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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10-16, 2010

Jerusalem cannot belong

to one state.
We are now faced
with the responsibility
to establish peace,
security and development
around the globe.
We have gone from living
off the fat of the land to
being the land of the fat.
We live in a world where
there is an ongoing war
against the Jews.
Arab and Muslim regimes
betray their people unless
they confront not only
Israel but also the U.S.
I
n an October 3 speech commemorat-
ing the 20th anniversary of Ger-
man unifcation, German President
Christian Wulff intimated that Islams
status inside Germany is equal to that
of Christianity and Judaism. Wulffs
embrace of Islam was met with glee by
Germanys 4 million Muslims, an array
of politicians and even some within
the nations mostly out-of-touch news
media.
The majority of Germans, however, vehemently disagree
with their president.
Mr. President, why are you sucking up to Islam?
demanded the headline of Bild, Germanys largest daily
newspaper. In the article, Bild published the results of a
poll revealing that 66 percent of Germans reject Wulffs
view of Islam.
The dichotomy between German politicians and the
German populace on this issue is telling for two reasons.
First, it shows that behind the politically correct platitudes
of leaders like Wulff, Germany is a nation festering with
anti-immigrant, anti-Islam inclinations. Second, the atmo-
sphere of mass frustration is conducive to the emergence
of a bold, decisive leader willing to confront the Muslim
question.
Despite routine remarks like Wulffs, there is little doubt
that Germany, like much of the rest of Europe, is being en-
gulfed by a wave of anti-immigrant, anti-Islam sentiment.
A recent poll by the Allensbach Institute revealed that 55
percent of Germans consider Muslims a burden and that
they have cost much more socially and fnancially than
they have contributed economically.
Yesterday, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a think tank
linked to the Social Democrats, released study results
confrming that far-right ideology is deeply ingrained
throughout Germany. In the nationwide survey of some
2,500 people, more than a third of Germans agreed with
the statement Germany is in serious danger of being over-
run by foreigners.
Meanwhile, 30 percent agreed that immigrants ought to
be deported if there were not enough jobs. On the issue of
Muslims specifcally, more than 55 percent said the practice
of Islam ought to be restricted in Germany, even though
such a restriction would violate Germanys constitution. In
east Germany, three quarters of respondents felt the prac-
tice of Islam should be restricted.
Weve detected a rise in decidedly anti-democratic and
racist attitudes in 2010, said the researchers. When the
same survey was conducted two years ago, results showed
a decrease in anti-democratic tendencies, nationalism and
xenophobia. Moreover, despite what the term far right
suggests, as Der Spiegel reported, survey results show
that right-wing extremist attitudes dont only exist on the
fringes of politics, but are also found in the political center,
in all social groups and in all age groups, regardless of
employment status, educational level or gender (emphasis
mine throughout).
In another question, participants were asked if they
would like another fhrera word deliberately intended
to invoke images of Adolf Hitlerto rule Germany with a
frm hand for the beneft of all.
Despite the chilling images invoked by the term fhrer,
more than 10 percent replied in the affirmative!
These results are sobering. As tension intensifes be-
tween Germans and Muslims, incidents of persecution and
violence will increase, especially if the government tightens
laws and policies pertaining to immigration. And surely it
wont be long before radical Islam, never shy about confron-
tation, will conduct successful attacks on German soil. But
the consequences could go way beyond internal strife or
violence inside Germany.
The mass frustration with Muslims is intensifying the
urge among Germans for a stronger, more decisive, more
confrontational German leadership!
Soon, the hostility that many Germans feel toward im-
migrants will be vented on Germanys politicians, whom
they consider to be primarily responsible for the crisis in
the frst place. It is evident, particularly within the tanking
popularity numbers of Germanys ruling political parties,
that Germans are unhappy and frustrated with the bulk of
their leaders. The survey performed by the Friedrich Ebert
Foundation found that 90 percent of Germans, in both east
and west Germany, feel it is useless to become involved in
politics.
The rise in anti-Muslim hostility, combined with the
latent dissatisfaction with the government, has primed
Why do 10 percent of Germans
Want another fhrer?
see FHRER page 10
BRAD MACDONALD
COLUMNIST
Middle east
I
sraeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered on Monday to ex-
tend a partial freeze on Jewish building in the West Bank in exchange
for Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. The proposal was
rejected out of hand by the Palestinian Authority right after it was made
public. The latest round of peace negotiations between Israel and the Pal-
estinians is already foundering. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has
threatened to withdraw from the talks if Israels construction freeze, which
expired at the end of last month, is not renewed. Meanwhile, Palestinian
offcials suggested placing the West Bank under international trusteeship
if the peace talks fail. History shows that the most robust efforts to move
the peace process forward stir up the worst violence in the region.
Reports indicate
that Egyptian President
Hosni Mubaraks suc-
cession plan to trans-
fer power to his son
Gamal may have hit a
snag. Stratfor sources
in Egypt say that the
plan was for Egyptian
intelligence chief Omar
Suleiman to assume
the vice presidency in
the near future and
then to become an
interim president for at least a year before transferring power to Gamal
Mubarak. The National Democratic Party would arrange for such electoral
results. Earlier this month, however, the Egyptian foreign minister, who
is closely involved with the succession planning, told Al-Hayat newspaper
that Mubarak would likely be reelected for another term in next years
elections. According to Stratfor, the change in plan is likely a result of
growing opposition within the armed forces to a Gamal presidency. The
commander in chief of the Egyptian armed forces has reportedly told the
president that the Egyptian military is opposed to Gamals bid to run for
president. While it appears the military may be increasing its infuence in
Egypt, its failure to support Mubaraks succession plan may open the door
for more radical infuences within Egypt to gain the upper hand. End-
time prophecy indicates that Egypt will at some point fall to Islamists.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Lebanon this
week on a trip that highlighted the growing power of Irans ally and
proxy Hezbollah. He received an enthusiastic welcome in Beirut on
Wednesday, with thousands crowding the streets to support him. On
Thursday, the Iranian president toured a Hezbollah stronghold in
southern Lebanon and gave a speech predicting the demise of Israel.
