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		<title>By: Radaz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Radaz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man...Kooooooondleezzza Rice is a Desperate wife..and she has got company... Desperate Hubby..Mr Bush(Jr.)...to make it more interesting they got to kill time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man&#8230;Kooooooondleezzza Rice is a Desperate wife..and she has got company&#8230; Desperate Hubby..Mr Bush(Jr.)&#8230;to make it more interesting they got to kill time.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1264174', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kacha</title>
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		<dc:creator>kacha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 03:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i just hate wars, am fed up now and going...........dont stop me or i smack ur ..........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i just hate wars, am fed up now and going&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..dont stop me or i smack ur &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=552522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 12:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;GODâ€™S WORD STATES THAT RUSSIA WOULD START THE WAR, 
Comment by GINA â€” May 1, 2006 @ 10:28 pm &lt;/em&gt;

Get back on your meds.  That is not what your Bible says.  It&#039;s what you want it to say so you can go around yelling at people like you did in December 1999 about the end of the world...  Go back to your bunker and find your medication.  Hurry!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>GODâ€™S WORD STATES THAT RUSSIA WOULD START THE WAR,<br />
Comment by GINA â€” May 1, 2006 @ 10:28 pm </em></p>
<p>Get back on your meds.  That is not what your Bible says.  It&#8217;s what you want it to say so you can go around yelling at people like you did in December 1999 about the end of the world&#8230;  Go back to your bunker and find your medication.  Hurry!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=532899', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GINA</title>
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		<dc:creator>GINA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 02:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;
     WILL THE &lt;strong&gt;REAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;GEORGE BUSH PLEASE STAND UP!!!! 
THERE IS DEATH IN THE CLANDESTINE BUSINESS OF THE ILLUMINATI, IF YOU REALLY&lt;em&gt;WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE IS SO MUCH BLOODSHED IN IRAQ WHY IT &lt;strong&gt;WILL NOT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;CEASE AND WHY OUR PRESIDENT HAS A THIRST FOR BLOODSHED I URGE YOU TO CHECK OUT 
WWW.LASTTRUMPETMINISTRIES.ORG
CLICK ON THE ARCHIVES AND READ THE NEWSLETTERS, WHAT YOU FIND HERE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!! I HOPE IT ANSWERS MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON NOW AND WHAT IS SOON TO COME.</description>
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     WILL THE <strong>REAL </strong></em>GEORGE BUSH PLEASE STAND UP!!!!<br />
THERE IS DEATH IN THE CLANDESTINE BUSINESS OF THE ILLUMINATI, IF YOU REALLY<em>WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE IS SO MUCH BLOODSHED IN IRAQ WHY IT <strong>WILL NOT</strong></em>CEASE AND WHY OUR PRESIDENT HAS A THIRST FOR BLOODSHED I URGE YOU TO CHECK OUT<br />
<a href="http://WWW.LASTTRUMPETMINISTRIES.ORG" rel="nofollow">http://WWW.LASTTRUMPETMINISTRIES.ORG</a><br />
CLICK ON THE ARCHIVES AND READ THE NEWSLETTERS, WHAT YOU FIND HERE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!! I HOPE IT ANSWERS MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON NOW AND WHAT IS SOON TO COME.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=532381', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GINA</title>
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		<dc:creator>GINA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 02:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;
THIS IS THE GOG-MAGOG WAR THAT IS PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE!! EZEKIEL 38-39
GOD&#039;S WORD STATES THAT RUSSIA WOULD START THE WAR, EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IN IRAQ, IN IRAN, AND ESPECIALLY IN ISRAEL HAS ALL BEEN PROPHESIED AND MOST OF IT FULFILLED, EXCEPT FOR CHRIST&#039;S SECOND COMING. THIS ABSOLUTELY IS NOT A POLITICAL WAR....IT IS A SPIRITUAL WAR!!!&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
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THIS IS THE GOG-MAGOG WAR THAT IS PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE!! EZEKIEL 38-39<br />
GOD&#8217;S WORD STATES THAT RUSSIA WOULD START THE WAR, EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, IN IRAQ, IN IRAN, AND ESPECIALLY IN ISRAEL HAS ALL BEEN PROPHESIED AND MOST OF IT FULFILLED, EXCEPT FOR CHRIST&#8217;S SECOND COMING. THIS ABSOLUTELY IS NOT A POLITICAL WAR&#8230;.IT IS A SPIRITUAL WAR!!!</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=532367', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
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		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 18:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; I suggest everyone pray! 

