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ri i G m yTh E r p U j r -dolla bailout of G eece. T at eans t at ost of t atbu den falls on Ge any, t e financial o e ouse of Eu o e.

One television co entato said t at Angela Me kel anted a$6 billion bailout, but P esident Oba a essu ed e to ake ita $1 t illion bailout. Also, P esident Sa kozy of F ance and ot eEU leade s ut seve e essu e on t eGe an leade to su o t a la ge bailout.

I ediately afte t e G eece bail-out as announced, gold ices soa edto t ei ig est level eve .It was caused mostly by Germans buying gold.T ey e-

e be t e y e inflation in t ei e-cent isto y. T ey kno t at t e eu o isbeco ing a eak and unstable cu ency.

About 90 e cent of t e Ge an eo-le a e ve y ostile to a d t e bailout.

T ey a e ala ed because t ey knot at Ge any ill ave to ca y ostof t e financial bu den. T e eo le a efea ful about t ei futu e.

W en Ge any is st ong and t eeo le a e ala ed, all of us s ould

be ala edes ecially in a c isis liket is. If you unde stand Ge an isto y,you kno t at t e Ge ans a e deci-sive en facing se ious c ises. Histo y s o s t at t ey ave e eatedly tu nedto a ve y st ong leade to deal it a o-tential o eal c isis.

C ancello Me kel as not soug tadvice f o e coalition a tne s. T at

as offended t e and akes e eveno e alone and vulne able. H r p -

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about to see a st ong leade ise in Ge -anyit is o esied to a en. Weave been oclai ing t at o ecy fo

ove 60 yea s. (Request ou f ee bookletsDanielUnsealed at Last and He WasRight. All of ou lite atu e is f ee.)

T at st ong an is undoubtedly lot-ting and lanning even no to ex loitt e olitical tu oil. (T at too is o esied.)

Angela Me kel ent f o t e queen of Ge an olitics to be-co ing close to a olitical outcast w !

W h w h w r m -w r r ph ! If t ese o ds dont ake t ose

eo le o a e aslee , o ld events ill.

A r G rm r r h w r r h r! He ill be t e decisive

leade t at Ge ans c ave in a c isis. Heill st ike te o in nations as no leade

eve as befo e! Ou lite atu e ex lainso e t ink e ill be.

Seve al fi-nancial aut o ities a e saying t at t et illion-dolla bailout of G eece is onlybuying time. But ti e fo at? Ti e tofix t e oble .

No let e tell you o it ill befixed. In t e next fe s o t yea s, t eEu o ean Union ill be educed f o27 nations to 10 kings (o ule s) of tHoly Ro an E i e. We ave been

o esying t is fo ove 70 yea s. It be uled by Ge any, but guided by t eVaticant e only o e t at can unify t ose 10 kings. (Request ou f ee bookletGermany and the Holy Roman Empire. )

A b ose Evans-P itc a d ote t isfo t eTelegraph edia g ou on May 16: C ancello Angela Me kel as ut e best face on a deal t at as so da -aged e leade s i . If t e eu o fallt en Eu o e fails and t e idea of Eu-

o ean unity fails, s e said. Too late, It ink. The German nation is moving on.I was struck by a piece in the Frankfurter Allgemeine proposing a new hard cur-rency made up of Germany, Austria,Benelux, Finland, the Czech Republic,and Poland, but without France (e -

asis ine).

Y , G rm m rw rAl eady, you can see t e t inking t at

ill lead to t e 10 kings! But t e ealo e in t at union ill be Ge any.

T e Ge ans ave been lanning toule Eu o e and a lot o e since befo e

t e end of Wo ld Wa , en t ey ealized t ey e e going to lose. (T at is

ex lained in ou f ee bookletThe Rising Beast.)T at state ent is s ocking to any eo le. But it s ouldnt

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t e eu o about to fall a a t? Is t ist e end of t e Eu o ean Union?T ese questions see ed unt ink-able a fe ont s ago. No t ey fillne s a e eadlines.

G eece looks like it is about to disinte-g ate. On May 5, ove 30,000 de onst a-to s ove an t e st eets of At ens. T ey began t ei otest at t e Field of A esna ed afte t e G eek god of a . Many

e e t e e to do battleMolotov cock-tails, gas asks and sticks t ei ea onsof c oice. Its not unusual in G eece foa s all ino ity to cause t ouble du -ing a otest, but on Wednesday t e age

an dee e , oteTime. It asnt ustasked ana c ists o c a ged olice;en in olo s i ts oined in too (May 5).

T e social un est al ost b oug t do n

G eeces gove n ent.And G eece is only t e beginning.

Wit in days, as ne s ci culated t atPo tugal, S ain and Italy e e in si i-la financial st aits, global stock a ketstanked and t e eu o lunged. We e it notfo e e gency eetings bet een eu o-zone states and ot e EU count ies ovet e eekend of May 9-10 ic con-cluded it t e EU and t e Inte nationalMoneta y Fund aking $1 t illion avail-able to f agile eu ozone count iest eEu o ean Union and t e eu o ould ave

been in eo a dy of disinteg ating.

T e question no on eve yones indis, o did Eu o e get it so ong?

Many co entato ses ecially Eu-oske tic ones oint out t at t e o ect

see ed bound to fail f o t e sta t. W att ey iss is t at t is is lite ally t ue. T eeu o o ect eally asbound to fail oat least to co e close to doing so . It asdesigned to do so. T is ay be a c isis,but it is a carefully planned one.

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Flu y last yea (Feb ua y 2009).

ike a aste c i inal,t e Eu o-fede alists be indt e c isis ave ade G eeces financial de-

ise see like suicide o accidental deat .But eally, edia detectives a e looking atit t e ong ay. T is is o e t an a caseof eckless s ending. Its a odunit.

T PlotG eece as been caug t in a t o-stage t a .Fi st, by oining t e eu o, it as lunged

into t e o ld of lo inte est ates.

T e inte est ate is a tool gove n enuse to ani ulate t e econo y. Diffe entinte est ates a e needed fo diffe ent cout ies in diffe ent situations. In a ay, it cabe like alco ol. A bu ly bodybuilde igbe able to knock back seve al ints of lag

it out it aving any noticeable effect. But e sa e quantity could floo a balle ina.

G eece, along it a fe ot e count ies, ust couldnt andle t e c ea c eIt as t e balle ina. Actually, its a bit o st an t at: G eece as an alco olic balle

inaal eady eavily addicted to c edHaving lied about t e a ount of its gov-e n ent debt in o de to get into t e euclub, it as al eady eaded fo disaste . Teu o ust ade t e alco ol c ea e .

Usually, lende s ould be cautiouabout lending to a count y t at see sdange ously d unk on debt al eady. But ey ke t giving c ea c edit to G eeT ey assu ed t at if anyt ing ent

ong, because G eece as in t e euGe any ould ick u t e tab. Rat et an aving to ay o e and o e inteest, as its osition got o se, G eece agiven c ea c edit until lende s sudden

ealized t at Ge any ig t not ay afteall and iked u t ei ates.

G eece is no innocent bystande in tdebacle. But neit e a e t e Eu o ean cet al banke s. T ey kne t at, given acceto c ea c edit, G eece and ot e si ilnations ould soon get ineb iated. But

e a s even t ey e e su ised by quickly it a ened.

T is is en t e second stage of tlot kicked in. Usually a nation it

G eeces oble s ould devalue its cuency by inting o

oney.Wit o e oney in ci culation, t edebts beco e easie to ay. T is is a ainful ocessand t e c edito s get c eedbut usually its t e least ainful otion available.

But because it is in t e eu o, G eecannot int o e oney: Its cu ency cont olled by t e Eu o ean Cent al Ba( ), ic is cont olled by Ge any. B

staying in t e eu o, G eece is denied t

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tools it needs to fix its oble s, icas led to its cu ent osition, e e it

needs Eu o ean el . And it looks like itill ave to give u a lot to get it.

T spi it of c l m gEu o es oneta y endeavo s ave al aysbeen a t of a lan to gain o e oliticalcont ol. In discussions a ong Eu o eanleade s, t e legacy of C a le agne co esu continually. It is one of t e clea est intsof Eu o es t ue goal. C a le agne fo gedWeste n Eu o e into a single Cat olic il-ita y e i e. He as also fa ous fo isco on cu ency; e inted standa d-ized silve coins all ove is e i e. Notonly did is coins el s u t ade, o e i -

o tantly t ey gave Eu o e a sense of unity.[H]is o t ait coinage, ote one

isto ian, sent an i essive and in-fluential essage of i e ial status and

o e t oug out t e F ankis o ldand beyond ( oanna Sto y,Charlemagne:Empire and Society). Indeed it did: C a -le agnes coins e e delibe ately odeledafte Ro an coinage, bea ing a o t ait of t e e e o fo t e fi st ti e since t efall of Ro e. T ey e laced o e c udely

ade local coins t at bo e t e na e of alocal u le .

W en as ing out t e details of t eEu o ean Moneta y Syste (a ecu soto t e eu o), t en F enc P esident Val y Gisca d dEstaing and Ge an C an-cello Hel ut Sc idt eld a su it inAac ent e ain seat of C a le agnes

fo ecasts a a o e i e t at ould a -ea to be dead, but ill be esu ectede etitiously. (Fo o e info ation on

t is, equest a f ee co y of ou bookleGermany and the Holy Roman Empire and

ead t e t i d c a te.)It is because of t is unde standing t at

t e Trumpet as kno n f o t e sta te e t e eu o as leading. Moneta y

union is but a eans to an endt e fis-cal eans to ac ieving t e goal of political uniona fede ation of Eu o ean nation-statesin fact, a European empire, e

ote in May 1998befo e eu o nationsbegan conve ting to t e ne cu ency.

Nine yea s late , it beca e clea e exactly o t is could a en. In t e su eof 2007, a id A e icas financial colla se,Be na d Connolly ote, [W] ateve is-takes G eens an ay ave ade, e ustgot it ong: He didnt delibe ately set ut is G eek t agedy.

In cont ast, t e EU quite delibe atelyc eated t e ost dange ous c edit bubble of all: m [Econo ic Moneta y Union]. And,

e eas t e ission of t e Fed is to avoid afinancial c isis, t e ission of t e is to

ovoke one. T e u ose of t e c isis ibe, as [Ro ano] P odi, t en Co ission

esident, said in 2002, to allo t e EU totake o e o e fo itself. T e sac ificia victi s ill be, in t e fi st instance, fa i-lies and fi s (and banks and investo s) incount ies suc as I eland and Club Med.Subsequently, Ge an save s (o B itistax aye s) ill bea t e bu den of bailoutst at a ne ly e o e ed EU econo ic gov-e n ent il l o dain.

aut o ity. In is book The Rotten Heart of Europe, Be na d Connolly ote, T esy bolis as eavily unde lined in botF ance and Ge any; t e t o leade s

aid a s ecial visit to t e t one of C a -le agne and a s ecial se vice as eld int e cat ed al; at t e end of t e su it,Gisca d e a ked t at: Pe a s en ediscussed oneta y oble s, t e s i it of C a le agne b ooded ove us.

