Daniel 12:4   But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end ...

Remember ...And never forget 9/11

Pelosi Trip ProvesThat Democrats Have Become A Traitorous Party
PipeLineNews 2007/3/31
San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Nancy Pelosi’s unbelievably harmful trip to the Middle East, meeting along the way Syria’s dictator Bashar Assad and Fatah’s Mahmoud Abbas, both major terrorist players is the clearest signal yet that the Democrat party has become allied with the enemies of the United States.   Her inclusion of CAIR’s first Congressman, Islamist Keith Ellison in the entourage, is especially revealing, because he represents a particularly galling dhimmi offering to the terrorists by the Dems sanctifying their pact with those who wish America great harm. ...

What's Condi doing with al-mukhabarat?
The Arab American News 2007/3/31
BEIRUT — Two intriguing meetings took place last week in the Arab world. In Egypt, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the intelligence services directors of four Arab states (Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates). Just days later, the Arab heads of state met in Riyadh for their regular Arab summit.   Which of the two meetings was more significant and signaled the tone, content and direction of Arab state policies? Are the three factors at play here — American foreign policy, Arab security systems, and Arab national leaderships — merely coordinating in a logical move among allies and friends, or are they converging into a single political dynamic that blends American foreign policy with Arab security services?   The summit meeting was a routine event that reissued a historic, but five-year-old, peace offer to Israel. The Rice meeting with the intelligence chiefs was a novelty that deserves more scrutiny, for both its current meaning and future implications. ...

Syrian-Cuban Joint Committee for Economic & Scientific Cooperation to Meet Soon
Syrian Arab News Agency 2007/3/31
...The committee due to be met in Damascus next Wednesday, will be headed by Minster of Trade and Economy Amer Hosni Lotfi and Cuban Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Marta Lomas.   The Cuban Minister, heading an economic and commercial delegation, arrives in Damascus next Monday. She will hold talks with senior Syria officials on opening new prospects for cooperation in all domains.
If we don't watch out, we will have something the likes of the Cuban missile crisis all over again.  Hmmm.  Wouldn't it be just like God to allow Israel's enemies to be instrumental in destroying the U.S. for it's treachery against Him by the US promoting the splitting of His land of Israel?

Moscow hails results of Arab League summit - ministry
Russian News and Information Agency 2077/3/31
The Russian Foreign Ministry approved Saturday the results of the Arab League summit, held in Riyadh March 28-29.   "In the documents signed at the summit we [Russia] see that Arab nations confirm their intention to form in the region a zone of stability, peace and stable development, without a place for hostility, intolerance, extremism and terrorism," the ministry said in a statement. ...
This 'place' referred to sounds a lot like "when they shall say Peace and Safety" to me.

Ball is still in Arabs' court
yNetNews 2007/3/31
...Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who boasts 30 years of experience in negotiations with Israel, attempted to convey a calming message that the Israeli "No" does not yet mark the end of the road, but Jerusalem made sure to signal that it prefers the current state of affairs over the temptations of normalization, which may end up exacting a heavy price should Israel's position on the issue of the right of return for refugees be compromised.   The Arab Quartet - Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - received the green light to head to Washington and to the United Nation's headquarters in New York in order to enlist support for the Arab peace plan.   The Quartet also received a mandate to set up committees that would open negotiations without referring to Israel explicitly. If they insist on complying with the conditions set forth by the Syrian president, and if they refuse to meet Israelis face to face, we can bury the Arab peace plan, until next time.

EU vows to work for peace with Abbas
The Jerusalem Post 2007/3/31
European Union foreign ministers on Saturday pledged to work with moderates in the Palestinian leadership, while the bloc's foreign policy chief said events in the region are for the first time in years raising hopes of full peace between Israel and the Arab world. ...On Saturday, the Europeans agreed they will judge the new government by its actions rather than its words and progressively help it build up credible government institutions.   However, the 27-member bloc will limit its dealings to moderates such as Abbas, Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad, Solana said.   "We don't see any reason why we should not continue to see someone who we have known for many, many years, who has been cooperating with us," EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. "I see no reason to cut contacts ... they're friends, we continue to cooperate with them." ...