Comment by Deborah N â€” May 1, 2006 @ 12:23 pm &lt;/em&gt;

Because that works so well for all those starving children, abused children, and crippled children?

I think I&#039;ll pass for something more pro-active, and rational.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em> I suggest everyone pray! </p>
<p>Comment by Deborah N â€” May 1, 2006 @ 12:23 pm </em></p>
<p>Because that works so well for all those starving children, abused children, and crippled children?</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll pass for something more pro-active, and rational.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=531506', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Deborah N</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deborah N</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 16:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a very serious development, just the other day Russia reportedly 
invaded our airspace in the artic.  For those who are unaware that America&#039;s
destiny is foretold in the Bible, this is exactly where God said that our destruction
would come from (the north).  Russia has scalar weapons that put ours to shame.
They are on their third generation of these types of weapons and America is only
on her first.  I suggest everyone pray!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a very serious development, just the other day Russia reportedly<br />
invaded our airspace in the artic.  For those who are unaware that America&#8217;s<br />
destiny is foretold in the Bible, this is exactly where God said that our destruction<br />
would come from (the north).  Russia has scalar weapons that put ours to shame.<br />
They are on their third generation of these types of weapons and America is only<br />
on her first.  I suggest everyone pray!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=531284', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Daniel Green</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-530691</link>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 04:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This article kinda got me lost. Is it not a fact that NATO stages it&#039;s military around Russia? And the fact that now that country takes an opposition stand to the overall international politics of US is taken as an initiated action? Shouldn&#039;t the authors of this article consider the international politics our country is getting engaged in the last couple of years? Don&#039;t you think that unifocal and myopical policy will eventyally steer up some opposition? Russia always had thrown rench into ongoing events, but at this junction i would try to reconsider foreign policy of our country. Sometimes it is not worth the beef! There are more importan issues on the horizon than expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe. After all we can&#039;t fight on all fronts! And maybe as a result Russia will stay away from it&#039;s &quot;useless&quot; engagment in Iran.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article kinda got me lost. Is it not a fact that NATO stages it&#8217;s military around Russia? And the fact that now that country takes an opposition stand to the overall international politics of US is taken as an initiated action? Shouldn&#8217;t the authors of this article consider the international politics our country is getting engaged in the last couple of years? Don&#8217;t you think that unifocal and myopical policy will eventyally steer up some opposition? Russia always had thrown rench into ongoing events, but at this junction i would try to reconsider foreign policy of our country. Sometimes it is not worth the beef! There are more importan issues on the horizon than expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe. After all we can&#8217;t fight on all fronts! And maybe as a result Russia will stay away from it&#8217;s &#8220;useless&#8221; engagment in Iran.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=530691', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cyra Brown</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529649</link>
		<dc:creator>Cyra Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 09:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just because GWB calls himself &quot;The Decider&quot;, doesn&#039;t mean he is the only person able to make decisions. And BushCo may not be too happy about what other countries are doing, but that is just too bad. They  THINK they rule the world, but the world has news for them, &quot;dream on&quot;. They were asking for it, and Russia said &quot;fine by us&quot;. Of course Iran wants defensive weapons!!! They know GWB wants to drop NUKES on them, and they see what is going on in Iraq, and don&#039;t want to be next. And since BushCo believes so strongly in a &quot;free-market economy&quot;, they should understand that it is just business. And that they do not have any say-so about it. They can whine about it, but that&#039;s all. Should have thought about that sooner. Way to go.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because GWB calls himself &#8220;The Decider&#8221;, doesn&#8217;t mean he is the only person able to make decisions. And BushCo may not be too happy about what other countries are doing, but that is just too bad. They  THINK they rule the world, but the world has news for them, &#8220;dream on&#8221;. They were asking for it, and Russia said &#8220;fine by us&#8221;. Of course Iran wants defensive weapons!!! They know GWB wants to drop NUKES on them, and they see what is going on in Iraq, and don&#8217;t want to be next. And since BushCo believes so strongly in a &#8220;free-market economy&#8221;, they should understand that it is just business. And that they do not have any say-so about it. They can whine about it, but that&#8217;s all. Should have thought about that sooner. Way to go.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529649', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TheRef</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529621</link>
		<dc:creator>TheRef</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ryan - thanks for at least doing a little bit of research before responding. I appreciate the effort. I didn&#039;t mean to imply that the SA-15 isn&#039;t effective at all. It is for its purpose. Its purpose is point defense and because of that it has a limited target engagement envelope with limited ceiling and range. Did you notice the engagement range? 7.5 miles at jet aircraft speeds is practically arms-length. It is more comparable to say, the Roland missile system than the Patriot. The Patriot has a vastly greater engagement envelope and capability than the SA-15, but it is intended for a different layer of defense. Point defense systems are supposed to &quot;mop-up&quot; whatever gets through your area defenses which are themselves backup for theater defense systems. As for how I know, I spent a career in the Air Force. Much of it was in Electronic Warfare dealing primarily with anti-missile systems.

