THE WORLD DICTATOR
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
JACK VAN IMPE ON HIS MAR 2,11 SHOW MENTIONED THAT MAYBE THE TOPPLING OF ALL THESE WORLD DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD IS BECAUSE PROPHECY IS STARTING TO BE FULFILLED THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE A SINGLE WORLD DICTATOR.NOT MANY DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD.JACK THINKS AND I AGREE WITH HIM THE WORLD IS BEING SETUP FOR THE SINGLE EUROPEAN UNION WORLD DICTATOR.AND IT FITS RIGHT IN WITH PROPHECY.
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MUSLIM NATIONS
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).
MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL
AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL
REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
WARS AND RUMURS OF WARS.
MATTHEW 24:6
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
MARK 13:7
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
Top lawmaker meets Mideast envoy Blair
– Wed Mar 2, 6:45 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Palestinians have yet to show that they can be Israel's partners in peace, a top US lawmaker said Wednesday after talks with Middle East diplomatic Quartet envoy Tony Blair.Israel has shown through its actions that it is ready and able to make peace, but the Palestinian Authority has yet to demonstrate that it can be a partner for peace, said House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.I again reiterated the need for the Palestinian leadership to meet its basic obligations and commitments, including recognizing Israel's right to exist as a democratic, Jewish state, said the Republican lawmaker.The Middle East diplomatic Quartet, which seeks rapid resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, comprises the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.
Ros-Lehtinen said she and Blair had a very productive discussion about upcoming Quartet meetings as well as the deadly turmoil sweeping through the region.We discussed the threats that Islamist extremist groups pose to the entire region in general, and to Israel and opportunities for peace and security in particular, she said.The Palestinians walked out of peace talks after Israel refused in September to renew a temporary ban on building settlements in the West Bank -- on land earmarked for a future Palestinian state.
Mideast protests at a glance By The Associated Press – Wed Mar 2, 4:37 pm ET
A look at anti-government protests, political unrest and key developments in five Arab countries on Wednesday.
LIBYA:Rebel forces rout troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in a fierce battle over an oil port, scrambling over the dunes of a Mediterranean beach through shelling and an airstrike to corner their attackers. While they thwart the regime's first counteroffensive in eastern Libya, opposition leaders still plead for outside airstrikes against pro-government troops.Meanwhile, Gadhafi warns thousands of Libyans will die if US or NATO intervene, and says Libya will replace Western banks and companies with others from China, Russia and Brazil.
YEMEN:Two anti-government protesters are shot and killed in southern Yemen. A hospital official says the deaths occur during demonstrations in the town of Sadr, in the province of Lahaj. Protesters also clash with government supporters and security forces in the Red Sea city of Hodeida. Thirteen protesters are injured in confrontations that included the use of sticks and rocks.President Ali Abdullah Saleh calls U.S. homeland security adviser John Brennan to express his regret for any misunderstanding caused by his public accusations that the U.S. and Israel are behind the unrest threatening his 32-year rule.
BAHRAIN:Thousands of anti-government protesters march on the Interior Ministry in Bahrain's capital, Manama, demanding the release of all political prisoners.Last week, Bahrain's king released 23 high-profile activists who had been on trial for allegedly trying to overthrow the monarchy. The Shiite opposition claims at least 200others remain jailed for political reasons.
TUNISIA:A Tunisian Islamist party banned for more than 20 years is legalized while the country's most prominent opposition figure quits the unity government amid renewed uncertainty about where Tunisia is headed.The Ennahdha party, branded an Islamic terrorist group by Tunisia's deposed leader but considered moderate by scholars, is rebounding onto the political scene since a popular uprising forced out autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January.
EGYPT: Egypt's state news agency says two leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood will be released after serving nearly five years in prison. MENA says that Khayrat el-Shater, the lead strategist for Egypt's largest opposition group, and Hassan Malek, a prominent businessman and group financier, will be freed for medical reasons.The move comes nearly three weeks after an uprising ousted Egypt's longtime president.
