The EU faces a choice: It

must either strengthen

the central governing
institutions or face the
prospect of the entire EU
project unraveling.
The Eurocrats are as mad
as they are bad.
Intelligence detailing
the ties between
al Qaeda, Hezbollah
and Iran contains the
smoking gun that ties
Iran to 9/11.
What is it about
these three Bavarians
Ratzinger, Stoiber
and Guttenberg?
the
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A DIGEST OF SIGNIFICANT WORLD NEWS FROM THE PHILADELPHIA TRUMPET STAFF FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 2-8, 2011
M
UAMMAR QADHAFI liked his weap-
ons. During his 42-year reign,
the Libyan leader is thought
to have spent over a hundred billion
dollars on arms. As big a problem as
that was while he was in power, it is
far worse now that he is gone and his
country is in chaos. Libya is flled with
loose deadly material that isnt being
looked after.
A couple weeks ago, rebel forces
stumbled on some unguarded warehouses near the desert
town of Sabha and found about 10,000 blue barrels flled
with at least 2 million liters of yellowcake uranium. This
radioactive powder is step one toward enriched uranium,
used in nuclear weapons. Despite the risk, though, safe-
guarding it properly is apparently going to take a while; the
International Atomic Energy Agency says it will look into
protecting it once the situation in the country stabilizes.
How perfectly sensible: Leave the nuclear material vul-
nerable to theft while the country is a lawless jungle. What
do you suppose the chances are that some of this stuff ends
up in the hands of dangerous people?
Amid the confusion, reports show opportunistic folks
taking full advantage. Tons of weaponssome quite sophis-
ticated, including mortars, missiles and anti-tank weap-
onsare simply being looted.
And one of the most conspicuous thieves singled out by
Western intelligence isyou guessed itIran. This country
just has an uncanny knack for turning up in these types of
situations.
The Telegraph reported, Acting on orders received from
Revolutionary Guards commanders in Iran, [the elite Quds
Force] took advantage of the chaos that engulfed Libya
following the collapse of the regime of former dictator Col.
Muammar Qadhaf to seize signifcant quantities of ad-
vanced weaponry, according to military intelligence offcers
in Libya. Among the weapons is a particularly dangerous
prize: hundreds of Russian-made shoulder-held surface-to-
air missiles that can target planes fying up to 11,000 feet.
These missiles reportedly top Irans wish list, and America
has tried for years to prevent Tehran from getting them.
Once Iran has them, they could easily end up with any one
of a number of terrorist groups that the mullahs supply.
A senior intelligence offcer told the Telegraph that such
missiles in the wrong hands means no civilian aircraft in
the region will be safe from attack.
Behold the Arab Spring.
This is one variation on a theme that has been playing
out in various forms throughout the region over the past
year. As unrest builds, as instability rises, as governments
fall and disorder follows, the Islamic Republic of Iran sees
opportunity. Amid the muddle, it dispatches its agents and
resources, and fnds ways to secure its interests, and often
ends up with an impressive stash. It is reading from the
same playbook it has successfully used in Iraq and Afghan-
istan over the last decade: Watch a government fall, step in
to fll the hole.
After recent impressive gains, the Iranian regime has
grown more confdent and brash. It is aggressively milita-
rizing, and its positions against the West are getting more
confrontational.
Last February, for the frst time since the 1979 revolu-
tion, it sailed Iranian frigates through the Suez Canal and
into the Mediterranean. In July it claimed to send sub-
marines into the Red Sea; it also unveiled underground
missile silos that it says could withstand direct bombing.
Last month it connected the Bushehr nuclear plant to the
national power grid. And last week, it trumpeted its new
ability to launch ship-based missiles from international
waters to hit land-based targets; Irans naval commander
warned that Iranian ships could soon be patrolling Ameri-
cas East Coast.
The White House and defense establishment ridiculed
this notion, saying it was way beyond Irans capabilities.
That seems to be roughly the Wests default reaction to
nearly any development in the Islamic Republic. But the
point is, Iran has reached a stage where it speaks and acts
at will, and quite provocatively, utterly unconcerned with
consequences. This past years events certainly give it cause
for boosted confdence.
At a meeting in Tehran on the eve of Quds Day this past
August, the Ayatollah Khamenei gave his vision for how
the Arab Spring will likely mark the end of the age of the
superpowers as well as the rule of puppet Arab rulers.
He spoke of the popularity of Islam within these countries,
and said that the more power the people gain, the more
Islamic their governments will become. Despite Western ef-
forts to shape these countries futures, he said, If elections
The conquering of
this region by Germany
and Europe is a sign of
Berlins larger imperial
aspirations!
see YELLOWCAKE page 10
JOEL HILLIKER
COLUMNIST
Guns and Yellowcake for Everyone!
MIDDLE EAST
nIran hosts Taliban leaders: A delegation of Taliban members
visited Tehran in mid-September as part of an effort by Iran to play a
greater role in Afghanistan. Iran quietly hosted a delegation of Tal-
iban members in Tehran this month in a powerful and unusual signal
of its ambition to shape the trajectory of the Afghanistan confict as
U.S. troops begin to withdraw, the Washington Post reported Septem-
ber 30. The Taliban representatives visit to Iran to attend the Ayatollah
Ali Khameneis Islamic Awakening conference indicates that Iran has
already cultivated deeper ties with the terrorist group than was widely
thought. Because the Taliban has been a traditional enemy of Iran, it
had long been thought there was little room for cooperation between
the two. However, as theTrumpet.com has been reporting for several
years, a common hatred of America provides plenty of common ground
for Tehran to provide assistance to the Taliban. While U.S. offcials
have previously admitted Irans role in providing weapons and train-
ing to the Taliban, there has been little evidence of contact at the senior
leadership level. Now that it is becoming increasingly certain the Tal-
iban will play a lead role in Afghanistan once the U.S. leaves, it appears
Tehran wants to be in a strong position to infuence that government.
