The Early 21st Century: 2003 (Part Three)

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MOST RECENT UPDATES:

U.S. jets drop 1-ton bombs near Iraq-Syria border; strike Fallujah, Mosul - December 28, 2004.

US may strike at Ba'athists in Syria, official tells 'Post' - December 24, 2004.

Iran and Syria continue supporting terrorism -- Iraqi defense minister accuses them of concerted effort to destabilize the region; King Abdullah recently presented corroborating evidence to US - December 24, 2004.

Iran 'will defend nuclear sites' - December 22, 2004.

Bush threatens Syria, Iran with new pressure over Iraq - December 20, 2004.

Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq - December 20, 2004.

U.S. War Games Simulate Attack On Iran Nuclear Sites -- War games envision 3-phases that include ground invasion - December 19, 2004.

Arab media reports on US plan to attack Iran -- US forces will infiltrate Iran's territory through Azerbaijan, Iraq and Georgia - December 16, 2004.

Bush warns Iran and Syria as Iraq election campaigning gets underway - December 16, 2004.

Iraq Accuses Iran, Syria of Backing Terror - December 15, 2004.


Airliner Bombing by Terrorists in Metropolitan New York
or Nuclear Destruction of Manhattan

 

Airliner bombing creates mass destruction in New York harbor

 

NEW PREDICTION: 12/10/02 -- OK, there are two possibilities: another TWA 800 or 911 tragedy over metropolitan NYC (Long Island and Staten Island included in danger zone) or the second and last vector for the nuking of New York, the first one having been April 2002 (failed). One can easily connect both images, I suppose, if a plane is somehow involved in a nuclear terrorist act. In any event, if the Waldviertler prophecy of the nuclear destruction of Manhattan by terrorists is going to take place anytime soon, it should happen in July 2003. Note the peripheral events should all be here: war in the Middle East and troubles in the Balkans. I cannot currently come up with another base 7 vector for the nuclear destruction of NYC until February/March 2007.

Nostradamus may have described this holocaust in the following quatrain:

 

Nuclear destruction of ManhattanQuatrain 6.97

At forty-five degrees the sky will burn,
Fire approaches the great new city,
Instantly a great flame leaps up,
When they want to have proof of the Normans (the French).

 

Access a Dream Window for more detailed information in the form of various visions by Mary Ann, Jennie M., Tom, Joseph Polise, Cindy, Tonya, CD, and myself. The following cities, for one reason or another, may also be in danger of nuclear terrorism in 2003: Chicago, Los Angeles (and/or Hollywood), Washington DC, Seattle, New York City, Boston, Buffalo, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and Miami.

Dream about Destruction of New Jersey - A new dream about nuclear attacks on NYC, parts of New Jersey, and other US cities by Ile.

For a detailed account of the destruction of New York City by the Seer of Waldviertel, visit The War Room. According to the seer, in this first English translation of his prophecies, the cause will be nuclear terrorism by "psychopathic enemies." This and much more in "The War Room."

 

UPDATE (8/15/03): The bad news is that this blackout which has affected not only New York City, but the entire Northeastern US and part of Canada, may have been a "test" by terrorists of America's power grid vulnerablities in the northeast in anticipation of a horrendous terror attack in New York and possibly elsewhere in the region. At this writing no one knows for certain what caused this to happen, so I do not think terrorism (or at least a some type of terrorism planning) can be ruled out. The good news is that this blackout, the worst in US history it is now being reported, may be the major "thing" to happen to NYC around the projected month of July 2003 and not a nuclear terrorist attack. If that is the case, I cannot come up with a base 7 vector for a possible nuclear attack on NYC before February/March 2007. That would make it possible for a Third World War to drag out and not reach its worst point until as late as 2009. Alois Irlmaier's cryptic number "two eights and a nine" (889) might then mean that the Russian blitzkrieg of Europe does not happen until August 8, 2009.

 

Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout

SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM

Monday, August 18, 2003

Blackout in NYCAl Qaida's Abu Hafs Brigades has claimed responsibility for the blackout last week in the Northeast and Midwest United States. A communiqué by the Abu Hafs Brigades made reference to Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of this Generation."

It was published as "the third communiqué by the "Brigades."

In the first, they accepted responsibility for the downing of an airplane in Kenya. The second accepted responsibility for the Jakarta bombing of the Marriott hotel on August 5, 2003.

The new communiqué says that in compliance with the orders of Osama bin Laden to strike at the American economy, the Brigades struck two important electricity supply targets on the East coast, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute. The Brigades say that they cannot reveal how they did it, because they will probably have to use the same method again soon. The communiqué also claimed that the operation was meant as a present for the Iraqi people.

The following are excerpts from a report by the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat about the communiqué: [1]

The Blackout was 'a Realization of Bin Laden's promise to offer the Iraqi people a present'

"A communiqué attributed to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the power blackout that happened in the U.S. last Thursday, saying that the brigades of Abu Fahes Al Masri had hit two main power plants supplying the East of the U.S., as well as major industrial cities in the U.S. and Canada, 'its ally in the war against Islam (New York and Toronto) and their neighbors.'
"The communiqué assured that the operation 'was carried out on the orders of Osama bin Laden to hit the pillars of the U.S. economy,' as 'a realization of bin Laden's promise to offer the Iraqi people a present.'

