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THE TRUMPET WEEKLYTHE TRUMPET WEEKLYA U G U S T 8 , 2 0 1 4

ISIS captures Iraqs largest dam 4

U.S. launches air campaign in Iraq 4

Pope calls for international action against ISIS 4

German general made Europe U.S. chief of staff 5

India allies with Russia and China against U.S. 6

S the Munich Security Conerence lastFebruary, three o Germanys top leadersPresidentJoachim Gauck, Deense Minister Ursula von der Leyen

and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeierdeliveredspeeches recognizing the need or Germany to bear more othe burden o international security and endorsing a morerobust, proactive and interventionist German oreign policy.

Tis week, Germany was given a prime opportunity toimplement its new oreign policy.

In an interview with the Bildon Tursday, Israeli

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Germanyto help find a lasting solution to the conflict in Gaza. Inparticular, Lieberman called on Germany to revive the- EU Border Assistance Mission () inwhich European inspectors monitored traffic at the Raahcrossing on the Egypt-Gaza border. Germany and the EUmust dispatch inspectors to Gaza to monitor the Palestin-ians trade with the neighboring countries, Liebermansaid, and Germany should take responsibility as the leadero such a mission. see HELP page 12

BY BRAD MACDONALD

Israel Calls for German Help

in Solving Gaza Conflict

Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Rafah,

in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 12 , 2014.

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Terror Tunnels LeadingInto Our HeartlandJERUSALEM POST | August 6

E M Nafali Bennett

warned on Wednesday that relin-quishing Israeli control o the WestBank would expose Israels home rontto infiltration tunnels leading into theheartland o Israel.

In a statement he released markingnine years since Israels rooting out oits settlements in the Gaza Strip, Ben-nett said that the disengagement hadtaught Israel that he who runs romterror has terror chase afer him, andthat those who chase afer terror will

live in security.Bennett said the disengagement

rom Gaza and its consequences, asseen in Israels Operation ProtectiveEdge, shed light on the implications othe ounding o a Palestinian state in

the West Bank.I learned that a Palestinian state

will destroy the Israeli economy, Ben-nett claimed.

It will destroy tourism, businessand commerce, he said, adding that aPalestinian state would not only hurtIsraels security, but also isolate theJewish state diplomatically.

Bennett gave the example o theUnited States deciding to cancel airtravel to Israel during Operation

Protective Edge as a scenario thatcould repeat itsel should Israel giveup control o the West Bank.

T war in Gaza may appear to be like any

other recent war Israel has ought against its Arabneighbors, where the blanket conclusion is: Palestinians

good, Israelis evil.Te deamation o Israel has always beena rallying point or the Arab world, but not now.

Instead, the moderate nationslike Saudi Arabia,Jordan, the United Arab Emirates () and especiallyEgyptare remaining not only relatively silent, but areactually quietly supportive o Israel.

Te reason? Te Arab states loathing and ear o politi-cal Islam is so strong that it outweighs their allergy to Ben-

jamin Netanyahu, Aaron David Miller, a ormer MiddleEast negotiator under several presidents, said. I have neverseen a situation like it, where you have so many Arab states

acquiescing in the death and destruction in Gaza and thepummeling o Hamas. Te silence is deaening.

Tis does not mean these Arab nations are going to bebest riends with Israel any time soon, but as the popularmaxim goes, Te enemy o my enemy is my riend.

Egypt has publicly blamed Hamas or the mountingcivilian deaths, rather than Israel. It has closed many o itsborder crossings into Gaza, denying the transportation omedical supplies into Gaza. Te Egyptian Army has con-tinued to destroy tunnels going into Gaza that are used tosmuggle ood and weapons. Some Egyptian television is socritical o Hamas that Israel has rebroadcast the programs

into Gaza or Palestinians viewers to see.Tere is a bigger enemy in the Middle East now thatthreatens these moderate Arab states: radical Islam. Arabnations are quickly choosing sides between the moderatesand the extremists led by Iran. Tis brings to light many

key political alliances the Trumpethas long orecast basedon Bible prophecy. Arab nations are quickly choosing sidesbetween the moderates and the extremists led by Iran.

Tese are astounding new developments in the MiddleEast, but they are not the kind that will bring peace orIsrael. Be sure to read our reprint article A MysteriousProphecy to see just what will result rom this new bando brothers.

Israel Finds Unlikely Allies in Arab StatesTyrel Schlote | August 5

If ye walk in my statutes, and keep mycommandments, and do them; Then I

will give peace in the land, and yeshall lie down, and none shall make

you afraid . And ye shall chase yourenemies, and they shall fall before youby the sword. And five of you shallchase an hundred, and an hundred of

you shall put ten thousand to flight: andyour enemies shall fall before you bythe sword. And I will walk among you,and will be your God, and ye shall bemy people. Leviticus 26:3-12
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The Fear of Civil WarHangs Over LebanonTHE NATIONAL | August 6

T o fighting in theLebanese town o Arsal last Satur-day threatens to draw Lebanon urtherinto the Syrian war, exacerbate alreadytense Sunni-Shia relations and lead

to a potentially devastating internalconflict.Te fighting began afer the Leba-

nese Army arrested a Syrian, ImadJomaa, who was a Jabhat Al Nusracommander until he switched alle-giance to the Islamic State. Accordingto early news reports, afer the arrest,Mr. Jomaas partisans took over armypositions in Arsal, orcing the mili-tary to mount an offensive to retakethem.

Tis situation has disturbed Hezbol-

lah and the Syrian regime, who havebeen trying to crush stubborn rebelresistance on the Syrian side o theborder in the Qalamoun district.

Te Syrian regime and Hezbollahhave or some time sought to impli-cate the Lebanese Army in their e-orts to weaken the Syrian rebels.

Te danger is that Lebanons moreextremist armed Sunnis, who havelong accused the army o collaborat-ing with Hezbollah, will take to the

streets, particularly in the heavilySunni north o the country, in protestagainst the militarys operation in amajor Sunni town, and enter into aconrontation with the army.