Pakistan's wild western faultline
The Austrailian 2007/3/31
...Pakistan may not be facing any imminent threat of an Islamic fundamentalist takeover, but there is a danger of fragmentation with radical Islamists controlling part of the country. The growing influence of militant Islam, particularly in the strategically located North West Frontier Province and the western province of Balochistan, is ominous. The militants, who fashion themselves on the legacy of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime, have already established rigid Islamic rule in the Waziristan tribal region. The situation is more worrying as their influence spills over to other areas of the North West Frontier Province. In many parts of the province, the militants have forcibly closed down video and music shops, as well as internet cafes, declaring them un-Islamic.   The barbers are warned not to shave beards; people are prohibited from playing music, even at weddings, and from watching television. Women are barred from coming out of their homes on their own. The Talibanisation of Waziristan and the rising power of the radical mullahs in parts of the North West Frontier Province present a disturbing scenario. It will be difficult to contain the spread of this trend to other parts of the country. ...Musharraf's support for the US-led war on terror, his tactical co-operation with certain militant groups and his refusal to embed a culture of democracy and accountability have intensified social, ethnic and religious differences in Pakistani society. These are the faultlines from which a geopolitical earthquake could erupt at some point, an earthquake that would make the present regional security situation look positively calm by comparison. Pakistan's battle with itself is far from over.

Ezra and Followers Depart Babylon (348 BCE)
Chabad.org 2007/3/31
A year following the building of the second Temple in Jerusalem (see Jewish History for the 3rd of Adar) Ezra gathered many of the Jews who had remained in Babylon and began a journey to the land of Israel. Though he certainly wanted to go earlier, his teacher, Baruch ben Neriah was too frail to travel, and Ezra refused to leave him until his passing.   Ezra was the head of the Sanhedrin, who all traveled together with him.   On the 12th of Nissan, Ezra departed from the river of Ahava, the beginning of the long journey to the land of Israel which would last for nearly five months (see Jewish history for the 1st of Av. ...

Abbas Warns Israel, Accept 2002 Arab Peace Plan or Face War
Arutz Sheva 2007/3/30
Israel would be well advised to team up with the Palestinian Authority under the 2002 Arab peace plan, says PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas – and well advised to raise its alert status if it does not.   Abbas accused Israel of “seeking to avoid the realization of peace” by insisting on changes to the plan authored five years ago by Saudi Arabian King Abdullah. ...He warned, however, that if Israel did not accept the Arab peace plan, “The entire region will be under renewed threats of war [and] explosions, as well as regional and international confrontations, as a result of the absence of a solution or the impossibility of implementing one.” ...

DEBKAfile Exclusive: US financial sources in Bahrain report American investors in Bahrain advised to pack up business operations and leave
DEBKAfile 2007/3/30
The advice came from officers with US Central Command 5th Fleet HQ at Manama, who spoke of security tension, a hint at an approaching war with Iran. Arab sources report the positioning of a Patriot anti-missile battery in Bahrain this week; they say occupancy at emirate hotels has soared past 90% due mostly to the influx of US military personnel. They also report Western media crews normally employed in military coverage are arriving in packs. ...Earlier, DEBKAfile quoted intelligence sources in Moscow as predicting that a US strike against Iranian nuclear installations codenamed Operation Bite has been scheduled for April 6 at 0040 hours. Missiles and air raids will conduct strikes designed to be devastating enough to set Tehran’s nuclear program several years back.

Israel rejects Arab League refugee proposal
Russian News & Information Agency 2007/3/30
..."I'll never accept a solution that is based on their return to Israel, any number," Olmert told The Jerusalem Post. "I will not agree to accept any kind of Israel responsibility for the refugees. ..."Israel's position with regard to the peace process with the Palestinians is based on fundamental principles, with a central one being the coexistence of two states pursuing national aspirations of their peoples," the ministry said. ...Echoing the ministry's assessment of the Arab League summit, Olmert said in a separate interview that Israel could sign a peace accord with all of its foes in five years given favorable circumstances, including the results of the summit.   "There is a real opportunity for Israel to sign an all-embracing peace accord with all its foes," Olmert told the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper without elaborating. ...
Looks like it may get worse before it gets better.

