Khan 'offered nukes to Syrians'

December 21, 2007

VIENNA: Syria received a letter purportedly written by the head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with its atomic technology but did not respond, President Bashar Assad said in comments published yesterday.

Mr Assad's comments appeared to be the first time that a senior Syrian official had linked the country to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the top Pakistani scientist who was exposed in 2004 as the head of an international black market in nuclear technology.

Mr Assad also told Austrian daily Die Presse that the target hit by Israeli combat jets in September was not a nuclear site, describing it only as a "military facility in the process of being built".

Israel has kept silent on what it thought it was targeting in the strike, but media reports have cited unnamed US officials and analysts saying it was a North Korea-style nuclear reactor.

Former UN nuclear inspector David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, subsequently circulated commercial satellite images taken before and after the Israeli raid that he saidsupported suspicions the target was indeed a reactor and that the site was given a hasty clean-up by the Syrians to remove incriminating evidence.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, which looked at its own set of images, has said nothing publicly about them, but diplomats linked to the agency have said they were too grainy to draw firm conclusions.

Yesterday, one of the diplomats said the Syrians had not reacted to agency requests for more information.

Khan's network was the key supplier of both Iran and Libya.

Mr Assad said that in early 2001, "someone brought a letter from a certain Khan".

"We didn't know whether the letter was real or a fake from the Israelis who wanted to entice us into a trap. In any case, we turned it down," he said. "We had no interest in nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor. We never met with Khan."

Libya has voluntarily scrapped its nuclear arms program since acknowledging its existence in 2003.

Iran has admitted to being a Khan customer of know-how and equipment but insists it wants to perfect the technology only for generating reactor fuel. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22955653-2703,00.html

 

 

·       The following are from Cuttingedge news letters and news alert

 

I. Breaking news story confirms Cutting Edge teaching that Iran bought Pakistani nukes!

NEWS BRIEF: "Top Pakistani scientist 'offered nukes to Syrians': Head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with its atomic technology", The Australian, December 21, 2007

"VIENNA: Syria received a letter purportedly written by the head of the same nuclear black market that supplied Iran and Libya with its atomic technology but did not respond, President Bashar Assad said in comments published yesterday. Mr Assad's comments appeared to be the first time that a senior Syrian official had linked the country to Abdul Qadeer Khan, the top Pakistani scientist who was exposed in 2004 as the head of an international black market in nuclear technology."

"Khan's network was the key supplier of both Iran and Libya."

Cutting Edge has long taught that Iran had purchased nuclear warheads from Pakistan, in late 2001 or early 2002. We have posted a most important article on this subject, "Nuclear Armed Iran vs Nuclear Armed America: Whom Should The World Fear?" (NEWS2120)

We quoted a Russian general who stated in June, 2002, that while Iran did possess nuclear warheads, they did not possess the missile technology necessary to deliver the warheads to Moscow! Therefore, from that moment on, we viewed the American effort -- which began in Summer, 2003 -- to paint the Iranian nuclear power program as an attempt to create nuclear warheads as simply propaganda. Further, since we believed Iran is protected from destruction by the Ezekiel 38-39 prophecies, we steadfastly maintained that this entire exercise was only "Rumors of Wars".

the recent N.I.E. report supported our thesis in an especially powerful manner. That intelligence report stated that the Iranians discontinued their own indigenous nuclear military development in 2003 and have not started it up again. If Iran successfully integrated Pakistani nuclear warheads into their military program in 2002, it is logical that they would officially discontinue their own research and development program in 2003.

The fact of the matter is that the Middle East is full of nuclear weapons, setting the stage for the most dramatic fulfillment of Revelation prophecy. This book, "Armageddon Now", is written by a retired Pentagon arms consultant. Showing the KJV Scripture on the left of each page, this author illustrates the many instances where prophecies contained startling understandings when viewed by an modern arms expert.

Let me give an example: Please take your Bible and turn to Rev 6:12-14 and read the KJV text carefully. Now, listen to Massa's modern language rendering:

Verse 12 - "When Jesus broke open the sixth seal, I look and saw that Jesus was going to allow nuclear holocausts ... The nuclear explosions caused a great earthquake. The debris put into the atmosphere from the nuclear explosions blackened the sun and the moon looked blood red when its light reflected through the dust."