'The Americans lived a black day they will never forget'

"The statement, which Al-Hayat obtained from the website of the International Islamic Media Center, didn't specify the way the alleged sabotage was carried out. The communiqué read: 'let the criminal Bush and his gang know that the punishment is the result of the action, the soldiers of God cut the power on these cities, they darkened the lives of the Americans as these criminals blackened the lives of the Muslim people in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. The Americans lived a black day they will never forget. They lived a day of terror and fear… a state of chaos and confusion where looting and pillaging rampaged the cities, just like the capital of the caliphate Baghdad, and Afghanistan and Palestine were. Let the American people take a sip from the same glass.'

'The U.S. will not live in peace until our conditions are met'

"It added: 'we heard amazing statements made by the American and Canadian enemies which have nuclear physics universities and space agencies, that lightning hit and destroyed the two plants. And we are supposed to believe this nonsense. If the blackout occurred in one or two cities, their lie would have been credible. But the fact is that the blackout hit the entire East and part of Canada.'

"The communiqué continued: 'one of the benefits of this strike is that the U.S. will not live in peace until our conditions are met, such as releasing all the detainees including Sheikh Omar Abdulrahman, and getting out of the land of the Muslims, including Jerusalem and Kashmir.'

"The authors of the communiqué said that the strikes aimed at 'hitting the major pillar of the U.S. economy (the Stock Exchange)… [and] the UN, which is opposed to Islam, and is based in New York. It is a message to all the investors that the U.S. is no longer a safe country for their money, knowing that the U.S. economy greatly relies on the trust of the investor…'

'The gift of Sheikh Osama Bin Laden is on its way to the White House'

"The communiqué mentioned that some economists said the blackout in the U.S. and Canada would cost the U.S. Treasury no less than ten billion U.S. dollars and in order to 'break the hearts of U.S. officials, just know that the cost paid by the Moujahideen to sabotage the power plants was a mere seven thousand dollars. Die of sorrow!'

"The communiqué ended with: 'we tell the Muslims that this is not the awaited strike, but it is called the war of skirmishes (to drain the enemy), and that the American snakes are enormous and need to be consumed and weakened to be destroyed. We tell the people of Afghanistan and Kashmir that the gift of Sheikh Osama bin Laden is on its way to the White House; then the gift of Al Aqsa, and do we know what is the gift of Al Aqsa, where and when? The answer is what you are seeing!'

 

COMMENT (8/19/03): It now appears my warning of a terrorist attack on New York City happening in July 2003 had some teeth in it after all. Right place, right time (only off by one month), and right general event (terrorism). Wrong on the specifics though. It was not another 9/11 attack or a nuclear attack. Then again, we have no way of knowing if this is only stage one of the operation and that the major attack -- another 9/11 event or worse -- may be only another month or two away.

Now you see how a CLOSE or PARTIAL FULFILLMENT works. Maybe. There is a problem.

This whole affair reminds me of another "terrorist attack" that occurred seven years ago: the explosion of TWA 800 over Long Island in July 1996 (the base 7 precedent for my NYC prediction). To this day we do not know for certain if the airliner was bombed or shot down by a shoulder-fired missile (terrorism) or if it was "an ignited spark in the fuel tank" (act of God, accident, human error). It is a controversy that continues, much like the death of Princess Diana. Personally, I believe TWA 800 was shot down by terrorists and that the Clinton Administration covered it up so that "retaliation" would not be an issue during the election that fall.

We have the same problem here: do we buy the terrorist claims and can terrorism be proven or will we be forced by the Bush Administration to accept the Great Blackout of 2003 as a technical fluke?

I say it was an act of terrorism or at least a preliminary part of a larger terrorist operation. The US government was way too quick to dismiss the blackout as being the work of terrorists. How could they know that so early when they couldn't even agree where the blackout originated (Ottawa, northern New York, NYC, Niagara Falls, Ohio, etc ...)?

Ergo, if Bush covers this up and refutes Al Qaeda claims, we may never know how right or how wrong I was about a terrorist attack against NYC around the merry month of July 2003.

 

NEWS:
Blackout in NYC
Security issues prod search for missing cargo container - May 28, 2004.
Shipping containers seen as terror-bomb carriers - May 28, 2004.
IRAN: Sending a Nuke to America - April 30, 2004.
Al-Qaida No.2: We Have Briefcase Nukes - March 21, 2004.
Italian Il Giornale: Al Qaeda Threatens to Nuke New York on February 2 - December 31, 2003.
Fed Helicopters to Patrol NYC on New Year's Eve - December 29, 2003.
U.S. raises terrorism threat level -- Ridge: Possible attacks could rival 9/11 - December 21, 2003.
Nation's Threat Level Rising to Orange - December 21, 2003.
Government raises terror threat level -- Ridge says danger 'perhaps greater now than any point' since Sept. 11 - December 21, 2003.
U.S. Intelligence Learn of Possible Threats to New York and Other Cities - December 19, 2003.
Al Qaida commander 'anticipates' 100,000 Americans dead in attack -- attack will 'turn Al Qaida into an organization that horrifies the world' - November 13, 2003.
Al-Qaida: Be ready for attack killing 100,000 -- Leader in Iraq warns of 'huge and very courageous strike' on U.S. - November 13, 2003.
Intel: Terrorists planning U.S. attacks -- Net message calls on Muslims to flee NYC, Washington, L.A. - November 3, 2003.
New purported bin Laden tape raises fear of new attacks - September 11, 2003.
New Bin Laden Video Shown on Al Jazeera - September 11, 2003.
Al-Qaida's doomsday warning to America -- New tape says next terror onslaught will obliterate memories of Sept. 11 - September 7, 2003.
Terror attack on grid would collapse U.S. - September 4, 2003.
Advisory: Al Qaeda planning new U.S. attacks -- Laundry list of possible attack scenarios - September 4, 2003.
Terror link to blackouts? Intelligence sources see power grids vulnerable, recall bin Laden threat - September 3, 2003.
Sources: Sabotage Cannot Be Ruled Out in Blackout - August 19, 2003.
Al-Qaida claims power blackout? Arab paper prints communiqué asserting attack 'carried out on the orders of Osama bin Laden' - August 18, 2003.
Major power outage hits New York, other large cities - August 15, 2003.
Cities in eastern U.S. hit by power outages -- Major loss of electricity affects NYC, Detroit, Toronto, Cleveland, Toledo - August 14, 2003.

