Thursday, December 8, 2011

Nigeria's Anti-Gay Bill: “New Sexuality” goons remove veil, bare fangs

For years we have alerted Nigerians that there are powerful satanic forces behind the new sexuality drives which have Nigeria as a special juicy target. Most people thought it was just some over-fed NGOs, lacking other useful purpose, that are amusing themselves with new experiments in sexuality.

With the snarls and serious threats coming directly from western governments following the Senate’s position on same-sex marriage, Nigerians now know better. As rightly put by Senate President David Mark, “They say it is an unimportant bill, but all the attending furors indicate it is very important (paraphrased)”. At the last count, Canada, France and the United States have strongly added their voices to the salvo first fired by Britain’s David Cameron using the platform of the Commonwealth, in Perth, Australia. Obama in particular has directed that all US Embassies do everything possible to fight the ”criminalization of homosexuality” anywhere in the world. But nobody can seriously doubt that he was actually referring to Nigeria.

Even then, the real truth is that these now vocal world leaders are only responding to pressures being mounted on them by the tiny but very powerful homosexual lobbies in their respective countries. Having failed to make any serious impact here directly through their numerous NGOs, these lobbies have now come out to let loose their prized hounds on the government of Nigeria - even at the price of revealing the reality of their erstwhile hidden powerful stranglehold on these western governments. It may be difficult to appreciate the immensity of the pressure on President Goodluck at the present time, but hopefully he should know what the other alternatives would be. God forbid the President dragging his feet in providing a prompt assent (once the House of Representatives accords to the bill). The unacceptability of official homosexuality is one thing virtually all Nigerians are agreed on – from Boko Haram to the regular guy on the street!

It is amazing how illogical Satan could reduce people to. The desperate advocates of homosexuality somehow can’t see that it is the very same arguments they are using to try to foist their practice on us that their sponsors are using in other lands to advocate for incest, pedophilia, bestiality, and other follow-ups to homosexuality. At the present time, the Nigerian advocates are still too shy to mouth these concepts, but as surely as night follows the day, their western sponsors are bound to give them further instructions along that line - if they could surmount their current hurdle. Even as we write, the law criminalizing sex with animals is being removed in the books of American military (see
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/senate-approves-bill-legalizes-sodomy-and-bestiality-us-military). Numerous academic treatises have been written by disciples of Alfred Kinsey to cheerfully justify such abominable sexual intercourses. No wonder Charles Branson is appealing to “educated Nigerians” to help oppose the apparently hapless lawmakers. What cheap old colonial divide-and-rule tactic! Sadly, the country’s only Nobel Laureate promptly rose to do just that.

And no one can really stop two consenting homosexuals from doing whatever they wish in their closets. Indeed, contrary to the Laureate’s assertion, the society is not interested. The actual problem here is that these gay advocacy groups not only want to compel the rest of us to be interested, they want our endorsement of their evil product. And then they can move to the next steps - pedophilia, incest, bestiality etc. After all, if their current arguments were to hold and there is no morality aspect to the homosexual question, why can’t a man sleep with his beloved pet and even get a marriage certificate? Again, one does not need any extra-ordinary imagination to see these ultimate intentions of new sexuality advocates – one only need look at Europe and the United States to see where they are trying to push us!

The law being promulgated by the Nigerian Senate is primarily against advocating for homosexuality, operation of homosexual bars and brothels, etc - all of which simply are efforts to recruit people into homosexuality. There are abundant of evidences all over the world that the main interest of these vocal, powerful, and deadly advocates of homosexuality is to see other people practice homosexuality. Where necessary, as shown in the case of campus cultists at Enugu and elsewhere (see ChurchArise!, vol 14 no 4 www.churcharise.org/archives/Vol%2014%20no%204%20July%20-%20August,%202011.doc) brute force is being used to compel people have a taste of (and hopefully get hooked on) homosexuality.

In the daily devotional Open Heavens, (obviously written at least a year ago), Pastor Enoch Adeboye made an apt reference to homosexuality in the reading for Wednesday 7th December, 2011. “[Harlots and homosexuals]… may operate in other lands, but not in God’s land”, he was led to write – even while addressing a quite different subject matter. And so, to the Camerons and Obamas of this world, all we Nigerians are saying is: keep your madness to your land [See also http://chatafrik.com/articles/nigerian-affairs/item/307-statement-on-the-diplomatic-face-off-between-the-us-and-nigeria-over-the-proposed-prohibition-and-criminalization-of-same-sex-marriage-by-nigeria.html?tmpl=component&print=1]

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Costly confusion: Millions of Nigerian children repeatedly being vaccinated against vaccine-linked polio

It has become one of the characteristics of the times, that agencies and people would grow very passionate on certain issues that catch their fancy while displaying obscene indifference to other similar or even weightier issues not on their agenda.

For instance while the government of Nigeria mobilizes enormous resources (made available by Bill Gates) to deal with the 26 (THAT IS TWENTY-SIX) incidences of polio in Nigeria in the current year, they shrug at the THOUSANDS that DIE annually from each of basic diseases as dysentery, malaria, malnutrition, etc.

Worse still is the fact of hundreds of thousands of annual deaths arising from moral issues as abortion, homosexuality, overly-romanticed promotion of condoms, mockery of the marriage institution, etc all promoted by the same Mr Bill Gates and associates!

The situation becomes truly pathetic, when we consider further that a significant number of children are guaranteed to contact wild polio virus from the very vaccine they are given. Figures of risk of a normal child contacting polio strictly from the oral vaccine itself range from 1 per 750,000 (www.chop.edu/service/vaccine-education-center/a-look-at-each-vaccine/polio-vaccine.html), 1 per million (www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-14-nigeria-polio_N.htm), or 1 per 2.4 million (www.babycenter.com/0_the-polio-vaccine_1566.bc). All these figures are cited by strongly pro-vaccine lobbies. If we take the most conservative of the figures, and considering the millions of children involved, say 50 million, then the expected number of cases of polio in the country, arising purely as a result of the vaccine programme would be 21 cases! Yet, many children are repeatedly vaccinated over and over again - at school, market, church, mosque, etc! (The issue of thimerosal – 49.55% mercury - used as preservative for vaccines sent to third world countries, and administered to young infants is a subject for another time.)

And it is not that these figures are unknown both to the sponsoring bodies and the recipient Nigerian officials. According to a news item in USA today, “In 2007, health experts reported that amid Nigeria's ongoing outbreak of wild polio viruses, 69 children had also been paralyzed in a new outbreak caused by the mutation of a vaccine's virus.” The report continued, “Back then, WHO said the vaccine-linked outbreak would be swiftly overcome — yet two years later, cases continue to mount. They have since identified polio cases linked to the vaccine dating back as far as 2005.” (www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-14-nigeria-polio_N.htm). Reflecting on this situation in Nigeria, the man who heads the polio department at the World Health Organization, Dr Bruce Aylward, was reported to have said, "It's very disturbing."

In 2009, according to the usatoday, “the number of polio cases caused by the vaccine” (between January and August, when the report was released) was 124 children “out of about 42 million children vaccinated.” The report further noted that “For every case of paralysis, there are hundreds of other children who don't develop symptoms, but pass on the disease.”

Concluding, the article observed that “Nigeria's vaccine-linked outbreak underlines the need to stop using the oral polio vaccine as soon as possible, since it can create the very epidemics it was designed to stop, experts say. WHO is researching other vaccines that might work better, but none is on the horizon.” http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-08-14-nigeria-polio_N.htm

So again we ask the question that our egg-heads and technocrats in charge of oral polio vaccine programme seem unable to ask once Mr Gates comes on his perennial visits: Why is all this obsession about zero-polio when the very same children being saved from polio (if at all that is correct) are only being reserved for malnutrition, malaria or common dysentery?

Anti-semitism hits the Church

The Bible is explicit that anti-semitism (rabid hatred of the Jews) would be in vogue towards the end of times. Spikes of these were seen during the Hitler years when six million human beings were sent to the gas chambers simply for being Jews. It is instructive that anti-semitism is on the rise again, and worst of all, even the Church is now playing an active part in the sordid phenomenon.

A group of churches, spearheaded by the World Council of Churches, are calling for economic boycott of Israel. They justify this by twisting the historic and political events between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, coupled with the so-called replacement theology. Under this viewpoint, Israel had ceased to be God’s people, and all God’s promises for Israel are now to be fulfilled through the Church. This is clearly fallacious as well clarified in several Scriptures. For example Rom 11, makes it clear that God has programme for both the Church and Israel. Israel’s programme (Daniel 9) is currently frozen in this “gap period” (Luke 21:24) where God, by grace divine, is bringing both Jews and Gentiles into the one Body, the Church (Eph 2:14), but after the Rapture, Israel would continue to provide a witness for God on this planet before the final consummation of all things. For this, adequate plan has been made by the Lord. See Rev. 12:6 Indeed, “God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew” Romans 11:2.