Verse 13 - "I saw so many incoming nuclear missiles that it seemed that the stars were dropping from the sky like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when it is shaken by a strong wind."

Your understanding of the some of the prophecies in the Book of Revelation will permanently change! NOTE: This is not a translation, but simply an explanation of key prophecies in light of modern military technology.

 

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As the White House announced that President Bush will visit the Middle East in January, President Putin of Russia acted to pre-empt the efforts of the American President.

But, shouldn't we expect this kind of effort from the prophesied leader of the "Gog-Magog" invasion of Israel at the End of the Age?

NEWS BRIEF: "Bush's January Middle East tour seeks to bolster Annapolis peace bid", By Matt Spetalnick, Reuter's News, December 18, 2007

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will make his first trip to Israel and the West Bank next month to try to shore up fragile peace efforts despite skepticism about the chances of a deal before he leaves office in 13 months."

The President will make several stops in the region.

"Bush will also make stops in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on his January 8-16 trip to promote broader Arab-Israeli reconciliation after decades of conflict and enmity."

The President is most definitely following up on the results of the Annapolis Summit, which promised a Palestinian State before the end of 2008. This trip most definitely dramatically increases Bush's profile within the region, making it very important for him to be able to show at least some "progress" toward the Annapolis agenda.

Just as the top leader of a nation will never attend a major conference unless a deal has been reached beforehand, President Bush now cannot afford to come to this region unless a substantive deal has been reached ahead of time.

We have no idea what this announcement might be, but I find it difficult to believe that Bush would throw White House diplomatic weight behind the continuation of the Annapolis nation-building unless some sort of agreement has already been hammered out.

"Bush's first presidential visit to Israel and the West Bank comes as his room for maneuver is limited by the unpopular Iraq war, now in its fifth year ... All three leaders -- Bush, Abbas and Olmert -- are politically weak at home.. After the 44-nation gathering in Annapolis, Bush assured the two leaders the United States would actively engage in peacemaking."

However, President Putin of Russia seems to have other ideas in mind, as he plans his own trip to the Middle East, a trip planned to occur before Bush arrives in the region.

NEWS BRIEF: "Putin Aims to Trump Bush’s Middle East Moves", DEBKAfile Intelligence, December 17, 2007

"Our Moscow sources report President Vladimir Putin has adopted the strategy of matching - or topping - every US or Western move concerning the Middle East."

This article then lists some of the events which Putin has planned to neutralize what Bush is planning to do in the region.

1) "The foreign ministry in Moscow announced .... the delivery of the first fuel shipment to power the Iranian nuclear reactor Russia is building at Bushehr. The announcement coincided with an international conference in Paris for 60 countries to consider the Palestinians’ application for $5.6 bn in aid. DEBKAfile’s Moscow sources report this was a deliberate ploy to steal the thunder of an event built up as the sequel of the US-promoted Middle East conference in Annapolis last month."

2) "He also plans ... to land in Syria in grand style on New Year’s Eve, a week before US president George W. Bush begins his Middle East tour."

3) "Putin, who plans to be filmed worldwide with Russian sailors on the deck of the aircraft carrier, backed by 47 Russian warplanes and 10 helicopters, will be challenging the US Sixth Fleet, the Israeli Navy and UNIFIL’s marine arm for control of the eastern Mediterranean..."

4) "Putin will take the opportunity to pay visits to select Middle East rulers."

Just as Bush plans on meeting with Arab rulers, so will Putin. It is not clear whether he will meet with any of the same rulers as will Bush. Additionally, Putin is pushing hard to visit Jerusalem, again to pre-empt a Bush visit later in the month.

"The rivalry between Bush’s Washington and Putin’s Moscow for influence in the Middle East is clearly more intense and sharp-edged than generally appreciated."

Can you see Russia's influence in the region climbing dramatically, while America's influence is declining? Russia is actively lining up all the nations which are prophesied to march with her forces against Israel in fulfillment of Ezekiel 38-39, while America's influence in the region continues its decline. We are now beginning to see why America is not specifically mentioned in End of the Age prophecy!