T is is t e s i it Eu o ean leade s isto eve t to: one t at used cu ency tounify and cont ol a squabbling bunc of nations ile it t ied to inc ease its o eab oad by fo cibly conve ting ot e s toCat olicis . C a le agne s ent decades

u de ing Saxons in an effo t to fo cet e to unify and acce t Cat olicis .T is is t e s i it of C a le agne: a s i itt at ants to esu ect t e Ro an E i eac oss Eu o e and ill let not ing standin its ay. It is a s i it t at t inks not -ing of delibe ately lunging a nation intoecono ic catast o e if necessa y fo t eg eate good of Eu o ean unity.

T n w rom empiC a le agne sa i self not as found-ing a ne e i e, but si ly evivingt e uc olde Ro an E i e. Mode nEu o es ove s and s ake s vie t e -selves t e sa e ay. T ey, like Hitle andNa oleon befo e t e , a k back to C a -le agne, o looked back at Ro e.

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The resulting carnage in the finan-cial system of the whole euro area will make the present global financial cri-sis, serious though it is, seem almost insignificant (Teleg a .co.uk, Aug.20, 2007; e asis ine t oug out).

Watc Ge any, ote M . Flu -y as t e G eek c isis began to unfold

in late 2008. Watc fo Ge any tobe at t e el in a est uctu ing notonly of EU e be nations econo-

ies, but of t e enti e Eu o eanUnion itself! T at union ill be unit-ed and t en guided by t e Vatican(t eT u et.co , Dec. 31, 2008).

And no at do e see? T eenti e Continent is looking to Ge -

any to decide t e futu e of G eeceand t e eu o. Ge any sits as Cae-sa , it t e fallen gladiato befo e it.T u bs u , and G eece is s a ed, t u bsdo n, and its econo y is dest oyed. Soon,it could be t e eu o itself squi ing as ita aits Caesa s ve dict.

T F tAl eady t is c isis in G eece is o ellingEU o e to giddy eig ts. In o de to

eceive t e bailout it needs, G eece usti le ent a set of de anding te s andconditions. [T] is is no o dina y iece of Eu o-bu eauc acy, ote Anne A le-bau in t e Washington Post . T is is t ekind of t ing a su ende ing field a s alsigns in a ail ay ca in t e fo est at t eend of a bloody a (May 11).

T e docu ent dictates t at G eeces all i le ent seve al andato y e-fo s. Eu o e is no dictating G eecestax ates, ublic secto eti e ent ages,

ealt ca e se vice olicy, civil se viceay and even s all business legislation.

A lebau ote t at t e councils de-cision does e esent so et ing ne .

T oug t e Eu o ean Union as al-ays equi ed a a tial su ende of sov-

e eignty f o its e be states, Gr r h m h r

, s e continued. I dont believe any-body, least of all t e G eeks,knew that theEuropean Union had so much power over its member states.

Did Eu o e eluctantly o accidentally end u it all t is o e ove G eece?Neit e : Eve yt ing is going acco ding to

lan. And if t e financial c isis s eadsfu t e , as A lebau noted, t ese condi-tions could be used as a blue int fo ot ecount ies fo ced to beg fo el .

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Not only does t is financial c isis give Eu-

o e o e o e t an itseve ad befo e, it also aises Ge any toits ig est osition yet. Banke s, oliticiansand bu eauc ats alike all look to Ge any.T e eads of t e Eu o ean Cent al Bank and t e Inte national Moneta y Fund adea oint ilg i age to Be lin, leading itla ake s in t e Bundestag to t o t eifull eig t be ind escue effo ts befo e t ec ain eaction s eads to Po tugal and t e

est of t e m e i e y, ote t eTele- graph s A b ose Evans-P itc a d. T ei

esence as su licants in Be lin a ks t esy bolic o ent en Ge any a ea st e undis uted aste of Eu o e (A il28).

T e Globe and Mail ad itted t at Ge -any is linked to a ci cle of count ies t atave beco e economic colonies. [T] e

G eek c isis, and t e ounting Po tugueseand ossibly S anis and Italian c ises, a e,at t ei ea t, andin their origin, Germancrises. T oug [t e] constantly e eat-ed cycle of ex o ts, ay ents, su lusesand t en loans to sout e n Eu o e,Berlinbecame an imperial center (May 1).

If t e ai of Hel ut Ko l and F an-cois Mitte and at Maast ic t as to tiedo n a Eu o ean Ge any it t e

silken c o ds of m , t ey failed, Evans-P itc a d also ote. Moneta y union

as delive ed a Ge an Eu o e afte all. W at is undeniable is t at Club Medand I eland a e being told to i le entt e sa e olicies t at c i led Eu o ein t e ea ly 1930s, t at led in diffe ent

ays to Hitle . Is t at a good idea?(Teleg a .co.uk, May 2).

Ge any olds all t e ca dso at -e , all t e goldand is in osition to takeeven o e o e in t e futu e.

As e ote back in 2008, [I]t is

note o t y t at t e Ge an cent al

bank olds t e second-la gesese ves of gold in t e o

Du ing t e fi st qua te of 19at t e sa e ti e t e eu o aslaunc ed, Ge any boug t u

uge ese ves of gold. Enougacco ding to t eEconomic Inteligence Review,to back an enticu ency (Ma c 2000). In addtion, en t e 11 nations oinet e eu o, t ey signed ove t egold ese ves to t e Eu o eCent al Bank, in F ankfu t, Ge

any (t eT u et.co , o .cit.).

Al eady, Eu o ean states looto Ge any as t e leade of Eu

o e by vi tue of its la ge econy alone. No one is aying uc

attention to gold ese ves igno . But in t e end, en enti e cu encies sta t colla sing, gold ill beco e i

o tant once again.Ge any is al eady t e leade of E

o e, and ill att act o e and o e ot e li elig t as ti e goes on. But it illnot be alone. Anot e institution a

layed a a o ole in s a ing Eu oand it ill co e out on to .

T spi it B i Mo t y u ioConnolly desc ibes F ances ea ly a

oac to t e idea of t e single cu enas ysticis , quasi- eligiosity and so e-t ing a oac ing A yanis , eflectit e dee ly Ro an Cat olicHoly Ro

ans i it of its elites.Connolly states t at t e Cat oli

C u c as been a illing c ee leadeEu o ean integ ation, iting t at tattitude of Cat olic c u c es in anycontinental count ies as influencedby a desi e to see a s ado Holy Ro anE i e ec eated in Eu o e (The RotteHeart of Europe).

T e Cat olic C u c ad a o e fole in C a le agnes e i e. It too

an inte est in ec eating t ose days of yo

To unde stand t e s i it t at d ives tHoly Ro an i e ial vision of t e elitein Eu o e, one ust co e end t eidee ly ent enc ed indset. It is a ind-set ooted in Holy Ro an E i e cultu e t at sees t e 19t - and 20t -centudo inance of t e Anglo-Saxon nations asbut an unco fo table inte u tion to tt ead of Holy Ro an destiny.

Connolly uts it t is ay: ust as tF enc establis ent as neve fo givt e Anglo-Saxon o ld fo libe atit e o eland f o t e Nazi occu ation

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T w h m p w r -tions in t e last t o centu ies a ecu ently labo ing unde atently un o kable gove n ents.

On t e one and, Ge any obblesunde a coalition gove n ent t at as e-cently lost its a o ity in t e nations u -

e ouse of a lia ent, t e Bundes at. Itsc ancello faces essu e f o t e ublicand e fello oliticians due to a oos o ing leading t e count y since Ge anys last fede alelection in Se te be 2009.

On t e ot e , B itainfo so long t e nation t at uggled t e balance of o -e in e-Wo ld Wa Eu-

o e, and ic as beena balance of ty es till e-cently even in t e Eu o e-an Union as cobbled to-get e at a ea s at fi stsig t to be a ost dysfunc-tional coalition bet eent e conse vative To ies andcente -left ibe al De oc ats.

Bot nations a e caug t in t e idst of c ises. Ge any sits at t e ve y cente of t e eu ozone sove eign debt c isis. B it-ain faces a national debt of o endous

o o tions, and teete s on t e b ink of being classed a ong t e p coun-t iesPo tugal, Italy, I eland, G eece andS ainin te s of t e isk to its financialstanding in t e global co unity.

At esent, B itain is a t of a Eu o e-an Union do inated by Ge any. Evenits o n ne s a e s ad it t at Ge any is once again aste of Eu o e.

A ong t e stagge ing c allenges fac-ing B itains ne ly a ointed gove n-

entnot t e least being its ove el -ing debtit ill soon ave to face u toone g eat, ove a c ing olitical decision:Will t e gove n ent continue to esistt e ill of t e eo le by etaining e -be s i of t e Eu o ean Union? O illit yield to t e ising tide of anti-EU senti-

ent and leave?

W o Will h lp B it i ?An int iguing o ecy in t e book ofHosea desc ibes an aging B itain (biblicalEphraim) as a ultiet nic society osenational ene gy is sa ed by t e fo eign-e s t at live it in its island bo de sE ai , e at ixed i self a ongt e eo le; E ai is a cake not tu ned.St ange s ave devou ed is st engtand e kno et it not: yea, g ay ai s a

e e and t e e u on i , yet e kno etit not (Hosea 7:8-9).

T e o ecy decla es t at en B iain finally akes u to its oble s, it

ill go ca in and to, of all eo les, itsold, t aditional ene y: Ge any! W enE ai sa is sickness, and uda sa

is ound, t en ent E ai to t e As-sy ian yet could e not eal you, nocu e you of you ound (Hosea 5:13).

In t is context, it is inte esting to notet at ce tain voices it in t e EU aveal eady a ned t e B itis gove n ent

to not conside el f o t at qua te inits ou of financial need. Officials f obot eu o and non-eu o count ies saidB itain s ould not ask fo el if it uninto t ouble because it ad not signed uto a 378 billion su o t fund, t eTele- graph e o ted.