Here are a few links if you wish to learn more:
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-15.htm
http://www.aeronautics.ru/samru.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/sa-15.htm

And one more from 1998 to show these are not dangerous new weapons. Madeline Albright recommends that Cyprus buy them rather than the SA-10 since Turkey assured them that would cause an attack on Cyprus if the SA-10 was deployed:

http://cns.miis.edu/research/cyprus/abstract.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ryan &#8211; thanks for at least doing a little bit of research before responding. I appreciate the effort. I didn&#8217;t mean to imply that the SA-15 isn&#8217;t effective at all. It is for its purpose. Its purpose is point defense and because of that it has a limited target engagement envelope with limited ceiling and range. Did you notice the engagement range? 7.5 miles at jet aircraft speeds is practically arms-length. It is more comparable to say, the Roland missile system than the Patriot. The Patriot has a vastly greater engagement envelope and capability than the SA-15, but it is intended for a different layer of defense. Point defense systems are supposed to &#8220;mop-up&#8221; whatever gets through your area defenses which are themselves backup for theater defense systems. As for how I know, I spent a career in the Air Force. Much of it was in Electronic Warfare dealing primarily with anti-missile systems.</p>
<p>Here are a few links if you wish to learn more:<br />
<a href="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-15.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/sa-15.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aeronautics.ru/samru.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.aeronautics.ru/samru.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/sa-15.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/sa-15.htm</a></p>
<p>And one more from 1998 to show these are not dangerous new weapons. Madeline Albright recommends that Cyprus buy them rather than the SA-10 since Turkey assured them that would cause an attack on Cyprus if the SA-10 was deployed:</p>
<p><a href="http://cns.miis.edu/research/cyprus/abstract.htm" rel="nofollow">http://cns.miis.edu/research/cyprus/abstract.htm</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529621', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mako</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mako</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well this sucks,

There is a chance Russia is going to help Iran

Even worse, we have an imcompetent adminsstration that is unable to succesffuly fight a war...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well this sucks,</p>
<p>There is a chance Russia is going to help Iran</p>
<p>Even worse, we have an imcompetent adminsstration that is unable to succesffuly fight a war&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529428', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GABRIEL Blueblood</title>
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		<dc:creator>GABRIEL Blueblood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BOOM BOOM BOOM
WW3 IS ABOUT TO START

SAY CHEESE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BOOM BOOM BOOM<br />
WW3 IS ABOUT TO START</p>
<p>SAY CHEESE<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529416', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Bush War Preznit</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529396</link>
		<dc:creator>Bush War Preznit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 01:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Russia? what about the Ukraine?

