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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 8-14, 2011

This is another example
of how Germany has failed
to deal with its Nazi past.
The time may be ripe
for a coup that could ally
nuclear Pakistan with Iran.
Revolutionary Egypt,
the new Egypt, [is] rising
like a giant from amidst
the ruins of corruption
and slavery to Israel
and the U.S.
I wonder, therefore,
if you make a habit of
threatening your friends?
Anyone who is genuinely
strong doesnt feel the
need to emphasize that
fact over and over.
I
t is easy to overlook the fnancial
crisis rocking Europe. To let it be
eclipsed by other seemingly more
pressing crises, such as the devastating
weather striking the United States, the
food crisis and the rocketing price of oil,
the quake and nuclear crisis in Japan,
or the violent and transformative upris-
ings that have swept through North
Africa and the Middle East.
This would be a mistake.
Ultimately, Europes fnancial crisis will revolutionize
Europeand even the world!
It was almost exactly 12 months ago that Greeceladen
with debt, its economy seizingaccepted a 110 billion
bailout from the European Union. Led by EU heavyweight
Germany, Greeces European counterparts hoped the bail-
out would help Athens pay its bills, kick-start the economy
and restore investor confdence in Greece. Most impor-
tantly, Europes leaders hoped to prevent the crisis from
spreading to other heavily indebted eurozone economies.
Within months, those hopes were dashed. Since May 2010,
both Ireland and Portugal have been given bailouts, while
other countries, including Spain, remain precarious.
On May 6, it became obvious that Europes fnancial
crisis was nearing boiling point, again.
Once more the crisis centered on Greece. On April 27,
the EUs statistics agency, Eurostat, reported that Greeces
(Portugals too) 2010 budget defcit was higher than it had
projected. Despite the 2010 bailout, and a host of auster-
ity measures, Greeces debt was actually mounting. As a
percentage of gross domestic product, government debt is
now at 140 percent. Meanwhile, the economy continues to
contract, making it impossible to raise money by increas-
ing taxes. With its economy in dire straits, Greece began
to have trouble raising money on the global bond market,
which compounded the problem further. Last week, inter-
est on a 10-year government bond reached 16 percent. On
Monday, ratings agency Standard & Poors downgraded the
nations debt to Btwo notches below junk status.
Long story short, the reality crystallized last week that
despite last years bailout, Greece cannot pay its bills, and is
on course for bankruptcy!
Greeces problems have created quite the conundrum
for Europe. As data emerged revealing the severity of
Greeces condition, Europes leaders knew that across the
world investors would ask the obvious questions: If Greece
defaults despite receiving help from the EU, is it possible
the bailouts wont work for Ireland and Portugal? If the
bailouts arent working, then is the eurozone even a safe
investment? Beyond the loss of investor confdence, a Greek
default would come with tremendous economic cost to
many European banks and governments, which have hun-
dreds of billions tied up in Greece.
Theres also the political fallout should Greece default.
Europes leaders know that Greece is Europe. In the eyes
of the world, including the investors that fnance European
economies by purchasing European bonds, Athens is part
of a larger politicaland fnancialunion: the European
Union. Should Greece default, it would call into question
the economic and political viability of the entire EU. After
all, what good is European unifcation if member states are
allowed to go bankrupt?
Last Friday, we got a glimpse at how dire the situation
has become.
Late in the day, Germanys Der Spiegel, citing sources
within the German government, reported that Greece was
considering dumping the euro and exiting the eurozone.
According to a source within the German government,
Greeces exit was to be the topic of discussion at a secret
emergency meeting of European Commission leaders in
Luxembourg last Friday night.
The article set off alarm bells around the world. Greek
leaders immediately rejected the report, saying Greece had
no intention of dumping the euro and leaving the eurozone.
In Brussels, Guy Schuller, the spokesman for Jean-Claude
Juncker, the man who presides over meetings between eu-
rozone fnance ministers, told reporters: I totally deny that
there is a meeting, these reports are totally wrong.
Turns out, Schuller was lying.
He later admitted that he was told to say there was no
meeting. We had very good reason to lie, he said. We had
Wall Street open at that point. As it turns out, European
offcials not only met in a secret meeting last Friday, but
this meeting was merely the latest of several emergency
meetings. Of course, offcials denied that they discussed
Greeces exit from the eurozone at the meeting. But after
their earlier lie, who can trust them?
The mystery and deceit surrounding last Fridays events
ignited rage across Europe. Junckerwho has been quoted as
saying, When the going gets tough, you have to liewas la-
see CRISIS page 10
BRAD MACDONALD
COLUMNIST
europes financial crisisa World changer!
Middle east
T
hirteen people were killed and 232 wounded in clashes between
Muslims and Christians outside a church in Cairo on May 7. Vio-
lence began around 5 p.m. as Muslims massed outside the St. Mena
Church, prompted by a rumor that a Christian woman who married (or
had an affair withthe reports disagree) a Muslim was being impris-
oned in the church. These types of rumors are common in Egypt, and
commonly proved false. The Copts rallied to protect their church. Both
sides brought guns, and the confict quickly turned violent. The nearby
Church of the Virgin Mary was burned to the ground. Muslims have also
attacked other Christian churches across the country, prompting calls
for international protection from the Coptic community. Around 1,000
demonstrated outside Egypts state tv headquarters on May 9 to criticize
the armys handling of the clashes and call for international intervention.
Watch for the Vatican to take the lead in answering that call.
Meanwhile, former President Hosni Mubaraks
detention was for a second time extended a
further 15 days on Tuesday. Mubarak is currently
under arrest in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh as
part of an inquiry into corruption and protester
deaths. Also on Tuesday, former Tourism Minis-
ter Zuheir Garranah was sentenced to fve years
of jail time on charges of fraud. Last week, former
Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was also convict-
ed of corruption and given a 12-year jail sentence.
In Syria, the crackdown on anti-government
protesters continues, with security forces ar-
resting hundreds of activists and demonstrators in house-to-house
raids across the country and violent confrontations continuing between
protesters and security forces. The civilian death toll has reportedly
reached over 700 since the unrest began in mid-March.
