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<title><![CDATA[Agression and the reasons II]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[In 2004 y. the David wrote me that document about me was stolen he found and returned it to it’s p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2004 y. the David wrote me that document about me was stolen he found and returned it to it’s place. Who could steal that document and who ignores it’s acting during 3 years?<br />
I am the daughter of the man,whose face is identical to Joann Paul II. In Italy he is known as Tata Giovanni (Father Giovanni). He lived in Rome and worked in the USA.My name is Anna Kristina Aleksandra.</p>
<p>In Lithuania for my financing and living my own father gave 10% shares of AO LUKOIL company to the oil company AB MAZEIKU NAFTA.</p>
<p>For my financing in Lithuania responsible A.Brazauskas, B.Lubys (as everybody know Mr. Lubys is a friend of Mr. Nazarbajev), G.Chapanidze, V.Shkil. Mr. G.Chapanidze is in jail since 1996-1997. I was not financed at all. And didn,t ask nobody to sale or to present my finances or shares to anybody. I know that there are most of assets, which didn’t get in hands of those who robbed me.</p>
<p>May be Mr. Alekperov knows what does it mean? In 19.8.1995 in Omsk died someone Ivan (Jan,Giovanni, Ioann) Lickevich. Do you know what does Lickevich means in polish? This is translated as calculate. What and whom calculated Lickevich? Ivan Lickevich was the director of the Omsk oil rafinery. In 3.7.2000 died with his son Gediminas Kesus. They are killed both. Gediminas Kesus was the director of the Mazeiku oil rafinery.When he was killed in Lithuanian newspapers was published information – some documents Gediminas Kesus put into some England bank.</p>
<p>What the documents it was? Who started to kill the directors of oil rafineries and started putting the money into his own pockets? My money. In such way Lukoil, Mazeiku Nafta<br />
( Lithuania), Plock rafineria ( Poland)go for another hands. Rats hands.<br />
In ex Soviet Union was well known international journalist Cyprus Mazeika. Director of Mazeiku Nafta Kesus transfered my money to Cyprus? 20.2.2003 Cyprus Mazeika told that he is director of Mr. Lubys media holding in holding ACHEMA. Where is my money knew Lubys - friend of Nazarbaev?</p>
<p>So,who was hanting my money and who killed Kesus? Where is that money now? Why nobody from Cyprus did not informate me about that finance?</p>
<p>I know that part of finances former soviet agents transferred to someone in England.It is very interesting question why Berezovskij and Abramovich are grazing in England?<br />
In Vilnius I has black dog Big Royal Pudel -S Charly Gert.Who know what does it mean? Who is that  my Big black Royal Pudel?</p>
<p>Queen Elizabeth and her husband visited to Lithuania (16.10.2006-18.10.2006)Jan Paul II became Pope in Rome 16.10.78. What Elizabeth and her husband need from me? After theres visit 21.10.2006 Hubertas Grusnys was killed, he was owner of radio stations and Lithuanian millionaire, whose radio Lietus a week before told about poisoning with toxicoids me and my son in our flat.</p>
<p>My own grandfather and own father such organized my life for me to know who and what.</p>
<p>There was Marina HoDOROf in my class at school. Since last time I started to pay attention for any words, which contains my own mother’s name. Marina’s parents – Paull HoDOROf and mother Regina from Jiosif. Regina worked at radio in Yekaterinburg. Paull at some plant. Someone Paul killed my own mother? Marina not only was with me at school, but finished university for journalism with me also. After graduation she was diverted to Alma-ata, Kazahstan. Then she married kazahian, bore him two daughters. Who knows what does it mean? Nazarbaev?</p>
<p>Great russian imprisoner has analogical surname – HoDORkOvskij. Even his mother is Marina. Who grabbed my own mother’s all or part of business, having partner from Kazahstan and even creating daughter companies? What Nazarbaev know about that?</p>
<p>Who is that nervous rat? Or it is some Paull we should look for? Now what a political process! Ratting in a big ammounts.</p>
<p>Son from adopting family Sergej Nikolajevich Lopatinskiy was trading freezings vegetables Ardo. What is Ardo? It is my own mother’s name Dora. What is freezings mean? This is frozen assets. My God, what does it means?</p>
<p>My relative Michail from Nicola traded by meters.”Crossborder of Rome Republic”. My God who is that Sergej who traded with my own mother’s assets and which was put on meter?</p>
<p>As I remember surrounding me people, I remember some Michail Baryshnikov, who was my schoolmate. Much time after I met in press-releases that there is Michail Baryshnikov famous dancer appeared in the USA. The opinion is concluded that my own father lived in Italy and had business in the USA.</p>
<p>My own father was building my life in such a way that even if I am robbed and without documents I still can tell who I am. And will know it by myself who I am. So may be now you tell me who I am and who is my own father? And where is he now?</p>
<p>My own father had strong goldy hair, and very bright not ordinary blue eyes. I can’t understand how Linda Ewans, american actor, looks like identically as my aunt, and father’s sister Galina. Exactly that sister is similar to my father. Linda is the name of Kirkor Kirkorian daugther.They take my money? They are so poor and need the money of lame woman?</p>
<p>I lived with adopting family in Yekaterinburg in the place of killing Royal Romanov family. Why? Who from my own family is a queen? My own grandmother? Or what does it means? Address was Moskowskaya street 9-31. In Moskovskaya street 9-20 lives Hussein family with daughter Aleksandra. My real name is Anna-Kristina-Aleksandra. What does it means? Who fined that information?Who really have aggression against Muslims countries and against Iraq and Hussein? I know that my own grandfather Naum was Muslims friend. And when he invest his money in Russia he took gold as financial guarantee. May be in Iraq and near Hussein my enemies searching that gold?</p>
<p>23.11.2006 in London died Aleksandr Litvinenko<br />
( Litva-Lithuania).</p>
<p>His face was look like the face of russian moscow journalist living in Lithuania Vladimir Vladimirovich Killer. Not far from death Litvinenko look like Bondarenko’s son.His wife Marina Litvinenko have a face of my friend from the clinics when I have unical operations Irina Raisova. Irina Raisa’s daughter. Gorbacheva? Many years ago Irina Raisova look like Marina Berlusconi. Aleksandr Litvinenko was a friend of Berezovskiy. Berezovskiy is not only surname of Boris Abramovich but is the name of gold place near Ekaterinburg. So, who need my grandfather’s Naum gold so much that want to lie,to kill and to have agression against Muslims countries? Andrey Lugovoi have a surname as Lugovaia village when many years ago Sergey Lopatinskiy’s own mother was born. What does it means?</p>
<p>One month later 14.12.2006 unknown person pay for Orlen (now Orlen is the owner of Mazeiku Nafta ) oil company 1,5 billions euro. Who and whom was blackmailed? 22.12.2006 I and my son was unblocked in Lithuania where we was blocked,arrested and had real fascism and we run out from Lithuania as quickly as we can.</p>
<p>Being in Poland I argued with Oleg Freezingman, we had different priciples of honesty. After last arguing I and my family went to Swietoszow, and Oleg Freezingman went to work to Jawor(Stoler). So, which Oleg was told as about rat? I had Oleg Ore as my buddy. There is ore deposit near yekaterinburg named Berezowsky. Isn’t it that ore deposit is running in England? Have his problems any connections with my problems? Oleg Lobov and Boris Berezowsky have the same father’s name. Their’s father’s name exact as my own father’s name. Did my father adopted them and “sons” had problems of deviding? May be my own father privatizated something in that case either? What? Ore deposit Berezowsky? Wasn’t it the manin reason of atrocities around me?</p>
<p>There is Yekaterinburg noted to be my place of birth in pass. First years of living in Yekaterinburg I lived on Malysheva. What is Yekaterinburg? This is Malyshev ore deposit of valueable stones. Berezowsky ore deposit. Gold. This is russian King’s (Car’s) family place of killing. Family was shot. The gold was not found. My father in law, as my own father have relatives with Kostroma (Ivan Kostromskoy) and also was Ivan - from Kostroma granted to my children except other interesting toys: Magician’s tricks, King’s credit notes and money. Somebody knows what does it mean? Isn’t it all about King’s gold?</p>
<p>I moved from Wolsk ( Freesk)to Poland. Artists Oleg Yankovsky (Ivanovskiy)and show group “Combination” moved from Saratov to Moscow at the same time. Mentioned group consisted from three girls Tatyana Eatingoats, Natalia Pigeonnose, and Alena Father. Tatiana’s Eatingoats face look like the face of princess Diana. In Ekaterinburg I lived at the same time with Tatiana Diachenko (Elcina).She known in Rissia as Tatiana Evil. So,which information was dangerous around princess Diana for Tatiana Diachenko? Tatiana Diachenko is only double of Father’s daughter, Di Ana.<br />
All polish channels had an advertising recently - my lovely polish shown former russian president daughter’s face Tatiana Diachenko and my former classmate’s face getting credit in bank, without any account in bank and any assets, what is generally needed for getting bank loan. They took loans and do not anything to return? My God, isn’t it? How is it concerning me?</p>
<p>I know about myself that I have unique leg with unique medical operations I had. Those operations where made in clinics of Yekaterinburg in The lane of Banks. In Kurgan. Who robbed my Lane of Banks and where did money from bank accounts gone? Isn’t it show group “Combination”? May be they just got as much as Pigeonnose? However, money is mine. Why don’t they return it?</p>
<p>When I had 7 years I had first medical operation with my leg. At 1st of september all children go to school - I go to hirurgian clinicks in Sverdlovsk. Here in Bank'ovskiy lane I had the first medical operation by the first doctor Raisa Grigorievna Fedotova. She looked like my adopting mother. In Russian are one expression - "Fedot but not that one". That was Dora but not my own mother. Adopting mother took my own mother's money. Who allowed her to do that?</p>
<p>Why do I have unique leg? May be it is passport which I can not loose and which can not be stolen? What can I exactly get using that passport? King’s gold? Gold from Berezowsky ore deposit? What else?</p>
<p>I was astonishing long what for in 2001 y. my only health leg. And only later I understood that it was the best way to hide that I am impaired. Why and what for it was need to hide? Someone was looking for me in Lithuania that time? And my impairment was like coordinates?<br />
Rarely anybody thought that Natalia Pigeonnose in group “Combination” - is Natalia Bondarenko. Son from adopting family wife. May be someone tells me at last which agent she was? She got in adopting family not far before I moved to Poland. Interesting, who cared that eyes, ears and all other would be in my adopting family?<br />
When I was already adopted son in adopting family was born, I still remembered my own name. And that’s why I decided to give name Anton to “little brother” when I was asked how I wished to name him. Even when guests arrived boy was called Anton by everyone. Only when it was time to register chosen name, he was written as Sergej. Why, how do you think? Just because my own grandfather and own grandmother, my own father explained me that I am Natasha now. That’s why boy better to be Serezha. After 10 years passed I was put to hospital of Kurgan for a medical operation. I had a friend in that hospital, a girl - Anna Antonova. Her mother Silvija V Italjevna, she wore a wig and smoke men’s cigarettes. For 70th and Soviet Union it was so not ordinary for a woman to have wig and smoke, so I remembered. Now please, who knows what did it meant and means now?<br />
Who should liked my money so much that I wasn’t even shown graves of my own grandfather Naum and own mother Dora in Italy. Nobody told me where is my own house which I knew as “Swallow’s nest” in Rome. Mr. Napolitano ignored my ask.</p>
<p>Who is that unbridled freak? I won’t mistake if say that all those atrocities and poisoning with HCl were need only for putting me into clinics and mounting of “cowl”. Insert special technic into me and start tough controlling me. Those animals needed medics. And such animals were found in clinics of Lazdijaj in Vilnius. I remember how cruel and savagely staff rushed to me, holding my arms and legs, inserting probe into my stomach. Did I got to nacees torture-chamber? Who payed to Lithuania for that?</p>
<p>When effects of poisoning with hallucinogens reduced, I started to suppose that strange transmitting device installed in me. I think even that something might be mounted in my left ear, or throat, in breast area. I had pain in breast which was avoided by drinking water, now it is constant and stronger, my left ear hear as from pillow. In that strange transmitting installed in me I hear :”lamby pussy”, “hi’ll hitler”, “fool”, “animal”. Mainly in russian language. I hear: “have you got an automatic gun? sterilized?”, “two entered yet… quietly, into hall… what else you have there?” I have deal with some technics and real sounds. What did I heard then? Someone braked into a flat and robbing it? I have not comletely studied work of this technics, I mean sense of speech - “Irka - cafee, Irka - cafee. Do you know my administrator? Your administrator was two heads away from you - I didn’t know this was your administrator, and I have short talk with your administrator. Let’s fyck. “What is it? Asking who is that administrator, I hear that strange transmitting answered me that I am an idiot, and never guess who is administrator, who is Irka and her friend. Who are those freaks who uses such lexicon, methods, and technics? If this is technics, how can I get rid of that installed into me? In other words, how to remove technics which fascists in Lithuania pushed into me and used by some freaks ? I hear ” You need radio? No, rooms.Ok.”What does it mean?<br />
