If it looks like the Crusades...

If it looks like the Crusades, walks like the Crusades and talks like the Crusades ... It is.

For all who believe in the God who created all that has been created and who sent His Son Jesus Christ to Redeem us, real charity in every way is the answer to what we see in Hama - and Libya for that matter, including aid to the suffering in both.

As for the political end of it, first see the article below. Note that ten years after the original crushing of Hama by Assad, the Chinese are selling weapons of a large scale to Syria. That was 1982 and 1992 respectively. See the lead up articles to this one, the last three before this one. Russia and the United States are embedded in all of this. The Baathists were co-opted by both Russian and American shadow operations. Saddam Hussein and Assad are both products of that Baathism. Libya is similar in every respect. When the big three play a coordinated Triad game then things will become very rough and to what end?

Remember that neither Russia nor the United States operates in any kind of sovereign vacuum, nor does China. Please note the geographic positions. All three are in the Northern Hemisphere and together they flank Europe completely. It is the African continent and the Middle East, and the Arabs in particular, who are to the south of Pan Europe. It is the African continent that was hit with every form of European slaving and colonialization and exploitation and the Arabs, in particular, who were made into puppets of Europe whenever Europe had the chance. The Americas and China were never left out of the colonial plans of Europe. Russia has always been the uneasy large want-to-be to the East of Europe and readily exploited by Europe in that regard. If you were able to see it, but you won't - it is hidden, look for Opus Dei and the Knights of Malta and Jesuit operatives as the powers that be, behind the scenes of all of this.

If you want to know where the center of the New Roman Empire is, look no further than Rome, Italy. Oecumenical (or Ecumenical) means nothing different than what it did in ancient Greek and Graeco-Latin when it meant ruling the world by Rome - then of course it was just the Mediterranean world and now it is all of the world. The Ecumenical movement, which is rife with the most offensive and blasphemous absolute paganism, is not about peace and love, it is about political domination, just as the pagan religion of the ancient Roman Empire was about political domination.

Also, quit looking for a Jewish conspiracy, as such. There are Jews involved, just as there are many others, but it is an Illuminati Pan European plan for world rule.

All of this will certainly pave the way for the Antichrist to sit in Jerusalem and call himself god and mislead many to hell. Let us pray that this does not happen.

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Essay; China's 'Hama Rules'

By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Published: March 05, 1992

When Syria's dictator, Hafez al-Assad, decided to deal with an intifada of Muslim fundamentalists in 1982, he did not bother with rubber bullets, deportations or the killing of a neighboring terrorist leader.

On the contrary, he leveled his guns on the city of Hama and wiped out its center. About 20,000 people were bulldozed into mass graves. All such rules of firm dealing are now called "Hama Rules."

Hama has been largely rebuilt and repopulated with Assad loyalists and Syrian soldiers. South of the town is a facility under construction of interest to the world's nonproliferation agencies because it has been repeatedly visited by delegations of Chinese missile technologists. These scientists shuttle between the secret Hama plant and another, larger facility under construction at Aleppo.

Parts of the Aleppo plant are being built underground. Its expert workers underwent training in China last year. Some suspect that the Aleppo plant will produce surface-to-surface missiles.

The Hama plant, say these sources, is supposed to make sophisticated guidance systems for these missiles. It may also be improving the accuracy of the Scud-C missiles, with a range of 400 miles, sold to Syria last March by North Korea with Saudi financing.

The intelligence on the recent visits to the Syrian sites by the Chinese groups is, I think, "hard"; but the purpose of the new secret plants has not yet been confirmed.

If the Chinese have been contributing to the indigenous Syrian missile production, it would mean that Congress was right and the President wrong about the best way to stop China from helping increase the risk of war in the Middle East.

Last Nov. 17, after giving Chinese leaders diplomatic condonation by paying a visit to Beijing, Secretary of State Baker announced "clear gains in the fields of proliferation and trade." He told reporters this meant that the Chinese had agreed not to export M-9 missiles to Syria.

One week later, if my information is correct, the Chinese secretly agreed to help the Syrians construct their own missiles locally. This included the supply of Chinese equipment needed to assemble the advanced weaponry.

The plot: China would live up to the letter of its agreement with the U.S. -- holding back the Pershing-type M-9's -- but violate its spirit by making it possible for Syria to deliver destruction in a locally produced missile of equivalent range.

