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It's called the Arab Spring, but it ap-
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the arms of the prophesied one-world
government and the Glo bal Winter
called the Great Tribulation.
14 Is Sodomy A Civil Right?
By Irvin Baxter
Many people contend that same-sex
marriage is a civil right. Yet, God de-
stroyed Sodam and Gomorrah for the
sin of sodomy. Which is right?
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The Bible prophesies that when it deal to grant the Palestinian request, it still will have eternal life and rule as kings
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a sharing arrangement, the final seven unde r the sole control of the Palestinians. In 1968, Irvin Baxter Jr. discovered
years to Armageddon will begin. These a re This would be con trary to the prophecy. the United States and other modern
the ve ry two issues that will be presented The likely outcome of the pending nations in the Bible. He also found the
to the UN on September 23rd. head-on coll ision at the UN will be the Berlin Wall in the Bible and that one
day it was to be torn down, re-uniting
following:
Germany, and that event would be
What Will Happen? 1. The US m ight broker a last-minute the catalys t to spark an international
The United States has promised that it dea l to delay the vote or to co n vince the movement called the "New World
will veto the request of the Palestinians if Palestinians to drop their plan for now. Order." These things have now come
it comes before the UN Security Cou n ciL 2. The General Assembly cou ld vote in to pass. Irvin Baxter Jr., a Pentecostal
ministe r, began Endtime Ministries in
Consequently, the Palestinians are con- favo r of the Palestinians. This would not
1986 when he wrote A Message For
side rin g aVoiding this sh owdown with the g ra nt UN membersh ip but could lead to The President, a book explaining the
US by taking thei r case directly to the UN resolut ions demanding that Israel with- major prophecies of the Bible which
Gene ral Assembly where the US has no draw from what the majority of nat ions he had been teaching since 1968. After
veto power. It is almost ce rtain that the have recogn ized as "occupied te rr ito ry: the fall of the Berlin Wall, prophetic
fulfillment accelerated rapidly. The
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However, only the Secu rity Council against Israeli leaders, as have been filed is to explain the prophecies of the Bible
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ship and recognition of statehood to the Sudan's Omar al-Bashir. fulfilled in intricate detail. Articles
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to the editor
Q. r recently saw you on television and let me say that A. This is not a physical gate. Jesus, during His sermon on
I enjoyed the pmgram very much. But, what interested the mount, used this illustration to explain that the plan of
me the most was the comment you made concerning the salvation is very specific and that there is only one way into
tribulation. I have always been taught that the tribulation the kingdom of God. For instance, Jesus told Nicodemus,
period hegins when the Antichrist negotiates a seven year • ... Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
peace agreement in the Middle East. But, in the middle of of God.~ As you can see, He was very dear that there is only
the seven years, the An tichrist will break the treaty and tha t one way to be saved. So when Jesus said, "... strait is the
will bring God's wrath on us for t he remaining three and gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and
one-half years. In my mind, that would give us seven years few there be that find it," He was simply teaching them that
of tribulation. Can you please explain, using scripture, why there is only one "spiritual gate", or plan of salvation, that
you think there is only for ty two months or three and one- enters into the kingdom of God and eternal life.
half years of tribulation? - Raymond
Q. The Bible says that Jesus is coming as a thief in the
A. Absolutely. There is a final seven year period, just before night and that no man knows the hour or the day of His
the second coming of Jesus, called Daniel's 70th week. This return. But, I have also heard that the two witnesses are
is triggered by a peace agreement that will confirm Israel's raised after being dead for three and one-half days and that
right to exist. It's called the Confirmation of the Covenant. this event coincides with the second coming of the Lord. If
This is referring to God's covenant with Abraham (Genesis this is true, then we could almost predict when he WaS going
15:18) tha t the land in which Israel dwells today would be to come. Which is right? - Randall
his and his descendants' forever.
So, there is a final seven-year period, but the Great A. The answer is found in I Thessalonians 5:2-5. The apostle
Tribulation does not begin with the signing of that Paul wrote to the church and said, "For yourselves know
covenant, or the confirmation thereof. It begins with the perfectly tha t the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in
"Abomination of Desolation," which occurs in the middle of the night.. .. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that
the final seven years according to Daniel 9:27. day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of
How do we know? Jesus told His disciples in Matthew light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night,
24:15-21, "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of nor of darkness.~ So He's only coming as a thief in the nigh t
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the to those who are not expecting Him, who do not under-
holy place... Then let them which be in Judaea fl.ee into the stand the prophecies of the Bible and who are not watching
mountains ... For then shall be great tribulation, such as was for Him. That is why Paul was very specific when he told the
not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor Thessalonians in chapter 5, that day will not come upon you
ever shall be.~ From this passage alone, it is clear to see that as a thief.
the tribulation only lasts three and one-half years.
However, on that particular program, I gave five Q. Will the Antichrist be an actual man or a system? I have
specific passages: Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 12:6, been taugh t both ways, and it seems very confusing.
Revelation 13:5 and of course, Matthew 24:15-21, which - Isaiah
prove conclusively that there is only three and one-half
years of tribulation. A. The Antichrist will be a man. How do we know?
Revelation 19:20 says that the beast, which is synonymous
Dear Irvin, with the Antichrist, and the False Prophet will be cast into
I am so happy that your ministry is exploding! I have been the lake of fire. How do you cast a system into the lake
listening to you since you were on the radio here in Dallas, of fire? Furthermore, we know that the powerbase of the
years ago. Now I watch your "End of The Age" television Antichrist will be the re-born Holy Roman Empire. During
program. Please give my love and prayers to you and yours. the first 1,000 years of the Holy Roman Empire, from BOO
- Kathleen AD until1B06 AD, there were always two leaders. One was
the leading political figure from Europe and the other was a
Q. Matthew 7:13-14 says, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: spiritual leader from Italy, every single time. It was always a
for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to man as a political leader and a man as a spiritual leader. So
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because why should we expect, in a present day re-born Holy Roman
strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth Empire, for it to all of a sudden become a system? Sure,
un to life, and few there be tha t find it." Have you ever found there is a one-world system that will be the power base of
out where the gate is or what it is? the Antichrist, but the Antichrist himself will actually be
- Darren a man. cont. on pg. 9
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in the United States of America, because the national ID
Q. If I have a social security number, have I taken the mark system simply puts the mechanism in place for the mark of
of the beast? - Mike the beast.
There are two things that you should never do to insure
A. We know that social security was the fi rst step down a that you do not take the mark of the beast. They are: (1)
slippery slope. It was around 1935 that people began to get Don't ever take a mark on you r body or inject a chip unde r
social security numbers. However, there was so much re- your skin. (2) Never pledge allegiance to any man outside
sistance to it from religious people, wondering if it was the of Jesus Christ or to a one-world governmental system,
mark of the beast, that the government actually stamped on the United Nations. Furthermore, I would go so far as to
the cards: ~Not to be used for identification." After the furor say that if they take "Under God" out of our pledge of
over giving everyone a number died down, "Not to be used allegiance, then you should not do that either. Jesus Christ
for identification" was omitted from the SS cards. But, the must be our highest allegiance with no exception what-
numbering system still remains. soever.