Tis could ultimately deteriorateinto fighting with the Shia. Given thepresence o more than a million Syr-ians in the countrymany o themSunni reugees who resent Hezbollahs

role in Syriaa conflict could quicklyspread.

Hamas Says No GazaTruce ExtensionAL JAZEERA | August 7

A o the Palestinian groupHamas has said there will not be

a renewal o the Gaza ceasefire thatends on Friday unless Israel meetssome o its demands.

Ismael Radwan told Al Jazeera:Te truce will not be renewed; it can-not be renewed without real achieve-ments. As we speak, no response hasbeen received to Hamass demands,which means there is no breakthroughin this respect.

A -hour deal brokered by Egypttook effect on uesday, bringing relieto residents in the Gaza Strip aferour weeks o fighting and heavy bom-bardment.

Israeli media has reported thatIsrael was offering to extend the cease-fire or another hours uncondition-ally.

It really goes to show how difficult

it is or both sides to reach an agree-ment, our correspondent said.

U.S. General Dead inAfghan AttackREUTERS | August 6

A U States general was killedand more than a dozen people

were wounded on uesday, includ-ing a German general, in the latestinsider attack by a man believed to bean Aghan soldier, U.S., German andAghan officials said.

Te U.S. Army said late on uesdaythe slain general was Maj. Gen. Har-old Greene, a senior officer with theinternational military command [International Security Assistance

Related: Fatah Says Yes to PeaceHamas Says No

Related: Operation Arsal: Prelude toLebanese Civil War

I perect world, a repeated pattern o deceit and moralailure has consequences. Indeed, when trust and cred-ibility are eroded, we dump the shady contractor, we voteout the lying politician, we fire the skimming employee. Sohow is it we are still at the negotiating table with Iran?

Since the s, Iran has hoodwinked the internationalcommunity over its nuclear program time and time again.And the current round o negotiations seems to offer moreo the same subteruge, oot-dragging and recalcitrance.But rather than use its economic leverage, the internationalcommunity has rewarded the mullahs in ehran with anextended deadline or the current talks (until Novem-ber ) and . billion in cash that was rozen as part othe sanctions program.

Iran has wreaked havoc in Lebanon (via Hezbollah), Gaza(via Hamas) and in Syria, where it is complicit in one o theworst slaughters o this century. And the regimes notoriousextrajudicial arm, the Quds Force, has set up shop in Iraq .

Te reality is that ehran has been orced to retreat, al-beit only one step, due to domestic isolation, internationalrejection and the weight o economic sanctions. However,the weakness, indecision and offering o concessions by theinternational community will only encourage the mullahs

to resort to deceit, denial and concealment again.[President-elect o the National Council o Resistance o

Iran Maryam] Rajavi had a valid point when she said thati the mullahs had the will, six months would have beensufficient to reach a comprehensive agreement on nuclearweapons development. Te time or gesturing and postur-ing by ehran is over. Te mullahs should have oreitedtheir drive or nuclear weapons years ago. No one shouldbe rewarded or stalling and haggling. Why should themullahs be? One can only wonder why the Obama admin-istration does not get it.

To Stop Iran Gaining Nukes, Stop Rewarding It for LyingGen. Hugh Shelton, NEWSWEEK | August 6

Related: Nuclear Iranthe Point of No Return?
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Force]. He was the most senior U.S.military official killed in action over-seas since the war in Vietnam, mili-tary officials said.

Te attack raised resh questionsabout the ability o soldiers totrain and advise Aghan security orcesas Western nations gradually withdraw.

Te U.S. and German generals were ona routine visit, the Pentagon said.

A U.S. official said the gunmanfired on the oreign soldiers usinga light machine gun. AghanistansDeense Ministry described him as a

terrorist in army uniorm. According to a Pentagon report on

the war in April, there were insiderattacks against oreign troops in ,down rom in .

Te insider threat is a perni-cious threat. And its difficult to

always ascertain, [Pentagon spokes-man Rear Adm. John] Kirby said.

Aghanistan is still a war zone.

U.S. Launches Air-strikes on ISIS ForcesNBC NEWS | August 8

T U States dropped laser-guided bombs on the Islamic Stateo Iraq and Syria () artillery in Iraqon Friday, the Pentagon saidthe be-ginning o airstrikes threatened a dayearlier by President Barack Obama.

Te bombs, pounds each, weredropped by two Navy F- fighter jetsnear Erbil, the strategically important

city that serves as the Kurdish capital,and where the United States has aconsulate. was using the artilleryto shell Kurdish orces deending Erbil,the Pentagon said.

Te fighter jets took off rom theaircraf carrier George H. W.Bush in the Persian Gul. Te mis-

sion marked a return to U.S. militaryengagement in Iraq, three years aferObama removed U.S. orces.

Obama, in a speech Tursday nightrom the White House, said that hewas authorizing airstrikes to protectAmerican interests in Iraq and dropso ood and water or tens o thou-sands o reugees trapped by on amountain in Iraq.

Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Penta-gon spokesman, said Friday: As thepresident made clear, the United

States military will continue to takedirect action against [] when theythreaten our personnel and acilities.

ISIS Assault on IraqsLargest DamFOX NEWS | August 7

I o Iraq and Syria ()militants mounted a bloody bid toseize Iraqs largest dam Tursday,clashing with Kurds or control o theMosuls primary source o resh waterand power.

Residents told the Associated Pressthat [] had taken control o theigris River acility, but crack Kurdish

troops guarding the site claim theyrepelled the attack, Agence FrancePresse reported.

Te fight to control the -year-oldacility once known as Saddam Dammarks a critical point in s rontwith the Kurdish soldiers known aspeshmerga. Seizing the dam would

give the power to control waterand electricity in Iraqs second-largestcity, Mosul, miles downstream.[Some ear the dam might be used as aweapon to inflict drought or floodingon nearby communities.]