In Yemen, fghting and chaos continue as President Ali Abdullah
Saleh and opposition fgures remain at a stalemate in negotiations over
when and how the Yemeni leader should step down. Opposition activists
have been holding daily protests since January demanding the ouster
of Saleh. On Monday, security forces opened fre on protesters in the
southern city of Taiz, where Yemens largest demonstrations have been
held. Wednesday saw the worst violence the country has seen in months,
with 13 people being killed. A confrontation between protesters and gov-
ernment-allied army units in the capital, Sana, lasted for hours before
army units loyal to the protesters stepped in and started fghting the
government troops. The Financial Times reports that rival factions have
moved into battle positions throughout the country and in the capital.
DAILY MAIL | May 11
What is coming is
greater and Worse
T
he leader of al Qaedas most feared terror wing has vowed to fght
on following the killing of Osama bin Laden, claiming: What is
coming is greater and worse.
Nasser al-Wuhayshi, head of the Yemen-based al Qaeda in the
Arabian Peninsula, made the threat in a eulogy to bin Laden yesterday.
You have to fght one generation after the other, until your life is ruined,
your days are disturbed and you face disgrace, he said in a message
directed at the U.S.
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iraqa province
of iran?
A
fter american forces leave Iraq at the
end of 2011, Tehran will try to turn its
neighbor into a satrapy, i.e., a satellite
state, to the great detriment of Western, mod-
erate Arab, and Israeli interests.
Intense Iranian efforts are already under-
way, with Tehran sponsoring militias in Iraq
and sending its own forces into Iraqi border
areas. Baghdad responds with weakness, with
its chief of staff proposing a regional pact with
Iran and top politicians ordering attacks on
the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MeK), an Iranian
dissident organization with 3,400 members
resident in Camp Ashraf, 60 miles northeast of
Baghdad. The MeK issue reveals Iraqi subser-
vience to Iran with special clarity. Note some
recent developments: On April 7, the MeK
released intelligence exposing Irans growing
capacity to enrich uranium, a revelation the
Iranian foreign minister quickly confrmed.
On April 8, even as U.S. Defense Secre-
tary Robert Gates visited Iraq, the countrys
armed forces attacked Ashraf. Fox News foot-
age shows Iraqis in U.S.-supplied armored
personnel carriers, Humvees, and bulldozers
running down unarmed residents as sharp-
shooters shot at them, killing 34 people and
injuring 325. The top secret plan-to-attack
order of the Iraqi military, Iraqi Security
Forces Operation Order No. 21, Year 2011 re-
veals how Baghdad sees the Ashraf residents
as the enemy, suggesting collusion between
Baghdad and Tehran.
On April 11, the advisor for military affairs
to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (ac-
cording to a news report) praised the Iraqi
Army for its recent attack on the strongholds
of [the MeK] and asked Baghdad to continue
attacking the terrorist base until its destruc-
tion.
On April 24, despite United Nations insis-
tence that Camp Ashraf residents be pro-
tected from forcible deportation, expulsion or
repatriation, Baghdad and Tehran signed an
extradition agreement which state-controlled
Iranian media interprets as a mechanism
forcibly to transfer MeK members to Iran,
where they anticipate a horrifc fate.

WASHINGTON TIMES, DANIEL PIPES | May 12
HOSNI MUBARAK
Now that Iraq has been taken out of the
picture, Iran is even closer to becoming
the reigning king of the Middle East. It may
seem shocking, given the U.S. presence in
the region right now, but prophecy indicates
that, in pursuit of its goal, Iran will probably
take over Iraq. At least, it will have a heavy
inuence over the Iraqi people
Trumpet, Gerald Flurry, June 2003
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The fght between us and you was not led by Osama alone. What
is coming is greater and worse, and what you will be facing is more
intense and harmful. Tell the Americans that the ember of jihad is
glowing stronger and brighter than it was during the life of the sheikh,
he added .
The Yemeni terrorist faction is seen as one of al Qaedas most ag-
gressive regional wings. It has staged several foiled strikes on U.S. and
Saudi targets, using novel tactics.
JOEL HILLIKER | COLUMNIST
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egypt now
F
or three decades, Egypt has been an ally of
both Israel and America, and a bulwark for
security and peace in the Middle East. For two decades, the Trum-
pet has said this status quo would changethat Egypt would undergo a
dramatic shift toward radical Islam. Now that shift is happening before
our eyesand quickly.
Hosni Mubarak was only ousted in February, and Egypt hasnt even
held elections yet. Right now its being run by a military council, over-
seeing a caretaker civilian cabinet. Still, the nations foreign policy and
political orientation is already visibly changing in a way that threatens
to transform the entire region.
Clearly, Palestinians and Islamist terrorists alike now have a power-
ful ally in their fght against Israel and the West.
Many observers note that when elections are held in September, the
radical Muslim Brotherhoodwhich just launched its own Freedom
and Justice Partyis expected to gain signifcant control and will
likely drive Egypt even further toward radicalism. But it is becoming
clear that the Brotherhood is hardly the only force pushing the country
in that direction.
Just look at the foreign-policy moves coming out of Cairo since Feb-
ruary.
One of the frst was to begin thawing Egypts notoriously frosty rela-
tions with Hamas, the terrorist Palestinian group holed up in the Gaza
Strip on its northern border. For the frst time in the history of the
relationship, Palestinian and Egyptian ministers are communicating,
said Hamass political adviser to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Right after taking control, the interim Egyptian government let a
senior Hamas offcial, Mahmoud al-Zahar, to travel from Gaza to visit
Sudan, Syria and Turkeysomething Mubarak never would have al-
lowed.
In March, Zahar met with secular opposition leaders in Egypt to talk
about the Palestinian cause. One prominent leader declared that his
political party was against maintaining the Camp David treaty with
Israelthe most important guarantor of peace in the region for a gen-
eration. Joseph de Courcy wrote that this meeting was also attended
by representatives of the 25th January Revolution movement who af-
frmed that Egypts youth support the people of Gaza and the whole of
Palestine with their entire hearts and souls, until liberation (Courcys
Intelligence Brief, May 4).