Not enough that I was cut in Vilnius with blade, I was abused “pig jewish”, the only health leg was disfigured, poisoned, beaten, they tried to make me sunk in winter bogs, and generously hated. With an exact of clocks, they disfiguring leg forced me to learn walking in 45,46,49 and 51 years, what I did like a maniac.I need a car, like oxygen, but had no money. But someone knew that I need a car and just simply mocked from me. You need machine, no problem. Have a machine in throat. I do not open mouth now, but hear how my thoughts are commented inside some freaks. I am quiet, and they hear. That was clear. I was not only heard like tape recorded, I became naked from inside and mocked about it. I was not only poisoned but and spitted over from inside. I understood,something should be done with those freaks!<br />
May somebody knows who is a master and author of that all and whose people are having fun with that. This device is rather not usuall - sometimes I hear “lamby pussy” - and electrical shock is hitting me in the place children bear. I hear “hart is diwing” and I was wakening up all swollen and swelled, hearing additionally “i’ll kill you” and everything was blowing up in my head. I heard: “now I get you” and impulse shocked my arms, forcing them to move separately with some pauses. I heard “bad idiot” - and an impulse was in my right leg, which was disfigured since birth. I astonishingly heard, “your jewish son is hey” - and it all over the day. Who knows who is having fun with all that, whose is that fascistic organization. During last 4 years set of sounds is constant. It was mixed up with noises after hallucinogens. But later or earlier even such stupid like me understands hand-made-technical causes of such things. So who is that freaking fascist, and what a espionage device is that, who was mounted in me in old Jewish town Vilnius? Who is that freak?</p>
<p>How it is connected with the facts, that son from adopting family handled with part of my own mother’s Dora frozen assets, and a meter “Crossborder of Rome Republic” was switched on for him?<br />
How it is connected with the fact that Larisa Shamne Forelandovskaya after breaking into my own 20 flat in Wolsk (Free’sk) found there switched on meter and road traffic police stick? Who knows what does it mean?</p>
<p>As well as we arrived to Italy, to Italy came Putin, who visited Poland and came to Berlusconi.Some years ago Berlusconi became Prime Minister 11.06.2001.In my birthday. What does it means? They have my money and business? They robbed me? They were so poor that needed my finances and my incomes? When I came to Cecilia -Berlusconi started arrests here, in Palermo.</p>
<p>In Lithuania I was many times beaten, hit by car of "Kalnapilis" company lawyer, poisoned with HCL,also benzene, hallucinogens by air in private flat at Ukmerges street; at night someone managed to intrude into my flat, and terribly make appear blade cuts on my body skin. One morning I waked up with damaged skin, it looked like from paper cuts, after which I several years slept with lights left switched on, fearing to have such cuts repeated. After some time my skin repaired, enemies were very delighted about it and I have got such cuts again, after I had such fear that even blocked doors and windows for nights.</p>
<p>Month ago I heard strange talk, a man asked "how you cut her, with knife?", "no, with blade" woman answer. Who is responsible for that?</p>
<p>When I had been poisoned with hallucinogens I didn't know where to go, and I drew dresses in my diary. I explained myself that when I earn money I put them on myself. How I was surprised when I saw polish Playboy in train, with my dresses-but not in draw, but in result by Chloe and Mexx. Who dared to steal my drawings and sell to the famous agencies of business fashion?. Who is responsible for that ? Chloe and Mexx - American and Swiss firms. This is direct contact with that freak who organized me all the savages. Would anybody put stolen drawings in alien firms? Hardly. It means freak severely attacked me connected with the USA and Switzerland. When I came to Cecilia -Berlusconi started arrests here, in Palermo.<br />
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<p>Berlusconi afraid me so much? Why? He need very much my dresses? My money? Oil and gas money? From Italian -Russian project 50:50.</p>
<p>Some years ago was film "Sprut -2".In that film some man with Berlusconi's face killed Professor. Who knows how really died my own grandfather Naum?<br />
When I went to Italy 10.4.2008 and was in bar Autogril, through strange transmission  which was installed in medical clinics Lasdijay in Vilnius I heard awful sounds of death astma. After 5 or 10 miniuts I hear: "At least, calmed down. We laod him down in time. Gave me 100.000 and press them here. Take document to safe-box for she never know". Who killed whom there? Who talked about that and who are those killers?</p>
<p>I have personal individual characteristic by which I can be easily identified - my right leg was disfigured while my mother was pregnant, and I was born with unique diagnosis. After many specific medical operations, my leg became passport, which couldn,t be forged. I demand to change my managers and carers, want to change place of living and I look for a country which could accept me and defend me.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[De valse vredesduif Saakashvili]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Met het huidige conflict op de Kaukausus is het makkelijk om te denken in termen als &#8220;het klei]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">Met het huidige conflict op de Kaukausus is het makkelijk om te denken in termen als "het kleine, arme Georgië tegen het imperialistische, machtige Rusland". Maar, zoals ik in een vorig bericht hierover reeds zei, is de waarheid vaak veel anders dan men wilt laten blijken. Saakashvili en zijn regering hebben, tot op het moment van de aanval zelf, constant ontkent dat hij militaire plannen had voor Zuid-Ossetië of aendere autonome republieken. Halen we er bv de International Herald Tribune van 5 augustus 2008 maar bij (een artikel dat ook melding maakt van het belang van Georgië voor bv pijpleidingen die gas uit Turkmenistan of olie moeten vervoeren om zo Rusland te vermijden):</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/05/europe/OUKWD-UK-RUSSIA-GEORGIA-OSSETIA.php"><em>http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/08/05/europe/OUKWD-UK-RUSSIA-GEORGIA-OSSETIA.php</em></a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>AVNEVI, Georgia: Georgia on Tuesday denied preparing for war in its breakaway South Ossetia region following deadly weekend clashes that have raised fears of a new war in the Caucasus.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Russia said it would not be indifferent if there was further violence on its border, escalating a war of words in a region where Moscow and the West are vying for influence over vital energy transit routes.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>"If events develop according to the worst-case violence scenario, Russia will not allow itself to remain indifferent, considering that Russian citizens live in South Ossetia, particularly in the conflict zone," Interfax news agency quoted Russian special ambassador Yuri Popov as saying.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>But Georgia rejected accusations of indiscriminate shelling of Ossetian-held areas over the weekend, and denied it was preparing for conflict.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>"We are not mobilising forces, we are not getting ready for war," deputy Interior Minister Ekaterine Zguladze told Reuters in the Georgian-held village of Avnevi in South Ossetia.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Saakashvili kwam vorige keer trouwens in het nieuws toen er meldingen waren dat hij hard optrad tegen de oppositie en toen er twijfels waren bij de overwinning van zijn partij bij de vorige verkiezingen. Ook had hij zijn beloftes over een vrijer en welvarender Georgië niet waargemaakt.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/22/europe/OUKWD-UK-GEORGIA-ELECTION.php"><em>http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/22/europe/OUKWD-UK-GEORGIA-ELECTION.php</em></a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>TBILISI: President Mikheil Saakashvili claimed victory on Thursday in Georgia's parliamentary election, which European officials generally welcomed despite lingering concerns about the fairness of the ballot.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Saakashvili said voting was free and fair but the opposition said the authorities had rigged Wednesday's vote and vowed to challenge it by calling street protests.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>The pro-Western president needs a clean election to persuade sceptical European states that it is worth defying Russian objections and make Georgia, a key transit route for oil and gas supplies from the Caspian Sea to Europe, a NATO member.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/23/europe/OUKWD-UK-GEORGIA-ELECTION.php"><em>http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/23/europe/OUKWD-UK-GEORGIA-ELECTION.php</em></a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, meeting EU officials in Brussels, acknowledged the vote had not been perfect. "It would have been impossible to do (things) in a really perfect way in terms of all European standards."</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>[...]</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he was "encouraged by the peaceful conduct" of the election, "but also noted that many shortcomings remained to be addressed", his press service said in a statement.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Waar Saakashvili wel voor zorgde, was het verwijderen van Georgië uit de Russische invloedssfeer en het aanschurken bij de NAVO. Wat die laatste uiteraard van pas kwam aangezien zij nog steeds de strategie volgen die inhoudt dat Rusland moet omsingeld worden met NAVO-basissen. In de hoofden van het Pentagon is de Koude Oorlog immers nooit gedaan geweest. Ze beseffen daar ook maar al te goed het potentieel dat Rusland heeft om terug een grote speler te worden op het wereldtoneel, om nog maar te zwijgen over het demografische en economische groeipotentieel dat Rusland zeker heeft.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En nu we toch bezig zijn om oude krantenberichten boven te halen... De gebeurtenissen die zich nu afspelen zetten sommige dingen opeens wel in een heel ander licht:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/347480/2008/07/14/Georgie-wil-aantal-militairen-opdrijven-tot-37-000.dhtml"><em>http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/347480/2008/07/14/Georgie-wil-aantal-militairen-opdrijven-tot-37-000.dhtml</em></a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>14 juli 2008</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Georgië wil het aantal militairen in zijn leger opdrijven van 32.000 tot 37.000 manschappen. Dat heeft de vicevoorzitter van de commissie Defensie en Veiligheid van het Georgische parlement vandaag laten weten.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Toetreding NAVO<br />
De bedoeling achter die troepenversterking (met 15 procent) is duidelijk. Het onderstreept de ambitie van Georgië om tot de NAVO toe te treden, iets wat Rusland liever niet ziet gebeuren.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Anderzijds zijn er de oplopende spanningen met Moskou omtrent Abchazië en Zuid-Ossetië, twee pro-Russische separatistische regio's op Georgisch grondgebied. Tbilisi beschuldigt Moskou ervan Abchazië en Zuid-Ossetië te willen annexeren.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/367856/2008/08/03/Zuid-Ossetie-waarschuwt-voor-nieuwe-oorlog-Georgie.dhtml"><em>http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/367856/2008/08/03/Zuid-Ossetie-waarschuwt-voor-nieuwe-oorlog-Georgie.dhtml</em></a></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>3 augustus 2008</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>In de Noord-Ossetische hoofdstad Vladikavkas riepen vandaag ruim duizend mensen bij protesten de Georgische president Michail Saakasjvili op de spanningen niet verder op te drijven. "Saakasjvili - Speelbal van de VS", "Saakasjvili, je bent Bonaparte niet, blijf thuis! ", citeerden de media de spandoeken van de demonstranten. </em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>De in de Verenigde Staten opgeleide en door Washington gesteunde Saakasjvili heeft zijn kiezers steeds weer gegarandeerd de kwestie rond de afvallige regio's Abchazië en Zuid-Ossetië op te lossen - indien nodig ook met militair geweld. De naar het lidmaatschap van de NAVO en de EU strevende president heeft zijn inspanningen uitgebreid, sinds Rusland in het voorjaar de contacten met de conflictgebieden heeft geïntensiveerd.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>[...]</em></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;text-align:justify;"><em>Media berichtten de afgelopen dagen over militaire oefeningen, troepenverschuivingen en munitietransporten langs beide kanten. De Russische politicoloog Pavel Felgenhauer stelde vast dat er intussen vele aanwijzingen zijn voor een beginnend militair conflict. "De komende weken worden kritiek: na de verbale en provocerende strijd kan dan een echte oorlog beginnen". </em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ik ga hier zeker niet verkondigen dat Rusland de grote weldoener is en geen vlieg kwaad doet. Maar op dit moment, met de informatie die ik heb, zou ik toch besluiten dat Georgië in dit geval de agressor is. Waarschuwingen zijn er legio geweest en Saakashvili en zijn regering hebben ondertussen getoond dat leugens en een agressieve houding tegenover alle oppositie hen zeker niet vreemd zijn.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tenslotte nog <a href="http://www.infowars.com/?p=3834">een interessante lijst </a>die weergeeft in welke mate ook de VSA betrokken zijn in dit conflict? Een nieuwe proxywar? In de VSA is het topnieuws momenteel echter het feit dat John Edwards heeft toegegeven dat hij een buitenechtelijke relatie had...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[China, our enemy!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is in response to a comment I received. Yes, China is our enemy, so is Russia. Probably more ec]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is in response to a comment I received. Yes, China is our enemy, so is Russia. Probably more econimically than militarily. They are an organized society that can be reasoned and negotiated with. Providing we have the leadership that will negotiate with good sense. Islam on the other hand only cares about the destruction and collapse of the west. It has shown itself to be enemies of both China and Russia. Their leaders are as naive as ours and perhaps will wake up and see what it truly is. If not we must go the course on our own and protect ourselves from this radical Islamist cancer. The entire world must wake up and see Islam for what it is. The Olympics, the most important international sporting event is being threatened by this cancer.  I donn't pass on China and Russia as being enemies, but they can be reasoned and negotiated with. Radical Islam can not.</p>