On Feb. 10, 1992, the Chinese scientists secretly visited the plants at Aleppo and Hama.

A secret plan for Muammar Gaddafi - RIA NOVOSTI

A secret plan for Muammar Gaddafi

Topic: International sanctions against Gaddafi regime

One of the options discussed is that Gaddafi will stay in Libya but only if he completely removes himself from domestic political life.

© REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra

11:59 25/07/2011

Yelena Suponina, Moscow News political commentator, for RIA Novosti

A chance to end the conflict in Libya appeared following talks in Moscow with Muammar Gaddafi's envoy, Foreign Minister Abdul Ati al-Obeidi. They lasted until late in the evening on July 20, and continued during the first half of the day on the 21st, up until the guest departed for the airport. Official reports about the results of his visit are not very informative, but certain details have come to light concerning the secret settlement plan for Libya.

The ruling five of the future Libya

International mediators, including Russia, have persuaded the warring parties to discuss the political future of Libya. This is what the guest from Tripoli discussed with his Russian colleague, Sergei Lavrov during his visit to Moscow. According to our information, the Libyan government and the rebels have agreed in principle to establish a kind of united transitional ruling council. It should include two reputable politicians from each side; these four will elect a fifth, a neutral, though influential figure that will head this transitional body.

The African Union and the United Nations -- the main mediators in the settlement -- suggested this scenario, and Russia supported it. On July 20, Lavrov had an urgent conversation with the Secretary-General's special envoy to Libya, Abdel-Elah Al-Khatib from Jordan. Having visited Tripoli two weeks ago, he was pessimistic about the prospects of a settlement. He formed this impression following talks with the Libyan prime minister and the foreign minister.

But since then, the positions of the conflicting parties have improved. The Libyans have developed a desire for peace. The main task of the mediators is to help achieve this. It would be great if other international players did not interfere with these efforts. Unfortunately, it seems that among the NATO countries taking part in the war, there are those who would like it to continue until the complete annihilation of Gaddafi himself, and his regime.

It is possible to agree on the arrest of Gaddafi

During his trip to Moscow, the Libyan foreign minister did not object to the suggested plan. He acted on instructions from Col. Gaddafi, although one of the opposition's main conditions is that neither he nor his son Saif al-Islam should take part in the proposed transitional council.

Following the rules of the diplomatic game, the Libyan foreign minister did not publicly admit that the future departure of Gaddafi from the political scene is an issue that could be resolved by peaceful means. It is a matter only of time and the guarantee of his safety. He told reporters that this issue had not even been discussed, and in this case he did not violate the truth, because these issues are more implied and read between the lines than discussed, more so now that the main goal is to end the war.

On July 20, Western capitals made several statements to the effect that Gaddafi may be given guarantees for a peaceful retirement. "One of the options discussed is that Gaddafi will stay in Libya but only if he completely removes himself from domestic political life. We are waiting for this before starting the political process for a ceasefire," French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on July 20.

He even hinted that with luck, the problem of Gaddafi's arrest with a warrant from the International Criminal Court may be resolved. "Certain procedures should be continued, but a decision on potential conclusions should be discussed during talks," Juppe said. White House spokesman Jay Carney reiterated the need for Gaddafi's removal from power: "He needs to remove himself from power [...] and then it's up to the Libyan people to decide."

The best scenario for ending the war

The fact that talks between government forces and the rebels have begun is testament to this much sought-after progress. The Russian president's envoy to Africa Mikhail Margelov said on July 20 that the warring factions had an important meeting in Ethiopia: "They have agreed to sit down at the negotiating table without any pre-conditions, and this is an indisputable sign of success. This is the result of several months of mediation by Russia and the African Union." He confirmed that the warring parties had worked out "an optimal ceasefire scenario for Libya."

It is worth noting that Moscow is now in contact with both sides. On July 21 the Emergencies Ministry sent an aircraft with rice, sugar and canned fish to rebel-controlled Benghazi in the east of Libya. This is the third shipment since the start of the war. Earlier in July, goods were also delivered to Benghazi, and before that humanitarian aid was sent to government-controlled Tripoli.

It's clear, though, that to stop the war in Libya it is necessary not only to reconcile the Libyans with each other but also to cool the hotheads at NATO headquarters, who are still bent on bringing the war to an unequivocal outcome, despite the emerging difficulties.