Realistic options for ousting Gadhafi look limited
By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press – Wed Mar 2, 4:24 pm ET
WASHINGTON – Short of a U.S.-led military offensive, international options to quickly force Moammar Gadhafi from power now appear to be highly limited, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for an end Wednesday to loose talk about steps that would amount to an act of war.There are still hopes that U.N. sanctions and other diplomatic moves can undermine Gadhafi's authority, and Libyan rebels pressed their fight against troops loyal to Gadhafi on Wednesday.But while a leading U.S. senator urged the Pentagon to be prepared to provide air cover for the rebels, there was little evidence of an appetite by the U.S., Europe or other powers to risk the consequences of military intervention.Gates captured the mood in telling a congressional panel, Let's call a spade a spade: A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy its air defenses. His point: To ground Libya's air force in a way that minimizes risk to U.S. or coalition pilots would mean initiating an act of war in an Arab land.The unspoken subtext is that with U.S. forces already deeply committed in Afghanistan, still winding down military operations in Iraq and on the watch for surprises in Iran and elsewhere in the suddenly volatile Persian Gulf region, the risks associated with military action in Libya might be unacceptable.
Alluding to Gates' announcement a day earlier that he had ordered two U.S. warships into the Mediterranean in case they were needed for civilian evacuations or humanitarian relief, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in separate testimony that the crisis could call for a mix of diplomacy and more.We are taking no option off the table so long as the Libyan government continues to turn its guns on its own people, she said.Clinton said she feared the prospect of Libya becoming infested with al-Qaida or affiliated terrorist groups on the scale of Somalia, the Horn of Africa country where the al-Shabab terrorist organization has gained a foothold.One of our biggest concerns is Libya descending into chaos and becoming a giant Somalia, Clinton said. It is right now not something that we see in the offing, but many of the al-Qaida activists in Afghanistan and later in Iraq came from Libya and came from eastern Libya, which is now the so-called free area.Gates, in testimony before a House committee, decried loose talk about military options in Libya, noting that even a no-fly zone would be a major undertaking. He said it could be accomplished if ordered by the White House, but it would require more airplanes than are found on a single U.S. aircraft carrier, which typically carries about 75 planes.So it's a big operation in a big country, he said, adding that the U.N. Security Council has not yet authorized any form of military action in Libya.
In support of Gates' point, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee that despite media reports of Libyan aircraft attacking rebel areas, the Pentagon as of Wednesday had not confirmed any such attacks. He also said it must be assumed, in planning for the possibility of establishing a no-fly zone, that Libya's air defenses are substantial. Neither he nor Gates said explicitly whether they support or oppose such an operation.White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, asked about Gates' comments, said, The fact that the no-fly zone idea is complex does not mean it's not on the table.Egyptian officials said two U.S. warships passed through the Suez Canal on Wednesday on their way to the Mediterranean Sea, closer to Libya. The amphibious assault ships USS Kearsarge and USS Ponce entered the canal from the Red Sea. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk to media, said the Kearsarge carried 42 helicopters.There has been no consensus call from Congress for U.S. military action in Libya. However, Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Wednesday that while a no-fly zone over Libya is not a long-term proposition, the Pentagon should be prepared to go that route if so ordered.The people of Libya do not ask for or need foreign troops on the ground, Kerry said. They are committed to doing what is necessary, but they do need the tools to prevent the slaughter of innocents on Libyan streets, and I believe the global community cannot be on the sidelines while airplanes are allowed to bomb and strafe.Senators, meanwhile, worked on an aid package to Arab countries to solidify democratic gains and improve relations with citizens in a part of the world accustomed to U.S. support for questionable rulers.Kerry, D-Mass., said at a hearing attended by Clinton that significant financial commitment by the U.S. was crucial to help what he called a monumental and uplifting transformation in the Mideast.
Some U.S. allies in NATO are mulling the idea of creating a no-fly zone over Libya. But Germany cautioned Wednesday against playing into charges that the West is unduly meddling in Arab affairs.I would advise that we conduct the debate ... about military options with all the appropriate caution and reserve, Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Berlin.The U.N. Security Council slapped an arms embargo, a travel ban and an assets freeze on Gadhafi, his family and top associates during an emergency weekend meeting. It also agreed to refer the case to the International Criminal Court at The Hague — a permanent war crimes tribunal — to investigate and prosecute possible crimes against humanity. But the U.N. has not yet included an authorization for the use of military force against Libya.Charles Heyman, a defense analyst and editor of The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, said sanctions directed at the bank accounts and freedom to travel of high level Gadhafi supporters would have an impact. In his view, military intervention, including imposition of a no-fly zone, would prove to be counterproductive.A no-fly zone is the least bad option, but it's technically very hard to do and it costs a fortune and I don't think the U.S. or Europeans have to the money to spend now, he said.