nNew Libyan rulers dodgy allies in Sudan: Sudans Vice
President Ali Osman Taha visited Tripoli on September 29 and met with
Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the executive board of Libyas National
Transitional Council (NTC). This is the most high-level visit to Libya
since the fall of the Qadhaf regime, Foreign Ministry spokesman Al-
Obeid Merwah said. This indicates that Sudan gives priority to Libya
as a neighbor and is ready to give its full support to the new interim gov-
ernment in Libya. According to Sudanese media, NTC head Mustafa Ab-
del Jalil said Khartoum had given military support to the anti-Qadhaf
forces. This means that Libyas new leadership has a cozy relationship
with a government that has been accused of genocide in Darfur by both
the U.S. State Department and the International Criminal Court (ICC). In
fact, Vice President Taha himself stands accused by the ICC of complicity
in genocide and crimes against humanitythe charges that have been
leveled against President Omar al-Bashir. Colonel Qadhaf had given
Darfurs rebels sanctuary and fnancial and military aid. [T]he Suda-
nese support for the Libyan rebels raises obvious questions about the
coherence of the so-called Responsibility to Protect doctrine, which
was invoked to justify international military intervention in Libya,
writes the National Review Online. The allegedly humanitarian justif-
cation was reinforced when the International Criminal Court issued an
arrest warrant for Qadhaf in June, charging him with crimes against
humanity. Qadhaf thus became just the second sitting head of state
to be made the object of an ICC arrest warrantafter none other than
Sudans Omar al-Bashir. [I]t turns out that some of the very Sudanese
forces that stand accused of carrying out genocide in Darfur have been
the de facto allies of the Western powers in Libya (October 4).
nShiite unrest in Saudi Arabia: Protests occurred in the Shiite-
majority Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia on Monday, according to
the Saudi Press Agency. A group of rioters reportedly shot automatic
weapons at security forces, wounding nine. The Interior Ministry
vowed to use an iron fst against any further unrest and claimed the
attack was initiated by a foreign countrypresumably Iran. Riyadh is
also getting nervous about other initiatives of Iran in its neighborhood
particularly in relation to the Shiite unrest in Bahrain. In an effort to
quell the unrest, Bahrains leadership has gone to Iran for help. Stratfor
reports that on September 26, Bahrains foreign minister met with his
Iranian counterpart to talk about improving bilateral relations and to
ask Tehran to portray Bahrain in a more positive light in Iranian state
media. This meeting indicates Bahrains desire to pacify its Shiite op-
position by improving ties with Iran, says Stratfor (October 4). There
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 2
U.S. Attacked by
Pakistani Military
PAKISTANI MILITARY units fred shots at Ameri-
can and Afghan government troops along the
Afghanistan border several times over the past
year, in encounters the United States has down-
played but that illustrate the fraying relations
between the countries, according to offcials.
On Wednesday, Afghanistans Foreign
Ministry issued an angry warning to Pakistan
after claiming that about 300 rockets had been
launched across the Pakistani border into the
Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan,
killing an unspecifed number of civilians.
Pakistan responded that its government
was targeting insurgents belonging to Tehreek-
e-Taliban, a designated terrorist group, not
Afghan civilians. But last weeks cross-border
fre was far from an isolated incident.
In May, U.S. Apache helicopter crews were
fred upon by Pakistan, and they returned fre,
wounding at least two Pakistani soldiers, In-
ternational Security Assistance Force offcials
said. The American aircraft were in Afghan
airspace, according to an ISAF spokesman.
That encounter was reported by ISAF, but many
others are not, U.S. and Afghan offcials told
the Washington Examiner.
Were not allowed to return fre to coordi-
nates inside the Pakistan border, a military of-
fcial told the Examiner on the condition he not
be named. We know its the Pakistani military
in many cases. Pakistan has been instigating,
aiding Haqqani, and has been purposefully
working to turn back any gains ISAF has made in
the region. Another U.S. offcial said, This has
been going on for some time, but because its so
sensitive it has been kept relatively quiet.
Tension between the U.S. and Pakistan has
recently reached levels not seen since the coun-
tries were thrown into the common cause of de-
feating al Qaeda and the Taliban after the Sept.
11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Earlier this month,
Adm. Mike Mullen, the just-retired chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, accused the Haqqa-
ni family network of being a veritable arm of
Pakistans military and intelligence service.
Pakistan has increased the use of its Afghan
proxies to carry out terror operations in an
effort to exhaust U.S. and European patience
at home, knowing that President Obama has
called for U.S. forces to withdraw by 2014. Paki-
stani military leaders believe they can weather
the blowback from Washington because the
U.S. needs Pakistans logistical supply lines
stretching from Karachi to Kabul, Riedel said.
At the same time, he said, Pakistan is
preparing to replace the billions of dollars of
critical military aid it has been receiving from
the U.S. by courting China and soliciting help
from Islamic ally Saudi Arabia.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER | October 2
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 3
have been several Shiite rallies in Saudi Arabias Eastern Province in
support of the Bahraini protesters in recent months, and the incident
this week provides a warning to Riyadh of the potential for large-scale
Shiite unrest spreading to its territory. Saudi-Iranian competition
for infuence in the Persian Gulf is heating up as the two prophesied
end-time alliances in the Middle East solidifyone led by Iran, and the
other a more moderate grouping that will ally with Europe.
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE | October 4
Iran Could Boost
Uranium Enrichment
If Exchange Plan Fails
I
RAN ON Tuesday warned it would begin manufacturing atomic fuel at
a faster pace if other governments continue to reject an exchange of
nuclear material the Middle Eastern nation proposed last year with
Turkey and Brazil, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported .
France, Russia and the United States previously took issue with
aspects of the plan, which calls for Tehran to temporarily store 1,200
kilograms of its low-enriched uranium in Turkey while other countries in
exchange provide fuel for an Iranian medical isotope production reactor.
Iran last year began generating 20 percent-enriched uranium,
enabling the nation to potentially more quickly produce nuclear-
weapon material, which must be refned to roughly 90 percent. We
will not only continue to do the enrichment by ourselves but also build
a factory for manufacturing even the fuel rods by ourselves, Iranian
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
Tehran could suspend production of 20 percent-enriched uranium if
the exchange moves forward, the spokesman added. As the 20 percent
enrichment process is not even economical for us, we would be willing
to halt this process and get the necessary fuel for the Tehran reactor
from abroad, he said.