U.S. steps up campaign against Syrian government
MontereyHerald.com 2007/3/30
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has launched a campaign to isolate and embarrass Syrian President Bashar Assad, using parliamentary elections in late April as a lever, according to State Department officials and Syrian exiles.   The campaign, which some officials fear is aimed at destabilizing Syria, has been in the works for months.   It involves escalating attacks on Syria's human rights record, which is generally regarded as abysmal, as well as White House-approved support for Syrian bloggers and election monitors inside and outside the country to highlight the nation's lack of freedom, the officials and others said.   The State Department in recent weeks has issued a series of rhetorical broadsides against Syria, using language harsher than that usually reserved for U.S. adversaries. On Friday, the administration criticized a planned visit there by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif..   "It's the new Cuba - no language is too tough," said one of the officials, who like others insisted on anonymity to discuss internal government planning. ...
? Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots

Syria Continues to Impede Lebanese Development
Assyrian International News Agency 2007/3/30
Beirut (AsiaNews) --- Syria, which continues to block Lebanon's progression, the President of the Republic Emile Lahoud, who refuses to step down but instead continues to create controversy, Michel Aoun, who has allied himself to Hezbollah for his political aims to become the next head of state. ...
? Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots

Arab League Summit Ends on Low Note
The New York Sun 2007/3/30
The Arab League summit of kings, emirs, and presidents-for-life, after huffing and puffing for two days, made Israel an offer it cannot accept and said America is to blame for all the turmoil in the Middle East. ...As far as Israel is concerned, at this week's summit the Arab League made the one offer Israelis cannot accept: recognition in exchange for the return of millions of Palestinian Arabs, who fled when the Jewish state was established in 1948.   The king did not explain how Israel, with a population of about 5.5 million overwhelmingly Jewish people, could absorb and live with a sudden inflow of about 4 million Arab Muslims, many bent on destroying it. ...

Arab League initative crucial to peace, says Abbas
ABCNews Online 2007/3/30
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned of escalating violence if Israel fails to accept a peace initiative sponsored by the Arab League.   Mr Abbas has told a summit meeting of Arab leaders in the Saudi capital Riyadh that Palestinians have extended a hand of peace to Israel.   Mr Abbas has said the entire Middle East faced an increased threat of war and regional confrontation if there were no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
Again parroting King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Iran the major topic at Arab League summit
The Olympian 2007/3/30
The specter of Iran loomed over a regional summit that closed here Thursday, with Arab League delegates increasingly anxious over their Persian neighbor's meddling in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.   Officially, the Arab summit's only resolution on Iran was the perennial demand that it relinquish three islands claimed by the United Arab Emirates.   In several closed side meetings, however, Arab diplomats focused on larger concerns: Iran's growing regional power, its potential to inflame sectarian tensions and the unrest their countries could experience if U.S.-led forces were to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.   "We look forward to decreasing the signs of a dangerous confrontation between Iran and the West that would lead the whole region into the abyss," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in his closing speech Thursday. ...

US 'Surprised' by Saudi Comments on American Role in Iraq
Payvand's Iran News 2007/3/30
The Bush administration Thursday expressed surprise, and said it was seeking clarification, over remarks by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Arab League summit that the United States role in Iraq was an "illegal foreign occupation." U.S. officials meanwhile are welcoming the Arab League's relaunch of its 2002 peace initiative for Israel. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.   Officials here are not depicting downplaying the remarks of the Saudi king as a problem in relations with Saudi Arabia, a key Middle East ally of the United States.   But they say they will contact the Saudi government over the comments, and are defending the legality of U.S. involvement in Iraq. ...

U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi flying in to Lebanon
Ya Libnan 2007/3/30
...Pelosi - whose job as speaker places her "just two heartbeats away from the presidency," meaning that if both the president and vice president were to become incapacitated, she would become president - will head a congressional delegation .   The congressional delegation that accompanies the Speaker includes:
Congressman, Democrat Keith Ellison from Minnesota- US 's first Muslim congressman.
Congressman, Democrat Nick Rahall from West Virginia, is of Lebanese descent
Congressman , Democrat Tom Lantos from California who is Jewish is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congressman , Democrat Henry Waxman from California who is also Jewish
Congressman , Republican David Hobson from Ohio ...