Fares Souaid, the coordinator of Lebanons ruling March 14 coalition,
had criticized the trip. Ahmadinejad, through this visit, is saying that
Beirut is under Iranian infuence and that Lebanon is an Iranian base
on the Mediterranean, he said. The message is that Iran is at the bor-
der with Israel. At a press conference on Wednesday with his Lebanese
counterpart, Michel Suleiman, the Iranian president said, We fully
support the resistance of the Lebanese people against the Zionist re-
gime and we want full liberation of occupied territory in Lebanon, Syria
and Palestine. The two leaders signed a number of agreements in the
areas of health, tourism, energy and water, among others. Ahead of the
offcial two-day visit, the Iranian leaders frst state visit to the coun-
try, Ahmadinejad described Lebanon as a key base of resistance in the
region. Lebanon is the focus point of resistance and standing against
those who demand too much, he was quoted as saying on the state
televisions website. Lebanon ignored Israels pleas not to host the trip.
Ahmadinejads visit is being seen as a massive boost for Hezbollah.
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JOEL HILLIKER | COLUMNIST
the united States is nine
years and neck deep into
a war it cannot bring to a
successful end. The Tal-
iban has expanded into the
north and west of Afghani-
stan; it has infltrated the
Afghan army and police
forces. Last year insurgent
groups staged an average of 1,200 attacks per
month, driving civilian and allied death tolls
to record highs. Meanwhile, the government
Washington has worked to install in Kabul
is undeniably corrupt. And everyonepoliti-
cian, police, terroristis banking on America
shrinking its presence and eventually leaving,
as promised, beginning next July.
America is more than eager to bring the war
to a close. The diffculty is doing so in a way
that doesnt look like abject defeat. The military
surge it staged this past summer is showing
some success, but the cold truth is that these
gains will only last as long as Americas presence
remains. Washington has concluded that defeat-
ing the Taliban is unrealistic. Reports last week
suggest the Obama administration is hoping to
escape the confict through negotiations. Repre-
sentatives of Mullah Omars organization have
begun high-level talks with the Afghan govern-
ment to bring Taliban offcials into the power
structure. This is how you end these kinds of
insurgencies, said Gen. David Petraeus.
Both U.S. and Afghan leaders hope, in other
words, that the Taliban will return to power,
but this time be nice about it.
President Obama insists he wont do a deal
unless the Taliban renounces violence and
accepts the Afghan constitution. But to even
think Mullah Omar would voluntarily accept
such constraints is terribly naive, and Mr.
Obama has hardly placed himself in a position
to demand them.
Besides that, any deal that returns even
moderate Taliban elements to power is likely
to create as many problems as it purports to
solve. The ethnic groups in the northover half
of Afghanistans populationare extremely hos-
tile to the Taliban. The Northern Alliance lead-
ers who drove out Omars Talibani in 2001 are
fercely opposed to seeing them back in power. If
they reject the deal, the country could descend
back into the civil war that plagued the 1990s.
In short, the quagmire that is Afghanistan
has no solution. Not in the human realm. This
theater will continue to drain America of its
strength, provide a haven for various forms of
graft and depravity, foment elements of violent
Islamic extremismand sap people on all sides
of their hope.
afghans deserve
better
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 16, 2010 3
europe
O
nce aGain Europe has been hit by a series of workers strikes.
And once again, France has been hit hard, with strikes begin-
ning on October 12. Refnery workers and even students have
joined the protests against the French governments plan to raise
the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62, and the age at which
the French can receive their full pension from 65 to 67. Eleven out of
Frances 12 refneries are not sending gas to service stations. France
could face shortages by the middle of next week, according to the
French oil industry association. On October 13, protesters blocked off
the entrance to the Acropolis in Greece. They claim they are owed two
years of back pay, and that they will lose their jobs at the end of the
month. Romanian tax employees also went on strike from October 13 to
14. They ended the strike after the Finance Ministry gave in to their de-
mands to reinstate a system of bonuses. The system had been removed
as an austerity measure. The economic crisis is putting great social
pressures on the societies of Europe.
Meanwhile, Germanys economy is still doing well. Unemployment
fell for the 15th consecutive month in September. It now sits at 7.2
percent, down from 7.6 percent in August. bmw said that its sales were
up 16.8 percent. Daimler said its sales had risen by 12.6 percent and
Audi reported a 16 percent gain. Germanys export-oriented economy
continues to be robust.
Portugal and Germany were both voted temporary members of the
United Nations Security Council on October 12. They will hold their
seats, which do not have veto power, for two years. This will give these
two nations a little more say on international affairs.
The Netherlands frst minority coalition since World War ii was
offcially sworn into government on October 14. For the frst time since
1918, the leader of the Party for Freedom and Democracy (vvd) became
the nations prime minister. The vvd allied with the Christian Demo-
cratic Appeal. It also struck an agreement with Geert Wilderss Party
for Freedom (pvv) whereby the pvv will support the coalition in key
votes in return for having a say in the formation of national policy. The
rise of anti-Islam politicians such as Wilders shows how much anti-
Islam tendencies are building in Europe. Continuing this trend, the far-
right Freedom Party of Austria gained 27 percent of the vote in mayoral
elections in Vienna on October 10.
Also continuing the trend, the French constitutional court ruled
October 8 that the nations burka ban does not violate the nations
constitution or civil liberties. Many expected the court to overturn the
law. The only limitation it did make was that the law could not apply to
places of worship.
THE LOCAL | October 14
Guttenberg the future
say young conservatives
T
he head of the Christian Democrats youth wing has delivered a
stinging blow to the leadership of Angela Merkel, slamming the
partys centrist direction and describing Defense Minister Karl-
Theodor zu Guttenberg as the best hope for conservatism.