Associated Press writers Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata in Washington and Gregory Katz in London contributed to this report.
Iran warships to transit Suez Canal Thursday: officials
– Wed Mar 2, 3:24 pm ET
CAIRO (AFP) – The two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal last month en route to Syria, a move Israel branded political provocation, will make the return trip on Thursday, an official said.The Alvand, a frigate, and the supply ship Kharg will be in Port Said at four in the morning (0200 GMT) to begin passage towards the Red Sea, the official with the Suez Canal Authority said.The two ships transited the canal into the Mediterranean on February 22, the first Iranian vessels to do so since the Islamic revolution in 1979.In response, Israel put its navy on alert. Israel considers Iran, which opposes the Jewish state and supports Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Islamist Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, a serious threat.Israeli President Shimon Peres called the passage of the two warships through the canal a political provocation. Tehran described the move as a routine visit.Analysts said it was an attempt by the Islamic republic to project its clout in the region at a time when anti-government protests sweeping the Arab world from Casablanca to Cairo are shifting the regional balance of power.Egypt's ruling military council, which has been running the country since president Hosni Mubarak quit on February 11 following massive street protests against his government, approved the ships' passage through the waterway, a vital global trading route.The Suez Canal Authority said last month that ships of any nationality can pass through as long as the country is not in a state of war with Egypt.After the Iranian ships entered the Mediterranean, and steamed past the coast of Israel on their way to Syria, the United States said it was keeping a careful eye on their activities.We are watching the situation, said Colonel Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.
We have said generally that Iran's actions are not helpful, but we would expect that these Iranian ships would adhere to international law no matter where they operate, Lapan said.The NATO military alliance also said it was monitoring the Iranian naval presence.We follow events in the region and we follow these two Iranian warships with as much interest as we do any other warships in the region, said NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu.We are monitoring events, she told reporters, refusing to elaborate.The ships docked on February 24 at the Syrian port of Latakia.Iran's navy chief, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Monday that Tehran's dispatch of the two warships to the Mediterranean was not aggressive in aim.The Iranian strategy is to reinforce its defensive capacities. We do not harbour aggressive intentions against other countries, Sayari said at a news conference in Damascus.The visit aims to strengthen old ties between Iran and Syria and to enhance maritime cooperation, the navy chief said, adding the visit had been scheduled before popular uprisings began breaking out across the Arab world.
Israel skips Quartet meet, as PM eyes interim deal
– Wed Mar 2, 9:19 am ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is considering pushing for a long-term interim agreement with the Palestinians in the absence of any moves to renew peace talks, press reports said on Wednesday.The idea was splashed across all of Israel's main newspapers as Palestinian negotiators held talks about resuming peace dialogue in Brussels with envoys of the Middle East Quartet of peacemakers -- in a session which Israel declined to attend.The Palestinians are unwilling to enter into serious negotiations and therefore we should examine the idea of a long-term interim arrangement, a senior source in the premier's office told Israel Hayom, a newspaper considered close to Netanyahu.In light of the instability in the region, the only possibility is to go for an interim arrangement, on condition that it is a long-term one -- and this is what we are currently examining, he said, referring the unrest sweeping the Middle East.Details of the plan are still sketchy but the idea is believed to involve the establishment of a Palestinian state within temporary borders, while at the same time holding talks on the principles of final status issues, the Haaretz newspaper said.News of Netanyahu's intentions were leaked to the press as the Quartet sought to push both sides into renewing some kind of peace negotiations, which ran aground last autumn over an intractable dispute about settlements.
Netanyahu had been expected to send his chief negotiator Yitzhak Molcho to the Brussels talks, but decided to skip the meeting when it became clear there would be no direct contact with their Palestinian counterparts, Haaretz said.The moment there were no direct talks, there was no reason to fly out there, a source in Netanyahu's office told the paper.Since the expiry in September of a temporary ban on settlement building -- which Netanyahu refused to extend -- the Palestinians have refused all direct contact with the Israelis, saying they will not talk while settlers build on land they want for a future state.Members of the Palestinian negotiating team, headed by Saeb Erakat, are currently in Brussels to negotiate the parameters of the Quartet statement that will be issued after a top-level meeting of the principals when they meet in mid-March, Palestinian sources told AFP.
