Saturday, July 05, 2008

SARKO TO HELP ISRAELI FREED

Egypt finds weapons caches in Sinai JULY 5,08

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) - Egyptian authorities have found weapons and explosives in the Sinai desert they believe were destined for the Gaza Strip, a security official said Saturday. Security forces found eight plastic bags containing 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of TNT explosives in a warehouse near the town of El-Arish, the official said.We believe the explosives were headed for the Gaza Strip.The official said that nine automatic weapons were also found in another warehouse in central Sinai after a tip-off from Bedouins.

Israel and the United States have repeatedly accused Egypt of not doing enough to stop arms smuggling into the neighbouring Gaza Strip, which has been under the control of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for the past year.Cairo has strongly denied the charges.

Under an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire deal for Gaza that came into effect last month, Israel insists that Cairo do its utmost to halt weapons smuggling from the Sinai peninsula into the Palestinian territory.

Sarkozy vows to press Syria to help free Israeli soldier hostage Fri Jul 4, 5:18 PM ET

PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he would press his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad to use all the power of his country to free a French-Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants. Sarkozy has invited Assad to Paris along with some 40 foreign leaders for a summit on July 13 to launch a new Mediterranean Union, aimed at boosting cooperation between European Union and north African and Middle Eastern rim states.I will have the opportunity, when I see ... President Bashar Al-Assad, to ask him to use all Syria's power so that the soldier (Gilad) Shalit is freed, said Sarkozy, who is to meet separately with Assad on the eve of the summit.He made his comments in a speech welcoming the Colombian former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, a joint French national who was released this week after six years as a hostage of rebels in the Colombian jungle.Shalit was seized by militants in Gaza in June 2006.

Israel closes Gaza crossings in response to rocket By RASHED RASHID, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 4, 11:23 AM ET

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel crossings with the Gaza Strip were closed Friday in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire that has violated a rocky truce as Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers responded by suspending talks on freeing a long-held Israeli soldier. Under the terms of the June 19 cease-fire, Palestinian militants were to have halted all assaults on southern Israel and Israel was to have eased its bruising blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip. In the final stage of the six-month truce, efforts were to be intensified to win freedom for Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit and to open Gaza's chief gateway, the Rafah crossing with Egypt.But since the truce took hold, 11 rockets and mortars have been fired toward Israel, including a rocket attack on Thursday, the military said. As a result, Israel's crossings have been closed for seven days since June 19.Military spokesman Peter Lerner said the latest closure was provoked by the attack Thursday.Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza, accused Israel of not living up to its part of the truce.We still say that maintaining the calm is a national interest, but the Israelis must commit to lifting the siege and opening the crossings, Haniyeh told reporters after Muslim prayers at a Gaza mosque.And Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said talks on freeing Schalit were frozen.

The Hamas movement has decided to suspend the talks on the captured soldier Gilad Schalit because Israel has violated the calm agreement by closing the crossings, Abu Zuhri told Associated Press Television News.Hamas-affiliated militants captured Schalit two years ago in a cross-border raid and have demanded that Israel release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for his freedom. Israel has been reluctant to free many of the prisoners on Hamas' list because they were involved in deadly attacks on Israel.

The prisoner exchange talks, like the truce, have been mediated by Egypt because Israel has no ties with Hamas, which rejects the Jewish state's existence.The agreement for calm in the south stipulated that there would be a cessation of rocket fire on Israel, as well as expedited progress on the Gilad Schalit issue, an Israeli government official said in response to Hamas' decision to suspend talks on freeing Schalit. The rocket fire has not ended, and we hope that there will be progress on Gilad Schalit.He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss government policy.Israel imposed, then progressively tightened economic sanctions on Gaza's 1.4 million people after Hamas violently wrested control of the territory a year ago. The sanctions were meant to pressure Hamas to put an end to the rocket fire, but have hurt ordinary Palestinians who now receive only food and other humanitarian supplies through crossings with Israel. Severe shortages in everything from gasoline to cement to shoes have been reported.Much rests on the truce because Israel has warned it might launch a large-scale operation in Gaza if the rocket attacks do not cease. An invasion would likely bring large numbers of casualties and prompt the moderate Palestinian leadership in the West Bank, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to call off peace talks with Israel.

