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Post by Watchman on Dec 30, 2005 16:46:41 GMT -5
Iran, Russia agree to nuclear talks-diplomat Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:18 AM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - Top Iranian and Russian officials agreed on Thursday to hold talks on a Russian proposal aimed a resolving Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West, an Iranian diplomat close to the talks said.
The proposal, which is backed by Washington and the European Union, involves the creation of a joint Iranian-Russian company to enrich uranium in Russia.
The plan has been put forward by Moscow in a bid to allay international concerns that Iran could manufacture highly- enriched uranium on its own soil to build atomic weapons.
Iran says it only wants to enrich uranium to a low-grade, suitable for use in atomic power reactors.
Iranian officials had previously said they would reject any plan which denied Iran the right to enrich uranium on its own soil.
But, in a sudden change of tone, a senior official had said on Wednesday Tehran would "seriously and enthusiastically" study the Russian plan.
The diplomat, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the agreement for talks on the proposal came during a telephone conversation between Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov.
Larijani told Ivanov there were "ambiguities and problems" with the Russian plan but that "the outline of the proposal can be reviewed," the diplomat said.
Ivanov agreed to send a delegation to Tehran led by one of his deputies for further talks, the diplomat said, without specifying when they would take place.
The diplomat added that both sides had noted that their talks were unrelated to Iran's ongoing nuclear negotiations with the EU trio of Britain, Germany and France.
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Post by Watchman on Oct 2, 2007 12:17:30 GMT -5
Russia continues to move toward Iran as two of the most important protagonists of the "Gog and Magog War" of Ezekiel 38-39 build their alliance against America and with each other.
NEWS BRIEF: "Putin Turns His Face to Tehran, His Back to Bush and Sarkozy", DEBKAfile Intelligence, September 23, 2007
"Iran’s suspect nuclear program is further polarizing the big powers. As American and European officials discussed a third round of UN Security Council sanctions, Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, (is) more pugnacious than ever ... A week ago, French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner warned that the world faced war if diplomacy and sanctions failed to curb Iran’s nuclear activities."
"But Vladimir Putin pulled in the opposite direction from his two fellows in the UN Security Council when he decided to be the first Russian president to visit Tehran on Oct. 16. The visit, in the framework of the Caspian Asian Summit, is planned to encompass much more than state ceremonial and ritual photo-ops ... The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO), Reza Aghazadeh, said a document would be signed setting the timeline for Russia to complete the long-delayed Bushehr nuclear plant and deliver the fuel to activate it.
"Last week, at the general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian and Russian teams began formulating the document to be signed by their heads of state."
Thus, Russian President Putin has deliberately set his country on a collision course with President Bush. Further, he is again acting as the defender of the Islamic/Arab cause throughout the world. In this case, Putin is drawing much closer to Iran (Ancient Persia) both militarily and diplomatically. This next quoted segment reveals Moscow's inner goals.
"The Russian and Iranian presidents will publicly sign a new nuclear accord, attended by international television and media hype. This is a ploy to reposition Russia in Arab and Muslim eyes. Putin wants to demonstrate that Moscow has no objection to supplying a Muslim nation with a nuclear reactor, technology and fuel, in contrast to Washington, which is willing to go as far as military action to thwart such acquisitions."
Once again, we see the stage being set in our Daily News which will fulfill Bible prophecy exactly. When you examine the states foretold to be marching with the Russian forces against Israel in Ezekiel 38-39, you will realize that most of them are Islamic states today. Therefore, it makes prophetic sense that Russia should be greatly strengthened in these Latter Days, and should actively seek to cement alliances with the very group of nations she is going to lead against Israel one day.
All the prophesied nations are falling into their prophetic places as they march toward the time when "Gog" (Russia) will lead the consortium of nations against Israel to fulfill Ezekiel 38-39!
Western Europe continues to spurn Turkey's attempt to become a E.U. member. Turkey will continue to move away from the West and toward Russia, further cementing the prophetic lineup foretold in Ezekiel 38-39!