Is the current social security numbering system the
mark of the beast? No. But it was the first step toward the Q. Matthew 24:22 says, "And except those days should be
prophesied numbering system. On May 11, 2005, President shortened, there should no Besh be saved: but for the elect's
George W. Bush signed the Real ID Act into law. This law sake those days shall be shortened: Does this happen be-
forces every person to have an identification card in order to fore or during the Great Tribulation? - Paul
By, visit a federal building, open a bank account, and it will
soon be req uired to hold a job. Once it is required to hold a A. There is another pro phecy about the shortening of days
job, then a person would not be able to buy or sell without in Revelation 8 which says, "And the fourth angel sounded,
the card and the numbe r, since you can't buy or sell without and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third
a job. part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the
The assignment of ID cards to individuals is not just third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for
happening in the United States. It is being implemented all a third part of it, and the night likewise: This appears to
over the world. For instance, Bangladesh is getting ready be the same prophecy as Matthew 24:22. If that is the case,
to issue 90 million national ID cards. India has just ordered then we know it has already happened, since we know that
enough fo r every person of thei r 1.2 billion population. the Third and Fifth Trumpets have already occurred. And it
China is in the process of issuing ID cards to all of its citi- certainly seems like everything has been speeded up.
zens as well. Altogether, about 100 nations already have a Matthew 24:22 is included in the prophecy abou t the Great
compulsory nationallD, and most of the others are moving Tribulation period. However, it does not specifically say
rapidly to get one. when the shortening of days will happen. Since I do believe
So, the mark of the beast is not here yet, but the mech- that Matthew 24:22 is the same as Revelation 8 under the
anism for the mark of the beast is being set up very rapidly. Fourth Trumpet, therefore, I believe this prophecy has
That's the reason we need to stop a national ID system here already occurred. e
10. -
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ranklin D. Roosevelt said, wIn politics, nothing hap- Spring and why they pla nned it unless we understand these
F pens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was
planned that way."
If what President Roosevelt said is true, then wha t was the
four fac tors.
Responsibility To PJ"otect
plan behind the revolution called the -Arab Spring", and In 2005, I attended the UN's World Summit as an aco-edited
who planned it? journalist represe nting Endtime magazine and Endtime
Four factors have surfaced repeatedly in the news Ministries' radio talk program, ~Politics & Religion".
reports about the Arab Spring: As I sat in the UN's press room with Reu ters, Associ-
1. Responsibility To Protect ated Press, AI Jazeera, and other news representatives from
2. The International Criminal Court around the world, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan entered
3. NATO as the enforcement arm of the UN for the press conference to report on the Outcome Docu-
4. Oil ment for the 2005 World Summit. (An Outcome Document
It's impossible to understand who planned the Arab is the summation of agreements reached at a summit.)
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11. While acknowledging that some goals anticipated by WITH THIS ONE SIMPLE OUTCOME
the press had not been reached, Annan s tated that some- DOCUMENT ••. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
times we should see the glass as half full, not half empty_
NATIONS CEASED TO EXIST.
He proceeded to disclose that the nations had agreed to an
his toric expansion of power for the UN. This new power was intervene in the domes tic affairs of any nation. With this
called the -Responsibility To Protect.- one simple Outcome Document, the limitations on UN
As I sat in the press conference listening to Annan's power were swept aside, and the sovereignty of nations
explanation, I knew immediately why he was placing so ceased to exist.
much importance on this new power to be exercised by the Responsibili ty To Protect simply states that, if a
International Community. government commits genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes
The constitution of the United Nations specifically against humanity, or war crimes against its own people, the
limited the world government body to arbitrating between World Community has an obligation to protect the people
sovereign nations. The UN was specifically fo rbidden to from their government, using whatever means necessary,
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12. including force, to bring about regime change. And, by the THE PRESIDENT OF THE US HAD
way, the UN is the prosecutor, the jury, and the judge in JUST ENDORSED TAKING GLOBAL
deciding whether these "cri mes against humanity" have
been committed.
GOVERNANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
Few people in 2005 unde rstood the quan tum shift Among the inner circle of those advocating a system of
that had just taken place in the world's power structu re. global governance, it was felt that the time was ripe for set-
However, the reality of the power shift to a system of world ting up an international court to enforce international law.
government is now being felt in earnest with the emergence On September 22, 1997, President Bill Clinton stepped
of the Arab Spring. to the podium of the United Nations to welcome the world's
The drill goes something like this: leaders to New York for the 52nd session of the UN General
1. Demonstrations against the targeted government Assembly. His speech contained the usual diplomatic greet-
are fomented by social media, inciting people to take to the ings and pleasantries.
streets. Toward the end of the speech came the bombshell!
2. The demonstrators demand changes that can only be "Before the century ends, we should establish a permanent
granted by the abdication of the government. international criminal court."
3. The government feels it now has no recourse except The heads-of-state present that day fully understood
to dispe rse the demonst rators by force. that the President of the most powerful na tion on earth had
4. Fatalities occur and are publicized by the world's just endorsed taking global governance to the next level.
media, creating the justification for intervention under the Immediately, the international advocates swung into
Responsibility To Protect clause. high gear. The Preparatory Committee completed its work
5. The UN passes a resolu tion approving economic on the draft of the constitution for the court in April of
sanctions and, if necessary, military force against the 199B. Then came the international conference to finalize the
government of the targe ted nation. charter of the International Criminal Court. The conference
6. NATO, which has now become the military enforce- ran from June lS- July 17, 1998. On July 17, 199B, the na'
ment arm of the UN, moves to assist the demonstrators in tions represented at the conference voted 120-7 to approve
the toppling of the government. the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
7. The UN provides assistance to rebuild the nation in Another very big shoe had dropped in the march towa rd
the image of the New World Order. one-world government that had begun with the founding of
8 . A warrant is issued from the International Criminal the United Nations in 1945.
Court for the arrest of the head-of-state, thus making him Four categories of crimes were placed under the power
a fugitive while sending a warning to all other national of the ICC for prosecution: Genocide, Crimes against
leaders of what could happen to them if they do not bow humanity, War crimes, and Crimes of aggression. Because
the knee to the will of the global governance of the Interna- a defini tion of Crimes of aggression could not be agreed
tional Community. upon by the nations, it was decided that Crimes of aggres-
9. The international oil cartel moves in to "help" the sion would not be prosecuted until the definition could
newly formed government administer the oil resources. be settled. The intended definition by authors of the ICC
"To the victors go the spoils." constitution was: Any war begun without previous approval
of the United Nations Security Council would be considered
a crime of aggression.