 

COMMENT: It is difficult to know how to rate this prediction, especially since an airliner bombing over NYC or a nuclear terrorist attack of Mahattan is still possible this year. In terms of the "fear factor," the Great Blackout of the Northeastern US, with NYC being the first major focus of the event, was exactly the sort of event one might expect to see proceed an actual nuclear attack. The sight of this on television for those of us in small pockets of the Northeast who were not affected was pretty unnerving. I half expected to see the news networks' broadcast signal to NYC vanish at any moment. I believe that this was a terrorist attack on the power grid. Al Qaeda did take credit and afterwards most media coverage of the event just sort of trailed off into oblivion. Of course, much of the media is government-controlled, so it's obvious they didn't want Americans focused on this event after the Al Qaeda claims surfaced. We do know that there was an explosion reported, but obviously not confirmed, at one of the major power centres in the East. Of course, cyber-terror can't be ruled out. The timing of this event was pretty much on target, so I feel we can call this one "close" -- which means only partial credit for a rating in this case. Keep all eyes on what, if anything, happens in NYC this year. It still may be that this prediction will be fulfilled up to 14 months late.

 

PRELIMINARY RATING: +0.6


The Vision at Althorp

 

Diana apparition (head and shoulders)The Second Millennium has been an age of Marian visions -- the most famous of these occurring at Fatima in 1917. The 21st Century will usher in a new era. Was God's plan for the world frustrated by the death of Princess Diana on August 31, 1997? (I will examine this possibility in a future book.) Visitors have not exactly been flocking to the Spencer estate in droves as many believed that they would. A January 9, 2001 update indicates that this may change during the fifth or sixth Althorp summer in July/August 2002 or July/August 2003 when Diana's apparition is witnessed by hundreds of spectators. Soon hundreds of thousands will flock to observe her flame-like image hovering above her grave on the tiny island where she is buried. Tears of joy and recognition will roll down their faces. At that time, she will impart a special message to the world.

Nostradamus foresaw this event as well.

 

 

Diana apparition (full view)Quatrain 4.24

Heard beneath the sacred ground the faint voice of a lady,

Human flame for the divine voice shines:

It will cause the blood of the sole ones their blood to stain the earth,

And the holy temples of the impure ones destroyed.

 

Sacred ground, especially from Nostradamus' strict European Christian perspective, is usually burial ground: earth that has been consecrated by the Church or by a Christian ceremony made suitable for burial of the dead. Thus the "lady" whose voice is discerned coming from the ground is dead. Therefore, what we are experiencing in this quatrain is truly a miraculous event. A woman of tremendous importance, adored and loved in death as well as in life, returns to communicate a message to her worshippers and to the entire world.

Sadly, there will be an unfortunate and unintended reaction to this event. Many Christian priests and pastors will dismiss the miracle as a hoax or as being of diabolical origin. They will not believe that this lady's appearance has been made possible by the grace of God. The reigning pope of that time will also share his Protestant brothers' skepticism. The backlash this causes will be horrendous. Many will be angered, leading to deadly feuds between the churches and against the churches. Many "sole ones" (monks, priests) will be killed.

But this is not what the "divine voice" will wish. The people will dishonour the woman who exalted love above all other things. If Diana does return, listen -- do not judge.

Note: This prediction appeared in my manuscript, Nostradamus and the Final Age, but was withheld from this site until 7/2/99.

 

UPDATE (1/11/03): This prediction is carried over from 2002 because there was a third and final vector for June 2003 arrived at in a January 9, 2001 update. Again, because June is so close to the July/August 2003 Althorp season, I would suggest that July/August 2003 may be closer to the mark. The May/June 2001 and June 2002 vectors, indicating an apparition of Diana during the summer of 2001 or 2002, failed to occur.

This is the last remaining vector I can calculate for this event using base 7 numerology. If it fails to occur in 2003, this does not mean it will not happen in a later year -- only that I cannot determine when that year will be. If one reads what is prophesied in Quatrain 4.24 carefully and its far-reaching impact on world events, it is very difficult to think of another dead woman of importance who it might apply to other than the late Princess Diana -- at least in our time. The only other answer is that it is to be applied to someone much farther ahead in the future.

 

"I Shall Arise" -- her final words. Are you ready for the return of the goddess Diana?

She shall certainly come, whether the dates given above are correct or not, she shall come soon, and her Apollo shall reign beside her. The sins of her murderers shall be revealed, they shall not be able to hide, be they kings, men of renown, or presidents of great nations. They shall be hounded and given up to death.

The corridors of the Moon have protected the blessed Diana, daughter of Jupiter and Latona, daughter of gods and daughter of men, and fed her, and clothed her in a great time of trouble and Tribulation!

Read the secret known until now only by Cheiro, Jeane Dixon, John the Revelator, the architects of the Pyramid of Cheops, and the king of prophets ... Nostradamus! Be happy and confident in a new Revelation.