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<title><![CDATA["Die Iraner sind die Wurzel alles Bösen"]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Machtkampf in Israel um die Nachfolge von Olmert
&#8220;Die Iraner sind die Wurzel alles Bösen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Machtkampf in Israel um die Nachfolge von Olmert</strong></p>
<p>"Die Iraner sind die Wurzel alles Bösen", sagte der stellvertretende Ministerpräsident Mofaz in einem Interview dem Sender Radio Israel. Das Atomprogramm Irans sei eine Gefahr für die Existenz des zionistischen Staates. . . <a href="http://www.linkezeitung.de/cms/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=5207&#38;Itemid=214">Weiterlesen</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Global News "RED ALERT!": Vladimir V. Putin proves "Captain Democracy, "RIGHT!" Russia in acts expedicially "NATIONAL CALL UP DRAFT IN PREPERATION FOR WW III!"  Vladimir V. Putin, " We are ready to fend off all aggression to our form of Democracy!" We, "Russia" are armed to the teeth and will distribute 'at will' Nuclear Weapons to our new found "Allies" who stand for "our" form of DEMOCRACY! Captain Democracy, the candidate for President of The United States of America warns Russia that, "evil criminals" have attempted to murder him and to be watchful they seek WWIII and World domination!"  Russia is in consideration to bring, "Captain Democracy" to Moscow Russia for personal safety measures against these dark foces in America. Vladimir V. Putin, " Captain Democracy can run his campaign here in Russia for President of The United states without threat of death or violence that appears to be lose in the streets of America." "We in Russia know all that is evil in this physical and spiritual world and are most prepared to defeat it in all its demonic forms! (Reporting: Tass News Moscow, Russia.)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[marketing misfires]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rami of +961 wrote a short post earlier this week on the incongruity of seeing Lebanon-specific ads ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rami of +961 wrote a short post earlier this week <a href="http://www.plus961.com/2008/08/06/haaretz-lebanese-ads/#comments">on the incongruity of seeing Lebanon-specific ads while reading <em>Haaretz</em> online</a>. As a Lebanese citizen, it must be odd to see ads for "Jobs in Lebanon" (not to mention "Single Lebanese Girls") while reading an Israeli paper - although I would argue that allowing Israelis and Arab state citizens to read one another's press has been one of the great regional benefits that the Internet has provided.</p>
<p>Until recently, the <em>Daily Star</em>'s online ads were similarly incongruous: any article that mentioned Israel would be accompanied by ads to visit Israel or buy Israeli goods, which was a bit jarring when the article was about cluster bombs or new settlements. Someone must have noticed however (maybe the editors, but more likely Google, since I bet those ads didn't get many click-throughs!), since more recently the ads have stuck to safer topics like "Sexy Lebanese Girls" (its a theme with universal appeal, I guess) and "Fly to Lebanon cheap".</p>
<p>I understand that these crossovers happen because online ads target customers through keywords and IP addresses, but I was still unprepared for the dramatic shift that took place in the ads I saw on Facebook. One day, I was in Lebanon, seeing ads for a "regime" that promised a 5-10 kg loss and ads for March 14 and other political organizations.</p>
<p>The next day I was in Brooklyn, where suddenly I was being asked to expand my wardrobe by visiting <a href="http://www.israelmilitary.com/">israelmilitary.com</a>, an Israeli army surplus store selling everything from t-shirts to dog tags:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1528" src="http://adiamondinsunlight.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/israeli-military-products-online-store.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="95" /></p>
<p>I do like shopping online, but this won't be my new go-to site. Nor will I be spending much time on <a href="http://jobshuk.com/">Jobshuk.com</a>, a site that aims to "improve the financial situation of Israeli residents" by connecting Israelis in need of jobs with "Zionists worldwide". (Shuk is the Hebrew word for "market" - and yes, its a close cousin of "souk", the Arabic word.)</p>
<p>Why am I not a fan of Job Shuk? Because when it states that: "The alarming numbers of poverty, hunger, and unemployment in Israel are incongruous with the advanced, democratic, and technically advanced society which we are developing," it isn't referring to poverty, hunger, or unemployment among Palestinians.</p>
<p>Don't get me wrong - I love many things about New York internet, not least its speed. But when it comes to advertising, I would be happy to have my Beirut IP back. Especially since half the time it put me in <a href="http://adiamondinsunlight.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/countries-that-begin-with-l-from-lebanon-to-lithuania/">Lithuania</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nachgesehen bei der Resolution 1707 – auch bekannt als “Livnis Fiasko”]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tel Belman, IsraPundit, 5. August 2008
Die Jerusalem Post hat ein Editorial, Lebanon tipping point? ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><a title="IsraPundit" href="http://www.israpundit.com/2008/?p=1733" target="_blank">Tel Belman, IsraPundit, 5. August 2008</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Die Jerusalem Post hat ein Editorial, <em><a title="Jerusalem Post" href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331190635&#38;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" target="_blank">Lebanon tipping point</a></em>? </span>(Trendwende im Libanon?), in dem ein Überblick über die sich verschlechternde Lage im Libanon gegeben wird. Ich dachte, Ich sollte einmal einen Überblick geben, wie Livni den Israelis die Resolution 1701 verkaufte, so wie auch Olmert den Israelis „verkaufte“, dass der Zweite Libanonkrieg ein Erfolg war.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Als <a title="Außenministeriums Israels" href="http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2006/Briefing+by+FM+Livni+following+Israel+acceptance+of+UNSC+Resolution+1701+13-Aug-2006.htm" target="_blank">Außenministerin Livni vor dem Kabinett</a> in Israel sprach, kurz nachdem die Resolution verabschiedet wurde, formulierte sie ihre Begrüßung derselben mit folgenden Worten:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„die Resolution ist gut für Israel und, <strong>wenn sie umsetzt wird</strong>,...“</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Ich bin mir der Tatsache bewusst, dass nicht jede Resolution umgesetzt wird. Ich bin mir der Schwierigkeiten bewusst und trotz all dem sage ich mit völliger Zuversicht, dass die Resolution des Sicherheitsrats gut ist für Israel.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Es ist wichtig zu erklären, das wir von Anfang an verstanden haben, dass diese Ziele tatsächlich durch politische Mittel erreicht werden müssen; und <strong>weil es für uns offensichtlich war, dass die gesamte internationale Gemeinschaft die Ursache der jüngsten Zwischenfälle begriffen hat und dass es notwendig war die Resolution 1559 umzusetzen</strong>, haben wir selbst gehandelt, um die Verfahrensweisen und Resolutionen zu initiieren, die die Ziele voran bringen, die wir uns gesetzt haben.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„und in der Annahme, dass sie umgesetzt wird – verglichen mit der Lage, die vorher existierte, könnte sie eine dramatische Veränderung im südlichen Libanon schaffen...“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Selbst in den letzten Stunden vor der Verabschiedung der Resolution wollten wir sicher stellen, dass dieses Embargo durchsetzbar und mit Substanz ist, um die Lieferung von Waffen aus diesen Ländern an die Hisbollah oder sonst jemanden außer der libanesischen Armee zu verhindern. <strong>Jetzt ist das Embargo Teil der UNO-Resolution und die Bedingungen und die Formulierung dieses Artikels sind für Israel akzeptabel und entsprechen ausdrücklich unserer Meinung – ein echtes Embargo.</strong> TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Und es ist wichtig zu sagen, dass auf die eine oder andere Weise <strong>die Verantwortung der libanesischen Regierung auferlegt ist, dass sie sicherstellt, dass keine Waffen eingeführt werden, damit die Wiederbewaffnung der Hisbollah verhindert wird.</strong>“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Es ist gefragt worden, ob jetzt alles von Entscheidungen oder Wünschen der libanesischen Regierung in Bezug auf die internationalen Streitkräfte abhängt... <strong>Aus unserer Sicht ist jeder Gesamtprozess, der die Übergabe von Macht in die Hände er libanesischen Regierung beinhaltet, damit diese ihre Souveränität durchsetzen kann</strong>, ein positiver, der natürlich einen echten Wandeln der Lage im Libanon schafft.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Es ist auch klar, dass <strong>der gesamte Prozess letztlich zur Entwaffnung der Hisbollah führen soll, dass also die libanesische Armee nicht nur nach Süden vorrückt, nicht nur ein Embargo, sondern ein Prozess, der durch die Entwaffnung der Hisbollah vollendet wird</strong>, wie es von Anfang an in den früheren Resolutionen verlangt wurde; aber heute machen wir den Weg frei, diesen Prozess auf einer praktizierbaren Ebene zu schaffen.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„bezüglich der internationalen Streitkräfte – sollte offenbar werden, dass die Streitkräfte, über die entschieden wurden, nicht ausreichen, <strong>eröffnet die Resolution den Weg, der es erlauben wird das Mandat zu verbessern und eine angemessene Streitmacht zu schaffen, die effektiver sein wird</strong> und ein weiter gefasstes Mandat als dieses haben wird. Dies ist in der Resolution bereits festgelegt.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„Israel hat natürlich <strong>gefordert, dass die entführten Soldaten ihren Familien zurückgegeben werden</strong>, da dies unser Ziel war und bleibt. Diese Erklärung erscheint nun in der Resolution des Sicherheitsrats. Es stimmt, dass dies in der Präambel geschieht, die als „Deklarations-Sektion“ bezeichnet wird, aber die Soldaten werden als Ursache der Auseinandersetzung genannt, für die die Bürger Israels und einige der Bürger des Libanon schwer bezahlt haben und die die dringende Notwendigkeit zur Auseinandersetzung mit den Faktoren schuf, die zur derzeitigen Krise führten, einschließlich der <strong>bedingungslosen</strong> Freilassung der entführten israelischen Soldaten.“ TOTAL FEHLGESCHLAGEN</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family:&#34;">-<span style="font-family:&#34;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->„In meiner Einschätzung, besonders wegen der Ereignisse des vergangenen Monates, <strong>wird die internationale Gemeinschaft, wie auch die libanesische Regierung verstehen, dass Israel nicht länger eine Lage akzeptiert, in der eine Terror-Organisation an seiner Grenze sitzt und Katjuschas auf israelische Bürger schießt oder alternativ israelische Soldaten angreift, wo immer sie will</strong>... wir haben die meisten Ziele der israelischen Initiative erreicht, die wir praktisch als ersten Entwurf auf den Tisch der internationalen Gemeinschaft legten.“</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Außer den Hervorhebungen gewisser Worte, die die Botschaft rüberbringen, sind keine Kommentare eingefügt worden.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">JEDES EINZELNE ZIEL, DAS LIVNI SICH SETZTE, WURDE VERFEHLT.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WELCHES RECHT HAT SIE IRGENDETWAS ANZUNEHMEN?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WIE KANN MAN LIVNI ÜBER ENDSTATUS-FRAGEN VERHANDELN LASSEN?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WIE KANN MAN LIVNI ZUR NÄCHSTEN PREMIERMINISTERIN WÄHLEN?</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Written by Katin for IPCRESS Blog.