If power to prosecute crimes of aggression had been in
place in 2003, both George W. Bush and Tony Blair could
have been prosecuted by the court for the invasion of Iraq
without UN approval. UN Secretary General at the time,
Kofi Annan, ac tually stated that he believed the invasion of
Iraq was an illegal war.
ARREST WARRANTS FOR TWO
HEADS-OF-STATE HAVE BEEN
ISSUED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
The ICC statute was ratified by the required sixty
nations by April 11, 2002, and the forma tion of the court's
structures began in earnest. On March 11, 2003, the court's
UN Sec .... tary Ge"" ral Kofio Annan in,rodu«d "R •• pon.ibilty To Pro'«'" at the first eighteen judges were sworn in. The Court issued its
2005 UN Wo,ld Summit.
first arrest warrants on July B, 2005.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) We have now seen the International Criminal Court in
The campaign for a permanent world court that could place action. Arrest warrants for two heads-of-state have been
individuals, including kings and presidents, on trial was on. issued in the last two years.
The World Federalist Association, whose openly avowed goal In 2009, the ICC issued a warrant for the arrest of
is a one-world government, was happily leading the charge. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against
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13. the middle of the night and taken to The Hague where he
was placed on trial before the world court. His trial lasted
for four years. Milosevic died during the proceedings before
a verdkt could be rendered.
The evolving role of NATO in world affairs is clearly
demons trated by its recent actions in Libya.
On February 15, 2011, the government of Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi a rrested human rights activist
Fethi Tarbel. This sparked a riot in the city of Benghazi
and marked the beginning of the Arab Spring revolution in
Libya.
Protests escalated into an uprising that spread across
the country, with the forces opposing Gaddafi establishing a
government based in Benghazi named the National Tran-
sitional Council whose stated goal was to overthrow the
Gaddafi-Ied government and hold democratic elections.
humanity. So far, he has avoided arrest by traveling only in On February 26th, the UN Security Council imposed
those countries that have not signed the ICC treaty. sanctions on Gaddafi and his family, and referred Libya's
In 2011, at the request of the UN Security Council, crackdown on rebels to the International Criminal Court
the ICC issued a warrant for the arrest of Libyan leader (ICC).
Muammar Gaddafi. At the present time he has not yet been So within a mere eleven days of the beginning of the
arrested. demons trations, UN sanctions were imposed and Gaddafi's
crackdown was referred to the ICC for possible prosecu-
WE ARE ALREADY IN WORLD tion. The entire process certainly smacked of a pre-planned
GOVERNMENT, AND ITS REACH IS operation!
GROWING LONGER AND STRONGER On March 17th, the UN Security Council voted to
authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and the enact ment of "all
EACH DAY.
necessary measures" (code fo r military action) to protect
It has become obvious that the International Criminal civilians against Gaddafi's army.
Court is casting its long shadow ac ross the globe. World On March 19th, the first air strikes were launched by
leaders are being forced to consider whether their actions NATO, halting the advance of Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi
violate international law before they implement them. and targeting Libya's air defenses . The pretense was gone.
Resul t? The power of international law is already being im- NATO was now the official military arm of the United
posed upon the leaders of the world. We are already in world Nations.
government, and its reach is growing longer and stronger
each day. THE REGIME OF GADDAFI IS
TOPPLED, AND NATO PROVIDED
NATO Becomes Army Of The UN THE AIR POWER, THE MILITARY
The No rth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed EQUIPMENT, AND THE EXPERTISE
on April 4, 1949. Its purpose was to protect Western Euro- TO BRING IT TO PASS.
pean nations against the spread of communism. The com-
munist bloc responded by forming the Warsaw Pact in 1955. On June 27th, the ICC issued arrest warrants for
These two military entities then faced each other until the Gaddafi, his son Saif ai-Islam and intelligence chief Abdullah
end of the Cold War. al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.
When Mikhail Gorbachev brought his reforms to the For the next two months, NATO escalated its involve-
world, he dissolved the Warsaw Pact, saying that he was ment in the war against Gaddafi. It bombed his compound,
depriving the West of an enemy. Many expected NATO to supplied millions of dolla rs in arms to the rebels, and finally
follow suit and disband. But it didn't. supplied advisors on the ground to train and lead the rebels.
With the disappearance of the Warsaw Pact, NATO By early September, the rebels had taken the Libyan
became the world's most lethal military alliance, but it had capital of Tripoli and Gaddafi was running for his life. As we
no mission. go to press, the latest reports are saying tha t a large convoy
NATO's new purpose began to emerge when a military of Libyan soldiers has crossed the border into Niger. It is
arm was needed to enforce the will of the World Community speculated that Gaddafi may be among them, but no one
on Bosnia. knows for sure at the moment.
Then when Yugoslavian President Siobodan Milosevic One thing is sure. The regime of Gaddafi is toppled, and
(be he saint or be he devil) became an obstacle to the inte- NATO provided the air power, the military equipment, and
gration of Yugoslavia into the European Union, President the expertise to bring it to pass.
Bill Clinton, using NATO forces, orchestrated the war that The question that mus t be asked is why? Why did the
drove Milosevk from power and resulted in the absorption World Community act so decisively, and why did the US
of Yugoslavia into the EU. Milosevic was then kidnapped in (Ont. on pg. 22
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14.
15. he word sodomy comes directly God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornica - As I listened to these words, I
T from the Bible. Sodam a nd Go-
morrah were two cities known
for being so sinful that God decided
tors, rlor idolaters, rlor adulterers, nor
homosexuals, rlo r sodomites, nor thieves,
rlor covetous, nor drunkards, rlor revilers,
was appalled beyond description! This
twisted statement would be perfectly
no rmal coming from the mayor of
to destroy the m. The prominent sin of rlor extortiorlers will inherit the kingdom Sodom. But from the president of the
Sodam and Gomorrah was the sin of of God. And such were some of you. But United States of America? Unbeliev-
homosexuality. you were washed, but you were sarlctifjed, able!
In the Genesis chapte r 18-19 but you were justified irl the name of the President Obama continued, "Do
account, God sent two angels to lead Lord Jesus arid by the Spirit of our God. 8 not doubt the direction we are headed
Abraham's nephew Lot and his family Notice that the Apostle Paul gives and the destination we will reach ... For
out of Sodam before it was destroyed. quite a list of sins that will result in despite the real gains tha t we've made,
The me n of the dty, being aware that a person being excluded from the there's (sic) still laws to change and
two male guests were visiting Lot, sur- kingdom of God and eternal life. Paul there's (sic) still hearts to open .~
rounded Lot's home demanding that warns us: "Do not be deceived .~ It is obvious that President Obama
the men he made available to them for Paul knew 2,000 years ago tha t a is dete rmined to use the bully pulpit
homosexual acts. This is how homosex- time would come when people would of the presidency to turn America into
uality became referred to as sodomy. be deceived into believing a person Sodom II. He has openly opposed the
Several scriptures describe homo- could lead a sinful lifes tyle and still be Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and
sexuality as an abomina tion to God. saved. Paul warned, ~Don't be de- is advocating its repeal. He sent spe-
Leviticus 20:13 in the Old Testament ceived." Adul terers will not be saved. cial congratulations to the same-sex
states: People who worship false gods will couples that married when a California
~If a marl also lie with rmmkind, as not be saved. Homosexuals will not court ruled same-sex marriage legal,
he lieth with a woman, both of them halle be saved. Don't be deceived by the while hypocritically maintaining that
committed arl abomination: they shall vai n philosophies of men rather than he did not favor same-sex marriage.
surely be put to death; their blood shall be believing the teachings of the Holy
upon them. 8 Scriptures. Is sodomy a civil right?