Note that! It wasnt the Muslim Brotherhood making this initial
move against Egypts peace treaty with Israel. It wasnt Egypts overt
Islamists. It was the secularists and the youth movement. They appear
equally prepared to reach out to Hamasat Israels expense.
On April 28, Egypts foreign minister announced that the Rafah bor-
der crossing between Egypt and Gaza would be opened permanently.
the u.S.
pakistani rift
before dawn on May 2, a pair of Blackhawk
helicopters carrying two dozen Navy seals
left Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and entered
Pakistani airspace. Forty minutes after
reaching their destination, Osama bin Laden,
mastermind of the September 11 attacks on
the United States, was dead.
When the team reentered Afghanistans
airspace with bin Ladens body, the Pakistani
government was still in the dark about the
operation. Why?
The U.S. doesnt trust Pakistan, and
believed Islamabad might help bin Laden es-
cape the attack if it knew about the planned
operation. The U.S.s decision to raid bin
Laden without telling Pakistan exempli-
fes the deep distrust that already existed
between the U.S. and Pakistan, and the
nature of the assault is further aggravating
the tensions.
Strains have been building between the
U.S. and Pakistan for years. The bin Laden
killing didnt spawn the distrust in the U.S.-
Pakistan relationship, but only exposed and
exacerbated it.
The U.S.s decision to strike bin Laden
without informing Islamabad deeply em-
barrassed the Pakistani government. The
embarrassment intensifed on May 9, when
U.S. military offcials said President Obama
had insisted that the assault team be large
enough to battle its way out of Pakistan in
the event of confrontation from hostile Paki-
stani troops or police offcers.
On May 9, Pakistani Prime Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani told Washington that
Pakistan could react to future U.S. raids
on its soil with full force. Any overt or
covert attack would be met by a matching
response, Gilani said.
The signifcance of the rising tensions
between Pakistan and the U.S. cannot be
overstated.
The Trumpet has often warned of the
danger of Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal
falling under the control of radical Islamism
and Iran. In January 2008, editor in chief
Gerald Flurry wrote that Pakistan also has
the nuclear bomb and could be taken over by
radical Islam, with plenty of help from Iran.
This nation could soon become a proxy of
the Iranian mullahs, he warned, and this
would be the worst possible disaster!
Operation Neptune Spear exposed the
fractious U.S.-Pakistan relationship, and
made the wound even deeper. With much of
the Muslim world blazing with uprisings, the
time may be ripe for a coup that could ally
nuclear Pakistan with Iran.
THETRUMPET.COM,
JEREMIAH JACQUES | May 12
Mubarak had sealed this border to prevent weapons smuggling into
Gaza and to clamp down on terrorism. The new government is appar-
ently far more concerned with pleasing the anti-Israel sentiment of the
Arab street.
Last week came the huge news of a reconciliation pact between the
divided Palestinian leaders of Hamas and the secular Fatah. This deal,
built on a common Palestinian desire to defeat Israel and establish a
Palestinian state, is bad news for Israel. Remarkably, it was engineered
by Egypt. Nothing more starkly illustrates the countrys radical new
orientation.
Arab movements are ecstatic. Egypt has returned forcefully to
playing its leading role in the Arab region in support of the central
Arab cause [Palestine], wrote London-based pan-Arab al-Quds al-
Arabi. The inter-Palestinian reconciliation agreement will stand its
ground. This is not only because it embodies the Palestinian peoples
aspirations; it is also because it relies on the solid ground provided by
revolutionary Egypt, the new egypt, the Egypt of dignity and honor,
the Egypt of the youth of Tahrir Square for which we have waited for
over 40 years. It is now returning to us, young and ft, rising like a gi-
ant from amidst the ruins of corruption and slavery to Israel and the
U.S. (April 28; emphasis mine throughout).
Egypt has quickly moved from guaranteeing Israels security to
inspiring the Arab cause against Israel.
On top of these foreign-policy maneuversand making this Egyp-
tian revolution so much more dangerous to Israelis the interim
governments efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Iran. Though rela-
tions have been severed since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Egypt just
announced it wants to open a new page with Tehran.
After decades of Egypt and Saudi Arabia providing a counterweight
to Irans expanding infuence, an Egypt-Iran axis would signifcantly
alter the Middle East. Egypts interim premier has been touring the re-
gion trying to convince the Persian Gulf states that, in Stratfors words,
revived Egyptian-Iranian ties would not undermine their security.
Their skepticism is certainly understandable.
All of this confrms our view that Israel faces a strategic squeeze,
De Courcy writes. Broadly speaking, the danger is that Egypt is turn-
ing hostile (or, at the very least, unfriendly) while the Iranian regime
looks certain to survive the Arab Spring unscathed but with increased
infuence in the Gulf, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon (op. cit.).
The fact that these changes are all occurring under a provisional
secular administrationbefore the Muslim Brotherhood has even had
the opportunity to establish itself politicallyis remarkable. It sug-
gests that the Brotherhoods political success isnt even a prerequisite
to Egypts transformation. Nevertheless, that radical change is sure to
accelerate with time.
This trend should leave no doubt as to the legitimacy of the Trum-
pets biblically based prediction of Egypts turn toward radicalism and
reconciliation with Iran.
europe
O
n may 3, the Spanish naval vessel Atalaya traversed British
territorial waters near Gibraltar, calling on commercial ships
anchoring at port to immediately leave the area. The Royal
Navy responded by dispatching the armed patrol boat hms Scimitar.
According to the government in Gibraltar, the Spanish boat crossed
into the British territorial zone and contacted all merchant shipping
on the eastside of the Rock within British Gibraltar Territorial Waters
and ordered them to raise anchors and to leave since they did not have
permission to be in Spanish waters. This was the second such violation
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marinas, casinos and former Olympic ven-
ues could be up for grabs after Greece an-
nounced a massive fre sale to help service
its debt. The Greek government said it was
putting vast areas of state-owned land on
the market to raise 44 billion in the next
four years. Nationalized companies could
also be privatized to help raise the neces-
sary capital to ensure it does not default
on debt payments.