Philipp Missfelder, head of the Junge Union, told the Leipziger Volk-
szeitung that the middle road that the Christian Democrats (cdu) had
been following was turning off conservative voters. Amid dwindling
support in the polls, Merkel is under intense pressure, with some con-

JERUSALEM POST, BARRY RUBIN | OCTOBER 10
heres somethinG important: The Muslim
Brotherhoods leader has endorsed anti-
American jihad and a view virtually identical
to al-Qaedas ideology. Since the Brotherhood
is the main opposition in Egypt and Jordan
and the most powerful group in Muslim com-
munities of Europe and North America, this
is serious stuff.
Does that mean all these branches are
going to launch terror attacks, as one affli-
ate, Hamas, has long done? Not necessarily.
But hundreds of thousands of Brotherhood
followers are being given a signal. Some will
engage in terrorism; others will redouble
efforts to seize control of countries and turn
them into bases for war on the West.
The Brotherhood is the group that often
dominates Muslim communities and runs
mosques in the West. Its front groups are
often courted by Western governments and
media.
Yet here is the Brotherhoods new supreme
guide, Muhammad Badi giving a sermon en-
titled, How Islam Confronts the Oppression
and Tyranny, translated by memri in which
he says: Arab and Muslim regimes betray
their people unless they confront not only
Israel but also the U.S. Waging jihad against
both is mandatory for all Muslims.
[Muhammad Badi also stated] the U.S.
is easy to defeat through violence, since it is
experiencing the beginning of its end and is
heading toward its demise.
Muslims dont have to agree with Badis
views, yet hundreds of thousands will, and
millions will cheer them.
First, U.S. efforts that seem to be suc-
ceeding at brokering Israel-Palestinian peace
would only spark more violence, not less, as
Islamists seek to defeat them. Desirable as
peace or even progress toward peace might
be, the West should have no illusions about
those things providing regional stability; they
will produce more instability.
Second, U.S. apologies, concessions and
withdrawals are interpreted by Islamists and
many in the Middle East as signs of weak-
ness, which spark further aggression and
violence. Note that it is precisely fear of a
tough opponent that keeps Badi from saying
anything about fghting Egypts government,
which wont hesitate to throw Brotherhood
leaders in prison and even torture them.
Most important, however, Badi and many
others sense weakness on the part of the
West, especially the U.S. leaders, and victory
for the Islamists.
the declaration
of War that Went
unnoticed
servative commentators recently speculating about whether she may be
forced out.
The party had to show a clear, conservative direction and refuse to
let the issues being pushed by the ascendant Greens party gain center
stage, Missfelder said. We have to shift focus to our own themes, like
economic competence, fnance, family and education, he said.
Ahead of the youth organizations annual conference in Potsdam this
weekend, at which both Merkel and Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer
will be guests, Missfelder also made it clear that he saw Guttenberg,
who belongs to the Bavarian
sister party of the cdu, the
Christian Social Union, as
the best hope for the future.
With his modern but
clearly conservative orienta-
tion, Guttenberg was the
best political guarantee of
survival for the union and
defense against the Green zeitgeist. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, with
his great credibility, appeals to many non-voters and former voters,
so that in a very short time he has become an indispensable bearer of
hope, he said.
DER SPIEGEL | October 13
could state election spell
end for merkel?
H
as the end of Angela Merkels chan-
cellorship heaved into view? After
miserable poll numbers that show her
coalition government losing support among
German voters, the heavyweight conservative
newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
is now speculating on forces that could topple
the chancellor after next March, when the
southwestern state of Baden-Wrttemberg
holds state elections.
Baden-Wrttemberg is a stronghold for
Merkels party, the center-right Christian
Democrats (cdu). Its cdu governor, Stefan
Mappus, may lose anyhowin part because
he supports an unpopular, multi-billion-euro
renovation of Stuttgarts main train station, a project known as Stutt-
gart 21.
Merkel was re-elected in 2009 and might not face new elections
until 2014, if the political tides run in her favor. But the FAZ reported
Wednesday that a movement within her bloc for a new leader may al-
ready be afoot. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, 38, is the current defense
minister and a rising star in the Christian Social Union (csu), the Bavar-
ian sister party to Merkels cdu. The generally well-sourced FAZ wrote
that he is at the center of the speculation about a possible successor
to Merkel as chancellor. Guttenberg is not just young but also well-
groomed and popular among female voters.
Guttenberg has proved to be a fexible, ambitious politician. He
comes from an old, upper-crust southern German family. Whether
chatter in conservative circles about his future has to do with a real
power struggle (within the cdu/csu) or merely what-if speculation is,
according to the FAZ, not clear.
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the aim is to make
israel a pariah
we live in a world where there is an ongo-
ing war against the Jews. For the frst
decades after Israels founding, this war
was conventional in nature. The goal was
straightforward: to use military force to
overrun Israel. Then came phase two:
terrorism. Terrorists targeted Israelis both
home and abroadfrom the massacre of
Israeli athletes at Munich to the second
intifada.
Now the war has entered a new phase.
This is the soft war that seeks to isolate Is-
rael by delegitimizing it. The battleground
is everywhere: the media multinational
organizations nGos. In this war, the aim
is to make Israel a pariah. The result is
the curious situation we have today: Israel
becomes increasingly ostracized, while
Irana nation that has made no secret
of wishing Israels destructionpursues
nuclear weapons loudly, proudly, and
without apparent fear of rebuke.
Tonight Id like to speak about two
things that worry me most. First is the
disturbing new home that anti-Semitism
has found in polite societyespecially
in Europe. Second is how violence and
extremism are encouraged when the world
sees Israels greatest ally distancing her-
self from the Jewish state.