Israel, Syria agree to extend Turkish-sponsored talks: Ankara Thu Jul 3, 4:22 PM ET

ANKARA (AFP) - Israel and Syria have agreed to extend indirect talks under Turkish mediation, Ankara's foreign ministry said Thursday. The parties have indicated their shared willingness to pursue negotiations on a regular basis, said a statement which outlined a constructive and positive atmosphere at the Istanbul meeting.The conference, which began on Tuesday, was the third set of Turkish-sponsored talks in the city, which Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said on Wednesday marked an initial stage in resumed diplomacy.Babacan had expressed the hope that the Middle Eastern powerhouses would get round the same table for direct negotiations.

The renewal of political dialogue between Israel and Syria was announced simultaneously in March after an eight-year hiatus.Syria said at the time it had received Israeli commitments for a full withdrawal from the occupied Golan Heights, seized four decades ago, though Israeli officials have been tight-lipped on the controversial issue.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel was willing to make major concessions in what was seen as a reference to the Golan Heights, which were seized in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in 1981 -- a move never recognised by the international community.A large group of Israeli lawmakers, meanwhile, are pushing a bill to block an eventual return of the Golan Heights to Syria, and the proposal passed its first reading in parliament Monday.The two countries have been officially at war since 1948, although armistice and ceasefire agreements have been signed in the interim.

Thursday, July 03, 2008

MUSLIM ARAB ON RAMPAGE OF DEATH

AND THESE SO CALLED PEACEFUL ARAB MUSLIMS CLAIM PEACE WITH ISRAEL WHEN ALL THEY THINK OF DOING IS BLOWING UP OR KILLING ISRAELIS IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. THE DECEPTION OF PEACE IS ON BIGTIME IN THE LEADERS THAT RULE ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM.

Call to reroute Jerusalem barrier following attack By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated Press Writer JULY 03,08

JERUSALEM - Israel should cut off outlying Arab neighborhoods from Jerusalem, Israel's vice premier proposed Thursday, the day after a Palestinian construction worker from one of these districts went on a deadly rampage in the city's center. Vice Premier Haim Ramon proposed changing the route of Israel's separation barrier to exclude the Arab districts, saying it would improve security. The barrier already rings much of the city.In Wednesday's attack, the assailant, Hussam Dwayat, 30, drove a massive construction vehicle in a bloody rampage — ramming buses, crushing cars and targeting pedestrians. Three people were killed before Israeli security personnel shot and killed him.Police said they believe Dwayat acted alone and was not connected to any Palestinian militant group.No possible motive was provided though city officials confirmed that an order to demolish Dwayat's home was issued in 2005 on grounds that it was built illegally.Dwayat won a stay in court, but was ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Many Palestinians in Jerusalem build illegally, saying it's very difficult for them to obtain permits from the Israeli authorities.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack saying Thursday, We want peaceful solutions through negotiations.Abbas, on an official visit to Slovenia, said President Bush phoned him just hours after the deadly rampage to support peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis. He also said that Palestinian and Israeli delegations will have a meeting in Washington in the coming days, but provided no details.Still, Wednesday's attack raised new questions about the future of the city and the government's policy toward Jerusalem's estimated 250,000 Palestinian residents, who make up about one-third of the total population.Israel captured Jerusalem's eastern sector from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War and annexed it to its capital. In Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the Palestinians demand control over east Jerusalem, as their future capital. Israel rejects that idea, but Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Ramon have signaled willingness to give up some Arab neighborhoods. Some Israeli hard-liners object to any changes in Jerusalem's boundaries.Those boundaries had been redrawn by Israel after the 1967 war, by including what until then had been West Bank villages and thus dramatically increasing the land size of the city.Dwayat, the assailant, was a resident of Sur Baher, one of those areas that became part of Jerusalem in 1967. Speaking to Israel's Army Radio station, Ramon said that Sur Baher and other outlying Palestinian neighborhoods were never in Jerusalem.