Te dam lies on the igris River,which runs through Iraqs capital,Baghdad. It provides electricity to the. million residents o Mosul and is theourth-largest dam in the Middle East.

has ought the local Kurdishpeshmerga fighters or control o the

dam or nearly one week. posted a statement online on

Tursday claiming that [it] had takencontrol o the dam and vowed to con-tinue the march in all directions, add-ing that it [had] not given up the greatCaliphate project. Te group added thatit has seized a total o cities, townsand targetsincluding the damoverthe past five days. Te statement couldnot be verified but it was posted on asite requently used by the group.

On Monday, Iraqi Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki ordered the Iraqi AirForce to provide aerial support to theKurds, in a rare show o cooperationbetween Baghdad and the Kurdish re-gional government that underscoredthe serious nature o this crisis.

EUROPE

Pope Calls for ActionAgainst Islamic StateCATHOLIC HERALD | August 7

P F asked Catholicsaround the world to pray ortens o thousands o Christiansrom villages in northeast Iraq whowere orced rom their homes in themiddle o the night by Islamic Statemilitants.

Te pope also made a pressing ap-peal to the international communityto take initiatives to put an end to thehumanitarian drama underway, totake steps to protect those involvedand threatened by violence and toensure the necessary aid or so manydisplaced people whose ate dependson the solidarity o others, the Vati-can spokesman said earlier today.

Jesuit [priest] Federico Lombardi,the spokesman, told reporters the

pope was appealing to the conscienceo all people and every believer .

Last night fighters belonging to theIslamic State attacked the predomi-nantly Christian town o Qaraqoshand other villages in Ninevah prov-ince, said Chaldean Patriarch LouisSako o Baghdad. Te Christians,about ,, horrified and pan-icked, fled their villages and houseswith nothing but the clothes on theirbacks, he added.

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In an appeal, the patriarch de-scribed the scene as an exodus

Tey are acing a human catastropheand risk a real genocide. Tey needwater, ood, shelter.

Te central Iraqi government ap-pears incapable o protecting its citi-zens, the patriarch said, and there is

no cooperation or coordination withthe regional government.

Chaldean Sister Luigina, a membero the Daughters o Mary Immacu-late, told Fides [the congregationsnews agency] that Islamic Statefighters arrived in orce last night at and, using loudspeakers, orderedthe people to abandon their homes.Te people were orced to flee in theirpajamas.

Qaraqosh, the largest Christian cityin Iraq, and all the surrounding vil-

lages were emptied o their Christianresidents, she said. Qaraqosh washome to an estimated , Chris-tians. It is located about miles romMosul, which was captured by IslamicState orces in June.

Te Christian Aid Program, ,issued a statement today describinghow Islamic State troops overranother villages and towns throughoutthe area.

TW I N B R I E F

n German general given top U.S.military positionBrig. Gen. Markus Laubenthal hasbeen appointed the chie o staff orthe United States Army Europe (-

), Germanys Deense Ministr yannounced on July . Tis is one othe top offices in , afer thecommanding general and deputycommanding general. Until recently,

Laubenthal served in the Bundeswehr,the German Army, commanding theth Armored Brigade and serv-ing as chie o staff or the Inter-national Security Assistance Force() Regional Command Northin Aghanistan. It is the first time anon-American has held this posi-

tion. Te German edition o the WallStreet Journalwrote that he wouldbe practically the right hand o thecommanding general o the U.S. landorces in Europe, Lt. Gen. DonaldCampbell Jr. is responsibleor over , troops, percent owhich are stationed in Germany. Tiscavalier trust o other nations is notnew. Even the close integration withEuropean militaries in givesoreign powers a huge amount oinsight into how the American mili-

tary is run. But this trust is danger-ous. For more on why, read Trumpeteditor in chie Gerald Flurrys article

Alamogordo: A Mistake You OnlyMake Once.

n Europe remembers 100thanniversary of World War IHeads o state and oreign dignitar-ies rom more than countriesmet in Lige,Belgium, August , tocommemorate the th anniversary

o the start o World War .Representatives rom Belgium, France,Britain, Germany and other nationsstood together on what was once abattlefield in a spirit o reconciliation.Te fighting began in Lige aferGermany declared war on France

and invaded viaBelgium on Aug., . By the endo autumn, bothsides dug in, andthe war turned

into our years otrench warare onthe Western Front.More than million people losttheir lives in thefighting, including

million civilians. As Europecommemorates World War , manyhave put their hope in the EuropeanUnion as the best way to preventuture conflict in Europe. oday

we are a step urther. We can say orsure that within the European Unionthis will not happen again, saysSteffen Seibert, a German governmentspokesman. Te Trumpetis unique,however, in orecasting the exactopposite. Instead o preventing peace,the German-dominated European

Union will be the vehicle that willbring even greater conflict to Europe.World war did not stop with WorldWar or World War . Find out whyEurope will be the epicenter o globalconflict in the coming years. WatchGerald Flurrys Key of David program

Germanys Break From America.

n Mercosur agrees on proposal forcloser EU tradeMembers o one o South Americastrade blocs, the Southern Common

Market (Mercosur), agreed the lastweek o July on a joint proposal tonegotiate a trade and cooperationagreement with the European Union.Four o the five members o Merco-surArgentina, Brazil, Paraguayand Uruguayagreed on a tariffreduction proposal to go beore theEU on July . Mercosur now awaitsthe EUs decision. According to theEuropean Commission, Te objec-tive is to negotiate a comprehensive

trade agreement, covering not onlytrade in industrial and agriculturalgoods but also services, improvemento rules on government procure-ment, intellectual property, customsand trade acilitation, and technicalbarriers to trade. Recently Europehad been putting pressure on Mer-cosur to conclude negotiations andfinalize a ree trade agreement withthe EU. Tis exchange o proposalswas supposed to occur in Decem-ber , but has repeatedly been

postponed. South America, rich innatural resources, is it an attractivehunting ground or resource-hungryEuropean manuacturers. Te Trum-petand its predecessor, the PlainTruth,have warned or more than years that South America and Europewould join to orm a powerul tradingbloc. o read more on the propheticsignificance o this trade agreementbetween Mercosur and the EU, readour booklet He Was Right.