Israel okays 14 new east Jerusalem settler homes
– Wed Mar 2, 9:11 am ET
JERUSALEM (AFP) – Jerusalem municipality has approved construction of 14 new apartments in an abandoned Israeli police compound in occupied east Jerusalem, a councillor told AFP on Wednesday.Pepe Alalu, of the opposition Meretz party, said the 14 new units were to be built in the Ras al-Amud neighbourhood on land owned by a Jewish religious trust which was also seeking permits for a further 104 housing units next to the police building.I strongly condemn this, he said.It's really problematic.The Haaretz newspaper said the plan was to link up the Ras al-Amud housing with the adjacent Jewish enclave of Maaleh Zeitim, where more than 100 families now live.US-brokered peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians stalled late last year over a bitter dispute about settlement building.Since the expiry of a 10-month Israeli ban on new settlement construction, the Palestinians have refused all direct contact with Israel, saying they will not talk while settlers build on land they want for their promised state.Israel regards the whole of Jerusalem, including the eastern sector which it occupied during the 1967 Six Day War, as its united and undivided capital in a move which has never been recognised by the international community.The Palestinians want the city's eastern sector as the capital of their promised state.
Drops in Saudi Arabia fuel Mideast markets slide By ADAM SCHRECK, AP Business Writer – Wed Mar 2, 7:58 am ET
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Investors rattled by spreading Mideast unrest drove stocks across the Arab world down sharply Wednesday, with regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia's exchange suffering another day of steep declines.The kingdom's benchmark Saudi All Shares Index tumbled 4.4 percent in late afternoon trading, piling on to losses sustained in a 6.8 percent rout late in the previous session after most other regional markets had closed.Investors are very jittery. There is clearly panic selling, said John Sfakianakis, chief economist with the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Banque Saudi-Fransi, who said he expects the sell-off to continue. Whenever this jittery panic sets in, it has a snowball effect.The Saudi index has lost about a fifth of its value since the start of the year even as oil prices — the kingdom's main source of revenue — are pushing back toward $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Investors fear the demonstrations that have shaken Bahrain and Oman could spread elsewhere in the Gulf, including OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab economy. Anti-government organizers are calling for rallies in Saudi Arabia on March 11, though it remains unclear how much support opposition groups have.Increasing unrest in North Africa, particularly Libya, a significant oil producer, is putting further pressure on Mideast markets. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi again vowed on Wednesday to fight to the last man and last woman to defend his country against anti-government rebels who hold parts of Libya's east.Stock sell-offs in Asia and Europe and a lack of a clear end game for the regional unrest give investors little incentive to buy into regional markets, analysts say.The news flow is negative. The uncertainty is there, said Akram Annous, Middle East and North Africa strategist at Dubai-based Al Mal Capital.The Dubai Financial Market's benchmark index dropped 3.5 percent to close at 1,374 points.Shares of the Dubai developer of the world's tallest tower, Emaar Properties, plunged 6 percent Wednesday. The Dubai Financial Market's own shares shed 4.9 percent.National Central Cooling Co., also known as Tabreed, plunged 7.6 percent after it disclosed that it would tap into as much as 3.1 billion dirhams ($845 million) in new funds from Abu Dhabi state investment fund Mubadala Development Co.Annous said investors are selling off shares of many Gulf-based companies not necessarily because they expect significant unrest in places such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Qatar, but because of the potential ripple effects to their business elsewhere in the Arab world. Uncertainty in potential growth markets in North Africa such as Egypt, Tunisia and Libya makes it difficult for Mideast companies to plan ahead, he said.It's more that you're worried about how you're going to grow in the region, Annous said. You need to get back to that simple process where you know who's in control. Right now you don't even know who you're supposed to have dialogue with.Markets elsewhere in the region also fell.Qatar's stock index dropped 3.6 percent to 7,657 points. Kuwait fell 2.3 percent to 6,158.
Arab protest wave undermines Al-Qaeda, Iran: US
– Tue Mar 1, 5:34 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday that protests across the Arab world have dealt a major setback to Al-Qaeda militants and Iran by endorsing democratic change.It basically gives the lie to Al-Qaeda's claim that the only way to get rid of authoritarian governments is through extremist violence, Gates told reporters.With a wave of unrest and protests toppling regimes in Egypt and Tunisia and prompting reforms elsewhere, Gates said grassroots movements are an extraordinary setback for Al-Qaeda.The Pentagon chief, a former intelligence analyst and CIA director, said that the example of mostly peaceful uprisings also posed a problem for Iran that might become more acute over time.Because the contrast in the behavior of the militaries in Tunisia and in Egypt, and -- except for a brief period of violence -- in Bahrain, contrast vividly with the savage repression that the Iranians have undertaken against anybody who dares to demonstrate, Gates explained.