Spearheading the socio-political and economic moves against Israel are church-groups like the Methodist in the UK (http://seismic-shock.com/2010/06/19/dr-stephen-leah-the-anti-israel-methodists/), Presbyterians (http://community.comcast.net/t5/In-The-News/Presbyterian-Network-calls-for-boycott-of-Israeli-products/td-p/6400164), and individuals such as the Anglican Vicar, Stephen Sizer.

Thank God for another segment of the church that is taking the great efforts required to stand by Israel in this time of beginning of her troubles yet to come. We are particularly grateful to God that Nigeria’s Pastor Enoch Adeboye is playing a major role in this respect. Check out details of his meetings with both the Israeli’s President and the PM at www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/147219#.ToY2dWHowsY. Pastor Adeboye’s advocacy for a “culture of peace” is essentially a demand that Israel’s sworn enemies must first agree to the right of Israel to exist as a first condition to peace. That is reasonable enough and it is amazing that so-called men of God will demand that Israel continue to make concessions to people whose charter continues to be that Israel has no right to exist! Speaking in Samaria, Pastor Adeboye consoled Israel with the profound, now famous statement: "When you are special in the eyes of God, automatically people will dislike you." That sounds like Joseph in Genesis 46:34 “….for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians”

All this is merely the Church playing its role as salt and light of the world while we are around. The Bible is clear that, perhaps coinciding with the Rapture, a false peace will first be ushered in by the false Christ (the antichrist), lasting only three and half years (Daniel 9:27). Later on, everlasting peace (such as Isaiah writes about, Chapters 11 and 65) will be ushered in by the Lord Jesus Christ. This is also a certainty, and for this we prepare.

Stepping up recruitments into lesbianism in Nigeria: it’s now “by force, by fire!”

In Vol 8 No 6 (2005), Church Arise! reported on the activities of some major NGOs in Nigeria, such as the Minna-based INCRESE, who boldly admit to luring girls into lesbianism with material trappings. INCRESE in particular organizes the Igonet, a periodic female-only sexual rumps at Abuja with the attendance of young girls from various campuses all over the country sponsored. This is their own little way, they claim, of facilitating “reproductive health” and sexual freedom in Nigeria!

However, such carrot-approach to increasing the number of lesbians in the country seems too slow in producing the critical number of homosexuals these shameless but vocal advocates of abominable immorality desire. Armed with their literally “sea-never-dry” fundings, these “change agents” are apparently now seeking help from campus cultists to further help speed up recruitments into their satan-inspired lifestyle.

Nigerians were shocked to read in national newspapers in July, of cultists who brutally forced female students to perform lesbian acts together. Lt Col Sagir Musa, Assistant Director, Public Relations of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu described the situation: “It was such a nasty , terrible, brutal situation where cultists captured female students and forced them to have sexual intercourse with themselves” The number of girls involved were not stated but as many as 20 cult members involved in the saga were paraded before pressmen before being handed over to the police. (see http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/20-cultists-arrested-for-forcing-girls-into-lesbianism/). According to other reports, the girls were asked to pretend to be carrying out the acts willfully and the video recordings were made to give the impression of supposed lesbians enjoying their acts.

Unfortunately, cultists raping girls on campus is no longer news in Nigeria (with the filmed gang-rape at Abia State University – august 2011 – apparently the final straw provoking a national outrage). What many people could not understand is why cultists would subject innocent girls to brutal treatment just to get them to try out lesbianism? What exactly do the cultists stand to gain?

The answer might lie with another curious action of the cultists – why make potentially incriminating video recordings of the proceedings?
In trying to explain the situation, one NGO theorized: “Once the cultists succeed in forcing the girls to perform the acts, they know they have obtained an instrument that can be used to devastating effect. This is because Nigerian society strongly disapproves of homosexual relations… In such a society, where homosexuality is viewed not just as deviance but as extreme depravity, a video tape in which a girl is shown engaging in such a taboo “voluntarily”, instantly becomes a potent instrument for endless blackmail, emotional torment and monetary extortion.” http://saferafricagroup.com/2011/07/16/insight-forced-lesbian-sex-on-campuses-a-new-crime-in-schools-already-endangered/

This line of thinking is clearly warped and far-fetched. Other simpler means would have worked even better if the end goal were just blackmail for monetary extortion. It is more likely the cultists were trying to stimulate homosexuality in these girls in the first instance. It is well established that homosexual assault is one of the commonest ways of getting people to eventually choose the gay lifestyle (see our previous article at http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2006/feb/072.html). The video recording would confirm that the cultists were commissioned for this assignment, and the videos would be proof that they had delivered on the assignment – and could collect the balance of their payment. Of course, the videos could also find further use in the multi-billion dollar global porn industry, especially for further recruitment purposes.

Incidentally, the line of reasoning advanced by the above-cited NGO is subtly suggesting that if only our society were less intolerant of homosexuality, incidents like these would be minimized. What a way of turning facts on their heads, characteristic of people who have become carried away by the several soap opera scripts they routinely write!

Mark our words: the shameless advocates of homosexuality in our society who have to write reports to the likes of Mr Bill Gates to justify the millions of dollars they routinely collect, and who are even at this present time pressurizing the National Assembly to legalize homosexual marriages, are not far behind this incident at Enugu.

Exodus Int'l: Churches Shying from Controversy

Exodus International, the world's largest ministry that reaches out to homosexuals (and comprising of a large number of former homosexuals) not surprisingly, is one major target of the gay movement. The impact of the steady, unrelentless attacks on Exodus International is showing as more and more of their traditional supporters are finding it more convenient to keep the distance from them. The latest of such Churches is the Willow Creek Community megaChurch, pastored by Bill Hybels. In actual fact, Willow Creek, polled as the most influential church in America, had made the decision to split from Exodus as early as 2009, but kept the information away from the public until June this year, when the Church probably thinks the environment is more conducive.

Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International, said Willow Creek's departure is evidence of a "disappointing trend" in the Christian community, with churches and other groups shying away from controversial issues -- like homosexual outreach.
"There are Christians who believe like one another who aren't willing to stand with one another, simply because they're afraid of the backlash people will direct their way if they are seen with somebody who might not be politically correct," Chambers charged.

Recently, in the UK, Owens and Eunice Johns were told by the Royal Courts of Justice in London that they can't be foster parents because their religious beliefs prohibit teaching youngsters that the homosexual lifestyle is acceptable. (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/01/uk-court-anti-gay-couple-foster-parents/)
Exodus International has seen several departures over the years. These include the Canadian ministry New Direction (2010) and Where Grace Abounds (2008). The group is often criticized for its attempts to convert homosexuals and, among other events, its annual conference for former gays and lesbians. (see http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/July/Exodus-International-Churches-Shying-from-Controversy/)

One major arena of on-going hot battle on homosexuality, is the debate over Reparative Therapy also known as the sexual orientation conversion therapy. It goes without saying that ex-gays are a big embarrassment to the gay movement who brazenly claim that homosexuality is an inborn trait that cannot be changed – just like the colour of one’s skin! Therefore, while campaigning for tolerance towards homosexuality, the homosexual lobby spares no action in demonstrating their gross intolerance of ex-gays. Happily, a US court has recently ruled that gay groups who invade and interrupt church worship services are now to be subject to contempt charges and heavy fines. (see http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1394042)

Hopefully, his will bring some respite, for a while!

Cisco Fires Christian Consultant for opposing homosexuality

A Christian consultant with the computer firm Cisco was relieved on his job, June this year, simply because of his critical opinion to homosexuality.

Mr Frank Turek tells his own story: “I was fired as a vendor by Cisco for my conservative beliefs about sex and marriage even though my beliefs were never expressed on the job. When a homosexual manager found out on the Internet that I had authored a book giving evidence that maintaining our current marriage laws would be best for society, he couldn’t tolerate me and requested I be fired. An HR executive canned me within hours without ever speaking to me. This happened despite the fact that the leadership and teambuilding programs I led always received high marks (even from the homosexual manager!).” Read the full details at http://townhall.com/columnists/frankturek/2011/06/28/sex_at_work/page/full/

Commenting on this story, the American Family Association noted that the homosexual lobby in the US “is becoming more powerful and more brazen in their efforts to punish and intimidate anyone who disagrees with them”

The AFA speaks of employees who are being forced to attend “diversity” and “sensitivity” classes failing which they could lose their jobs. A children’s hospital in Ohio reportedly features a “gay pride” exhibit on prominent display inside the hospital! http://www.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147509060

Challenging Hypocrisy: Why not Warning labels for abortion adverts?

In the United States, some citizens are boldly standing up to the bare-faced hypocrisy that considers sexuality issues a no-go-area, while so much noise is made on other evils in society. Specifically, the Students for Life of America (SFLA) is asking why is the US government requiring (as is currently being proposed in that country) that graphic pictures – such as a dead body or diseased lungs - be displayed on tobacco products, while a similar measure is inconceivable with respect to abortion?

Kristan Hawkins, executive director of SFLA queries: "Why doesn't the pro-life movement get this? Why is it that we can't show a woman before she can have an abortion what exactly abortion is going to do…Why is it that the FDA, the U.S. government, is forcing cigarette manufacturers to put these warning labels on cigarettes, but they won't tell women what an abortion really is?"