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Russia: Country Goingin Right DirectionQUARTZ | August 6

A fighting in eastern Ukraine

intensifies, some , Russiantroops have massed on Ukrainesborder, according to . Teeconomic war between Russia and theWest is also escalating, with new sanc-tions seemingly announced dailyrom the West banning arms exportsto Russia, to Russia blocking agricul-tural imports rom the West. Butthe latest opinion polls out today inRussia suggest that the public isnt allthat worried. In act, a record share o

Russians, percent, think that theircountry is going in the right direction,according to the Levada Center .

India Slams U.S.

Global HegemonyZEROHEDGE | August 1

O J , we reported that withthe Russia-China axis firmlysecured, the scramble was on to assurethe alliance o that last, and critical,Eurasian powerhouse: India. It washere that Russia had taken the firstsymbolic step when earlier in the weekits central bank announced it had

started negotiations to use nationalcurrencies in settlements, a processwhich would culminate with theelimination o the U.S. currency rombilateral settlements.

[I]n what was the latest slap on

the ace o U.S. global hegemony,[on August ] India reused to sign acritical global trade deal. Specifically,Indias unresolved demands led to thecollapse o the first major global tradereorm pact in two decades.

Shockingly, and without any warn-ing, Indias stubborn reusal to complywith U.S. demands may have crushedthe World rade Organization ()as a conduit or international trade,and landed a knockout punch when it

ASIA

E died over the weekend as the deadli-

est clashes in two decades broke out between Armeniaand Azerbaijanover the mountainous region o Nagorno-Karabakh.

Te roots o the conflict go back to Joseph Stalins ruleo the Soviet Union. Stalin deliberately drew the borderso soviet states so that each republic would struggle to be aprosperous viable state i it ever gained independence. Sohe made Nagorno-Karabakh, where most were Armenian,part o Azerbaijan.

Ten in the late s, as the Soviet Union crumbled andas both nations became more independent, Stalins borderscaused war. Hundreds o thousands fled the region. By thetime the war ended in , around , had been killed.

Since then, the dispute has remained a so-called rozenconflict. Te ceasefire lef Armenia in possession oNagorno-Karabakh, but neither Azerbaijan nor the inter-national community recognize this.

Armenia is backed by Russia, with Azerbaijan supportedby urkeythough Azerbaijan is always careul not tostray too ar rom Russia. Armenia has said it will join Rus-sias Eurasian Union, while Azerbaijan is closer to the EU.

It is not clear how the recent fighting began, who theaggressor was, or even i the whole thing blew up becauseo some kind o accident. Azerbaijan reports that o itssoldiers died, while the Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh

orces reported five causalities. Since the initial fightingover the weekend, both sides have continued to fire on eachother. Both presidents wil l travel to Sochi on August tomeet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

I the flare-up is the result o an accident, it will probably

die down. Azerbaijan knows that picking a fight withArmenia is picking a fight with Russia. But AzerbaijaniPresident Ilham Aliyev has been talking tough. oday, theAzerbaijani Army is capable o destroying any object inNagorno-Karabakh, he said on August . Tis is knownto us and the people o Azerbaijan. Let this also be knownto the enemy.

Perhaps Azerbaijan has decided that Russia is toopreoccupied with Ukraine to come to Armenias deense. Itcould be backed by outside powers looking or an oppor-tunity to punish Russia. Or on the other hand, i Armeniastarted the conflict, perhaps Russia is warning Azerbaijan

that it has drifed too close to the West or Russias liking.Whatever is going on, this is another area o conflict wherewe could soon see Russia assert its power, which could pitEurope against Russia even more.

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Are We on the Brink of Another War on Russias Borders?Richard Palmer | August 7

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comes to uture relentless globaliza-tion, which, as is well known over thepast or so years, has benefited theU.S. first and oremost.

U.S. Secretary o State John Kerrytold Prime Minister Narendra Modion Friday that Indias reusal to sign

a global trade deal sent the wrongsignal [A state department officialtold reporters afer Kerrys meetingwith Modi]. Wrong signal or JohnKerry perhaps, who is now beyond theworlds diplomatic laughingstockand the man who together with Hill-ary Clinton (and the U.S. president)has made a complete mockery o U.S.global influence in the past five years.Butjust the right signal or China and,o course, Russia.

Russia Looks to Chinafor Military EquipmentRIA NOVOSTI | August 6

R and military-industrial enterprises will purchaseelectronic components worth severalbillion dollars rom China, Izvestiareported Wednesday, reerencing asource close to Roscosmos, RussiasFederal Space Agency.

We do work with the China Aero-space Science and Industry Corpora-tion () Its institutions havealready offered us a ew dozen items,representing a direct alternative to, orslight modifications o the elementswe will no longer be able to acquire

R revive the Cold War-era Intervision SongContest this October, according to July reports.Intervision was first established back in as a direct

rival to the Europe-oriented Eurovision Song Contest. Asthe Soviet Union began to weaken in the early s, Inter-

vision was discontinued.Now Putin is reviving this relic o the Soviet Unions

glory days,as he recently has with so many others includ-ing a military prep fitness program, the Hero o SocialistLabor award, and a grip on domestic media that wouldearn a hat tip rom Comrade Stalin himsel. All thesemoves serve Putins general purpose o resuscitating theSoviet Empire. But this latest onereviving the song con-testalso serves another specific purpose.

Russia entered Eurovision this year, and lost to anopenly booing crowd. Te audience was not criticizing theRussian contestants singing, but their countrys annexa-tion o the Crimean Peninsula. More important than the

hostile treatment Russia endured was Eurovisions winner: a bearded drag queen rom Austria going by thename Conchita Wurst.

Wurst accepted the victory through mascara-tingedtears, saying, Tis night is dedicated to everyone who be-lieves in a uture o peace and reedom. You know who youare. We are unity and we are unstoppable.