USA TODAY | October 3
Majority of IEDs Are
Traced to Pakistan
P
AKISTAN IS the source of explosives in the vast majority of make-
shift bombs insurgents in Afghanistan planted this summer to
attack U.S. troops, according to U.S. military commanders.
From June through August, U.S. troops detected or were hit by
5,088 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the most for any three-
month period since the war began in 2001. Those bombs killed 63
troops and wounded 1,234, Defense Department records show.
More than 80 percent of the IEDs are homemade explosives using
calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer produced in Pakistan, said Navy
Capt. Douglas Borrebach, deputy director for resources and require-
ments at the Pentagons Joint IED Defeat Organization. The border is
a sieve, Borrebach said. You can do your checkpoints, but thats not
going to help stem the supply.
The U.S. government increasingly has been blaming Pakistan for fail-
ing to corral insurgents. Two weeks ago, Adm. Michael Mullen, then the
Was Iran Involved
in 9/11?
BACK IN 2008, when the terrorist Imad Mu-
ghniyeh was killed in Damascus by a car
bomb, I referred in my blog to speculation
that he had been involved with al Qaeda
and may even have been involved with
9/11. This would have been remarkable,
since Mughniyeh was the deputy head of
Hezbollah, the killing arm of the regime
in Shiite Iran. Yet as we all know, al Qaeda
was drawn from Sunni Islam while the
Shia Muslims were their deadly rivals. So
the suggestion that Iran may have been
involved as well was one that few would
take seriously.
Nevertheless, I had long been hearing
this speculation based on the view that the
9/11 operation was so sophisticated it had
Mughniyehs fngerprints all over it.
Now it appears that a lawsuit, brought
by Ellen Saracini, the widow of the captain
of one of the two planes that crashed
into the Twin Towers, is about to make
precisely this case in court, backed by a
large amount of hitherto unknown secret
intelligence information. According to
the respected Israeli journalist Ronen
Bergman, who is also an expert witness
due to be called to give evidence in this
case, Saracinis legal team believe that this
intelligence detailing the ties between al
Qaeda, Hezbollah and Iran contains the
smoking gun that ties Iran to 9/11.
Bergman writes: The huge amount of
evidence included in the lawsuit comes
together to form a fascinating charge:
Starting in the 1990s, Iran and Hezbollah
helped Osama bin Laden and his deputy
Ayman al-Zawahiri create a new terror
organization from scratch, to be headed
by Afghanistan veterans and members
of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Iran trained
group members, equipped them with
advanced technological means, enabled
them to move freely and provided them
with plenty of terror-related expertise
and experience accumulated by Hezbol-
lah in its operations against Israel and
the United States. Later, according to the
lawsuit, Iran assisted in the preparations
ahead of September 11....
If this court case does show that Iran
was behind 9/11, the U.S. will be left with
a very awkward question. Why has it gone
after al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein in the
cause of making America and the West
safe from Islamic terrorism, but has re-
fused to act against Iran? And in the light
of such a verdict in court, what would the
U.S. now do?
MELANIE PHILLIPS,
DAILY MAIL | October 1
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Haqqani terror network
linked to attacks in Afghanistan had ties to Pakistans spy agency.
ASSOCIATED PRESS | October 4
Turkey to Hold Military
Exercises Near Syria
T
URKEYS MILITARY says it will conduct exercises near the border with
Syria, where thousands have died following a government crack-
down on protesters. The military said in a statement on its website
Tuesday that the maneuvers will take place in the southern province of
Hatay, between October 5 and 13.
The exercises are likely to coincide with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdoans planned visit to a nearby area where some 7,500 Syrians have
sought refuge from Syrian President Bashar Assads brutal crackdown
Turkey has already imposed an arms embargo on Syria and Erdoan
is expected to announce new sanctions on its neighbor while in Hatay.
Erdoan had cultivated a close friendship with Assad. But Turkey has
grown increasingly frustrated with Damascus over its refusal to halt
the attacks.
EUROPE
nItaly downgraded, again: Italys credit rating was downgraded
three notches, from Aa2 to A2 with a negative outlook by rating agency
Moodys, October 4. The negative outlook refects ongoing economic
and fnancial risks in Italy and in the euro area, it wrote. The con-
sensus adjustment in the countrys credit rating now appears to put
Italy frmly in the category of peripheral eurozone states in danger of
losing access to credit and no longer a core country merely infected by
contagion from Greece and its fellow bailout countries, writes the EU
Observer (October 5).
nFormer Polish prime minister warns of restored German
imperial power: Former Polish prime minister and leader of the
Law and Justice Part (PiS) Jaroslaw Kaczynsk claims that German
Chancellor Angela Merkel belongs to a generation of German politicians
that would like to reinstate Germanys imperial power. In his new book
titled The Poland of Our Dreams, he writes that a strategic axis with
Moscow is part of that plan. Germany plans to subdue our country,
one way or another, he says. He implies that Chancellor Merkel gained
power through help from the East German secret policethe Stasi. The
Trumpet has never said that Merkel gained power in a conspiracy, and
we disagree with much that Kaczynsk says, but we have often pointed
out that good relations between Russia and Germany have not, histori-
cally, been good for Poland. The Polish have good reason to be paranoid
they are certainly threatened by a rising Russia and Germany.
nGreek strikes continue as bailout negotiations stall: Workers
held a 24-hour general strike in Greece on October 5, meaning govern-
ment offces and tourist attractions were closed and fights cancelled.
Over 16,000 joined union-led protests in central Athens. Greeces gross
domestic product is forecast to fall by 5.5 percent this year. Figures
published on October 2 show that Greece will miss the defcit targets set
a few months ago in a hefty bailout package. The government defcit for
this year was meant to be 7.6 percent of GDP. It is forecast to be 8.5 per-
cent. Eurozone fnance ministers were expected to decide on whether or
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 4
IMAGINE THE United States not as a single,
unifed entity consisting of a common
people but as a loose association of 50
separate states, with 50 separate histo-
ries, 50 different languages and 50 unique
cultures. And then imagine that a major
crisis challenges the very foundation of
this union, and any serious action requires
the approval of all 50 states.
