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THE TRUMPET WEEKLYN O V E M B E R 2 4 , 2 0 1 2

Egypt president assumes extrodinary powers 2

Hamas fakes deaths, dupes press 4

Moodys downgrades Frances credit rating 7

Asian nations dump dollars, turn to yuan 9

Geithner: Raise U.S. debt limit to infinity 11

BY RON FRASER

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today the holy ather appeared at thewindow o his study to recite the Angelus withaithul gathered in St. Peters Square. He com-

mented on this Sundays gospel, ocusing on Jesuss wordsabout the end o time. So begins the report by the Vati-cans own Inormation Service on a public statement thepope made on Sunday.

In a startling pronouncement about Jesus Christs rev-elation o the signs leading up to His return to Earth, Pope

Benedict declared that Jesus does not describe the end othe world, and when He uses apocalyptic images, He doesnot act as a seer. On the contrary, He wishes to ensure that

His disciples in every age remain unmoved by dates andpredictions.

Tis statement is so ar removed rom reality, it can onlyrepresent a deliberate attempt to pervert the truth. It arguesagainst the very reality o biblical revelation itsel.

Te very power by which Jesus Christ

Pope: Christ Was Nota Prophet!

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MIDDLE EAST

Iran Expands Bomb-Building Capacity,Says UN Agency

Alex Spillius, TELEGRAPH | November 16

I ready to sharply expand itsuranium enrichment in an under-ground plant afer installing all thecentriuges the site is capable o hold-ing, according to a new report by theUNs nuclear watchdog. In a develop-ment likely to uel Western alarm overehrans nuclear aims, the Internation-al Atomic Energy Agency said a ullcomplement o nearly , centriug-es had been installed at Fordow, which

is buried deep inside a mountain nearthe ancient city o Qom.

ehran could soon double to ,the number o centriuges capable oproducing percent enriched ura-

nium, which is close to weapons-grade.Te report said that the Islamist

regime has produced about kgo higher-grade enriched uraniumat Fordow since , just short othe amount needed or the core o anuclear warhead.

By installing all the centriugesit can at Fordow, the Iranians haveincreased their ability to race towardsthe finishing line o building a nuclearweapon. It has urthermore produced

kg o that percent enriched ura-nium since August.

But ehran also appears not to havedecided to make that final dash or abomb, and appears intent on sending

mixed signals about its intentions.It has converted kg o the

kg to nuclear uel to be used or amedical research reactor, addingconsiderably to the time it wouldtake to build a bomb.

Israel, while reserving the rightto strike Irans nuclear acilities, hasthereore made it clear that a raid isnot imminent, and Barack Obama,resh rom his reelection, this weeksaid he still believed there was still

E P Mohammed Morsi signed a consti-tutional declaration on Friday granting himsel absolutepower, and preventing judges rom shutting down theconstitutional committee.

President Morsis constitutional declarations, laws,and decrees are now final and binding and cannot beappealed by any way or to any entity, says the declara-tion. Nor shall they be suspended or cancelled and alllawsuits related to them and brought beore any judicialbody against these decisions are annulled.

Under the declaration, the commit-tee drafing the constitution and Egyptsupper house o parliament can no longerbe dissolved by any judicial body.

Morsi today usurped all state pow-

ers & appointed himsel Egypts newpharaoh, tweeted ormer UN weap-ons inspector and Nobel Peace Prizewinner Mohamed ElBaradei. Formerpresidential candidate Sameh Ashoursaid Morsi has made a ull coupagainst the revolutionary legitimacythat brought him into power, his ac-tion is a takeover o all o the countrysauthorities.

Tis action makes him a dictatoreven more than Mubarak, he said.

Egypts judiciary has been the oneinstitution that has prevented the Islamists gaining abso-lute power. Last August, Morsi asserted his dominance overthe Egyptian military. Now hes doing the same thing tothe judges.

Many o the non-Islamist members o the constitutional

committee have withdrawn, complaining that theyre beingignored. Te Supreme Constitutional Court was consid-

ering dissolving the committee, declaring it illegitimate.Now the committee is sae, and an Islamist constitution orEgypt is all but guaranteed.

Morsi also granted himsel the power to appoint a newprosecutor general. Te old prosecutor is unpopular withthe Islamists and other revolutionaries because o hisreluctance to punish Mubarak-era officials. Morsis declara-tion pledged to reopen investigations and prosecutions

against ormer officials.Te supreme court may challenge

Morsis actions, but his heavy hand withthe military earlier this year indicatesthat he can handle the opposition. Op-

position leaders have called or protests,but so ar none have been large enoughto threaten Morsi.

So ar, the Western nations that wereso quick to praise Morsi or his role innegotiating a Gaza cease fire have beensilent. Many have speculated that theU.S. made promises to Egypt and Israelin exchange or the ceasefire agree-ment. Could an American agreementnot to kick up a uss have been amongthose promises? Te timing is certainly

suspicious.America pushed Mubarak out o office. Now an Islamistleader is setting himsel up as a dictator in Mubaraksplace, and the U.S. is doing nothing. For insight into thisstunning development, read A New Pharaoh rom therumpets October/November edition.

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a window o time to find a peaceulresolution to the long standoff withIran.