According to Anatoly Yegorin, professor of the Russian Academy of Science's Institute of Oriental Studies and the author of the newly-released book, The Unknown Gaddafi, "In that scenario, hostilities may continue for a long time. The Libyans should decide for themselves what political line to follow. It is useless to impose something external on them."

Al-Obeidi left Moscow for India in the afternoon of July 20 to continue consultations on a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The Libyan government believes influential Asian countries could join Russia and African states in an effort to persuade NATO to pursue a ceasefire.

The views expressed in this article are the author's and may not necessarily represent those of RIA Novosti.

View of Hama - RIA Novosti website group: EN.RIAN.RU

Syria angered by U.S. ambassador's visit to rebellious Hama

Topic: Protests in Syria

Syria

© AFP/ Bulent Kilic

18:22 08/07/2011

DAMASCUS, July 8 (RIA Novosti)

Syria has condemned a visit by the U.S. ambassador to the restive city of Hama as incitement and proof that Washington is orchestrating the nationwide protests that have challenged President Bashar Assad's grip on power.

U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford on Thursday arrived in the city of Hama where skirmishes between the army and anti-regime protesters have been continuing for five days. He toured the city on Friday morning amid the intensification of mass demonstrations under the banner "No to Dialogue" with Assad.

Officials in Damascus claimed Ford's visit was a provocation, which added weight to its claims that the United States was working to undermine Syria's incumbent regime.

"The presence of the U.S. ambassador in Hama without previous permission is obvious proof of the United States' involvement in the current events in Syria and its attempt to incite an escalation in the situation, which disrupts Syria's security and stability," the Syrian Foreign Ministry said.

The U.S. State Department said Ford's visit was designed to show solidarity with those protesting for change.

On Friday afternoon, several world media reported that Ford had already left Hama so as not to be a distraction during the weekly demonstrations.

Hama has seen some of the biggest demonstrations against President Assad and was also the site of a brutal crackdown by his father nearly 30 years ago, painful memories of which were revived by Assad's deployment of tanks outside the city this week.

Rights groups report that more than 1,400 people have been killed during the recent violence. The Syrian government claims that more than 300 of its security forces have also been killed.

DAMASCUS, July 8 (RIA Novosti)

Hama

And from the New York Times

Fears Rise With Arrests in Restive Syrian City

By ANTHONY SHADID

Published: July 4, 2011

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian security forces arrested dozens of people on Monday in a new offensive, their largest foray into a central Syrian city since withdrawing last month, prompting residents to build barricades to block a more ambitious assault, residents said.

Since withdrawing with the military in June, the security forces have occasionally entered Hama, a city that still bears the scars of a ferocious government crackdown a generation ago. But Monday’s incursion appeared to be more extensive, though short-lived, and protesters vowed that they would stop any attempt to retake the city by force.

“People here are ready with rocks,” said Omar Habbal, an activist.

In past weeks, Hama, a city of 800,000 on the corridor between Damascus and Aleppo, has emerged as a symbolic center of the nearly four-month uprising against 41 years of rule by the Assad family. Protests have gathered momentum, with a remarkable demonstration of tens of thousands of people on Friday, and youths have turned out nightly to taunt the government in Aasi Square, which they have renamed Freedom Square.

Though some have described the city as liberated, the city’s administration still functions, and the military remains in force on Hama’s outskirts.

Residents said about 20 military vehicles and several buses carrying armed men in plain clothes arrived in the early morning. As they entered, some of the security forces chanted in support of President Bashar al-Assad; some residents in the streets responded with “God is great,” a religious invocation meant as defiance.

“The whole city woke up to defend against the raid,” Mr. Habbal said.

Activists said some residents threw rocks while others tried to build barricades with whatever was available — burning tires, stones and trash bins.

The security forces carried out dozens of arrests, mainly on the outskirts. One activist put the number at 43, while another said 65, though the estimates seemed to be guesswork. Residents reported gunfire, but the forces soon retreated.

“The security forces entered, then they left quickly,” said a 24-year-old student who gave his name as Abdel-Rahman. Like many, he insisted on partial anonymity. “People are waiting. They can’t control Hama unless they wipe out the people here.”

Accounts were almost impossible to verify, but several activists said residents had begun organizing what amounted to a defense of the city, although to what extent remained unclear. Self-defense committees with dozens of members have begun patrolling some neighborhoods, in part to maintain order with the withdrawal of security forces and in part to prepare for a government attempt to retake the city by force, they said.