This essay appeared September, 2007 in my other blog.  It present]]></description>
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<p><em>This essay appeared September, 2007 in my other blog.  It presents a possible strategy being used by the Coalition to maneuver their armies into Eastern Turkey, from where they will be in a position to confront Russian forces in Georgia.  All this talk about invading Iran is merely saber-rattling designed to keep our right flank secure as we advance northward.<br />
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<p>Iran's President Ahmadinejad announced yesterday that he has "proof" the United States will not be attacking his country. He doesn't refer to any intelligence sources, rather, he claims to have determined this mathematically. This is most likely Ahmadinejad's sense of humor, but in any case is entirely correct. The United States will not be attacking Iran and it's great to see their bluff being called by Iran's President. I still maintain that the immediate goal of the New World Order is to somehow secure the eastern section of Turkey, providing our troops with a corridor into the Republic of Georgia. Fighting continues between Turkish forces and the Kurdish PKK while the US considers the most appropriate time to intervene, possibly sending "Peace Keepers" into eastern Turkey. An interesting coincidence in this rising conflict is the debate concerning the Armenian Genocide which began here in Watertown, Massachusetts. Foxman ended up conceding that the deaths of almost two million Armenians close to one hundred years ago was "tantamount to genocide," yet the political fallout has a great deal to do with evolving relations with Turkey. At first, it seemed like a strange overreaction that the world's Jewish leadership would be concerned about the well-being of Jews living within Turkey. Were they REALLY afraid that by finally conceding to the word, "Genocide," that the Turks were going to be instituting pograms within their country and rounding-up Turkish Jews for imprisonment and extermination? Or were these statements perhaps aimed at something else? It is not a very big secret that Israel has for a long time supported the Kurdish separatists, sending money and weapons to the radical PKK. This wasn't much of an issue when the Kurds were fighting against Iraqi elements, and there was always this rumor that once the US began redrawing the borders of these Middle Eastern countries, that they might create a Palestinian state in Northern Iraq, to where the Israelis could finally ship the entire population of Palestinians. The Kurds have also been heavily involved in the heroin trade in this part of the world, and this was one more connection they had with Israel. But now the PKK has turned these weapons against the Turkish military. Israel's "concerns" about Jews living within Turkey may very well have more to do with their arming the PKK forces now fighting the Turkish Army than they do with any statements made by Abe Foxman about the appropriateness of the term "Genocide." This may be Israel's way of warning Turkey that they don't want any action taken against Turkish Jews in retaliation for the military adventurism of Israel in arming the PKK. An added bonus is that the "Genocide" debate is a convenient screen which can be used to cloud any future problems which may develop between Israel and Turkey. At this point, the gullible public will naturally assume that any conflict between these two countries will be the result of this little word game being played-out here in the United States.</p>
<p>It's very likely that Ahmadinejad is aware of this strategy to use Israel/PKK as a lever to pry open Eastern Turkey, but the US/Israeli PR Machine has managed to minimize any of his remarks by associating them with "Anti-Semitism." The idea that the US will be starting a war with Iran is just a smokescreen to divert public attention from their real plans. The coming year will reveal who is right, and I believe that the US will not attack Iran and that we will manage to move our forces into Turkey. We'll see.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Oy Bay Review of SFJFF's "Flipping Out"]]></title>
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<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">Editor's note: This is a guest post by Jocelyn (see below). Join her this weekend as she reviews <a href="http://sfjff.org/festival_2008/film/582/" target="_blank">In Search of the Bene Israel</a> and <a href="http://sfjff.org/festival_2008/film/543/" target="_blank">My Father's Palestinian Slave</a>.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">Yoav Shamir’s latest documentary film sketches post-IDF Israelis travelers in India who experience severe psychotic episodes known as <a id="fqx.0" href="http://www.itvs.org/international/filmmakers/flippingout.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><span style="color:#0000ff;">Flipping Out</span></em></span></a>.  These lost youngsters are brought back to sanity by an unlikely crew: a <a id="fqx.4" href="http://www.chabadworld.org/index_old.php?url=shluchim_en&#38;ssloc1=India&#38;ssloc2=Himachal+Pradesh"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Chabad</span></span></a> rabbi based in <a id="fqx.7" href="http://www.indiatraveltimes.com/focus/focus2005/july05.html#1"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Kasol</span></span></a> (who himself traveled in India in a drugged haze years prior), an ex-Mossad agent (likened by SFJFF Program Director Nancy Fishman to Santa Claus) hired by Israeli families to <a id="fqx.10" href="http://www.magnus669.com/ListSubs.aspx?catid=8"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">track down</span></span></a> their children, and an aging Israeli hippie running a <a id="fqx.13" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3504340,00.html"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Bayit Cham</span></span></a> (Warm House, the secular equivalent to Chabad, run by the Israeli government).</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">After receiving their discharge bonus, early 20something Israelis leave en masse to travel and blow off steam, seeking freedom from the structure and authority of the army.  While Shamir accurately portrays the responsibility-free backpacking lifestyle that young Israelis embrace in India, part of the story is missing. Although the film opens with male soldiers destroying undisclosed property, setting a tone that all is not well back home, he only hints at what they are running from through limited flashbacks, contrasting the vibrant colors of the Indian landscape with black and white military footage. However, the very absence of sufficient background about the army is perhaps intentionally representative of the reluctance many Israelis have to discuss these experiences, and the glaring silence symbolizes the very reason for this escapism.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">Another weakness in the film is the assumption that flipping out is caused by drugs.  After the opening military footage, Shamir shows a group of Israelis taking huge bong and <a id="fqx.18" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillum_%28pipe%29"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">chillum</span></span></a> hits as part of a normal morning routine in a picturesque Himalayan cloud forest.  While drug abuse is certainly related to the onset of many psychiatric illnesses, automatically blaming these episodes on drugs seems to avoid holding the military accountable for its role.  The question is never explicitly asked, why are these kids doing so much drugs?  The testimony of 26 year old kibbutznik Eyal Goldstein, shot in eerie nighttime footage with echoes of a nearby all night trance beach party, demonstrates the tensions within the post-army drug-using traveler. He mentions feeling much better and happier in India rather than Israel, away from the pressures of domestic life, but also expresses fear around inheriting his mother's mental illness as a result of his own ecstasy use. Certainly the causes of flipping out are complex, but it is notable that while Shamir is unwilling to point an explicit finger at Tzahal for its effects on soldiers (let alone its victims on the ‘other side’), the Deputy Prime Minister readily agrees that it is the State of Israel’s responsibility to fund social service programs in India for “our boys and girls,” during an official state visit to the Goa Bayit Cham.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">Further, Shamir seems to insinuate that turning to religion is some sort of extension of the flipping out, intimating that religiousness is just another form of psychosis.  It is curious that multiple characters emerge from flipping out as <em>ba’alei t’schuvah</em> (literally: masters of the return, a term used to describe people who become ultra-religious, similar to born-again).  There is very little coverage of the other services provided to all Jewish travelers, not just stoned Israelis, by Chabadnikim.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">In focusing so sharply on this particular experience of Israelis in India, little room is left for the Indian perspective of Israelis. Shamir does not show that India is experiencing a vast profusion of Hebrew signage, locals learning the language, restaurants serving Israeli food (best falafel outside of Israel!), and Chabad, Beit Yehudi (Jewish House, the Bretslav Chasidim equivalent to Chabad), and Bayit Cham spreading across the country like chicken pox.  Popular tourist areas are derisively called ‘Little Israel,’ and Israelis carry a reputation of being loud, stoned, unruly, and rude.  One guest house owner comments on this reputation, but overall the Indian side is not represented.  In one provocative scene, local village workers in Goa hired to dig ditches earnestly ask for Moti, a mentally troubled Israeli who hired them in a manic delusion.  The relationship between privileged Israelis and impoverished Indians that depend on their tourism is a tenuous and multifarious one, but Shamir barely hints at it.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">The experience of women is also largely ignored in the film, relegated mostly to the Chabad rebbetzin, Bayit Cham wife, and a friend of Moti who is insinuated to be invested in him solely out of sexual interest.  A simple mention of statistics showing that more men serve in combat units, and more men than women flip out would have addressed my low-grade feminist outrage at the gender bias.  Still, it is not the case that young women are any less motivated to travel—in fact, one woman explains to the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel that she is happier in India because she is away from the bombings, corruption, and tension of Israel.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;">Although multiple perspectives are excluded from the film, overall <em>Flipping Out</em> effectively conveys the struggles of a generation of Israelis through an even-paced, captivating series of character sketches. With more context and background, the film’s message would be even more compelling.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-top:0.07in;margin-bottom:0.07in;"><em>Jocelyn spent 6 months volunteering and traveling in India in 2007, and chronicled her experiences at </em><a id="fqx.35" href="http://jocemberg.blogspot.com/"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><span style="color:#0000ff;">jocemberg.blogspot.com</span></em></span></a><em>.  She currently lives in San Francisco and works in the nonprofit sector.</em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Over at the Biblical Studies Info Page, under Scholarly, then Blogs, I keep a list of several blogs ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over at the <a title="Biblical Studies Info Page" href="http://biblicalstudies.info" target="_blank">Biblical Studies Info Page</a>, under Scholarly, then Blogs, I keep a list of several blogs that I regularly check. Here is a brief summary of some current items you might find of interest.</p>