Describing himself as an optimist about these changes, Gates said it could take months or years for the unrest to play out but a process of change has begun after decades of frozen political arrangements.If political change in the region occurs without violence and gives rise to democratic rule, it will be a gain for everybody.
When asked if popular anger could pose a threat to allies in Saudi Arabia or Jordan, Gates played down any serious risk to US interests.We obviously have very strong and longstanding relationships with both of those countries, Gates said.Both kings have undertaken reforms over time. There is clearly a need for continuation of those efforts, and we're supportive of them.Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, agreed with Gates at the same press conference, saying it is a message that completely undermines the strategy of Al-Qaeda.At a Senate hearing earlier, the head of US Central Command, General James Mattis, made the same point, saying Al-Qaeda had suffered a propaganda blow.At the same time the populist-inspired changes that are taking place across the region undercut the message of Al Qaeda and other extremist groups, highlighting the bankrupt philosophies of terrorists who use violence and contribute nothing but mayhem to the innocent, Mattis said.These young folks today have achieved more change in 10 weeks than 10 years of Al Qaeda's murderous campaigns, he added.
Anti-rocket system passes combat test in Gaza clash
– Tue Mar 1, 2:13 pm ET
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – A state-of-the art anti-rocket system designed to protect tanks had its baptism of fire on Tuesday as Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen on the Gaza border, the army said.The military said an Israeli tank on border patrol was attacked by an anti-tank missile, but used the new equipment to neutralise the attack and did not return fire.For the first time during operational activity, the Trophy (ASPRO-A) system, also known as the Windbreaker, designed to actively protect against anti-tank missiles, identified, alerted and intercepted the missile, the army said in a statement.In a separate incident an army unit saw a group of gunmen approaching the border and opened fire at them, the army said.Both events occurred in the southern Gaza Strip.Palestinian medics said a man was wounded by a tank shell near the south Gaza town of Khan Yunis. An Israeli military spokeswoman said there was no tank fire.
Israel developed Trophy in the wake of its 2006 war with Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah militia, when dozens of Israeli tanks were hit by advanced anti-tank weapons.The radar-guided system employs sensors attached to the sides of vehicles that detect and track incoming rockets and fire off countermeasures to destroy them before they can hit the tank, manufacturer Rafael says.The system was deployed on tanks along the Gaza border last year after one of Israel's frontline Merkava tanks was hit by a Russian-made Kornet anti-tank rocket. The missile penetrated the tank's armour but did not explode or cause any casualties.The new system is known in Israel as Windbreaker and as Trophy for export.Tuesday's clashes come after several days of tension along the border, following renewed rocket fire into southern Israel and a string of retaliatory Israeli air strikes.
Palestinians try to create Facebook revolution By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press – Tue Mar 1, 9:06 am ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The mass demonstrations sweeping the Middle East are touching the Palestinian territories, where West Bank and Gaza Strip activists are trying to organize their own Facebook revolutions.The Palestinian activists are inspired by the calls for democracy that toppled autocratic leaders in Egypt and Tunisia and threaten longtime rulers in Libya and Bahrain.In recent weeks, activists using Facebook have brought hundreds of people onto streets of the West Bank, waving Palestinian flags and calling for change. Smaller gatherings have taken place in Gaza. The protesters hope to stage a massive demonstration in both areas on March 15.
Whether they can succeed is far from certain because of the unique situation of the Palestinians. In contrast to countries where crowds have rallied against a single, despised leader, the Palestinians face a series of intertwined problems, making it harder to rally around a common cause.Palestinians seek an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza, areas wedged on different sides of Israel and ruled by rival governments. The Western-backed Palestinian Authority governs in the West Bank, where Israel's military still retains overall control. The militant Islamic group Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007.The Palestinian split has crippled efforts to negotiate an independent state from Israel. Repeated efforts to reconcile, including a Palestinian Authority proposal to hold new elections, have foundered.The Facebook activists have divisions of their own. Some want the rival Palestinian governments to reconcile. Others demand they resign. Still others want to demonstrate against Israel's occupation.Activist Hasan Farahat, 22, said there was enough common ground. Everybody is sick of the situation. We want work, we want the right to speak freely. We want freedom, he said.The governments see even the smallest demonstrations as a challenge to their rule.On Monday, Hamas moved swiftly to break up a small demonstration in Gaza City where people called for Palestinian reconciliation. Hamas police arrested a protest organizer, seizing a tape from a German TV crew showing a security official slapping the man.In previous protest attempts, Hamas security arrested activists and seized their phones and computers, according to the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights.The West Bank has seen about a dozen demonstrations, including two in Ramallah, where some 2,000 Palestinians demanded reconciliation. Others urged leaders to revoke interim peace agreements with Israel.