Te report highlightedother challenges however, saying thatbecause o activities spotted at amilitary base at Parchin, the agencys

ability to conduct effective verificationhad been seriously undermined.

ehran has a lways insisted that itsnuclear program has only peaceulpurposes, though a landmark report a year ago said elements o it

had undeniably military dimensions,including activities at Parchin.

Tel Aviv Saved by IronDome InterceptREUTERS | November 17

I fifh Iron Domeair deense battery into service inthe el Aviv area on Saturday, using it

within hours to shoot down a rocketfired at the coastal metropolis romthe Gaza Strip.

But the successul interception,witnessed by a Reuters correspondent,appeared to stretch the capabilitieso the unit meant to provide coverageor Israels biggest conurbation, whichincludes its main international airport, miles inland.

Iron Domes radars, linked withother Israeli surveillance systems, spotrocket launches rom Gaza, hundreds o

which have happened during cross-bor-der fighting that erupted on Wednesday.

Te detection sets off sirens in thetown targeted so people can shelterwhile Iron Dome fires a guided inter-ceptor missile. In the case o el Aviv,the military says, this alert shouldprovide seconds beore the rocketcloses in or impact.

But on Saturday it took less thanthat between the wail o the siren andthe explosive collision o metal on

metal over a el Aviv beach.Te distinctive smoke-cloud lefbehind, like an inverted tear-drop,was just a ew hundred yards abovegroundsuggesting the rocket was onits final descent when it was knockedout o the sky by one o two intercep-tors shot at it.

It was the third rocket launchagainst el Aviv in hours, withoutdamage or casualties being caused.

Hamas, the Islamist group gov-erning Gaza, claimed the attack and

said the rocket was an Iranian-madeFajr-, which has a -mile rangeand a -pound warheadpowerulenough to shear through a concreteapartment block.

Israel has been trying to bombthese on the ground, and each onethat survives to be launched acrossthe border means a boost in prestigeor the outgunned Palestinian guer-rillas.

A military spokeswoman said

T - agreement that Israel accepted Wednes-day night to end the current round o Palestinian rocketand missile attacks is not a good deal or Israel by anystretch o the imagination.

At best, Israel and Hamas are placed on the same moralplane. Te cease-fire erases the distinction between Israel,a peace-seeking liberal democracy that wants simply todeend its citizens, and Hamas, a genocidal jihadist terror-ist outfit that seeks the eradication o the Jewish people andthe destruction o Israel.

Under international law, Israel is not just within its rightsto deend itsel rom Hamas. It is required to. Internationallaw requires all states to treat Hamas terrorists as criminals

. But the cease-fire agreement requires both the Israelipoliceman and the Hamas criminal to hold their fire.

At worst, the cease-fire places Israel beneath Hamas. Tefirst two clauses require both sides to end hostilities. Te

third suggests Israel is expected to make urther conces-sions to Hamas afer the firing stops.

Ten there is the cease-fires elevation o Egypts Mus-lim Brotherhood government to the role o responsibleadult. Hamas is the Palestinian branch o the MuslimBrotherhood. Egyptian President Muhamad Morsi openlysupports Hamas. Morsi sent his Prime Minister HeshamKandil to Gaza to personally express the Egyptian govern-ments support or Hamass criminal assault against Israelicivilians.

Over the weekend, Egypts Muslim Brotherhood heldwhat the media claimed was a stormy meeting. Its memberswere split over what to do about Israel. Hal wanted to go towar with Israel immediately. Te other hal called or waitinguntil the Egyptian military is prepared or war. In the end,the voices calling or patient preparation or war won the day.

And or their patience, the Muslim Brothers received

the plaudits o the US government. Secretary o State Hill-ary Clinton and her boss President Barack Obama wereeffusive in their praise o the Egyptian government, and

joined Egypt in placing Israel on the same moral plane as aterrorist group.

Moreover, Obama and Clinton compelled Israel to ac-cept wording in the cease-fire that arguably makes Egyptthe arbiter o Israeli and Palestinian compliance with theagreement.

Aside rom the administrations de acto support orthe Hamas regime in Gaza, it is hard to think o a greaterhumiliation than Israel being orced to submit complaintsto its sworn enemy about the actions o the sworn enemys

terrorist client.And yet, or all o that, it isnt clear that Israel had a bet-

ter option than to sign on the dotted line. Israel is in a strategic trap. And it is one o its own mak-

ing. Starting with the Rabin-Peres governments decision toembrace the terrorist organization as a peace partnerin , Israel has been in strategic retreat. Each incremen-tal retreat by Israel has empowered its worst enemies bothmilitarily and diplomatically and weakened the Jewishstate militarily and diplomatically.

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Iron Dome has shot down at least incoming rockets since Wednesdaya percent success rate.

Iron Dome, along with Israeliballistic missile shield Arrow, hasreceived extensive support romWashington, which seeks both to reas-sure and restrain the Jewish state in

the ace o the nuclear advances o itsarch-enemy Iran.

Report: Rockets FiredFrom Egypt Hit Israel

WEEKLY STANDARD | November 16

T Israeli newspapers arereporting that rockets fired romEgypt have hit Israel.

errorists in the Sinai Peninsu-

la launched rockets into Israel Fridaynight, reports theJerusalem Post.

Te rockets ell near an Israeli villageon the southern border, causing somedamage, but no injuries.

Te Israeli daily Haaretz reports,Rockets fired rom direction o Egypttoward Eshkol Regional Council.

It appears no damage was reportedin connection with the rocket firerom Egypt. Earlier today, the Egyp-tian prime minister visited Gaza to

express solidarity with the Palestin-ians there.Tis new ront comes a day afer a

rocket landed near el Aviv and onthe same day Israels capital Jerusalemwas the target o rocket fire. Toseattacks were courtesy o Hamas in theGaza Strip.

Afer el Aviv metropolitan area,capital under fire too: An air raid sirenwas sounded in Jerusalem and sur-rounding communities early Fridayevening. Afer residents reported

hearing blast sounds, security orcesconfirmed that one rocket had landedin the Gush Etzion area near a Pales-tinian village, Ynet reports.

Tere were no reports o injuriesor damage. Tis was the first air raidsiren sounded in the area since the launched Operation Pillar oDeense in the Gaza Strip. Air raidsirens were sounded in southerncommunities throughout the day anda barrage o missiles hit the area.

Editorial: EgyptsBalancing Act OverGazaINDEPENDENT | November 16

E the international commu-nitys calls or de-escalation arebecoming more urgent, the fightingin Gaza is only intensiying. Follow-ing Wednesdays kil ling o the head oHamass military wing, the air strikeson Gaza and the rocket attacks intoIsrael have been steadily increasing,and the death toll with them.

For all the human tragedy, theperiodic conflicts in Gaza provoke asense o weary inevitability. What isdifferent this time is that the latestspasm takes place in a region reshapedby the Arab Spring. Under Hosni

Mubarak, Egypt was an ally o the U.S.committed to peace with Israel; nowits government is led by a member othe same Muslim Brotherhood thatcounts Hamas among its affiliates. Othe many tests that Egypts first demo-cratic president has aced since hiselection in June, the conflict in Gazais perhaps the most hazardous.Mohamed Morsi is under pressureat home to stand up or beleagueredPalestinians, reversing Mubarak-era

policies widely considered undulysupine. But regional instability willhit Egypt hard, and its ailing economyneeds Western aid.

So ar, Mr. Morsi has played hiscards careully. He has condemned

Israeli aggression, withdrawn Egyptsambassador to el Aviv and sentPrime Minister Hesham Kandil toGaza. But he has not offered Hamasmilitary sup-port, or threat-ened action

against Israel.Te danger

is that he willbe bouncedby events.Afer threedays, there areew signs oprogress. Egyptwants the U.S.to restrainIsrael; the U.S.

is calling on Egypt to put pressure onHamas. Neither side wants to blinkfirst. Even the three-hour ceasefire orMr. Kandils visit did not hold, andreports o tanks on Gazas border addweight to Israeli talk o a land invasion.

Mr. Morsis balancing act turnsthe spotlight on to the relationship

between Israel and Egypt and leavesthe peace brokered by Anwar Sadatand Menachem Begin under threat orthe first time in more than years.In increasing the pressure on Cairo,the latest Israeli action in Gaza is armore dangerous than its predecessors.Without rapid de-escalation, theprospects are alarming: or Israel, orGaza and or the wider region.

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n Hamas fakes deathsto manipulate world opinionImages o injured and dead people,supposedly Gazan victims o Israeliaggression, have recently beenexposed as akes, as Hamas con-tinues to manipulate a susceptiblemedia. Te Palestinian terroristorganizations have not only beenusing civilians as human shields, buthave choreographed several seem-ingly gory scenes o Gazan civilians

supposedly killed by Israel, FoxNews.com reported on uesday. Te ,or example, recently broadcast a

video clip in which a man was car-ried off, supposedly badly injuredrom an Israeli missile strike. A littlelater, however, the same man reap-peared, walking around completelyuninjured. In another incident, a correspondent re-tweeted a picture

Aharon Hakmon inspects damage to his house caused by a rocket

launched by Palestinian terrorists from Gaza.

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o a dead girl in Gazawho, in act,was killed in Syria three weeks earlier.Hamas leaders are well aware o howto use the media to manipulate globalopinion against Israel. Tis tactic hasbeen part o an extensive and ongo-ing effort to block the truth in theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, and warp

world opinion against Israel. Sadly,such tactics only succeed because othe eagerness o much o the Westsanti-Israel mainstream press to pub-licize any injustice done to Palestin-ians, and because o the credulity o amisinormed public.

n Egyptians push for sharia lawIn mid-November, over ,protesters stormed ahrir Square inCairo calling or Islamic sharia lawto play a more prominent role in thedrafing o Egypts new constitu-tion. Te current dispute over thewording may not even matter in the

end, since the panel responsible ordrafing the constitution is led bythe Muslim Brotherhood. EgyptsPresident Mohammed Morsi is alsoa member o the Brotherhood, andin recent weeks he hasnt exactlyconcealed his hostility toward Israel.

On October , Morsi said, We arenot declaring war on anyone. But weannounce clearly that the Palestinianpeople wil l not be abandoned. Westand with them against any aggres-sion. A ew days later, Morsi praised

all martyrs and Muslims, especiallythose in Syria and the Gaza Strip,

according to Ahram Online.Teseremarks ollow the controversy thatarose in October when Morsi wascaught mouthing amen to aninfluential imams prayer that said,

Oh Allah, destroy the Jews and theirsupporters.

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T , urkey ormally requested support indeending it rom attack by the Syrian military. A U.S.commitment would call or an American troop presenceclose to the civil war in Syria, potentially exacerbatingthe tensions between President Obama on Congress overthe Benghazi attack and the Israeli assault on Gaza. It hasthus allen to other alliesincluding the reluctantbut increasingly powerul Germanyto do the job. Is thisoperation, which comes in the wake o controversial arms

sales to illiberal regimes, a harbinger o a more active Ger-man military presence in the region?Germanys role in the Middle East has been compli-

catedusually taking one loud step back and one quietstep orward. A liberal government reused to go to war inIraq and a conservative government abstained rom theoperation to topple Qadhafi in Libya. Yet there has beenbroad support or other multilateral operations: sendingships to fight pirates in the Gul o Aden, sending troops aspart o a UN-mandated buffer zone in southern Lebanon,and maintaining the third-largest contingent o troops inAghanistan. While Chancellor Merkel has yet to weigh inon direct intervention in Syria, the most recent move to

assist urkey would be yet another bold step orward asGermany reasserts itsel not only as a ally, but also asan independent power.

Over the past ew decades, Germany has been busyshedding its post-war inhibitions regarding the use omilitary orce. It has consistently sent troops to supportUN peace building operations around the world and aferthe countrys recent decision to move away rom a citizensarmy to an all-volunteer orce, the Bundeswehr will havean even greater capability to project orce abroad. It hasalso recently become the third-largest supplier o arms inthe world by volumeovertaking both the United King-

dom and France and Chancellor Merkel has sought toexpand arms sales to both Israel and Arab countries andIsrael in recent years.

It seems clear that Germany is determined to play a moreprominent role on the world stage. A ew years ago, ormerdeense secretary Robert Gates called on our European alliesto spend more on collective deense. Tis seems unlikely asthe eurozone slowly recovers rom its debt crisis. But Germa-ny, at least, appears to be testing the waters o internationalsecurity once againthough on its own terms.

Is Berlin now taking up the mantle o leadership in mat-ters o international security? Hardly. Has it already startedto shif away rom the Atlantic alliance? Perhaps. But in an

era o steep U.S. deense cuts and rising uncertainty in theMiddle East, a more confident and assertive ally may bejust what is needed.

Germany Arms the Middle East

Opinion: Merkels NewRussia PolicyDIE WELT | November 17

E much appeared tobe the same, German Chancellor

Angela Merkel put a new spin onBerlins Russia policies during her visitto Moscow, says Ingo Mannteuel, thehead o DWs Russian Program.

Te meeting between GermanChancellor Angela Merkel andRussian President Vladimir Putin

in Moscow as part o their regularRussian-German intergovernmen-tal consultations had been eagerlyanticipated. Tats because German-Russian relations seem to have reachedtheir lowest level in a long time afera Putin-critical resolution by the

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German parliament a week ago causedquite a stir in Russia. Te resolution,carried by the ruling / and, along with the opposition Greens,strongly criticized the internal politi-cal developments in Russia and the useo state power against Russian critics.

Te Kremlin elite reused to accept

this and dismissed the criticism in thestrongest terms. Te Russian ForeignMinistry even declared that it did notwant to talk officially with the authoro the resolution, Andreas Schocken-hoffeven though Schockenhoff is notonly the German government repre-sentative or civil society dialogue withRussia, but also deputy parliamentarygroup leader o Merkels /.

Tis thunder seemed to heralda heavy storm in German-Russian

relations, but it never came to that.Beore the actual government consul-tations, Merkel, appearing togetherwith Putin beore German andRussian participants o the so-calledPetersburg Dialogue, let it be knownthat she broadly shared the critical

view expressed in the resolution, but

did not want to worsen relations withRussia.

Calmly and confidently, she simplydeclared that mutual criticism inpolitics is normal. And Putin had nointerest in aggravating the situation.Instead, he praised the bilateralespecially economicsuccesses andbenefits and objected strongly to theimpression o a morose atmosphere inGerman-Russian relations. Ten sud-denly all the excitement surrounding

the parliamentary resolution seemedlike a storm in a teacup. So, every-thing as it was? No, theres more to itthan that.

Instead, the Putin-critical parlia-mentary resolution acts as an impor-tant step in Merkels Russia policy.Especially since, in Berlin, insiders are

saying that the chancellors office wasinvolved early in the drafing o theresolution and is part ly responsibleor it. Te intention was to break awayrom the Russia policy o recent yearsand the hopes o the Medvedev presi-dency rom to . Te currentMerkel government no longer seemsto think a comprehensive moderniza-tion o Russia is orthcoming.

Merkel has now made it clear indomestic and oreign-policy terms

I article titled Afer the Election,a Gridlocked World, Strator notedthat it is time to consider the state othe rest o the world, beginning withthe two other pillars o the interna-

tional system, Europe and China.Strator isolated Europe and China

as being, in addition to the U.S., thetwo other pillars o the internationalsystem. Your Bible not only reveals these two entities willconstitute the two main global markets at the time justprior to Jesus Christs return (Isaiah :-, ), but also thatthey are the two great powers that clash at the climax o theclose o this agea German-led European Union and theChinese-dominated Far Eastern bloc (Daniel :).