After almost disappearing for weeks, more guards were visible at state installations, in particular the headquarters of the ruling Baath Party.

“Security and policemen were standing around every governmental building,” said Abu Muhammad, a 40-year-old Hama activist. “I hadn’t seen them for weeks.”

Some elements of the military’s feared Fourth Division and Republican Guard were also moving toward the city as of Sunday night, said Wissam Tarif, executive director of Insan, a Syrian human rights group. Another activist said they were headed for Idlib, a province in the northwest, where the government has deployed significant forces.

Before Monday, government officials had held up Hama as evidence of what they describe as the leadership’s good will, allowing dissent as long as there is no damage to property. But as has often happened in uprisings across the region, the protests have generated their own dynamics, and Hama is now a quandary for the government.

Its very name evokes the government’s historic brutality. In 1982, in the culmination of a struggle between an armed Islamic opposition and the government, the military stormed the city, killing at least 10,000 people, and the bloodshed has served as a cry in the protests that erupted in mid-March. Given that history, the government has sought to avoid more trouble in Hama, ordering the withdrawal and firing security officials after a particularly bloody day of protests June 3, when as many as 73 people were killed.

“It is hard for the regime to deal with Hama because it is a special case,” said a 36-year-old activist there who gave his name as Mazen. “Hama is boiling.”

The government may hope that protests there eventually lose momentum, but so far, that has not been the case. Any military attempt to retake it runs the risk of great bloodshed, possibly bolstering regional solidarities that have already become a facet of the uprising. In a country of strong local identities, protesters have organized rallies in support of other besieged cities like Dara’a, in the south, and Baniyas, on the coast.

“We’re expecting a big crackdown,” said a 25-year-old member of a local organizing committee in Hama who gave his name as Hammouda.

“If the army enters Hama, it will be the end of Bashar al-Assad as an acceptable president,” he added. “His father’s reputation was made by Hama’s massacre, and it stayed until his death. Bashar is very close to having the same reputation.”

Hwaida Saad and Nada Bakri contributed reporting from Beirut.

A version of this article appeared in print on July 5, 2011, on page A9 of the New York edition with the headline: Fears Mount With Arrests In a Restive Syrian City.

And from the New York Times

July 1, 2011, 4:42 pm

Video Shows Large Protest in Hama, Syrian City at Heart of Previous Uprising

By ROBERT MACKEY and ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

As our colleague Anthony Shadid reports, on Friday tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, for what activists called the largest demonstration since the Syrian uprising began.

According to Internet activists, this video, posted on the opposition YouTube channel Ugarit News, shows that a sea of people filled Hama’s central al-Assi square, chanting for an end to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad:

On The Guardian’s Middle East live blog, Mona Mahmood explained that the enormous purple banner hanging on a tower in the square called for a “Free Syria,” and the downfall of Mr. Assad.

While restrictions on independent reporting inside Syria make it impossible to verify that this video was shot on Friday, video said to have been filmed in the same location one week ago showed a banner of a different color hanging on that side of the tower.

A second clip, also posted online by activists, appears to have been filmed from a similar vantage point:

Syria’s state-run news agency confirmed that a rally took place in the city on Friday, but devoted just one line to it, perhaps in an attempt to downplay its significance. In Hama, the Syrian news agency reported, “citizens gathered in al-Assi Square and chanted several slogans before dispersing.”

These clips were also said to have been filmed in the square in Hama on Friday, from the other side of the tower:

As The Lede explained last Friday, Hama was the center of a rebellion in 1982, which was brutally crushed by Hafez al-Assad, the current president’s father. While no one knows exactly how many people were killed in Hama two decades ago, 10,000 is considered a conservative estimate.

For reasons that remain unclear, Syrian military and security forces pulled out of Hama in recent weeks, giving protesters more security to safely vent their anger at the government in Hama than in other cities.

Protests and some deadly clashes were reported in other cities on Friday. Activists said the security forces killed a total of 14 people in four cities.

Syria’s state news agency reported that gunmen in Darya, outside the capital, Damascus, “opened fire on security forces,” causing injuries. Activists claim that the government frequently blames “armed gangs” for gunfire when the security forces shoot protesters.

This video, posted on another Syrian activist YouTube channel, is said to have been filmed in Darya on Friday as shots of some kind were fired and armed security personnel swept through a street:

In Homs, another city in central Syria, activists said three people were killed by the security forces on Friday.