They were annexed in 1967 and we call them Jerusalem, even though there is not one Jerusalemite there. No Israeli goes near them, he said.He said these neighborhoods should be treated as if they are part of the West Bank because that's what they were originally.He added that Israel should consider moving the route of its West Bank separation barrier to put these villages outside Jerusalem's boundaries, and strip people there of their Israeli residency rights.It would be much more difficult to carry out attacks like these and 50,000 Palestinians who live in those two neighborhoods would not be able to reach Jerusalem so easily if they didn't have blue (Israeli) identity cards, he said.The separation barrier has already cut off several Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, with tens of thousands of residents, from the city. Israel says the barrier is only meant to keep Palestinian militants out.However, critics say the route of the barrier is largely determined by demographic considerations — to include the largest possible land area but exclude the largest possible number of Palestinians. Wednesday's attack also drew attention to the uneasy relationship between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem, threatening both Israelis' sense of security and Palestinians fragile status in the city. At the site of the attack, construction crews were back on the job, working on a railway project. Rafael Greenbaum, a 63-year-old Jewish resident of the city, said he was still jittery. I was just thinking about what happened here, he said. And I said to myself just like it happened to someone else yesterday. It could happen to me today.The vast majority of Jerusalem's Palestinians are not Israeli citizens. But unlike the Palestinians in the West Bank, they have Israeli residency rights, allowing them to work and move freely throughout the country and giving them social benefits. Many work in construction or blue-collar jobs. Meron Benvenisti, who served as deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1967 to 1979, said he believes the vast majority of Palestinians in the city value the benefits linked to Jerusalem residency. The majority cherish their status. They would not try this (such an attack), he said. There is no way you can generalize, but the majority of east Jerusalemites would like the status quo to continue.In a preliminary reaction to the attack, the Israeli parliament gave initial approval to a bill that would strip the residency rights of the families of Palestinian attackers. Olmert and other officials were also considering whether to demolish the home of the attacker. The practice was halted by Israel in 2005 after military officials determined that wrecking the homes of Palestinian militants did not work as a deterrent. Officials said Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni all favored reinstituting the policy. Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev, said officials were exploring the legalities of possible responses, such as home demolitions or revoking residency rights of attackers' families. He said no decisions had yet been made.

Israel in Jerusalem dilemma after bulldozer attack By Jeffrey Heller JULY 03,08

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A deadly rampage in a bulldozer by a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem left Israel grappling on Thursday with the dilemma of how to maintain security in the city along with the premise it is undivided. Israel captured Arab East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it along with nearby villages in a move that is not recognized internationally, granting Palestinian residents Israeli identity cards that gave them wide freedom of movement.In issuing the same documents used by Jews, Israel was sending a signal that East Jerusalem -- which Palestinians want as the capital of a future state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip -- was part of the indivisible capital of the Jewish state.But Wednesday's attack on Jerusalem's busy Jaffa Road in which three Israelis died and a shooting spree, also in Jewish west Jerusalem, which killed eight Israelis in a religious seminary in March have combined to raise particular concern.Both attacks were carried out by Palestinians from areas Israel regards as part of East Jerusalem. Unlike Palestinians from the West Bank, where Israel has built a controversial barrier, the two men could work and travel in all of Jerusalem.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proposed after Wednesday's incident the demolition of the homes of East Jerusalem residents who carry out attacks against Israelis, government aides said.We must use a punishment that would deter. We have to act with a tough hand, to negate social rights and to destroy immediately the houses of every terrorist from Jerusalem, one official quoted Olmert as saying.

But demolition notices would likely draw legal countermoves by Palestinians from East Jerusalem in Israeli courts, as well as international protests that destroying a home the attacker shared with other family members was collective punishment.Demolishing the home is not the answer. This is punishment for the family, which had nothing to do with this, Imad Muna, a 44-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, said in Hebrew, noting the bulldozer driver was shot dead during the attack.

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Israeli Vice Premier Haim Ramon said re-routing the West Bank barrier to include Palestinian villages Israel considers to be part of East Jerusalem could be a solution. The two attackers came from such communities.These are Palestinian villages that were never part of Jerusalem. They were annexed to it in 1967, Ramon said on Army Radio, echoing comments Olmert made several months ago.
However, redrawing the barrier's route would draw fire from Israel's right wing and entail a change in government policy at a time when borders are a central issue of peace talks.Tightening security in and around East Jerusalem could also be difficult and give the impression of a physical divide in the holy city -- something Israel has long sought to avoid.There are 200,000 Arabs in East Jerusalem. You can't put up roadblocks or a fence that would make life unbearable for everyone, one Israeli government official said.