F enc , S edis and any B usselsofficials ave edicted t at it is only a

atte of ti e befo e ste ling is it by t e

sa e a ket tu bulence t at ca e closeto dest oying t e eu o at t e eekend.

ean-Pie e ouyet, a fo e F enEu o e iniste and t e cu ent c ai

an of F ances financial se vices au-t o ity, yeste day edicted only God

ould el a udde less B itain afte snubbed its eu ozone neig bo s.

T e e is not a t o-s eed Eu o e buta t ee-s eed Eu o e. You ave Eu oof t e eu o, Eu o e of t e count ies t aunde stand t e eu o and you ave t eEnglis , e said.

T ky w go -m t t ig o it mlo g .BY rOn Fraser

will thegover me t

o ti e to re i tthe illof the peopleb ret i i gmember hip

of theE rope u io ?

lEon nEal/aFP/GEtty iMaGEs

e itted, so also t e [Ge an] C is-tian De oc ats and C istian Socialistt adition in Eu o e as neve fo givent e fo ces of nationalis and libe al-is t at in t e 19t centu y see ed to

ave finally f eed t e c u c f o t eself-i osed c ains of its etensions tote o al o e (ibid.).

T is is y bot F enc P esidentNicolas Sa kozy and Ge an C ancel-lo Angela Me kel ave been so quick to

oint t e finge at t e Anglo-Saxons asbeing t e cause of todays global financialc isis. T is also ex lains t e c y of t e

o es o n Paul and Benedict foEu o e to etu n to its t aditional, isto -ic, e-19t -centu y Holy Ro an oots!

T e Vatican ay see do n and outafte its abuse scandals. But dont ex ectt at to last. T e Cat olic C u c asalso been involved in t e lanning fot e econo ic c isisand as Ge any uses t is c isis to ise to t e to , ex ectt e c u c to ise it it.

Today, Eu o e is unquestionably do inated by Ge any. Sensible ou -nalists no ackno ledge t at. To t e

a idly di inis ing gene ation of t oseo ex e ienced t e bitte f uits of t e

last ti e t at Ge any do inated Eu-o e, t is is sobe ing ne s indeed.

T e founde of t eTrumpet s ede-cesso , t ePlain Truth, fo ecast t is foyea s. I believe t at so e event is go-ing to a en suddenly, ust like out of ablue sky, t at is going to s ock t e ole

o ld, and is going to cause t e nationsin Eu o e to ealize t ey ust unite!He be t W. A st ong said uly 7, 1984.

I t ink I can see at ay be t eve y event t at is going to t igge it, andt at is t e econo ic situation in t e

o ld, e said.Yea s in advance, e said Ge any

ould be Eu o es leade , stating, Ge -any inevitably [ ill] e e ge as t e

leader of a united Eu o e (Plain Truth, Nove be /Dece be 1954). He fo etold

t is o e t an alf a centu y ago! At t esa e ti e, e also fo ecast t e Vaticans

ole: It ill equi e so espiritual bind-ing fo ce to ins i e t isconfidenceto

e ove t ese fearsand t at s i itualbinding fo ce must a ise f o inside Eu-

o e! (ibid.).M . A st ong said t at Ge any

ould be the heart and core of the unit-ed Europe t at ill evive t e Ro anE i e (ibid., une 1952). We a e see-ing t is a en ig t befo e ou eyes, inG eece and ac oss Eu o e. And it is no

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w the mi le of the G lf Mexi o, the me of o trolle b

o me ti fr tio of the r eg hi g p from the e oor, here the

Deepwater Horizon it broke ellhe lie

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F r r H rr

Kat ina o tly follo edby Hu icane Rita any Gulf Coast esidents a e still st ug-gling to get back on t ei feet.But its not t e sky t ats t eat-

ening t e t is ti e it devastatinginds, ides ead dest uction and bil-

lions of dolla s in da age. Its t e sea.Ive been t oug Hu icane Ca ille,

Hu icane F ede ick and Hu icane Ka-t ina, said one Alaba a ealto . T ey all

ale in co a ison to t is.T is is a silent, s eading, inky

blackness enet ating, e eating andolluting t e ate s off t e Gulf Coast:

T e o lds biggest oil slick.T is is e ely t e latest link in a

lengt ening c ain of cu ses fo t e Unit-ed States. Its agnitude is g o ing by t edayand ust en and o it ill end,nobody kno s.

how di It h pp ?On A il 20, t e giantDeepwater Horizonoil-d illing latfo as floating in t eGulf of Mexico about 50 iles off ouisi-ana. Gat e ed on boa d e e 126 o ke sand executives f o BP, ic leased t e$500 illion ig fo alf a illion dolla s

e day. T ey e e celeb ating t e o -ects seven-yea safety eco d.

ust a fe ont s io ,Deepwater Ho-rizon ad ade isto y, d illing a 6- ile

ell, t e o lds dee est. In o e ecenteeks, it ad lo e ed its d ill t oug oneile of sea ate to t e ocean floo , d ill-

ing an ex lo ation ell anot e t o ilesbelo t e seabed into t e Macondo P os-

ect in Mississi i Canyon 252. In s ite of delays and a fe glitc es, t e c e as fi-nally a ing u t e final stages of seal-ing t e ell fo futu e use.

W at a ened next is still being in-vestigated. But it as a disaste .

Wo ke s set a ce ent seal at t e ell,t en educed essu e in t e d ill colu nto set a second seal belo t e ocean floo .

As t e ce ent set, it oduced eat, iceacted it et ane and, it a ea s, o-

duced a gas bubble.Rigs often encounte slus y, c ystal-

line, otentially dange ous ockets of et ane unde ate . And, in an indust y

t at ivals t e s ace og a fo ionee -ing tec nology, seve al fail-safes a e in

lace to event t e oil ans o st nig t-a e: a blo out.

To kee t e i ense essu e of un-de sea oil in c eck, ell oles a e blockedby i ing and lugged it ce ent. Hy-

d ostatic d illing ud fills t e cavity

a ound t e d ill st ing and leaves t e oilbelo no e e to go but to stay ut. Fi-nally, t e s ace bet een t e ell alls and

i ing is ty ically filled it ce ent toblock t e last e aining at u t e s aftfo su ging gas. In addition to t e seals, att e ell ead sits a uge steel blo out e- vente . If dange is detected, t e eventecan a ly as uc as 1 illion ounds of fo ce to a ubbe gasket t at seals t e ell.If all else fails, t e backu kicks in: steel

a s slice t oug t e i es altoget e ,seve ing t e ig f o t e ell and c ok-ing off t e blo out.

Ho eve , a o ke ad accidentally da aged t e gasket fou eeks ea lie .And one of t e blo out evente s t ocont ol ods as alfunctioning. It also

ad a eak batte y and a yd aulic leak.T e slus y et ane bubble began to

ise, bu sting seals as it ent. It b oket oug t e ce ent seal and t e da -aged ubbe gasket. Fo so e eason, t e

a s failed to s ea t e i es. Because t ed illing ud ad been e oved f o t ecolu n, t e gas bubble s ot u t e d ill,ex anding as it ose t oug t e less-

essu ized s allo s to a d t e de ick floating above.

On t e latfo , c e en sa sea-ate in t e d ill colu n. It ose to a d

t e , finally s ooting u und eds of feet in t e ai , follo ed by gas, follo edby oil. A cloud of gas cove ed t e ig. Itsgiant engines sucked in t e et ane andbegan acing. So et ing ex loded. T e

ig beca e engulfed in a uge, intensefi eball, killing nine o ke s and t o en-ginee s. Unde black ain, su vivo s fledto lifeboats and lea ed f o t e bu ningdeck 10 sto ies do n into t e ate , ic

as stinking of c ude oil, g ease and die-sel fueland itself on fi e. T e ig bu nedso b ig tly it looked like t e sun on t e

o izon. It blazed fo t o days and sank.But t e disaste ad ust begun.

a G owi g Toxi clo

Du a single qua t of oto oil into t eocean, and ove 2 cubic iles of sea atebeco e toxic to ildlife, acco ding to oneenginee .

T e day t e de ick sank into t e Gulf,t e U.S. Coast Gua d said 8,000 ba elsof c ude oil and u to 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel could be leaking f o t e iginto t e ate .

But t e o inous, inky, i idescent t utbegan to e e ge soon t e eafte . T ewellhead as also leaking. In additionto t e i ediate ecological ca nage of a

u ongous, c e ical-filled latfo and

a ile-long d ill st ing s e ing oil andot e toxic c e icals, t e ell itself asgus ing c ude into one of A e icas osti o tant, ofitable and ecologically sensitive bodies of ate .

Unlike a ecked tanke , ic oldsa kno n, fixed a ount of oil, t is is ef-fectively a botto less, active unde ateoil volcano.

Initial esti ates using data, satellitei age y and flyove s e e t at 5,000 ba

els of oil e e flo ing f o t e os eceac day, c eating an esti ated 2,000- ileblack sto cloud in so e of t e ostco e cially oductive seas in t e o ld.

T e ells ain lease olde s, BP andT ansocean, and even t e fede al gove n-

ent dis atc ed to t e g o ing slick a flo-tilla t at as since g o n to include o et an 550 vessels, lus boo oil-collectionba ie s, elico te s, ai lanes, e osub a ines, d ills, c e ical dis e sant,and 17,000 e sonnel. T e cost: $6 illion

e dayand ising.T ese effo ts a e ente ing unc a te

ate sbot in t ying to sto t e leaks( ic a e fa dee e unde ate t aany io oil ell b eakdo n), and in t y-ing to contain t e noxious ess.

Re eated effo ts to activate t e blo outevente via obot failed. An effo t to ca

it it a 125-ton funnel also failed, as didot e atte ts. Finally, on May 16, c e ssuccessfully inse ted a 4-inc si on intoDeepwater Horizons b oken 21-inc ise

i e, dive ting about 1,000 ba els (42,000gallons) e day to a d ills i . Mean ilet o o e latfo s a e d illing elie

ells t at ill eventually lug t e elle anentlybut ill take t ee ont s

to co lete.But even t at t in, silve lining to t e

itc -colo ed cloud as soon blotted outby o e bad ne s. Scientists studying t efootage of t e gus ing i e and taking

eadings of t e ate found uge lu esof oil, one of ic is 10 iles long, 3 iles

ide and u to 300 feet t ick. Alt oug

BP as denied t e access to additionaldata, t ey esti ated t e flo as actually 5 to 16 ti es g eate t an t e evious official figu e. In t e o se scena io, t a

ould ean 3.4 illion gallons of t ick,black, oisonous, non-deg adable stuff

u ing into t e sea ate eve y day.T ats al ost 40 gallons going into t e

gulf eve y second you ead t is.T e es a s ocking a ount of oil in

t e dee ate , elative to at you seein t e su face ate , one esea c e saiT e es a t e endous a ount of oil in

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dee in t e ate colu n.On May 4, BP ad itted to Cong ess t at

its o st-case esti ate fo t e daily floate is actually 2.5 illion gallons oug -

ly t e equivalent of du ing t e infa ousExxon Valdez into t e Gulf eve y fou days.