<p>Todd Bolen calls attention to the continuation of the <strong>Western Wall excavations</strong> <a title="Bible Places Blog" href="http://blog.bibleplaces.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. This excavation is on the extreme western side of the Western Wall plaza.</p>
<p>Aren Maer gives a wrap-up of the recent excavations at <strong>Gath</strong> (Tell es-Safi) <a title="Tell es-Safi - Gath 2008 Season" href="http://gath.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/wrapping-up-the-2008-season/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Ben Witherington includes a seminar paper by one of his doctoral students in <strong>review of Barth Ehrman's <em>Lost Christianities</em></strong> <a title="Review of Ehrman's Lost Christianities" href="http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/08/lost-and-found-student-critique-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This has to do with the formation of the canon.</p>
<p>Mark Copeland has posted good photographs of 299 <strong>Sermon Charts </strong>pained by Steve Hudgins <a title="Executable Preacher" href="http://executablepreacher.blogspot.com/2008/07/hudgins-chart-sermons-updated.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Steve pained a few charts for me, and some of my tour banners, years back. This shows the type of visual aids that some of us used. It was before flannel boards, opaque projections, overhead projections, and PowerPoint. The biggest problem is that the audience knew when we were only half finished! I doubt any of you will want to use a chart like this now, but you can get some great ideas for sermon starters, put them in PowerPoint, and see if they will gel.</p>
<p>Claude Mariottini has called attention to the problem of <strong>Fake Degrees</strong>, even among ministers and professors of biblical studies, <a title="Fake Degrees" href="http://www.claudemariottini.com/blog/2008/08/problem-of-fake-degrees.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Every now and then I see some preacher who wouldn't know how to write a research paper advertising himself as Dr. So-and-so. Shameful.</p>
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<p>it felt like it took place in a building with ‘stadium’ like seating; maybe the building the ‘call jerusalem’ was in.  it was also like seating at the un, with tables and names of countries; but the sense was that it was in israel, and more than likely jerusalem.  i’m not sure but it seemed like president bush was at the front and center table.  leaders sat at the tables; not just representatives.  there was a cup in the middle of the first table and it was poured to about half full and sat there like that for quite some time.  i had the impression that it was filled with wine and maybe assumed it was for communion (just maybe my automatic assumption when I see a single cup at a gathering).  then suddenly it began to fill up....no hand; no container; it just began to fill up.  another thing, it appeared to get darker as it filled; i don’t know if it changed like to blood or something black or just got denser as it filled.  i did notice that when it finally began to fill; it filled quickly without interruption.  when it was full to the brim, but not over flowing.......the screen went to black; blank (i need to mention that i was watching all this on a computer screen, like an internet feed; i wasn’t there), so when the screen went to black, the coverage stopped, in fact the whole internet connection quit and couldn’t be re-established.  it was like there was a sudden explosion or a catastrophic failure or interruption in power; but no noise........just black/blank.  i suddenly felt very agitated and tried to find out what happened........no internet anywhere; no news broadcasts....nothing!  i couldn’t find out what happened.  then i woke up.  so since i almost never dream; or at least remember my dreams......is this  prophetic or personal or pizza, or just a random dream? please pray for God's mercy on our nation; visit the call dc on august 16 and be part of repenting and crying out for our nation....... john e</p>
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<description><![CDATA[- A CAÇADA
Título original: The Hunting Party
Gênero: Drama
Ano: 2007
País: EUA, Croácia, Bósn]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Título original: The Hunting Party</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Drama</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2007</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: EUA, Croácia, Bósnia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 102 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Língua: Inglês</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: 14 anos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Richard Shepard</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;" lang="EN-US">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;" lang="EN-US"> Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Richard Gere é um discreto jornalista chamado Simon. Ele embarca em uma missão não-autorizada em busca do pior criminoso de guerra na Bósnia. Simon vai acompanhado do jovem jornalista Benjamin (Jesse Eisenberg) e do cinegrafista Duck (Terrence Howard). Juntoa, eles são confundidos com um grupo de agentes da CIA e passam a ser perseguidos.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">- <strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">MAIS DO QUE VOCÊ IMAGINA</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Título original: My Mom’s New<span> </span>Boyfriend</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Comédia Romântica</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2007</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">EUA, Alemanha</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 95 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Língua: Inglês</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: 14 anos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> George Gallo</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> A obesa Martha sempre foi um grande peso na vida de seu filho Henry. Após três anos em uma missão secreta do FBI, Henry volta para casa junto com sua noiva. Marty, ex-Martha, agora tem um corpão e um namorado, Tommy. Ele, por sua vez, tem interesse em uma certa obra de arte e é claro em Marty. Agora Henry e o FBI terão que espionar as bizarrices da vida amorosa dos pombinhos. Mas como ser um agente exemplar quando sua mãe está na jogada?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">- <strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">A ENCARNAÇÃO DO DEMÔNIO</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Terror</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: Brasil</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 92 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Língua: Português</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: 16 anos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> José Mojica Marins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> José Mojica Marins, Jece Valadão, Milhem Cortaz, Adriano Stuart, Rui Rezende.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Após 40 anos preso, Zé do Caixão é finalmente libertado. De volta às ruas, o coveiro está decidido a cumprir a meta que o levou à prisão: encontrar a mulher que possa gerar seu filho perfeito. Em seu caminho pela cidade de São Paulo, ele deixa um rastro de horror, enfrentando leis não naturais e crendices populares. Terceira parte da trilogia: o clássico À Meia-Noite Levarei sua Alma (1964) e Esta Noite Encarnarei no Teu Cadáver (1967).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">- <strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">O GRANDE DAVE</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Título original: Meet Dave</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Comédia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: EUA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 90 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Língua: Inglês</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: LIVRE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Brian Robbins</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;" lang="EN-US">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;" lang="EN-US"> Elizabeth Banks, Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms, Judah Friedlander, Shawn Christian.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Seres extraterrestres chegam à Terra em busca de uma saída para salvar seu próprio planeta da destruição. Esses extraterrestres têm a forma dos seres humanos, mas são muito menores. Para observar e aprender sobre a rotina terráquea, eles utilizam uma "nave espacial" que tem o formato de um ser humano comum (Eddie Murphy), que tem de aprender a agir como um humano normal.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">- <strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">ASTERIX NOS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Título original: Asterix Aux Jeux Olympiques</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Comédia </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: França, Alemanha, Espanha, Itália, Bélgica</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 116 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: Livre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Frédéric Forestier &#38; Thomas Langmann</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Clovis Cornillac, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Michael Schumacher, Zinedine Zidane</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Os irredutíveis gauleses estão de volta. Os heróis descobrem que há uma competição esportiva (Jogos Olimpicos) entre gregos e romanos a cada quatro anos. E, claro, eles não poderiam ficar de fora. Para conseguirem participar, Asterix, Obelix e todos os moradores da aldeia até deixam de lado um pouco de seu patriotismo e assumem sua porção romana. Só há um detalhe que os guerreiros não contavam: não poderão utilizar a poção secreta de Panoramix.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">- <strong><span style="font-family:&#34;">LEMON TREE</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Título original: Etz Limon</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Gênero: Drama</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Ano: 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">País: Israel, Alemanha, França</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Duração: 106 minutos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Classificação: 16 anos</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Diretor:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Eran Riklis</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Elenco:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Hiam Abbass, Doron Tavory, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;">Sinopse:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;"> Salma, uma viúva palestina, vê sua plantação ser ameaçada quando seu novo vizinho, o ministro de Defesa de Israel, se muda para a casa ao lado.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[20 DE SETIEMBRE 2008::ISRAEL VIBRATION &amp; Roots Radics Band::LIMA - PERÚ::C.C. SCENCIA]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LOS LEGENDARIOS  ISAREL VIBRATION!!! - GOOD VIBEZ &amp; BIG REPRESENT!