It comes after intense pressure from
Britain and other creditors to act to pre-
vent debt restructuring that could have
widespread effects across Europe.
A general strike held today has seen
most public services grind to a halt across
the country, while thousands marched
through Athens to protest against harsh
austerity measures.
The socialist government is planning to
pass further cutbacks aimed at saving an
estimated 23billion euros.
The strike suspended all train and ferry
services, grounded fights for four hours
and disrupted public transport in the
capital.
Around 10,000 members of the com-
munist-led pame union marched peacefully
through the center of Athens.
Greeces two main unions are also plan-
ning another demonstration later today,
expected to be closely monitored by police
after previous protests degenerated into
riots.
But despite drastic spending cutswith
reductions to pensions and salaries ac-
companied by increase in taxes and retire-
ment agesthe nation may need addition-
al support to meet its fnancing needs next
year, as the cost of borrowing from bond
markets remains sky-high.
Parliament is expected to vote on the
new round of cutbacks later this month.
greece: riot police
clash With Violent
protesters

DAILY MAIL | May 11
These riots are a sign of a far greater
upheaval that is threatening to engulf much
of Europe. They will provide the catalyst
for the EUs leading nation, Germany, to rise
to the fore with solutions of its own making.
Biblical prophecy declares that the result
will be a European superstate with Germany
at the helm. And that is not good news for
America, Britain and the little nation called
Israel.
Trumpet, Gerald Flurry, February 2009
of the British zone by the Spanish in less than two weeks. On April 23,
a Spanish police vessel was reportedly damaged in a confrontation with
the Royal Gibraltar Police after entering territorial waters ostensibly to
pursue drug traffckers. These are just the most recent of a string of ter-
ritorial incursions by Spain in recent years as Spanish authorities seek
to mount pressure on the British government for the return of Gibraltar.
The European Union will next year spend 225 million on promoting
itself, according to its budget. The lavish budgets for spin doctors and
propaganda will further anger the British government which has prom-
ised to block next years 4.9 percent increase in EU budgets and called
for a reality check in Brussels, wrote Bruno Waterfeld on Sunday in
the Telegraph. If anything, the EUs rampant spending, while national
governments make cuts, will only make it more unpopular in Britain.
May 9 was Europe Daya day observed with pageantry in Brussels
but little enthusiasm anywhere else. Outside the European Union head-
quarters in Brussels, soldiers paraded the EU fag while the German
Luftwaffe band drummed and played Europes anthem. In Britain, the
government snubbed the EU by fying the British fag, rather than the
EU one, over government buildings. This is another sign of Britains
growing resentment of the EU.
At least eight people died as two earthquakes hit Spain on May 11.
The frst quake registered 4.5 on the Richter scale, the second 5.1. Both
were just outside the town of Lorca.
Bavaria will not extradite a convicted Nazi war criminal, the Germany
justice minister said on May 11. Klaas Carel Faber is third on the Simon
Wiesenthal Center list of wanted Nazis and has been living free since he
escaped from a Dutch prison in 1952. Faber was sentenced to death in
the Netherlands for murdering 22 Jews, though his sentence was later
changed to life imprisonment. Germany has resisted all calls to extradite
him. Six months ago the Netherlands launched another attempt to bring
him to justice by issuing a European arrest warrant for him, but Germa-
ny ignored this initiative. Faber served in the SS, and Hitler gave all SS
men German citizenship. Germany has a policy of not extraditing its own
citizens, so Faber has been able to live freely in Germany. This is another
example of how Germany has failed to deal with its Nazi past.
Homosexual couples in civil partnerships must be given the same
pension benefts as married couples, the Court of Justice of the Euro-
pean Union ruled on May 12. The court ruled that not doing so violated
the EUs anti-discrimination laws. Watch for the Catholic Church to
work to stop Europes slide toward catering to homosexuals.
German exports hit an all-time high in March according to recently
released fgures. The countrys imports hit 98.3 billionup 7.3 percent
from February. Imports also hit an all-time high at 79.4 percent. Chris-
tian Schulx, from the Berenberg Bank, said, Germany is on the verge
of a golden decade. Watch for Germanys economy to continue to soar.
DAILY MAIL | May 8
europe and Britain on
collision course
L
abor peer Baroness Ashton, the unelected head of the European
Unions new global diplomatic corps, is poised to threaten Brit-
ains position and infuence at the United Nations. Last week, Bar-
oness Ashton, who was parachuted into her 313,000-a-year Brussels
job by Gordon Brown in 2009, convinced the UN General Assembly to
give the EU enhanced status.
This means that she and other unelected Eurocrats, including Euro-
pean Council President Herman Van Rompuy, will enjoy nearly all the
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the missing fifth
in 1910, Henry Van Dyke wrote a book
called The Spirit of America, which
opened with this sentence: The Spirit of
America is best known in Europe by one
of its qualitiesenergy. This has always
been true. Americans have always been
known for their manic dynamism. Some
condemned this ambition as a grubby
scrambling after money. Others saw it in
loftier terms. But energy has always been
the countrys saving feature.
So Americans should be especially alert
to signs that the country is becoming less
vital and industrious. One of those signs
comes to us from the labor market. As
my colleague David Leonhardt pointed
out recently, in 1954, about 96 percent of
American men between the ages of 25 and
54 worked. Today that number is around
80 percent. One-ffth of all men in their
prime working ages are not getting up and
going to work.
According to fgures from the Organiza-
tion for Economic Cooperation and Devel-
opment, the United States has a smaller
share of prime age men in the work force
than any other G-7 nation. The number
of Americans on the permanent disability
rolls, meanwhile, has steadily increased.
Ten years ago, 5 million Americans col-
lected a federal disability beneft. Now
8.2 million do. That costs taxpayers $115
billion a year, or about $1,500 per house-
hold.