This video clip, said to have been filmed in the Khalidiya district of Homs, shows protesters chanting, “Leave!” and holding up red cards — using a soccer metaphor to suggest to Mr. Assad that it is time for him to leave the field of play:

Perhaps concerned that the message might have been too subtle, protesters in the al-Ghouta district of Homs first held up the red cards and then set fire to a poster of the president:

As The Times reported on Thursday, much of the video coming from Syria originates with opposition activists, organized into so-called Local Coordination Committees. While the work of these activists has helped to show that Syrians are in the streets, Syria’s government has insisted that the footage posted online gives an inaccurate impression of events inside the country.

According to Hala Gorani, a CNN correspondent who has been working from Damascus under the watchful eyes of Syrian government minders, state television even suggested on Friday that “some media are filming pro-Assad rallies and presenting them as anti-regime protests.”

Banner on Syrian state TV: some media are filming pro-Assad rallies and presenting them as anti-regime protests. #SyriaFri Jul 01 14:24:59 via webHala Gorani
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The First Amendment: Gnosticism

The First Amendment: Gnosticism

See this: Gnosticism and the Occult for a correct view of Gnosticism. St. Paul was not a Gnostic.

There is view amongst Muslims and Christians, at times, which is a result of modernist criticism of the Bible and not extending from any traditional faith, which supposes that Gnosticism is part of what formed the early Church. This isn't so. The Gnostics were totally refuted by the early Church, beginning with St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Jude and St. John and St. James and all of the apostles.

Christian faith and Islam both profess the same God. See: The Final Trial

Palestine before 1948

Palestine Cry: The path to war in Iraq

Link: Rev. Paschal Huchede's view of the Antichrist

Chapter 1- The Preparation

ARTICLE I-THE REMOTE PREPARATION

1. God's Design

God frequently punishes sinful man by delivering him up to a reprobate sense (Rom. 1 :28) and to the tyranny of the passions of his heart (Rom. 1 :24) as the reward of his contempt of divine love. When the whole world shall renounce Christ and reject the authority of His Church, when men shall say like the Jews of old, we will not have this man to reign over us, (Luke 19:14), We have no king but Caesar, Jn. 19:15), the vengeance of God shall be swift and terrible. His treatment of the world. shall be like to that of individuals. He shall respond to its criminal desires, which stifles the love of those saving truths, by the light of which the ship of state can alone be safely piloted through the siren dangers to which it is constantly exposed. He shall deliver it up to the man of sin who shall consign it to the darkness of vice and error since it rejected the light of truth and virtue. (2 Thes. 2). Satan shall have universal sway for awhile over all nations.

The Holy Catholic Church, which has fought the battles of Christ for eighteen hundred years, is therefore destined to pass through a persecution compared to which those that she has suffered up to the present time are insignificant. St. Augustine classifies them under three general headings. The first he calls violent, on account of the cruelty with which the early Christians were treated by the Roman Emperors, while at a later period the Church suffered from the deception of false brethren, a trial much more insidious than the former, as it was more dangerous. But the persecution of Antichrist will combine both forms and will consequently prove more redoubtable than when one form only had to be contended with.

2. Who is Antichrist

The word "Antichrist" is composed of two Greek words, anti, against, and XPISTOS, Christ, which signifies against Christ. He shall be supremely inimical to Jesus Christ. This name, or rather surname, is given him by Holy Scripture, which calls him also "the Man of Sin," "the Son of Perdition," (2 Thes. 2:3), "the Beast that ascended out of the abyss," (Apoc. 11:7), "the abomination of desolation." (Dan. 9:27).

The Fathers and theologians regard him as the most impious of men. As for his family name, that is not known; still it is known that the number obtained from the addition of the Greek letters with which it is written will be 666. "Behold wherein wisdom cometh," says St. John in the Apocalypse, "let him that understands count the number of the beast, for it is the number of the man." It is the number 666. Many other names are composed of this number. St. John calls this number "the number of the man" because the number 6, which designates the day on which man was created, enters into its composition in three different ways, namely, in its concrete form, 6, and as a multiple of 10, 60, [and as a] multiple of 100, [600] equals in all, 666. This triple ratio of 6 points out the threefold prevarication and malediction of Satan, Antichrist's cruel master and tyrant. Satan prevaricated and was cursed in heaven; he prevaricated and was cursed in the serpent in paradise. Finally, he will prevaricate a third time, and will be cursed in Antichrist, whom he shall employ to allure the world and drag it into the abyss. (Cornel. - a Lapide).