Wo t-c s io I upo u It is conceivable t at t e leaking ise i ecould be kinked. If t at is t ue, t e esentoil f lo is actually so e at est icted. If t e ounded inf ast uctu e dete io atesfu t e not unlikely, conside ing t e

ig - essu e, ab asive sand-filled con-tents being fo ced t oug t e i ingt e leakage could ex lode even o se.

Wo st-case scena ios al ost neve a -en, P of. Bob T o as, of Ne O leansoyola Unive sity, told t e UKsTimes. In

t is case, al ost eve ybody I ave kno nit tec nical kno ledge of oil s ills, eo-le o ave o ked in t e indust y 30, 40

yea s, say t is is t e o st-case scena io it is u on us (May 3).

T e o st-case scena io is t at t e leak is as big as it see s; t at it ill take eeksto lug it; t at t e e a e al eady illions of gallons of oil belo t e su face; t at it illtake billions of dolla s to a tially con-tain; t at fis e ies ill be conta inated,tou is oisoned, econo ies ac oss fivestates s oiled, and s ecial envi on entsand beautiful ildl ife cove ed in black.

And t at doesnt begin to include un-d eds of illions of dolla s in asted e-sou ces, lost oil, and ot e financial da -age to BP. No does it include t e long lineof la ye s and victi s t at began to line u

ile t e ig as still bu ning to sue so eof t e o lds ic est co anies: 88 suits by

id-May, and ising. itigants a e eyeingal ost eve y co any involved, but t e

ain ta get is BP, t e fou t -la gest co -any in t e o ld. BP as acce ted bla e,

but is also ointing at ot e co anies.T e co any osted ofits of o e t an$5.5 billion in t e fi st qua te , but one ex-

e ienced ouisiana la ye says t e co -any ig t ust not ave enoug if t e leak

continues. I dont t ink t ey ave enoug

oney, e said (United P essInte national, May 17). Itcould leave t e fo e B itisPet oleu , o ned ostly by B itons and A e icans, vul-ne able to a takeove .

No do t ese o ectedcosts include t e effect t eaccident ill ave on t eot e 90 igs in fede al Gulf

ate s oducing al ost at i d of U.S. oil oduction(1.7 illion ba els of oil eday). It doesnt include t eeffect on olicy fo o ed illing o t e olitical fall-out and itc unt al eady unde ay. No does it beginto fat o t e avoc t at allt is lus est icted ene gy and s i ing access in t eGulf ill ave on an al eady founde ing A e ican econ-o y. No does it include t eg eatest cost: 11 en killed.

T e o st-case scena iois t at t is is t e biggestenvi on ental disaste inA e ican isto y any ti es ove .

Wo T K t iAs da aging as t e 1989 Valdez oil s ill

as, it occu ed on t e ocky, unin abitedAlaskan coast of P ince Willia Sound.T e Gulf of Mexico offe s no suc con-solation. It is a ive of econo ic activity.T e su ounding coastland, aside f o be-ing densely o ulated, as long st etc esof a s land ic ould be fa o e

difficult to clean. T e Gulf Coast cleanu and ecological

ecove y ill be easu ed inyea sand gene ations.

Ta balls ave al eady as ed as o e at Sout Pass

on ouisianas a s y sout -e n ti , a i e a ea fo fis -e en, any of o a esitting at o e une loyed.Oil as as ed u a ound t esensitive C andeleu Islands,

e e so e of t e Gulfs five s ecies of en-dange ed sea tu tles ake t ei nests, along

it a s ecies t at as sta ted to ecove :t e b o n elican, state bi d of ouisiana.

Acco ding to an ea ly analysis by t eouisiana gove no s office, eig t estu-

a ies, ildlife anage ent a eas, statea ks, national a ks and ildlife efuges

lay in t e at of t e s ill, t e closest being

t e B eton National Wildlife Refuge. ou-

isiana alone as 40 e cent of t e coastetlands in t e continental United States:

3.5 illion ac es. T e Mississi i Delta t e closest s o eline to t e s ill, and al eady been it.

Biloxi, Mississi i; Mobile Bay, Alba a; and Pensacola, Flo ida, a e als

it in 150 iles. But t e ess could d ifinto cu ents t at ould c annel it di ectt oug t e Flo ida Keys and even u tAtlantic coast. T ying to contain t e oico letely ill be i ossible. [U]n edictable cu ents, ext e e essu e alo te e atu es ake suc endeavoal ost as difficult as a second oon land-ing, e o tedDer Spiegel (May 4).

ouisiana alone as al eady s ent bilions of dolla s on ongoing o ects

otect and ebuild sensitive, endange ea s es, abitats and ildlife. Wildlife- e

lated tou is cont ibutes alf a bill ion dolla s to t e econo y eac yea . Co ecial seafood a vesting b ings in ove $6

illion a yea ; ec eational fis ing anot$750 illion and al ost 8,000 obs. Fising as been s ut do n co letely in

any ouisiana and fede al ate s, and vacatione s ave cancelled ese vations

otels ac oss t e a ea. S all investo s a

canceling lans t oug out t e coast.

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Fu t e offs o e, lankton, fis la vae,s ellfis , sea tu tles, dol ins and evens e ales a e being a ed and killedby effects f o t e gus ing c ude and t ec e ical dis e sants used to cont ol it.

By t e ti e its all ove , t e devastationill d a f t at of Kat ina.

W y I T i h pp i g?In looking fo a dee e cause, it is c ucial tosee t is event in t e b oade sco e of sucdisaste s t at a e a e ing t e UnitedStates: econo ic oes; ising une loy-

ent; s i aling food ices; unfavo ableeat e ; envi on ental disaste s; dete-io ating ealt ; loss of indust y; illegal

i ig ation and elated c i e and d ugoble s; social and acial division; oliti-

cal ola ization; te o ist t eats; int acta-ble a s; fo eign- olicy failu es; eaken-ing alliances; inte national isolation.

T ese a e not isolated o un elatedoble s.T ey a e ounting evidence of a s i i-

tual eality t eTrumpet as been itingabout fo t o decadesas its a ent aga-zine The Plain Truth did fo five decadesbefo e t at. A e ica is beingcursed by God.

W y? God as given A e ica and

B itain unique, un ecedented blessings

of land, esou ces and otection. Yet econtinue to deny Hi and to g ossly sinagainst His la s. No He is si ly takingt ose blessings a ay.

Could t e e be a o e g a ic illust a-tion of t is t ut t an t is nig t a e int e Gulf? T e billo ing cloud of oil t atis costing billions in e ai s, clean-u , lost obs and econo ic i le effectsshould be flo ing into and enriching A e icasecono y. T e fluid t at is i ing out life,land and sea should be fueling A e icasindust y. As t e nation be oans its en-e gy de endence on unstable and evenene y fo eign states, its do estic ene gy

oduction suffe s t is blo .

T e s eading, toxic, sticky blacknessesently defying all effo ts to contain it is

a vivid eta o of A e icas o esiedfutu e.

F eakis t oubles ill continue to in-tensify until eo le unite in ealizing t att e cause is essentially s i itual. A e icadoesnt suffe e ely f o bad luck, oco o ate inco etence, o eak ob-le -solving skills. It suffe s f o ide,self- eliance, g eed, ate ialis , o albank u tcy.

Hea t e o d of t e o d, o eo-

le of Is ael, t e o d as filed a la suit

against you listing t e follo ing c a ges,ote t e P o et Hosea: T e e is no

fait fulness, no kindness, no kno ledgeof God in you land. You s ea and lie andkill and steal and co it adulte y. T e eis violence eve y e e, it one u deafte anot e . T at iswhy you land is not

oducing: it is filled it sadness and all living things grow sick and die: t e ani-

als, t e bi ds and even the fish begin todisappear (Hosea 4:1-3;The Living Bible).

T e Bible is full of suc a nings foA e ica todayt e cu ses e can ex ectto olife ate because of t e eo les defiance of God and eliance on t e selves.T ese a e laced into t ei biblical and

isto ical contextand t en b oug t igu to datein He be t A st ongs bookThe United States and Britain in Prophecy( equest you f ee co y).

T ese o ecies give a a ning eould all do ell to e e be : T e f us-

t ation and des ai a ong Gulf esidentsbeing it it anot e disaste befo et eyve ecove ed f o t e last is about tobeco e e ide ic, nation ide. It is only

en e begin to add ess t e unde lyings i itual causes t at e ill see t e t endtu nand, afte inte vention f o God,

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W h w h r tiny, Isla ic Ku ait be visitingGe any and t e Vatican?T e Ku aiti E i S eik

Saba Al-A ad Al-Saba tou ed Eu o ein late A il and ea ly May, concent atingon develo ing close elations it Be linand t e Ro an Cat olic C u c .

Du ing is eeting it Ge an C an-cello Angela Me kel and Ge an busi-ness en on A il 28, e is e o ted to avediscussed a ost of bilate al elations t at

ould ce ent a tne s i bet een Ku-ait and Be lin (Kuwait Times, A il 28).

A Cat olic official said is t i to t e Vati-can ould enable t e e i and t e o e toex ess t ei a eciation and f iends i and to st engt en t e good elations t atexist bet een t e Holy See and Ku ait.

A id t e caco ony of o e d a aticeadlines, suc an event is easily ove -

looked. But it ca ies int iguing o eticsignificance.

W t do K w it W t F om e op ?A s all but elatively ic state, cou tesy of its ealt y oil ese ves and ig icesfo t at co odity, Ku ait nestles at a vitally st ategic oint at t e no t e n ex-t e ity of t e Pe sian Gulf.

Rescued by U.S. inte vention in 1991f o being ove un by Sadda HusseinsI aq, Ku ait as ebounded f o t e set-back t at a inflicted on its te ito y to

eat e t e global econo ic sto co -fo tably. ast yea it osted its 11t consec-utive budget su lus. T at yea also sa ana a ent a ked i ove ent in elationsbet een Ku ait and I aq it t e fo ea ointing an a bassado to Bag dad.

Ho eve , t e Ku aiti egi e ecogniz-es t at it as a need to edge its bets enit co es to fo eign olicy. Wit t e fo e-

cast d a do n of U.S. t oo s f o I aq,

Ku ait is obviously conce ned about t eos ect of aving a o se eadac e t an

old Sadda on its doo ste in t e fo of Ma oud A adine ad. T e A abic na-tions a e dee ly conce ned about t e os-sibility of I an quickly oving to fill any

o e vacuu c eated by a e e to y it d a al of U.S. t oo s f o I aq.