Saudi king urges Arab states to unite against US interference
Brisbane Times 2007/3/30
SAUDI ARABIA'S King Abdullah has told Arab leaders that the US occupation of Iraq is illegal and warned that unless Arab governments settle their differences, foreign powers such as the US will continue to dictate the region's politics.   The king's speech, at the opening of the Arab League summit in Riyadh, underscored growing differences between Saudi Arabia and the Bush Administration as the Saudis take on a greater leadership role in the Middle East, partly at US urging.   The Saudis seem to be emphasising that they will not be beholden to the policies of their longtime ally. They brokered a deal between the two main Palestinian factions last month, but one that Israel and the US found problematic because it added to the power of Hamas rather than the more moderate Fatah group. ...Last week the king cancelled his appearance next month at a White House dinner in his honour. The official reason was a scheduling conflict. But Dr Mustapha Hamarneh, the director of the Centre for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, said the Saudis were sending Washington a message. "They are telling the US they need to listen to their allies rather than imposing decisions on them and always taking Israel's side," he said. ...

King Returns Home after Taking Part in Arab Summit in Riyadh
Jordan News Agency 2007/3/29
...King Abdullah II on Thursday arrived back home after taking part in the 19th Arab Summit, which concluded today in Riyadh. ...His Majesty said, "Time has come for a united Arab position and for the organization of our capabilities, powers and resources to serve our mutual interests and confront the dangers."   "We face today two options: either we mobilize our strengths and unite our stances and policies so that we will have the political weight we need to confront the challenges to our security and the future of our homelands, or we remain divided by differences that weaken our global standing and become easy targets for others to interfere in our affairs and impose their own agendas." King Abdullah stressed.   “Peace between the Arab states and Israel cannot be reached until Israel works constructively and seriously and demonstrates her respect and commitment to the Arab Initiative, a unanimously approved proposal," the King added. ...
? Revelation 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
Has this 'prophetic' time now come?  It sure appears that way.

”Riyadh Declaration” at the end of Arab Summit
Al Bawaba 2007/3/29
At its conclusion Thursday (29/3) in Riyadh, the 19th Arab summit issued "Riyadh Declaration". following is the text:
The Riyadh Declaration
We, the leaders of Arab states, meeting in the 19th session of the council of the league of Arab states at the summit level in Riyadh, capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in 28-29 March 2007, -Based on the principles and aims stated in the Arab league charter and other Arab conventions; including the document of covenant, accord and solidarity between Arab countries, and the document of development and modernization in the Arab world; -Inspired by our religious and Arab values that renounce all forms of immoderation, extremism and racism; and stressing the aims of boosting the Arab identity, deepening its cultural bases, and continuing its open humanistic message, while facing the challenges and risks threatening to re-schematize the state of affairs in the region, dissolve the common Arab identity, and undermine the connections that bind us; -Affirming the urgent need to regain the spirit of Arab solidarity ...
...and so on, and so, and so on.

President Kibaki in talks with Jordanian King
Kenya Broadcasting Company 2007/3/29
President Mwai Kibaki Wednesday March 28, 2007 held talks with His majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan where they discussed bilateral issues for the mutual benefit of Kenya and Jordan.   The Jordanian King expressed his countries interest of being a hub in the distribution of Kenyan products in the entire Middle East Region.   His majesty King Abdullah II expressed confidence on the standards of Kenyan products saying consumers in his country will directly benefit immensely from the variety of high quality Kenyan products in the market.   In that connection, the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan informed President Kibaki that his country would establish a shipping line on its coast with a view of easing the transportation and subsequent delivery of products between the two countries. ...
? Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand

The PKK as an American Problem
The Journal of Turkish Weekly 2007/3/29
The recently released Iraq Study Group (ISG) report successfully lists Turkey’s major concerns about instability in Iraq. The report states that Turkish anxiety over “operations of [the] Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), . . . a terrorist group based in northern Iraq . . . that has killed thousands of Turks,” are so serious that Turkey might “go after the PKK themselves.” PKK terror is definitely Turkey’s most serious concern. Yet, surprisingly, the report, which suggests that efforts to stabilize Iraq will move ahead only if all of Iraq’s neighbors contribute to the process, does not offer a single policy suggestion on how to address the PKK issue in order to bring Turkey on board.   This is a significant gap. Unless the PKK issue is resolved, Turkey will not fully commit itself to stabilizing Iraq. Accordingly, the PKK issue is as much an Iraqi and American problem as it is a Turkish problem, and, in addition to Turkey’s ongoing efforts, action on their part is required to solve it. ...