How confdent would you be that,
without signifcant structural reforms, the
union would last? This is roughly equiva-
lent to the challenge the eurozone faces to-
day. Without strong leadership, the future
of the euroand the European projectis
in jeopardy. Thankfully, there is a histori-
cal example from which the Europeans
can learn.
Before the United States had a Consti-
tution, it was governed by a toothless doc-
ument called the Articles of Confederation.
The central government formed under
this agreement was incredibly weak, and
major decisions had to be ratifed by all 13
states. Lacking the power to tax or govern
effectively, the Articles were exposed as
insuffcient. Something had to be done.
In 1787, an historic convention convened
in Philadelphia. After months of delibera-
tion, the delegates created a strong federal
government under the auspices of the
new U.S. Constitution. It was so expertly
crafted that it is still in use to this day.
Just like Americas pre-Constitution days,
the eurozone is in a bind. Major decisions
require approval from all 17 nations. Find-
ing common ground (and making Europe-
an decisions) is often diffcult and unpopu-
lar domestically. The current debt crisis has
made it abundantly clear that the structure
of the European Union is such that it is not
a reliable source of decisive leadership.
Thus, the EU faces a choice: It must
either strengthen the central governing
institutions in Brussels and Frankfurt or
face the prospect of the entire European
project unraveling. In short, this is Eu-
ropes Articles of Confederation moment.
This is a decision of tremendous global
signifcance. However, at this point, it is
still far too early to sound the death knell
for the European Union. There is still time
for decisive leadership to restructure and
strengthen its governing body. But, that
time is growing shorter. And without a
strong, central government, the EUs
future is not bright.
Europes Articles
of Confederation
Moment
ALEX BEREZOW,
REAL CLEAR WORLD | October 6
not to give Greece its next loan on October 13, however the meeting has
now been cancelled. Greece looks more set to default every day.
nBank failure raises specter of eurozone bank crash: Dexia,
Belgiums largest bank, is in diffculty for the second time in three years,
causing offcials from Paris and Brussels to hold an emergency meet-
ing. The French government owns around 23.3 percent of the bank and
Belgium 30.5 percent. The real worry about Dexia though is that it was
given a clean bill of health in the EU bank stress tests in July. If Dexia
is in trouble, what other supposedly safe banks could be next?
nGerman parliament approves expanded bailout fund: The
coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel approved the expansion
of Europes bailout fund September 29, meaning that the measures
passed without Merkel having to rely on votes from opposition parties.
If 19 members of Chancellor Merkels coalition had voted no, the coali-
tion could have collapsed and the country been forced to early elections.
Instead, 13 voted no and 2 abstained. Still, events in Germany continue
to build toward a political crisis. German Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schuble promised parliament that Germany would not support any
plan to leverage the eurozones bailout mechanism, the European
Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). Leader of the Christian Social Union
Horst Seehofer said the CSU would go this far and no further. Ger-
manys Constitutional Court has made similar statements, saying that
Germany has gone about as far toward European union as its constitu-
tion allows. To go further, Germany must hold a referendum, head of
the court Andreas Vosskuhle said. Yet economists say that the markets
seem to be acting on the assumption that European leaders have already
agreed to go further, and that the German parliament has been de-
ceived. American think tank Stratfor believes the only way for the euro
to be saved is for Greece to leave, or be pushed out. It estimates that
2 trillion would be needed to deal with the fallout. The EFSF isnt big
enough. Germany is looking like an immovable object. It must do more
for the crisis to be solved, but the people, court and politicians have had
enough. The economic crisis is creating political crisis in Germany.
CNA NEWS | October 4
Archbishop Calls
Catholics to Support
Holy Land Christians
A
RCHBISHOP EDWIN F. OBrien is calling upon Catholics to give re-
newed support to Christians in the Holy Land. Our population
there is ebbingwe are now only about 2 percent of the total popu-
lation, he told CNA in Rome, September 27. The holy places where Christ
walked and where monuments are established to recall His words, His
death and resurrection, they are now less and less frequented. Therefore
we must as good Christians around the world respect that patrimony.
It has been one month since the Vatican asked 72-year-old Archbish-
op OBrien to move from the Archdiocese of Baltimore to become the
Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusa-
lem. Although the order has its headquarters in Rome, it is responsible
for promoting and defending Christianity in the Holy Land.
I never thought Id leave Baltimore. It came as a surprise and even a
shock to me when I received the call from the secretariat of state, said
Archbishop OBrien, describing the move as a jolt. Despite all the
upheaval he said he is confdent that God will take care of things.
[T]he new grand master admits that the order is not very well known
even by those who are very active in the church. In fact, he recounts
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 5
WHAT IS it about these three
BavariansRatzinger, Stoi-
ber and Guttenberg?
All three keep bouncing
back into news headlines.
Its understandable that
Joseph Ratzinger, Pope
Benedict XVI, should grab
media attention periodically.
Yet why is it that, despite the fact that
neither currently holds political offce, elder
statesman Edmund Stoiber and distin-
guished statesman Karl-Theodor zu Gutten-
berg should continue to pop up in the news?
Edmund Stoibers 70th birthday celebra-
tions made headlines in Germany for both
the size and elite nature of the guest list. The
array of active politicians on both the Ger-
man and EU fronts invited to the celebration,
in addition to Russian Prime Minister Vladi-
mir Putins telephoned birthday greetings
and his personal invitation for Stoiber to
visit him in Russia, seems to indicate recog-
nition of the prospect that Stoiber is far from
being a spent force on the political scene.
Then, across the water is his fellow CSU
party member, the Bavarian baron of flm
star image, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.
Guttenberg made press and mass media
headlines in the United States for his ac-
ceptance of a position with the prestigious
Center for Strategic and Intelligence Studies
in New York, as a distinguished statesman
working in the interests of strengthening
cross-Atlantic ties between the U.S. and a
German-dominated Europe.