When Americans think of anti-
Semitism, we tend to think of the vulgar
caricatures and attacks of the frst part
of the 20th century. Today it seems that
the most virulent strains come from the
left. Often this new anti-Semitism dresses
itself up as legitimate disagreement with
Israel. Far from being dismissed out of
hand, anti-Semitism today enjoys support
at both the highest and lowest reaches
of European societyfrom its most elite
politicians to its largely Muslim ghettoes.
European Jews fnd themselves caught in
this pincer.
That brings me to my second point:
the importance of good relations between
Israel and the United States. Some believe
that if America wants to gain credibility
in the Muslim world and advance the
cause of peace, Washington needs to put
some distance between itself and Israel.
My view is the opposite. Far from mak-
ing peace more possible, we are making
hostilities more certain. Far from making
things better for the Palestinian people,
sour relations between the United States
and Israel guarantees that ordinary Pales-
tinians will continue to suffer.
RUPERT MURDOCH SPEECH BEFORE
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE | OCTOBER 14
Germanys allies also have high expectations
for Baron Guttenberg. Since Germany
domineers Europe, that portends some
extremely bad news for the world! Watch
Baron Guttenberg!
Gerald Flurry, Trumpet, February 2010
ANGELA MERKEL
DER SPIEGEL | October 11
nuclear Weapons likely
to stay in Germany
N
uclear weapons, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
has long insisted, have no place in Germany. But a new nato
paper seems to indicate that his efforts to get all such weapons
removed from German soil will not succeed.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has long shown an
interest in having the remaining atomic weapons based in Germany
removed. At the beginning of his term in offce one year ago, he called
the weapons a relic of the Cold War and said they no longer have a
military purpose.
Now, with nato foreign ministers meeting this week to prepare for
Novembers summit in Lisbon, it looks as though Westerwelle isnt
going to get his way. In a secret draft of the new nato Strategic Concept
currently under developmentseen by Spiegelthe nuclear missiles
stationed in Germany are not mentioned. Furthermore, the document
urges that natos nuclear posture must take into account the disparity
with the larger Russian arsenal of nuclear short-range missiles.
Indeed, the document appears to leave no room for the kind of uni-
lateral desires Berlin had been espousing. In a speech at the German
Marshall Fund in Brussels last Friday, nato Secretary General Anders
Fogh Rasmussen, while avoiding specifcs, said that our job remains
to deter attack against our citizens, which means that as long as there
are nuclear weapons in the world, nato must retain nuclear weapons as
well. nato has some 200 short-range nuclear weapons stationed in
Europe with an estimated 20 of those in Germany. In an interview
with Spiegel earlier this
year, former nato Secretary
General George Robertson
said Russia had 5,400 such
weapons. In that interview,
Robertson was very critical
of Westerwelles desire to
remove all atomic weapons
from German soil, calling it
simply dangerous.
DEUTSCHE WELLE | October 14
German economy on
course for strongest
Growth in decades
F
ive leadinG think tanks have predicted that the German economy
will grow by 3.5 percent in 2010, up from a more modest predic-
tion of 1.5 percent earlier this year. Unemployment is expected to
drop below three million. Germanys national economy will continue its
recovery despite a slowing global economy, leading economic forecast-
ers said Thursday. Analysts predicted growth of 3.5 percent this year
and two percent in 2011.
The report also included a revised their prediction from earlier this
year, when a more modest 1.5 percent expansion was anticipated for
2010. A sharp increase in exports in the frst half of the year fueled the
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 16, 2010 5
nothinG less than religious liberty can
be accepted for Jerusalem, says an
auxiliary bishop of the Jerusalem Pa-
triarchate. Bishop William Shomali af-
frmed this Friday at a seminar in Rome
on Jerusalem and international law.
Jerusalem cannot belong to one
state, the bishop said. It will resist all
monopolization and will continue to
be a microcosm in which all religions
have the same rights, regardless of the
numbers. Nothing less can be accepted
than parity and religious liberty.
The seminar was sponsored by Ital-
ian Catholic Action and other founda-
tions. It was inspired in Benedict xvis
affrmation of the universal vocation
of the Holy City during his visit there in
May 2009. Jews, Muslims and Chris-
tians alike call this city their spiritual
home, the pope said on that occasion.
How much needs to be done to make
it truly a city of peace for all peoples,
where all can come in pilgrimage in
search of God, and hear his voice, a
voice which speaks of peace.
Cesare Mirabelli, an expert in canon
and ecclesiastical law from Romes Tor
Vergata University, spoke about reli-
gious liberty as a prerequisite to peace.
All the conventions on human rights
guarantee religious liberty but there
is no agreement that imposes it spe-
cifcally, proof that it is a very delicate
matter, he said.
As in all liberties, when the liberty
of one is violated the liberty of all is vio-
lated, he added. In the case of the Holy
Land, Mirabelli refected, the presence
of the three monotheistic religions is
signifcant. Their common presence,
he said, is not translated into a loss of
identity, but into mutual respect and
tolerance, guaranteeing to each one that
he can not only live in the Holy Land,
but that he can live there as a believer.
prelate: Jerusalem
cant belong to Just
one state

ZENIT | OCTOBER 12
If the [Holy Roman Empires] air force were
to have some nukes left from the [Cold
War] conict, they could be used on the U.S.
That is exactly what Herbert W. Armstrong
predicted! The greatest nuclear crisis is not
in the Middle Eastits in Europe and the
Holy Roman Empire!
Gerald Flurry, Trumpet, February 2010
The Jews have Jerusalem now. But not
for long. Both Muslims and Catholics have
designs for Jerusalem. These two great
powers are about to clash againgo head-
to-head in the nal crusade over Jerusalem!
Gerald Flurry, Trumpet, August 1998
rebound from the deepest recession since World War ii.