Part of the problem has to do with
human capital. More American men lack
the emotional and professional skills they
would need to contribute. According to
data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
35 percent of those without a high school
diploma are out of the labor force, com-
pared with less than 10 percent of those
with a college degree. Part of the problem
has to do with structural changes in the
economy. Sectors like government, health
care and leisure have been growing, gener-
ating jobs for college grads. Sectors like
manufacturing, agriculture and energy
have been getting more productive, but
they have not been generating more jobs.
Instead, companies are using machines or
foreign workers.
The result is this: There are probably
more idle men now than at any time since
the Great Depression .
NEW YORK TIMES, DAVID BROOKS | May 9
But if any provide not for his own, and
specially for those of his own house, he hath
denied the faith, and is worse than an indel.
1 Timothy 5:8
privileges and powers of the representatives of a sovereign state at the
UN, such as addressing the assembly and taking part in debates. Ash-
ton is also expected to attend a debate in Strasbourg next week at which
members of the European Parliament will call for the EU to be given a
seat on the UN Security Council.
This puts her on a collision course with Foreign Secretary William
Hague, who says he is determined to prevent the EU acting as if it were
a nation state with a national foreign policy. The Lisbon Treaty cre-
ated Baroness Ashtons grandly titled post of High Representative for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in 2009. Under the Treatys terms,
she and the 7,000 Eurocrats in her newly created European External
Action Service now have the power to initiate a common foreign and
security policy.
asia
R
ussia had the seventh-largest defense
budget in the world in 2009, with
spending totaling around $38 billion,
according to the latest report from the Rus-
sian Center for Global Arms Trade Studies,
published Wednesday. Only a few years ago,
Russia ranked 11th in terms of its defense
spending, which demonstrates that defense
is rapidly becoming a higher priority for
Moscow. At present, around 20 percent of
all Russias weaponry is new, but the goal is
to boost that percentage to 70 within a few
years time. Moscows recently approved
long-term budget projects that Russia will
spend around $700 billion on defense
within the next 10 years. Russian military
expert Vladimir Mukhin explained the increase, saying, The price
of weapons is constantly increasing, and this is a problem. If Russia
joins the wto, all prices for defense industry production will have to
meet international standards. In Soviet times the cost of weapons was
not high, but we did not have a market economy then. I think if there
is a well-planned program of army modernization, $700 billion will
be enough. Though some experts believe we should spend even more.
The United States spends more on defense than any other nation, with
a budget of $574 billion. China ranks second, with a budget of $70
billion, although analysts doubt that Beijing reports its full defense
spending.
Taiwan announced on Monday that its military has begun equipping
its warships with anti-ship missiles in anticipation of Beijings launch of
its frst aircraft carrier early next year. In the initial phase, 15 Taiwan-
ese vessels will be equipped with the sophisticated supersonic ship-to-
ship missiles. Eventually, mobile launch points will be set up to deploy
the weapons along Taiwans west coast. Military analysts say the Tai-
wanese anti-ship missiles and a Russian equivalent are the only known
supersonic anti-ship missiles on the globe. The Taiwanese missiles are
three times faster than conventional anti-ship missiles and can target
ammunition depots and fuel tanks on ships. At present, Asian nations
military buildups are largely fueled by a desire to protect themselves
from other Asian states, but the intracontinental tensions will soon be
trumped by a collective Asian fear of a common outside enemy.
Chinas expanding military power persuaded Russia and Japan in
2007 to briefy suspend their longstanding territorial dispute and to ac-
cept a more favorable view of each other, according to a U.S. diplomatic
cable released on Tuesday by WikiLeaks. A Japanese Foreign Ministry
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dear prime Minister,
I was interested to read that, when you
met Israels Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu this week, you said: Britain is
a good friend of Israel and our support for
Israel and Israels security is something I
have described in the past, and will do so
again, as unshakeable.
I wonder, therefore, if you make a habit
of threatening your friends? For you also
said that unless Israel engages seriously
in a meaningful peace process with the
Palestinian Authority, the more likely it
is that Britain will endorse the State of
Palestine for which the PA is expected to
seek recognition at the UN in September.
This is not the behavior of a friend so
much as the kind of intimidation that is
more reminiscent of a Mafa protection
racket.
First of all, you have incomprehensibly
decided to pressurize the victim in this
confict to make peace with her aggressor,
even though the victim is the one party
that constantly tries to make peace while
the aggressor does not.
I wonder whether you might explain to
both Britain and the Jewish people why
you do not insist that Mr. Abbas engages
seriously in a meaningful peace process
by unambiguously renouncingin both
English and Arabichis repeated asser-
tions that his people will never accept
Israel as a Jewish state, the casus belli of
the entire confict?
I wonder also if you might explain to
both Britain and the Jewish people why
you implicitly endorse the racist ethnic
cleansing inherent in the putative State
of Palestine which the PA says it will
declarea state in which Mr. Abbas has
repeatedly declared that not one Jew will
be allowed to livebut which you have
now threatened to support?
Next, I wonder if you might clarify for
us exactly why the British government
has welcomed the alliance entered into
between Hamas and Mr. Abbass Fatah .
Im sure we are all agog to learn why you,
a Conservative Prime Minister and the
supposed ally of America in the defence of
the free world, have chosen not only to ap-
plaud and promote a genocidal coalition
unless Israel itself enters into negotiations
with it. To carry on with the Mafa anal-
ogy, this is akin to threatening someone
that if they do not put a gun in their mouth
and pull the trigger you will set the Mob
on them to achieve the same result.
an open letter to
david cameron

SPECTATOR, MELANIE PHILLIPS | MAY 5
offcial said a failure to encourage Moscows integration increased the
risk that Moscow and Beijing might forge a closer strategic partner-
shipone that could provide unconstructive proposals, according to
the cable. The cable also said that Akira Muto, the Foreign Ministry
offcial overseeing Russian matters at that time, said Japan hoped to
drive a wedge between Russia and China. The June 14, 2007, cable
also said that according to Muto, Russia began to reevaluate Japanese
bilateral ties early last year when a new Moscow assessment raised
Kremlin concerns about the growth of China. This involved starting
to view its relationship with Japan in a security context, rather than
as simply an economic one. Chinas mushrooming military growth
is a source of concern for many of its neighbors and that concern will
eventually prod them to band together with Beijing.