Germany is given specific reerence in Bible prophecy asto its methods o gaining continental power in Europe andits attempts to extend that power into the wider arena.

In Isaiah we read that Assyriathe ancient biblicalname or modern Germanygains and holds power justprior to Christs return to this Earth by our means. In thatchapter God declares o Germany: I will punish the ruito the stout heart o the king o Assyria, and the glory o hishigh looks. For he says, By the strength o my hand I havedone it, and by my wisdom; or I am prudent (verses -).

Here is the national attitude o todays Germany de-scribed to a . Germany believes that it is by the prudenceo the German people that it has gained ascendency eco-nomically over the rest o Europe.

Te second method by which German elites have

worked to enable uture imperial dominance over Europeis revealed in the phrase, and I have removed the boundso the people (verse ).

Te elimination o national borders to be replaced byregional boundaries has been a long-term goal o Germanelites.

A third way that Germany has used to consolidate itsdominance o nations. It has robbed their treasures. Here

is a classic prophecy about the effects o the euro on Eu-rope. While driving much o Europe into penury, the eurohas worked to enhance Germanys export economy mostpowerully at the expense o the rest o the continent.

Te ourth way in which the Assyrians are prophesiedto deal with whole national populations is to put down theinhabitants, akin to many people (verse ; correct transla-tionsee King James Version marginal reerence).

Te German-dominated EU is administered by a batteryo unelected technocrats who enact legislation with nospecific input rom the people. End-time prophecy denotesthat Germanys demographic problem o declining popula-tion will literally be dealt with by the enorced enslavement

o whole populations.In Revelation : we read that the king o the north

trades in slaves and the souls o men. Tis enorcemento Germanic power at the time o the prophesied Greatribulation leads to a fifh way in which Germany will seizepower in Europe on the road to global dominance. Andmy hand hath ound as a nest the riches o the people: andas one gathereth eggs that are lef, have I gathered all theearth; and there was none that moved the wing, or openedthe mouth, or peeped (Isaiah :).

Tese acts are some o the greatest o signs pointing tothe return o Jesus Christ to put down all tyranny orever,

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what she thinks o the return oVladimir Putin to the Russian presi-dency. She did it without damaging abusiness-like and pragmatic oreignpolicy toward Putins Russia, withwhich Germany works together onmany global issues. Free rom thepompous burden o a modernization

partnership or strategic partnership,Merkel can now pursue a new Russiapolicy that allows her to push orwardwith the good bilateral economic rela-tions that are beneficial or both sides.It was not by chance that a numbero economic agreements betweenRussian and German companies weresigned in the presence o Merkel andPutin during the consultations.

At the same time, Merkel was dis-tancing hersel politically rom Putinand put an end to Germanys role as

an advocate o Russia in Europe orgood. Proo o this is that now theGerman government has reservationsabout eliminating visa requirementsor Russians and instead is only offer-ing simplification. Tis is certainlya disappointment to Putin, who hasmade the issue o visa-ree travelor Russians in the Schengen area amajor theme o his oreign policy.

On the other hand, Putin may wellbe able to live with the small but impor-

tant correction in Merkels policies,because the slight changes in Germanpolicy toward Russia does not threatenhis proclaimed core objective: the tech-nological and economic modernizationo Russia with German expertise. Itwould thereore be wrong to talk abouta deterioration in political relationsbetween Berlin and Moscow. Rather,both parties have adapted to the newreality o a third Putin presidency. Anew normality in the German-Russianrelations has begun.

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n EU needs military to become asuperpower, says PolandEurope needs a new military struc-ture to coordinate its combinedoperations, five EU nations said in a

joint communiqu afer a meeting inParis on November . Te oreign anddeense ministers o France, Germany,Italy, Poland and Spain published the

document to confirm our readinessto oster an ambitious European policyin the field o security and deense.Polands Foreign Minister RadekSikorski was surprisingly clear on hisreasons or wanting a military. I theEU wants to become a superpower, andPoland supports this, then we must

have the capability to exert influencein our neighborhood. Sometimeswe must use orce to back our diplo-macy, he said, according to the EUObserver. Te ministers emphasizedthe need to work together on expensiveprojects such as space, ballistic-mis-sile deense, drones and more. Teyalso called or better deense spendingcoordination between member states.Teir communiqu says that this pushor deense cooperation should beconsidered as part o a larger process

towards urther European politicalintegration. For years, the rum-

pethas warned that EU leaders wantedto create a superstate with real militarypower.

n Moodys downgrades Francescredit ratingFrance lost its top credit ratingrom Moodys Investors Service onNovembers 19. he ratings agencycut its rating to AA1, citing concerns

about the nations short-term eco-nomic growth, long-term weaknessand its ability to cope with utureeuro area shocks. Te cut in ratingsincreases the distance between Ger-many and France, putting France onthe back oot at a time o key negotia-tions about the euros uture. Moodysisnt the only one drawing attentionto Frances weak position. BritainsEconomistmagazine incurred thewrath o the French government last

week by highlighting Frances weakeconomy in a 14-page special report.France, the article warned, couldquickly lose the backing o investorsand Germany: Te crisis could hit asearly as next year. Previous Europeancurrency upheavals have ofen startedelsewhere only to finish by engulfing