Most o the Austrians, British, Dutch, French and otherEuropeans melted into rapturous euphoria at Wursts winand rainbow-colored words.

But not Putin. Commenting on Wursts victory, he said,Te Bible talks about the two genders, man and woman.

People living in a way that blurs the line between the gen-ders, such as Wurst, should not be aggressive, or put it upor show.

Te Russian Orthodox Church, an increasingly close

ally o Putins, went a step urther, calling Wurst anabomination, and saying the Eurovision win representedone more step in the rejection o the Christian identity oEuropean culture.

Whats the solution to the decadence o Europe and

Eurovision? In Putins view, it is Russia and the strictlystraight Intervision. His decision to revive it was basicallya protest to the collapsing morality o Europe and America.

It is the latest o many steps he is taking to portray him-sel, and Mother Russia, as lone deenders o traditionalamily values in a world led by a morally bankrupt West.Tis is an exact reversal o the Cold War era, which many

viewed as Christian America against the godless com-munists o the .

Putin is tapping into the deep-rooted abhorrence thatmany around the world eel toward the Wests embrace opromiscuity, divorce, eminism, pornography, homosexu-ality and so on. But as he portrays Russia as the righteous

answer to the Wests godlessness, he also invokes divinityregarding Russias expansionism. May God judge them,Putin said afer annexing Crimea in March, in wordsdirected at the Bolsheviks who gave the peninsula toUkraine decades ago.

History teaches that there is no more potent or dangerousorce to sway populations toward a geopolitical aim than re-ligion. Tis remains true in the modern world: Religion is atthe heart o the myriad o ongoing conflicts in Arica and theMiddle East; it is the main actor motivating Irans provoca-tive oreign policy; and, believe it or not, it is even the coalesc-ing orce behind the seemingly secular European Union.

It should come as no surprise, then, that Russia is takingsteps to harness the deluding persuasiveness o religion inorder to promote its geopolitical agenda.

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Revival of a Soviet-Era Song ContestJeremiah Jacques | August 3

[T]he largest election in the history ofmankind ended with a landslide win for Hindu national ist Narendra Modi. Modis history indicates that it willbe one that steers India away fromthe United States and nearer to Russia,

China and other Asian states. WithModi now in power, Indias supportof Russian aggression could greatlyincrease, and the same may be trueof Indias stance on the increasinglybelligerent behavior China is display-ing toward many of its neighbors. Therising cooperation between thesenations represents a deep geopoliticalshift .

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because o the sanctions introduced bythe United States, Izvestia reported.

Over the next two, years, untilRussian manuacturers put the neces-sary space and military electroniccomponents into production, planscall or the purchase o such itemsrom China amounting to several bil-

lion dollars, Izvestia reported, quot-ing a source, close to Roscosmos.

[R]epresentatives o institutions engaged in the develop-ment and production o electroniccomponents wil l visit Moscow to takepart in a special workshop or Russianmanuacturers in August. A parallelworkshop will be held in St. Peters-burg.

Establishing large-scale coop-eration with Chinese manuacturerscould become the first step toward

orming a technology alliance involv-ing member states, Izvestiareported, quoting Andrei Ionin, chieanalyst at Union.

Russia Could HelpChina Become DeadlierTHE NATIONAL INTEREST | August 2

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other systems, China has

leapt orward in the past yearswith respect to submarine technology.Te Peoples Liberation Army Navy() now fields respectable nuclearattack submarines, diesel electricsubs, and even ballistic missile subs.However, these boats remain substan-tially behind U.S. standards, and evenbehind the standards set by the latestgeneration o Russian subs.

Despite Chinese advances, the could learn a lot rom [Russias]Akulas [submarine]. [R]ussia has

closely guarded its submarine tech-nology in the past, and productiontechniques or submarines appear tobe some o the most difficult indus-trial processes to master, or transer.Nevertheless, the leasing o an Akulato India in recent years suggests thatRussia is open to the possibility o anarrangement.

[]he addition o Russia technol-ogy could only increase the robustnesso the Chinese air deense network.

Recently, it appears that Russia ispreparing to export the S- system to China, which would helpthe fill both technical and cover-age gaps. Te S- can track andengage targets at a longer range thanthe HQ-, allowing China to projectan air umbrella over aiwan.

China has made impressive leaps inthe last years with respect to bal-listic missile technology. However,China still has much to learn romRussia, both in terms o short-rangeand long-range missiles.

[I] Russia doesnt mind engagingin some risk-acceptant behavior thatcould hurt the United States, broaden-ing its weapon exports to and techni-cal cooperation with China could fitthe bill.

Historic $20 Billion OilDeal with IranTELEGRAPH | August 5

V P has attempted tosidestep Western sanctions on Rus-sias energy sector by signing a bil-lion trade deal that could see hiscountry become the largest importero oil rom Iran.

Te five-year accord will see Russiahelp Iran organize oil sales as wellas cooperate in the oil-gas industry,construction o power plants, grids,supply o machinery, consumer goodsand agriculture products, accordingto a statement by the Energy Ministryin Moscow.

Te deal could see Russia buying, barrels o Iranian oil a day,the Moscow-based Kommersant news-paper has previously reported. Tatwould be about a fifh o Irans output

in June and hal its exports. Te move is a win-win or both na-

tions afer they were hit with Westernsanctions aimed at limiting theirenergy sectors.

On uesday, the Russian presidenttold regional leaders that the politicaltools o economic pressure are unac-ceptable and run counter to all normsand rules, adding that he had givenorders to boost domestic manuactur-ers at the expense o non-Russian ones.

Meanwhile, Iran has aced sanc-tions due to its reluctance to end acontroversial nuclear program.

Alexander Novak, Russias ministero energy, said uesdays agreementdoes not violate international obliga-tions and is important given the cur-rent reality.

Te White House has previouslysaid that reports o talks between Rus-sia and Iran were a matter o seriousconcern.