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">LOS LEGENDARIOS  ISAREL VIBRATION!!! - GOOD VIBEZ &#38; BIG REPRESENT!</span></h2>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>DÍA:</strong> 20 DE SETIEMBRE 2008</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>HORA:</strong> 10:00 PM</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>LUGAR:</strong> Centro de Convenciones "SCENCIA" -AV. LA MOLINA cuadra 11, LA MOLINA, (intersección Av.Javier Prado)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Entradas:</strong> (PROXIMAMENTE A LA VENTA- Las cuales estarán entre  S/.60.00 y S/.80.00).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Más Información:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">La dupla de músicos jamaiquinos, Cecil Spence (Skelly) y Lascelle Bulgin (Wiss), vuelven  al país a presentar su último disco "Stamina". Además de sus ya populares y legendarios temas.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> Los dos nacieron en la extrema pobreza y fueron víctimas de la poliomielitis (enfermedad también conocida como parálisis infantil). Sus respectivos padres no tenían dinero para afrontar los gastos médicos y los internaron en un centro de rehabilitación, donde se hicieron amigos y del que fueron expulsados por cantar acerca de sus creencias religiosas. Vivieron durante varios años en la calle y en 1976 grabaron su primer disco "La misma canción".</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">En 1983 se separaron y cada uno por su cuenta le pidió al productor Doctor Dread, de la reconocida Ras Records, un disco solista. "La unión hace a la fuerza", les respondió, citando a Marcus Garvey. Desde ese momento, permanecen juntos. Hasta 1997 los Israel Vibrations eran trío conformado por: Albert " Apple" Craig, Cecil Spence (Skelly) y Lascelle Bulgin (Wiss). Pero "Apple" abandonó el grupo por "decisión propia" y dió comienzo a su carrera solista.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Esta prevista la visita de estas leyendas de la música mundial para este 20 de setiembre en Lima-Perú donde presentarán su disco número 24 <strong>"Stamina"</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">"Las letras hablan del sufrimiento -que está en todos lados- y lo hacen desde el corazón. Esa es la razón por la que desde una isla tan pequeña como Jamaica esta música se expandió a todo el mundo".</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">+ SOBRE EL DISCO:<a title="DISCO STAMINA" href="http://rs166.rapidshare.com/files/50312563/Israel_Vibration_-_Stamina-2007-by_thugfamily.rar" target="_blank">( descarga el disco CLICK AQUÍ)</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">En el 2007 editan por el sello Mediacom, "Stamina", su último y más variado disco hasta el momento, todos los estilos del folklore jamaiquino están claramente expresados, desde el más moderno dancehall al antiguo ska. Con un sonido decididamente más comercial, pero con el buen gusto que los caracteriza. Grabado en Tuff Gong, cuenta con la participación de Sly Dunbar en batería; Errol "Flabba Holt" Carter en bajo; Tyronne Downie en teclado; Dwight Pinkney y Steve Golding en guitarras; y una sección de vientos con los maestros Dean Fraser; Dwight Richards y Nambo Robinson; reforzado con las percusiones de Uziah "Sticky" Thompson. Una Roots Radics de lujoso estudio. "El clásico dúo del reggae ha vuelto con este disco, el cual es bastante comercial, comparado con los discos que sacaban cuando eran tres. Aún así tiene algunos temas buenos. Volvieron a traer el ska en el tema “Little Children” el cual es muy buen tema. Ya no se escuchan tanto las voces de ellos haciendo coros, esa fusión ya es principalmente hecha por las coristas femeninas lo cual en momentos hace pensar que se está escuchando otro grupo, para los que ya están acostumbrados a escuchar a Skelly y a Wiss haciendo sus propios coros. “Stamina”, “Herb is the Healing”, “Lion in the Jungle” y “Run Away Girl” son algunos de los temas que figuran en el disco". Fue la opinión emitida por nuestro hermano Falú, integrante de Don Segundo (Puerto Rico).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Israeli Debka: Georgia "Moscow may be expected to punish Israel for its intervention."]]></title>
<link>http://morris108.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/israeli-debka-moscow-may-be-expected-to-punish-israel-for-its-intervention/</link>
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Debka is often referred to as the unofficial Israeli intelligence web site. This happening at the start of the Olympics has an Israeli signature tune.<br />
And given that an Israeli web site is publicising the Israeli involvement, it would seem like a 'no holds barred' confrontation. The Georgians, while clever must be no more than proxy pawns.<br />
It will take cool heads to stop this flaring up.<br />
Russia has such heavy influence in Syria (even a military base) and Lebanon, it is hard to understand the Israeli stance.<br />
Isn't there too much arrogance here?<br />
Only a self perception of Custers last stand can rationalize the killing of Russian troops.<br />
Perhaps the Oil conflict means losing Europe to Russian oil pipelines.<br />
Ofcourse Israel and the US are a dog and a tail.</p>
<blockquote><p>Georgian tanks and infantry,<strong> aided by Israeli military advisers,<br />
</strong> captured the capital of breakaway South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, early Friday, Aug. 8,<br> <br><br />
...Jerusalem owns a strong interest in Caspian oil and gas pipelines reach the Turkish terminal port of Ceyhan, rather than the Russian network. Intense negotiations are afoot between Israel Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Azarbaijan for pipelines to reach Turkey and thence to Israel’s oil terminal at Ashkelon and on to its Red Sea port of Eilat....<br> <br><br />
Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from Israel.<br> <br></p>
<p>These advisers were undoubtedly deeply involved in the Georgian army’s preparations to conquer the South Ossetian capital Friday....<br> <br><br />
In recent weeks, Moscow has repeatedly demanded that Jerusalem halt its military assistance to Georgia, finally threatening a crisis in bilateral relations. Israel responded by saying that the only assistance rendered Tbilisi was defensive.<br> <br><br />
Moscow may be expected to punish Israel for its intervention.<br />
<a href="http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1358">www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1358</a><br></p>
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<p>H/T <a href="http://www.whatreallyhapppened.com">whatreallyhapppened</a>
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<title><![CDATA[The Ultimate Sacrilege]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[IOA and settlers turn Muslim and Christian cemeteries into animal pens
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 class="post-title"><a href="http://cannot-wait.blogspot.com/2008/08/ioa-and-settlers-turn-muslim-and.html">IOA and settlers turn Muslim and Christian cemeteries into animal pens</a></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Israeli prosecution and fanatic Israeli settlers have insisted on Tuesday to desecrate sanctity of Muslim and Christian graveyards at the Barwa village in the 1948-occupeid Palestinian lands, and to turn them into animal stockades.</span></p>
<p>They alleged that there were no graves in the area, but the Aqsa foundation that caters for Muslim and Christian holy shrines in occupied Palestine affirmed that the area was full of graves of Muslims and Christians, presenting "definitive" documents and evidence confirming its claims.</p>
<p>Tens of the village's indigenous inhabitants who were displaced and coercively relocated by the Israeli occupation government in nearby villages, participated in sit-in in front of the Israeli Supreme Court that looks into the case, protesting the Israeli procedures.</p>
<p>Few months ago the Aqsa foundation succeeded in obtaining a temporary restraining order form the court, banning any excavation works and constructions on the graveyards' site.</p>
<p>"It is unfortunate that the Israeli prosecution insisted to turn those Muslim and Christian cemeteries into pens for cows although it contradicts all heavenly laws and international and local statutes", said Mohammed Suleiman, the foundation's lawyer, after he walked out of the court room.</p>
<p>But he highlighted that although the foundation presented clear evidence on the presence of the graves in the site supported by drawings of the burial grounds and names of the buried persons there, it doesn’t expect the court to be fair and just in the case, disclosing a number of previous situations in which the court was biased to the Israeli side.</p>
<p>"This is a very sensitive matter<a href="http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7NlLKOA9n9X7xrVH64NzsL1JNZdAetjJ5ToPABSVpUImol2lUzkxTyyafVEkKZjN4bqvtjqrp2%2bjvQqLKvJR3cIBKdKF%2fjk6A7%2bcu%2bbSz0uU%3d"> that insults human dignity and desecrates sanctity of the dead</a> people, and we shouldn’t remain arms-folded vis-à-vis those heinous crimes", asserted priest Romanos Redwan Saks, one of the displaced inhabitants of the village as he participated in the sit-in.</p>
<p><a href="http://cannot-wait.blogspot.com/2008/08/ioa-and-settlers-turn-muslim-and.html" target="_blank">Source</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Academic Freedom Still Under Attack]]></title>
<link>http://deathpower.wordpress.com/?p=494</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ward Churchill&#8217;s case against the University of Colorado is coming up. Go Ward! Read more here]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ward Churchill's case against the University of Colorado<a href="http://wardchurchill.net/blog/2008/06/26/update-from-the-wcsn/"> is coming up</a>. Go Ward! <a href="http://openanthropology.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/finally-ward-churchills-lawsuit-goes-to-court-in-2009/">Read more here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Protect-Academic-Freedom">Support Dr. Ginsberg</a>, fired for criticizing US and Israeli policy in the Middle East from her position at North Carolina State University!</p>
<p>Sure would be nice if academics could organize better, and stop having to rely solely on petitions and lawsuits to protect their jobs, huh? [<a href="http://www.iww.org/unions/dept600/iu620/">link</a>]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Messianic Believers to face more Persecution?...(this is disturbing)]]></title>
<link>http://pjmiller.wordpress.com/?p=2224</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the last few hours trying to find this in English, but wasn&#8217;t successful. If ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#800000;">I've spent the last few hours trying to find this in English, but wasn't successful. If anyone runs across this in English, I would appreciate you posting the link. What disturbs me is actually two-fold; its the contents of the article from the few highlights I read from a poster at Charisma board (who reads Hebrew) and posted points from the article, and its also disturbing (to me as a Christian) that it was only published in the Hebrew language in the Hebrew equivalent of <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3083,00.html">YNet News</a> called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yedioth_Ahronoth">Yediot Ahronot</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>Why does that disturb me? </strong>Because it keeps all but Hebrew speaking Believers in Christ from knowing about this story. Was that a purposeful action on the editors of both news sources? I cannot say, but because of recent media coverage, in the last year, concerning the persecution of Jewish Messianic Believers inside Israel, it would not be surprising to know it was. </span></p>
<p><!--more--><span style="color:#800000;">Below are the <a href="http://charismamag.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&#38;t=3083">highlights posted at Charisma board </a>this morning on this story: </span></p>
<p><strong>News article on Y-net against messianic believers</strong></p>
<p>The Israeli newspaper "Yediot Ahronot" published an article today ripping apart the messianic community.<br />
A spy who posed as a "new believer" and was part of the "Tiferet Yeshua" congregation in Tel Aviv (Ari and Shira Sorkoram) was the writer of the article.</p>
<p>She volunteered as a "radical new believer" for almost every function and attended almost every meeting and also volunteered for various non-profits ran by believers.</p>
<p>She also volunteered intimately with Yakov Damkani, an Israeli believer who evangelizes on the streets of Isra.) el all over Israel.</p>
<p>She also volunteered at a prostitute outreach ministry in Tel Aviv ran by a messianic believer.<br />
As well as messianic believers outreach to Holocaust survivors.</p>
<p>Since I read the article in Hebrew, and it is not published in English, I can give you the gist of the four page article in the main Israeli newspaper.</p>
<p><strong>1.) Messianic Jews prey on the weak, the poor, and the helpless to gain their new followers.<br />
2.) The pray in a "trance-like gibberish" (tongues).<br />
3.) They blame Satan for all their problems and their former lives.<br />
4.) They disguise themselves as Jews when they are really evangelical christians and get their support from evangelical christians.<br />
5.) They punish themselves ( she wrote about "M" who was on a 30 day fast to pray for the youth of the nation).<br />
6.) They go about to any limits to bring people to their newfound faith and are obsessed with this mission (we would call this the Great Commission).<br />
7.) They give promises of family and relationships in order to bait people into the faith.<br />
8.) Yakov Damkani illegally enters into IDF army bases to bring soldiers to the faith (at least this is what she claims).<br />
9.) Baptism (immersion) is very important for them to "enter from the land of darkness to the land of light" as was in the Red Sea parting.<br />
10.) She mocked how believers told their testimonies with tears and basically shared private life information about tens of messianic Jews.</strong></p>
<p>What is most sad about this whole story is that she even told information about those who were closest to her and treated her like a precious sister, she basically dumped out their private conversations into a newspaper article mocking it. Not just any newspaper, a newspaper that is equivalent to the NY Times or FoxNews in Israel.</p>
<p>Please pray for the messianic Jewish community in Israel the coming week against the backlash for this article.</p>
<p>Pray for Thehiya Barak, the writer of the article who was a spy posing as a radical new believer.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#800000;">Disturbing isn't it? </span></p>
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<li><span style="color:#800000;">Pray for this Messianic congragation inside Israel..</span></li>
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<li><span style="color:#800000;">Pray for all our Messianic brothers and sisters inside Israel, as this insider report published, may bring further persecution in the coming weeks and months....</span></li>