Recently Ku ait as given ext a causefo conce n en I an conducted navalexe cises in t e Gulf, even detaining andboa ding fo eign s i s in Gulf ate s int e ocess. Analysts clea ly sa t is ac-tion as I an sending t e signal t at, if itc ose to do so, it could easily seal t e Gulf off to s i ing and send t e s i ent of oil via t e Pe sian Gulf into a tails in.

So it is t at it an ongoing a inneig bo ing Afg anistan, instability inI aq, t eats f o I an to Ku aits Gulf coast, lus an inc easingly eluctant o-tecto in Was ington, t is tiny A abic na-tion is et inking its fo eign olicy.

T e Ku aitis a e of A abic, Is a-elitis stock. Toget e it t ei b ot eA abian nations, t ey ste f o t e 12

inces fat e ed by Is ael, son of Ab a-a and b ot e of t e Is aelite at i-

a c Isaac (Genesis 25). T us, in edict-ing t ei fo eign olicy fo today based

on biblical o ecy, e ust look to aclea ly delineated fo ecast e bedded inSc i tu e t at na es t e and identifiest e alliances t ey ill fo in t e ti e ea e living t oug today.

Believe it o not, t e e is suc a o -ecy t at clea ly s o s t e eason y t ee i of Ku ait ould be olding fo eign-

olicy discussions it Ge any and t eVatican! T oug enned 3,000 yea s agodu ing t e ti e of King Davids eign ovet e kingdo of Is ael, t is o ecy is int e ocess of beginning to be fulfilled at

t is ve y o ent!

c fty co lIn Psal 83 e ead of a ti e ust a ea

en a confede ation of Middle Eastenations ill oin in an alliance in an atte t to i e t e nation of Is ael outT ey ave taken c afty counsel againt y eo le . T ey ave said, Co e anlet us cut t e off f o being a nation;t at t e na e of Is ael ay be no o e in

e e b ance. Fo t ey ave consulted toget e it one consent: t ey a e confedeate against t ee. T e tabe nacles of Edo[Tu key], and t e Is aelites [A abiansof Moab [ o dan], and t e Haga enes [Syia]; Gebal [ ebanon], and A on [ o -dan], and A alek [Tu key]; t e P ilist ines[Palestinians] it t e in abitants of Ty e[ ebanon] (Psal 83:3-7).

Yet t e e is one ot e nationa ntion t at today ca ies fa o e oecono ically and olitically t an any oft ese A abic nations individually o colectively can o ect today it it ey oin in confede ation against Is ain t e nea futu e in an alliance t at even no beginning to fo . In ve se 8

e ead, Assu also is oined it t eTo ic nation today does t e Bible

asc ibe t e na e of its at ia c Ass(As e )? None ot e t an Ge any.

W ic nation do t e o ecies indicate ill do inate in t e no t of t eglobe, as t e king of t e no t (Dani11), in ou ti e? T e ve y nation t at cu

ently olds t e o ld to anso as it insists on attac ing ce tain conditions to t eG eek financial bailoutGe any.

W ic g eat s i itual o e do to ecies indicate, des ite t e lu

eadlines s i ling a ound it today, ilbe in alliance it Ge any leading ag eat united Eu o ean e i e against tAnglo-Saxon and udaic eo les, even tt e oint of su ounding e usale ia ies ust io to C ists etu n? (21:20). T e ve y s i itual o e t at t ace its oots back to ancient Babylont e eligion of Ro e.

Ku ait going ca in and to Ro e andBe lin is a sign of t e i inent fo ationof t e Psal 83 alliance of Middle Eastenations t at ill oin in confede acy againt e Anglo-Saxon and udaic eo les in aeffo t to cut t e off f o being a nation

Request and ead ou f ee bookletThKing of the South and face u to t e eaity to a d ic t ese events a e leading. T uly, at is today develo ing in tMiddle East and Eu o e is about to s akt e nations! (Haggai 2:7). T ese events adestined to s ake t e ve y nation in ic

you live, ig t u to you o n doo ste !n

W tt emidoi g iB li?

a a b-G m lli i lopi g.BY rOn Fraser

Merkel, al-s b hmeet i Berli .

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M m h r

t at e all look fo a d toeac eek. On Satu day

o ning, e ake coffee,a u a cou le of ast ies, and give

eac e be of t e fa ily a bit of eac .T en e sit a ound in t e living oo ando en ou fa ily textbook. Fo 30 inutesto an ou , e study and discuss.

T at textbook is t e Bible. And t is isonly t e longest and ost s ecial of t eseve al ti es du ing t e eek e en oy suc study.

If you a e a a ent it c ild en livingunde you oof, t en you a e es onsiblefo t ei s i itual education. T at es on-sibility co es it t e o o tunity to in-st uct f o Sc i tu e.

In t e book of Deute ono y, you cansee t at Moses felt a si ila es onsibil-

ity to build t e fa ilies of Is ael. In t is,is final inst uction to Gods eo le ust

befo e e died and t ey ente ed t e P o -ised and, Moses e eatedly e asized

a ents duty to ass t ei s i itual is-do to t ei c ild en and g andc ild en.

And t ese o ds ic I co andyou today s all be in you ea t. Yous all teac t e diligently to you c il-d en, and s all talk of t e en yousit in you ouse, en you alk by t e

ay, en you lie do n, and en youise u (Deute ono y 6:6-7, Ne King

a es Ve sion). T e ase teac t e

diligently eans to repeat intensively, to do so et ing again and againlikes a ening a blade t oug e etitiousg inding o f iction. Su ely Moses ad

itnessed a lot of failu e a ong Is aelsfa ilies. You can sense is u gency: Com-mit these words to heartthen teach them

to your children, and discussthem at every opportunity! This is how tosurvive as a nation!

Moses did o e t an co and fa ily Bible studies: He e asized t e i o -tance of reinforcing t ose biblical lessonsthroughout the day, bot at o e (inyou ouse) and a ay (by t e ay). He ex ected a ents and c ild en to beinte acting often, and fo t e Bible to bea egula to ic of discussion. He st essedt e need fo inst ucting eac nig t befo ebedti e ( en you lie do n), and againeac o ning ( en you ise u ).

Moses follo ed u it a ve y ac-

tical inst uction: He advocated iting

ce tain sc i tu es and inci les do nand osting t e in t e ouse to el in-te nalize t e (ve se 9; see also Deute -ono y 11:18-20).

Have you eve conside ed a lyingt ese sc i tu es? Have you evetriedbutneve stuck it it?

ife can be a ungle of duties and dis-t actions. We ay ag ee it Mosessstate ents in inci le but t en st uggleto i le ent t e . We ay ake an ef-fo t but lack t e consistency t ese sc i -tu es de and. T e ention of diligence and repetition a e ai ed di ectly at coun-te ing ou natu al tendency to allo t isduty to sli .

G tio to G tioConside t e rewards of aking fa ily Bible inst uction t e priority God intends.Moses i self desc ibed t e rich blessings t ese studies and discussions ould b ing,including a bette elations i it God,st onge fa ilies, and longe and o eabundant life fo ou selves and ou c il-d en and g andc ild en (Deute ono y 11:21; 4:9-10; 6:2).

All a ents desi e a close bond itt ei c ild en. Quality fa ily Bible studyand discussion is a key to ac ieving t at.Pa ent-to-c ild and g and a ent-to-c ilds i itual inst uction is t e glue t at bindsgene ation to gene ation. One gene a-

tion s all aise t y o ks to anot e

Your Familys MostImportant Textbook

r p t i w of g l f mily Bibl t y.BY JOeL hILLIKer

If yo p t witil li i g

yo oof, t yopo ibl fo t i

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and s all decla e t y ig ty acts(Psal 145:4). T is is a o e fulantidote to t e oisonous influ-ences of t e o ld t at ai to teac ild en a ay f o t ei a ents.

Even o e: Obedience tot is co and elds individualfa ilies into a single nation un-de God. Moses s o ed t at itdoes not ing less t an ensu elong-lasting national stability andgua antees a futu e as a godly na-tion! Meditate on t ose o isesin con unction it P ove bs 22:6:T ain u a c ild in t e ay es ould go: and en e is old, e

ill not de a t f o it. Considet e inci le, and t e inc edible

o ise, in t ese sc i tu es. If a ents in Is ael ad diligently fol-

lo ed t e co and to teac t eic ild en, the nation never would have departed from Gods way!

ets lea n f o t is failu eand eed t e u gent lea f ot is g eat God-ins i ed an and

ake su e e e ea ing ou c il-d en to kno and love t e Bible.

how to Go abo t ItT e idea of ex ounding on t eSc i tu es fo you fa ily ay see daunting. He e a e a fesi le oints t at ill el you

ove f o ag eeing in inci leit t is biblical co and to

actually aking it a a t of youfa ilys egula outine.

Fi st, you yourself ust beexcited about t e Bible. ook again att e assage in Deute ono y 6. T e t o ve ses t at ecede t e ain inst uctionon teac ing you c ild en ead, And t ous alt love t e o d t y God it all t ine

ea t, and it all t y soul, and it allt y ig t. And t ese o ds, ic I co -

and t ee t is day, s all be in t ine ea t(ve ses 5-6). You ave tolove God,and love

His Wordto be sti ed and oved andexcited about your own Bible study. If youst uggle it you o n studies, t en you

ont be otivated to teac ; natu ally,you c ild en ill st uggle as ell.

Ho uc do you kno about t eBible? A e you accusto ed to sea c ingt e Sc i tu es fo ans e s to t e oble syou face? A e you co fo table it usingBible el s like conco dances, lexiconsand alte nate t anslations? Can you eada assage and ex ound on it? Can you

elate Bible ve ses to eal-life situations?

T ese a e skills a t ue C istian ust

continually develo and efine t oug -out life ( uke 12:42-43; 2 Ti ot y 2:15;3:15-17; ead also Heb e s 5:12-14).

As you build excite ent in you e -sonal Bible study, you eage ness to assit on to you c ild en ill inc ease. Cul-tivate t at ent usias by acting u on it.

You ai is to build a regular habit of inst ucting you c ild en f o Gods

Wo d and talking about t e t ings of God. Until you a e in t e abit, it ay feela k a d and fo cedbut kee at it. Oveti e, it ill beco e easie fo you, andyou c ild en ill g o o e ece tiveand accusto ed to it. Have a set ti e eac

o ning and eac evening befo e bedti eto at least talk about God, His t ut and

ay of life. At least a fe ti es a eek, t is ti e

s ould include reading straight from the Bi-ble. It is ce tainly fine to ead ig -quality yout Bible-based books to you c ild en.