 

UPDATE (8/18/03): My apologies, but it should have been apparent to me that one last vector does exist for the Diana apparition prophecy and that is on or near the seventh anniversary of her death in August 2004. It is so obvious, but I was using other criterion to determine the 2001-2003 vectors. Such an event really cannot happen much later than that ... I have my reasons for believing so and hopefully will relate them in the near future. Obviously, too, this could impact the timing of the Nostradamus quatrain immediately below this presentation.

 

RATING: + 0


The following prediction is not base 7-derived but is solely an interpretation of Nostradamus' Quatrain 9.74. Its success or failure has no effect whatsoever on my personal system of prediction. It could occur any year during the July/August period (the Althorp season) or at any future time when Diana's memory is venerated once more. I believe it will come to pass eventually.


Saddam City to be Bombed

 

Bombing of BaghdadQuatrain 9.74

Within the city of Fertsod, homicide,

Again and again many oxen plow, not to slaughter,

A return again to the honours of Diana,

And to Vulcan dead bodies to bury.

 

Fertsod is translated as Sodom by commentators Edgar Leoni (1961) and Erika Cheetham (1973). Sodom, therefore, may stand for Saddam. Saddam City lies in the southern suburbs of Baghdad. The "homicide" could refer to many things: an act of terrorism or military aggression by Iraq, the assassination or attempted assassination of an Israeli or an Arab leader, an attempt at "ethnic cleansing" in the Kurdish north, or the bombing of Baghdad itself. If so, this air campaign will be the most horrendous attack thus far to be visited on the Iraqi people. Their "dead bodies" will be committed to Vulcan, the god of fire, indicating massive air strikes. The reference to "oxen" plowing un-slaughtered suggests the heavy burden of U.N. sanctions will still be in place. As for the timing, Nostradamus provides us with a stunning clue: it will happen during a season when the memory of the late Princess Diana is honoured.

This occurs each year between July 1 and August 30 when the Spencer family estate at Althorp is opened to the public. If the prophecy concerning a miraculous appearance of Diana does occur in summer 2001, 2002, or 2003 this could be the specific meaning behind "a return to the honours of Diana." In that case, this quatrain could be describing an event that will occur around the same time as the Althorp miracle: a catastrophic air campaign conducted by Britain and the United States against Baghdad -- an event so horrendous, so criminal, that the spirit of Diana may cry out against the spilling of innocent blood. Alternatively, Iraq's crime may be so horrid and unpardonable that the Lady of the Lake will lament the victims and condemn Saddam's cruel regime.

It certainly does appear that this verse, Quatrain 9.74, is intimately related to Quatrain 4.24 -- the Vision at Althorp.

 

COMMENT (10/20/03): This could be the start of a new season of Diana -- a time of re-examining the circumstances of the late princess's death and the very real possibility that we shall soon know the identity of her killer or killers. It further amplifies her uncanny mystical abilities in life -- added to her interest in the supernatural and her ability to heal the sick, it now appears that she was able to see into her own future. Now is the time for us once again to reflect on Diana's life and the wonderful future the world was robbed of on the night of her all-too tragic and premature death.

It is no coincidence that as this revelation of Diana's letter surfaces, Saddam City is again living up to Nostradamus' description of it being a city of "homicide." It is now the scene of daily acts of terrorism and attacks on US soldiers, and the gathering place, a capital if you will, for an increasing number of Iraqi Shiites who follow one man: the young, firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who seeks to turn Iraq into an Islamic state patterned after Iran. Soon it may be necessary to commit Baghdad once more into the hands of the fire god Vulcan.

 

COMMENT (10/27/03): I believe we can now agree that as interest in the late Princess Diana escalates, so too does the "homicide" in Baghdad and its suburb Saddam City.

 

SADDAM CITY NEWS:
Iraq Mortar Attack Wounds 35 U.S. Soldiers - January 7, 2004.
13 Dead, 172 Wounded in IraqTerror Attacks - December 27, 2003.
Tanker explodes on Baghdad road -- at least 10 killed, 15 wounded - December 17, 2003.
20 killed in Iraq bomb - police - December 15, 2003.
Blasts Rock Baghdad as Coalition Hits Guerrillas - November 13, 2003.
U.S. helicopter crash kills 16 in Iraq -- Deadliest day for U.S. troops in Iraq since March - November 3, 2003.
42 die in Baghdad carnage - October 27, 2003.
Thirty believed dead in Baghdad blasts - October 27, 2003.
US shocked at Iraq hotel attack - October 26, 2003.
Rockets Hit Wolfowitz Iraq Hotel; U.S. Soldier Dies - October 26, 2003.

 