The contemporaries of Antichrist who are enlightened by the Sacred Scriptures will alone be able to discover the solution to this problem. Such was the case with those who were contemporary with Jesus Christ, of whom Antichrist will be the counterpart. The Jews knew full well that Christ would come, but they ignored the name that He would bear.

3. Will There be an Antichrist

Some have thought that the word Antichrist is only a generic term by which all the enemies of Christ are designated, a word comprising in its signification all heretics, schismatics, apostates, infidels - in a word, all the impious or antichristian empire. St. John seems to hold this opinion when he says, "Even now there are become many Antchrists. He who denieth that Jesus is the Christ, this is Antichrist." (1 In. 2:18-22). But that this supposition is erroneous is proved by the context of the same epistle. "Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are many Antichrists."

Let it be remembered that in the Greek or original text, the article 'O is employed in connection with Antichrist in the first instance, and not in the second, and the Greek article serves to determine persons and things; whence, it follows that St. John did not mean that all the enemies of Jesus Christ were to be comprised in one generic term expressed by the word ."Antichrist". On the contrary, he very succinctly, but clearly, distinguishes Antichrist personally from all the other adversaries of Christ.

Moreover, the Sacred Scriptures speak of Antichrist in various places as being a particular person or individual. "The Man of Sin," "Son of Perdition," terms such as these cannot mean a collective body since the individual is specifically pointed out, while it is easy to explain why St. John employs the same word to distinguish the enemies and adversaries of Christ. The similitude of tendencies and actions suffices to justify the identity of names. The priests, prophets, and kings of the old law were called "Christs". This, however, did not hinder the Jews from believing in the coming of Christ, the Anointed par excellence, source of all sacerdotal, prophetic, and royal unction. And is not the same thing true of Antichrist and the Antichrists, that is, of the enemies of Christ? But there shall come an Antichrist of whom all the others are only the precursors. And this Man of Sin will combine in himself all the malice collectively found in all the others. All the Fathers and theologians unanimously concur in this belief as to Antichrist's individuality. And

conseqeuntly, his personal existence and future event must be considered as an object of divine faith, such as stated by Suarez and Bellarmine.

4. Antichrist Foretold and Prefigured

Before the coming of our Divine Saviour there were many prophecies and figures given of Him. It shall be the same for Antichrist. The prophet Daniel speaks of him in a literal and mystical sense in three different chapters, namely, 7, 9, and 11, while St. Matthew chapter 24, St. Mark chapter 13, St. John chapter 5, and St. Paul in his 2nd Epistle to the Thessalonians chapter 2, St. John in his 1st and 2nd Epistles, and especially in the Apocalypse chapter 13; etc. tell us of his future or coming event.

Since he will be the incarnate evil and according to the expression of St. Ireneus (c. 28, lib. 5), the maximum of malice, "recapitulatio universae iniquitatis," the Fathers are justified in applying to him all the passages in the Sacred Scriptures in which there is question of the actions of God and His Church.

We are therefore justified in asserting that Antichrist has been prefigured by the persecutions of the Church, by all the enemies of Jesus Christ, whatever may have been the form under which they have existed. Cruel persecutors such as the Caesars represent his future cruelty towards those who will remain faithful to God. Hypocritical persecutors such as Julian the Apostate are typical of his deception and consummate hypocrisy. Heresy and schism, but above all the incredulity and impiety of our time, are the prelude to the great Apostasy into which he will cause many to fall. Finally, those who give themselves up to their passions and who drink from the pool of iniquity form themselves to his image and likeness, which explains the words of St. Paul when he said. "For the mystery of iniquity already worketh." (2 Thes. 2:7).

ARTICLE II-ACTUAL PREPARATION

As the mystery of evil is always in labor, it is useful to take a passing glance at the city of actual evil, in order that we may better understand how our contemporaries prepare the way for the coming of the "Man of Sin."

1. Political Preparation

A few centuries ago it was quite a difficult problem for theologians to explain how Antichrist would bring the world under his political and religious dominion. But in our time it is easy to conceive the possibility of such a feat.