But you ain abit in fa ily Bible study

s ould involve t e Bible itself. Yoay ant to go so e at et odi-

cally t oug a o tion of t e Bibsuc as t e P ove bs o t e GosIt ould be ise to ada t you studyat ti es acco ding to you fa ilys ecific needs at t at ti e. You ay

ant to c oose a a ticula t eeac eek and give seve al elatestudies itting t at to ic f o vaous anglesla , isto y, oveexa les, o ecy.

T y to ake God real to youc ild en. Talk about His qualitieof c a acte . Ex lain to t e He looks like, and at His t on

oo is like. Give t e a sense oHis ig tiness. Get into t e detailsof His i acles; ead to t e abouHis ig ty acts.

Eac s ecific study ay onlyinvolve a single ve se, o et o to t ee elated ve ses. Ret e sc i tu e, t en e ase i

lain te s and ex lain it, ak-ing it ve y actical. S o o tsc i tu e links to eal-life exa lBe c eative in getting t e conceac oss. Make it fun, exciting. Bsu e t e c ild en unde stand. At e questions; ave t e t ink ofexa les of t ei o n; encou agt e to link t e inci les to t eio n daily lives. T e o e practicaand understandable t is teac ing it e easie it ill be to einfo ce itdiscussion du ing t e day.

Dont go on fo too long. Deending on you c ild ens age an

attention s an, you ig t go fo 5 to 2inutes. Wo k to old t ei inte est an

kee it a ositive ex e ience. P aise yoc ild en as t ey og ess. Dont discoage t e about t ings t ey fo get ea

aise on t e fo at t ey e e beTake advantage of t e fact t at t ey anto lease you. Ensu e t ey ave t e ovefeeling t at studying t e Bible is en o

able, and t at Gods ay is g eat!W at a ositive co and it is t at

e s a e ou s i itual ic es it oc ild en! Deute ono y 6:7 and elatesc i tu es e body a way of life. A ay

ulsating it life, it obust inte actions bet een gene ations. A ay eGods gove n ent is fi ly in lace, itGod at t e to and eve y last e be ot e ouse old ex e iencing t e oy astability t at co e as a esult.

Fa ily Bible studies equi e diligeneffo tbut t e blessings t ey oduce a

ell o t it. n

a yo b il x it m ti yo p o l Bibl t y,

yo g to p it o toyo il will i .

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Teach Them Diligentlyde tero om 6:7Go w t to i t t o il f om s ipt b t w

o w t t? h om i . T ilo yo i t tio to yoow il : som of t p g p m y m t i l

o g fo two o t f mily t i . W op t p k m yof yo ow i fo f mily Bibl t i . e joy!Joel Hilliker

LeArn About Godwh i Go lle the Eter l?exo 3:13-15. whe Go i tro-

e im elf to Mo e , e reve le i me to be am h t am. h t me Go h always existed always will! P lm90:1-2 . Go here for eter it before thi g el e exi te .v 4. c o im gi e tho e r goi g b like o e ?Go e itel ee time iffere tl th e o.I i 57:15. Goi h bit eter it e i t bo b time. t h r to eve im g-i e th t, be e e re ph i l live o l hort time. we

re all like little hil re omp re to the Eter l, ee to beh mble before im!r l tio 1:8.

o Go m e the E rth.Job 38:1, 4. Go p t o r pl et i theperfe t pl e i the iver e o ere omfort ble fe.v5. e m e E rth the perfe t ize, me re o t j t the right

mo t of thi g like ter, ro k , ir o o o e o l livehere. v 6. e hore perfe tl o e k o the ill ri eever mor i g et e h ight, e h ve fo r be tif l e -

o e h e r!P lm 104:5-9. Go omm the h ge o e e m ke re the o t ro ll the l .P lm 33:7-9.

somethi g Go ill ever o.n mb 23:19. Go oe ot lie! whee omethi g, it i tr e. whe e m ke promi e, ealways

keep it!Tit 1:1-2. h t i h e tr t ever thi g th t i rit-te i the Bible.h b w 6:17-19. wh t Go iso sure, it be like hor i o r live , keepi g te givi g hope.

h t h e b e o r hole live o h t Go i theBible.L k 21:33. Go or re more epe ble th the holeph i l re tio .Nothing Go h i ill ever f il!I i 55:10-11.

Proverbswh t o ho l ever bo t o r elf.P o b 27:2. t i r eto bo t bo t o r o hieveme t or bilitie . wh t o othi k he o he r other pr i i g them elve ? f o e t lk

bo t o th t , let it be other people. wh t ho l o o if o o r elf pr i i g o r elf?P o b 30:32.

o to look i e. P o b 17:28. M people thi k th t i or er tolook m rt, the h ve to t lk lot. he oppo ite i tr e. eepi g q iethelp o li te le r . whe o t lk, be omeo e ho e or

be tr te . o h t o re t lki g bo t.P o b 10:19.

ke re of o r thi g .P o b 24:30-34. ook t the re oh ve to t ke re of: o r be room, o r lo et, o r lo ker or ork-

p eperh p other re of the ho e or r . are the me ,re -for, broke o ? r o o keep them le , or erl

m i t i e ? he er reve l lot bo t o r h r tertoother people to Go .e l i t 10:18. B il h bit of bei g

goo te r , or ret ker, of o r propert .P o b 27:23-24.

Sound Adviceo to m ke the mo t of o r o th.e l i t 12:1. he be t

time to e t bli h rel tio hip ith Go inow . Goo h bit of pr er

t ill l t o r hole life! never thi k o re too o g tob il th t frie hip ith o r he ve l F ther.P o b 8:17.

f o he r o r elf hi i g P ilippi 2:14. M rm ri g me gr mbli g or ompl i i g. Go oe t t hi i g

mo i g. e got gr ith the r elite for oi g o!n mb14:27-29 ; 1 co i t i 10:10. Be o te t ith h t o h ve. aif o h ve req e t, m ke it politel .

wh t ome o t of o r mo th?J m 3:8-12. do o i ethi g to ome people me thi g to other ? h t otright!M tt w 12:34-35. wh t o reve l h t i i o rhe rt. f evil thi g ome o t, it ho th t there i evil i o r he rtth t o ee to get ri of.J m 3:13-16. do o ght rg e?

h t oe t ome from Go ! e r to re og ize hether h to re i g i ro g evil, or right goo .v 17-18.

the LAo to tre t ol er people. L iti 19:32. Hoary head me

gr -h ire people, or ol people. Go t ol er people to re eiveho or from o ger people. e to o th t i to t he thee ter the room. he h ve live lo g le r e m h.P o b20:29. Go o i er their hite h ir be tif l! re ti g ol er people

ith re pe t te he to tre t Go ith re pe t.P o b 16:31.

wh h tre i o gero .exo 20:13. bvio l , e re ot tom r erb t thi l eve forbi hating omeo e.M tt w 5:21-22. Je t ght th t h tre i the pirit of m r er; it bre k Go l ! L iti 19:17. Go oe t re o l bo t h t e o, b t

l o bo t h t ethink, the ttit e i o r he rt. e t to le r to love people.1 Jo 3:15-16. h t me goi g o t of

o r to help other , givi g of o r time, o r thi g , o r elve .

al be th kf l.d t o omy 6:10-12. he Promi e o erf l, pro pero pl e. Go r e the r elite ot to leti e ph i l thi g p ll their he rt from im.d t o omy

8:10. we too h ve o m ble i g ! t import t to l re-member here the ome from, to th k Go .v 11-16.never t ke ble i g for gr te , o t t ke re it for themo r elve .v 17-18.

Want more? e h hem dilige tl i reg l r fe t re i o rchri ti -livi g m g zi e,Royal Vision.writte pro e b m of the me people

ho bri g o thePhiladelphia Trumpet e h mo th,Royal Vision i l e

i e v riet of pr ti l, bibli ll b erti le bo t livi g, er t i g the

Bible prophe .

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F p w h W h

feckless atte ts to secu eA e icas sout e n bo de ,A izona la ake s took at-te s into t ei o n ands. InA il, Gov. an B e e signedinto la an i ig ation bill

t at equi es olice en, du ing la -en-fo ce ent action like t affic sto s, to acton easonable sus icion in o de to ve i-fy a e sons i ig ation status.

We in A izona ave been o e t anatient aiting fo Was ington to act,

B e e ex lained. But decades of fede alinaction and isguided olicy ave c eateda dange ous and unacce table situation.

De oc ats and civil ig ts leade s e equick to denounce t e bill, saying it ouldlead to ides ead acial ofiling.

A izonans, ean ile, a e ustifiably f ust atedand sca ed. T ei state asbeen flooded it illegal aliens. In ust t elast t ee yea s alone, nea ly 1 illion aliens

ave been caug t t ying to sneak into A i-zona. T at a ounts to about 900 e day.

T ose o a ent caug t oat oug out A izonaand t e est of A e ica.

W y a izo s ppo t t BillIn A izona, t e esti ated nu be of il-legal i ig ants is ust unde a alf il-lion. E bedded a ong t e , of cou se,a e o kno s o any violent c i i-nals, d ug t afficke s and u an s ug-gle s. T e e ust be t ousands e a stens of t ousands udging by t e as-sive quantities of illegal d ugs seized by fede al agents. Eve y day, on ave age, laenfo ce ent officials confiscate 1.5 tons of

a i uana alone.And in t e ig -stakes ga e of d ug

t afficking, its no onde illegal i i-g ants a e beco ing o e agg essive and

eckless in t ei be avio . Ea lie t is yea ,fo exa le, A izonans e e out aged

en a o inent anc e as u de edile at olling is o e ty 20 iles

no t of t e Mexican bo de . Foot ints att e c i e scene evealed t at t e assailantsfled to Mexico afte t e senseless attack.

A izonas ca ital city, P oenix, also ast e dubious distinction of being t e kid-napping ca ital of No t A e ica. T ecity as ave aged about a kidna ing a day in ecent yea s, e o ted t e AssociatedP ess, so e esulting in to tu e and deat .Victi s legs ave been bu ned it i ons,t ei a s ave been tied to t e ceiling,t ei finge s b oken it b icks (A il 27).

S all onde t at 70 e cent of A i-

zonans su o t t e ne i ig ation

bill. a enfo ce ent agencies ave also voiced t ei su o t fo t e legislation.