At summit, Arabs push for nuclear energy while warning of possible Middle East arms race
Combined Jewish Philanthropies  2007/3/29
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Arab leaders pushed ahead with plans to develop nuclear programs, even as they warned of a possible Middle East nuclear arms race created by their powerful rivals Israel and Iran.   On Thursday, the final day of their annual summit, Arab League leaders said they would hold a high-level meeting this summer to review plans for an Arab nuclear industry.   Jordan's King Abdullah II called in a speech for the creation of a "Peaceful Arab Center for Using Nuclear Energy" to help "build our societies and modernize the realms of science, industry, agriculture and health." ...

DEBKAfile: Arab summit ending in Riyadh strengthens radical Iran and Syria and recognizes Palestinian Hamas
DEBKAfile 2007/3/29
The conference ending Thursday, March 29, ended the isolation of the two Middle East governments backing anti-US fighting elements in Iraq, fomenting Hizballah’s war effort against Israel and aiding Palestinian terror.   The Arab front, portrayed by American and Israeli policy-makers as an effective “moderate” barrier against Iranian expansionism and nuclear aspirations, jumped aboard the radical bandwagon.   A large Iranian delegation, led by foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, was welcomed as honored guests by the Riyadh conference. None of the Arab rulers mentioned, let alone castigated, Tehran’s seizure of 15 British navy personnel five days earlier.   Saudi King Abdullah publicly buried the hatchet with Syrian president Bashar Assad and announced to general acclaim that the next Arab League summit would be held in Damascus. Syria’s misdeeds with regard to Lebanon were glossed over. ...The end-product of the Arab summit of 2007 was the collapse of the so-called “moderate Arab front” on which the Bush administration and Olmert government had banked heavily. The line emerging from the conference was strongly anti-American and anti-Israel.   Its host, Abdullah, publicly lambasted the US deployment in Iraq as “illegitimate foreign occupation.” ...

Arab League refuses to change plan
The Jerusalem Post 2007/3/29
Israel adopted a low-key, wait-and-see approach Wednesday night to the Arab League's unanimous decision to relaunch without changes its land-and-refugee-for-peace initiative from March 2002.   The Prime Minister's Office responded to the Arab League decision taken earlier in the day in Riyadh by saying that Israel would "study in detail the initiative and see if there is anything new, any changes, and then respond."   According to an AFP report, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit confirmed the heads of state adopted all resolutions submitted by their foreign ministers, including relaunching the peace initiative. The report said that in the resolution the Arab leaders "reaffirm the commitment of all Arab states to the Arab peace initiative as approved at the Beirut summit in 2002 in all its elements."

RELIGION: Sanhedrin Kills Passover Lamb...
NewsByUs 2007/3/29
They are going to do it. They are going to sacrifice a lamb for Passover in Israel. The contemporary Sanhedrin has been meeting for some time in order to put in place this Old Testament rite, per Religion News Service’s Deborah Pardo-Kaplan.   These Jews meet in a tiny apartment in Nahlaot. There are thirteen Orthodox Jews who gather every Tuesday to converse and program. “They are the management team of a larger developing Sanhedrin, or religious court, in Israel.   “And they plan to sacrifice sheep on the Temple Mount on the day before or one month after Passover, which starts at sundown April 2. Either date is permissible under Jewish law. ‘If the government will not resist,’ said Rabbi Dov Stein, 68, a member of the group, ‘we will do it.’” ...

