you
feel about joining the DayStar Network?
I
feel great joy and anticipation about being a part of this wonderful
channel of blessing to so many Christians. My main prayer is that I
will be a blessing to this Spirit-anointed ministry. I pray that I will
be used to help expand this mighty work of God. I am especially
thankful to Joni and Marcus Lamb for making it possible for me to come
aboard this Network. They have been very generous to me and I am
grateful
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Islam—The
Apocalyptic Force of Judgment and the End Times Burning Out Of Control - By Bill Wilson, KIN Senior Analyst - www.watch.org
WASH—KIN—Feb
6—Islam is on fire, arising quickly as an apocalyptic force in the
world either in terms of judgment on the West for its immorality and
adultery against God or as a type and shadow of the end times where as
Jesus pr
ophesied in Matthew 24:9, “Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations
for my name’s sake.”
From
President George W. Bush calling Islam a “noble religion” in his State
of the Union message to European appeasement to even the marketplace
honoring Islam with Barbie Dolls in burquas and hijabs, the road has
been paved to give this violent and militant cult an opportunity to
consume the world with its raging fire.
The
latest Islamic firestorm is the outrage expressed over a few editorial
cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed as the leader of a terrorist
cult. Flags of European nations, whose newspapers printed the cartoons,
were burned by rioting Muslims in
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He Causeth
All To Receive A Mark In Their Right Hand... - By ANNA
BAHNEY - New York Times
WILLIAM
DONELSON'S left hand gripped the paper-covered arm of an antique barber
chair at a tattoo and piercing shop in
The
piercer — whose day is usually spent inserting rings into the eyebrows
and navels of teenage girls — snapped on purple latex gloves and lifted
a four-millimeter-wide sterilized needle to Mr. Donelson's hand.
"I'm
set," Mr. Donelson said with a deep breath. He watched as the needle
pierced the fleshy webbing between his thu
mb and forefinger and a microchip was slid under his skin. At last he
would be able to do what he had long imagined: enhance his body's
powers through technology.
By
inserting the chip, a radio frequency identification device, Mr.
Donelson would literally have at his fingertips the same magic that
makes security gates swing open with a swipe of a card, and bridge and
tunnel traffic flow smoothly with an E-ZPass. With a wave of his hand
he planned to log on to his computer, open doors and unlock his car.
Implanting
the chip was a relatively simple procedure but highly symbolic to Mr.
Donelson, a 21-year-old computer networking student so enthralled with
the link between technology and the body that he has tattoos of
data-input jacks running down his spine. They are an allusion to an
imagined future when people might be plugged directly into computers.
His new chip, complete with a miniature antenna and enclosed in a glass
ampoule no bigger than a piece of long-grain rice, has a small memory
where he has stored the words "Embrace Technology."
"People
are already using their cellphones as an extension of their
communication ability," Mr. Donelson said, indicating the wireless
cellphone earpiece affixed to his ear. "It is pretty much a part of you
anyway."
The
difference between a device resting in one's ear and inside the body is
"a pretty small step," he said.
Mr.
Donelson and three friends, who had driven 100 miles from their homes
in Lockport, N.Y., to have the implants inserted by a piercer, Jesse
Villemaire, whom they had persuaded to do the work, are part of a small
group, about 30 people around the world, who have independently
inserted radio frequency identification chips, known as RFID tags, in
to their bodies, according to Web-based forums devoted to what
participants call getting tagged.
The
tiny silicone chips, which for years have been safely implanted in pets
and livestock to identify their owners, come with an encoded string of
numbers. (Some chips have a small amount of memory that can be
updated.) They are read by a scanner two to four inches away, much like
a bar code except the chips don't need to be visible to be read.
Digital
visionaries have long foreseen a future when people and computers
merge. In most cases the convergence is imagined as a nightmare, as in
"Blade Runner" or the "Matrix" movies. But Mr. Donelson is part of a
pro-convergence camp that points out the future is closer than many
people imagine, and argues it is not nearly so threatening.