But not t e ace baite s. T ey see t ela s assage as yet anot e o o tunity tofan t e f la es of acial at ed and division.

a sig of M t ity?T e ayo of P oenix called t e easu e acist and un ust. Civil ig ts activist AlS a ton said t e bill effectively sanc-tions acial ofiling.

Atto ney Gene al E ic Holde c iti-cized t e bill as unfo tunate, saying it

ad t e ossibility of leading to acialofiling. He also said it ig t be un-

constitutional and t at it could t iggeso e kind of fede al la suit to sto t elegislation f o going fo a d. And yet,du ing a cong essional ea ing on May 13,

en asked by Re . Ted Poe if e ad evenead t e legislation, t e nations to la

enfo ce ent official es onded, I ave

not ad a c ance to. Ive glanced at it.

Its 10 ages, Poe sna ed back. Igive you y co y of it, if you ould like.Poe said t e gove n ent oug t to be enfo cing t e i ig ation la s t at a

assed in o de to secu e t e bo de nochallenging them.

T e day afte t e atto ney gene al aitted e adnt ead t e la , Mic ae

Posne , t e assistant sec eta y of state, to

e o te s e ad been quite candid iC inese officialsof all peopleabou Americas u an ig ts violations. Paof a atu e elations i is t at you avan o en discussion e e you not only

aise t e ot e guys oble s, but yaise you o n, and you ave a discussio

about it, Posne said at t e conclusion oa t o-day u an ig ts su it bet eent e U.S. and C ina on May 14.

A e o te t en asked if t e ne A ina la ca e u du ing t e u an ig tssu it, and if so, o b oug t it u ?

Posne es onded: We brought it up

howa izo Immig tio Billsp k

r i l h

wH H ? the eb te

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early and often. It as entioned in t efi st session, and as a troubling trend inour society and an indication t at e aveto deal it issues of disc i ination o

otential disc i ination (e asis inet oug out).

A e icas leade s b oug t u t e A i-zona la ea ly and often to t e C ineset e sa e eo le o lock do n t ei o nbo de s it o essive fo ce and u det ei o n citizens fo o osing Bei ingsCo unist ule.

At t e sa e ess confe ence it Mi-c ael Posne , A e icas a bassado toC ina, on Hunts an, said, We e talk-ing about issues t at a e unco fo table,quite f ankly, but it is a sign of maturity t at e can talk about s ecific cases.

G oveling at t e feet of dictato s, con-fessing ou su osed sins to t e o ld,like t e t oubling t end in A izonat is is no seen as a sign of atu ity.

In fact, it is a s ocking and s a eful

sign of immaturity and it iso esied in Isaia 3:4.

Lig ti g t F o r BombEven P esident Oba a astily oined in on t e c o us of c iticisagainst t e A izona la . Wit in

ou s of Gove no B e e signingt e bill, Oba a scolded A izonala ake s fo t ei isguided

o k. He said it t eatens to un-de ine t e basic notions of fai -ness t at e c e is as A e icans.

S ould t e la be enfo ced,P esident Oba a envisioned lifefo His anic A e icans to beso et ing like t is: No sud-denly if you dont ave you a-

e s and you took you kid out toget ice c ea , you e going to be

a assedt ats so et ing t atcould otentially a en.

Besides being factually inco -ect on t e s ecifics of t e leg-

islation, t e esidents acially c a ged eaction failed to add ess anot -e , o e se ious conce n fo A e icans:being u de ed o kidna ed by illegald ug- unne s. T e esidents gut- eac-tion co ent, K is Kobac ote at t eWashington Times, as t ue to fo . ustas it t e Ca b idge, Mass., a est fias-co last yea , e us ed to t e ic o one

it out kno ing t e facts in o de to sti

u and ca italize on accusations of acialofiling (A il 28).T ats at uc of t e backlas

against t e A izona la a ounts to:stirring up racial discord . And as it a -

ens, it co es at a ti e en hundredsof thousands of illegal i ig antsaninc easing nu be of t e h r

r m it so isticated ea on-ya e flo ing ac oss A e icas o ous

bo de s eve y yea . Mo e t an alf of t eillegal i ig ants and d ugs co ing intoA e ica, by t e ay, t avel t oug t e

A izona-Mexico bo de .

Sixty-t ee e cent of A e icans na-tionally favo t e A izona la . But at et an do so et ing about t e ountingdange , A e icas leade s i is insteadlig ting t e fuse of a uc o e ex losiveti e bo b.

Its an ex losive ixtu e t at ill soonblo u in ou faces.

W en P esident Oba a ca aignedfo office, e eloquently vo ed not to uset e ace ca d and o ised to b ing t e

aces toget e as esident. Instead, t e nation is beco ing o e divided by t e day.

T o yea s ago, en t en-SenatoOba a as being lavis ed it aise fo

is effo ts to eal t e any ace- elationb eac es in A e ica, y fat e a nedt at in t e long un, it ould only infla emore acis . Poisonous ace elations

ave eve yt ing to do it Bible oecy, e ote on une 12, 2008. T is dan-ge ous buildu it in ou society is a ac-ist bo b t at ost of us ill see ex lodein ou faces!

Rega ding t en-Senato Oba a, y fat e ote, Many eo le believe t aM . Oba a is going to g eatly i ove

ace elations. But ou acial oble s agoing to a idly get uc o se!

T en, e added, T e ace ca d is go-ing to be layed often fo olitical gain!So often, in fact, t at even in t e idstof a national e e gency t at as so eA e icans living in fea of being kid-

na ed, to tu ed o u de ed by illegal aliensand afte A izona asses ala t at effectively akes it illegal to doso et ing t at as always been illegal

laying t e ace ca d and fanning t efla es of at ed is at ou leade s a econce ned about ost. n

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W OrLd WaTch

e usale , it asdecided at a eet-ing May 3 bet een PAP i e Ministe Sala Fayyadand is iniste ial-level gov-e n ent e be s. T e Fayy-ad gove n ent is aut o izedby t e ne decision to elocatgove n ent offices and i -

o tant institutions to atass edia efe to as easte ne usale but actually in-

cludes no t e n and sout ea eas of t e ca ital as ell,Is aelNationalNe s.co

e o ted. T e stated goal isto i lant t e sense a ong

e usale A abs t at t e ad-d ess fo t ei issues is t e P(May 5). T e decision violatest e Oslo Acco d, ic o-

ibits t e PA f o o e atingin e usale . T e PA gove n

ent said it intends to A abizet e city, setting facts on t eg ound t at ould ave tobe taken into conside ation inany futu e negotiations it

Is ael. T e decision et no

lined, and o e Ge ansoldie s ould be f eed u foove seas issions. T is is fu -t e evidence t at Ge anysfo eign olicy is a idly anddange ously t ansfo ing.

mid STO M 11, U.S. PrBa ack Oba a onedP esident Ma oud Abbas of t e Palestinian Aut o ity tocong atulate i on t e sta tof Is aeli-Palestinian oxi ity talks. Abbas ade is long-de-layed decision to ente indi ecttalks it I lon May 8. T e

isto y of suc talks akes itabundantly a a ent t at any ne ound of talks ill only succeed in ounding t e e -is state fu t e , t oug addi-tional concessions it out any

esultant eace.Mean ile, t e Palestin-

ian Aut o ity ill invest in

o ects ai ed at A abizing

Po t g l, slo ki and sp i ,and o e ates ail se vices inPol . Ove 1 billion as-senge s eac yea ide A ivasextensive t ans o t net o ks.It is ude i ony t at Deutsc eBa nt e successo co -

any to Deutsc e Reic sba n,ic o e ated t e t ains

t at an to t e Wo ld Wa exte ination ca s illno o n B itis Rail, a co -

any ose edecesso s didso uc to t ans o t t e asto es to t ose o o osed

t e Nazis. W at t e Nazise e not able to acco lis

t oug a , Ge any is nogaining t oug ot e eans.

Ge anys defense in-iste as announced lansfo a st uctu al efo of t eGe an ilita y t at ouldi ove t e effectiveness of t e count ys a ed fo ces.Ka l-T eodo zu Guttenbe gex lained on A il 12 t atunde t e ne f a e o k, t e

Bundes e ould be st ea -

urOPB

lgi m h m hfi st Weste n Eu o ean

count y to a ove a nationalban on t e bu ka, it t elo e ouse of t e BelgianPa lia ent unani ously ass-ing t e easu e A il 29. T iscould o en t e ay fo si ilabans in ot e count ies. W ilet e legislation still as to be

atified by t e Senate, it is notex ected to be blocked t e e.T e bu ka is al eady bannedin t o dozen local dist icts inBelgiu , including t e ca i-tal, B ussels. T e nation ideban ill ake it il legal fo t eIsla ic bu ka and t e niqabto be o n in ublic laces.Mean ile, Silvana Koc -Me in, t e ead of G m ysF ee De oc ats in t e Eu o-

ean Pa lia ent, called fo aEu o e- ide ban in t e akeof t e Belgian vote becausecove ing o en, s e said,o enly su o ts values t at

e do not s a e in Eu o e. InIt ly, a o an as fined 500( $650) fo ea ing a bu ka.T e fine as i osed unde a1975 anti-te o is la fo bid-ding bot en and o en tocove t ei facesa a ently t e fi st ti e t e la as a -

lied in t is anne . Ex ectt e backlas against Isla ont e Continent to g o .

T e Ge an gove n entis u c asing B itains biggest

t ain and bus fi . T e $2.44billion deal ill ut 44,000A iva e loyees in ulti leEu o ean count ies unde t econt ol of Deutsc e Ba n. Itis t e loss of yet anot e B it-is c o n e el. A iva is oneof Eu o es leading t ans o tse vices, it bus and t aino e ations in t e UK,d -m k , Ge any, t e n t -l and sw . A iva also

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esent du ing t e exe cises. Ala ge a t of A e icas st ate-gy to contain I an elies on t e

ilita y dete ent ovided byPe sian Gulf count ies. T osesa e count ies coo e ation

it I an clea ly de onst atest e un eliable natu e of A e -icas ode ate A ab al lies.

ust a eek late , I an eldeig t o e days of ilita y d ills in t e Gulf of O anand t e St ait of Ho uz tot ain I anian t oo s and in-ti idate otential ene ies.

T e Oba a ad inist ationis seeking to soften o osedsanctions against I an. T eW ite House is us ing Con-g ess to ovide exe tions

fo count ies like C ina and

t e atte t by I an-alignedS iites to fo a gove n ent.A se ies of attacks ac oss t ecount y on May 10 killed ove100 eo le and in u ed o et an 300, in t e deadliest day so fa t is yea .