Syria to host next Arab summit, Assad says
Reuters 2007/3/29
Syria is to host next year's Arab summit, President Bashar al-Assad said at the closing ceremony of a summit of Arab leaders in the Saudi capital.   "I thank you for approving the holding of the next summit in Syria," Assad said in a brief speech at the end of the two-day meeting where Saudi Arabia sought to rally Arab countries around a land-for-peace proposal to Israel.   The summit meetings of heads of state of the 22-nation Arab League are held on a rotating basis in different countries. ...

Arab league concurs with OIC'S stand to end Arab world crises:Abdullah
Indian Muslims 2007/3/29
Arab League member countries concurred with the stand of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) that a solid effort supported by all member states be initiated to resolve the problems and crises besetting the Arab World and the Muslim ummah.   Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said as the OIC Chair, it was Malaysia's fervent hope that initiatives made to solve the issues at hand, be they new or old, received the support of all Islamic nations, particularly from leaders attending the Arab League Summit here.   Abdullah said the leaders expressed their support after he delivered his 20-minute at the two-day summit speech which touched on the crises faced by the Islamic countries, including the long-drawn Palestine conflict. ...

Saudi king blames Arab leaders for Mideast turmoil
GlobeAndMail.com 2007/3/28
The king of Saudi Arabia sharply criticized Arab leaders Wednesday for divisions and infighting and painted a bleak picture of the bloodshed and turmoil across the Middle East as he opened an Arab summit in the Saudi capital.   King Abdullah said in an address to the delegations that Arab nations are “further from unity than they were at the time of the founding of the Arab League,” the 22-member body formed in 1945 to promote Arab unity.   King Abdullah pointed to the bloodshed in Iraq, where he called the U.S military presence an “illegitimate occupation” and warned that “abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war. The real blame should be directed at us, the leaders of the Arab nation,” he said. “Our constant disagreements and rejection of unity have made the Arab nation lose confidence in our sincerity and lose hope.” ...

Khalifa for joint Arab strategy
Khaleej Times Online 2007/3/28
The challenges and tensions facing the Arab Summit should not overshadow the promising potential of our Arab Nation, the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said yesterday on his arrival to attend the 19th Arab Summit which opens in the Saudi capital today.   “We are confident that Arab leaders share with us the keen interest in making this summit a new standpoint and a new turning point in joint Arab action”, he observed.   In a statement to the Press, Shaikh Khalifa said, “The experiences which we have gone through prove that our strength lies in our solidarity and facing the dangers threatening  our nation with a common Arab stand.” ...
? Revelation 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

Queen Rania calls on companies to bridge East-West divide through Corporate Multicultural Responsibility
Jordan News Agency 2007/3/27
...said Queen Rania, "We all have a role to play in promoting multicultural responsibility in our homes, schools, neighborhoods, universities, places of worship, and places of work."   Citing alarming statistics released by Gallop last year, Her Majesty said that 22 percent of Americans did not want a Muslim as a neighbor and one third said they would feel nervous if they noticed a Muslim man on their flight. "I am alarmed at the way in which the Muslim world and our Western counterparts are looking at each other with suspicion, fear, prejudice then turning away."   Such a growing trend of isolation is dangerous because, as Queen Rania noted "we all belong in some sense to East and West… let us not forget that East and West are neighbors. And good neighbors do more than live alongside each other – they live together." ...Her Majesty said that in the weeks and months ahead, she plans to expand on these ideas "with the aim of championing a culture of trust and respect between Islam and the West." ...
This sounds like a coming new push to 'integrate Muslims among us' in a move by Islam to better place themselves to cut off our heads when the time is right, just as the 'radicals' have been saying they will do, and as Biblical scripture also says they will do.
? Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

King Congratulates Newly Elected Mauritanian President
Jordan News Agency 2007/3/27
...King Abdullah II sent a cable to the newly elected Mauritanian President, Mohammad Ould El Sheikh Abdullah, congratulating him in his name ...
? John 5:43 "I am come in my Father's name (HASHEM), and ye receive me not: if another shall come "in his own name" (HASHEMITE), him ye will receive.