According to Hawkins, the government even refused to require warning labels on the abortion drug Ella before it was approved last summer, when there are known dangers.

Russia leads the Revolution

Interestingly, while the battle is just picking up in the US, the Russians are already set to implement this very same proposal—though for a different reason!

As reported by Reuters, Russian lawmakers on Friday July 1 passed a law requiring that abortion advertisements must carry a health warning. However, the Russians are not as concerned so much about the morality or even direct health aspects on the mothers as the resulting declining birth rate!

Russia has one of the world's highest abortion rates and cutting this could help it stem a demographic disaster that is looming as its population shrinks. Citing figures available on the website of Russia lower house [www.duma.gov.ru], Reuters reported that in 2007, the number of aborted babies (1.5 million) was almost as much as the number of babies born. Apart from the babies directly aborted, a frequent complication in abortion procedure is infertility –further worsening the impact on population figures.

Under the new Russian law, 10 percent of the space used in abortion ads must carry a list of possible negative consequences for women, including infertility.

Reuters reported that Russia’s “increasingly powerful Orthodox church weighed heavily into the abortion issue a year ago, calling for tougher rules to reduce their number”, Incredibly, so-called feminists argued that this requirement “would hurt women's rights”. In short, just knowing the facts about abortion (which they are free to go ahead and procure anyway) can hurt women, eh? http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/01/us-russia-abortion-idUSTRE76058S20110701

Norweigian killer demonstrates identity crisis

A 32-year old Norwegian, Anders Behring Breivik, went on rampage on July 22 and started to systematically shoot to scores of youth who were on holidays on an Island. To distract the police, he had initially detonated a car bomb at the Government House in Oslo. Eight people were killed in the car bomb, while 69 youths were shot dead in cold blood on the Island of Utoeya, 40 kilometres away (25 miles) see http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/norway-terror-suspect-arrives-in-court/

One fact clearly demonstrated by this sad incident is the identity crisis in the Church. Wonder of wonders, Anders Breivik sees and describes himself as a Christian and a conservative! Indeed, according to him, his motive for the dastard killings was to save (supposed Christian) Norway and Western Europe from a Muslim takeover”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik)

But in the same breath (as documented in his lifestyle and his “manifesto”), Mr breivik says he is “not an excessively religious man and reveres Darwinism. (http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/28/new-york-times-reader-kills-dozens-in-norway/). In a blog he advocated that all protestants convert enmasse to Catholicism – Breivik, apart from being a so-called “Knight Templar” is also a Mason. See picture dressed in Masonic garb at http://www.prisonplanet.com/norway-killer-anders-behring-breivik-was-a-freemason.html

In a self-interview he did in his manifesto, he explains what it means to be a Christian:
Q: Do I have to believe in god or Jesus in order to become a Justiciar Knight?
A: As this is a cultural war, our definition of being a Christian does not necessarily constitute that you are required to have a personal relationship with God or Jesus.

In fact, Breivik emphasized that “ Christian fundamentalist theocracy” is “everything we DO NOT want,” and a “secular European society” is “what we DO want.” It is enough that you are a Christian agnostic or a Christian atheist” This is sad, not only in the calculated efforts by the world’s antichristian media houses to use this event to rope in “fundamentalist christianity”.

It is truly sad that people could so much be confused in their identity. - thinking themselves Christian while working ardently against the Lord’s interests and instructions. Scriptures like Ephesiasns 5:5-6 or Mathew 7:21-23 apparently don’t make any sense to this class of people. What blindness!

Man claims doctors surreptiously implanted microchip on him during surgery

In Vol 13 No 5, we discussed the MK Ultra experiments and other extensive efforts that government agencies are apparently doomed to be forever preoccupied with – based on the very structure of the current world order!

It should not be any surprise then, to find that stories by individuals along that line continue to hit the headlines. In one of the latest stories, set in Singapore, a Danish national has filed a writ against Alexandra Hospital (AH) for allegedly planting a microchip in him during a 1988 operation. He further claims that this surreptitious implant has caused him considerable mental distress as he found himself being constantly monitored.

Mr Mogens Tindhof Honore doesn’t sound quite like a deluded crank. According to papers filed in the High Court on June 21 against AH, he said he first found a metal instrument akin to a microchip in his left lung after an X-ray scan in 1997. He recalls that he had undergone surgery in his chest and lung some 2 decades ago, after being stabbed in the lung as a seaman in May 1988. The surgery was conducted at AH, and Mr Honore is claiming the microchip implant was introduced during the surgery.

Mr Honore, now 54, claimed that after his discharge, he kept hearing voices in his head and could not lead a normal life. He would also feel generally unwell and would even cough out blood. As reported by TODAY, "(Mr Honore ) also discovered and experienced that strange people on the streets would approach and speak to (him) about strange subject matters or pass strange irrelevant comments.” Other conditions Mr Honore claims he suffers from include impairment of relationship, loss of enjoyment of life and suicidal thoughts.

In the court papers, Honore stated that two X-ray scans on May 9 this year, both at AH and Mount Elizabeth Hospital found the metal fragment (microchip) in his left chest. He has subsequently undergone an operation at Mount Elizabeth Hospital to remove the fragment.

The response of AH to this allegation has not been too helpful. When Honore approached the hospital last December to investigate his condition, he claimed that he was turned away by AH which said it had no records of his stay. When media houses followed up the story, AH through its director of communications and service quality, Casey Chang said: "We understand that the patient had recently returned to Alexandra Hospital to seek information regarding medical treatment he had received at Alexandra Hospital in May 1988. This was 23 years ago when Alexandra Hospital was a government hospital." (www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1138042/1/.html)

As held by conspiracy theorists, and depicted in the film”The Manchuria candidate”, it is possible to implant people with chips and later deploy these people into acts of crimes etc to prove some points.

US Air Force wishes to secretly tag people with biological paints from insect drones

The US Air Force has put out a call for scientific proposals on the practical application of tiny drones that could surreptitiously 'paint' an individual with some kind of signal-emitting powder or liquid that allows the military to keep tabs on him or her. Or even upload the person's whereabouts to a hellfire missile. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk)

As explained in a Fox News Report, “Tiny insect drones, while not yet perfected, are gaining popularity in the military labs. From larger hummingbird drones to other tiny ornithopters to DARPA's remote-controlled beetle, the delivery system for such a technology isn't so far away from being a reality. What most of these tiny drones lack is range, which will evenutally improve with advances in battery life and materials science.”

To complement their remote-controlled insects, DARPA is further investigating 'smart dust' - a cloud of dust that could be sprayed into the air near a target in hopes that he or she might walk through the cloud and be tagged. Then the drone or delivery system would not even have to make direct contact with the target.

And why is the US Air Force interested in such technology anyway? The call for proposals notes that the technology will be useful for things like, em, tracking wildlife. Really! http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/2011/May02/0272.html

BOKO HARAM: Hands of Esau, Voice of Jacob

The existence of the Political Boko Haram wing can no longer be doubted by any informed observer. Following the desperate attack on the UN building on Aug 26, the wind has blown away the last strip of veil under which some politicians have been carrying out their open threat of making Nigeria ungovernable.

Boko Haram chieftain, Ali Tishau, virtually declared on Africa Independent Television (AIT) that his organization did not carry out the UN bombing.

Here is the flow of discussion on the interview: “Did you blow up the Police HQ?” Reply: Yes we did! This is because. … bla, bla, bla. Next Question: Did you blow up the UN building? Reply: “'I would not answer [that] question…..for some reasons!”

What else does BH have to say to confirm that a virus had taken over their system and that it was this virus that has been providing the bite for many of BH actions - and even on occasions (as in the UN bombing), had been implementing its own programme? In any case, why would BH want to bomb the UN building? A supposed stand-in for the usual spokesperson was quoted as saying “because United States (US) and the UN are supporting the Federal Government to persecute Muslims in Nigeria. (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/08/un-house-bombing-why-we-struck-boko-haram/) Puerile after-thought! It was clear the whole point of the Bomb UN was to embarrass Nigeria and keep up the attention on BH, which attention was waning before the bomb blasts.

To further confirm the desperate intention of Mr Making- Nigeria-Ungovernable, to keep up the crisis, a co-founder of BH, Babakura Fugu, who hosted former President Obasanjo in a promising peace parley, was shot dead two days later - supposedly by BH! The media houses were forced to admit that at least there were now factions within BH. And predictably, would-be testifiers at the Government Panel investigating the crisis promptly began giving the Panel a wide berth. Earlier on, the governor of Kano state, that is a sitting governor in one of the key states in the country, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, following threats of a BH strike unless detained members were released, quickly “granted unconditional pardon to 20 inmates” – identity not specified. Furthermore, speaking in Hausa, governor Kwankwaso requested for other agencies of government to release detained BH members adding that, “As a government, we consider all Islamic and Christian religious sects the same”.! (Channels TV, August 30)

There is an instructive parallel between recent events within BH in Nigeria and the Talibans in Afghanistan. It has been known for long by intelligence forces that the Haqqani , nominally under Talibans were actually the hit squad of the Pakistani Secret Services ISI. But everyone preferred to ignore the facts. However with things falling apart between the US and Pakistan, following the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, under the very nose of the elite military establishment, diplomacy is giving way to rough street talk. When the US accused the ISI, as being (through the Haqqani) behind the 9-11 anniversary truck bomb that recently wounded 77 US soldiers, the Pakistani retorted that the statement was “irresponsible”. No mention of whether it is true or not. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/09/us-officials-pakistani-intelligence-urging-on-haqqani-jihadists-against-us-targets.html

In any case, the interesting parallel we refer to, is between the BH-labelled UN-building bombing and the Talibans-labelled killing of former Afghan President and current chief peace negotiator, Burhanuddin Rabbani. On Tuesday Sept 20, a suicide-bomber claiming to be from the Talibans had packed high explosives in his turban and under a well concocted plan of bringing a juicy peace deal, sought audience with Rabbani. As they embraced at the meeting, … kababum bum! Fireworks!