I ans elite ilita y fo ce,t e Isla ic Revolutiona y Gua d Co s, eld la ge-scale ilita y exe cise in t ePe sian Gulf and t e St ait of Ho uz in A il. I ans P ess

said t e fou -day naval,ai and g ound exe cises e e

eld to de onst ate t e coun-t ys defense ca abilities andits dete ination to aintainsecu ity in t e egion. A ig -level ilita y delegation f o

Q t , an A e ican ally, as

t e oint of violence.On May 4, I qs t o ain

ival S iite coalitions ag eedto e ge into a single a lia-

enta y bloc. T e t o S iablocs ca e second and t i d inI aqs Ma c 7 elections. W ilet e olitical angling is notove and a i e iniste asyet to be c osen, t is deal givest e o-I anian State of abloc and t e I anian-backedIsla ist I aqi National Alli-

ance a st ong c anceof setting u t e nextgove n ent, t usce enting I aniando ination of I aq.

T e sa e day, adi-cal anti-A e icancle ic Muqtada al-Sad announcednodoubt at t e di ec-

tion of is s onso ,I t eevival of is Ma di A y i-

litia and t eatened to attack A e ican t oo s if t ey didntstick to t ei Dec. 31, 2011,deadline to leave t e count y.

Mean ile, violence inI aq as inc eased as al Qae-

da-connected Sunnis eact to

conde nation f o Was ing-ton saying it ould de ail t e

eace ocessin cont ast tot e Oba a ad inist ationsdenunciation of e is ous-ing lans in e usale an-nounced in Ma c .

In A il, a oll in Is aels o ed Is aelis fi ly be indIs aeli P i e Ministe Ben-

a in Netanya u and sol-idly against an i osed eaceag ee ent and t e division of

e usale . T e oll, conductedby B ain Base foInde endent MediaRevie Analysis,

evealed t at Is aelie s o ose an i -

osed eace by aa gin of 83 to 8e cent. T e esults

ull out t e ugf o any ossibleintentions by t e Oba a ad-

inist ation to t y to to let e Netanya u gove n ent infavo of a Kadi a- abo coali-tion, e o ted Is aelNational-Ne s.co (A il 14). T is is afu t e indication t at t e A -ab- e i asse ove e usale

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2.4 e cent inMa c alone.As co a edto one yea

evious, f esand d y vege-tables e e u56 e cent andf es f uitsand elonsu 29 e cent.Eggs ose 34

e cent, andbeef, veal anddai y all oseby oug ly 10

e cent.T o Il-

linois oliti-cians equest-

ed ilita y inte vention inC icago in A il, e e t e

u de ate atc es t e nu -be of U.S. t oo s o avedied in I aq and afg i t .T e oliticians said NationalGua d soldie s e e needed tostabilize C icago co uni-ties ust as t ey a e doing int ose t o conflicts.

In B itain, t e Office of National Statistics evealst at t e o o tion of bi t sto un a ied ot e s ac osst e nation ill ise above alf ove t e next five yea s. T efigu e ose f o 37 e cent in1997 to 45 e cent in 2008.

T o lesbians ave obtainedt e fi st official bi t ce tificatin B itain t at leaves t e fat eoff t e official eco d, t anksto a 2008 act of Pa lia ent.Rat e t an listing t e ot eand fat e , t e ce tificate statesa ot e and a a ent.

England is one of Eu o es

least at iotic count ies, anA il su vey found. One infive Englis es ondents saidt ey lacked at iotis due toa b oken society, alt oug alfsaid t ey ad been at iotic int e ast. On a questionnai e,

es ondents udged t ei oveall level of at iotis to be5.8 out of 10, t e lo est of t enine nations su veyed. Mo et an a qua te said t ey fea edt ey ould be called acist if

t ey fle t e Englis flag.

account scandals eant t at226 of t e e be s of Pa lia-

ent esent e e f es faces.As t e un ieldy gove n ent

o ks to old itself toget e , itay ove vulne able to beingan andled by ot e coun-

t ies and t e EU.T e Bank of England said

on May 12 t at B itain andt e u it st t ave so eof t e sa e fiscal oble s asG en it co es to ub-lic finances. T e assess entca e f o bank gove noMe vyn King, o is ega dedas a ong t e ost gua dedcent al banke s. A eek ea -lie , e o ts su faced t at t eEu o ean Co ission adfo ecast t at t e UKs budgetdeficit ould it 12 e cent of g oss do estic oductt e

ig est in t e EU.On May 3, U.S. Defense

Sec eta y Robe t Gates ad it-ted t at A e icas c ucial naval do inance is being t eat-

ened. T e Navy, ic elieseavily on ex ensive ai c aft

ca ie s and sub a ines, isbeco ing o e vulne ableas otential ene ies like I anand C ina i ove asy -

et ical ea ons suc as an-ti-s i issiles. Anti-access

ea ons could otentially ende A e icas ig ty, ex-ensive ca ie g ou s obso-

lete, Gates a ned.U.S. food ices a e ising,

it ove all ices u ing

eade s f o t e rcount ieso t e o lds tofou e e ging a kets:B zil,Russia, I i and C ina etin B asilia in A il. T ese foucount ies contain 40 e centof t e o lds o ulation, andconsistently seek to ave ala ge say in o ld affai s.

Venezuelas elect icity su ly is on t e b ink of col-la se. Wate levels at t e Gu ida ic su lies o e to70 e cent of t e nationa eso lo t at officials ay befo ced to s ut do n a la ge

a t of t e da . A fi e at a key t e oelect ic lant fo no t -

este n Venezuela on A il 4only ade t e situation o se.

NGlO-m riC

F r h r m Wo ld Wa , t eu itKi g om ad a coalition gov-e n ent sit in Pa lia entMay 18. Ne Conse vativeP i e Ministe David Ca -e on sat on t e f ont bencnext to ibe al De oc atleade Nick Clegg, t e nede uty vice esident. T ey,along it any ot e e -be s of t e 650-seat c a be ,a e ne faces in ne ositionsafte t e May 6 gene al elec-tion. Resignations ove evi-

ous ont s due to ex ense

e n ents (May 7).Not only did t e c as

of t e Polis ilita y lane on A il 10 kill

al ost all of Polandsgove n ent leade s, butit also gave Russia a bo-nanza of sec ets,acco ding to a May 13Washington Times a -ticle. Seve al of t oseflying ca ied co ute sand e o y sticks con-taining sec et data.Russia ay also ave ob-tained t e ult a-sec etcodes used by toenc y t satellite co u-nication. If t e Russiansa e able to ecove t esecodes f o t e eckage,t ey ill be able to dec y t

ont s, if not yea s, of ast co unications.

An esti ated 90,000a anese citizens oined localoliticians in t e st eets of

Okina a on A il 25 to otestallo ing t e U.S. Futen a Ma-

ine Co s Ai base to e ainin t e Okina a efectu e.Rega dless of Tokyos decisionon t is atte , it is beco inginc easingly obvious t at a anis not t e eliable U.S. ally t atit as a ea ed to be since t eSecond Wo ld Wa .

FriC /l TiNm riC

A R w r h p h -ed do n and eca tu edan oil tanke taken by So ali

i ates on May 6. S ecial fo cesa elled onto t e s i , kill-

ing one i ate in a 22- inutegun battle t at fo ced t e i-

ates to su ende . T e i atese e taken by su ise. T ey

did not ex ect suc esoluteeasu es f o us, said Ca t.

Ilda Ak e ov. Ex ect t ei acking of Russian s i s to

beco e less co onunliket at of count ies t at take less

obust action.

he e le er repre-e t 16 per e t of glob l e o-omi o tp t h lf it gro th.



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o u t s i d e

t h e t a d i u m

T g iof Wo l c psOuTh aFrIca

BY rOBerT MOrLe


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Mr m h

s ent e a ing fo t ega es t an fo any ot es o ts event in Af icas is-to y. Ove $2.5 billion builtstadiu s, acco odations,

base ca s, t aining facilities, secu ity net-o ks, edia ubs, tou ist cente s, ani-

cu ed a ks, bus lines, lig t ail g ids and aost of ot e su o ting inf ast uctu e.

Money can buy a lot. But it can ide alot tooat least te o a ily.

W en Wo ld Cu 2010 lay begins,und eds of illions of eo le ill tune

in f o a ound t e o ld to atc t ega es. But at ill t ey see?

ike C ina du ing t e 2008 Oly ics,t e ictu e esented to t ose vie ingf o t ousands of iles a ay ill be ve y diffe ent t an t e eality in t e to ns i s.T e Sout Af ican gove n ent ill o k ve y a d to esent a sanitized, eticu-lously anaged i age to t e o ld.

You ill ea of a nation t at, follo -ing t e end of a a t eid, as u ged acialdisc i ination and seg egation. Sout Af-

ica, you ill be told, is a nation t at asove t o n t e yoke of colonialis toe e ge as a bastion of econo ic f eedofo blacks, ites, Indians, Asians and all

ixes. Inequalities ave been e oved andealt is being edist ibuted to t ose ose

land as stolen und eds of yea s ago.Since t e end of a a t eid, Sout Af-

icas leade s clai to ave ut t e count y on t e oad to bot equality and os e ity.And fo Sout Af icas uling Af ican Na-tional Cong ess ( ), t e Wo ld Cu is ac ance to ake su e t e o ld believes t at.

Yet, des ite t e y e a ound t ega es, not all is ell in Sout Af ica. T evie on t e st eett e laces t e oliti-cally co ect inte national ca e as illnot go eveals a nation ife it ove ty,disease and violent c i e.

But above all, idden Sout Af ica is anation bubbling ove it acial tensionand so e say sec et genocide.

T Mf T e beginnings of Sout Af icas si e -ing tension extend back o e t an 200yea s, to a ti e en t e nation as fi stbeing conque edbut not by ite eo le.

Histo ians efe to t is e iod in Af-ican isto y as t e Mfecane. It is a o d

dee ly associated it one of t e ostfea ed e sonalities in Af ican isto y, if not t e o ld. It still sends c ills do n t es ines of t ose o unde stand its conno-tation. It is a Zulu ex ession t at eans

t e c us ing and t e scatte ing.

And unfo tunately, once Wo ld Cusocce is ove , it is a o d t at ay soonbe back in Sout Af ica.

T e ti e of t e c us ingo t eslaug te as one of t e bloodiest inAf ican isto y. Sout e n Af ica as en-gulfed in t ibal a . F o sout of at isno esot o and Du ban on t e easte ncoast of Sout Af ica, all t e ay u intoZi bab e and Moza bique,t e land as being syste ati-cally de o ulated.

S aka Zulu, t e Zulu king,as s ee ing a ay

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