In the New Testament, Romans The argument goes like this. Homosex-
1:26-28 add resses the subject of homo- Open sodomite chosen to pray at uals are a minority that is discriminat-
sexuality: the inaugural s ervice ! ed agains t just like African-Americans.
~For this cause God gave them up How could it possibly happen in Amer- This argument hinges on believing that
Urlto vile affections: for even their women ica? It was hard to believe, but there homosexuals are born homosexual,
did change the natural use into that it was in front of the entire nation! just like African-Americans are born
which is against nature: And likewise Homosexual Episcopalian Bishop Gene black.
also the men, leaVing the rlatural use Robinson was delibera tely chosen to But there's a problem. If homo-
of the womarl, burned in their lust one pray at one of the inaugural services. sexuals are uborn that way,Hthen are
toward another; men with men workirlg It appeared that President-elect Barack pedophiles "born that way?" And
that which is urlseemly, arid receillirlg irl Obama was dete rmined to rub the should pedophilia be a civil right? How
themselves that rewmpense of their error noses of Bible-believing Christians in about bestiality?
which was meet. Arid even as they did not the dirt! An open sodomite chosen to And if they are born that way, why
like to retairl God in their knowledge, God lead the nation to the throne of God! would God say that they must repent
gave them over to a reprobate mirld, to do How twisted! How perverted! Don't be or they cannot be a part of the king-
those things which are not wrlvenient." deceived. God's word clearly teaches dom of God?
From these passages, it certainly that those who live such lifestyles have
does not appear tha t God con siders no part in the kingdom of God. What determines civil rights?
sodomy a civil right. Conversely, He We are endowed by our creator with
obviously regards homosexuality as Will America beco me Sodom II? certain unalienable rights. Among
an offense against society and agains t At the 2009 annual conference of the these are life, liberty and the pursuit
Himself. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans- of happiness. Our forefathers did not
gender), cleverly called the Human include sodomy in the list of unalien-
Can homosexuals be saved accord- Righ ts Campaign, President Obama able rights . As a matter of fact, sodomy
ing to the Bible? was the featured speaker. His remarks was a crime in every state in the union
The New Testament scriptures address were absolutely shocking! as late as 1960!
the subject of homosexuality, along How do we know what our rights
with many other sins common in our "You will see a time in which should be? How do we know right from
day. we as a nation finally recog- wrong? Are rights strictly dete rmined
1 Corin thians 6:9-11 explains nize relationships between by the government? Should our rights
God's view of people who live in a sin- two men or two women as just be determined by majority rule? Or is
ful lifestyle: as real and admirable as rela- there a higher authority above human
~Do you not know that the unrigh- tionships between a man and opinion that teaches what our righ ts
teous will riot irlherit the kingdom of a woman," he declared_ should be? (O ,lt. on pg.18
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17.
18. Sodomy - COni. from pg. 15
Our forefathers based our entire
nation upon the fact that there is an "5
Almighty Creator who has declared
certain unalienable rights. If there is
no standard of right and wrong, we
are left to the whims of the political
administration in power at the time.
King David in the Bible said, "Thy word
have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin agains t thee." (Psalm 119:11)
The proponents of sodomy and
same-sex marriage claim these actions
are civil rights. God claims they are
perversions against nature, God, and a
person's own body.
President Obama had the pride
and the audacity to unilaterally declare
that the United States is not a Chris-
tian nation, as though his saying it
...
.-
made it true. I'm sure his purpose
is to shake America from its biblical allow homosexuals to be pastors, as these actions that are directly against
foundation so that he can "change~ us well as hold any other office within the God's word, both Old and New Testa-
into the secular humanistic nation tha t denomination. This was all justified in ments.
he envisions . If we do not return to the name of love.
biblical values in this nation, he will be But how does God look at this? Appeal to Congress:
successful in his purpose. His word instructs us to "Love not Are there any God-fearing congress-
The United States Constitution the world, neither the things that are men left in the Untied States govern-
was based on Judeo-Christian teach- in the world. For if any man love the ment? Are there any left that have not
ings. Our entire system of law has its world, the love of the Father is not in sold their souls in the name of political
foundation in the Bible, and this has him." (1 John 2:15) expediency? If there are, it is time fo r
been the secret of the greatness of this How can Christians, in the name you to stand up and be counted- now!
country. As we have forsaken biblical of Christianity, adopt anti-Christian President Obama is determined
values for the present permissiveness, beliefs without becoming unchristian? to reverse the Defense of Marriage
the United States has moved quickly Act (DOMA). He is determined that
into decline. Do Americans want to become America will become one huge Sodom
Sodom II? and Gomorrah. Dear Congressman:
Can Christians embrace While President Obama pursues his Will you let that happen? If you do,
homosexuality? one-man campaign to make sodomy you too will reap the judgment of God
We are now seeing entire "Christian~ acceptable to the American people, as sure as the sun rises in the east and
denominations endorsing the gay Americans are not buying it. President goes down in the west. The time for
agenda . The Evangelical Lutheran Obama is totally out of touch with courage and conviction is now. Please
Church of America recently voted to the American people who still have do not sell out to political expediency!
respec t for the Bible. Thirty-one s tates America needs you now while we can
have vo ted on the issue of same-sex yet return to mo ral sanity.
marriage. Thirty-one states have voted Congress, Mr. President: We are
that it is wrong and unacceptable in praying for you. Please have the cour-
the United States of America. The only age to keep America as one nation,
states that have approved same-sex under God. e
marriage have done it either through
the liberal court system or through Editor-'s PlDte: "This artic/t was origi nally
their legislatures. published in thl' Mar(h/ApriI2010 I'dition of
As sure as God sent judgment to Endtime MagaZine . However. due to the criti-
Sodom and Gomorrah, God will send cal nad for this information, thl' decision was
judgment against President Obama made to republish it:
and all tha t agree with these actions
that are an abomination to Almighty
God.