DIANA NEWS:
Dodi and Diana died in a car crash in a Paris underpass
Prince 'Should Be Questioned over Diana's Plot Claims' - January 7, 2004.
Diana wanted baby to bridge Christian, Muslim divide - January 7, 2004.
Yard To Probe Diana's Death - January 7, 2004.
"My Husband Is Planning An Accident" - January 6, 2004.
Diana's Letter: It Was Charles - January 6, 2004.
Diana 'plot': Paper names Charles - January 6, 2004.
Police to probe Diana death claims - January 6, 2004.
Coroner to probe death of Diana - January 5, 2004.
Diana was pregnant at time of her death, says top policeman - December 21, 2003.
'Diana Was Pregnant' - December 21, 2003.
UK to hold Diana death inquest - December 18, 2003.
Let inquiry draw line under Diana death, court told - December 17, 2003.
Fayed appeals to Scots judge over 'murder' of Diana - December 16, 2003.
'Evidence backs up' Diana murder claim - December 15, 2003.
Diana case appeal - December 15, 2003.
Court to hear 'proof Diana died by force' -- Al-Fayed seeks inquiry in Edinburgh into deaths he claims were the work of MI6 - December 14, 2003.
Diana paparazzi found not guilty - November 28, 2003.
Diana's Secret Tapes Forced Charles To Admit He Is At Center Of Royal Scandal - November 10, 2003.
Diana strikes back from beyond the grave - November 10, 2003.
Is The Future King A Queen? - November 9, 2003.
Royal rumour stories leak in Europe - November 8, 2003.
Prince Charles Denies Alleged Incident - November 7, 2003.
Papers focus on royal intrigues -- "French authorities want the body of Princess Diana to be exhumed, for post mortem tests" - November 2, 2003.
Prince William to meet Burrell - October 28, 2003.
Butler Burrell On That Gay Rape Tape - October 28, 2003.
Burrell denies betraying princess - October 27, 2003.
Queen backs William in Burrell row - October 27, 2003.
Burrell in bitter attack on palace -- Burrell threatens more revelations if Diana's name is "besmirched" - October 26, 2003.
Hewitt: I'm not sure it was an accident - October 26, 2003.
Burrell slammed as 'runaway train' - October 25, 2003.
Paparazzi deny Diana charge - October 25, 2003.
Not 'Sorry' -- Princes Object, but Butler Won't Apologize for Details About Princess Di's Lost Loves - October 24, 2003.
Princes William, Harry Criticize Butler - October 24, 2003.
Diana coroner 'waiting' to set date - October 22, 2003.
Diana forecast her death, aide says -- British royal allegedly wrote letter predicting car accident - October 20, 2003.
Dodi's Family Calls for Investigation - October 20, 2003.
Diana Letter Sensation: 'They Will Try To Kill Me' - October 20, 2003.

 

FINAL COMMENT (1/16/04): This is an actual Nostradamus prophecy in progress ... a progress that may continue for a number months or years. There can be little doubt that as renewed interest in the life and death of Diana builds, so does the mayhem and "homicide" in Baghdad. The fullest realisation of Quatrain 9.74 may yet be in the future.

Because my base 7 system was not used in regards to this prophecy, it will not be rated. Only base 7 predictions I have personally made are rated for accuracy.

Monitoring of this quatrain as it applies to 2004 continues on 2004 (Part Two). No further updates will appear here unless it is for display purposes (such as a slide show or special news page to reduce used space). All additional, relevent news reports will appear on 2004 (Part Two). This quatrain is also discussed on Revelation.


The Next War in Iraq: US and Turkey vs Iran and Syria

 

Will a comet approach earth that will take on the appearance of a flaming torch or sword?

Quatrain 2.96

A burning torch in the sky will be seen,
Near the end and source of the Rhone:
Famine, weapon: too late the assistance is provided,
The Persian turns and invades Macedonia.

 

The short-lived comet above plunged into the sun hours after this photo was taken. However, it is proof
that comets can take on strange shapes, like the "burning torch" mentioned in Quatrain 2.96.
The next major comet to approach earth is the long-anticipated Comet NEAT Q4, due to pass us in
May 2004. Astronomers feel that Q4 will not be a disappoinrtment like some of the other recent
comets seen and will be spectacular enough to rival Comet Hale-Bopp of March/April 1997.
It is quite possible that the war with Iran discussed below will spread from Turkey into Macedonia
and Greece by the time Comet NEAT Q4 graces our skies next year.

 

"No question that the Shiites are taking control of Iraq, little by little, paving the way for massive Iranian intervention. This will lead to war between US troops stationed in Iraq and the Persian Gulf and Iran, with Turkey likely attacked as well over the fate of the Kurdish north (and for being a US and Nato ally). Then Assad may make his move against Israel and the US, triggering the war prophesied by Jeremiah and in Nostradamus' Alus quatrain ..." - M McClellan

 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his clique of clerics dominate Iran Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim speaks to supporters in Basra

 

Nostradamus:

"He will enter, villainous, foul, infamous, tyrannising over Mesopotamia ..." Q8.70

"The black and angry one will make him (the US commander in Iraq) repent of it." Q6.33

 

NEW PREDICTION: 5/30/03 -- I have warned of this war often on the Email Forums, the War Room (Part One), and other pages. In Islamic prophecy, this is called the War in Byzantium -- an event also mentioned often in the quatrains of Nostradamus. With all the "Planet X" nonsense and a multitude of emails to answer, I am only getting around to posting this now, but most of you know I have held this opinion since well before the Iraq War began in March.

Whether or not a post-war Iraq becomes pacified, a new danger will come from subversive elements moving into Iraq from neighbouring Iran. The Iraqi mullah, Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, that is so popular with the Shiites in Iraq is paving the way for an Iraqi Islamic state similar to the one in Iran. The hope is to turn Iraq into a part of greater Iran. Iran also has the strongest pro-Iranian Kurd faction in power in the north: the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan).

I believe that Iran will try to stir up trouble against the US occupation force. In fact it may be the Iranians rather than pro-Saddam loyalists that are responsible for the lastest fighting. I calculate that around August 2003 Iran and pro-Iranian forces in Iraq will go to war with the US troops in Iraq. This will bring in Turkey on the side of the US, but fighting will also break out between Turks and Iranians over the future of northern Iraq (Kurdistan).

A war with Iran would be very difficult for the US and would likely drag out for some time. Complicating the situation, Syria, an ally of Iran, might attack the US from the west and launch missile strikes against Israel and Turkey. Fighting between the US and Iran would likely spread to the waters of the Persian Gulf and the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.

Iran has the most formidable military in the entire Middle East, due to its inclusion of WMD. However, their conventional forces are also quite state-of-the-art. They have been quietly assembling their weapons of war since the early 1990s to become the most powerful Islamic military power in the world.