Even though the initial reports, as routine, promptly ascribed the bombing to the Talibans, realizing the real import, the Talibans soon back-pedalled. Contesting the earlier report by the Reuters news agency that said the Taliban accepted responsibility, the group issued a statement saying: "Our position on this issue is that we can't talk about it and all the media reports that claim responsibility are groundless….Right now we don't want to talk." Most people in the intelligience world point the fingers at the Haqqani, but probably due to some pact between them, the Talibans are hesitant to overtly dissociate themselves from the bombing. Yet they know as well as everybody else that killing Rabbani was far beyond their agenda.

A summary of the situation is provided in the Guardian, (UK) of September 21:
“Diplomats say it raises the possibility that Mullah Omar and other high-ranking Taliban leaders may not have approved, or even have been aware of, an operation conducted by a splinter or affiliated group linked to Pakistan's powerful military intelligence agency, the ISI, which has long-standing ties to militant groups.
“A western expert on the Taliban, who did not want to be identified, said senior figures within the movement had tried to bypass the ISI and hold direct talks with Karzai's government and the US, and Pakistan had responded with ruthless efforts to reassert control of any negotiations.
“He said spectacular attacks in Kabul in recent months were probably designed to derail any independent Taliban contacts with the government, while the killing of Rabbani could have been aimed at putting all talks on hold for several months.” For more details see http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/09/taliban-oddly-quiet-about-rabbani-assassination.html.

Boko Haram has no business or interest killing UN staff. But having enjoyed all along the “support” of their un-named benefactors in achieving spectacular bombings far above their normal capacity, are they now going to overtly denounce the UN bombing? We believe this is exactly the situation behind Mallam Tishau’s “I won’t answer that question” when asked directly on Raymond Dokpesi’s AIT if BH indeed bombed the UN building. And now, perhaps wary of being used endlessly, the real BH is eager to get back to the negotiating table, and like we noted in the last edition of CA!, their requests are really basic – stop the harassment, compensate those killed extra-judicially and let’s get back to living.

Indeed, when AIT pointed out to Ali Tishu that installing Sharia in all the North is now touted as one of BH requests, he retorted that rather than requesting more sharia controlled enclaves, BH is really more interested in witnessing genuine sharia within the states who claim they have already adopted sharia. He cited situations of petty thieves being amputated while bigger thieves in authority loot the state treasury and still emerge as heroes. Or the harassment of local prostitutes to be replaced by sophisticated ones imported from abroad.

Just like the situation in Afghanistan, the UN bombing and the killing of Babakura Fugu in Maiduguri clearly show that some mid-level operators in Boko Haram are under a different payroll; and their Paymaster would rather there were no negotiations rather than one where he cannot call the shots.

Meanwhile, the overall effects of all these terror incidents are the same all over the world and they are serving the same one grand purpose. They are helping to force the hand of governments in installing infrastructure and measures that would safeguard against terror – while at the same time tearing away the thick cloak of privacy citizens (and criminals) have enjoyed from time immemorial! (Please see e.g. Vol 4 No 6 for more on this Hegelian approach of creating “world problems” to be solved by particular methods dictated by New World Order advocates).

Developments along this line, which might have taken decades to occur under normal circumstances especially in the under-developed parts of the world, would now be prioritized and effected within months. That indeed is the general character of end-times “civilization”, especially in those areas critical to the emergence of the antichrist. Just as the 9-11 bombings changed the face of security and privacy rights in the US and Europe, the same spiritual forces are ensuring that similar infrastructure are coming to Nigeria, en route other developing/under-developed countries.

The soon-to-be-revealed antichrist needs all these facilities and structures to establish his short-term totalitarian reign on earth following the rapture of the Church. These events are surely on us.

Study links early sex, divorce

A study recently published in the Journal of Marriage and Family has revealed that women who had sex for the first time when they were teenagers are more likely to divorce than those who wait till adulthood before engaging in sex. The study by University of Iowa researcher, Anthony Paik, shows that 31 percent of women who had sex for the first time before age 18 divorced within five years and 47 percent divorced within ten. The corresponding figures for those who wait till adulthood were a significantly reduced 15 percent at five years of marriage and 27 percent at ten.

Speaking with OneNewsNow, Valerie Huber, the executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association said the study has again confirmed the well-known truth that there are more than just physical consequences involved in sexual activity. In her words, "It affects the emotional, psychological, economic, and many other areas of not only the individual life but societal health in general."

Unfortunately, advocates of the new sexuality go ahead to as much as promote what they call “infant sexuality.” (see for instance the article: A Plea to Atheists: Pedophilia is next on the Slippery Slope; Let us turn back before it's too late, http://www.JewishWorldReview.com). Using the pseudo-science of Albert Kinsey, coupled with a generous dose of financial inducements and blackmails at high places, they have managed to keep results from genuine studies like Paik’s, (not to talk of our common sense about morality), out of reckoning as they force their new sexuality down society’s throat. http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1375992

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Remarks by PM Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.N. General Assembly, 23 Sep 2011

Ladies and gentlemen, Israel has extended its hand in peace from the moment it was established 63 years ago. On behalf of Israel and the Jewish people, I extend that hand again today. I extend it to the people of Egypt and Jordan, with renewed friendship for neighbors with whom we have made peace. I extend it to the people of Turkey, with respect and good will. I extend it to the people of Libya and Tunisia, with admiration for those trying to build a democratic future. I extend it to the other peoples of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with whom we want to forge a new beginning. I extend it to the people of Syria, Lebanon and Iran, with awe at the courage of those fighting brutal repression.

But most especially, I extend my hand to the Palestinian people, with whom we seek a just and lasting peace.

Ladies and gentlemen, in Israel our hope for peace never wanes. Our scientists, doctors, and innovators apply their genius to improve the world of tomorrow. Our artists, our writers, enrich the heritage of humanity. Now, I know that this is not exactly the image of Israel that is often portrayed in this hall. After all, it was here in 1975 that the age-old yearning of my people to restore our national life in our ancient biblical homeland - it was then that this was branded shamefully, as racism. And it was here in 1980, right here, that the historic peace agreement between Israel and Egypt wasn't praised; it was denounced! And it's here, year after year that Israel is unjustly singled out for condemnation. It's singled out for condemnation more often than all the nations of the world combined. Twenty-one out of the 27 General Assembly resolutions condemn Israel - the one true democracy in the Middle East.

Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament. You might say: That's the past. Well, here's what's happening now - right now, today, Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security.

You couldn't make this thing up.

So here in the UN, automatic majorities can decide anything. They can decide that the sun rises in the west. But they can also decide - they have decided - that the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest place, is occupied Palestinian territory.

And yet even here in the General Assembly, the truth can sometimes break through. In 1984 when I was appointed Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, I visited the great rabbi of Lubavich. He said to me - and ladies and gentlemen, I don't want any of you to be offended because from personal experience of serving here, I know there are many honorable men and women, many capable and decent people, serving their nations here - But here's what the rebbe said to me. He said to me, you'll be serving in a house of many lies. And then he said, remember that even in the darkest place, the light of a single candle can be seen far and wide.

Today I hope that the light of truth will shine, if only for a few minutes, in a hall that for too long has been a place of darkness for my country. So as Israel's prime minister, I didn't come here to win applause. I came here to speak the truth. The truth is that Israel wants peace. The truth is that I want peace. The truth is that in the Middle East at all times, but especially during these turbulent days, peace must be anchored in security. The truth is that we cannot achieve peace through UN resolutions, but only through direct negotiations between the parties. The truth is that so far the Palestinians have refused to negotiate. The truth is that Israel wants peace with a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians want a state without peace. And the truth is you shouldn't let that happen.

Ladies and gentlemen, when I first came here 27 years ago, the world was divided between East and West. Since then the Cold War ended, great civilizations have risen from centuries of slumber, hundreds of millions have been lifted out of poverty, countless more are poised to follow, and the remarkable thing is that so far this monumental historic shift has largely occurred peacefully. Yet a malignancy is now growing between East and West that threatens the peace of all. It seeks not to liberate, but to enslave, not to build, but to destroy.