Jordan's king urges Rice to make "progress" in peace moves
Monsters & Critics 2007/3/26
King Abdullah II of Jordan Monday urged US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to ensure 'tangible progress' in the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks through 'coordination' with all Arab and world parties, according to an official statement.   'The monarch underlined the importance of coordination between the US administration and various Arab and international parties with a view to achieving real and tangible progress' in negotiations between Palestinian and Israeli sides,' the royal court said.   'The king also expressed support for the current US efforts aimed at reviving the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians and resolving the conflict between the two sides in accordance with the two-state formula,' it added. ...

Sunni sheiks join Americans in fight against insurgency
Concord Monitor 2007/3/26
Not long ago it would have been unthinkable: a Sunni sheik allying himself publicly with American forces in a xenophobic city at the epicenter of Iraq's Sunni insurgency.   Today, there is no mistaking whose side Sheik Abdul Sattar al-Rishawi is on. Outside his walled home in Ramadi, a U.S. tank is on permanent guard beside a clutch of towering date palms and a protective dirt berm.   The 36-year-old sheik is leading a growing movement of Sunni tribesmen who have turned against al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Anbar province. The dramatic shift in alliances may have done more in a few months to ease daily street battles and undercut the insurgency here than American forces have achieved in years with arms.   The American commander responsible for Ramadi, Col. John Charlton, said the newly friendly sheiks, combined with an aggressive counterinsurgency strategy and the presence of thousands of new Sunni police officers on the streets, have helped cut attacks in the city by half in recent months. ...
Why don't people get it I ask?  People like this are not on one side or the other, but rather, at the present time it's in his best interest to fight alongside the US, that is, until the tide turns in his favor.  Hence the term, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".  Yes, friend indeed, but only until they are in the position of strength.  That is their 'Allah's' way!

The Arab peace initiative is owned by Arab Summit and only Arab leaders can decide on it
Jordan News Agency 2007/3/26
Government Spokesman Nasser Judeh affirmed that the Arab peace initiative is an “Arab summit property” and any thing related to this initiative is in the hand of the Arab leaders and is pending on the summit deliberations.   Judeh made his remarks in response to a question during his weekly meeting with media representatives on whether there have been any external pressures to amend the initiative.   “There is no suggestion on part of Jordan to amend it,” he said. This was clearly illustrated during King Abdullah’s recent intensive meetings during which he confirmed the essence of the initiative and adherence to its contents. ...Judeh denied that there had been a visit by Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to Jordan. Haniyeh stopped at Amman Airport only to join the Palestinian delegation headed by President Mahmoud Abbas to the Arab summit in Riyadh.   On recent visits by several Iraqi top officials to Jordan in recent days and whether their talks in Amman were related to the formation of a shadow government in Iraq by Iyad Allawi, Judeh said King Abdullah “ is keen on meeting representatives of all Iraqi political spectra ...

DEBKAfile reports: High alert at US and UK bases, Middle East armies on the ready lest Iran’s seizure of 15 British seamen Friday is only first Iranian reprisal action
DEBKAfile 2007/3/24
...Middle East and Persian Gulf nations as well as the US and UK are bracing for further Iranian marine, air or terrorist operations in Iraq and other places in reprisal for the sanctions measure before the UN Security Council in New York. On the ready too are the Saudi armed forces and some Israeli air and naval units.   According to Iranian sources the 15 British Royal navy seamen and marines which an Iranian warship seized with their commando craft Friday, March 23, have been taken to Tehran to explain their “aggressive action.” ...DEBKAfile’s military sources say the incident was but a pretext. According to incoming intelligence, Tehran plans to release a series of reprisals after sanctions are approved in New York Saturday evening, March 24.    The Islamic Republic is also cautioning its Gulf neighbors Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, whose foreign ministers meet visiting US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in Assuan Saturday morning, not to cooperate with Washington’s regional policies and to stay neutral in the US-Iran dispute.   President Mahmoud Admadinejad’s last-minute cancellation of his appearance before the Security Council is further indication that Tehran gave up on diplomatic maneuvers for pre-empting the sanctions resolution and, assuming their approval was not preventable, turned instead to ramping up military tensions. ...