The upturn is stable, said Kai Carstensen from the Munich-based
Ifo institute, one of the think tanks involved in the report. In Germany,
it looks good. The risks are above all overseas.
asia
C
hinese state-run oil giant Cnooc has agreed to pay $2.16 billion
for a third share of 600,000 acres of Texas oil and gas felds,
marking the largest ever Chinese purchase of United States
energy assets. The agreement grants China a foothold in the booming
U.S. energy market and will also equip it with American know-how
about tapping deposits captured in dense shale rock formations. The
deal, which will give the state-owned Chinese energy giant 33.3 percent
ownership of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy assets, also
allows China to test the political waters for further expansion into U.S.
energy reserves. The properties have an estimated potential produc-
tion of up to half a million barrels a day of oil equivalent. The Interna-
tional Energy Agency estimates that China is home to 26 trillion cubic
meters of shale gas reserves, which the country has not yet tapped
because of a lack of drilling know-how. The knowledge and technology
China will acquire in the Chesapeake Energy deal will likely allow it
to exploit these domestic reserves. The agreement is latest in a series
of similar deals by China around the globe. Beijings outward foreign
direct investment will intensify as its campaign to fuel Chinas booming
economy marches on.
After Kyrgyzstans October 10 parliamentary elections, fve political
parties have opened discussions about forming a coalition government.
Several Russia-backed parties, like the staunchly nationalist Ata-Zhurt,
campaigned on closing the American Manas military base near the na-
tions capital of Bishkek, which is a crucial hub for the military efforts
in Afghanistan. Some Kyrgyz politicians said the Manas base violates
agreements with Russia, which also has a strategic base in Kyrgyzstan
and is growing more powerful in the region. Last year, under pressure
from Moscow, Kyrgyzstans parliament voted to close the base, but then
settled for quadrupling the U.S.s rent payment, bringing the annual
fee up to $60 million. Russia, which views Kyrgyzstan as a part of its
sphere of infuence, is increasingly uncomfortable with the U.S. pres-
ence in the country and will likely exploit Kyrgyzstans shaky situation
to get the U.S. ousted from the region. Lease negotiations between
Washington and Bishkek are to resume in the spring.
africa/latin aMerica
T
he fallinG U.S. dollar is impacting South Africa. Over the past year,
the greenback has fallen an astounding 39 percent against the
rand. Central bank and government offcials are studying ways
to prevent further appreciation against the U.S. currency. Already the
central bank has indebted itself to the tune of $1 billion fghting a losing
battle against the dollar. During 2009, South Africa suffered its frst
recession in 17 years and offcials are blaming the strong rand for its
dismal economic recovery.
While South Africa stagnates, other emerging-market economies
in Asia and South America have been barely affected by the global
economic slowdown. In Brazil, for example, the economy is booming at
a 7.55 percent growth rate and unemployment is at a record low of 6.7
percent. In Argentina, the latest numbers show the economy is growing
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 16, 2010 6
Germany to use its
un security council
seat to make case
for reform
German foreiGn Minister Guido Wester-
welle wasted little time after his country
was elected to a non-permanent seat on the
United Nations Security Council. Speaking
on Germanys ard public television network,
Westerwelle reiterated earlier comments call-
ing for major changes to the Council.
Germany, on Tuesday, won election to one
of two non-permanent seats on the UN Secu-
rity Council assigned to Western nations.
Foreign Minister Westerwelle called the UNs
selection a signifcant vote of confdence
and pledged to do everything possible to jus-
tify the confdence shown in us by the United
Nations. Westerwelle, who was in New York
to support Germanys bid, told reporters:
The world knows that it can count on Germa-
ny. We are now faced with the responsibility
to establish peace, security and development
around the globe.
The German victory is expected to boost
the countrys new campaign to become a per-
manent member on the Council. Chancellor
Angela Merkel said in Berlin that the govern-
ment was delighted with the results. Ger-
many will work hard during its term to push
ahead on reforms of the UN Security Council,
she said. That is the expectation that a lot of
people in the world have.
But reform of the United Nations is a major
issue on Germanys agenda. Westerwelle
recently met counterparts from Japan, India
and Brazil to discuss launching a reform
campaign. The so-called G-4 group has been
calling for the addition of six permanent seats
to the Council without the power of veto, and
a further four non-permanent seats.
Todays Security Council refects the
worlds power architecture after World War ii.
It should refect the power structure of to-
days world, Westerwelle said.
Juergen Chrobog, a former senior of-
fcial in the Foreign Ministry and German
ambassador to the U.S., told German radio
ahead of the vote that Germany wanted more
participation in decisions. We take on a lot
of responsibility as important partners in UN
peace missions, Chrobog said. More than
6,300 German troops are stationed in areas
of confict all over the world, particularly
in Afghanistan and the Balkans, as well as
hundreds of police offcers. If a country sends
its citizens to these regions, it wants to have a
say in decisions that lead to a deployment.

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at an 8.1 percent rate. Perus growth rate is at 8.3 percent and Paraguay
9 percent. The contrast to Americas miniscule 1.7 percent illustrates
just how bad things are in the U.S.
One exception to the rule is Venezuela,
which according to Reuters is suffering from
30 percent infation and food shortages. Presi-
dent Hugo Chvez says the people are better off
under his regime than they would be otherwise
and is pushing ahead with his controversial
nationalization program. Over the past few
weeks, Chvez has order the seizure of a major
fertilizer plant, a motor lubricants maker, more
farmland, and the agricultural supplies com-
pany Agroislena. Upon taking over the fertilizer
producer, Chvez immediately slashed fertilizer
prices by 40 percent. Without government funding, the plant will now
most likely shut down and fertilizer shortages will result. Almost every
major industry Chvez has nationalized is operating in default with the
result that shortages are commonplace. If it wasnt for Venezuelas vast
oil deposits, the economy would likely have collapsed long ago.