That malignancy is militant Islam. It cloaks itself in the mantle of a great faith, yet it murders Jews, Christians and Muslims alike with unforgiving impartiality. On September 11th it killed thousands of Americans, and it left the twin towers in smoldering ruins. Last night I laid a wreath on the 9/11 memorial. It was deeply moving. But as I was going there, one thing echoed in my mind: the outrageous words of the president of Iran on this podium yesterday. He implied that 9/11 was an American conspiracy. Some of you left this hall. All of you should have.

Since 9/11, militant Islamists slaughtered countless other innocents - in London and Madrid, in Baghdad and Mumbai, in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in every part of Israel. I believe that the greatest danger facing our world is that this fanaticism will arm itself with nuclear weapons. And this is precisely what Iran is trying to do.

Can you imagine that man who ranted here yesterday - can you imagine him armed with nuclear weapons? The international community must stop Iran before it's too late. If Iran is not stopped, we will all face the specter of nuclear terrorism, and the Arab Spring could soon become an Iranian winter.

That would be a tragedy. Millions of Arabs have taken to the streets to replace tyranny with liberty, and no one would benefit more than Israel if those committed to freedom and peace would prevail.

This is my fervent hope. But as the prime minister of Israel, I cannot risk the future of the Jewish state on wishful thinking. Leaders must see reality as it is, not as it ought to be. We must do our best to shape the future, but we cannot wish away the dangers of the present.

And the world around Israel is definitely becoming more dangerous. Militant Islam has already taken over Lebanon and Gaza. It's determined to tear apart the peace treaties between Israel and Egypt and between Israel and Jordan. It's poisoned many Arab minds against Jews and Israel, against America and the West. It opposes not the policies of Israel but the existence of Israel.

Now, some argue that the spread of militant Islam, especially in these turbulent times - if you want to slow it down, they argue, Israel must hurry to make concessions, to make territorial compromises. And this theory sounds simple. Basically it goes like this: Leave the territory, and peace will be advanced. The moderates will be strengthened, the radicals will be kept at bay. And don't worry about the pesky details of how Israel will actually defend itself; international troops will do the job.

These people say to me constantly: Just make a sweeping offer, and everything will work out. You know, there's only one problem with that theory. We've tried it and it hasn't worked. In 2000 Israel made a sweeping peace offer that met virtually all of the Palestinian demands. Arafat rejected it. The Palestinians then launched a terror attack that claimed a thousand Israeli lives.

Prime Minister Olmert afterwards made an even more sweeping offer, in 2008. President Abbas didn't even respond to it.

But Israel did more than just make sweeping offers. We actually left territory. We withdrew from Lebanon in 2000 and from every square inch of Gaza in 2005. That didn't calm the Islamic storm, the militant Islamic storm that threatens us. It only brought the storm closer and made it stronger.

Hezbollah and Hamas fired thousands of rockets against our cities from the very territories we vacated. See, when Israel left Lebanon and Gaza, the moderates didn't defeat the radicals, the moderates were devoured by the radicals. And I regret to say that international troops like UNIFIL in Lebanon and EUBAM in Gaza didn't stop the radicals from attacking Israel.

We left Gaza hoping for peace.

We didn't freeze the settlements in Gaza, we uprooted them. We did exactly what the theory says: Get out, go back to the 1967 borders, dismantle the settlements.

And I don't think people remember how far we went to achieve this. We uprooted thousands of people from their homes. We pulled children out of their schools and their kindergartens. We bulldozed synagogues. We even moved loved ones from their graves. And then, having done all that, we gave the keys of Gaza to President Abbas.

Now the theory says it should all work out, and President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority now could build a peaceful state in Gaza. You can remember that the entire world applauded. They applauded our withdrawal as an act of great statesmanship. It was a bold act of peace.

But ladies and gentlemen, we didn't get peace. We got war. We got Iran, which through its proxy Hamas promptly kicked out the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Authority collapsed in a day - in one day.

President Abbas just said on this podium that the Palestinians are armed only with their hopes and dreams. Yeah, hopes, dreams and 10,000 missiles and Grad rockets supplied by Iran, not to mention the river of lethal weapons now flowing into Gaza from the Sinai, from Libya, and from elsewhere.

Thousands of missiles have already rained down on our cities. So you might understand that, given all this, Israelis rightly ask: What's to prevent this from happening again in the West Bank? See, most of our major cities in the south of the country are within a few dozen kilometers from Gaza. But in the center of the country, opposite the West Bank, our cities are a few hundred meters or at most a few kilometers away from the edge of the West Bank.

So I want to ask you. Would any of you bring danger so close to your cities, to your families? Would you act so recklessly with the lives of your citizens? Israelis are prepared to have a Palestinian state in the West Bank, but we're not prepared to have another Gaza there. And that's why we need to have real security arrangements, which the Palestinians simply refuse to negotiate with us.

Israelis remember the bitter lessons of Gaza. Many of Israel's critics ignore them. They irresponsibly advise Israel to go down this same perilous path again. You read what these people say and it's as if nothing happened - just repeating the same advice, the same formulas as though none of this happened.

And these critics continue to press Israel to make far-reaching concessions without first assuring Israel's security. They praise those who unwittingly feed the insatiable crocodile of militant Islam as bold statesmen. They cast as enemies of peace those of us who insist that we must first erect a sturdy barrier to keep the crocodile out, or at the very least jam an iron bar between its gaping jaws.

So in the face of the labels and the libels, Israel must heed better advice. Better a bad press than a good eulogy, and better still would be a fair press whose sense of history extends beyond breakfast, and which recognizes Israel's legitimate security concerns.

I believe that in serious peace negotiations, these needs and concerns can be properly addressed, but they will not be addressed without negotiations. And the needs are many, because Israel is such a tiny country. Without Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, Israel is all of 9 miles wide.

I want to put it for you in perspective, because you're all in the city. That's about two-thirds the length of Manhattan. It's the distance between Battery Park and Columbia University. And don't forget that the people who live in Brooklyn and New Jersey are considerably nicer than some of Israel's neighbors.

So how do you protect such a tiny country, surrounded by people sworn to its destruction and armed to the teeth by Iran? Obviously you can't defend it from within that narrow space alone. Israel needs greater strategic depth, and that's exactly why Security Council Resolution 242 didn't require Israel to leave all the territories it captured in the Six-Day War. It talked about withdrawal from territories, to secure and defensible boundaries. And to defend itself, Israel must therefore maintain a long-term Israeli military presence in critical strategic areas in the West Bank.

I explained this to President Abbas. He answered that if a Palestinian state was to be a sovereign country, it could never accept such arrangements. Why not? America has had troops in Japan, Germany and South Korea for more than a half a century. Britain has had an air base in Cyprus. France has forces in three independent African nations. None of these states claim that they're not sovereign countries.

And there are many other vital security issues that also must be addressed. Take the issue of air space. Again, Israel's small dimensions create huge security problems. America can be crossed by jet airplane in six hours. To fly across Israel, it takes three minutes. So is Israel's tiny airspace to be chopped in half and given to a Palestinian state not at peace with Israel?

Our major international airport is a few kilometers away from the West Bank. Without peace, will our planes become targets for antiaircraft missiles placed in the adjacent Palestinian state? And how will we stop the smuggling into the West Bank? It's not merely the West Bank, it's the West Bank mountains. It just dominates the coastal plain where most of Israel's population sits below. How could we prevent the smuggling into these mountains of those missiles that could be fired on our cities?

I bring up these problems because they're not theoretical problems. They're very real. And for Israelis, they're life-and-death matters. All these potential cracks in Israel's security have to be sealed in a peace agreement before a Palestinian state is declared, not afterwards, because if you leave it afterwards, they won't be sealed. And these problems will explode in our face and explode the peace.

The Palestinians should first make peace with Israel and then get their state. But I also want to tell you this. After such a peace agreement is signed, Israel will not be the last country to welcome a Palestinian state as a new member of the United Nations. We will be the first.

And there's one more thing. Hamas has been violating international law by holding our soldier Gilad Shalit captive for five years.

They haven't given even one Red Cross visit. He's held in a dungeon, in darkness, against all international norms. Gilad Shalit is the son of Aviva and Noam Shalit. He is the grandson of Zvi Shalit, who escaped the Holocaust by coming in the 1930’s as a boy to the land of Israel. Gilad Shalit is the son of every Israeli family. Every nation represented here should demand his immediate release. If you want to pass a resolution about the Middle East today, that's the resolution you should pass.

Ladies and gentlemen, last year in Israel in Bar-Ilan University, this year in the Knesset and in the U.S. Congress, I laid out my vision for peace in which a demilitarized Palestinian state recognizes the Jewish state. Yes, the Jewish state. After all, this is the body that recognized the Jewish state 64 years ago. Now, don't you think it's about time that Palestinians did the same?

The Jewish state of Israel will always protect the rights of all its minorities, including the more than 1million Arab citizens of Israel. I wish I could say the same thing about a future Palestinian state, for as Palestinian officials made clear the other day - in fact, I think they made it right here in New York - they said the Palestinian state won't allow any Jews in it. They'll be Jew-free - Judenrein. That's ethnic cleansing. There are laws today in Ramallah that make the selling of land to Jews punishable by death. That's racism. And you know which laws this evokes.