Ukraine admits missiles sold to Iran and China
(Filed: 18/03/2005)
Ukraine has admitted cruise missiles were exported to Iran and China, reports say.
Ukraine&#039;s prosecutor-general Svyatoslav Piskun was cited as saying &lt;strong&gt;businessmen&lt;/strong&gt; sold 12 missiles to Iran and six to China.
 	
A Ukrainian X-55 missile
A Ukrainian X-55 missile

The X-55 cruise missiles, also known as Kh-55s or AS-15s, were sold in 2001, although none were exported with the nuclear warheads they were designed to carry, the Financial Times adds.

The X-55 had a range of 1,800 miles</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russia? what about the Ukraine?</p>
<p>Ukraine admits missiles sold to Iran and China<br />
(Filed: 18/03/2005)<br />
Ukraine has admitted cruise missiles were exported to Iran and China, reports say.<br />
Ukraine&#8217;s prosecutor-general Svyatoslav Piskun was cited as saying <strong>businessmen</strong> sold 12 missiles to Iran and six to China.</p>
<p>A Ukrainian X-55 missile<br />
A Ukrainian X-55 missile</p>
<p>The X-55 cruise missiles, also known as Kh-55s or AS-15s, were sold in 2001, although none were exported with the nuclear warheads they were designed to carry, the Financial Times adds.</p>
<p>The X-55 had a range of 1,800 miles<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529396', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: unbelievable</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529221</link>
		<dc:creator>unbelievable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 22:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Want to know the outcome? Check out the Hopi Prophesy! 

Comment by Jon â€” April 29, 2006 @ 1:50 pm &lt;/em&gt;

Pretty much sounds like the ending of the Bible, which I don&#039;t subscribe to either.  Quantum Mechanics teaches us that there are possibilities before us and little more.  No one knows for certain what will happen.  

If some ideology happens to coincidentally get it right, it&#039;s simply because the quantum mechanical statistics are high for power to corrupt, corruption to destroy and destruction to end.  Not prophecy, but just reality.

&lt;strong&gt;Hopi Prophecy&lt;/strong&gt;

World War III will be started by those peoples who first revealed the light (the divine wisdom or intelligence) in the other old countries (India, China, Islamic Nations, Africa.) 

The United States will be destroyed, land and people, by atomic bombs and radioactivity. Only the Hopis and their homeland will be preserved as an oasis to which refugees will flee. Bomb shelters are a fallacy. &quot;It is only materialistic people who seek to make shelters. Those who are at peace in their hearts already are in the great shelter of life. There is no shelter for evil. Those who take no part in the making of world division by ideology are ready to resume life in another world, be they Black, White, Red, or Yellow race. They are all one, brothers.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Want to know the outcome? Check out the Hopi Prophesy! </p>
<p>Comment by Jon â€” April 29, 2006 @ 1:50 pm </em></p>
<p>Pretty much sounds like the ending of the Bible, which I don&#8217;t subscribe to either.  Quantum Mechanics teaches us that there are possibilities before us and little more.  No one knows for certain what will happen.  </p>
<p>If some ideology happens to coincidentally get it right, it&#8217;s simply because the quantum mechanical statistics are high for power to corrupt, corruption to destroy and destruction to end.  Not prophecy, but just reality.</p>
<p><strong>Hopi Prophecy</strong></p>
<p>World War III will be started by those peoples who first revealed the light (the divine wisdom or intelligence) in the other old countries (India, China, Islamic Nations, Africa.) </p>
<p>The United States will be destroyed, land and people, by atomic bombs and radioactivity. Only the Hopis and their homeland will be preserved as an oasis to which refugees will flee. Bomb shelters are a fallacy. &#8220;It is only materialistic people who seek to make shelters. Those who are at peace in their hearts already are in the great shelter of life. There is no shelter for evil. Those who take no part in the making of world division by ideology are ready to resume life in another world, be they Black, White, Red, or Yellow race. They are all one, brothers.&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529221', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: lpt</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529200</link>
		<dc:creator>lpt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While Uncle Sam in treading and sinking in quicksand and Iran is doing most of the yapping, Russia and China  seems more calculating and will have plenty to say before &#039;it&#039;s&#039; over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While Uncle Sam in treading and sinking in quicksand and Iran is doing most of the yapping, Russia and China  seems more calculating and will have plenty to say before &#8216;it&#8217;s&#8217; over.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529200', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ostrich, Head and Sand</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/28/the-next-war/comment-page-3/#comment-529089</link>
		<dc:creator>Ostrich, Head and Sand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ElBaradei releases report 