Jews Revive the Sanhedrin with Plans for a Passover Sacrifice
BeliefNet.com 2007/3/24
...they plan to sacrifice sheep on the Temple Mount on the day before or one month after Passover, which starts at sundown April 2. Either date is permissible under Jewish law. "If the government will not resist," said Rabbi Dov Stein, 68, a member of the group, "we will do it."   As Easter eclipses the last days of Passover this year, Christians will focus again on the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus. The Sanhedrin, meanwhile, will literally attempt to resurrect the Passover sacrifice of old. ..."We want all the world," Stein said, "to walk with God." ...This current Sanhedrin also sees as one of its goals to evaluate any potential messianic contender. "There is no redemption without the Sanhedrin," said Stein. "We are building the opportunity for a king (messiah)." ...

Abbas boosts Saudi proposal
JTA 2007/3/23
Mahmoud Abbas urged Israel to accept a Saudi proposal for a regional peace deal. ..."We are proposing that you make peace with 57 Muslim countries. That you no longer be an isolated island. That the Israeli flag fly from Morocco to Mauritania to Indonesia," Abbas told Yediot Achronot. "Everyone is willing to support the Saudi initiative. This is the most serious peace initiative since 1948," the year of Israel's founding.   Israeli leaders have voiced renewed interest in the Saudi proposal, though they have reservations about its calls for a complete withdrawal from territory captured in 1967 and its apparent embrace of the Palestinian demand for a refugee "right of return" ...

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Israel-Jordan tensions flare over discovery of king’s covert support for hard-line Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal
DEBKAfile 2007/3/22
Israeli officials and army chiefs were taken aback by an intelligence report summing up two years of research, which exposed Jordan’s King Abdullah, Israel’s partner in peace and the war on terror, as being secretly in league with the Damascus-based radical Khaled Meshaal.   A high-placed Israeli source commented: “All these years Israel was guided by the knowledge that Meshaal was sponsored by Damascus and more recently Tehran. We now learn the entire Hamas leadership also enjoyed the patronage of the Hashemite court in Amman. It has been a real shock.” ...The compilers of the Israeli intelligence report question the consistency of Jordan on the one hand contributing to a military force supposed to bolster Palestinian moderates while at the same time backing Hamas. They also ask, according to DEBKAfile’s sources, if Jordan can be relied on to select non-Hamas members for the Palestinian unit designed to offset Hamas’ military strength. Were Hamas infiltrators weeded out? And can Jordanian officials be trusted not to leak the force’s secrets to Hamas?   The ties between the royal house and Hamas, according to Israeli intelligence researchers, have always been managed by Muslim Brotherhood leaders close to the throne.

Assad confirms Israeli talks
Haaretz 2007/4/21
Syrian President Bashar Assad confirmed that Syria has been conducting secret negotiations with Israel in recent years, as reported by Haaretz in January. In an interview published yesterday in the Saudi newspaper Al-Jazira, Assad said that international envoys had shuttled between Syria and Israel, carrying each country's point of view regarding peace to the other. ...

King Receives Arab League Secretary General
Jordan News Agency 2007/3/20
...King Abdullah II said it was important to come up with resolutions that unify the Arab stance on the various challenges and activate joint Arab action over the next stage, during the Arab summit, which will be held in Riyadh later this month.   During a meeting with the Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa, His Majesty said the Arab summit was the best opportunity to achieve an Arab consensus on ways to push the Middle East peace process forward in the near future. ...
The king speaks to the Arab League Secretary General on behalf of all Arabs and their aspirations.  Again he is their mouthpiece.

Arab League Chief calls on Israel to present its own peace initiative
Haaretz 2007/3/20
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa urged Israel on Tuesday to be more proactive in restarting the stalled Mideast peace talks following the creation of a new Palestinian unity government.   The Fatah and Hamas movements agreed to form the new government three days ago, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has refused to deal with the government until accepts international demands that it recognize Israel, renounces violence and abide by past peace deals.   Israel's stance puts it at odds with the U.S. and the European Union, who have signaled a willingness to deal with moderate members of the new government, while continuing to condition the resumption of direct financial aid on acceptance of the three conditions.   "We expect an offer by Israel," Moussa told reporters after talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib. He did not provide details on the kind of initiative the Arab League hopes for from Israel. ...