Many of Jerusalem's Jews and Arabs live in neighborhoods that abut each other. They shop at the same malls and share government services.(The attack) will hurt co-existence in the city, said Shira Ezra, an 18-year-old Israeli student.But Muna predicted no radical change in relations between the two communities. Once in the while, a crazy person does this kind of thing. But there is co-existence. Most of the people are already at peace, the East Jerusalem resident said. (Additional reporting by Avida Landau, Editing by Janet Lawrence)

Egypt allows stranded Palestinians to return to Gaza JULY 3,08

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday to allow scores of stranded Palestinians to return to the besieged territory, witnesses said. We have been waiting for weeks to return to our families and now, praise be to God, we are finally able to return to Gaza, said Hasan Abu Yusef, who completed his master's degree in Egypt more than a month ago.Around 300 Palestinians gathered this morning on the Egyptian side and were promised by Egyptian security officials they would be allowed to cross into Gaza, he told AFP by telephone shortly before the crossing opened.The crossing was closed on Wednesday after thousands of Palestinians stormed the border in a bid to flee the impoverished territory which has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since Hamas seized power more than a year ago.In the ensuing clashes, Egyptian security forces drove the crowd away from the border with water cannon as Palestinians hurled rocks before being dispersed by baton-wielding Hamas security men.Egypt was to open the crossing for two days beginning on Tuesday for people in need of advanced medical care and those with foreign visas for work or study, but allowed only around 200 Palestinians to leave Gaza.It then sealed the crossing amid Wednesday's unrest without allowing anyone to cross.The Hamas-run interior ministry confirmed in a statement that it had coordinated the opening of the crossing with Egypt on Thursday to allow stranded Palestinians to return but provided no further details.

The Rafah crossing, the only gateway to Gaza that bypasses Israel, has rarely been opened since Hamas seized power in June 2007 after routing forces loyal to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.Hamas has repeatedly demanded the crossing be opened and operated by Egyptian and Palestinian officials, while Israel has said it should be governed by a 2005 agreement that provided for international and Israeli monitoring.

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THIS IS EXACTLY THE REASON THE EU WILL GUARENTEE ISRAELS SECURITY FOR PEACE. THE LAND TREATY OF 7 YRS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

Palestinian goes on rampage in Jerusalem; 3 killed By STEVEN GUTKIN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jul 2, 5:54 PM ET

JERUSALEM - A Palestinian laborer driving a construction vehicle rammed into packed buses, tossed cars into the air and rolled over pedestrians in a deadly rampage Wednesday that killed three people and wounded dozens in Jerusalem. The attacker's unusual weapon — a yellow Caterpillar front loader transformed into a deadly assault vehicle — threatened both Israelis' sense of security and Palestinians' fragile status in the city.Hundreds of panicked people were sent running for cover before the attacker was shot dead by security forces. Three Palestinian militant groups claimed responsibility for the onslaught, the first major attack in Jerusalem in four months.However, Israeli police said the assailant, a 30-year-old Palestinian from Arab east Jerusalem, apparently acted alone. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the man was working on a railway project in Jerusalem.The attack was a departure from militants' previous methods, which have consisted mostly of suicide bombings and shooting sprees.To our regret the attackers do not cease coming up with new ways to strike at the heart of the Jewish people here in Jerusalem, said Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski, whose daughter was on a bus rammed by the attacker. She was not injured.

Israel called the attack a senseless act and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is trying to negotiate a peace accord with Israel, condemned it. In Washington, the White House said President Bush called the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to express his sorrow over the incident.The rampage turned a bustling commercial district into a scene of panic and confusion. Maria Stashevsky, a 19-year-old passenger on one of the rammed buses, said she didn't know what was going on until the collision.I saw people running our way and then the vehicle appeared and it hit us, turning us over, she said from her hospital bed where she was being treated for injuries to her head, legs and back. People started landing on me and we had to break through the windows to escape. There was blood everywhere. It's a miracle I got out of there.Three people were killed and 45 were injured, including two babies.The mother of one of the babies hurled the child out of the car window to save her as the attacker bore down on their vehicle, and the mother was also injured. The mother of the other baby, Batsheva Unterman, 33, was killed in the assault. Social workers appeared on TV frantically trying to locate the child's father.A second dead woman was identified as Elizabeth Goren-Friedman, 54, a dual Austrian-Israeli citizen who had lived in Israel for several years, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said. The third victim was a man.The attacker began his rampage on a street near Jerusalem's central bus station, and then turned onto Jaffa Road — the city's main downtown thoroughfare — crushing everything in his path. At one point, he rammed into the back of a crowded bus, flipping it on its side.

