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PASTOR GENERAL'
S REPORT, AUGUST 12, 1983
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funding leftist opposition groups and providing terrorist train
ing....
Western diplomats say Khadafy has two aims in Chad: a government
that will support...his revolutionary aims and recognize Libya's
1973 seizure of the Aozou strip, a 45,000-square-mile area ·be
lieved to be rich in uranium and other minerals.
We must continue to watch the two "terrible K's'' in the world--Kadafi and
Iran 's Khomeini. Of the two, the latter is probably the more dangerous. As
Otto von Habsburg said, the Shiite Muslims periodically erupt and they are
now, he said, in a "Mount St. Helens stage." If Iran defeats Iraq, look
out. Radical Islam could overturn much of the Persian Gulf states. Daniel
11: 40 could indicate a Middle East bloc infused with a jihad mentality
clashing with a Europe interestingly united by Catholicism--a modern-day
Crusades-Moslem world conflict.
U.S. Troops Go Into Honduras on August 6
And now an important update on the U.S. military involvement in Central
America. As we reported in the July 29 "On The World Scene," U.S. ground
exercises in Honduras were, according to a report in the LOS ANGELES TIMES,
to begin on August 1. This turned out not to be correct.
At the time of the July 29 report, the situation was extremely fluid with
regard to the timing of the operation. To summarize, "Big Pine II" was
initially planned as a year-end follow-up to the smaller '
'Big Pine" exer
cises of this past February, involving about 1,600 troops. In May, intel�
ligence showed increased Soviet and Cuban involvement in the region, so the
decision was made in President Reagan's National Security Council to
greatly accelerate the timing and scope of "Big Pine II."
About the time I saw reference to the lone and incorrect August 1 date,
Pentagon sources were also stating that "Big Pine II,
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involving about
4,000 troops, would begin "about August 12." Then, suddenly, with no ad
vance warning, the first contingent of. Air Force personnel arrived at
Tegucigalpa's international airport on August S. A LOS ANGELES TIMES re
porter said "there was no explanation of their early arrival." Then came
the announcement on Saturday, August 6, that, as of that day, "Big Pine II"
--now upgraded to 5,000 troops--had officially begun.
Significantly, August 6, 1983 and the two other dates mentioned in my July
29 article--Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 and the Gulf of Tonkin resolution,
August 5, 1964 (authorizing the beginning of U.S. military action in Viet
nam)--all are on the same date on the Hebrew calender, the 27th of Ab, and
are all exactly 19 years apart. The month of Ab, incidentally, is con
sidered an unfortunate one in biblical history. Both the first and second
temples were destroyed in the month of Ab. Obviously God is showing that
dark days are indeed ahead for America.
--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau