U.S. Defense Secretary Due Here in Two Weeks
(IsraelNN.com) Defense Secretary Robert Gates of the United States is expected to come to Israel for a few hours on July 27th for hush-hush talks with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak on American steps vis-a vis the Iranian nuclear threat. They will discuss increased coordination between the U.S. and Israel and other defense matters.
Gates will be accompanied by U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell. On Thursday, Gates called the Iranian nuclear program the world's biggest threat today.
When is Ramadan in 2009?
Ramadan in 2009 will start on Friday, the 21st of August and will continue for 30 days until Saturday, the 19th of September.
Based on sightability in North America, in 2009 Ramadan will start in North America a day later - on Saturday, the 22nd of August.
Note that in the Muslim calander, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Muslims will celebrate Ramadan on the sunset of Thursday, the 20th of August.
Although Ramadan is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year, since the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar and the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar. This difference means Ramadan moves in the Gregorian calendar approximately 11 days every year. The date of Ramadan may also vary from country to country depending on whether the moon has been sighted or not.
The dates provided here are based on the dates adopted by the Fiqh Council of North America for the celebration of Ramadan. Note that these dates are based on astronomical calculations to affirm each date, and not on the actual sighting of the moon with the naked eyes. This approach is accepted by many, but is still being hotly debated.
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We have been posting ingredients as to why Ramadan is the eye of the hurricane as far as an attack by Israel is concerned. Nothing occurs in the center of the Hurricane as in the middle of the storm there is no activity. But as the Eye paseses even the wind seems to change direction.
Ramadan as a Holy Time unto Moslems, Israel will not attack Iran. This would be a "eye of the storm" and give a false sense of peace. When Ramadan is over....,
Before Ramadan is a perfect time for the Strike Israel will need to do as World events line up for the eventual fulfillment of Ezekiel's war. The weather patterns, the missile cruisers, the Cyber warfare, the Talks behind the scenes, the Administrations mixed signals, the "intel" leaks, all point ot the event occurring soon.
With each piece of the puzzle, I have said, as I do now, it won't happen today, but two weeks from now...... till Ramadan is a "window of opportunity.
This Window will be till Ramadan then after that it's logictially possible, but success rates fall dramatically each day as winter approaches in Iran. Intel is already done, it's just a matter of timing now.....
Michael James Stone
