Connecting the Dots

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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February 4, 2011*
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 *Dear Friends - It is not easy to get a clear picture and perspective for
the Middle East. Ron Cantrell has spent many years there, and has written a
number of books on that area, the most helpful one being “The Mahdi”. He
does careful research, and has traveled widely in many of these countries,
as well as in Europe. His chief time has been spent in Israel, where he set
up the format for the weekly publication of “Bridges for Peace”. Marie and I
have counted Ron and Carol Cantrell as close friends since 1990, and have
spent quality time with them in Israel a number of times. We both felt that
Ron's last article was so helpful, that you on our mailing list would
appreciate it as much as us. Jim & Marie Watt*


The Muslim Brotherhood’s Poster of notables from Hassan Al-Bana (1926) is
inclusive
of nations like Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and more.



*Connecting the Dots – It is so much more than just Egypt
**
*Western media is careful not to draw conclusions prematurely about Middle
East unrest. Simple logic, however, demands connecting the dots. A national
crisis of job inequality, unemployment, and heavy-handed government tactics
should have no reason to spill over into neighboring nations. Egypt’s
complaints should stay within Egypt’s borders – unless there is more than
meets the eye.

There is always more than meets the eye when it comes to the Middle East. A
virulent strain of Islamofascism races through the bloodstream of the
Islamic world. It is a threatening dormant virus in almost every Islamic
nation today. The powers that be fear it. Saudi Arabia is terrified of the
day that their fascist Wahabi undercurrent garners enough strength to do
away with the royal family and institute a Taliban-like regime as in
Afghanistan (*see article link below – Wahabi). Syria fears those who do not
like the religious leanings of their Alawi government. It is a minority
ruling the majority (**See Wikipedia – Alawite State). Jordan fears those
who were placed under the umbrella of the Hashamite foreign monarchy by the
League of Nations after WWI, albeit an Arab, Islamic monarchy (***see
wikipedia - Hashemite Kingdom [note: the hashemites were actually Saudi
princes awarded a mandate over Transjordan by the British for helping them
defeat the Ottoman Empire in 1917 – the populace of Jordan resents the
intrusion and drawing of national border by the League of Nations).

There are nations where a weak governmental system allows the Islamofascism
to break through and take control. Sudan is the model, only after Lebanon.
Ethnic cleansing in Sudan by Arab Muslims was missed by Western media. Arab
occupation of black African Sudan resulted in the massacre of blacks, both
Christian in the south and Muslim in the west (Arabic Islamic government was
the goal). Sudan’s Arab Islamic leader spearheaded an assassination attempt
on Hosni Mubarak already in 1995 (****see Wikipedia – Hassan al-Turabi).
Lebanon is the poster child of Islamofascist victory. After the failure of
Yassir Arafat’s PLO in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah and a small band of
militants set up camp in the weak areas of Lebanon and like a cancer, grew.
Now, Lebanon has fallen to Hezbollah, Nasrallah’s Iranian and Syrian
supported Islamic government.

(*Wahabism – a deadly scripture:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wahhabism-a-deadly-scripture-398516.html)<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wahhabism-a-deadly-scripture-398516.html%29>

“The focus of violent Islamic radicalism has shifted from Wahhabis in Saudi
to anti-Saudi Wahabis in Iraq and other conflict zones where jihadists have
learnt the heady lesson that if you are brutal and narrow-minded enough you
can defeat the most powerful army the world has ever seen.”

(**Alawite State:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawite_State)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawite_State%29>
(*** Hashemite Kingdom:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemite)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemite%29>
(**** Hassan al-Turabi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemite)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemite%29>

The king pin in the whole game is Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. The
Brotherhood had its beginning in 1929 in Cairo. The prominent figure in the
Brotherhood is Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the Dr. who became Osama bin Laden’s right
hand man (seen in all his videos). The Brotherhood was responsible for the
assassination of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat some 30 years ago. His
assassination was due to making peace with Israel.

This week, the Brotherhood has called for Egypt’s populace to prepare
themselves for war with Israel. Back to connecting the dots – there is no
connection with Egypt’s downtrodden masses by Mubarak and Israel. However,
logic is not necessary in Islam.

It is easy to see that it is time for prayer on behalf of Egypt and her
Christian population. Just today (February 2, 2011), we heard from friends
in a key Egyptian city that has been erupting. It seems the internet
blockade has been hacked. Our friends there are calling for three days of
prayer and fasting for the situation. The Christian populations of the other
mentioned nations need prayer as well. It is during times like these that
militant Islamists turn on those they consider to be enemies of the “pure
religion.” Jews are first on the list, and Christians close second.

An effective method of prayer is first for God’s love and mercy to be shown
through His servants. Stories of miracles in Egypt have been circulating for
some time already and those miraculous healings have been in the Muslim
camp. So many Muslims are converting that the government has threatened the
ministers who are responsible with deportation. The second wave of prayer
should be confusion in the camp of the enemy. This prayer has been very
effective in the past, not only biblically, but in modern times too. Israel
was saved from the wrath of Saddam Hussein during his reign of terror by an
eight-year conflagration with Iran. The loss of lives was tragic, but God’s
hand of protection was more than evident. Of almost 900 rockets launched
against Israel only one man died and he died of a heart attack.