Franceand this time, too, Francerather than Italy or Spain could bewhere the euros ate is decided, thereport said. Tis downgrade willcertainly increase pressure on Francebig time, the director o the CarnegieEndowment or International Peaceoffice in Brussels, Jan echau, toldBloomberg.It gives Germany moreo an edge over France. It is obviousthat the days when Europe was led bya Franco-German alliance are over.France is part o the problem, leaving it

up to Germany to provide the solution.

n Catholic Church leads massprotests against same-sex unionsOver , demonstrators

joined protests organized by Catholicgroups to oppose the introductiono homosexual marriage in Francelast weekend. Backed by the CatholicChurch and attended by Catholic clergyand bishops, the protests rallied againstFrench President Franois Hollandes

decision to back plans to legalizehomosexual marriage and adoptionnext year. On the day o the biggestprotests, November , Pope Bene-dict gave his implicit support. Hetold French bishops visiting the Vaticanthat day that the voice o the churchmust make itsel heard relentlessly andwith determination. Cardinal PhilippeBarbarin rom Lyon joined the protest-ers, as did the archbishop o oulouse,Robert Le Gall. Seventy thousand

gathered in Paris on

November 17 in thelargest demonstrationin the country, withthousands rallying inother cities, accord-ing to police estimates.Earlier this month,Frances cabinetapproved plans tolegalize homosexualmarriage and adop-tion, and the bill will

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be discussed in parliament in January.Recent polls show that the majority inFrance support homosexual marriage.But support or adoption by homo-sexual couples lacks popular approval.While America continues on the pathaway rom traditional values, watch or

the Catholic Church to play a leadingrole in changing Europes direction.

n Germany ready to send missilesto TurkeyGermany is planning to send surace-to-air missiles supported by up to soldiers to help deend urkeysborder rom unrest in Syria, the Sd-deutsche Zeitungreported November 17.urkey announced that talks with over the missiles deployment were

in the final stages on November .Mortar rounds rom Syria have alreadylanded in urkey, and the govern-ment is concerned the spillover couldworsen. Germany and the Netherlandsare the only European memberswith the most advanced Patriotmissile batteriesthe -3. urkish

media reportedthat Germany,which owns moreo the weaponsystems, is themost likely sourceor the Patriots.Sddeutsche

Zeitungsaidde Maiziere tolddeense minis-ters rom France,Poland, Italy andSpain that Ger-

many should contribute to the mission.German-Foreign-Policy.com pointsout that the Patriot batteries couldalso be used to enorce a no-ly zoneover rebel-controlled parts o Syria.But Germany insists that this is not itsintention. Germany appears remarkably

keen to deploy the missiles. ContrastGermanys attitude toward the situationin Syriavolunteering to provide themissiles even beore urkey asks orthemto its prior actions in Libya. It isclear that Germanys military deploy-ment ollows an overarching strategythat other nations lack. Germany ischoosing to send troops to someregions, sell weapons to others, and isavoiding getting involved in the rest.

n Eurozone leaders struggle toagree on GreeceEuropean finance ministers ailed toorge an agreement with the Interna-tional Monetary Fund () on howto manage Greeces bailout program,November . Greece is meant toreduce its debt burden to sustainable

levels by . Eurozone leaders wantto extend the deadline by two years.Instead, the wants eurozone gov-ernments to accept a haircut on moneythey have loaned Greecemeaningthat Greece would not be expected topay all the loans back. Even afer thesummit, the two sides could not agree

and are planning to meet again onNovember .

n Pope Followed Gaza ConflictWith Great ConcernPope Benedict said Wednesdaythat he was deeply worried aboutthe conflict in Gaza, and that he wasencouraging a ceasefire. I am ol-lowing with great concern the escala-tion o violence between Israelis andPalestinians in the Gaza Strip, he said.Noting that avoring peace would re-

quire courageous decisions, the popeencouraged efforts by those who aretrying to reach a ceasefire. Te entireMiddle East is worn down by toomany struggles and in need o peaceand reconciliation, said Benedict. Tepopes concern with the Middle East ishistorically and prophetically signifi-cant. Te Vatican has waged manymissionary and military crusadesover Jerusalem to the detriment oall involved. Te sure word o Bible

prophecy reveals that the Catholicchurch, through a resurrected HolyRoman Empire, will likely be invitedto participate in peace initiatives andnegotiations. Tose initiatives willbe transormed into a final crusadebloodier than any history has wit-nessed beore.

People protest against same-sex marriage on November 18 in Paris.