Communication with all parts of the world is now rendered easy by means of steam and electricity. People of different nations intermingle. The remotest parts of Asia and Africa are no longer impenetrable; they are on the point of entering into the European movement. The difference of manners and customs tends to disappear; every obstacle to a universal fusion of ideas seems to vanish; small nationalities are absorbed by the greater ones, which in turn may one day become the prey of a more powerful one. And such a preponderance is now quite manifest as regards resources, of which the Jews are the rulers, while there are combined forces secretly working to pervert public opinion throughout civilized nations and destroy Catholic influence.

Evidently we are rapidly drifting towards the time when all nations will blend in one universal fusion of political unity. The great conqueror of modern times seemed to realize this when he said: "In fifty years hence, Europe will be either Cossack or a republic." Hence the possibility of the political empire of Antichrist is evidently quite feasible.

2. Religious Preparation, Both Intellectual and Moral

But how shall he deprive the world of Christianity and have himself adored as God? Alas, it is only too true that the minds and hearts of men are admirably disposed for revolution and consequently ready to accept and bear the cruel yoke of such a tyrant.

Revolution as the word itself implies means a subversion, but a subversion of all that is true, good, beautiful, and grand in the universe. It is the subversion of religion, representing its dogmas as myths and its moral teachings as tyranical. It is the subversion of authority. Licentiousness under the name of liberty becomes the order of the day; each one is invested with the right to govern himself.

It is the subversion of reason: and do we not find leading minds in some of the most enlightened nations denying the principle of contradiction and maintaining the absolute identity of all beings?

Revolution is therefore essentially destructive, and it becomes cosmopolitan by the action of secret societies scattered throughout the world. Is it not true to say that the "mystery of iniquity" is prepared in secret revolutionary dens?

But it does not suffice to destroy; it is absolutely necessary to build up again. The world 'cannot subsist long in a vacuum. It must have a religion; it must have a philosophy; it must have an authority. Revolution will furnish all these.

Instead of the reasonable and supernatural religion of Jesus Christ, Revolution will preach Pantheism. The God-humanity will impart the theurgic spirit and thus lead men to adore the demon as the author of universal emancipation. "Haste to my aid," exclaims one of the most rational of revolutionists. "The faith of my fathers made thee the enemy of God and His Church, but as for me I shall promulgate thy doctrine and ask thee for nothing." .

"Haste, Satan, haste, thou who art calumniated by priests and rulers; haste that I may press thee to my heart; we have known each other long. Thy works, a cherished one of my heart are not always good and pleasing, but they give tone to, the universe and save it from being absurd. What would justice be without thee? An instinct. What would reason be? A routine. What would man be? A beast. Thou alone dost impart prosperity to all; by thee riches are enobled. Thou art an excuse for authority and the seal of virtue. Hope on proscribed one! The only arm that I can wield in thy service is my pen, but that is worth millions of bulletins! (Proudhon quoted by Bishop Dechamps in the Christ and Antichrist) .

What frightful immorality must follow in the train of this shameless prostitution of religion! Never has the threefold concupiscence made greater ravage among mankind. And this is the religion sought and hoped for as the cherished boon of the aspirations of our modern free thinkers.

To our Christian philosophy, the honor of humanity's revolution will substitute a babel of extravagant and absurd ideas. Instead of a mild and efficient authority consecrated alike by Church and state, despotism and anarchy will rise up and contend for the shreds of religious liberty and human policy.

Alas, it must be confessed that the advocates of error are on the increase; the number of depraved characters become more and more numerous. And if the state of perversion continue for a while longer, Antichrist may come, for he will find the world prepared to receive and serve him.

a homines ad servitutem promptos -- O man, how prompt to enslavement Tacitus

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After four years, Iraq war still 'immoral'

New York City, March 16, 2007 – The leader of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) reiterated the Iraq war is "immoral" as he prepared to take part in peace actions tonight and tomorrow in Washington, D.C., marking the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

"It is the life and ministry of Jesus Christ that prompted our stand then and compels us now to reiterate the continued prosecution of this war is immoral. It should be ended as quickly as possible," said the Rev. Bob Edgar, NCC's general secretary, in a statement [see below] issued today.

The Rev. Edgar joined thousands Friday in a Christian peace witness at the Washington National Cathedral. Following the service a candlelight march to the White House is expected to join many more thousands "to surround the White House with the bright light of Christ," according to event planners.