A hardly better position could be imag-
ined for further preparing this bright young
aspirant for senior political leadership for a
future invitation from his home country to
return and help raise both the morale and
the prestige of the German nation when its
current crisis peaks. By then Guttenberg will
have gained much more knowledge about the
internal machinations of Washington, the
various personalities involved in governmen-
tal decision making within America, togeth-
er with the ways and means of penetrating
U.S. security.
There is a reason why we watch these
three BavariansRatzinger, Stoiber and
Guttenberg. They all share a common vision.
It is the vision propounded by Stoibers men-
tor, Franz Josef Strauss, which matched that
of the recently deceased Otto von Habsburg.
Its a Holy Roman imperial visiona vision
that has Rome as the spiritual glue that will
hold together a revival, a literal resurrection,
of the Holy Roman Empire of the German
Nation.
Three Men to Watch

RON FRASER | Columnist
speaking to some seminarians the other day and they had never heard
of it. He is now motivated to make the order better known in the church
and to raise the awareness of the Holy Land among ordinary Catholics.
Theres no question this is the source of our faith and this is the
source of renewal we all should all be looking for in our spiritual lives,
he said. And I dont think theres any place better than that little plot of
Gods land where that spiritual renewal can take place more effectively
and more long lastingly.
We will work very close with the Latin patriarch in Jerusalem and
take our cue from him as to how we can best put the churchs image
forward and do so effectively.
ASIA
nPutin calls for Eurasian Union with former USSR countries:
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for Russia to build a
Eurasian economic union with Kazakhstan and Belarus as he gears up
to return to the Kremlin after presidential elections in March. The prime
ministers proposal, published on Tuesday, represents the latest step
in Russias quest to bolster ties between Moscow and the former Soviet
republics. Although Putin denied that his statement represents an effort
to rebuild the Soviet empire, he admitted he would like to see the union
grow into something signifcant. We are not going to stop there, he
wrote. We are setting an ambitious goalto achieve an even higher inte-
gration level in the Eurasian Union. Putin also said the union is open to
new member states, and will strive to boost economic and currency-pol-
icy coordination among its member states. Russia, Kazakhstan and Be-
larus already created an economic alliance in 2010 that erased customs
barriers in mutual trade. Beginning January 1, they plan to introduce
unifed market rules and regulations. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are also
expected to join the union. Between Putins call for the Eurasian Union
and his march back toward Russias presidency, it is becoming clear that
the ex-KGB strongman has ambitious plans for Russia. With Putin return-
ing to the presidency, Moscow is shifting into a higher gear in its pursuit
of a broader, more powerful and more capable Soviet power.
nCongressman berates Chinese cyberespionage: On Tuesday,
the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee lambasted the Chinese
government and its drive to steal data and intellectual property online,
saying Chinas cyberespionage attacks have reached an intolerable level
and that the U.S. and its allies have an obligation to confront Beijing and
demand that they put a stop to this piracy. Rep. Mike Rogers said Chinas
spying activities now extended beyond the U.S. military and government
delving into many private American companies. Beijing is waging a mas-
sive trade war on us all, and we should band together to pressure them to
stop. Aside from the military implications, China is marginalizing the
U.S. politically and economically as well. This is all combining to make
the U.S. increasingly vulnerable, and China more powerful.
REUTERS | October 4
Bill on China Yuan
Dangerous
A
U.S. bill to pressure China into letting its currency rise in value,
which has drawn warnings from Beijing of a possible trade war, ran
into opposition from the top Republican in Congress on Tuesday.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 6
TENSIONS FLARED recently
between Serbia and Kosovo.
Yet again, Germany and
Europe were at the center
of the issue. The root of
the problem has to do with
Kosovos declaration of
independence from Serbia
in 2008. While Kosovo has
been accepted as an independent state by
the West and some allies, the majority in
Serbia refuse to accept Kosovos sovereignty.
Last week, clashes erupted when NATO
peacekeepers (who were primarily German;
the NATO task force in the Balkans is run by
Europeans) demolished roadblocks near
the Jarinje border crossing in north Koso-
vo. Kosovar Serbs had constructed these
roadblocks after Kosovos secession in 2008
in order to prevent the new Kosovo govern-
ment from establishing sovereignty over the
border with Serbia.
The clashes occurred just as representa-
tives from Kosovo and Serbia were about to
meet in Brussels to engage in EU-mediated
talks aimed at forging a peace arrangement
between Belgrade and Pristina. With ten-
sions faring, the talks were canceled.
Meanwhile, Europe is piling pressure on
Serbia to compromise and make amends
with Pristina. Europes primary rod of
leverage in this regard, of course, is Serbias
desire for EU membership. During her trip
to the region in August, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel made it clear that if Serbia
wanted to join the EU, it must be prepared
to relinquish northern Kosovo and recog-
nize Kosovos independence. That was reaf-
frmed this week at a summit in Belgrade
when Austrias minister for European and
international affairs, Wolfgang Waldner,
told Serbia that setting the date for talks
about Serbias entrance into the EU would
depend largely on Belgrade sorting out ter-
ritorial confict with neighboring countries.
Unsurprisingly, the remark didnt sit well
with Serbia.
Ultimately, this is why we must give
attention to the Balkans. The conquering
of this region by Germany and Europe is a
harbinger of the future. Its a sign of Berlins
larger imperial aspirations! To understand
this more thoroughly, visit theTrumpet.com
and read The Rising BeastGermanys Con-
quest of the Balkans. This eye-opening book
explains the truth about the German-caused
dissolution of the Balkans, which is that
former Yugoslavia IS IN FACT THE FIRST VICTIM
OF WORLD WAR III.
Tension in the
Balkans, Again

BRAD MACDONALD | Columnist
The strong misgivings of House of Representatives Speaker John
Boehner were the frst clear sign the currency legislation might fzzle
out, as similar bills have done since lawmakers began targeting Chinas
yuan policy in 2005. I think its pretty dangerous to be moving legisla-
tion through the United States Congress forcing someone to deal with
the value of their currency, Boehner told reporters.
On Monday, the Senate voted to open debate on a bill that calls for
U.S. tariffs on imports from countries with deliberately undervalued
currencies, prompting an angry rebuke from China.