Tehran Times Political Desk 
VIENNA â€“ On Thursday, the UNâ€™s International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei released a report on Iranâ€™s nuclear program as demanded by the UN Security Council on March 29.

The confidential report was also circulated to Security Council members in New York. The report said the IAEA had taken samples on April 13 at Iran&#039;s enrichment facility in Natanz &quot;which tend to confirm as of that date the enrichment level (of 3.6 percent) declared by Iran.&quot;

It said that during March, Iran completed a 164-machine cascade, referring to centrifuges arranged in series in order to enrich uranium, and that another two similar cascades were under construction at Natanz.

The Security Council had set Iran a non-binding, 30-day deadline -- running out Friday -- to comply with demands to halt enrichment, which makes the fuel for civilian nuclear reactors, but which can also be the explosive core of atom bombs.

According to AFP, in a first reaction, U.S. President George W. Bush said he wanted to resolve the dispute &quot;diplomatically and peacefully,&quot; while British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said London would ask the Security Council to raise the pressure on Iran.

ElBaradei also said in his report that Iran has failed to fully cooperate with UN inspectors trying to determine if Tehran&#039;s nuclear program is merely for peaceful purposes.

The report obtained by the Tehran Times explains: â€œApart from the small quantities previously reported to the Board, the Agency has found no other undeclared nuclear material in Iran. However, gaps remain in the Agencyâ€™s knowledge with respect to the scope and content of Iranâ€™s centrifuge program.

â€œAny progress in that regard requires full transparency and active cooperation by Iran â€“ transparency that goes beyond the measures prescribed in the Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol â€“ if the Agency is to be able to understand fully the twenty years of undeclared nuclear activities by Iran.

â€œAdditional transparency measures, including access to documentation, dual use equipment and relevant individuals, are, however, still needed for the Agency to be able to verify the scope and nature of Iranâ€™s nuclear program.â€

The report also adds that in a letter Tehran has offered to provide a timetable for cooperation with UN nuclear inspectors if the IAEA, rather than the Security Council, oversees Iranian compliance, the report said. The letter was submitted to ElBaradei as Gholamreza Aqazadeh, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), visited Vienna on Thursday and held talks with ElBaradei. The letter reads as follows:

â€œ1-Islamic Republic of Iran has fully cooperated with the Agency during the past three years in accordance with the NPT Comprehensive Safeguards, the Additional Protocol and even beyond the Additional Protocol which was voluntarily implemented as if it was ratified.

â€œ2-Islamic Republic of Iran has granted the full and unrestricted access to nuclear facilities during the past three years in the course of around 2000 man-day inspections.

â€œ3-All nuclear facilities and activities have been under the Agencyâ€™s Safeguards.

â€œ4-Nuclear materials have been declared to the Agency and have been accounted for.

â€œ5-Islamic Republic of Iran is fully committed to its obligations under the NPT and the comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRIC/153).