Dear Mr. President, please repent
and humbly ask God's fo rgiveness for
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21. What gives the ICC the right to Only one question have been arrested there under
issue arrest warrants for citizens of an International Criminal Court
a sovereign nation and, worse yet, remains to be asked ... warrant. ~Crimes against humanity
to send NATO troops to enforce and war crimes must not go un-
such warrants? Has the ICC set a If the United Nations, punished,~ said EU foreign policy
p£ecedent, with actions in Libya, for chief, Catherine Ash ton, "and their
future enforcement of International working together with prosecution must be ensured by
Law? Is it possible that, in the near measures at both domestic and
future, a sitting US president could
the ICC to administer international levels."
be arrested and tried at The Hague
court? Suppose there were violent
international laws and Earlier in June, al·Bashir had
been given a red-carpet welcome
demonstrations in the United with NATO to enforce by Chinese President Hu Jinta.
States, and law enforcement was "Mr. Bashir, you are a guest who
accused of excessive force. Is the ICC its arrest warrants, has traveled fmm afar, and we
capable of issuing an arrest warrant welcome you,~ Hu said in opening
for an American governor or local is not a world govern- remarks. He added tha t he hoped
police chief? the talks would help bolster the
If so, only one question remains ment, then what is? "traditionally friendly relations~
to be asked ... If the United Nations, between the two countries. Human
working together with the ICC to Rights Watch, based in New York,
administer international laws and with NATO to enforce its viewed Bashir's trip as "an affront to victims of heinous
arrest warrants, is not a world government, then what is? crimes committed in Darfur."
Texas Execution Broke International Law, Says UN Gaddafi.'s Impunity and the Court's Validity
Official What do these crimes against humanity charges mean for
In July, 2011, Texas Governor Rick Perry defied the United Gaddafi if warrants from the ICC do not result in his appre-
Nations. He rejected a request from the United Nations hension and trial? Some have claimed that his arrest could
to commute the execution of Mexican citizen Humberto actually be a hindrance to peace in Libya, and that if Gaddafi
Garcia to life in prison, and authorized the execution to came to the United States, he hypothetically would not be
pmceed. A United Nations human rights official, Navi Pillay, arrested on those charges since the US is not a signatory to
accused the United States of breaking international law. the ICC treaty.
Thus, in attempting to capitalize on the situation to boost Relations started crumbling between the African Union
his conservative law ·and-order credentials, Governor Perry and the International Criminal Court after t he indictment
may have opened himself to the scrutiny of international of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The African Union
law and ICC proceedings. loudly condemned the indictment of al-Bashir and Gad-
dafi, and accused the ICC of pandering to the whims of the
Arrest Warrants for Two Sitting Heads of State Uni ted Nations Security Council. At an African Union sum-
Muammar Gaddafi was willing to plunge his country into mit in Equatorial Guinea, African leaders resolved not to
war to preserve power. In a dangerous power grab, the comply with the arrest warrant against Muammar Gaddafi.
International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Despite their outstanding warrants of arrests, Gaddafi and
Libyan leader, along with his son and his military intelli- al-Bashir can travel freely around the African continent and
gence chief. The warrants are for crimes against humanity, there is nothing the ICC can do abou t it. Or so we thought
crimes Gaddafi allegedly committed against political op- until NATO decided to invade Libya.
ponents. This is the second time in the court's nine· year his- This is the test of the Court's effectiveness and valid-
tory that it has issued an arrest warrant for a sitting head of ity. The ICC reportedly has no police force and is supposed
state. The other is Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The to depend on national authorities and states that have
ICC indicted al-Bashir in 2009 for orchestrating genocide in signed up to the court to make arrests. However, with the
the Darfur region, where as many as 300,000 people have recent actions taken by NATO on behalf of the ICC, we may
died since 2003. A1-Bashir is not facing trial for war crimes be watching a new world army taking shape. It seems as if
at The Hague because he has not been apprehended and is the ICC must prove itself to the naysayers who continue to
still ruling as the President of Sudan. question the court's relevance. Is it effectively performing
Other arrest warrants have also been issued by the ICC a vital role, or is it merely another extension of the world
against current government officials and former heads- planners' quest to put the machinery in place for a future
of-state for such crimes as murder, forcible transfer, rape, one-world government?
persecution, crimes against humanity and using children to
actively participate in hostilities. An Increasing Compromise of National Sovereignty
In 2002, the Bush administration pulled out of the treaty
Omar al-Bashir's Red -Carpet Welcome to establish the International Criminal Court. By formally
On August 8, 2011, the European Union expressed concern renouncing its obligations as a signatory to the 1998 Rome
about a visit to Chad by Omar al-Bashir, saying he should cont. on P8. 24
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22. Arab Spring . CO n!. from pg. 13 WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S
provide NATO with all necessary means to bring about the FIRE; AND WHERE THERE'S WAR,
regime change in Libya? THERE'S OIL.
Oil contains much more sulfur. Swap in Saudi oil for missing
US Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the former chairman of the Libyan oil and you end up maxing out world refinery capac-
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global ity and hiking downstream prices for gasoline.
Warming, told MSNBC that a primary reason for the inter- Rising oil prices are considered a major th reat to the US
vention in Libya was oil. economic recovery. So if you're looking for an explanation
".. .It all goes back to the 5 million barrel~ of oil that we for Western willingness to intervene in Libya, there you
import from (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting have it. Instability in Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain or Yemen has
Countries) on a daily basis," he told MSNBC. Libya, before little potential for upsetting world energy markets . Libya is
the war, was responsible for slightly more than 4 percent of a major player. What happens there can and will affect the
the OPEC's output, amounting to about 1,600,000 barrels global economy.
per day. The problems between the US and Libya probably
But the quality of Libya's oil may be more important began last year when Obama supported Switzerland after
than the sheer volume of production. Libya's "sweet light Swiss authorities arrested Gaddafi's son. At that time Libya
crude" oil is extremely low in sulfur content, which makes it claimed it would begin to favor Russia and China in oil and
highly desirable in global markets. It's cleaner burning and gas deals.
easier to refine into gasoline. Saudi Arabian oil, in contrast, When Western oil companies fled as unrest flared in
Libya earlier this year, Gaddafi invited Chinese, Russian,
US REP. ED MARKEY, D-MASS., and Indian firms to fill the void. "We are ready to bring
THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE Chinese and Indian companies to replace Western ones,"
SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENERGY he said.
Of the West, Gaddafi said, "We do not trust their firms.
INDEPENDENCE AND GLOBAL WARM- They have conspired against us .~ That is, except for Germa-
ING, TOLD MSNBC THAT A PRIMARY ny. "'The Germans have taken a very good position toward
REASON FOR THE INTERVENTION us, very different from many other important countries in
IN LIBYA WAS OIL. the West," he said, asserting tha t Germany was the only
23. Western country with whom he could foresee doing busi- obviously means the end of national sovereignty, as we have
ness in the future. known it.
Is it a strange coincidence that Russia, China, India, The Romans used to crucify enemies of the state along
and Germany - all countries with the ability to strike oil busy roads. They wanted the people to observe the fate
deals with Gaddafi - were the ones that abstained from the of those who resisted the Romans' global rule. Fear was
UN Security Council resolution authorizing intervention? invoked to insure obedience.