Many economists say China holds down the value of its yuan cur-
rency to give its exporters an edge in global markets. China says it is
committed to gradual currency reform and notes that the yuan has
risen 30 percent against the dollar since 2005. For some inexpli-
cable reason, the Republican leadership in the House is siding with the
Chinese government. This is not the time to go soft on Beijing, said
Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer, a co-author of the currency bill.
The Chinese only understand one thing: being tough, he said on the
Senate foor, rejecting calls from other senators for multilateral talks.
In a hint of unease about the bill at the White House, a top U.S. offcial
said the Obama administration had begun discussions with lawmakers
about whether it was the
right approach to the long-
running currency issue.
AUSTRALIAN | October 5
Water, Food Shortages
Loom in South Pacifc
S
OUTH PACIFIC islands are facing a drought that could create food
shortages in the region, offcials in Wellington warned, after a
second community yesterday declared a state of emergency due to
lack of water.
Tokelau, a New Zealand-administered territory of about 1,400 people,
had less than a weeks drinking water after a long drought blamed on a
La Nia weather pattern, NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully said.
He said Tokelau had declared a state of emergency on Monday night,
following a similar move in neighboring Tuvalu, where a New Zealand Air
Force plane landed carrying containers of water and desalination units.
Theres been a state of emergency declared in Tokelau as well, where
there are three islands; they are New Zealand citizens and theyre down
to less than a weeks drinking water there too, he told Radio New Zea-
land. Mr. McCully said other islands in the South Pacifc were reporting
water shortages, and New Zealand was conducting a regional assessment
amid fears the drought could lead to crop failures and food shortages.
LATIN AMERICA
nBrazil discovers rare earth mineral deposits: Brazilian miner
Vale SA has discovered deposits of rare earth minerals at a giant copper
mine project in the Para state, according to statements made by a lead-
ing Brazilian minerals researcher late last week. Vale is now prospect-
ing the area in the Brazilian Amazon for the metals, which are used in
microchips and oil refning. Now that China has curtailed its export of
rare earth minerals, expect the worlds other nations, especially Europe,
to start looking to nations like Brazil as they try to fll their need for raw
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 7
THEY HAVE an arrogance, detachment from
reality and contempt for democracy that is
simply breathtaking. How else to describe
the shameful diktat from the unelected
European Commission ordering Britain
to start doling out benefts to migrants the
frst moment they arrive in the UK?
Currently, Britain has a habitual resi-
dency test which, quite fairly, means that
citizens of other EU countries must have
either worked here previously or have a
good opportunity to get a job before they
can have access to jobseekers allowance,
income support and other payouts.
The sole purpose is to prevent beneft
tourism by EU migrants eager to get their
hands on fat checks from one of the most
generous welfare systems in the world.
However, the Eurocratshaving
received a complaint that the policy is a
breach of (you guessed it) human rights
have now decided its illegal. Like the
tin-pot dictators they are, they are now
issuing threats and ultimatums giving
Britain two months to tear down argu-
ably its last remaining defense against the
abuse of benefts by EU nationals.
We either comply with the edicts of
this bodydemocratically accountable to
no oneor it will refer us to the equally
unelected and unaccountable EU Court of
Justice. The court has the power to start
clobbering Britain with huge fnes unless
it rolls over.
What a choice, then: bend down on
one knee, scrap our beneft restrictions
and fork out an extra 2.5 billion a year in
benefts; or be forced to write checks to a
remote court of the most dubious author-
ity. There are many, many reasons to be
outraged.
Just what does it say about the EUs
detachment from the real world that
while the eurozone teeters on the brink of
disaster, buckling under the weight of its
debtsthe Eurocrats think now is a good
time to be picking a fght with the UK?
The Eurocrats are as mad as they are
bad. Through the EU free movement
directive, they demolished our right to
say who can and cannot enter the country.
Now they want to fing open the doors of
the beneft offces to all comers.
To agree to this reckless demand from
the EU wouldeven by UK standardsbe
a shameful act of surrender.
Britain Must Not
Surrender to the
EU Dictators
DAILY MAIL | October 1
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower
is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:4
materials. The Federation of German Industries stated late last year
that it would be looking to Africa and Latin America in particular as an
alternate source of rare earths. Competition for the worlds resources
will heat up in the near future.
ANGLO-AMERICA
nBritains politically correct passports: British citizens will
soon be able to identify parent one and parent two instead of their
father and mother, and decline to identify themselves as male or female
on their passports. The changes are designed to cater to transsexu-
als and homosexuals. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) says it is
simply refecting the situation in Britain. However, the Daily Mail re-
ports that the changes have been made in response to lobbying from
the homosexual rights group Stonewall. America has already made a
similar change to its passport application form. Director of the Fam-
ily Education Trust Norman Wells said: Fathers and mothers are not
interchangeable but have quite distinct roles to play in the care and
nurture of their children. To speak of parent one and parent two deni-
grates the place of both fathers and mothers. Much as the equality and
diversity social engineers might wish it were otherwise, it still takes
a father and a mother to produce a child. These passport changes are
another success for the radical homosexual lobby.
nOccupy Wall Street movement gains momentum: Over 700
protesters were arrested last Saturday for blocking traffc on the Brook-
lyn Bridge as they took part in the 15th day of the Occupy Wall Street
protest. Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless protest movement comprised
mostly of Americans under 30 years old who are upset with anything
from rampant foreclosures to climate change, from the low number of
vegan farms to the high unemployment rate, from the war in Afghani-
stan to high gasoline prices, and from corporate greed to the general
state of America and the planet. These protesters are only thousands
strong, but they claim to speak for millions. The degree to which these
protesters represent mainstream America is questionable, but a CBS poll
published Monday shows that 64 percent of Americans believe taxes
on millionaires should be raised to reduce the nations defcit. Such a
sentiment is parallel to many of the protesters anger over what they
perceive as a broken system serving a wealthy elite at the expense of
the rest. Columbia University Political Science Prof. Dorian Warren
said he believes the protests could develop into something with teeth.
