As Cutting Edge predicted, Russia is now firmly and aggressively firming up her role as protector of the Arab world.
February 17, 2007
Putin's diplomatic and military efforts are cementing Russia's alliances which shall lead directly to her leadership of forces as she leads the armies against Israel!
Ezekiel 38-39 alliances are taking shape, in front of our very eyes, in our Daily News!
NEWS BRIEF: "Arab experts: Putin is restoring Russia's Mideast role", Jurnalo.com, 11 February 2007
"Arab experts say that Russian President Vladimir Putin's Middle East trip .... has the primary aim of 'sending a message' to the United States that Moscow has a key role to play in this vital region and that it is high time for Washington to quit its policies of domination. The Russian president was due to arrive in oil-rich Saudi Arabia Sunday at the start of a rare Middle East trip that also takes him to the Gulf state of Qatar and Jordan."
"In his toughest-worded comments in seven years in power, Putin lashed out at the United States Saturday during the Munich Security Conference ... 'Today we are witnessing an almost uncontained hyper-use of military force in international relations', Putin said, alluding to the US. ... the Russian leader's comments indicated Moscow was 'fed up with the domination polices of US President George W Bush'. "
During this trip, we believe President Putin solidified Arab and Muslim support for Russia to be the key leader in the Middle East, thus firming up Russia as the leader who will direct the combined prophetic forces against Israel (Ezekiel 38-39).
An Egyptian member of a Middle Eastern "Think Tank" knows why Putin is making this trip now.
"In face of the receding US influence in the region due to setbacks in Iraq and other areas, the Russians now feel they can occupy the ensuing vacuum in the region ... Russia can count for achieving this end on its position as a key supplier to Iran of nuclear know-how and other strategic weapons." (Qadri Saeed, head of the military department at the Cairo-based al-Ahram Strategic Studies)
Did you catch the key statement here? America's influence in the Middle East has already receded enough to create a power vacuum! And, Russia is moving into it! Putin is traveling the Middle East at the same time Bush is threatening Iran the most!
This next story may sound too unbelievable to be true, but it backs up our understanding, as we stated, above.
NEWS BRIEF: "Saudi foreign minister: kingdom ready for nuclear cooperation with Russia", KYIV Post, Feb 14, 2007
"RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said on Wednesday that the kingdom is ready to cooperate with Russia in the military and nuclear power spheres. The comment followed a two-day visit this week by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who became the first Russian head of state to visit the kingdom. 'There are no obstacles to cooperation between the two countries in all fields concerning the military and nuclear power', Saud told reporters."
After we learned of supposed Saudi participation in the attacks of 9/11, and of her leadership in providing funds for terrorists, discerning Americans have realized that Saudi Arabia is not truly America's friend, but only puts up with us because she needs our oil dollars. This desert kingdom is far closer ideologically to Russia than to the United States.
Now that we know that "no obstacles" exist in Russian-Saudi cooperation, this next story tells us the direction in which this cooperation is going. Are you sitting down?
NEWS BRIEF: "Saudis to purchase nuclear option, advanced missiles and spy satellites off the shelf from Pakistan and Russia", DEBKAfile Intelligence, 15 February 2007
"Moscow will assist in Saudi development of a civilian nuclear program and build six 'research satellites' for the oil kingdom ... Israeli military sources report that Moscow in fact undertook to provide Saudi Arabia with half a dozen military surveillance satellites, launch them and set up ground control centers, thereby making the oil kingdom the first Middle East national with a multiple spy satellite capability for tracking the military movements of its neighbors, including Iran and Israel."
Cutting Edge posted an article in June, 2002, which reported that Saudi Arabia had purchased atomic warheads "off the shelf" from Pakistan and theater missiles from China (NEWS1660, entitled, "Mushroom Clouds In The Middle East").
Now, we are learning that Saudi Arabia is using Russian technology to upgrade her nuclear arms program!
This next segment tells us the role Pakistan is playing in this Saudi initiative.
"... the Saudis do not intend wasting time developing their own military capabilities but are going shopping for finished products ... This ceremonial led up to an epic accord of 7 secret clauses on the terms in which Pakistan would make nuclear weapons available to, and sell, Saudi Arabia nuclear-capable missiles ... Musharraf undertook to make them available in the event of a nuclear emergency facing Saudi Arabia, the Gulf emirates, Egypt or Jordan."
As the United States' influence is forced back by President Bush's policies, the Middle East is becoming a much more dangerous place. We are entering an exceedingly dangerous time in this critical region, a time seemingly foretold in Joel 2-3, as we explain in NEWS1660!
This story about Saudi Arabia buying nuclear materials "off the shelf" from Pakistan reinforces Cutting Edge assertions we made over 5 years ago. Once we knew that the Mass Medika news stories that Iraq, Iran, and North Korea were each trying to develop nuclear weapons, we felt that to be ludicrous, when Islamic militant Pakistan already possessed nuclear weapons. We felt that the logical path for these three nations to follow was to buy the weapons "off the shelf" from Pakistan. In the many articles about the nuclear programs of each of these "Axis of Evil" nations, we continually quote news sources that Pakistan was, indeed, selling such weapons.
SOURCE: Cutting Edge Ministries