Brazil, who has billions of dollars of contracts in Libya, also The World Community is using prosecution before the
abstained. International Criminal Court for the exact same purpose.
So did the US-Libya Business Association press the The message to the world's heads-of·s tate is coming through
US government to intervene in the hopes that US oil and with no room for misunderstanding: "Resist the will of the
gas companies could strike better deals with a successor International Community, and you will end up before The
regime? And if so, is this a primary though overlooked Hague on charges of crimes against humanity."
reason for the US intervention? The question is certainly For many years, the United Nations was regarded as
worth asking! somewhat of a paper tiger. But no more! The whole world
The informa tion manager a t the rebel-controlled Arabi- now knows tha t the UN has a powerful army at its disposal
an Gulf Oil Company expressed the new regime's intentions that no one is able to resist. The bombs of NATO falling on
going forward : "We don't have a problem with Western the armies of Muammar Gaddafi sent that message loud
countries like the Italians, French and UK companies. But and clear.
we may have some political issues with Russia, China and Finally, the US has demonstrated that access to the
Brazil.~ Those last three countries weren't involved in the world's oil s upplies must be protected at any cost. Whoever
NATO mission in Libya. controls the oil resources of the world, controls the world.
Where there's smoke, there's fire; and where there's Iraq is about oil. Afghanistan is about oil. Libya is
war, there's oil. about oil.
It's called the Arab Spring, but it appears to be
So what ia the me • • age of the Arab Spring? leading us straight into the arms of the prophesied one-
The Arab Spring is being exploited to showcase the World world government and the Global Winter called the Great
Community's newly claimed power-The Responsibility To Tribula tion. e.
Protect (some see it as the Right To Invade). This new power
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lee · cont. from pg. 21 ICC 's Jurisdiction: ity To Protect " literally meant the end
Statute that was signed by President "Complementarity" of national sovereignty, since the UN
Clinton, the administration, in effect, The underlying intent of the draft arbitrarily decides when these crimes
"unsigned~ the treaty. John Bolton, statute of the Rome Treaty is that have been committed. Once the World
as Undersecretary of State for Arms the International Criminal Court will Community decides that interven-
Control and Internatio nal Security, extend its jurisdiction over only "the tion in the internal affairs of a state
opposed the Rome Stiltute, arguing most serious crimes of concern to the is cailed for, the subsequent military
that the ICC compromises US constitu- In ternational Com munity as a whole .~ action almos t always results in the
tional guarantees and US sovereignty, The principle of "complementarity" change of the regime.
and could be used to pursue politically- means that the Court would concern
motivated pm secution of US troops itself only in cases where States do not The Crime of Genocide
stationed overseas, It should be noted exercise their national jurisdiction, Mr. Bashir is accused of "genocide by
that the ICC and its prosecutors are whether this is because they are unable killing, genocide by causing serious
not under United Nations Security or unwilling to do so. The ICC extends bodily or mental ha rm and genocide
Council control, whe re Washington has its jurisdiction to crimes of genocide, by deliberately inflicting on each target
veto power. aggression, wa r crimes, crimes against group conditio ns of life calculated to
Before non-member nations are human ity, and terrorism. bring about the group's physical de-
lulled into a false sense of security, struc tion," said a statement from the
they should be aware that the court is The Responsibility To Protect ICC. In essence, genocide is interpreted
increasingly fi nding pretense to claim During the 2005 General Assembly as an act intended to destroy or cause
jurisdiction even over citizens of coun- World Summit, wo rld leaders decided physical or mental harm to "a national,
tries that are not party to the treaty. that the Wo rld Community has the ethnical, racial or religious group."
Human Rights advocates claimed tha t responsibility to protect populations
the decision to "unsign ~ the treaty was from genocide, war cri mes, ethnic Christians Guilty of Genocide?
an empty, largely symbolic gesture, cleansing and crimes against humanity Generally, mos t of us would agree
since the treaty already gives almos t when perpetrated by their own govern- that causing physical ha rm to a group
"universal jurisdiction.» me nts. This new claim of "Responsibil- of people is bad. What about mental
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25. harm? World planners tend to see 4:12). A Bible-believing Christian is people. An estimated 4.7 million Iraqis
conflict between religious or ethnic then, by definition, guilty of religious have fled their homes. That is a total of
groups as one of the main causes of exclusiveness or according to the about 6 million human beings killed or
war. Speaking against a person's race, United Nations, guilty of genocide. displaced by the autho rization of Presi-
sexual orientation or religion is cons id- dent George Bush and Prime Minister
ered to be causing harm to that person The Crime of Aggre•• ion Tony Blair.
and the members of his group. In 1974, the United Nations General Estimated deaths, on the other
In his book "Perestroika,~ Mikhail Assembly defined aggression as neces- hand, from Gaddafi.'s Libyan civil war,
Gorbachev stated that we must extir- sarily being the specific actions of one range from 2,000 to 13,000, for the
pate (kiU off) genocide, apartheid and state against another, but also concl ud- period between March 2 and June 28,
religious exclusiveness. Genocide laws ed that individuals responsible for the 2011. The number of people killed in
being enacted around the wo rld in- state's policies could be held account- violence so fa r this year in the Su-
terpret the belief that your particular able for acts of aggression. In other dan, under al-Bashir's reign, has now
religion is the "true way~ as "religious words, states commit aggression fo r exceeded 2,360. In act uality, according
exdusiveness.~ The next logical step which individuals can be held account- to United Nations s tanda rds, George
is to outlaw "religious bigotry.~ The able, whether that involves an attack Bush and Tony Blair, considering their
"Anti-Cult Law· passed in France in by armed forces, military occupation, destructive impact on a certain group
2001 makes such "mental manipula- or armed bands of mercenaries. The of people, are the more appropriate
tion" a crime. In Canada, if you speak ultimate intent is to make it a crime candidates for international arrest.
against homosexuality on the radio, wht;'n any nation takes military action
you could be sentenced to five years in without first obtaining the approval of War Crime.
prison. The time is fast approaching the United Nations. Thew a re four different categories of
when, if you speak against homosexu- According to this globalist view- war crimes under international law:
ality, or try to convert someone to your point, George Bush and Tony Blair's • Grave breaches of the Geneva
religion, you have committed genocide. war against terror would have prob- Conventions.