Israel has no intention whatsoever to change the democratic character of our state. We just don't want the Palestinians to try to change the Jewish character of our state. We want to give up the fantasy of flooding Israel with millions of Palestinians.

President Abbas just stood here, and he said that the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the settlements. Well, that's odd. Our conflict was raging for nearly half a century before there was a single Israeli settlement in the West Bank. So if what President Abbas is saying was true, then the - I guess that the settlements he's talking about are Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jaffa, Be'er Sheva. Maybe that's what he meant the other day when he said that Israel has been occupying Palestinian land for 63 years. He didn't say from 1967; he said from1948. I hope somebody will bother to ask him this question because it illustrates a simple truth: The core of the conflict is not the settlements. The settlements are a result of the conflict.

The settlements have to be - it's an issue that has to be addressed and resolved in the course of negotiations. But the core of the conflict has always been and unfortunately remains the refusal of the Palestinians to recognize a Jewish state in any border.

I think it's time that the Palestinian leadership recognizes what every serious international leader has recognized, from Lord Balfour and Lloyd George in 1917, to President Truman in1948, to President Obama just two days ago right here: Israel is the Jewish state.

President Abbas, stop walking around this issue. Recognize the Jewish state, and make peace with us. In such a genuine peace, Israel is prepared to make painful compromises. We believe that the Palestinians should be neither the citizens of Israel nor its subjects. They should live in a free state of their own. But they should be ready, like us, for compromise. And we will know that they're ready for compromise and for peace when they start taking Israel's security requirements seriously and when they stop denying our historical connection to our ancient homeland.

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called "Jews"? Because we come from Judea.

In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu. That's my last name. My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Samaria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since.

And for those Jews who were exiled from our land, they never stopped dreaming of coming back: Jews in Spain, on the eve of their expulsion; Jews in the Ukraine, fleeing the pogroms; Jews fighting the Warsaw Ghetto, as the Nazis were circling around it. They never stopped praying, they never stopped yearning. They whispered: Next year in Jerusalem. Next year in the promised land.

As the prime minister of Israel, I speak for a hundred generations of Jews who were dispersed throughout the lands, who suffered every evil under the sun, but who never gave up hope of restoring their national life in the one and only Jewish state.

Ladies and gentlemen, I continue to hope that President Abbas will be my partner in peace. I've worked hard to advance that peace. The day I came into office, I called for direct negotiations without preconditions. President Abbas didn't respond. I outlined a vision of peace of two states for two peoples. He still didn't respond. I removed hundreds of roadblocks and checkpoints, to ease freedom of movement in the Palestinian areas; this facilitated a fantastic growth in the Palestinian economy. But again - no response. I took the unprecedented step of freezing new buildings in the settlements for 10 months. No prime minister did that before, ever. Once again - you applaud, but there was no response. No response.

In the last few weeks, American officials have put forward ideas to restart peace talks. There were things in those ideas about borders that I didn't like. There were things thereabout the Jewish state that I'm sure the Palestinians didn't like.

But with all my reservations, I was willing to move forward on these American ideas.

President Abbas, why don't you join me? We have to stop negotiating about the negotiations. Let's just get on with it. Let's negotiate peace.

I spent years defending Israel on the battlefield. I spent decades defending Israel in the court of public opinion. President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we be able our children and our grandchildren to speak in years ahead of how we found a way to end it? That's what we should aim for, and that's what I believe we can achieve.

In two and a half years, we met in Jerusalem only once, even though my door has always been open to you. If you wish, I'll come to Ramallah. Actually, I have a better suggestion. We've both just flown thousands of miles to New York. Now we're in the same city. We're in the same building. So let's meet here today in the United Nations. Who's there to stop us? What is there to stop us? If we genuinely want peace, what is there to stop us from meeting today and beginning peace negotiations?

And I suggest we talk openly and honestly. Let's listen to one another. Let's do as we say in the Middle East: Let's talk "doogri". That means straightforward. I'll tell you my needs and concerns. You'll tell me yours. And with God's help, we'll find the common ground of peace.

There's an old Arab saying that you cannot applaud with one hand. Well, the same is true of peace. I can not make peace alone. I cannot make peace without you. President Abbas, I extend my hand - the hand of Israel - in peace. I hope that you will grasp that hand. We are both the sons of Abraham. My people call him Avraham. Your people call him Ibrahim. We share the same patriarch. We dwell in the same land. Our destinies are intertwined. Let us realize the vision of Isaiah - [Isaiah 9:1 in Hebrew] - "The people who walk in darkness will see a great light." Let that light be the light of peace.


http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2011/Remarks_PM_Netanyahu_UN_General+_Assembly_23-Sep-2011.htm

Monday, August 8, 2011

BOKO HARAM MEGA BOMB: PHARAOH IN PURSUIT!

Days after the Inspector General of Police, Afis Ringim, declared that Boko Haram will soon be flushed out of the country, a mega bomb rocked the very headquarters of the Nigeria Police at Abuja. The car that brought the bomb had trailed the convoy of the IG, and wanted to park at the IGs parking lot before it was asked to re-park elsewhere. Apparently the IG himself was a prime target. And so, again, innocent lives have been lost – about 4, not counting at least two occupants in the bomb-bearing car. Nearly 70 vehicles were also destroyed. See some details here>>> http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201106172471729 .

Understanding this latest bombing incident does not require a degree in criminology. It is clear that the reality of having lost out is a bitter one for the sworn Enemy of Nigeria to accept; and just like Pharaoh of old, he is determined to have one more go at pulling Nigeria back into bondage. Unknown to him, however, this latest pursuit after a jubilating nation is only bringing him (and his entire formidable hosts) closer than ever to their red sea experience - to becoming dinner for the fishes, by the grace of God.

The way Pharaoh-spirited politicians (and their cronies in the Police/Press) have been trying to portray or interpret this latest Boko Haram-labelled blast would have been comical were not for the gravity of the situation. First, there were the strenuous efforts to label the bombing as a suicide mission, despite clear evidences to the contrary. Why would a genuine suicide bomber who had successfully infiltrated the convoy of the IG comply with the instructions of a traffic policeman to divert and go park elsewhere. According to reports, the bomb subsequently went off while the vehicle was in motion, away from the crucial target. Maximum damage would have resulted if the driver, were he a suicide bomber, simply crashed the car into the IGs convoy! (see ThisDay, June 20). Apparently, the unfortunate pawns inside the car thought they were merely to park the car and disappear! Hopefully the nation’s security will soon be able to re-construct the actual details, but it is more likely there was a mole police officer somewhere who remotely detonated the incredibly-sized bomb, probably to the shock of the Boko Haram couriers who were being merely used by far more endowed political actors. As a matter of fact a plot to bomb the IGs office, NOT by Boko Haram, had been foiled only a few days previously (see some account here http://allafrica.com/stories/201106200409.html ).

Then there were also the puerile efforts to blackmail the President into entering into dialogue supposedly with Boko Haram – proxy for lost-out politicians. Actually, the calls for “dialogue” to solve non-existing problems started with the showman-preacher-politician, Rev Chris Okotie, who immediately after the elections said the results should be nullified, and a caretaker government formed by all the presidential candidates be instituted (http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/polls-okotie-rejects-results-calls-for-interim-govt/90017/) . Okotie had actually called for Interim government even before the general elections - soon after politician Atiku Abubakar lost the PDP ticket to Goodluck Jonathan (http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/245-okotie-calls-for-interim-govt.html). All these calls for “dialogues” are really only thinly-disguised voice of Pharaoh, the man (and his coalition) that had publicly vowed to make the country ungovernable if not allowed to rule Nigeria.

In the beclouded vision of Nigeria’s Pharaoh and his spokespersons, it is reasonable to compare the Boko Haram situation with Niger Delta militancy. In the last edition, we explained why this is arrant nonsense. It is instructive to watch Boko Haram’s conditions for dialogue grow with time, with each terrorist action. Late last year, sect spokesmen were virtually begging to be treated with respect and making the reasonable demands of having unmolested access to their mosques and unconditional pardon for detained and exiled members (see http://allafrica.com/stories/201010140307.html). By February 8 this year, after the successful high-profile killings of a gubernatorial candidate and his security details, the demands grew to include calls for the resignation of then governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. After the Abuja beer parlour shootings in June and when calls for amnesty became vociferous, Boko Haram stepped up the list. Now included are demands not only that the former governor and a host of traditional rulers be prosecuted under Islamic laws, but that the newly-elected governor for Borno state also resigns or be removed by President Jonathan. Finally (at least for now), is the demand for the “strict practice of Sharia law in at least 12 Muslims-dominated states in the North, equivalent to one-third of the country.” http://www.informationnigeria.org/2011/06/boko-haram-conditions-for-ceasefire.html.