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n Russia strikes back with foodbanRussian Prime Minister DimitryMedvedev announced August thatRussia will ban most ood importsrom the West. Te announcement

took place during a televised Cabi-net meeting, and represents a clearretaliation against Western sanctionson Russia over Ukraine. Te one-yearban includes all imports o meat, fish,ruit, vegetables and milk productsrom the United States, the EuropeanUnion, Australia, Canada and Norway.Russias economy will suffer as a resulto the move, but Europes will likelysuffer more. Te ood ban is just oneo several ways Russia is maintain-

ing its influence in Eastern Ukraineand its hold on the Crimean Penin-sula. Te ban came even as fighting inUkraine intensified. says Russiahas mobilized around , combat-ready troops on Ukraines border.Tese can be used or a ull-scale inva-sion or could enter under the pretexto humanitarian aid. Whether or notRussian President Vladimir Putinplans to invade remains unknown,but the ood ban shows that he is ullyprepared to wage economic war. What

will the Wests next move be in thisgeopolitical game o power? Whateverthe response is, the Trumpetpredictsit will ultimately be Germany, not theU.S., taking the lead in counteringRussia. Will Russia Directly Intervenein Ukraine? Polish Prime MinisterDonald usk said he believes theresa growing threat o direct Russianintervention in eastern Ukraine. Hemade this statement on August , andalso said the next phase o the crisis
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could be more serious. Pro-Russiaorces are fighting to break away romUkraine, but they cannot push backits military. On uesday, Ukrainiantroops reached the main rebel strong-hold in the city o Donetsk. Te twosides are now exchanging rocket fire.I Ukraines military can recapture

Donetsk, it could signal the end othe separatist movement. Te wildcard is Russia. Russian President

Vladimir Putin is acing increasingpressure rom Russian nationalists.Tey want him to send the Rus-sian Army into Ukraine to back theinsurgency. In a possible sign thatsuch a move is imminent, Russia hasrenewed its buildup o military orcesnear Ukraines border. According to

the Office o High Commissioner orHuman Rights, at least , civiliansand combatants have died since the

fighting in eastern Ukraine began inmid-April. More than , have beenwounded. An additional , havebeen orced to flee their homes. Sowhat will Putin do? While we can-not know the specific details, Bibleprophecy does show the overall trendo where this crisis is leading. o learn

more, read Gerald Flurrys articleTe Crimean Crisis Is ReshapingEurope!

ANGLO-AMERICA

United Nations: 50 MillionPeople Are Now DisplacedMillions have no homea situation not seen since the last

world war.STEPHEN FLURRY

Pensions: NeverGoing to Catch UpNEWSMAX | August 4

N Y Citys retirement plan ormunicipal workers is growing moreunderunded despite increases in theshare o the citys budget to pensions.

And the citys new mayor, Bill deBlasio, is devoting little ocus to theissue, the New York Timesreports.From to , the pension planor general city workers plunged to percent unded rom percent.

Meanwhile, New York City is setto devote billion next year to allmunicipal workers pensions, up more

than , percent rom . Tepension spending now represents percent o the city budget, up romless than percent years ago.

Teyre never going to catch up,Sean McShea, president o Ryan Labs,an asset management firm that worksor pension unds among others, tellsthe Times.

Te citys pension system suffersrom the same woes as other cities andstates: hefy promises made to workers,

the unwillingness o city officials toace up to the problem or years, andoverly optimistic assumptions ormarket returns.

In addition, regular audits othe city pension system, which arerequired by law, have not been per-ormed since .

Beware: U.S.Corporate Debt BombNEWSMAX | August 5

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watch out or the

explosion o a corporate debt bombbecause U.S. business borrowing anddebt is at perilous levels, according toMarketWatch columnist Brett Arends.

Americas non-financial businesseshave racked up the kind o debt thatwould wreck most households. Corpo-rate debt is equal to percent o busi-nesses actual net worthar abovetheir historic averages, Arends noted.

All that talk you hear about howcorporate balance sheets are in greatshape is a bunch o hooey, he wrote.

Corporations borrowed billionjust in the first quarter o this year.Corporate debts have actual ly doubledsince .

Another set o telling statistics,this time rom the Federal Reservesown data: In , at the peak o thelast credit binge, U.S. nonfinancialcorporations owed . trillion. oday,afer years o easy money and artifi-cially low interest rates, they owe .trillion.
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School teacher Gina Nakahodotold Reuters she had not been tooworried about the situation untilshe saw the water aisle at her grocerempty on uesday. Weve had somany storms that have passed us by,but with these two back to back youbegin to worry, she said. Ten all o

the sudden the aisles are empty andtheres no water and it makes yourheart pound a little.

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n Catholic Church could giveAnglicans communionBernard Longley, the Catholic Arch-bishop o Birmingham, said thatAnglicans may soon be able to takecommunion in Catholic churches. Icould imagine and oresee a deeper

sharing between our churches which perhaps would lead to a recon-sideration o the ban on Anglicansreceiving communion, Longley toldthe Church of Ireland Gazette. Long-ley is the Catholic cochairman o theAnglican-Roman Catholic Interna-tional Commission which is workingor unity between the two churches.Longley said that this was his person-al view, however the Anglican Bishopo Guildord agreed saying that with

the more open tone coming rom PopeFrancis I can see why ArchbishopBernard is thinking that perhaps thetime is right or perhaps another lookat it. For more on where this progresstoward Anglo/ Catholic unity is lead-ing, see Returning to the Fold romour ree booklet He Was Right.

n Sperm bankseradicating theneed for fathersBritains National Health Service ()announced a one-time , grant

to a sperm bank based at BirminghamWomens Hospital. Te new spermbank, National Gamete Donationrust (), will cater to both patients and private clients. A largepercentage o the clientele is antici-pated to be proessional, single womenwho desire children without a ather.In essence, the Department o Healthis promoting atherless amilies. Te aid makes obtaining sperm moreaffordable and keeps recipients rom

Fierce King RisingThe book of Daniel contains prophecy for this end time. It contains a

vision showing that a king of fierce countenance will soon rise up and

shake the foundations of this world. That king is on the scene now

and we think we may know who he is.GERALD FLURRY

For the past five years, U.S. corpo-rations have been living in a financialparadise. Interest rates have been onthe floor. Wages have been flat, Ar-ends noted.