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n China and Russia boost militarycooperationTe deense ministers o China andRussia held talks in Beijing on ues-day where they discussed the mili-tary cooperation o the two Asiangiants. Chinese Deense MinisterLiang Guanglie praised the steadilywarming relations between thearmies o China and Russia in recent

years, and said the highest priority oChinas military diplomacy is urtherboosting cooperation between thetwo nations armed orces. Chinawill work with Russia to lif the bilat-eral military relations to a higherlevel, Liang said. Russian DeenseMinister Sergei Shoiguwho wasappointed to his post on November by President Vladimir Putinsaidbolstering Sino-Russian military

cooperation brings tangible benefitsto both countries and contributesto global peace and stability. Tecombination o Russian technologyand Chinas sheer manpower makesthe notion o Sino-Russian militarycooperation a sobering one or Euro-pean states. For this reason, reportso increasing Sino-Russian militarycooperation work to hasten the unifi-cation o Europe.

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AFRICA/LATIN AMERICAAFRICA/LATIN AMERICA

Spain Begs FormerColonies for BailoutZEROHEDGE | November 17

I ironies. While the worldawaits the Spanish request orhelp rom its riends in Europe(which the market hopes willescalate to billion very rapidly),it seems the king o Spain and histrusty prime minister have anothercunning inverse-conquistador

plan. AP reports that Spain receivesLatin American investment withopen arms, as Rajoy asks the ormerLatAm colonies to help. Falling backon the assured quid pro quo, Rajoysaid Spain had invested heavilyin Latin America during its crisis years ago so airs air, right?Now that the roles were reversed, hecalled upon those nations to increasetheir participation in his strugglingempires economy. Te perect irony

is complete as the Ibero-AmericanSummit at which he was beggingspeaking was held in Cadizthecountrys main gateway or import-ing Aztec and Inca treasure!

AP: Spains prime minister on Sat-urday joined its king in asking ormerLatin American colonies to help theEU nation overcome a deep financialcrisis by channeling investments itsway.

A bloc has been ormed in East Asia, asnations in the region abandon the U.S. dollar and pegtheir currency to the Chinese yuana major signal oChinas successul bid to internationalize its currency, a

research report has said.Te Peterson Institute or International Economics, or

, said in its latest research that China has moved closerto its long-term goal or the renminbi to become a globalreserve currency.

Since the global financial crisis, the report said, more andmore nations, especially emerging economies, see the yuan asthe main reerence currency when setting their exchange rate.

And now seven out o economies in the regionin-cluding South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore andTailandtrack the renminbi more closely than they dothe U.S. dollar. Only three economies in the groupHongKong, Vietnam and Mongoliastill have currencies ol-

lowing the dollar more closely than the renminbi, said thereport, posted on the institutes website.

Te South Korean won, or example, has appreciated insync with the renminbi against the dollar since mid-.

China has long vowed to raise its currencys globalsway, along with the rise o its economy, which became the

worlds second-biggest last year.Te goal has seen significant development in recent

years as the country promotes renminbi-denominatedcross-border trade and gradual ly loosens control over its

capital accounts.As a result, Hong Kong has quickly risen to be the

worlds biggest offshore renminbi trading center, withabout billion yuan ( billion) in deposits.

According to the latest report by the Society or WorldwideInterbank Financial elecommunication, or , renminbi-denominated trade accounted or percent o Chinas totaloreign trade in July. Te figure was zero just two years ago.

From July to August , global payments in the ren-minbi rose . percent, according to , as payments inother currencies ell . percent on average.

Were seeing a lot more customers starting to practice inrenminbi, Ming was quoted as saying by Bloomberg. For

most companies and banks, China and India is where thegrowth is. I youre dealing with China, ignoring renminbiis not the right thing to do.

Te Royal Bank o Scotland predicted in a report onMonday that renminbi will become a ully convertible cur-rency in .

Dollar Collapse: 7 of 10 Asian Countries Turn to YuanHAMSAYEH.NET | November 20

As early as May 1962, the Plain

Truth magazine issued this warning:Germanys plans in South America

were temporarily halted by its defeat in

World War II. South America will be

conquered by business agents, not by

guns! Herbert Armstrong knew far in

advance that it was Europe that would

ultimately achieve its long-term goal

of economic and religious domination

of Latin America. Today, Europe has

significantly achieved that goal.

He Was Right, Gerald Flurry

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n Rwandan-backed rebels fight formineral wealth in the CongoHistory is repeating itsel in the regionso eastern Congo, as rebels supportedby Rwanda cross into the territory tobattle or control o mines and mineralwealth. In one such battle last uesday,the provincial capital o Goma ell to arebel group called the M. AlthoughRwanda officially maintains that it is notaiding or abetting the M rebels, a UNreport published earlier this year offers

proo that both Rwanda and Uganda aredoing exactly that. Since April, the civil-ian population surrounding Goma hasbeen subjected to a staggering increase inkilling, rape, extortion and myriad othercrimes. At least , locals have beendisplaced since the beginning o the year,and the torrent is not likely to dimin-ish. Sadly, such fighting and death willcontinue as long as carnal-minded humanbeings place minerals and wealth abovetheir ellow man.

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DNC Chair on GOP:They Got Whiter andMore Male

CNS NEWS | November 19

D N CommitteeChair Debbie Wasserman-Schultzsaid the Republican Party got whiterand more male while the Democraticcaucus is majority minority andemale.

ake a good look when the Houseconvenes afer this next Congress issworn in at what our side o the aislelooks like versus what the Republicanside looks like. I mean they got whiter

and more male, and we now have a ma-jority minority and emale Democraticcaucusfirst time in history, DebbieWasserman-Schultz said Wednesday ata discussion hosted by the Emilys List,

a group known or supporting pro-abortion emale candidates.