According to the Bible, salvation ably put them behind bars, since they • Serious violations- largely de-
cannot be found outside of Jesus took actions without United Nations rived from The Hague law- limiting the
Christ. "For there is none other name approval. The United States-led inva- methods of waging war.
under heaven given among men, sion and occupation of Iraq has led to • Specified acts committed against
whereby we must be saved~ (Acts the deaths of an estimated 1.2 million persons taking no active part in the
26. guage to establish such a world court, The Growing Threat to National
but the global judicial plan had to be Sovereignty
postponed until the political climate David Rifkin and Lee Casey, lawyers
was more favorable for global govern· and former Reagan Department of
ment. Justice officials, argued, in a Wash-
ington Post article dated February,
Nuremberg Trials 2007, that US jurisdiction over alleged
When the r ulers of Nazi Germany violations of international law and
were placed on trial in Nuremberg, the US treaties by US citizens- including
precedent was established for the de- our leaders- is exclusive. When they
velopment of a judicial system dealing opposed the United States' ratifica-
with serious crimes of concern to the tion of the enabling statute of the
International Community. Temporary International Criminal Court, they
courts were established to handle the proposed that "the question is whether
situations in Rwanda and Yugoslavia, [internationall law can, or should,
but the United Nations still envisioned be enforced outside national legal
hostilities- such as targeting civilians. a full -time, permanent, international systems that have generally functioned
• Serious non·international viola- law court. well .~ They answered, of course, that
tions, such as pillaging and rape. when it comes to Americans, inter-
It is a crime to t ransfer population Clinton Proposes World Court national law obligations cannot and
out of a territory tha t is taken during President Clinton proposed the estab- should not be enforced anywhere but
war, or to transfer your population lishment of a world court in his 1997 America. The threa t to Americans is
into territory captured in war. Many address to the General Assembly of that, because the prosecution of politi-
understand the applicability of this the United Nations. The International cal leaders is inherently political, the
statute to Israel, because, as of 2009, Criminal Court Conference convened Rome Treaty will be used as a political
the total number of Israeli settlers in in Rome on June 15, 1998, and the weapon against us. American leaders,
"occupied territories' was 516,569. final draft of the International Crimi· Rifkin and Casey argued, should not
nal Court Statute was finished 32 days be subjected to prosecution in foreign
Crimes Against Humanity later. countries for their crimes- only in
Crimes against humanity "do not America.
require a connection to international All Nationals May Be Prosecuted
armed confl.ict: and may include viola- Among the countries which have no t
tions such as murder, rape, torture, signed and ratified the treaty are the
persecution, inhumane acts, etc. United States, India, China, Sudan
and Israel. Even if a country is not a
Terrorism state party to the ICC, in most cases its
Terrorism involves violence intended nationals can be prosecuted. Further-
to create terror, fear, or insecurity, more, the Statute provides that when
hijacking, taking hos tages, and indis- a case is referred to the ICC by the UN
criminate violence producing serious Security Council, all UN member states
injury, death or serious property are obliged to cooperate.
damage.
Kidnapped by the Court, a Danger-
Origins of the International ous Precedent
Criminal Court Statute of Rome A United Nations proceeding, though
The International Criminal Court Stat- not carried out by the International
ue of Rome was ratified in April, 2002. Criminal Court, has set a dangerous
ICC Chier I',osec"tor, Louis Morono·O<ampo, in ~
The Court took permanent jurisdiction precedent. Ex-Yugoslav President Ruel*," in(eTview in Th. Hague , 2001.
worldwide in July of that year. The Slobodan Milosevic was kidnapped at
ICC has begun the enforcement of a night, in June, 2001, and deported The One-World Court
complex system of international law to the United Nations War Crimes World planners promote interdepen-
that has developed since the birth of Tribunal in the Netherlands. Montene- dence and the elimination of borders
the United Nations. grin officials told the Associated Press for the collective good. We proclaim
The United Nations was seen as that Milosevic's extradition was ~illegal independence, self-government and
a world government structure from and unconstitutional" and ~jeopardizes national sovereignty. The International
its foundation in 1945 . The world the functioning of Yugoslavia and its Criminal Court has seized jurisdic-
planners knew that if they were going existence.~ Milosevic was tried at The tion over virtually every individual on
to have their world government, they Hague for crimes against humanity, earth, whether or not the ICC treaty is
would need a world court. The original but died before the trial could reach a ratified by that person's country. Every
United Nations charter included lan- conclusion. act by every head-of-state will become
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27. .-
-
s ubject to its scrutiny. It is a perma·
nent world court sys tem. It des troys
na tional sovereig nty a nd is one of the
largest advances toward a global, anti-
christ government tha t the world has
ever seen.
The Coming World Dictator
According to the Bible, a world govern-
ment system will be establis hed and
be in operation just before the second
coming of Jesus Christ. This same
gove rnment will be ruled by an evil
dictator (the Antichrist). He overcomes
nations, des t roying, pillaging and
murdering those who refuse to yield to
his a uthority. The International Crimi-
nal Court is dearly the enfoTcement
mechanism that will cause everyone to
bow the knee to this d ictator's syste m
of global governance. e
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28. WORLD REVIEW
by Ginger Boerkircher
6TH TRUMPET WATCH sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan. Taiwan stuck to the skin. The wireless device is
continues to be threatened by China's almost invisible. but can perform just
IRAQ BOMB BLASTS ACROSS 13 military build-up and many US and as well as more conventional electronic
CITIES Taiwanese experts have warned that machines. The development could
Synchronized explosions set off Taiwan is losing its advantage of qual- mark a new era in consumer electron-
aCross Iraq killed at least 74 people ity defensive weapons, as well as its ics. The new technology could be used
and wounded 250 more. The bombs military deterrence capability. for things such as medical diagnosis or
were detonated in largely Shia Muslim covert military operations. Tests have
areas. Many of the 13 bombs were ap- HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WATCH already shown that such a system can
parendy detonated by suicide bomb- be used to control a voice-activated
ers. US advisers are wary of the fragile GERMANS DEBATE THE COST OF computer game.
security gains in Iraq unwinding when KEEPING EUROZONE
troops leave. Whether US troops stay German Chancellor Angela Merkel OKLAHOMA WOMAN BATTLES
or go is unlikely to be decided until at has fought the new EU tooth and nail REAL ID
least November. because she knows how unpopular it Kaye Beach of Oklahoma has sparked
was in Germany. She wanted to defend a federal controversy after she re-
WAR TO END ALL MIDEAST WARS the euro, but not to pay the price for fused to renew he r driver's license in
Columnist David Efune says a full - doing so. But that dream has come to protest of new federal ID requirements
scale invasion of Iran is not popular, an end thanks to the financial markets, under the REAL ID Act. Civil liberties
but there is a burgeoning case for inva- which issued an ultimatum to Europe: groups have become incensed over
sion and there's never been a more op- embrace more economic and financial the requirement that all s tate IDs use
portune time. He points out that what integration or face the collapse of the high-resolution photos and finger-
finally solved the financial crisis of the euro and thus the EU. The 17 Euwpean prints for potential biometric identifi-
Great Depression was WWIl. And, he countries that use the euro as their cation. Beach says it's the "hallmark of
says, with strong Republican support common currency have such widely a totalitarian society."
for challenging Iran's nuclear ambition, varying deb t burdens that they cannot
President Obama could spend the next
H
su£vive as a single "eurozone un- THE FACIAL RECOGNITION REVO-
year orchestrating a showdown, which less the stwngest rescue the weakest. LUTION
would help him politically. Without Germany's wealth and credit Your face is about to become big busi-
standing, nothing (an happen. But ness and that has some people excited
MILITARY STEPS IN SYRIA FOR for Germany to give its blessing to a and others worried that a person's con-
BEACHHEAD TO ATTACK IRAN eurozone £es(ue mission, German lead- trol over pdvacy will be gravely eroded.