Yet, not only top mainstream Islamic clerics (as we reported in vol 14 no 2), but now the main opposition political party in the country, is insisting that these demands can be discussed! While we have a great deal of sympathy for the young people being destroyed in the name of Boko Haram, there is little doubt that the real powers behind the sect are either outright foreigners, or at least heavily brainwashed people who see themselves more as Al Qaeda than Nigerians. Worse still, any supposed dialogue with Boko Haram will not even be with these rabid Islam-inspired ideologues, but with the desperate politicians who have now found a new tool to empower and use. (See again, for instance, http://churcharise.blogspot.com/2011/02/nigeria-travails-of-national-re-birth.html)

Like we warned in the last edition of CA! (vol 14 no 2), before the President could settle to the important business of providing electricity, education and employment, he must need settle the security issue first - simply by allowing the law to take its course with respect to those already indicted in the several bombing incidents. In other words, the temptation to resort to a “political solution”, no matter how nicely it is couched, must be totally resisted.

For instance, in the initially encouraging steps taken by the President, a Panel was constituted to study and report on the bomb blasts and related violence. Soon however, it became clear that the unwieldy 22-man Judicial Panel lacked even the power to compel people to appear before it. Moreover, the 82 year old, controversial Sharia-advocate, Sheikh Ahmed Lemu was deemed the right candidate to chair the Panel! As we write, (today June 22) the six weeks given the Panel to submit its report is expiring, yet hardly anything has been heard concerning its activities.

Hopefully, the President was just trying to test the grounds with the Panel. But it should be clear to him that time is not on his side. The enemy is far more desperate than the President perhaps realize. With the security outfits now soundly aroused, knowing they are prime targets in the new war, all the President needs do is put men of proven integrity, capacity and drive, in the right offices to implement the newly passed anti-terrorism bill. And like the God of heaven helped Attahiru Jega at the elections, we can look forward to the Divine hand discomfiting Pharaoh’s chariots mid-sea, making him history as Nigeria moves forward to fulfill her glorious destiny. http://churcharise.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html

Terror threat -- U.S. churches advised on standby emergency team

In United States, the Christian Emergency Network has issued a warning for churches to be on the alert for possible terror attacks. This follows the recent airing of an al-Qaeda video that encourages Muslims in that country to quickly obtain guns and to "do major damage to the enemies of Islam, waging war on their religion, sacred places, and things and brethren."

OneNewsNow further quoted Steve Amundson of the Florida Security Council as saying: "Churches, just like everybody, I tell them to be vigilant; be aware of your surroundings. Don't walk around like everything's okay, because we're in different times now, and it's time for Americans to be vigilant, be aware, [and] be alert because something could happen."

Churches are also advised to have an emergency team ready and to regularly conduct emergency drills. We feel this is good advice not just for the Church in the US but also in Nigeria and elsewhere. OneNewsNow - 6/30/2011

Boko Haram now targets Churches.

Further confirming other evidences that the Boko Haram phenomenon was just a tool for making Nigeria ungovernable as threatened by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar earlier in the year, Churches, rather than state institutions or beer parlours, have now become major targets for bombing campaign allegedly perpetrated by Boko Haram. The first of the incidents was the bombing of the All Christian Fellowship in Suleja at 3.00 pm on Sunday July 10. A distraught Christopher Ogbogu described on national television how the bomb, packed in a polythelene bag, had exploded killing three people, including his 51year old wife Theresa, and mother of his five children. They had gone to Church ahead of an evening committee meeting.

The General Overseer of the Church, Rev William Okoye insisted that the motives for the bombing could not only have been religious, but political since the people claiming responsibility obviously lacked capacity for the actions. Rev Okoye was one-time the chaplain of Aso Rock chapel and a key figure in the battle to institute righteousness in the nation. (See an extract of his booklet, Clash of the Champion, Battle for the Soul of Nigeria featured in the Exhortation Column of CA! Volume 4 No 5, in 2001). Church Arise! sympathises with the man of God and his congregation and urge them not to grieve as people without hope (1 Thess. 4: 13).

A day after the fatal explosion at All Christians, another bomb exploded at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), but mercifully, there were no casualties . According to an eyewitness, the bomb was thrown into the premises of the Church in the Madalla suburb of Suleja while members of the congregation were taking part in a weekly prayer service at around 9pm on Monday 11 July. The bomb fell short of the church building, damaging the outer walls but causing no injury. (http://au.christiantoday.com/article/nigeria-another-church-in-suleja-targeted-by-bomb-attack/11541.htm)

On July 28, the spiritual head of Muslims in Nigeria, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar spoke for the first time on Boko Haram (and also on Islamic Banking) (www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/islamic-banking-has-come-to-stay-sultan/) Interestingly, the Sultan said that the state of affairs in the North Eastern part of the country should not be blamed on Boko Haram, rather that the government should fish out those behind the violence. While most Nigerians agree that there is indeed a clear mismatch between the “voice” and the” hand” behind the violence, nevertheless since Boko Haram is the one claiming responsibility, it can not be totally absolved. In his own reaction to the statement, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, thanked the Sultan and urged him: “if the eminent citizen has superior information, he should avail the nation’s security apparatus with such to put a stop to the daily massacre of innocent Nigerians in that part of the country, because every Nigerian is sick and tired of the continued violence in that region and the attendant effect on the nation’s economy.”

Meanwhile, a letter written in the name of Boko Haram is urging people who use the name of Boko Haram for their own agenda to desist from doing so. Though another counter notice was also issued attributing the first notice to the work of Nigerian security, there can be no doubt that the name Boko Haram has become a cover for many with hidden agenda. For instance the direct trigger for the closure of the University of Maiduguri was a notice purportedly written by Boko Haram and pasted at several places on campus, threatening that some strategic buildings were to be bombed. However another Boko Haram faction dissociated themselves from this threat. Observers noted that the notice was written in English, contrary to the general practice of the real Boko Haram

Stop Press: The FG has raised a committee to dialogue with Boko Haram. (www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/fg-appoints-committee-to-dialogue-with-boko-haram/) At least, seeing that both the former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff and former Gombe State Governor, Danjuma Goje (now a distinguished senator of the federal republic) have made humiliating apologies to Boko Haram to secure the group’s clemency, ( www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/nigerian-governors-apologize-to-boko-haram-as-group-goes-on-yet-another-murderous-rampage.html ) some people at least must know who and where the real Boko Haram is. The article on the frontpage of this edition shows how the list of “Boko Haram demands” has been growing to include amazing unrealistic contents – and yet, top politicians are urging urgent acceding to these!

Food for thoughts on Mormonism

“Joseph Smith was a convicted swindler and Brigham Young, with 23 wives, a proven false prophet. Nobody in their right mind would believe that someone who said Quakers living to be 1000 years old resided on the moon, as Smith did, nor on the sun as Young did in his Journal of Discourses Volume 17. Only an ignorant bigot would believe that black people are the descendants of fallen angels and are ugly, wicked and mischievous, and that any white person marrying a black should be killed, because of the Mormon law of atonement. Yet, this is what Brigham Young taught. It is simply not reasonable to believe such evil men were God's prophets. The first requirement of being a Mormon is to abandon any sense of reason”

This is part of a recent article by Jacob Prasch, of Moriel. The full article titled “Death of Reason and Return of Jesus may be accessed at http://www.moriel.org/pfp/discernment/church_issues/death_of_reason_return_of_jesus.htm

Funding Apostasy: Methodist Bible College to use donation to grow other faiths

The Clarement School of Theology, a leading institution of the United Methodist in the USA is surging forward in its bid to start training imams and rabbis as we reported in Vol 14 No 1. The new agenda of the College to teach instructions and raise clergy for other religions apart from Christianity received a giant boost with a generous donation of $40 million from a California couple.

The school's president, Jerry Campbell, told the Los Angeles Times that the university is "looking for understanding, respect and the possibility of collaboration" with other religions. He noted that other religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism may be implemented in the future. The university also hopes to engage all religious groups in social issues, such as tackling poverty.

Not all Christian leaders think all this a good idea though. According to highly respected Rev. Lou Sheldon of The Traditional Values Coalition, "I just think it's foolishness. It's not going anywhere. We know where things are going. We know who has been given all authority and power in heaven and on earth. We know what the gospel is about.”

See more about this story at http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1353590

Global control of food and drugs: SWAT team to the rescue in Detroit

Satan bastardizes good concepts and institutions. Just look at the mess he’s making of marriage and human sexuality.

Man-made institutions are even much more vulnerable. For instance, we have Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , NAFDAC currently doing a great job saving lives through the regulation of food and drugs. But the handwriting of things to come, as we approach the end of the age, is clear. All man-made institutions will be hijacked and compelled to serve the anti-christ’s purposes in his coming one-world government. As usual, early warning signals abound from the developed nations, and the rest of the world should be smart enough to learn on their onions.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration is wielding its enormous stick against natural products that have not gone through “big pharma” label, even when they have been in use for ages. The development actually started from the European Union which several years ago, came up with the “positive list” of natural remedies - vitamins, supplements, etc that could be traded. The express reason for this list is not necessarily anything pharmaceutical, but mainly to simplify trade in these products and facilitate their free movement across borders. All members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are liable to comply, and this is no longer news.