It is impressive to me that Reece Howells, Britain’s great intecessor called
for prayer and fasting in 1947 when the United Nations voted on the
existence of the modern State of Israel. The initial vote was defeated.
Howell’s call for prayer and fasting changed the course of the United
Nations. He reported in the book, “Reece Howells – Intercessor” that the
praying students and staff actually saw angels leave their compound and head
for the UN. The next vote was historic; Israel became a nation and the War
of Independence erupted.

So, let’s intercede in earnest for the situation.

Ron

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I have included two videos with information on the Brotherhood and the
spread of trouble in Jordan, Sudan and possibly Syria. I can only pray that
we are not looking at a spreading rise of an Islamofascist tidal wave.

The two short articles following the video links are excerpts from
DEBKAfile’s assessment of the present situation.
*
**Shawn Hannity interview with Walid Shoebat on the Muslim Brotherhood:
*
*
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/transcript/what-would-muslim-brotherhood-takeover-mean-egypt
*
*Trouble in Jordan, Sudan, and possibly Syria:
*
*
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/01/jordan.government/index.html?hpt=T1
*

*The Common Thread – the Muslim Brotherhood
*
Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip are taking advantage of the unrest in Egypt
to take control of Sinai territory. Hamas, the Palestinian wing of the
Muslim Brotherhood have  opened a second, Palestinian, front against the
Mubarak regime on orders from Hamas' parent organization, the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood, confirmed by its bosses in Damascus. The Muslim
Brotherhood is therefore more aggressively involved in the uprising than it
would seem.
The Muslim Brotherhood initially stayed in the shadows for fear the uprising
would be labeled a militant uprising and scare away demonstrators. Battling
the Brotherhood has always been sanctioned by the secular Egyptian populace.
The Brotherhood is biding their time until the situation has passed the
point of no return. At that point, there will be no reason for them to
remain in the shadows. They will come out in full view.
The Sinai towns of Rafah, the port of El Arish are targest. Saturday,
Bedouin tribesmen and local Palestinians exploited the mayhem in Cairo to
clash with Egyptian forces at both northern Sinai key points, ransack their
gun stores and free prisoners from the local jail. Officials in Gaza City
confirmed Sunday, that Hamas's most notorious smuggling experts, including
Muhammad Shaar, had broken out of the El Arish jail and reached Gaza City.
The Multinational Force and Observers are on high alert in the dangerous
situation and await U.S. Military transports out of the region to U.S.
Bases. This move would end a 30-year mission of peace keeping between Egypt
and Israel. Hamas means to bring that to an end. The mere presence of
Egyptian troops in the Sinai violates the terms of the peace treaty.
However, in light of the dire situation, Netanyahu’s government may have
approved it.
Excerpts from DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, January 31, 2011.


*Egyptian Unrest Turning into a Popular Revolution*

The Mubarak regime was badly shaken Thursday night, Jan. 27, when Egypt's
most powerful opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, ordered its
teeming membership to join the protest movement raging in Cairo and other
cities since Tuesday after Friday (Jan. 28) prayers.
*DEBKAfile*'s Cairo sources report that the capital's poor districts, like
Shubra which houses four million inhabitants, were bustling Thursday night
with preparations for street action the next day. The question on all lips
now is: Can the security forces control the many millions of protesters
expected to suddenly pour into city streets across the land as of Friday and
defend the regime against them.
The police, almost a million security officers and units of the Interior
Ministry's special units, have been on their feet for three days quelling
outbreaks. They are exhausted and demoralized. They managed to keep the
demonstrations from getting out of hand, but not to suppress them. Now that
millions of Muslim Brotherhood loyalists have been told to throw in their
lot with the protest movement, the beleaguered 82-year old President Hosni
Mubarak can no longer avoid sending the army in to stem the unrest, which
looks increasingly like turning into a popular revolution.
The trouble is that no one can be sure of the army's total loyalty to the
regime. The president cannot be sure that officers will agree to order their
men to shoot demonstrators if need be, or whether the soldiers will obey
such orders.
Even after three days, *DEBKAfile*'s sources report signs that the president
and his immediate circle of advisers and ministers have not grasped the
extent of their peril. For hours, security forces commanders begged the
president to sign curfew decrees for the most troubled cities, but he
refused. In the end, they clamped curfews down on their own initiative in
Suez and Ismailia on the banks of the Suez Canal and across the canal in the
northern Sinai town of El Arish close to the Israeli and Gaza borders.
During the day, violent clashes between police and rioters occurred in all
three towns, whose combined population is 1.7 million, eaving casualties
whose numbers are unknown. Thursday night, their streets of the three towns
were deserted except for heavy security patrols. No one was allowed to leave
without a special permit.
The ministry responsible for mosques and preachers Thursday night issued
directives to the imams who are state employees to focus their sermons
Friday on calls to keep the peace and not participate in the anti-government
demonstrations.
But those preachers, although their pay checks come from the public purse,
are unlikely to go against the popular mood or dare defy the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Later Thursday, rumors were floating around Cairo that President Mubarak was
about to sack the government and promise early parliamentary elections.
Neither was confirmed.
EXCERPTS FROM DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, January 27, 2011



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