I was shocked. I saw a guy going crazy. I saw him pick it up like a toy, said Yosef Spielman, who witnessed the attack. All the people were running. They had no chance.The attacker was stopped only after a police officer climbed into the Caterpillar's cabin and wrestled with the driver. An off-duty soldier in a blue T-shirt and a special forces officer then jumped on the vehicle and shot the driver dead.I ran up the stairs (of the vehicle) and when he was still driving like crazy and trying to harm civilians, I fired at him twice more and, that's it, he was neutralized, said Eli Mizrahi, the anti-terror unit officer.Injured people sat dazed on the ground amid piles of broken glass, blood stains and motionless bodies covered in plastic. A rescue worker stroked the hair of an elderly pedestrian, and a loved one raised the bleeding leg of a woman outside the overturned bus. Paramedics evacuated screaming babies into ambulances.The attack took place in front of a building housing the offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. BBC footage captured the rampage and the shootout as onlookers screamed in horror. Cassia Pereira, office manager for AP's Jerusalem bureau, watched the attack outside her window.

I saw him but it was too late and there was nothing to do, she said, tears in her eyes. I was in panic. I couldn't say a word.
Friends identified the attacker as Hussam Dwayat, a devout Muslim and father of two who they said had no known ties to militant groups. Everybody is in shock, said Salayan Weyed, a friend of the man's wife. Dwayat's aunt stood on the family balcony ululating and screaming he is a martyr. Other relatives sat quietly nearby, and several dozen people gathered in front of the home. Dwayat had been fined $50,000 for building his house without a permit, and a demolition order was on file, said Hassib Nashashibi, head of a group that defends Palestinians against such orders. That might explain Dwayat's motivation in the attack, and the circumstances might also influence Israel's decision about whether to destroy the house as punishment. Later Wednesday, five military vehicles gathered outside the family's two-story home in east Jerusalem, where police interviewed relatives, took pictures and gathered evidence before leaving an hour later. Police said Dwayat had a criminal background, but gave no details. In the wake of the attack, Israeli media were filled with demands from hard-line Israelis to take steps against Jerusalem's Palestinians — expelling the families of attackers, destroying their houses and refusing to employ them. About two-thirds of Jerusalem's 700,000 residents are Jews, and the rest are Palestinians who came under Israeli control when Israel captured their part of the city in 1967. Though Jews and Arabs have little social interaction, Palestinians perform much of the city's blue-collar work and the sides frequently come into contact. In contrast to West Bank Palestinians, Arab residents of Jerusalem have full freedom to work and travel throughout Israel. Many Jerusalem Arabs work in the construction industry. City Hall spokesman Gidi Schmerling said all east Jerusalem residents who work in construction for the city must pass a police screening. He said Dwayat worked for a private construction firm. The contractor who employed him could not be reached for comment. The militant groups claiming responsibility included the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, which is loosely affiliated with Abbas' Fatah movement, as well as the Galilee Freedom Battalion, suspected of being affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a fringe militant group.

Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip and is currently maintaining a fragile cease-fire with Israel, said it did not carry out the attack but nevertheless praised it. We consider it as a natural reaction to the daily aggression and crimes committed against our people, said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said, We condemn any attacks that target civilians, whether Israelis or Palestinians.Associated Press writers Steven Gutkin, Laurie Copans and Dalia Nammari contributed to this report.

I WISH BUSH WOULD READ GENESIS 12:1-3 WHO EVER IS FOR ISRAEL AND HELPING THEM GET GODS PROMISED LAND IS BLESSED. WHOEVER GIVES AWAY ISRAELS PROMISED LAND OR TRYS TO DIVIDE IT IS DOOMED FOR DIASTERS.AND PEOPLE THINK THESE FLOODS OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS IN THE MIDWEST AMERICA ARE JUST ACCIDENTS...HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR USE THAT BELIEVE THAT LIE.