She said when women run or office,Democrats win.

We have to double down in .Weve got to make sure we recruitmore women or office, because Itsnot just a slogan that when womenrun, women win. Tey do, and whenwomen run, Democrats win, Wasser-man-Schultz said.

Te new Congress will consist o

women senators and congresswom-en an accomplishment she creditedto the efforts o the Emilys List.

Tere is no longer an all-male statelegislature anywhere in the country,

she said, adding that percent othe U.S. population now has at leastone woman senator.

Most HouseholdsFace Fiscal Cliff

WALL STREET JOURNAL | November 21

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W P Minister BenjaminNetanyahu launched OperationPillar o Deense last Wednesday, Wash-ington was quick to publicly back Israelsright to deend itsel. Since then, Israelhas knocked out hundreds o terroristtargets in the Gaza Strip with a serieso extremely precise air strikes.

Afer a ew days o surgical strikes, however, PresidentObamas support or the operation started to wane. Duringa press conerence on Sunday, the president said that whileIsrael had a right to deend itsel, he wouldpreferthat Israelnot send in troops.

Following that, onuesday, Secretary o

State Hillary RodhamClinton abruptly lefCambodia, where shewas accompanying thepresident on his touro Asia, to take a moreactive role in negotiat-ing a ceasefire betweenIsrael and Hamas.

President Obamasdecision to send histop diplomat on an

emergency Middle Eastpeacemaking missionuesday marked anadministration shif to a more activist role in the regionsaffairs, the Washington Postwrote. Clintons peacemak-ing trip is Obamas clearest signal yet to Israel that it should

begin to pull back its campaign against militants in theGaza Strip. Te administration knows that with Clinton

on the ground trying to resolve the crisis, it will be harderor Netanyahu to make good on his threat to invade Gaza(emphasis added).

oday, a ew hours afer Hamas celebrated the bombingo a bus in el Aviv, Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat Israel had agreed to the terms o a U.S.-brokeredceasefire. He encouraged Israelis to return to their normalroutine.

Shortly afer he made that announcement, according toChannel in Israel, there were numerous victory demon-

strations in both Gazaandthe West Bank. Asradical Islam prepares

or its next round owar with Israel, we canexpect Israel to looksomewhere other thanAmerica or help infighting the spread oradical Islam.

Te rumpethaslong maintained, basedon prophecies inZechariah 11:14 andHosea 5:13, that Israel

would eventually loseits longstanding sup-port rom the United

States, which will, in turn, lead to Israels desperate requestor German intervention. Follow Stephen Flurry:Twitter

U.S. to Israel: Thats Enough

Secretary Clinton (left) meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem on

November 20 as efforts to end Israels confrontation with Hamas escalated.

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POPE from page 1

ministered on Earth was clearly re-vealed as a Spirit which will show youthings to come (John :).

Jesus Christ Himsel gave, in liveormat, delivered direct to His dis-ciples, the most powerully detailedprophecy about the uture, most espe-

cially the end times, that is preservedin the Bible (Matthew ; Mark , Luke ).

Te Word o God declares o the very Godhead, Wor-ship God: or the testimony o Jesus is the spirit o proph-ecy (Revelation :).

Te popes statement is not just a grave deceit. It goesbeyond that. It is plain blasphemy.

But why should we be surprised?Te very prophecies o the end time speak o an individ-

ual heading a great religious entity that is given a mouthspeaking great things and blasphemies And he openedhis mouth in blasphemy against God (Revelation :-).

It stands to reason that the very one who is prophesied

to look like a lamb but speak like a dragon (Revelation :)would eventually have to dissuade the masses rom believ-ing what the greatest prophet everJesus Christdeclaredo him in His Word.

In reality, the popes words are a declaration o waragainst those who preserve the testimony o the greatesto prophets, Jesus Christ. Consider this revelatory verseconcerning the times in which we live: And the dragonwas wroth with the woman, and went to make war with

the remnant o her seed, which keep the commandmentso God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ(Revela-tion :).

Te testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy, a revelatory spirit that exposes Babylonish religion andreveals the deceitul, blasphemous spirit that dominates it(Revelation ).

Tis latest statement by Pope Benedict ought to power-

ully motivate any who still have a remaining vestige o thetestimony o Jesus Christ remaining in their memory tohastily repent and come cleave to the Father o lights whereHis lamp o revelatory truth burns so brightly!

Te time or taking such actionand thus gainingGods protection rom the devastation o the great end-time ribulationprophesied by Jesus Christ(Matthew:)is ast running out!

I you are such a one who is beginning to see the light,you need to read our booksMalachis Message to GodsChurch odayand Raising the Ruins. ogether they willgive you a unique understanding o just how the great de-ceiver has worked to turn Gods own people away rom the

great prophecies o Jesus Christ or our day.But more, those books will lead you back to that great

source o truth, Jesus Christ, the Word o God, the chiefof the prophets!Tey will lead you to an understanding ocurrent world and church conditions, what they portendor the uture, and just how you can fit in to that emerging

vision and even have a real part in contributing to it com-ing about!

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