Digital
products people use every day are becoming more integral to the human
body, they note. Cameras, storage drives and MP3 players are designed
with mirrored surfaces or crystals to make them more attractive to wear
as necklaces and pendants. Bluetooth wireless technology enables
jackets and sunglasses to double as electronic devices, and a new
cellphone earpiece, the Motorola H5 Miniblue, sits inside the ear
almost like a hearing aid.
People
who feel naked without their cellphones, who carry around a set of keys
with storage devices like flash drives that contain their digital life,
who have their entire music collection on an iPod, have already created
an information envelope around themselves, said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang,
a research director at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, Calif.
"They
are living a life in which they have a symbiotic relationship with
communication technologies that are as familiar a part of t
he body as braces or glasses," Mr. Pang said. "For these people, the
idea of putting an RFID tag in themselves is no stranger than putting
in fillings."
Implanting
chips in people is not new. Some employees of the Mexican Ministry of
Justice are implanted with chips that give them a fast track through
their building's security, and a
In the
"The
physical reality of the chip in the body is no big dea
l," said Amal Graafstra, who in March 2005 became the first known
person to independently have himself implanted with a chip by having a
surgeon friend place it in his hand. "But the symbolism of the tag is
much more of a big deal as a social marker."
Mr.
Graafstra, along with Mr. Donelson and his friends, consider themselves
part of an informal underground of implanters, self-styled "midnight
engineers" who are dedicated to designing applications for their chips
and exploring the philosophical implications. They buy cheap RFID chips
on the Internet for as little as $2 and wire scanners to their
computers, car doors and other devices to exploit the technology.
Mr.
Graafstra, 29, the owner of a mobile technology company in
His
girlfriend, Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student, thought
Mr. Graafstra's hobby was odd at first. But over tim
e she became convinced of their usefulness. She got an implant in
December.
"I
like not having to fumble for keys when I'm coming in with groceries
and everything, you just lean up against the door, and it opens," she
said.
Certainly
RFID implants have their detractors.
"We
have to look down the road and think more than about how cool it is
today," said Liz McIntyre co-author of "Spychips: How Major
Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID."
"We
have to look at how it may be ushering in a society in which we are all
numbered in the future," she said. "Maybe stores would require us to
scan our hands or an insurance company says unless you have this chip
we can't insure you."
Other
objections to i
mplanting chips include the safety of procedures done in nonmedical
settings.
Some
doctors have done the procedures in people's homes, and others have
implanted chips in their offices after patients signed forms
acknowledging that long-term studies have not been done on their
safety. Piercers treat the implants much like any other procedure,
instructing people to keep the site dry to avoid infection and advising
them that swelling and redness should last a week.
On
Web forums some people profess to have implanted themselves with an
injector gun used for animals, but the consensus among others is that
doing so is dangerous.
Christian
Rigby, 31, who runs a Internet forum for people independently "tagged"
(tagged.kaos.gen.nz) describes the forum as a resource for those
interested in sharing experiences and technology. "You get to be a part
of a leading technology which is, at the heart of it, what all geeks
really want to do," he said.
The
circle may be widening as implant
s intrigue a growing number of people. Mr. Rigby's Internet forum had
2,278 hits in December. As of mid-January, it had 1.1 million for the
month.
Another
spur to recent interest is a video posted on the Internet
(www.electric-clothing.com/chipped.html) by Mikey Sklar of his implant
procedure in November, performed by a surgeon friend in
At least one
supplier of RFID chips, Matt Trossen, owner of PhidgetsUSA in
Mr.
Trossen sells his chips to people who use them for education and
robotics and his Web site includes a disclaimer stating that the
company does n
ot advise consumers to implant them in humans or animals because the
tags are not sold as medical products and are not sanitized.
He
said that one could use an RFID chip just as easily for turning on
computers and opening doors by putting it on a key chain or card.
Although he could see a day when society would deem it acceptable for
babies to be tagged at birth with chips bearing their Social Security
number, now the technology for making the chips useful for home
applications is beyond most people's reach.
"For
a kid to say, 'Mom and Dad I need this implant,' " Mr. Trossen said,
"it would be like me running out and buying an atom collider. It is a
nice conversation piece, but I can't really use it."
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