REUTERS | May 6
china pushes u.S. on debt
C
hina, wielding its huge dollar holdings, on Friday pressed Wash-
ington to tackle its huge fscal defcit and said it would raise the
issue of discrimination against Chinese investors at high-level
talks next week.
Senior Chinese offcials also made clear that U.S. demands for
Beijing to raise sharply the value of the yuan currency and to end a
crackdown on dissentboth irritants in ties between the worlds two
biggest economieswould gain little ground at next weeks Strategic
and Economic Dialogue in Washington.
We are paying a lot of attention to this (the fscal defcit), Chinese
Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao told reporters at a briefng about
the talks.
The White House is in tense negotiations with Republican lawmak-
ers over rival proposals to tackle the budget defcit, expected to reach
$1.4 trillion this year and a serious worry for governments like China
that buy heavily in U.S. treasury bonds and other dollar assets.
China has the worlds biggest foreign exchange reserves, with about
two thirds estimated to be held in dollars, and any sign it was alarmed
by policy uncertainty could ripple through global markets.
China loosened its currency from a nearly two-year peg to the dollar
last June, and this year has guided the yuan to record highs. It has ap-
preciated about 5 percent since June.
anglo-aMerica
T
he mississippi River has overfowed its banks and fooded millions
of acres from Kentucky to Louisiana. About 3 million acres of
farmland lie underwater, washing away hundreds of millions of
dollars worth of corn, rice, wheat and cotton. Cities across six states
also experienced the worst fooding in at least 75 years, and authori-
ties had to blow up levees and purposefully food certain areas in
an attempt to keep population centers such as Memphis, Tennessee,
dry. Floodwaters were also diverted to lakes and reservoirs near New
Orleans. Besides causing millions of dollars in agricultural, commer-
cial and residential damage, the fooding also halts river transport and
endangers oil-refning capacity.
In New York, two men were arrested on Wednesday on terrorism
charges for attempting to blow up a local synagogue. Although offcials
are not releasing details of the alleged attack yet, Islamic groups vowed
revenge on America following the killing of Osama bin Laden. The
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY May 14, 2011 7
rival currencies
take aim
at dollars
dominance
the dollar is losing its position as the
worlds leading currency, but its not only
the euro which will beneft.
At the frst-ever press conference in
the 98-year history of the U.S. Federal
Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
announced last Wednesday what every-
one was expecting, and wanting, to hear.
Flanked by the Stars and Stripes as well
as the fag of the U.S. central bank, he
said: The Fed believes that a strong dol-
lar is both in American interests and in
the interest of the global economy.
Bernanke has often made similar
pronouncementsas has U.S. Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner. Invoking
the dollars strength was also part of their
predecessors standard repertoire.
This familiar litany is actually a wor-
rying sign, however. The statement is
always made when things are not looking
good for the dollar. In one sense, curren-
cies are just like people: Anyone who is
genuinely strong doesnt feel the need to
emphasize that fact over and over.
The decline in the value of the dol-
lar on the currency markets, however, is
merely an indication of a profound global
development. The dollar is in danger of
losing its role as the global reserve cur-
rency and the worlds benchmark unit for
exports.
There are many reasons for the
decline of the greenback, a currency
once coveted around the world. The
fscal policies of U.S. President Barack
Obama and his predecessors cast doubt
over whether the U.S. will ever be able to
repay its debts. The rating agency Stan-
dard & Poors has already threatened to
downgrade the credit rating of the only
remaining superpower.
To make matters worse, the low inter-
est rate policy pursued by Bernankes Fed
will further erode the value of the dol-
lar. The central bank is printing money
virtually without limit to fnance the U.S.
federal budget. Thats a guarantee for
higher infation.
In addition, the U.S. is losing its
dominance in the global economy. In the
mid-20th century, it manufactured the
majority of all goods in the world. Today,
the U.S. share of global gdp is 24 percent,
and is expected to fall even further.

DER SPIEGEL | May 10
death of bin Laden, far from heralding the end of terrorism, may only
be a marker in a new, more dangerous, era.
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged during his election
campaign to support families in order to fx Britains broken families.
He has failed to do this, the Center for Social Justice (csj), a conserva-
tive think tank, declared in a report published May 5. The center gave
the government 2/10 for confronting family breakdown. It pointed out
that Cameron has not reinstated a tax break for married couples, due
to his coalition negotiations with the Liberal Democrats. The govern-
ments frst year of action has been mixed, said the centers executive
director Gavin Poole. Pioneering progress in pursuing welfare reform
and an encouraging new direction for drug and alcohol policy has been
undermined by poor implementation of bold education plans, and com-
promise-driven inaction in tackling our devastating culture of family
breakdown. The Conservative government came to power promising to
support marriage. This report shows it has so far failed to do that.
New legal highs are appearing at an unprecedented pace, and a
large number of them are coming from Britain, the European Monitoring
Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction said in a report published this week.
Forty-one new drugs were found in Europe in 2010, with 16 of these frst
reported in Britaina fgure four times higher than any other country.
These legal highs are similar to other dangerous and illegal drugs, but
have not technically been outlawed. Twenty-four of these types of drugs
appeared on the market in 2009 and 13 in 2008. The UK is working on
legislation that would temporarily ban drugs that have not been proven
medically safe. However, the fact that so many of these drugs are appear-
ing in Britain shows a deeper problem exists in the nations society.
This week the Wall Street Journal released a shocking report about the
possibility that the famed Trans Alaska Pipeline may need to be shuttered
due to rapidly falling oil production. Currently the pipeline is carrying one
third the volume it carried in 1980, which means that the oil temperature
in the pipeline is falling dangerously close to levels at which it could begin
to congeal. Oil production in Alaska is currently declining at a 6 percent
per year rate and is in freefall. At its peak, the pipeline transported 3
percent of total world oil production. If it is shuttered, it could trap bil-
lions of barrels of potentially recoverable oil in Alaska. According to the
Wall Street Journal analysis, the pipeline may be forced into inoperability
sometime during 2013 if current production declines continuewhich
means it may already be too late to save it. It generally takes 5 to 10 years
to ramp up new oil discoveries to meaningful quantities of production.