anglo-aMerica
O
n sunday, Carl Paladino, a candidate for the New York governors
offce, said he was opposed to indoctrinating children with
pro-homosexuality views and would veto any attempt to give
homosexuals the right to marry. News programs seized the story and
cycled it into an ongoing loop, but the more signifcant story appeared
four days earlier in the form of a Pew Research poll: America is at the
tipping point of becoming a homosexual haven. For the frst time since
data began to be tracked, fewer than half of all Americans are opposed
to homosexual marriage. In 1995, 65 percent were against the policy,
and only 27 percent supported it. In 2010, just 48 percent are opposed,
and 42 percent are in favor. White, black and Hispanic Protestants,
Catholics and Jews all support homosexual marriage more now
than they did just last year. Men and women, Republicans, Democrats,
Independents, Northerners, Midwesterners, Southerners and Western-
ers, college graduates, high school dropouts and every age group also
showed more support for the homosexual agenda this year than they
did last year. The data also showed support for allowing homosexuals
to serve in the military openly. In 1989, two self-admitted propagan-
dists of the homosexual agenda advocated desensitizing, jamming and
converting the American public into supporting homosexuals. Just 21
years later, they have succeeded to an amazing degree.
On Tuesday, a California federal judge ordered the U.S. military to
end its 17-year-old Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy that prevents open
homosexuals from serving in the military. Judge Virginia Phillips ruled
the act was unconstitutional on September 9. If the administration
does not appeal the ruling or loses an appeal, open homosexuality will
be permitted for all personnel in all U.S. branches of the military serv-
ing all over the world.
On Thursday, the dollar tumbled against currencies across the board
when Singapores Monetary Authority decided to tighten its policies on
the Singapore dollar. The surprise move effectively signaled that Asian
economies have recovered to the point where they can withstand tight-
er monetary policies while the U.S. is still engaged in monetary easing.
The dollar fell to a new 15-year low against the yen, and an all-time low
against the Swiss franc. The Canadian dollar briefy surpassed the dol-
lar before settling back to parity, and the euro soared to its highest level
since January: $1.41.

ROBERT MORLEY | COLUMNIST
a shift is occurringand
it is a titanic one. Todays
global power centers of
manufacturing and trade
have swung back to Europe
and China. The most
importantand lucra-
tivetrade routes are once
again between the old
worlds East and West. The modern Silk Road is
swarming with the new merchants.
The most recent example of this is Chinas
growing partnership with Greece.
Encouraged by government incentives and
rock-bottom prices, China is pumping hun-
dreds of millions and on the road to billions of
euros into Greece. According to the Washing-
ton Post, the cornerstone of those plans is the
transformation of the Mediterranean port of
Piraeus into the Rotterdam of the south that
will create a modern gateway linking Chinese
factories with consumers across Europe and
North Africa (June 9).
Strapped for cash, the Greek government is
privatizing the economy in blitzkrieg fashion
and that has opened the doors to rich Chinese
investors. In Athens, the government is push-
ing China to develop a giant new distribution
center in the citys old industrial sector. A new
monorail line, fve-star hotels and theme parks
are other projects China is being courted for.
Additionally China is setting up a special $5
billion Greek-Chinese shipping development
fund that will offer Greek shipping companies
fnancial support to purchase Chinese-made
vessels.
Already, half of all Chinese merchandise
and 60 percent of its oil imports are trans-
ported on Greek boats, according to Chinese
Premier Wen Jaibao.
Yet the Chinese arent investing in Greece
out of the goodness of their hearts. It is part
of a well-engineered plan to create a network
of rail lines, highways, pipelines and shipping
ports to boost East-West trade.
The Chinese want a gateway into Europe,
noted Greeces Deputy Prime Minister Theodo-
ros Pangalos. The Chinese deal in real things,
in merchandise. And they will help the real
economy in Greece.
Isaiah 23 warns of an end-time mart of
nations that acts in economic alliance of
convenience. This alliance includes the nations
of China (Chittim) and Tyre (representing the
commercial center of the European Union, also
called the king of the north in other prophe-
cies). This chapter, along with other scriptures,
makes it evident that these two powerful
economies are prophesied to work in confeder-
acy to dominate global trade for a short period
of timeat Americas expense.
silk road reopens
HUGO CHVEZ
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DAILY MAIL | October 11
britain, the Jobless
capital of europe
B
ritain was last night exposed as the jobless capital of Europe, with
one in eight adults living in a house where no one is in work. As
the government prepares a clampdown on benefts scroungers, a
league table revealed that a greater proportion of people in the UK are
in jobless households than in any other European country.
And separate analysis has found that in the worst ghettos of work-
lessness, as many as 84 percent are on welfare. The devastating reports
paint a terrifying picture of the true extent of Shameless Britain, in
which millions grow up in a culture of dependency where work does not
pay .
ASSOCIATED PRESS | October 14
banks seize
288K homes in Q3
L
enders seized more U.S. homes this summer than in any three-
month stretch since the housing market began to bust in 2006.
A total of 288,345 properties were lost to foreclosure in the July-
September quarter, according to data released Thursday by RealtyTrac
Inc., a foreclosure listing service. Thats up from nearly 270,000 in the
second quarter, the previous high point in the frms records dating
back to 2005.
Banks have seized more than 816,000 homes through the frst nine
months of the year and had been on pace to seize 1.2 million by the end
of 2010. But fewer are expected now that several major lenders have
suspended foreclosures and sales of repossessed homes until they can
sort out the foreclosure-documents mess.
Rick Sharga, a senior vice president at RealtyTrac predicts about 1
million homes will be taken back this year.
TELEGRAPH, AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD | October 10
currency Wars are
necessary if all else fails
T
he debt-strapped households of Middle America, or Britain and
Spain, can no longer hold up the dysfunctional edifce. Asians
must take over, or it will come down on their own heads.
The countries actively intervening in exchange markets to suppress
their currenciesChina, Japan, Korea, Thailand, even Switzerland, to
name a feware all too often the same ones that have the biggest trade
surpluses with the U.S. They are taking active steps to prevent America
extricating itself from the worst unemployment since the Great Depres-
sion, now 17.1 percent on the latest U6 index and rising again.