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<link>http://notes2008.wordpress.com/?p=334</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Polémique</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The story of Chanukkah is timeless. We withstood more than just the physical threat of being killed ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">The story of Chanukkah is timeless. We withstood more than just the physical threat of being killed by the Greek; we withstood educational genocide as Jews, which is the etymological root of the word "Chanukkah:" Chinuch - education. Jewish education kept us from assimilation and losing our Jewishness. The missionaries in Israel intend to do exactly that: They try to render us religiously extinct. After genociding, stereotyping, beating, persecuting, slaughtering, dehumanizing and demonizing Jews for centuries, Christians have followed us into the safe haven of Israel and now try to convert us there. Christians just can't live with themselves knowing that there are still Jews out there, Jews who reject Jesus. And they need to make us Christians. After all these millions of Jews that Christians have killed for not being Christian, they follow us into our own country to bring Christianity's message. But there are complex, subconcious messages that flow into this notion. This active ferreting for Jews to convert to Christianity has blatant undertones: "Yes, we are guilty for killing so many of you. But now we come with a final redemption for you: You can be Christian now. You can still save your soul. Because the Jews that we killed indeed <em>weren't</em> Christian. And now we can undo history and be friends- if you let us enhance you. If you finally believe in Jesus. Because that still needs to be done so you don't go to hell." Think about it: My forefathers were persecuted for being not Christian, but Jews. Now, the offspring of these killers come after me for being not Christian, but Jewish, because they still believe that there is a better alternative to being Jewish. Being Jewish is still a status that has to be altered. And that is a persecution, too. Instead of learning from history what national and religious fanatism can do, they put part of the blame on us for what happened to us because we indeed were Jewish: "Yes, we killed you for being Jewish. But that's over. You still are Jewish, however. Which you don't have to be. You can stop the Jewish thing and finally become a Christian." As if they still had an open account with us that needs to be settled by our giing up. The "Jewish Question" still exists to the Christians but they want to solve it otherwise this time. But the innate concept of Jews as demonized entities is still the same.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Here is an excellent article from israelnationalnews.com:</p>
<h1 class="NewsTitle">Disarming and Converting Israelis</h1>
<div class="articalShort">by Shelomo Alfassa</div>
<p>Recently, the media has reported that Gush Katif activists have warned that organizations desiring to help expelled former residents of Gush Katif and northern Samaria may have an ulterior, missionary motive. Nothing could be more true.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Recently, the media has reported that Gush Katif activists have warned that organizations desiring to help expelled former residents of Gush Katif and northern Samaria may have an ulterior, missionary motive. Nothing could be more true.</p>
<p>The history of modern proselytizing in <em>Eretz Israel</em> started with a major <em>aliyah</em> in the early 19th century. Rabbi Yisroel of Shklov was one of the closest disciples of the Vilna <em>Gaon</em>. In 1810, he led a delegation of students and followers of the <em>Gaon</em>, together with their families, to the Holy Land. It was during this period that Christian missionaries made their first major push towards the conversion of Jews in <em>Eretz Israel</em>. During the period of 1809-1812 Ottoman Palestine was overrun with Christian proselytizers. Under the British mandate, itself a Christian authority, Christian missionary efforts had already assumed proportions that threatened to undermine the spiritual and religious survival of the Jewish population of the land.</p>
<p>As in the past, missionaries today spend substantial amounts of money establishing churches, hospitals, charities, feeding kitchens and workshops where Christian publications are given out for free or at low cost. These campaigns are well thought out, with Christian leaders relying on the ignorance of the Jews so as not to have their plans thwarted. In a successful campaign that helped those early new immigrants with food, money and social services, they succeeded in spreading their gospel. Their hidden agenda is today barely noticed, covered up in layers of what seems like intrinsic sacrifice on the behalf of Jews they just want to help.</p>
<p>Today, there is no longer a small campaign by a single group of missionaries to convert Jews in Israel, but a strategic and well-crafted plan, funded by billions of dollars, to make it happen. This is no exaggeration; literally billions are being spent to convert Jews across the world and specifically in Israel. There is a book written by a notorious Christian preacher and missionary in which he describes how he and his wife made <em>aliyah</em> several years ago. In his <em>Messianic Jewish Manifesto</em>, the author calls for Christians to go ahead with the attempt at <em>aliyah</em>. This man is a member of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, the world's most aggressive Christian missionary support and management group, an organization founded by none other than Reverend Billy Graham. A highly secretive organization, based in Denmark with a wide global network, its membership includes every major Protestant and Messianic missionary group in the world. In Israel alone, its membership totals at least six agencies, six congregations and 29 individuals.</p>
<p>The "Thailand Report on Jewish People", developed at a meeting of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, made mention of the fact that Christians need to increase their activity against the Jews, going as far as identifying Jewish targets as Ashkenazi and Sephardic. They have already converted thousands of Jews in schools and universities throughout Israel. They say that more thought should be given to the nature of the training necessary for reaching the different segments of the community: "We observe that some training is more geared to reaching Orthodox Jews, whereas secular Jews form a great majority in most communities."</p>
<p>American Evangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell have both been involved in Christian proselytizing by radio. Robertson started broadcasting from across the Lebanese border in 1979. At one time, he wanted to put up an antenna in Samaria, which had the capability of beaming radio signals to Jerusalem, but he was challenged by local residents. Today, because of the liberalism inherent in the Israeli government, Christian evangelicals have been issued licenses to operate radio stations based out of Jerusalem. These stations have been given the right to continue their work of converting the Jews to Christianity, while Jewish radio stations that teach Torah continue to be banned or face difficulty obtaining permits.</p>
<p>There is not only a radio campaign, but a television one as well. It was in 1979 that Robertson's organization began broadcasting Christian programming 28 hours a week in Israel. In 1982, Hope TV station in Lebanon was donated to Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network and became Middle East Television. In 1997, Middle East Television began Christian evangelism on the AMOS-1 communication satellite over the Middle East to a potential audience of 200 million people in 15 nations, including Israel. They broadcast their idolatry over Israel's channel 24, where you can watch The Harvest Show - and it is not a vegetable they seek to harvest, it's Jews. They broadcast in Hebrew, while shows in English have Hebrew subtitles. They show programs such as the Beverly Hillbillies, Head of the Class, and The Andy Griffith Show mixed in among Pat Robertson's 700 Club, This Is Your Day, Evangelist Joyce Meyer, Dr. Lester Sumrall, Another Day of Victory and Harvest. The Jews in Israel are virtually bombarded by television shows that teach them they are incomplete unless they accept the Christian way of life and belief.</p>
<p>Christian evangelical groups in Israel run something called the Joseph Project. It is an organization designed to look like a humanitarian organization, but is actually a missionary based group that targets new, Russian-speaking immigrants. The Joseph Project is a division of the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America. This organization is endorsed by mainstream Christian organizations, including the Christian Coalition of America, Christian Broadcasting Network, Promise Keepers and Pat Boone, entertainer and Christian evangelist. This group was founded in February of 1996 on the principles that:</p>
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<blockquote><p>"The torch of the Messiah Yeshua's [Jesus'] love will be set on a high hill, through the testimony of both Messianic Jews and Gentile Christians together... And finally, the Messianic Jewish community will be able to demonstrate in practical and loving terms that we truly are part and parcel of our Jewish people."</p></blockquote>
<p>In 2003, their Ship of Blessing unloaded in Israel's Ashdod Port. The cargo, $20 million worth of "humanitarian aid", was put into port warehouses, awaiting clearance for distribution. Part of the load was set to go to the Israel Defense Forces' Friends of the Soldiers Association. They said other cargo would go to "our storefronts and other aid outlets." This group has sent over 32 containers worth of materials, some 640 tons of resources. This begs the question: what was in these humanitarian packages? Who inspects these - the secular Israeli government? Most people will be surprised to hear this, but the Messianics operate a store in Jerusalem right outside the Old City on Jaffa Road, where, in a storefront display, they hawk their wares to unsuspecting Jews.</p>
<p>This missionary group is affiliated with Holy Land Ministries, which has a homeless shelter for women in south Tel Aviv and a shelter for homeless men in Jaffa. Joseph's Project has been granted three large storage facilities located midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem by the Ministry of Welfare. Yes, you read that right, the Christian missionaries are providing homeless shelters for Jews, and are operating missionary book stores filled with material written to convince Jews to accept Jesus - all inside in Israel, free and clear, with no opposition. The Joseph Project is but one of the many Christian organizations in Israel that exist for the sole purpose of conversion of the Jews of Israel. The MJAA is one of the most acutely dangerous organizations in the Messianic world. Another of their projects, Operation Tikvah, targets the Ethiopian Jews, and they boast to have converted more than 700 of them already in recent years.</p>
<p>These proselytizers don't neglect a geographical dimension in their evangelistic plan. They strategize over areas within Israel where there is almost no Christian presence, as well as when the optimum time to operate is. And while many evangelicals are targeting Jews in Israel, some have spoken out against it. One Christian leader, named Pastor Kenneth Rawson, has made an ominous statement that should be required reading by every Jew in Israel:</p>
<blockquote><p>The Biblical interpretation of most Evangelical Zionists demands a Christian Israel before Jesus can return. In fact, they believe two-thirds of the Israelis will be killed and damned eternally while only one-third will convert and escape damnation. This is well-publicized in the Evangelical bestseller book series <em>Left Behind</em>.... They are pressing their conversion agenda. There are Evangelical tour groups trained to disarm, and then convert Israelis. Evangelicals have ingratiated themselves into Israeli communities. In Ariel, an Evangelical friend of the mayor is conducting a covert missionary operation with a vision to multiply this operation throughout Israel. Christian Jews from the Ukraine, Argentina and elsewhere are immigrating to Israel. Israel is becoming honeycombed with 'one on one' missionaries and home churches. Israelis, wake up!</p></blockquote>
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US backs Georgia territory integrity; sends envoy; Israel backs Georgia in Caspian Oil Pipeline Battle with Russia; Georgian President requests U.S. support in war with Russia; Russian, Georgian armed forces in direct combat in Caucasus; Georgia, Russia battle over breakaway province; Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases; +MSM Video Coverage<!--more--></p>
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<p>Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases</p>
<p>By MUSA SADULAYEV, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago</p>
<p>Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.</p>
<p>Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.</p>
<p>"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars," said Lyudmila Ostayeva, 50, who had fled with her family to Dzhava, a village near the border with Russia. "It's impossible to count them now. There is hardly a single building left undamaged."</p>
<p>The fighting broke out as much of the world's attention was focused on the start of the Olympic Games and many leaders, including Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Bush, were in Beijing.</p>
<p>The timing suggests Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may have been counting on surprise to fulfill his longtime pledge to wrest back control of South Ossetia — a key to his hold on power.</p>
<p>Saakashvili agreed the timing was not coincidental, but accused Russia of being the aggressor. "Most decision makers have gone for the holidays," he said in an interview with CNN. "Brilliant moment to attack a small country."</p>
<p>The Russian stock market plunged around 6.5 percent on Friday, apparently in response to the fighting.</p>
<p>Diplomats called for another emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, its second since early Friday morning seeking to prevent an all-out war.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had spoken to the parties involved and was working to end the fighting, State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters.</p>
<p>Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, has about 2,000 troops in Iraq, making it the third-largest contributor to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain. But Saakashvili told CNN that the troops would be called home Saturday in the face of the South Ossetia fighting.</p>
<p>Georgia, which borders the Black Sea between Turkey and Russia, was ruled by Moscow for most of the two centuries preceding the breakup of the Soviet Union. Georgia has angered Russia by seeking NATO membership — a bid Moscow regards as part of a Western effort to weaken its influence in the region.</p>
<p>The U.N. refugee agency said Friday that hundreds were fleeing the fighting in South Ossetia and seeking safety elsewhere in Georgia or neighboring Russia.</p>
<p>The leader of South Ossetia's rebel government, Eduard Kokoity, said about 1,400 people were killed in the onslaught, the Interfax news agency reported. The toll could not be independently confirmed.</p>