TELEGRAPH | May 12
u.S. retail Sales Hit by
food and gas rises
S
ales climbed 0.5 percent in the month, the weakest gain since July,
although that came on the back of a 0.9 percent increase in March,
the Commerce Department said on Thursday. U.S. consumer
spending accounts for about 70 percent of the worlds largest economy,
and, after it slowed sharply in the frst quarter of the year, analysts are
watching anxiously to see if spending will regain momentum in the
second half of the year.
We believe more stable prices will be needed to keep unit demand,
production and employment on track, said Steven Weiting, an economist
at Citigroup. As such, the more recent oil prices correction is quite timely.
Despite the 14 percent drop in oil prices over the past two weeks, gasoline
prices still remain at relatively lofty levels. The average price per gallon
reached $3.99 (2.44) on May 4, according to the aaa, a U.S. motoring
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY May 14, 2011 8
al Jazeera Broad-
casts from d.c.
recently i visited the
Newseum in Washing-
ton. This News Museum,
sponsored by the Freedom
Forum, is certainly worth
a visit, especially from any
newshound intent on ap-
preciating the history of the
documenting and distribu-
tion of news.
There was one area of this fascinat-
ing museum that I did want to viewits
state-of-the-art television studio, with its
classic backdrop looking straight down
Pennsylvania Avenue to the glistening
dome of the Capitol building.
However, we were denied access as
the studio was closed to the public, being
prepared to host a new client. When I
queried who that broadcaster was, the
reply was Al Jazeera!
I was a little taken aback.
Here, broadcasting from Americas
capital city, was the Arabic news chan-
nel that once, before an apparent falling
out with the master of jihad, was always
the frst to somehow get hold of Osama
bin Ladens hateful video messages to
air them to the world. Here was the tv
station whose ceo had visited and been
entertained by the leader of Hamas, the
terrorist enterprise that has the declared
goal to destroy the nation of Israel and
claims it has direct links to the Muslim
Brotherhood. Here was the news agency
that had the effrontery to place a non-
condemning obituary on its website to
arch terrorist Osama bin Laden, broad-
casting from within a stones throw of the
Capitol, the very symbol of the freedoms
for which the American nation once so
proudly stood.
What an upside-down world we live in.
Be thankful for the Trumpetthe
completely politically incorrect source of
truth in the newsfor exposing the plain
truth behind the facade of commercial
news, to reveal the why of current events
and stress their guaranteed ultimate out-
come. Be thankful that there is one enter-
prise prepared, in the face of all criti-
cism, to use the inspired Word of God
as its source, bringing you the biblically
revealed outcome of all the major world
events building toward the great crisis at
the close of this age of mans civilization,
ushering in the dawning of a future age
under the direct rule of your Maker, the
greatest of newscastersJesus Christ!

RON FRASER | COLUMNIST
organization, and averaged $3.81 in April compared with $3.54 in March.
The hope is that gasoline prices start easing before the peak summer driv-
ing season begins next month.
With higher gas prices eating into the available income for discretion-
ary spending, the consumer faces stiff headwinds, said Joshua Shapiro,
an economist at mfr. This underscores how absolutely key it is that the
labor market continues to improve.
DAILY MAIL | May 10
28 percent of Home
owners in negative equity
T
he number of U.S. homeowners in negative equity is on the rise,
according to a report. Those who owe more on the mortgage than
their house is currently worth amounted to 28.4 percent of single-
family homeowners, real-estate data frm Zillow Inc. said.
This is up from 27 percent in the last quarter of 2010 and represents
a peak since Zillow started calculating data in 2009.
U.S. home values also fell in the frst quarter of this year at the fast-
est rate since late 2008 suggesting that a bottom will not be seen until
2012 at the earliest.
Zillow said its home value index fell 3 percent in the frst three
months of the year from the previous quarter, and was down 8.2 per-
cent year-over-year.
Foreclosures also rose, following the moratoriums that had been in
place in late 2010.
Home value declines are currently equal to those we experienced
during the darkest days of the housing recession, Zillow chief econo-
mist Stan Humphries said in a statement. With accelerating declines
during the frst quarter, it is unreasonable to expect home values to
return to stability by the end of 2011, he added.
Almost all of the 132 markets covered by Zillow saw home value
declines.
PAJAMAS MEDIA | May 6
londonistan erupts
With tributes,
funerals for Bin laden
W
hat was regained by patriotic Britons a week ago was overrun by
bin Ladenites today. A protest by hundreds of Osama bin Laden
supporters sparked fury outside the U.S. Embassy in London
today as they staged a mock funeral service for the terror leader.
Police stepped in to separate the protesters and members of the
English Defense League amid threats of violence from both sides.
Radicals carrying placards proclaiming Islam will dominate the world
branded U.S. leaders murderers and warned vengeance attacks were
guaranteed.
These people are threatening attacks to avenge the death of bin Laden,
in a city that al-Qaeda has attacked before. They are inciting violence and
using fghting words to do it. Why not arrest every last one of them and
deport them? Apparently theres a villa in Pakistan that just opened up.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY May 14, 2011 9
Just as Great Britain and its pound sterling
were toppled from economic supremacy, so
will the United States and its dollar be toppled.
Look for the dollar to decline in value further
over the long haul, and keep your eye on the
European currency as it rises to prominence
along with a united Europe.
Trumpet, June 2004
imagine a country that spends and prints
trillions to patch up any problem. Now
imagine another country where there is
no central treasury, meaning that bailouts
are less easy, and which has a central
bank that has mopped up liquidity over
the past year, rather than engage in quan-
titative easing.
Why does it surprise anyone that the
latter, the eurozone, has a stronger cur-
rency than the former, the U.S.? Because
of peripheral countries debt refnancing
issues? And the potential for contagion?