Now in their third week, the Occupy Wall Street protests seem to be
growing in strength despite, or perhaps because of, last weekends mass
arrests. Now some analysts believe the disparate streams of Occupy
Wall Streets dissatisfaction could be channeled into one collective force
of activism, transforming the movement into a liberal counterpart to
the conservative Tea Party movement. Political division in America is
escalating to a crippling level.
TELEGRAPH | October 4
Plot to Impose Financial
Transaction Tax on UK
A
GROUP of European politicians is plotting to impose the fnancial
transaction tax (FTT) in a way that Britain would be powerless to
veto, a British member of the European Parliament has warned.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 8
OCTOBER COULD be a wild
and dangerous month.
Stock markets are acting
like there is another hidden
Lehman Brothers ready to
explode. The euro is plum-
meting. Greece is desperate-
ly trying to pay impossible
bills. Europes biggest banks
are firting with bankruptcy. The eurozone ap-
pears to be disintegrating.
Back in America, things are getting more
friable too.
October is going to be the turning point,
said Van Jones, the disgraced former Obama
administration green jobs czar. America
is about to experience an American fall, an
American autumn, just like we saw the Arab
Spring, he said on September 29.
You can see it right now with these young
people on Wall Street. Were going to have
an October offensive to take back the American
Dream and to rescue Americas middle class.
On Saturday, 700 Occupy Wall Street
protestors were arrested for jamming up the
Brooklyn Bridge in order to gain media atten-
tion. The demostrations are spreading now, too.
And if Van Jones has his way, these protests
will only be the beginning. Van Jones is in the
midst of a dramatic push to establish rainbow
force of unions, veterans, students, faith leaders,
civil rights fghters, womens rights champions,
immigrant rights promoters, lesbians, homosex-
uals, bisexuals, transgenders, those questioning
their sexual orientation, environmentalists, aca-
demics, artists, celebrities, community activists,
elected offcials to counterbalance the growing
strength of the Tea Party movement.
But where would Joness American Dream
really take America?
Jones says people can take comfort knowing
that this great nation will ultimately pull its
answersnot from its ideological extremes
but from its deep, moral center.
America is verging on a pivotal moment in
history. The nation is divided, it is fnancially
broke, radicals are reaching for power, dis-
gruntled masses are ready to be manipulated
and most important of all, despite what Van
Jones claims, there is no deep, moral center in
America that will magically save it.
Americas deep, moral center may have
existed in the past, but it is long gone.
The good news is there are answers to
Americas economic, social, political, and
moral problemsbut they will not come from
within itself. The answers are there if anyone is
willing to really look for them. You just have to
go to the Source of morals.
The Riots Are
Getting Closer

ROBERT MORLEY | Columnist
Dr. Kay Swinburne, MEP and spokesman for Europes economic and
monetary affairs committee, told a group of regulators in Manchester
that Britain was wrong to relax and rely on its veto to block the con-
troversial tax.
She said a group led by Algirdas Semeta, the European tax commis-
sioner, had already started work on presenting FTT as a valued added
tax (VAT)which could be imposed without being ratifed by a vote and
therefore strip Britain of its right to veto.
Under European rules, new taxes have to be agreed unanimously by
all members but VAT can become law with a simple majority.
Mats Persson of Open Europe told the Telegraph: Any attempt at
circumventing the UK veto, and passing an FTT via the back door, would
be a disaster for the UK and the City of London. Last week, Jos
Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, an-
nounced that the FTT would be proposed as a law for the frst time as a
way for the fnancial sector to make a contribution back to society.
The move was criticized as a tax on the City of London, where
almost 80 percent of Europes fnancial services are based.
WALL STREET JOURNAL | October 5
Nearly Half of U.S.
Households Receive
Government Beneft
N
EARLY HALF, 48.5 percent, of the population lived in a household
that received some type of government beneft in the frst quar-
ter of 2010, according to Census data. Those numbers have risen
since the middle of the recession when 44.4 percent lived in households
receiving benefts in the third quarter of 2008.
The share of people relying on government benefts has reached a
historic high, in large part from the deep recession and meager recov-
ery, but also because of the expansion of government programs over the
years.
Some 34.2 percent of Americans lived in a household that received
benefts such as food stamps, subsidized housing, cash welfare or Med-
icaid (the federal-state health care program for the poor). Another 14.5
percent lived in homes where someone was on Medicare (the health-
care program for the elderly). Nearly 16 percent lived in households
receiving Social Security.
FINANCIAL TIMES | October 2
Texas Cattle Industry
Withered by Drought
M
ANY OF the cattle at the weekly auction in Columbus, Texas,
were so weakened by the states year-long record drought that
Tanya Reeves decided against buying. Even the younger ones
look so thin their bones are showing, Mrs. Reeves said, watching the
steady parade of cattle with her 2-year-old son, Ian.
Auctions across the state are being inundated with similar animals
as ranchers are forced to sell amid a drought that has left them with
insuffcient grass, hay and water. While drought has also affected
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 9
THE WORLD is facing the worst fnancial crisis
since at least the 1930s if not ever, the Gover-
nor of the Bank of England said last night. Sir
Mervyn King was speaking after the decision
by the Banks Monetary Policy Committee to
put 75 billion of newly created money into the
economy in a desperate effort to stave off a new
credit crisis and a UK recession.
Economists said the Banks decision to
resume its quantitative easing [QE], or asset
purchase program, showed it was increasingly
fearful for the economy, and predicted more
such moves ahead.
Sir Mervyn said the Bank had been driven
by growing signs of a global economic disaster.
This is the most serious fnancial crisis weve
seen, at least since the 1930s, if not ever. Were
having to deal with very unusual circumstances,
but to act calmly to this and to do the right thing.
Announcing its decision, the Bank said that
the eurozone debt crisis was creating severe
strains in bank funding markets and fnan-
cial markets. The Monetary Policy Commit-
tee [MPC] also said that the infation-driven
squeeze on households real incomes and the
governments program of spending cuts will
continue to weigh on domestic spending for
some time to come.
The deterioration in the outlook meant
more QE was justifed, the Bank said.
Financial experts said the committees actions
would be a Titanic disaster for pensioners,
savers and workers approaching retirement. Sir
Mervyn suggested that was a price worth pay-
ing to save the economy from recession. Under
QE, the Bank electronically creates new money
which it then uses to buy assets such as govern-
ment bonds, or gilts, from banks. In theory, the
banks then use the cash they gain to increase
their lending to businesses and individuals.