Arends conclusion is that U.S.companies have used their profits and

their debt in recent years to drive uptheir own stock prices.A shakeout in the junk-bond mar-

ket, where corporations have piledsome o their least attractive borrow-ings, is sparking ears those securitiesincreasingly could be hard to unload,the Wall Street Journalreported.

Everyone is hoping to be firstthrough the exit, Matt King, globalhead o credit strategy at Citibank inLondon, told theJournal.By defini-tion, thats not possible.

Two HurricanesThreaten HawaiiBBC | August 6

H stocking up onsupplies as twin hurricanes barreltoward the Pacific island U.S. state,threatening heavy winds and flashflooding.

Hurricane Iselle was miles easto Honolulu on Wednesday morningand expected to make landall as earlyas Tursday.

Hurricane Julio could arrive inHawaii two days later.

Te last cyclone to hit Hawaii, Hur-

ricane Iniki in , killed six andcaused . billion in damage.Most o Hawaii is now under a

tropical storm warning or watch asIselle moves towards the island chainwith maximum sustained windsup[to] mph.

Te tracks o Iselle and Julio aredefinitely a call to prepare, stateEmergency Management Administra-tor Doug Mayne told the HonoluluStar-Advertisernewspaper.

Our goal isnt to scare anyone, but

we want to make sure Hawaiis citi-zens and visitors have what they needto stay sae and healthy.

Te island chains Big Island wasexpected to see Iselle first.

Te states department o emergencymanagement has asked residents toprepare a seven-day emergency kit, in-cluding non-perishable ood and water.

Hawaiis remoteness rom themainland makes it hard to get emer-gency supplies to the state.

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searching or donors online. Onlinedonors are considered more risky dueto lower quality sperm. Te average

visit will cost , down rom theaverage private rate o ,. Father-lessness continues to destroy youngpeople because leaders and expertswill tell you it isnt even a problem! we

wrotein . Rather than coveringwhat happens when athers disappear,our leaders and the media cover upthe effects o atherlessness, claimingthere is no need or a traditional ather,and that any amily arrangement willsuffice. O course there are exceptions,but take a look at society and you

can see the importance o the athersrole in the home. By aiding clientsin their search or sperm, the isaccelerating the decline o society byassaulting the role o the ather inthe amily. o learn more about theimportance o athers, read Te Needor Fathers.

O J , approximately pro-Hamas supporters chantingvenomous anti-Israel slogans marchedon Calgarys City Hall to show theirsupport or Palestinians in the ongo-ing war in Gaza. wo minutes afer a

amily o six pro-Israelis show up onthe ar side o the street carrying theirhighly inflammatory signs that read: Keep Calm, SupportIsrael and Israel has the right to deend itsel, a mob oapproximately incensed Hamas-supporters decide toteach them a lesson.

Six or seven guys jumped on one teenager who had aStar o David on his shirt, punching, kicking and bitinghim beore tearing his shirt off, beating him to the groundand stomping on him.

Other thugs isolated -year-old Samantha Hamilton,shoving flags into her ace, shouting Kill Jews, Hitlershould finish you off, and Baby killers.

Samanthas -year-old mother, who recently had herniasurgery, was punched in the stomach, spit on and knockedto the ground. She had to be taken to a hospital.

Samantha then recalls getting punched in the ace andthe back o the head beore some woman-beating-cowardgrabbed her by the hair, yanked her to the ground andbegan stomping on her.

Samanthas cousin, -year-old Jake Birrells offensewas wearing a flag o Israel. A crowd o men jumped andpounded on him beore tying the Israeli flag around hisneck like a noose and dragging him through the street.Afer getting ree, he says he ran or his lie rom approxi-

mately men who chased him through traffic.When police finally arrived, an officer of the lawreport-edly told Birrell, What do you expect coming here wearingthat flag?

What?A police statement posted to Facebook called the violent

attack a disruption at a planned protest.It took three days beore Calgarys mayor, who is Mus-

lim, even acknowledged that such an atrocious incidenthad taken place (his office says he was out o town), but hestill ound time to tweet about a lost cat. It wasnt until July that the normally tweet-happy mayor posted a patheti-cally weak and ambivalent statement on the city website:

We must all condemn violence.Whose violence might that be mayor?

Much o the Canadian media ignored the story untilthe Suns Ezra Levant finally shamed them into reportingthe disgusting eventsalthough predictably, they mostlyreported on how sorrySaima Jamal, the events organizer,said the Palestinian community was that afewpeople actedinappropriately.

It would have been nice i the and others had doneeven a little digging. Te day ollowing the attacks, Jamal

Saima wrote on her Facebook page: Bahaha afer today,they would be oolish to show up again in another protestin Calgary as long as they live.

Other posts o hers talk about Israel gassing Palestin-ians, the Israeli Army invading the Al Aqsa Mosque,merciless killing o Palestinians, genocide, and otherinflammatory lies.

So what is it? Does one o the more prominent aces oCalgarys Palestinian community really condone these at-tacks against Jews or not?

Does the media even care? Or are they too araid ooffending Arabs who have obviously not adopted Cana-dian values? More importantly, do the people o Canada

condone these attacks? Where is the outrage rom thismulticultural country that is supposedly proo that peopleo differing ethnicities, religions and nationalities can liveside by side in peaceeven as their amilies kill each otherback home?

Tis isnt the first time this kind o Palestinian extrem-ism has led to ambulances and hospital visits either.

Canadas social experiment o importing millions o im-migrants rom nations whose cultures differ so dramaticallyrom traditional Western heritage is backfiringhorribly.