What is simply amazing is the extent and the zeal being put in by US authorities in recent times to regulate these products even within their country. (See http://naturallyyoursblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/world-health-organization-vs-health.html, for some instances. In one hard-to-believe situation, armed officers from the Special Response Team (SRT) of the Detroit Police Office were invited by the Michigan State child Protective Services (CPS) to abduct a 13 year old girl, Arianne, from her black mother who had decided to stop using a prescribed psychotropic drug which clearly was worsening the girl’s condition. Another medical doctor had recommended that Maryanne Godboldo could stop the drug on account of the side-effects, but apparently her recourse to natural remedy was what could not be tolerated by the CPS. When she rebuffed the initial attempts of the CPS to take her daughter away to a psychiatric facility for the continued administration of the drug, Risperdal, the swat team was called in. Now the question is not which drug is the better one, but rather the freedom of a sane citizen to choose which medical treatments they want or don’t want! Read the incredible details about this story at http://www.naturalnews.com/032090_Maryanne_Godboldo_health_freedom.html. For an update, indicating that two weeks after the event, Arianne is doing quite well even without taking the psychotropic drug, please see http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/04/post_55.html

And In Malawi, Bill Gates’ partners demand all must take their measles vaccination – at gun point!

If the situation described in the previous article could be happening in the United States, the famed land of the bold and free, is it any surprise to learn (Monday, July 25, 2011) that with the generous financial supports of the Bill and Melinda Foundation, villagers in Malawi are being required to take their measles vaccine shots at gunpoint? A case of take your shot or be shot! Reports indicate that a number of children and their parents belonging to Zion and Atumwi Churches fled their homes in Malawi to neighboring Mozambique a few months ago in order to avoid a measles vaccine campaign – which rightly or wrongly, they reject on account of their personal faith.

Upon recently returning, officials apparently learned of the unvaccinated children's whereabouts and, with the help of “Health Surveillance Assistants” supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation allies, armed police are compelling the “renegades” to take the shots or be arrested. Dr Medison Matchaya, District Health Officer in Nsanje, Malawi, reported progress being made to the Malawi Voice:
"We were alerted that some children who were hiding in Mozambique were back in the country and we asked police to escort the health officials in order to vaccinate them, and we have managed to vaccinate about 131 children," Dr Matchaya sounded like someone reporting to some higher authorities elsewhere: see, we did a good job!

The same Malawi Voice article reports that Chipiliro Kalimira, a member of the Seventh Day Apostolic faith that does not believe in vaccines, was arrested and put in prison on a two-year term, with hard labour, for refusing to let authorities force the measles vaccine on his three children.

One of the expressed cardinal goals of the Bill and Melinda Gate foundation is to vaccinate every single child on the planet earth - whether their parents liked it or not! Contrast all these with the much touted “right” of the woman (or even girls as young as 13) to kill her baby whilst that baby is still in the womb. As we have reported on several occasions, Bill Gates and associates are also behind the abortion agenda as well as the promiscuous sexual habits that directly fuel the abortion big business.

And it is not as if parents who squeal at entrusting their children to the drug and vaccine companies are being totally irrational or unreasonable. Evidences are stacked high up against the vaccines and their providers that could encourage some people to seek other alternatives to staying healthy. A sore example is the infamous Pfizer meningitis experiments at Kano. It was a calculated conscious unconscionable act that has permanently eroded the confidence of many rural folks in Northern Nigeria in Big Pharmacy and their vaccines (See CA! Vol 4 No 6, 2001). Even up to the present time, the scandal is still in the news, as several individuals are yet to collect the compensation agreed to by Pfizer in the out-of-court settlement it sought and got. (www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/12694-kano-indigenes-seek-payment-of-pfizer-s-compensation-to-victims.html). Also learn more: www.naturalnews.com/033119_vaccinations_gunpoint.html#ixzz1TDwn6JBR


There is only a very thin line between medicinal recipes (plants, fish, etc) and food. It therefore shouldn’t be any surprise that similar efforts to control food products on earth are ongoing. In fact, in several countries, the same institution (such as NAFDAC, US FDA, etc) control both drugs and foods. The major way the global government agents are taking control of foods out of the hands of individuals is through the genetically-modified (GM) foods. The next story therefore further corroborates this general agenda of achieving a global control of the people of the world. Even if, for the sake of argument, we agree that the adverse health impacts of GM foods can be overlooked, the undeniable fact is that since these products come emasculated without viable seeds, the populace must resort to the big people behind GM foods to get patented seeds year in year out. Interestingly, Bill Gates is stocking up natural seeds at his seed bank in Svalbard (see CA! vol11 no 2 or www.knowthelies.com/?q=node/1910)

What was it that globalist icon Henry Kissinger said the other time?: "Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world."

Food Control – scientists who oppose Genetically Modified foods face global persecution.

Natural News in its April 17, 2011 edition is reporting on an intense global persecution of scientists who refuse to embrace genetically-modified foods. “In order to maintain its massive charade of deception in claiming that genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) are the safe, practical solution to the world's food problems, the biotechnology industry has had to silence and destroy the lives of many in the scientific community” Natural News reports (http://www.naturalnews.com/032110_scientists_GMOs.html).

The report reviews the hard-hitting new documentary Scientists Under Attack - Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money. In the film, as reported by Natural News, Bertram Verhaag “explores the heavy hand of the biotechnology industry in steering "science" towards its own interests, and eliminating the actual, legitimate science that exposes genetic engineering (GE) as the fraud that it is.”

According to the scientists interviewed, roughly 95 percent of the published research involving GMOs has been conducted and paid for by the biotechnology industry. This means that only five percent of the available research on the subject has been conducted by independent research firms that are much more likely to have an honest, unbiased approach

"The attack on scientists is very well-structured by the biotech industry," says one of the scientists interviewed in the film. "It's systematic. It's worldwide. It's very coordinated. It's part of the way they do business."

The official movie trailer for Scientists Under Attack - Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money can be watched at http://www.scientistsunderattack.com/

In the US, Invasive airport security procedures to be extended to hotels and shopping malls

With the seeming acceptance by the general populace of extensive body searches, (including body scanners that see beneath clothes), at US airports, that country’s Homeland Security has announced that the procedures will soon be extended to other locations. These locations include hotels, shopping malls, train terminals, etc where according to the government department, identical terror threats as at airports, now exist. It has been pointed out by several commentators that Israel which faces a more intense terror threat by more fanatical foes has not found it necessary to introduce such draconian measures, even at her airports, simply because of the use of basic intelligence features. The US is however petrified in its fear of being seen by the Moslem/Arab world as “profiling” their people. This pretended ultra- respect for Arab/Moslem sensibilities of course suits very well the purposes of the new age agents in the United States at the present time. It provides a perfect excuse to continually put in place measures that establish total control over the populace – in preparation for the coming global leader, the antichrist, who has absolute need for such measures. Meanwhile, a former Miss USA recently claimed she was fondled during body search at the airport, with her private part touched four times. But how do you prove that in a law court? (http://www.dawsondaily.com/miss-usa-fondled-by-tsa/)

Crisis at Crystal Cathedral – Schuller voted off Board

The crisis at the famous Crystal Cathedral reached a new climax when the Board recently voted the founder, Rev Robert H. Schuller off the Board of Directors. Making the announcement on July 3 was his son Robert A. Schuller, who himself had been voted off by the Board some three years ago. According to the younger Schuller, his dad was ousted because he had proposed adding new members to the board. In his words: “My father wanted to add board members, and they didn’t want that because they would lose control. They kicked him off. … I feel bad for him because he’s had to watch his life’s work go down the toilet the last three years.”
The story of the building of the Crystal Cathedral in an audacious move of faith is popularized in the book by Schuller, Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.
Robert Schuller, now 84, stepped down from the pulpit five years ago and had been a non-voting but influential member of the board with the title chairman emeritus. Daughter Sheila Schuller-Coleman was named Senior Pastor on July 11 last year, and her husband Jim Coleman is the current president of the Cathedral. http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/discernment/rev-robert-h-schuller-voted-off-crystal-cathedral-board#more-7647.

However, probably as a result of expression of outrage from several quarters, the governing board on July 27th made an about-turn and decided to restore “the voting rights” of Robert H. Schuller. Furthermore, an additional five members were added to the Board,

It remains to be seen whether this move could step the tide of financial woes that has befallen the Church. Last year the Church declared bankruptcy and filed a plan to sell its campus and its all-glass sanctuary in the face of a $47 million debt profile. To worsen an already sad story, one of the potential buyers of the cathedral is the local Roman Catholic diocese. Such a deal, would likely end the tenure of Crystal Cathedral Ministry on the site, unlike other deals which would allow Crystal Cathedral ministries to lease back portions of the site, including the cathedral itself.

In May last year, we reported the easing out of Dr James Dobson from Focus on the Family – a ministry he had nurtured for 33 years. He subsequently went ahead to start a new ministry . (http://churcharise.blogspot.com/2010/03/james-dobson-forced-out-from-focus-on.html ) Could it be that pressures such as these –perceived or real -- sometimes make even godly leaders to miss their steps? The next story throws more light on this perspective.