Asked about the plight of savers, Sir Mervyn
said it was more important to support the wider
economy than to support them. He suggested
that savers would not be helped by deliberately
pushing the British economy into recession.
Yesterdays decision was the frst move on QE
since 2009, during the global credit crisis, when
the Bank injected 200 billion into the economy.
World Facing
Worst Financial
Crisis in History
TELEGRAPH | October 6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat,
but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are
not lled with drink; ye clothe you, but there
is none warm; and he that earneth wages
earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your
ways. Haggai 1:6-7
were held today in all the [liberated] countries, the result would favor
Islamic tendencies. Who could have imagined that tendencies in
Egypt would be so clearly Islamic?
He said that when the dust clears, The plausible scenario is that
regional developments will lead to the creation of a solid and clear
Islamic bloc in which many members of the elite will participate.
In spelling out this scenario, the ayatollah isnt just making a casual
observation. He is describing how current conditions are ftting pre-
cisely with the ambition Iran has pursued for decades.
Last week, a paramilitary arm of the Revolutionary Guards, the
Basij militia, issued an offcial statement expanding on Khameneis
comments that lays this ambition bare. According to Reza Kahlili, a for-
mer CIA spy writing for American Thinker, the statement says that the
ayatollah was divinely chosen to impose Islam on the whole world.
The Basij statement praises the direction of the activist movements
sweeping the region, calling them fourishing glorious revolutions
that are both holy and rooted within the Islamic masses. It claims that
soon, under Khameneis leadership, America and Israel will be de-
stroyed, and Islams global conquest will proceed apace.
Kahlili observes, This announcement by the Basij is signifcant in
that it verifes beyond any doubt that the Islamic regime ruling Iran
is truly a messianic one bent on the fnal worldwide conquest of Islam
with the awakening as just the beginning.
Since the inception of this magazine two decades ago, the Trumpets
editor in chief has pointed to Iran and its strategic aim to dominate
the region by seizing leadership of the radical Islamic camp. He has
repeatedly spoken of its apocalyptic messianic ambitions. He didnt
just imagine, but explicitly spelled out just how Islamic the tendencies
in Egypt would become. He specifcally described how unrest in Libya
fts with Irans larger military strategy. All of his statements have been
based on observing the scene in accordance with biblical prophecy, and
they have been powerfully vindicated by events this past year.
Keep watching Libya. Iran is going to end up gaining more than just
some unguarded weapons that happen to be lying around. As radicals
rise to power in Libya, Iran will gain a strong ally, an expanded sphere
of infuence, and further advancement toward its ultimate goal of con-
quest. Remarkably, its the most consistent theme of this so-called Arab
Spring: more impressive prizes for the Iranian regime.
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Georgia and Louisiana, Texas is its
biggest victimwith more than $5.2 billion in agricultural losses and
heavy blows to its cattle industrythe nations largest, which provides
16 percent of the countrys beef cows.
Cows selling for 50 cents a pound would have sold for 80 cents two
weeks ago. That adds up to a signifcant loss on a 2,000-pound cow.
Jesse Carver, executive director of the Livestock Marketing Association
of Texas, believes many will never recover from such losses.
Texas has 100 weekly auctions but he said the sell-off would leave
ranchers without the means to make a living. Even breeding cows
and bulls are being auctioned, hitting supply growth. Many older,
or weekend, ranchers are getting out of the business. Mr. Carver
suspects that Texas will be left with 40 percent fewer cattle and the
number of auction houses, supply stores, and other support indus-
tries will shrink.
This is one of those industry-changing events, Mr. Carver said.
The fear is that, come spring, its going to be a ghost town. We just
keep praying for rain, we dont get the rain, and we sell a few more,
said Mrs. Schindler. In 58 years of ranching, she has never seen it this
bad. Not only is there no grass but wells are drying up.
THE TRUMPET WEEKLY October 8, 2011 10
YELLOWCAKE from page 1
WHEN HERBERT W. Arm-
strong was just three years
into his conversion, he came
to this startling realization
while in the midst of a sore
trial: God was no longer
answering his prayers the
way He once did.
It took two days of fast-
ing, alternating in prayer, meditation and
Bible study, for Mr. Armstrong to fnally see
what had happened. The cares of this world
had crowded God out of his life. The frst
love he had experienced in his conversion
to Gods truth had worn off. He had become
more excited about material things than he
was about his relationship with God.
After two days of fasting, Mr. Armstrong
had drawn close to God. Through his Bible
study, he had become reacquainted with the
many promises of God recorded in Scrip-
ture. He now knew that God would hear and
answer his prayers.
Kneeling down before God, for the frst
time during his fast, he made several requests.
The moment the short prayer ended, God im-
mediately began answering his requests.
Prayer, more than anything else, is an act
of submission to God the Father and His will.
God knows what we need, but He wants to
make sure that He has frst priority in our
lives. Mr. Armstrong had to re-learn that
lesson.
One reason we sometimes struggle with
prayer is because we simply will not submit to
God, and continually put Him frst in our lives.
Philippians 4:6 says we should not be
anxious for our needs, but have relaxed faith
when facing a trial. Then, when we make our
requests known to God, we must ask in faith
and with an attitude of thankfulness.
In Luke 11, the disciples asked Christ to
teach them to praythey didnt know how.
We too must frst ask Jesus Christ how to
pray. In Matthew 6, Christ offers a sample
prayer outline that begins with addressing
the Father. Beginning our prayers by giving
great praise and adoration to God will fx our
attention on the Creator, which is where our
focus should be.
Verse 11 makes it plain that we should pray
daily, and ask God to supply our needs. If we
are seeking frst the Kingdom of God, then
we can go to God for our daily needs and ask
with confdence (verse 33).
Do whatever it takes to get your relationship
right with God. Draw near to Him. And then,
after that relationship is back to the way it
should be, make your requests known to God.
Are Your Prayers
Being Answered?

STEPHEN FLURRY | Columnist