Each country is doing so for understandable reasons: Japan to avoid
a defationary crisis, China to hold together a political order that is more
fragile than it looks. Yet this is an intolerable situation for the U.S.
frayed relations with China and Russia,
the ever-present threat posed by North
Koreas nuclear weapons, and a re-exam-
ination of the 1960 U.S.-Japan security
treaty, formally known as the Treaty of
Mutual Cooperation and Security between
the United States and Japan, has some
in the Japanese government and mili-
tary considering what would have been
unthinkable just a few years ago, Japan
entering the club of nations possessing
nuclear weapons.
wmr [Wayne Madsen Report] has
learned from informed Japanese sources
that a classifed annex to the [U.S.-Japan
security] treaty does not provide for the
United States to commit to the defense
of two disputed territories: the Senkaku
islands, which are claimed by China
and four islands in the southern Kuril Is-
lands chain that were occupied by the So-
viet Union in the fnal days of World War ii
and which are still occupied by Russia.
With the U.S. increasingly seen by
Japanese military and foreign-policy
policy-makers as an overextended and
failing superpower, some elements in the
Japanese government and think tanks
feel that the only way Japan can be self-
assured over its defense is for the country
to amend its constitution and laws to allow
for the introduction of nuclear weapons for
the Japanese Self-Defense Force.
wmr has learned from Japanese
sources that when a green light is given
by the government, it will take only three
months for Japan to develop and deploy
nuclear warheads for its military forces.
Japan maintains an independent uranium
enrichment capability and is able to use
its own rocket technology to develop an
intercontinental ballistic missile delivery
system. There is some speculation that
since Japan already possesses nuclear
weapons designs details, it merely has to
jump to production in order to feld weap-
ons. Japan is already the worlds third-
largest nuclear power producer after the
United States and France, both of which
are nuclear weaponry powers.
The word from Tokyo is that it is no lon-
ger a question whether Japan will develop
a nuclear weapons capability, but when.
And when would now appear to be very
close. If Japan opts to leave the npt regime
and obtain nuclear weapons there will be a
domino effect in Asia.
a nuclear-armed
Japan may be
around the corner

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The atomic bomb, of course, is quantitative easing by the Federal
Reserve. America has in effect issued an ultimatum to China and G-20:
Either you stop this predatory behavior and agree to some formula for
global rebalancing, or we will deploy QE2 a loutrance to food your
economies with excess liquidity. We will cause you to overheat and
drive up your wage costs. We will impose a de facto currency revalua-
tion by more brutal and disruptive means, and there is little you can do
to stop it. Pick your poison.
There was much tut-tutting about currency warfare at the imf meet-
ing over the weekend. If one lets this slide into protectionism, we run
the risk of the mistakes of the 1930, said World Bank chief Robert
Zoellick.
You have to say this kind of thing if you run a Bretton Woods institu-
tion, but in real life wars occur because somebody fnds the status quo
unacceptable, perhaps justifably so. As Nobel economist Paul Krugman
puts it: People are looking for innocuous ways to deal with this prob-
lem, and there arent any.
This is a dangerous moment for the world, and may backfre against
the U.S. itself. We are already starting to see the same sort of rush into
oil and resources that played such havoc in mid-2008, and may have
been a key trigger for the Great Recession.
And while the French deny that they are in talks with China over the
creation of a new currency regime, I heard French Finance Minister
Christine Lagarde say in person at a meeting in Italy that France would
use its G-20 presidency to push for an alternative to the dollar.
The U.S. risks gambling away the exorbitant privilege it has en-
joyed for two thirds of a century as currency hegemon.
SPECIALTY FINANCE GROUP, RICHARD BENSON | October 13
obesity and taxes
I
f what I read recently is correct, the cost of medical care linked to
obesity in America is approaching $150 billion a year. We have
gone from living off the fat of the land to being the land of the fat.
Worse yet, for all those baby boomers heading to retirement, there is
no question we will get stuck with the bill for a broken medical system
fueled by fast food.
As tens of millions of Americans remain addicted to the fat, sugar,
salt and refned four found in fast food and high-calorie drinks and
treats, obesity has become the number-one health issue afficting not
only adults, but teenagers and children.
[T]ens of millions of young children arent using their minds and
instead feeding their faces. According to the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, 72.5 million people in America are obese (about
30 percent of the population). For children aged 6 to 11 nationally,
35.5 percent are fat, and for New York Citywith its high concentra-
tion of minorities40 percent of school children are porkers! The ad
that says America runs on Dunkin Donuts is false advertising be-
cause Americans dont run; they waddle. Instead of discipline in the
classroom, schools have been turned into fat farm asylums run by the
inmates.
The high and rising incidence of obesity is directly linked to seri-
ous health problems, so that extra 50 to 100 pounds you are carrying
around will immobilize or kill you, and ultimately bankrupt our coun-
try. As more Americans get fat and fall apart, is it any surprise that the
cost of health care keeps going up? Unless radical change is implement-
ed immediately, more than half of the new majority will be illegitimate,
less than half will have a high school diploma, and close to half will be
obese according to U.S. government statistics.
The total tax bill for obesity under ObamaCare could easily rise from
california: experts
see the big one
Growing
u.s. GeoloGists announced last Friday that
the major earthquake called the Big One
which has been forecast to soon occur
on the San Andreas fault could be of a
higher magnitude than experts previously
calculated.
For several years, seismologists and ge-
ologists have anticipated that the southern
portion of the fault is long overdue for a
major rupture, but the latest fndings have
prodded researchers from the University
of California in Irvine and Arizona State
University to upgrade their estimates for
the magnitude and duration of the predict-
ed earthquake.
While constant creeping in the north-
ern section of the fault prevents it from
building the tension that would produce
large quakes, the 340-mile southern sec-
tionrunning from Monterey County to
the Salton Seacould slip abruptly at any
time, resulting in a massive 8.1 magnitude
quake, the report said. And the research-
ers believe the rupture is not far off.