<p>Ten Russian peacekeepers were killed and 30 wounded when their barracks were hit in Georgian shelling, said Russian Ground Forces spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov. Russia has soldiers in South Ossetia as peacekeeping forces but Georgia alleges they back the separatists.</p>
<p>Georgia's Foreign Ministry accused Russian aircraft of bombing two military air bases inside Georgia, inflicting some casualties and destroying several military aircraft. Rustavi 2 television said four people were killed and five wounded at the Marneuli air base.</p>
<p>Russia's Defense Ministry said it was sending reinforcements for its peacekeepers, and Russian state television and Georgian officials reported a convoy of tanks had crossed the border. The convoy was expected to reach the provincial capital, Tskhinvali, by evening, Channel One television said.</p>
<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross, citing local medical officials, said that Tskhinvali's main hospital had closed down after coming under fire from artillery.</p>
<p>Water, electricity and telephone lines in the city also have been cut off, ICRC spokeswoman Maia Kardava said by telephone from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.</p>
<p>Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili said government troops were now in full control of Tskhinvali, but the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted Konashenkov as saying late Friday that Russian tanks were firing on Georgian positions in the city.</p>
<p>"We are facing Russian aggression," said Georgia's Security Council chief Kakha Lomaya. "They have sent in their troops and weapons and they are bombing our towns."</p>
<p>Putin has warned that the Georgian attack will draw retaliation and the Defense Ministry pledged to protect South Ossetians, most of whom have Russian citizenship.</p>
<p>Chairing a session of his Security Council in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also vowed that Moscow will protect Russian citizens.</p>
<p>"In accordance with the constitution and federal law, I, as president of Russia, am obliged to protect lives and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they are located," Medvedev said, according to Russian news reports. "We won't allow the death of our compatriots go unpunished."</p>
<p>On Friday, an AP reporter saw tanks and other heavy weapons concentrating on the Russian side of the border with South Ossetia — supporting the reports of an incursion. Some villagers were fleeing into Russia.</p>
<p>"I saw them (the Georgians) shelling my village," said Maria, who gave only her first name. She said she and other villagers spent the night in a field and then fled toward the Russian border as the fighting escalated.</p>
<p>Yakobashvili said Georgian forces had shot down four Russian combat planes over Georgian territory but gave no details. Russia's Defense Ministry denied an earlier Georgia report about one Russian plane downed and had no immediate comment on the latest claim.</p>
<p>Yakobashvili said that one Russian plane had dropped a bomb on the Vaziani military base near the Georgian capital, but no one was hurt.</p>
<p>More than 1,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers were at the base last month to teach combat skills to Georgian troops. Georgia has about 2,000 troops in Iraq, making it the third-largest contributor to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain.</p>
<p>South Ossetia officials said Georgia attacked with aircraft, armor and heavy artillery. Georgian troops fired missiles at Tskhinvali, an official said, and many buildings were on fire.</p>
<p>Georgia's president said Russian aircraft bombed several Georgian villages and other civilian facilities.</p>
<p>A senior Russian diplomat in charge of the South Ossetian conflict, Yuri Popov, dismissed the Georgian claims of Russian bombings as misinformation, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.</p>
<p>Russia's Defense Ministry denounced the Georgian attack as a "dirty adventure." "Blood shed in South Ossetia will weigh on their conscience," the ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site.</p>
<p>Saakashvili long has pledged to restore Tbilisi's rule over South Ossetia and another breakaway province, Abkhazia. Both regions have run their own affairs without international recognition since splitting from Georgia in the early 1990s and built up ties with Moscow.</p>
<p>Relations between Georgia and Russia worsened notably this year as Georgia pushed to join NATO and Russia dispatched additional peacekeeper forces to Abkhazia.</p>
<p>The Georgian attack came just hours after Saakashvili announced a unilateral cease-fire in a television broadcast late Thursday in which he also urged South Ossetian separatist leaders to enter talks on resolving the conflict.</p>
<p>Georgian officials later blamed South Ossetian separatists for thwarting the cease-fire by shelling Georgian villages in the area.</p>
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<p>Georgia, Russia battle over breakaway province</p>
<p>TSKHINVALI, Georgia (AP) — Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict.</p>
<p>Hundreds of civilians were reported dead in the worst outbreak of hostilities since the province won defacto independence in a war against Georgia that ended in 1992. Witnesses said the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali was devastated.</p>
<p>"I saw bodies lying on the streets, around ruined buildings, in cars," said Lyudmila Ostayeva, 50, who had fled with her family to Dzhava, a village near the border with Russia. "It's impossible to count them now. There is hardly a single building left undamaged."</p>
<p>The fighting broke out as much of the world's attention was focused on the start of the Olympic Games and many leaders, including Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Bush, were in Beijing.</p>
<p>CONFLICT: Questions answered on Russia, Georgia</p>
<p>The timing suggests Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili may have been counting on surprise to fulfill his longtime pledge to wrest back control of South Ossetia — a key to his hold on power.</p>
<p>Saakashvili agreed the timing was not coincidental, but accused Russia of being the aggressor. "Most decision makers have gone for the holidays," he said in an interview with CNN. "Brilliant moment to attack a small country."</p>
<p>Diplomats called for another emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, its second since early Friday morning seeking to prevent an all-out war.</p>
<p>The United States was sending an envoy to the region Friday to meet with the parties involved. "We support Georgia's territorial integrity," State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters. "We are working on mediation efforts to secure a cease-fire."</p>
<p>U.S. CANDIDATES: McCain, Obama urge halt to fighting in Georgia</p>
<p>Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, has about 2,000 troops in Iraq, making it the third-largest contributor to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain. But Saakashvili told CNN that the troops would be called home Saturday in the face of the South Ossetia fighting.</p>
<p>Georgia, which borders the Black Sea between Turkey and Russia, was ruled by Moscow for most of the two centuries preceding the breakup of the Soviet Union. Georgia has angered Russia by seeking NATO membership — a bid Moscow regards as part of a Western effort to weaken its influence in the region.</p>
<p>Ten Russian peacekeepers were killed and 30 wounded when their barracks were hit in Georgian shelling, said Russian Ground Forces spokesman Col. Igor Konashenkov. Russia has soldiers in South Ossetia as peacekeeping forces but Georgia alleges they back the separatists.</p>
<p>Georgia's Foreign Ministry accused Russian aircraft of bombing two military air bases inside Georgia, inflicting some casualties and destroying several military aircraft. Rustavi 2 television said four people were killed and five wounded at the Marneuli air base.</p>
<p>Russia's Defense Ministry said it was sending reinforcements for its peacekeepers, and Russian state television and Georgian officials reported a convoy of tanks had crossed the border. The convoy was expected to reach the provincial capital, Tskhinvali, by evening, Channel One television said.</p>
<p>Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Temur Yakobashvili said government troops were now in full control of Tskhinvali, but the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted Konashenkov as saying late Friday that Russian tanks were firing on Georgian positions in the city.</p>
<p>"We are facing Russian aggression," said Georgia's Security Council chief Kakha Lomaya. "They have sent in their troops and weapons and they are bombing our towns."</p>
<p>Putin has warned that the Georgian attack will draw retaliation and the Defense Ministry pledged to protect South Ossetians, most of whom have Russian citizenship.</p>
<p>PLEA FOR PEACE: White House urges an end to fighting</p>
<p>Chairing a session of his Security Council in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also vowed that Moscow will protect Russian citizens.</p>
<p>"In accordance with the constitution and federal law, I, as president of Russia, am obliged to protect lives and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they are located," Medvedev said, according to Russian news reports. "We won't allow the death of our compatriots go unpunished."</p>
<p>An AP reporter saw tanks and other heavy weapons concentrating on the Russian side of the border with South Ossetia — supporting the reports of an incursion. Some villagers were fleeing into Russia.</p>
<p>"I saw them (the Georgians) shelling my village," said Maria, who gave only her first name. She said she and other villagers spent the night in a field and then fled toward the Russian border as the fighting escalated.</p>
<p>Yakobashvili said Georgian forces had shot down four Russian combat planes over Georgian territory but gave no details. Russia's Defense Ministry denied an earlier Georgia report about one Russian plane downed and had no immediate comment on the latest claim.</p>
<p>Yakobashvili said that one Russian plane had dropped a bomb on the Vaziani military base near the Georgian capital, but no one was hurt.</p>
<p>More than 1,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers were at the base last month to teach combat skills to Georgian troops. Georgia has about 2,000 troops in Iraq, making it the third-largest contributor to coalition forces after the U.S. and Britain.</p>
<p>South Ossetia officials said Georgia attacked with aircraft, armor and heavy artillery. Georgian troops fired missiles at Tskhinvali, an official said, and many buildings were on fire.</p>
<p>Georgia's president said Russian aircraft bombed several Georgian villages and other civilian facilities.</p>
<p>A senior Russian diplomat in charge of the South Ossetian conflict, Yuri Popov, dismissed the Georgian claims of Russian bombings as misinformation, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.</p>
<p>Russia's Defense Ministry denounced the Georgian attack as a "dirty adventure." "Blood shed in South Ossetia will weigh on their conscience," the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.</p>
<p>Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev later chaired a session of his Security Council in the Kremlin, vowing that Moscow will protect Russian citizens.</p>
<p>"In accordance with the constitution and federal law, I, as president of Russia, am obliged to protect lives and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they are located," Medvedev said, according to Russian news reports. "We won't allow the death of our compatriots go unpunished."</p>
<p>Saakashvili long has pledged to restore Tbilisi's rule over South Ossetia and another breakaway province, Abkhazia. Both regions have run their own affairs without international recognition since splitting from Georgia in the early 1990s and built up ties with Moscow.</p>
<p>Relations between Georgia and Russia worsened notably this year as Georgia pushed to join NATO and Russia dispatched additional peacekeeper forces to Abkhazia.</p>
<p>The Georgian attack came just hours after Saakashvili announced a unilateral cease-fire in a television broadcast late Thursday in which he also urged South Ossetian separatist leaders to enter talks on resolving the conflict.</p>
<p>Georgian officials later blamed South Ossetian separatists for thwarting the cease-fire by shelling Georgian villages in the area.<br />
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</p>
<p>Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-08-08-georgia-southossetia_N.htm?csp=34<br />
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<p>CURRENT NEWS:</p>
<p>US backs Georgia territory integrity; sends envoy<br />
08 Aug 2008 16:00:29 GMT<br />
Source: Reuters<br />
By Susan Cornwell</p>
<p>WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday asserted its support for Georgia's territorial integrity and urged an immediate cease-fire in Georgia's rebel territory of South Ossetia, where Tbilisi tried to assert control and Russia sent in forces.</p>
<p>State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos also said the United States was sending an envoy to the region "to engage with the parties in the conflict."</p>
<p>"We support Georgia's territorial integrity and call for an immediate cease-fire. We urge all parties, including Georgians, South Ossetians and Russians to de-escalate and avoid conflict," Gallegos said.</p>
<p>He added that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior officials had spoken with and continued to work with the parties to seek an end to hostilities. The United States was also talking with its European allies about how to end the conflict, Gallegos said.</p>
<p>Fighting between Georgian forces and Russian-backed separatists raged in and around Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, after Tbilisi sent troops to take back the territory, which broke away in the 1990s.</p>
<p>Ex-Soviet Georgia has allied itself with the West and is pushing for membership in NATO, a bid strongly backed by the Bush administration. It lies at the heart of a region emerging as a vital energy transit route.</p>
<p>Asked whether the United States strongly opposed Russia's actions and whether Moscow should withdraw its forces, Gallegos said: "I am not going to discuss it."</p>
<p>"The most important thing now is that they stop the violence and that they de-escalate and get into a position where they can sit down and talk."</p>
<p>The Pentagon said it was monitoring events but has received no request for assistance from Georgian officials since Russian forces entered the country.</p>
<p>Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said about 127 U.S. defense personnel and contractors, including 35 civilians, were in the Tblisi area to train Georgian forces for deployment to Iraq. All were safe and accounted for, he said.</p>
<p>Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Russia should pull out its forces from Georgia at once. "The consequences for Euro-Atlantic stability and security are grave," McCain said in a statement.</p>
<p>Democratic candidate Barack Obama urged an immediate end to the conflict. "Georgia's territorial integrity must be respected. All sides should enter into direct talks on behalf of stability in Georgia, and the United States, the United Nations Security Council, and the international co