I have often mentioned the danger of the year 2006, in part, due to the fact that that is the projection of when Iran will feel it has attained enough of a force to engage the United States in a war and possibly win. It also projects it will have full ICBM capability by that time to strike a target anywhere in the world.

Also, Iran has a very mighty military ally: RUSSIA. Unlike Iraq or even Syria, war with Iran means war with Russia. Many people are not aware of this.

It is a no-brainer, really, that war between Iran and the US IN IRAQ will lead to war between Iran and Turkey. This, in turn, will lead to war between Russia and Nato. World War III.

To view a personal vision by me that may relate to this war, open either Dream Window 1 or Dream Window 3. There is also a time line of events in the Master Dream Window where this conflict might be plotted.

 

UPDATE (7/6/03): Clearly, it is possible that Turkey too could initially become a belligerent country regarding the fate of Iraq. I never disputed that possibility. However I also believe that, in the end, the West and the US will take Turkey's side. There are just too many Nostradamus prophecies that show Turkey pitted against Iran and both Turkey and Egypt overwhelmed by enemy Islamic armies.

Of course anything could happen, I suppose.

America could become an ally of Iran if a democratic revolution should be successful and cause the overthrow of the mullahs. In an alternative future America could ally with some of the very nations it now considers as adversaries. One also can not rule out a 3 year and 7 month period of global policing by the United States and Russia as prophesied by Nostradamus (it hasn't happened yet).

I would remind many students of Islamic prophecy, however, that the "War in the Byzantine Empire" is an "end of time" prophecy and not merely a "latter days" prophecy. There is a difference. Bible scholars also should take note. I believe the "latter days," the final era of human history, are about to begin, but will last until around the year AD 2242 or AD 2243. That is another 240 years away. An "end of time" prophecy would be about events occurring during the last 7 or so years of this final age (roughly AD 2235 to AD 2243). So, the "War in the Byzantine Empire," and many Biblical "end of time" prophecies as well, can only happen now if Nostradamus was wrong about the date of Armageddon being around AD 2242-43 and the time for the return of Jesus is actually very close at hand. Of course, that would tend to make Nostradamus a false prophet (and this is always a possibility).

Personally, I believe Nostradamus had a faith in God that made him a man of great conviction. I think he believed what he wrote. Furthermore, in my book, Nostradamus and the Final Age, I demonstrate what could be the only way he saw our future after the coming World War III. Sadly, our current time and the Third World War itself remain among the scrambled verses and are subject to interpretation (which is why my interpretations of his quatrains for the current time are no better than anyone else's). But what happens after the war and for the next 230 to 240 years is written in stone. And one of the keys to unlocking that future blueprint lies in his Epistle to Henry II. There are other keys to be found in Nostradamus and by other sources, but the Epistle is a very important one. I believe I have uncovered and presented the future blueprint as Nostradamus believed it to be in my book. However, even if this is exactly what he believed would happen, he could still have been wrong.

For Jesus said He will come like a thief in the night and no man shall know the hour.

 

Geostrategy-Direct (9.15.04) - There is a secret war along the Iraqi border with Syria, and the U.S. military isn't doing well in it despite having deployed its best forces in Iraq, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, to attack Al Qaida-inspired insurgents. This is because the Marines have had almost no help from local Iraqi security officials ...

 