The next earthquake could be sooner
than later, said Lisa Grant Ludwig, co-au-
thor of the University of California study.
At 8.1 magnitude, the Big One would be
signifcantly wider and stronger than the
last earthquake to occur along southern
San Andreas. The last quake, which struck
in 1857, was a 7.9 magnitude that ruptured
200 miles of fault. A magnitude 8.1 quake
would release twice the energy of the 1857
tremor, said Thomas Jordan, director
of the Southern California Earthquake
Center.
Back in July, Trumpet columnist Brad
Macdonald wrote : In Matthew 24 Je-
sus told His disciples that terrible natural
disasters would precede His Second Com-
ing, and He warned specifcally that there
would be earthquakes in different places.
Of course, as the scientists are quick to tell
us, earthquakes routinely occur in differ-
ent places. Christ, however, was warning
that not only would there be an uptick in
the number of earthquakes, but that these
quakes would infict greater damage on
mankind.
The groaning and constricted energy
building up along the great San Andreas
fault line will be released sooner or later.
With densely populated Los Angeles
County situated at the fault lines southern
end, such an occurrence could be cata-
strophic .
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Germany for political chanGe!
Last month, when controversial banker Thilo Sarrazin voiced his
concerns about Islams destructive presence in Germany, a survey by
Allensbach found that 60 percent of Germans believed Sarrazin said
many things that are correct. Only 13 percent disagreed with Sarrazin.
Another poll found that if a Sarrazin party formed, it would get 18
percent of the national vote.
Some politicians are already attempting to win votes by tapping into
anti-Muslim attitudes. This week, Horst Seehofer, premier of the con-
servative southern German state of Bavaria, stated that Germany ought
to begin recruiting workers from places other than Turkey and Arab
countries. Its clear that immigrants from other cultural circles like
Turkey and Arab countries have more diffculties. From that I draw
the conclusion that we dont need any additional foreign workers from
other cultures, he said.
Those are combative wordsand they resonate with the German
populace.
Watch German politics. If a politician is crafty and ambitious, and
willing to shirk postwar tradition and confront the issue of immigra-
tion, then the swelling frustration and anger inside Germany, especially
toward Islam, is a tremendous opportunity!
Heres something else to consider. In the Guardian this week, Ian
Buruma noted that although European populism focuses on Islam
and immigration it may be mobilizing a wider rage against elites
expressed by people who feel unrepresented, or fear being left behind
economically. They share a feeling of being dispossessed by foreign-
ers, of losing their sense of national, social, or religious belonging.
The widespread rage and frustration against incumbent leaders and
governments is priming much of Europe for the emergence of extremist
governments and leaders.
Havent we seen this scenario before?
Adolf Hitler exploited similar public sentiment to take the reins of
Germany!
In the early 1930s, after years of economic uncertainty and being let
down by mainstream politicians, the German people began investing
their hope in far-right and far-left political parties. In federal elections
in 1932, Adolf Hitlers National Socialist German Workers Party won
the majority of seats in the Reichstag. A few months later, in January
1933, Hitler was made chancellor with the mandate to use whatever
means necessary to fx the ailing economy, to restore strong govern-
ment to Germany and to resurrect German national pride, which meant
addressing the role of certain minorities, particularly Jews, in Germany.
With the throne of Germany indisputably his, Hitler immediately set
about fulflling his promisesespecially his despicable ambitions for
Jews!
Stay tuned to the ongoing debate in Germany about immigration
and Islam. As anti-Muslim sentiment grows, tensions will intensify. A
radical terrorist attack on Germany would hardly be surprising. If an
attack occurs, it will only deepen the animosity of Germans toward
Muslims, and heighten the urge inside Germany for stronger, more con-
frontational, leadership. Soon, very soon, Germany will get its biblically
prophesied fhrer!
When he arrives, both history and prophecy reveal that he, like Hit-
ler, will quickly set about confronting Islam!
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$150 billion a year to over $400 billion, adding to the growing burdens
on the U.S. Treasury that simply cant all be met. Unfortunately, the
tax rate necessary to balance the budget would leave taxpayers with
next to nothing .

RON FRASER | COLUMNIST
how i love the fact that the
Ten Commandments are
so downright and beauti-
fully politically incorrect!
Im so thankful for being
raised within a generation
that took it as a given that
a child should learn those
10 binding laws of God by
rote. What a rotten age we now live in by
comparison.
Having tossed the source of our previ-
ous defnitions of right and wrong clear
out the window, it is not surprising that
the result is mass confusion.
Take one example of giving animals
human rights. One of the covers of
National Geographic carried the banner
headline in red, Who Murdered the
Virunga Gorillas?
Only the killing of a human being can
be described as murder!
The defnition of murder is founded
upon the immutable law that originally
defned the act of murder, the earliest
documented record being found in the
Bible in Exodus 20:13: Thou shalt not
kill. The Hebrew word translated into the
English as kill is ratsach, literally mean-
ing murder, as in manslayer! By defni-
tion, at its root source and in its meaning
in law, murder can only apply to a human
being.
The same logic applies to the term mar-
riage over which the law is seeking to bend
the defnition of to embrace something the
very oppositethe union of two persons of
the same sex!
Oxford Dictionary defnes marriage as,
The legal union of a man and a woman.
This defnition hearkens back to the cre-
ation of the institution created by God at
the time of the very frst marriage. There-
fore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one fesh (Genesis 2:24).
The term translated wife, in the Hebrew
ish sha, means woman, wife, female.
In these unprecedented times of mass
confusion, you need to have a clear vision
of reality. There are immutable laws that
God created by which mankind may live
a peaceful life, fulflling his incredible
human potential. You need to know that
such a life can be yours to embrace, to
live abundantly, and to give to you and
your loved ones the greatest hope in your
future, despite the troubles ahead.
losing our Grip on
reality