â€œ6- Islamic Republic of Iran is fully prepared to continue granting the Agencyâ€™s inspection in accordance with the Comprehensive Safeguards provided that the Iranâ€™s nuclear dossier will remain, in full, in the framework of the IAEA and under its safeguards, the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to resolve the remaining outstanding issues reflected in [the Director Generalâ€™s] report GOV/2006/15 of 27 February 2006, in accordance with the international laws and norms. In this regard, Iran will provide a timetable within next three weeks.â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ElBaradei releases report </p>
<p>Tehran Times Political Desk<br />
VIENNA â€“ On Thursday, the UNâ€™s International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei released a report on Iranâ€™s nuclear program as demanded by the UN Security Council on March 29.</p>
<p>The confidential report was also circulated to Security Council members in New York. The report said the IAEA had taken samples on April 13 at Iran&#8217;s enrichment facility in Natanz &#8220;which tend to confirm as of that date the enrichment level (of 3.6 percent) declared by Iran.&#8221;</p>
<p>It said that during March, Iran completed a 164-machine cascade, referring to centrifuges arranged in series in order to enrich uranium, and that another two similar cascades were under construction at Natanz.</p>
<p>The Security Council had set Iran a non-binding, 30-day deadline &#8212; running out Friday &#8212; to comply with demands to halt enrichment, which makes the fuel for civilian nuclear reactors, but which can also be the explosive core of atom bombs.</p>
<p>According to AFP, in a first reaction, U.S. President George W. Bush said he wanted to resolve the dispute &#8220;diplomatically and peacefully,&#8221; while British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said London would ask the Security Council to raise the pressure on Iran.</p>
<p>ElBaradei also said in his report that Iran has failed to fully cooperate with UN inspectors trying to determine if Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program is merely for peaceful purposes.</p>
<p>The report obtained by the Tehran Times explains: â€œApart from the small quantities previously reported to the Board, the Agency has found no other undeclared nuclear material in Iran. However, gaps remain in the Agencyâ€™s knowledge with respect to the scope and content of Iranâ€™s centrifuge program.</p>
<p>â€œAny progress in that regard requires full transparency and active cooperation by Iran â€“ transparency that goes beyond the measures prescribed in the Safeguards Agreement and Additional Protocol â€“ if the Agency is to be able to understand fully the twenty years of undeclared nuclear activities by Iran.</p>
<p>â€œAdditional transparency measures, including access to documentation, dual use equipment and relevant individuals, are, however, still needed for the Agency to be able to verify the scope and nature of Iranâ€™s nuclear program.â€</p>
<p>The report also adds that in a letter Tehran has offered to provide a timetable for cooperation with UN nuclear inspectors if the IAEA, rather than the Security Council, oversees Iranian compliance, the report said. The letter was submitted to ElBaradei as Gholamreza Aqazadeh, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), visited Vienna on Thursday and held talks with ElBaradei. The letter reads as follows:</p>
<p>â€œ1-Islamic Republic of Iran has fully cooperated with the Agency during the past three years in accordance with the NPT Comprehensive Safeguards, the Additional Protocol and even beyond the Additional Protocol which was voluntarily implemented as if it was ratified.</p>
<p>â€œ2-Islamic Republic of Iran has granted the full and unrestricted access to nuclear facilities during the past three years in the course of around 2000 man-day inspections.</p>
<p>â€œ3-All nuclear facilities and activities have been under the Agencyâ€™s Safeguards.</p>
<p>â€œ4-Nuclear materials have been declared to the Agency and have been accounted for.</p>
<p>â€œ5-Islamic Republic of Iran is fully committed to its obligations under the NPT and the comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRIC/153).</p>
<p>â€œ6- Islamic Republic of Iran is fully prepared to continue granting the Agencyâ€™s inspection in accordance with the Comprehensive Safeguards provided that the Iranâ€™s nuclear dossier will remain, in full, in the framework of the IAEA and under its safeguards, the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to resolve the remaining outstanding issues reflected in [the Director Generalâ€™s] report GOV/2006/15 of 27 February 2006, in accordance with the international laws and norms. In this regard, Iran will provide a timetable within next three weeks.â€<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=529089', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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