Bush remains committed to Palestinian state: Abbas Wed Jul 2, 2:00 PM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to creating a Palestinian state in a phone call with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Abbas's spokesman said. We will keep working with the understanding that the goal is an independent Palestinian state... and I am confident that we will be able to achieve that, Bush was quoted as saying by Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina, who spoke with AFP by phone from Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.Bush said he was ready to intervene in the negotiations when you ask me to and that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will continue working with the two sides and will meet with both sides in the middle of this month.Israel and the Palestinians formally relaunched peace talks after a seven-year hiatus at a US conference last November, with Bush vowing to resolve the decades-old conflict by the end of this year.The talks have since faltered amid continuing violence in and around the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank including east Jerusalem.The negotiations have made little tangible progress, but on Wednesday Abbas vowed to continue them, Abu Rudeina said.President Abbas affirmed the necessity of speeding up work to arrive at an agreement this year and on the necessity of continuing our efforts and removing the obstacles we face, he said.The White House said Bush came away encouraged about the prospects for peace after calls to Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday.The discussions came hours after a Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into buses and cars on a busy central Jerusalem street, killing three people and wounding 45 others in what Israel said was a terrorist attack.In his conversation with the prime minister, Bush expressed condolences for the terrorist attack that killed and injured so many people today in Jerusalem, Bush's spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

RUSSIA COMPLAINS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THEY WILL LEAD THE MARCH WITH THE MUSLIMS TO ISRAEL BUT 5/6THS OF THESE RUSSIA-MUSLIM ARMIES WILL BE DEFEATED AND SENT BACK TO THE SIBERIAN DESERT IN THE FUTURE.

Military strike on Iran would be 'catastrophic:' Russian ministry Wed Jul 2, 6:03 AM ET

MOSCOW (AFP) - Any military attack on Iran would have a catastrophic effect on the Middle East, a Russian foreign ministry official said Wednesday after reports that Israel might launch such an attack. All this is very dangerous. If force is used it will be catastrophic for the whole Middle East, the official told journalists on condition of anonymity.The official also said Iran was ready to look seriously at proposals presented on June 14 by six world powers aimed at getting the Islamic republic to suspend uranium enrichment. He called Iran's attitude a positive signal.

The comments came after US media reported on June 20 that Israeli jet pilots had trained for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear sites.Western powers fear Russia is developing a nuclear weapons programme under cover of its stated aim of developing civilian nuclear energy. However Tehran denies such claims.Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has a section of border close to northern Iran in the Caucasus mountains and has been cautious about Western efforts to punish Iran over its nuclear activities.

GOD IS GETTING READY TO DESTROY THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS WITH THESE VERY NUKES OLMERT WENT TO VISIT. WORLD EVENTS ARE SET IN MOTION ON THE FAST TRACK NOW.

Olmert visits Israeli nuclear site By MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer Tue Jul 1, 3:56 PM ET

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Israel's main nuclear reactor on Tuesday, setting off a round of commentaries in Israeli media about Israel's intentions toward Iran and its nuclear program. An official in the prime minister's office would give no details of the visit, which he said was closed to the media.Israel Army Radio said Olmert got a guided tour of the reactor complex near the southern desert town of Dimona. News of the visit set off a round of commentaries on Israeli radio and TV stations about the possibility of an Israeli attack against Iran's nuclear development program.Israel has rejected the conclusion of a recent U.S. intelligence report that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program several years ago. Israel considers Iran a strategic threat because of its nuclear program, its long-range missiles and repeated calls by its president to wipe Israel off the map.Israel favors tough international sanctions to pressure Iran to scale back its nuclear ambitions. But Olmert pointedly has not ruled out an attack.Israel itself is widely assumed to have an arsenal of nuclear weapons developed at the Dimona facility, but Israel has carefully avoided confirming or denying their existence. Israel's official policy is a declaration that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East.Details and pictures leaked in 1986 to the Sunday Times of London by a renegade former Dimona employee, nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu, led experts to conclude Israel has the world's sixth-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, including hundreds of warheads.Vanunu was later kidnapped by Israeli intelligence agents in Rome, brought back to Israel to stand trial, and served 18 years in prison, including 11 in solitary confinement.