How long beore Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, ,amil igers, Babbar Khalsa, Mojahedin-e-Khalq and

other radical groups amily members introduce jihad toCanada? Shiite versus Sunni; Arab versus Israeli; Ethio-pian versus Somali; Croat versus Serb; Armenians versusurks; urks versus Kurdshow long o a list do youwant?

Sacrificing Canadian national heritage to celebrate,maintain and promote the varying cultures and distinctinternational identities within the nation in the hope itwill encourage social cohesion is olly. It is impossible orgreater national unity to result rom greater differences.

Sadly, ew in this obsessively politically correct worldsee the danger o a house divided against itsel, so revoltingprotests like the one in Calgaryand worseare guar-

anteed to explode again. Follow Robert Morley: Twitter

Kill the Jews in Canada

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AUGUST 8 20142THE TRUMPET WEEKLY

Troughout the interview, Lieber-man lef no question as to who Israelbelieves ought to take the lead in Gaza.Germany, as the political lead nationin Europe, must play a pivotal role inthe Gaza conflict, he stated.

On Wednesday, a German diplo-

matic source told Reuters that the EU was planning ondoing exactly this. Te same day, Israeli newspaper Haaretzreported that ambassadors rom Germany, France andBritain had presented Israel with a document outlining apossible international agreement over Gaza. Te documentcalled or the rehabilitation o Gaza with an internationalmechanism in place to ensure resources were used torebuild the strip, and not to rebuild Hamas, Haaretzwrote.Te document also said that the EU could restart its bordermission in Gaza.

By Friday, momentum was clearly building or thereactivation o the EU mission on the Egypt-Gaza border.Although the EU mission appears inevitable, Berlin is

moving ahead cautiously, and is downplaying its leadershiprole. ogether with our European partners we are ready tomake a contribution, such as an EU mission to oversee bor-der crossings, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier stated.At present we are holding intensive talks with all sides tocreate the conditions or such a solution.

Steinmeiers words and tone will only intensiy Israels(and Europes) desire or German leadership and interven-tion. No one wants to be led by the arrogant control-reakscrambling or power. Its more reassuring and ar easierto submit to the strong, humble, capable guy who doesntwant power or responsibility (or at least appears that way).

In time well know i the arrival o European inspec-tors in Raah is o major prophetic significance. (Teres achance it could evolve into a military mission.) But i the- is anything to judge by, the presence oEuropean inspectors will have marginal benefits or Israeland or peace.

As Trumpetexecutive editor Stephen Flurry wrote in amid discussion about another EU mission in Gaza,Under the EUs careul supervision, [in -] Hamasmanaged to smuggle enough weaponry into Gaza to takeover the government in a violent coup. errorists snuck inrom Iran, and million in cash was smuggled throughthe checkpoint in one year alone.

What is noteworthy and o major prophetic significanceis that this time Israel did not turn to a multinational orce,or even to Europe in general. Liebermans remarks clearlyshow that Israels leaders are looking to Berlin as Europesleader and decision-maker and the nation they must trustand rely on. Tis, in some ways, is logical. Germany is ob-

viously the clear-cut leader o Europethe nation with thewealth, resources and geopolitical influence to get thingsdone. Te Islamists in Gaza hate America as much as theyhate Israel, thereore any stipulation or U.S. inspectors in abroader peace agreement would be flatly rejected. Besides,Israel cant be certain America would even provide such

assistance. Europe, despite the rightening anti-Semiticoutbursts in various European cities, is perceived to bemore neutral and objective.

Finally, compared to most o the rest o the internationalcommunity, Germanyat least its governmentis one oIsraels closest riends and partners. German ChancellorAngela Merkel has spoken ofen about Germanys specialduty to protect Israel, and the chancellor has drawn close to

Israel, even establishing a tradition o holding joint cabinetmeetings with Israel. Under Merkel, Berlin has given Israelsignificant discounts and generous terms on the purchaseo several submarines capable o carrying nuclear missiles.

Watching Germany over the next ew weeks and monthswill be ascinating. Te nation, as we have reported, is arising global power and is viewed with tremendous respectand admiration by most o the world. America and theWest have no problem with Berlin assuming more respon-sibility, exerting more global leadership, and becomingmore involved politically and militarily in the worldshotspots. In act, they crave German leadership. MeanwhileGermany, at least in word, has indicated that its prepared

to increasingly take on the role o global alpha dog. More-over, as the bevy o global crisesGaza, Ukraine, Syria,Europes financial crisiscontinues to intensiy, the needor Berlin to intervene and lead intensifies.

Tis month marks the -year anniversary o WorldWar , a war that marked the beginning o a three-decadeputsch by Germany to subjugate Europe and establish aeutonic world order. In this world, Germany would havebeen the chie power, the arbiter o peace, the nation all oth-ers would look to or guidance and inspiration. Now thinkabout the world today. One hundred years later, conditionsin Europe and across the world are such that Germany is

perhaps closer than it ever has been to world rule. Americahas abdicated the role. Russia and China are powerul, buttheir power is neither stable nor sustainable. Who else doesGermany have to compete with? With a little finagling andno doubt some exertion and painand under the rightleadershipGermany could conquer Europe and establish aGerman-led European world order, effectively accomplish-ing what it ailed to achieve in World Wars and .

I know that sounds oolish and preposterous, but so didthe notion o intractable trench warare, prolonged globalmilitary conflict and tens o millions o dead people in and . Surely one o the great lessons o World War (and ) is that we can never underestimate human nature

and mans proclivity or sel-destruction. ruth is, historytells us it would be oolish and preposterous notto considerthe possibility o another global conflict, one in which Ger-many once again plays the eature role.

What about Israels invitation to Germany to take lead-ership o the crisis in Gaza, and the broader trend o Israellooking to Germany or assistance? Perhaps it seems logi-cal, at least on paper and in the moment, but both historyand Bible prophecy warn that it too is oolish and prepos-terous. You know the history o Germany and the Jews. olearn the prophecy, start with our article Can Israel rustGermany? Follow Brad Macdonald: Twitter

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