NEWS:
Warplanes target Fallujah
U.S. jets drop 1-ton bombs near Iraq-Syria border; strike Fallujah, Mosul - December 28, 2004.
US may strike at Ba'athists in Syria, official tells 'Post' - December 24, 2004.
Iran and Syria continue supporting terrorism -- Iraqi defense minister accuses them of concerted effort to destabilize the region; King Abdullah recently presented corroborating evidence to US - December 24, 2004.
Iran 'will defend nuclear sites' - December 22, 2004.
Bush threatens Syria, Iran with new pressure over Iraq - December 20, 2004.
Iran missiles pose threat to U.S. interests in Iraq - December 20, 2004.
U.S. War Games Simulate Attack On Iran Nuclear Sites -- War games envision 3-phases that include ground invasion - December 19, 2004.
Arab media reports on US plan to attack Iran -- US forces will infiltrate Iran's territory through Azerbaijan, Iraq and Georgia - December 16, 2004.
Bush warns Iran and Syria as Iraq election campaigning gets underway - December 16, 2004.
Iraq Accuses Iran, Syria of Backing Terror - December 15, 2004.
Bomb kills 7 near Iraq mosque -- Bush warns Syria, Iran to stay out of election process - December 15, 2004.
Iran and Syria fan the flames in Iraq - December 9, 2004.
Saddam loyalists directing insurgency from Syria - December 8, 2004.
Iran conducts largest exercise ever - December 6, 2004.
Iranian army's ground forces start war games - December 3, 2004.
US commander warns Iran, others not to underestimate US military power - November 27, 2004.
Turkey warns of plan to invade Iraq -- Military calls for massive operation into Kurdish region - November 12, 2004.
Extremists Going From Iran to Iraq - November 8, 2004.
U.S. launches assault on strongholds near Syrian border - November 1, 2004.
Syria should join nations in axis of evil - October 15, 2004.
Shells From Syria Fired at Troops in Iraq - October 14, 2004.
Iran maneuvering to deter U.S., Israel -- New combat doctrine to exploit military advantages in potential war - October 9, 2004.
U.S. Drafts Plans Against Syria - September 29, 2004.
Bush administration completes get-tough plan for Syria -- Military action could begin in as little as a few weeks - September 28, 2004.
Syria Blames Israel for US War With Iraq - September 27, 2004.
THE NEXT WAR FRONT: Kerry criticizes Bush over N Korea and Iran, urging direct engagement - September 25, 2004.
U.S. military intelligence: Saddam transferred WMD to Syria - September 24, 2004.
Clerical body in Iran calls for 'Islamic' Iraq - September 21, 2004.
US debates military strikes on 'nuclear Iran' - September 15, 2004.
Syria tested chemical arms on civilians in Darfur region - September 14, 2004.
Iraq accuses Iran of arming Sadr forces - August 10, 2004.
Iraqi defence minister warns Iran over sending of spies and saboteurs - July 26, 2004.
Push to secure Iraq's borders reveals Iran's concerns - July 23, 2004.
Iran army in new clashes with Turkish Kurds - July 10, 2004.
Iran confirms clashes withTurkish Kurd rebels - July 8, 2004.
U.S. Wants Option to Destroy Syrian WMD Bunkers - June 30, 2004.
Experts: Iran Ready to Take It to the Brink - June 29, 2004.
Iraqi Arabs flee returning Kurds -- Tens of thousands left homeless -- Contested Kirkuk seen as flashpoint - June 21, 2004.
Kurds Advancing to Reclaim Land in Northern Iraq - June 20, 2004.
Hezbollah fighters in Iraq -- Lebanese terrorist group conducts ops against U.S. - June 20, 2004.
Iran massing troops on Iraq border - June 15, 2004.
Recruiters: 10,000 in Iran said signing up for suicide missions - June 6, 2004.
Turkey mum on US plans to station warplanes at Turkish base - June 4, 2004.
U.S. shifts troops to stop fighters entering from Syria - May 31, 2004.
Iranians sign up for Iraq attacks - May 28, 2004.
Iran Stands Ready to Attack the West -- 'Our Missiles Are Ready to Strike at Anglo-Saxon Culture... There Are 29 Sensitive Sites in the U.S. and the West...' - May 28, 2004.
Iranian official threatens U.S. -- Suicide, missile attacks are ready 'to strike at Anglo-Saxon culture' - May 28, 2004.
U.S. hits Syria with sanctions - May 12, 2004.
Syria ready to 'defend' itself against U.S. -- Ambassador talks about Hamas, Hezbollah, bio-chem weapons, Iraq, more - May 11, 2004.
Marines killed in Iraq suicide blast -- Forces not withdrawing from Fallujah - April 30, 2004.
Syria's Assad backs Iraqi resistance - April 30, 2004.
Iraq attackers kill 10 US troops - April 29, 2004.
Warplane fires on Fallujah - April 28, 2004.
US renews assault on Iraqi city - April 28, 2004.
U.S. warplanes pound targets in Fallujah -- More than 60 insurgents killed near Najaf - April 27, 2004.
Strikes light up sky in Fallujah -- U.S personnel target insurgents using aircraft, ground assaults - April 27, 2004.
Renewed clashes erupt in Falluja - April 27, 2004.
US forces battle Shia militiamen - April 27, 2004.
Hezbollah deploying missiles to Iraq? -- Report says Iran-backed group assisting anti-U.S. insurgency - April 27, 2004.
Syrian capital rocked by blasts - April 27, 2004.
Damascus battle erupts near embassies - April 27, 2004.
US Warns Lebanon to Stop Hamas Support - April 25, 2004.
U.S. faces threat of nationwide Shiite uprising -- Underestimated extent to which Saddam kept Iraq together by force - April 23, 2004.
Al Sadr warns of suicide attacks if U.S.strikes -- Bulgarian soldier killed in convoy attack - April 23, 2004.
U.S. Marines engaged in 'silent war' near Syrian border - April 19, 2004.
U.S. Closes Down Roads to Baghdad -- Six Marines Killed Near Syrian Border - April 17, 2004.
U.S. intel: Syria funding Iraqi uprising -- Damascus has become key opponent of new Baghdad government - April 16, 2004.
Sadr aided by largest Shi'ite militia - April 14, 2004.
Iran, Hezbollah support Moqtada al-Sadr - April 7, 2004.
Coalition battles in Iraqi key cities - April 7, 2004.
Who are Iraq's Mehdi Army? - April 6, 2004.
Coalition forces under fire in Ramadi -- Clashes reported in seven locations across Iraq - April 6, 2004.
Iran declares war on U.S. - April 5, 2004.
Shiite hell sweeps Baghdad -- Dozens killed, 200 wounded in major uprising - April 5, 2004.