Think of it this way: In the U.S., Fed-
eral Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has
testifed that going off the gold standard
during the Great Depression helped the
U.S. recover faster than other countries.
Fast-forward to today: We believe Ber-
nanke embraces a weaker currency as a
monetary policy tool to help address the
current state of the U.S. economy. What
many overlook is that someone must be
on the other side of that trade: Today it
is the eurozone, which is experiencing a
strong currency, despite the many chal-
lenges in the 17-nation bloc.
In the U.S., the day investors come to
accept the reality that infation, rather
than fscal discipline, is the path of least
political resistance may be the day the
bond market wont be as forgiving. Unlike
the eurozone, where consumers stopped
spending and started saving a decade ago,
the highly indebted U.S. consumer may
not be able to stomach higher interest
rates. The large U.S. current account def-
cit also makes the dollar more vulnerable
to a misbehaving bond market than the
eurozone.
In the medium term, we are far more
concerned about risks to the U.S. dollar
than those posed by the Greek drama to
the euro.
dollar in graver
danger than the
euro

FINANCIAL TIMES | May 11
beled a master of lies by Austrias Der Standard. Inside Germany, where
resentment toward Greece is at an all-time high, tempers are hot. Seldom
have we seen politicians acting as irresponsibly as they did on Friday eve-
ning, wrote the Sddeutsche Zeitung: In Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Rome
and Luxembourg, offcials were silent, deceptive or just plain lied.
Across Europe, peoples confdence in European leaders has been
shaken. Within a matter of hours [last Friday], Germanys Sdde-
utsche Zeitung continued, the governments of the euro countries man-
aged to fritter away the last remaining trust the people of Europe still
have in the bailout action. Many are now seriously questioning whether
or not their leaders have the fnancial crisis under control. Any reason-
ably interested European will now be asking, in astonishment or anger,
just how dramatic the situation really is in Greece. Is the country on the
verge of bankruptcy despite all the aid and statements to the contrary?
Although we still dont know if Germany has manufactured a way to
push Greece from the eurozone, last Fridays dramatic revelation reveals
how extremely dire Greeces fnancial crisis is. That some European of-
fcials even seem to be talking about the idea is noteworthy. In the short
term, it appears Europes leaders will simply give Greece another bailout.
The problem with this option, however, is that it will not solve the
problem and will only kick the can down the road. Another option being
discussed, especially by Germany, is the restructuring of Greeces debt,
which essentially means allowing Greece to default on some of its debts.
Whatever route this crisis takes, one thing is obvious: Europes
fnancial problems have gotten worse, and this is forcing Europe, led by
germany, to consider increasingly dramatic solutions!
On Monday, Ian Traynor explored Germanys central role in the on-
going eurozone crisis. In his article on guardian.co.uk, Traynor specu-
lated that rumors of a Greek default or Greece quitting the eurozone
were being spread by Germany to get Europe ready for a radical change.
For weeks, he wrote, top German offcials have been leaking discreetly,
planting controversial ideas in the public sphere only for the govern-
ment to row back when the media went berserk. Hes right: German
politicians have been at the vanguard of the effort to impose harsh
measures on Greece.
Watch Germany closelywhatever the solution eventually imposed
on Greece, it will be created by germany!
With Greece and the eurozone once again in the headlines, now is a
good time to read editor in chief Gerald Flurrys article A Monumental
Moment in European History! from the February issue of the Trumpet.
In it, Mr. Flurry warned us: What is happening in Europe is not merely
a game-changerits a world changer!
In the article, Mr. Flurry made statements that are truly electrifying
in the context of what we are now seeing in Europe:
Watch closely. Germany will use this crisis to force Europe to unite
more tightly. In the process, some eurozone countries will be forced out
of the union. When that happens, the pundits will say European unif-
cation is dead, that the European Union has failed. dont listen to them!
More than likely, Europes fnancial crisis will get much worse. As this
happens, and as some European nations potentially fall by the wayside,
we should expect to hear many people announcing the end of the EU and
the dream of European unifcation. When you hear these words, remem-
ber Mr. Flurrys words: Every country that leaves the EU puts us one
step closer to seeing the German-led 10-nation European superstate.
Islam will dominate the world, and it will use our technology and
its future generations to get there. Who in their right mind should be
worried whether a picture of their dead leader will incite them or not?
Theyre already incited by the fact that we exist.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY May 14, 2011 10
CRISIS from page 1
Willingly ignorant
of the danger
forty-seven percent of
Detroiters are function-
ally illiterate. Regardless
of where you may live in
America, the plight of those
in Detroit will soon impact
you. America can no longer
ignore the tragedy that
is Detroitbecause it is
spreading.
Detroit has 200,000 residents who cant
do too much more than print their name.
Sadly, almost half of those 200,000 people
offcially graduated from Detroit schools.
That too is a tragedy. They were somehow
shoved, pushed and crammed by teachers
and political interests through a conveyor-
belt school system that cared more about
meeting graduation rates and quotas than
about educating children.
Karen Tyler-Ruiz is the director of the
Detroit Regional Work Force Fund, the
organization that conducted the literacy
survey. In an interview with wwj Newsradio
she commented that compared to other
major urban areas, we are a little bit on the
high side. For example, illiteracy in Detroit
is slightly higher than among Washington
d.c.s urban population. And a bit higher
than in Cleveland.
Here is an expert telling America that
Detroits 47 percent illiteracy rate really
isnt any different than Americas other big
cities.
Thats pretty bad.
What does that say about America when
so many people are so illiterate they cant
even read a short newspaper article? And
more worryingly, according to Ruizmost
of Detroits illiterate dont even care. Only
10 percent of the functionally illiterate
have taken any steps to improve their
situation.
This nation is falling apart before our
eyes, but most people refuse to see it. And
Americas leaders pretend to be ignorant.
As is stated so often on theTrumpet.com,
there is a cause for every effect. This world
has a plethora of knowledge, but a lack of
true education. You can change that in your
life. Begin now by digging into your Bible
daily and learning what it has to say about
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ROBERT MORLEY | COLUMNIST