Moscow's envoy to NATO Dmitry ers would have to compromise on core Facebook, a company with more than
Rogozin has accused the Western alli- principles. 750 million users, rolled out facial -
imce of planning a military campaign recognition technology that is kicking
against Syria to help overthrow the EU TO TIGHTEN SYRIA SANC- up a cloud of protest. Imagine being
Assad £egime ~wi th the long-reaching TIONS able to pull up a resume, Facebook
goal of p£eparing a beachhead for an Several Syrian officials are expected to profile, tax records and vi tal statistics
attack on Iran." He said he ag£eed with be added to a list of individuals whose just by taking a photograph. Consider
the opinion that Syria and later Yemen assets are frozen and who a£e barred how this will change social interaction
could be NATO's last steps on the way from travelling to the EU. As the Syr- on the streets, at a conference, or even
to launching an Iranian attack. the ian regime's brutal security crackdown at an anti-government protest. Police
noose around Iran is tightening," he continues, the EU is also preparing far in a number of states plan to s tart
said. ~Military planning against Iran tougher sanctions than those already using specially equipped iPhones that
is underway. And we are certainly in place. As many as 2,000 Syrians are can scan a face from as much as five
concerned about an escalation of a thought to have been killed by security feet away. Facial recognition software
large-scale war in this huge region." forces since the uprising began. is very accurate in measuring unchang-
ing and unique fadal features even as
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Some 181 members of the Congres- COMPUTERS UNDER OUR SKIN MIDDLE EAST WATCH
sional Taiwan Caucus urged President Before long you may be able to wear
Obama in a lette£ to lift the diplomatic your computer. An ultra-thin and PALESTINIANS SET DATE FOR UN
barriers that have been blocking the flexible electronic circuit can now be STATEHOOD BID
28 www.e ndtime.com JULV/AUG 2011
29. Palestinians will be presenting their PLANS 'DEEPLY TROUBLING' population lives in countries where
bid fo r United Nations membership on The United States says it finds reports it is becoming more difficult to freely
September 23. PA President Mahmoud of fresh plans to expand West Bank practice religion. During the three-year
Abbas plans to personally present the cities deeply troubling and counterpro- period covered by the study, the extent
request to become a full-fiedged state ductive to reviving peace negotiations. of violence and abuse related to reli-
to UN Secre tary General Ban Ki-Moon. The US reaction came after the Israeli gion had increased in most areas. Only
The move will likely set the stage for Defense Ministry announced plans about one percent of the world lives
a showdown with the US, which is to build 277 new homes in the West in countries that saw more religious
expected to veto the bid. Bank. A US State Department official tolerance.
says that because Jerusalem is a ~final
ISRAEL LOOKING INTO REVOK- status issue," its rusposition should be PRAYER BAN BATTLE
INGOSLO decided by the parties in the negotia- The 4th US Circuit of Appeals in Rich-
A team headed by National Security tions. mond, Virginia ruled against a North
Adviser Ya'akov Amidror is looking Carolina county, granting favor to two
into calling off the Oslo Accords in R2P AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE county residents who claimed they
response to the Palestinian Authority's Mark Lagon, adjunct senior fellow in were offended when they heard the
unilateral plan to gain United Nations human righ ts at the Council on For- words ~in Jesus' name" prayed aloud
recognition for an independent state. eign Relations, says that the Respon- during a board meeting. The Anti-
Israeli officials said it is only one of sibility to Protect (R2P), which is a Defamation League (ADL), Americans
the options being considered. The Oslo new international security and human United for Separation of Church and
Accords between Israel and the PLO rights norm, is based on the premise State (AUSCS) and the ACiU praised
were struck between 1993 and 1995, that a government's sovereignty is the court's ruling. The Alliance Defense
and are the legal framework for the really a privilege as much a right, and Fund has offered to handle the case,
relationship between Israel and the that a government forfeits its sover- seeking to take the debate all the way
Palestinian Authority. eignty if it leaves large numbers of its to the US Supreme Court.
own people to be slaughtered, violated,
OTHER ARABS WANT NUCLEAR or dislocated- or, worse, if it's the INTERFAITH ENVIRONMENTAL
WEAPONS active agen t of those atrocities. Lagon CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Iran's race towards a nuclear bomb is said Muammar al-Qaddafi's explicit Christian, Jewish and Muslim lead-
causing its Arab adversaries to con- threats against his own people are an ers in the Holy Land joined forces to
template building their own weapons. archetypical case of "acutely atrocious launch a multi-faith environmental
H
A Saudi official said, "We cannot live autocracy threshold (an "AAAT," one campaign. Among their plans are the
in a situation where Iran has nuclear might say). convening of an international confer-
weapons and we don't." Saudi Prince ence of religious leaders ahead of the
Turki al-Faisal said that the Gulf Co- NASA DATA BLOWS HOLl! IN 2012 United Nations General Assem-
operation Council must s tart ~acquir GLOBAL WARMING bly, a North America public relations
ing the nuclear might to face that of NASA satellite data from the years campaign, and training future clerics
Iran: The GCC includes Sauru Arabia, 2000 through 2011 show the earth's on the importance of environmental
Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the atmosphere is allowing far more heat issues. Rabbi Yonatan Nedl says the
United Arab Emirates, of which Jordon to be released into space than alarm- campaign is not limited to monotheis-
and Morocco are soon to become ists had predicted. The study inrucates tic faiths.
members. In 2008, King Abdullah far less future global warming will
privately told the US that, if Iran goes occur than United Nations computer END OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL
nuclear, ~everyone in the region would models have shown, and supports The military's ~Don't Ask, Don't Tell
do the same." The Foreign Minister prior studies indicating tha t increases policy ~ ends on Sept. 20. On that day,
of the United Arab Emirates gave a in atmospheric carbon ruoxide trap far homosexual men and women will be
similar warning in 2009 . If the Muslim less heat than alarmists have claimed. allowed to serve openly in all branches
Brotherhood should come to power, of the US armed forces . Military
they also may see nuclear weapons as a WORLD RELIGION chaplains fear an unofficial version of
necessity. the policy will take its place, one that
RISE IN WORLD RESTRICTIONS muzzles and marginalizes chaplains
WORLD GOVERNMENT ON RELIGION who hold s trict biblical beliefs about
According to a Pew Research Center homosexuality. e
US CALLS W. BANK SETTLEMENT report, nearly a third of the world's
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