NEWS BRIEF: "Euro coin attacked for leaving Turkey off map: Turkey has made little progress toward becoming an EU member since entry talks began in 2005", International Herald Tribune, September 25, 2007
"BRUSSELS: A euro coin design that cuts Turkey from the European map drew criticism from lawmakers after two members of the European Parliament raised the issue of the missing country. European Union finance ministers rejected a European Commission design that included Turkey and agreed on the new illustration in 2005 ... Turkey has made little progress toward becoming an EU member since entry talks began in 2005.
In so many ways in the past several years, the European Union has rejected Turkey's admission to the E.U. Finally, Turkey is likely to get the message and stop trying to join the E.U. Not being included on an official E.U. coin is a real slap in the face.
Turkey is believed to be the key portion of ancient Togarmah, as the following segment illustrates:
"In the Torah, Togarmah is listed in the genealogy of nations as the son of Gomer, and grandson of Japheth (Gen. 10:3) ... According to other records, he is regarded as the ancestor of the Turkic-speaking peoples ... The Imperial Dictionary makes Togarmah to mean the Turkomans who have always joined the Turks, i.e. Gog (Ezekiel xxxviii, 1-6) or the king of the north (Daniel xi, 40)." (Wikipedia Encyclopedia, last segment is quoting Fausset's Bible Dictionary "Zondervan Publishing House" (22ed printing 1980) page 695:')
Thus, modern Bible scholars have been expecting modern Turkey to tilt toward the Russian and Iranian axis. We must follow the Daily News closely, but events do appear to be moving in that direction. Since the elections of 2002 and of 2007, Islamic politicians have been steadily gaining political leverage over the pro-Western, secular military generals.
With a large Turkish army poised on the northern border of Iraq, threatening to attack the Kurds, and with all elements of the Turkish leadership objecting to "Bush's New Map" -- pictured above -- taking substantial areas of land away from Turkey and given to "Free Kurdistan", we should expect a further tilt toward Russia and Iran.
Already, Turkey has made significant overtures to Iran.
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Post by Watchman on Oct 24, 2007 14:11:39 GMT -5
NEWS BRIEF: "Israel Warns World War III May be Biblical War of Gog and Magog", by Ezra HaLevi, Israel National News, October 19, 2007
"(IsraelNN.com) US President George W. Bush said a nuclear Iran would mean World War III. Israeli newscasts featured Gog & Magog maps of the likely alignment of nations in that potential conflict."
"Channel 2 and Channel 10 TV showed the world map, sketching the basic alignment of the two opposing axes in a coming world war, in a manner evoking associations of the Gog and Magog prophecy for many viewers. The prophecy of Gog and Magog refers to a great world war centered on the Holy Land and Jerusalem and first appears in the book of Yechezkel (Ezekiel)."
"On one side were Israel, the United States, Britain, France and Germany. On the other were Iran, Russia, China, Syria and North Korea. US President Bush said Wednesday during a press conference that Iran attaining nuclear weapons raises the risk of 'World War III'."
I find it highly interesting that, at this End of the Age period, many Jews are looking to their own Bible prophecies (Old Testament) to determine where in world history we are right now. When President Bush shockingly used the inflammatory words "World War III" to describe what will happen should Iran get the nuclear bomb, many Jews mentally harkened back to the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy, where "Gog" (Russia) leads a coalition of forces against Israel.
Since this assocation with the Gog - Magog War was aired by Israeli television, we have to conclude that many non-Orthodox Jews are making this prophetic connection. After 2,600 years, the stage is finally being set for Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy to be fulfilled. Even non-religious Jews can see it!
All the prophesied nations are now properly aligned for this "Gog-Magog" Invasion to occur. We live in troubled, but exciting, times. With your knowledge of how current events are fulfilling Bible prophecy, reach out to people in your Sphere of Influence with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and His soon return.
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