Friday, May 04, 2007

Iran's Mottaki denounces US occupation in Iraq
The US must accept responsibility arising from the occupation of Iraq and not point the finger at others. Mottaki called for the immediate release of the five Iranians US troops detained in northern Iraq in January.

US troops terrorists in Iraq says Iran
Mottaki described US troops as “terrorists” and lashed out at Washington over the continued detention of Iranian officials seized in January. “To create a safe haven for those terrorists who try to turn Iraqi territory into a base for attacking Iraq’s neighbors should be condemned,” the Iranian foreign minister said.

No US-Iran talks at Iraq Summit
"When the United States arrests five Iranian diplomats in Iraq, it is an act of terrorism."a spokesman for the Iranian delegation at the conference added.

Iraq attack dashes hopes of US-Iran talks
When the summit's Egyptian hosts carefully placed Miss Rice opposite the Iranian at an official dinner on Thursday night, Mr Mottaki simply walked out.

US-Iran "expert level" talks at Iraq conference after Iran’s FM Mottaki ducks dialogue with Condoleezza Rice
May 4, 2007, 2:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
Despite prodding by Iraq for a one-on-one encounter, the two only met once at a broad luncheon occasion Thursday at the two-day conference on Iraq’s future in Sharm el-Sheikh. The conference of more than 60 nations ends Friday after a discussion on security. Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki urged neighboring countries to stop the infiltration of terrorists into Iraq and withhold their funds.

If only Rice, Mottaki, Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah, Rantisi, and abu Mazen could form a Bible Study Group!
This may sound entirely crazy to many of you, but I just can't help paying closer attention to the Middle East whenever there is a multi-nation peace process going on. All the calls for "peace and safety" yell out to me 1 Thessalonians 5:3:

While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

And what's with Iran's Manouchehr Mottaki leaving the dinner table abruptly when he saw he was being seated directly opposite US Secretary of State Dr. Rice? I wonder: have the Arabs/Persians already plotted an evil scheme to try to annihilate Israel (Ezekiel 38:10)? It is the 40th anniversary of Israel's liberation of Jerusalem. I'm not guaranteeing that this year (2007) is "definitely" significant, but if you read Ellis Skolfield's The False Prophet you'd know that 1967 is very significant on God's calendar. And if you read the Bible, you'd know that 40 years is significant. Nothing may very well happen this year (other than an almost guaranteed battle between Israel and Hezb'allah and/or Hamas and/or Fatah and/or Iran and/or Syria...you get the point) , but I will definitely be doing more praying and fasting, and anticipating Christ's return.

If you're reading this and you do not have Christ as your savior and protector for what lies ahead, I pray that you will make a decision to give your life to him, and follow him starting today. Nothing you have planned for today is more important; and this earth may not have many tomorrows left for you to make a decision.

"Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:36

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