"There is a numbness that seems to have overcome America about the purpose, cost and effects the Iraq war has had on our country's soul," Edgar said. His prescription for healing the soul of the nation is a time-honored, Biblically-based action.

"In church language, when you make a mistake you examine your conscience, promise not to do it again and change the direction of your life. It's called repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation," Edgar said.

The NCC leader also spoke of the toll to America's soul due to the torture of human beings in secret prisons and abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

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Statement of the Rev. Bob Edgar
on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq

Looking back at rhetoric, war, torture, and death

In some ways it is hard to believe it's been four years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. There is a numbness that seems to have overcome America about the purpose, cost and effects the Iraq war has had on our country's soul.

In church language, when you make a mistake you examine your conscience, promise not to do it again and change the direction of your life. It's called repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation.

Only recently have we heard from Washington the classic political language that "mistakes were made." Even President Bush acknowledged responsibility for some of those mistakes but the change in direction he asked for was more of the same. More troops to go to a war that has lost its focus, direction and purpose. More troops for a war that ostensibly was started to eliminate weapons of mass destruction that could, could be used against the U.S. or Israel.

Looking back on the run up to the war it is easy to forget the God language used by those who continually beat the drums of war. Our troops were told they were on a mission to spread democracy which was God's gift to humanity.

The rhetoric used by presidential speechwriters constantly borrowing Biblical phrases – such as the "light that shines in the darkness" (Gospel of John, chapter 1) – to characterize the U.S. lifting our country to Messiah status. Plagiarizing the Bible is never a good idea. At worst it is blasphemy.

The soul of our country has been sickened and damaged by revelations of torture, secret prisons, abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Americans have grown numb to the realization we are no longer the human rights champion we once aspired to be.

Leaders from Christian churches and other faith traditions sought peaceful solutions before the March 19, 2003 invasion. A delegation went to Iraq in December 2002. They met with government officials and prayed with Iraqi Christians.

At the same time 46 religious leaders, many from the member communions of the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), representing millions of faithful Americans, sought a meeting with President Bush to discuss the threat of war. Exactly two weeks before the invasion a letter from the White House stated the president's schedule would not permit such a meeting.

The leaders of nearly every major religious body in the U.S. had spoken out against the Iraq war. The NCC delegation called such a preemptive war, immoral, illegal and theologically illegitimate.

It is the life and ministry of Jesus Christ that prompted our stand then and compels us now to reiterate the continued prosecution of this war is immoral. It should be ended as quickly as possible. Our troops should be brought home and cared for in decent military hospitals to repair their broken bodies and damaged minds.

Our churches will offer our returned soldiers safe places to soothe their souls. Our churches will offer millions of dollars to relief agencies to help rebuild Iraq and comfort the innocent victims of a war they did not ask for. Our churches will continue to pray for peace. And we will pray for forgiveness and seek repentance for our nation for the unnecessary deaths and destruction caused to God’s family.

Israeli attaché dealt in Arab-Russian secrets

Published: 20 May, 2011, 15:24

RIA Novosti / Vladimir Vyatkin

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The Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Public Relations Center has announced that Israeli military attaché Vadim Leiderman has been expelled from Russia for gathering intelligence on Russian arms trade with Arab and CIS countries.

Israeli military intelligence expresses steady interest in gathering intelligence on Russia’s military co-operation with certain Arab states and former Soviet republics, informed the FSB PR Center, stating that Lieberman’s activities have been fully exposed and documented.

The Israeli attache’s espionage activities were stopped immediately as Leiderman was declared persona non grata and expelled from Russia for maintaining activities damaging Russia’s national security. He caught a flight to Israel on May 14.

A Soviet Union native and former Israeli Air Force officer, Vadim Leiderman is also suspected of lobbying for the interests of private Israeli company Elbit, a manufacturer of military drones, a move that the damaged interests of the state Israeli IAI company. Last year IAI won a US$400 million contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to assemble its drones under a license at the Urals Civil Aviation Plant.

Izrus web portal informs that the vacant position of Israeli military attaché in Moscow is now occupied by Colonel Kobi Haviv, who does not speak Russian.

According to Vedomosti newspaper, which has a source in Russian special services, “The replacement of the Russian-speaking Leiderman with a diplomat who does not speak Russian is logical, since the former was overly-active in the Russian environment.”

The Russian Defense Ministry has announced the the Leiderman case will not affect Russian-Israeli military and technical co-operation.