Warnings from Islam's 'messianic whirlpool' -- Jihadists in global frenzy over coming of prophesied 'Mahdi' - March 29, 2004.
Syria arrests hundreds as riots sweep the nation -- Regime blames U.S. after American flags spotted in protests - March 17, 2004.
U.S. to hit Syria with sanctions -- President empowered by new Syria accountability law - March 11, 2004.
US to slap sanctions on Syria - March 6, 2004.
Iraqi Kurds demand a voice - February 29, 2004.
Syria and Iran warned over Iraq - February 25, 2004.
Kurds demand vote on independence - February 25, 2004.
Iraq May Be Slipping Into Civil War - February 16, 2004.
Bashar Assad's Syria: The Next Target in the War on Terror - February 9, 2004.
Operative Seeks Sectarian War in Iraq - February 9, 2004.
Death Toll in Northern Iraq Blasts Soars to 101 - February 3, 2004.
At least 56 dead in Iraq suicide blasts -- Top Kurdish officials killed; many people wounded - February 1, 2004.
Twin blasts slaughter Iraqi Kurds - February 1, 2004.
US War on Terror May Spread to Syria, Report Says - January 23, 2004.
Janes: U.S. might strike Hezbollah in Bakaa - January 23, 2004.
Report: Rumsfeld considers striking Hizbullah to provoke Syria - January 22, 2004.
USA mulls Hizbullah strikes - January 22, 2004.
'Janes': US gearing for showdown with Syria - January 22, 2004.
Turkey Warns of Internal Fighting in Iraq - January 16, 2004.
Turkey warns over 'ethnic Iraq' - January 16, 2004.
Shia Muslims in show of power - January 15, 2004.
Report: US considering armed intervention in Syria - January 14, 2004.
Bush's advisers debating military force against Syria - January 10, 2004.
Hawks tell Bush how to win war on terror -- Syria, Iran, North Korea, even Saudi Arabia and France in the crosshairs - December 31, 2003.
Report: U.S. could target Iran, Syria in stage 3 - December 11, 2003.
More than 10,000 Iran militia wish for US defeat - November 30, 2003.
North Iraq hit by fresh violence - November 24, 2003.
At least 18 Iraqis killed by car bombings -- Missile damages cargo plane - November 22, 2003.
Chaos and panic in Istanbul - November 20, 2003.
Twin bombings rock Turkey - November 20, 2003.
U.S. deploys 20,000 troops near Syrian border - November 19, 2003.
Blasts Rock Baghdad as Coalition Hits Guerrillas - November 13, 2003.
U.S. Forces Launch Operation Iron Hammer - November 12, 2003.
U.S. hits area of helicopter crash - November 8, 2003.
Massive Movement of American Warplanes Takes Place in Scotland -- 'Short War' with Syria or Iran Within Next 10 Days Speculated - November 5, 2003.
U.S. helicopter crash kills 16 in Iraq -- Deadliest day for U.S. troops in Iraq since March - November 3, 2003.
Hundreds of mercenaries still crossing Syrian border into Iraq - October 29, 2003.
Saddam Regroups, Coordinates Terror Onslaught on Baghdad - October 27, 2003.
42 die in Baghdad carnage - October 27, 2003.
Thirty believed dead in Baghdad blasts - October 27, 2003.
US shocked at Iraq hotel attack - October 26, 2003.
Rockets Hit Wolfowitz Iraq Hotel; U.S. Soldier Dies - October 26, 2003.
Saddam calls for jihad, his wife takes Mideast shopping spree - October 23, 2003.
U.S. troops battle at Iraqi-Syrian border - October 15, 2003.
Syria Calls up Reserves, Fears US-Israeli Military Pincer - October 14, 2003.
Governing Council Member: Iraq Will Stand With Syria - October 13, 2003.
Turks warn Iraqi Kurds - October 13, 2003.
Cleric seeks to create Islamic republic in Iraq - October 11, 2003.
Iraq's governing council maintains opposition to Turkish troop deployment - October 11, 2003.
Kay: Saddam sent 'convoys' to Syria in months before war - October 8, 2003.
Turkey plans Iraq deployment in November - October 8, 2003.
Turkey troops 'for western Iraq' - October 8, 2003.
Turkey troops plan angers Iraq - October 7, 2003.
Turkey cabinet backs Iraq troops - October 6, 2003.
Turkey's Cabinet Approves Troops for Iraq - October 6, 2003.
Mideast Tensions Surge, U.S. Backs Israeli Self-Defense - October 6, 2003.
U.S. Cites Syria As Sponsor of Terrorism - October 5, 2003.
Russia fears extension of Mideast conflict after Israeli raid on Syria - October 5, 2003.
US troops near Syrian border stunned after Israeli attack - October 5, 2003.
U.S. losses in Iraq grow as foe 'evolves' -- Syria and Iran implicated - October 3, 2003.
U.S. Troops Take On Syrian Border - September 29, 2003.
Tehran putting its spies in Iraq - September 28, 2003.
US 101st Tackles Arab Tribes Helping Guerrillas Reach Iraq from Syria - September 22, 2003.
U.S. probe focuses on Syria weapons - September 17, 2003.
U.S.: Syria Lets Militants Kill U.S. Forces in Iraq - September 16, 2003.
Bomb hits Iraqi Kurd region - September 10, 2003.
PKK ends ceasefire with Turkey, attacks reported near border - September 3, 2003.
Ocalan Re-Ignites Turkish Kurdish Revolt - September 2, 2003.
Shiites report top leader among bombing victims -- Iraqi officials: At least 75 dead, 142 wounded - August 29, 2003.
'Iraqifada' attracts recruits globally -- Islamists coming from around world to fight U.S. - August 25, 2003.

 

Greater IranCOMMENT: The cross border attacks on Syria, the so-called "secret war" with Syria, including insurgents from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and elsewhere has shown one direction the war in Iraq may soon take. Likewise, the Shiite uprisings under Moqtada al-Sadr, and reported infiltrations in the south and north by Iranian "mercenaries," gives one another perspective on how this war may expand. The ultimate goal for Iraq by the mullahs in Iran can be seen to the immediate right:

Obviously this will not happen without a fight -- a major fight. I thought this expansion of the war into Syria and Iran would happen long before now, obviously. Still, current indications are that I will eventually be correct. But for a rating of + 1.0, it must happen by December 31, 2004. It is still a terribly close prediction.

 

RATING: + 0.66

 

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Baton Rouge Killer Captured

 

Authorities say Gina Wilson Green, Pam Kinamore and Charlotte Murray Pace, from left, were killed by the same man Baton Rouge killer composite Trineisha Dene Columb and Carrie Lynn Yoder