Palestinian Authority security forces initially broke up protests by beating participants. Now, organizers are threatened and sometimes arrested, they said.
Daraghmeh and Associated Press writer Diaa Hadid reported from Ramallah.
Rage against regimes spreads across Middle East
– Tue Mar 1, 2:41 am ET
TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi insisted his people loved him but was slammed as delusional as the United States slapped a record-breaking $30 billion in sanctions on his brutal regime.US and European leaders weighed the use of NATO air power to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and stop Kadhafi from using air strikes against his own people, as the strongman fights a bloody rearguard action against encroaching rebels.Anger at authoritarian Arab regimes in the Middle East and North Africa raged from Algeria to Yemen and has spread to the previously unaffected Gulf states of Djibouti, Kuwait and Oman.Interim regimes in Egypt and Tunisia felt renewed pressure from protesters impatient for real democratic change, while Iran denied reports that it had imprisoned key opposition leaders.Fears grew over the humanitarian fallout after more than six weeks of turmoil as the United Nations stepped up warnings of a mass exodus from Libya. More than 100,000 people have already fled into Egypt and Tunisia.The United States said it had blocked around $30 billion in Libyan assets, the largest amount ever frozen, while the European Union also imposed its toughest international sanctions yet on Kadhafi's crumbling regime.
Kadhafi was unrepentant, although his regime now controls only some western areas around the capital and a few long-time bastions in the arid south. Key oil fields in the east have fallen to the opposition. They love me all. They would die to protect me, he said in an interview with Western journalists in Tripoli on Monday, laughing off suggestions that he might leave Libya as the White House aired the prospect of exile for him.US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the interview showed how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality.It sounds just frankly delusional, when he can talk and laugh to an American and (an) international journalist while he is slaughtering his own people,Rice said.The United States moved naval and air forces into position around Libya. Britain said it was working with its allies on a military no-fly zone over Libya, while stressing the logistical and diplomatic difficulties.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denied that military action was imminent but said Kadhafi should quit power now.Forces loyal to Kadhafi on Monday attacked the town of Misrata, 150 kilometres (95 miles) east of Tripoli, and killed two people, a witness said. Rights groups say at least 1,000 people have now been killed in Libya.
Egypt imposed a travel ban Monday on its ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who resigned and retreated to his home in Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea on February 11 following weeks of protests.Fresh clashes erupted between Omani police and protesters, a day after police killed at least one as the regional turmoil reached the normally calm Gulf sultanate.Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman said efforts were under way to launch talks with the opposition, which is demanding major political reforms amid a wave of anti-government protests.Two ministers in Tunisia's interim government quit on Monday, a day after prime minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned following protests demanding the removal of figures from the toppled hardline regime.
Kuwait too has been affected, with a key opposition group on Monday demanding the ouster of the prime minister as youth activists called for a rally on March 8 to force him to quit. In Djibouti, President Ismael Omar Guelleh, who is seeking a third term in April elections, accused the opposition Monday of choosing the path of violence.And in Iran, the websites of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi said they and their wives had been arrested and put in a Tehran jail.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the reported detentions were unacceptable, but an Iranian judicial official denied the reports.Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in Geneva that events in Iran were being manipulated and there was absolutely no comparison to the popular uprisings in the Arab world.The regional crisis drove world oil prices up to a two-year high last week, although Saudi Arabia's reassurances of adequate supply have calmed the markets somewhat.In Asian trade Tuesday, Brent North Sea crude for April delivery gained 62 cents to $112.42 and New York's main contract was up 44 cents to $97.41.Libya's opposition said it was resuming oil exports suspended during the unrest, and had loaded a tanker with one million barrels of crude for China.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Kadhafi's few remaining allies, again accused the United States of plotting to invade Libya with European connivance.What do they want? Libya's oil,he said. But UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Kadhafi had lost legitimacy when he declared war on his people, adding his regime was meeting the winds of change sweeping across the region.
