President Bush to meet King Abdullah in Washington

Jerusalem Post ^ | 01 Dec 2004 | By JANINE ZACHARIA

[Thinkin' Gal]

Dec. 1, 2004 22:31

President Bush to meet King Abdullah in Washington

By JANINE ZACHARIA

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush will meet Jordan's King Abdullah on Monday in Washington to discuss Middle East developments and bilateral issues, the White House announced.

"The President looks forward to the opportunity to review regional and bilateral issues with the King of Jordan, who plays a key role in the search for stability in Iraq and for Middle East peace, and has been a staunch ally in the international fight against terrorism," the White House press secretary said in a statement released Wednesday.

Among the issues that are likely to top the agenda are January's Palestinian elections, Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and Iraq.

Also, speaking in Halifax, Nova Scotia Wednesday, President Bush, remarked on how to best help facilitate an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, described building a Palestinian democracy as the "heart of the matter."

He invited Canada to "take a broader role in the quest for peace and democracy in the Middle East," and reiterated the goal of a "viable, independent and democratic state for the Palestinian people."

"Achieving peace in the Holy Land is not just a matter of pressuring one side or the other on the shape of a border or the site of a settlement. This approach has been tried before without success. As we negotiate the details of peace, we must look to the heart of the matter, which is the need for a Palestinian democracy," Bush said.

[cmsgop]

Well he does state in his commercials that he will match the Lowest Price......

[acapesket]

I only read the excerpt, but you really have to think to yourself.. "Isn't President Bush brilliant?".... and, is he "not so smart" for stating what should have been obvious to most for the longest time. He'll be crucified in the press either way. Facts are such stubborn things!

[zencat]

Abdullah's wife is like really hot.

[MisterRepublican]

I just hope he leaves his suicide bomb belt at home.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Wed Dec 1, 7:38 AM ET

Jordan's King Abdullah (C) reviews Bedouin guards of honor on his arrival at the lower house of parliament in Amman, December 1, 2004. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

"Achieving peace in the Holy Land is not just a matter of pressuring one side or the other on the shape of a border or the site of a settlement. This approach has been tried before without success. As we negotiate the details of peace, we must look to the heart of the matter, which is the need for a Palestinian democracy," Bush said.

The title of the NG [beast] map is "Heart of the Middle East".

Great Pyramid = scale model of the earth.

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

 

In 820 A.D. the Arab Caliph Abdullah Al Manum [sic, should be Mamoun] decided to search for the treasure of Khufu. He gathered a gang of workmen and, unable to find the location of a reputed secret door, started burrowing into the side of the monument. After a hundred feet of hard going they were about to give up when they heard a heavy thud echo through the interior of the pyramid. Digging in the direction of the sound they soon came upon a passageway that descended into the heart of the structure. On the floor lay a large block that had fallen from the ceiling, apparently causing the noise they had heard. Back at the beginning of the corridor they found the secret hinged door to the outside they had missed.

Working their way down the passage they soon found themselves deep in the natural stone below the pyramid. The corridor stopped descending and went horizontal for about 50 feet, then ended in a blank wall. A pit extended downward from there for about 30 feet, but it was empty.

When the workmen examined the fallen block they noticed a large granite plug above it. Cutting through the softer stone around it they found another passageway that extended up into the heart of the pyramid. As they followed this corridor upward they found several more granite blocks closing off the tunnel. In each case they cut around them by burrowing through the softer limestone of the walls. Finally they found themselves in a low, horizontal passage that lead to a small, square, empty room. This became known as the "Queen's Chamber," though it seems unlikely that it ever served that function.

Back at the junction of the ascending and descending passageways, the workers noticed an open space in the ceiling. Climbing up they found themselves in a high-roofed, ascending passageway. This became known as the "Grand Gallery." At the top of the gallery was a low horizontal passage that led to a large room, some 34 feet long, 17 feet wide, and 19 feet high, the "King's Chamber." In the center was a huge granite sarcophagus without a lid. Otherwise the room was completely empty.

The Arabs, as if in revenge for the missing treasure, stripped the pyramid of it's fine white limestone casing and used it for building in Cairo. They even attempted to disassemble the great pyramid itself, but after removing the top 30 feet of stone, they gave up on this impossible task.

http://www.unmuseum.org/kpyramid.htm

Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

From the map overlay of the pyramid chambers and beast/sphinx map, the coordinating points and their matching symbolisms are as follows:

• Heart of the earth (the pyramid being a scale model of the earth) = the Queen's Chamber, which is Babylon/Baghdad.
• The false summit (the platform where the capstone is missing) = Amman
• The true apex (if the pyramid's capstone was intact) = Jerusalem/Zion

...
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

The Great Pyramid, broken into by the Caliph of Baghdad, one named Abdullah al Mammon er Mamoun (same root meaning). Go figure...

Babylon, the "heart" of the earth, where Mammon is king and thieves break through and steal...

[steve86]

Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Not the main subject of your posts, but many people in the west, including "successful" conservatives, have utterly failed to heed this warning as accumulation of wealth and power becomes their main vocation in life.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

A good thing I suppose, but what the good King has to do with middle east peace is beyond me.

[texasflower]

You don't know much about King Abdullah do you?

[onedoug]

I don't trust this guy. His queen is so-called palestinian. Let them take them.

(Though his kids look like Jews to me.)

[texasflower]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1632651.stm

Since his emergence from relative obscurity, Abdullah has followed a policy of continuing his father's paternalistic style of rule and moderate, pro-West political viewpoint.

snip

In the wake of 11 September, King Abdullah has emphasised to Washington the importance of finding a route to Middle East peace for the anti-terror campaign, while giving the least ambiguous backing to US military action in Afghanistan of any Arab leader.

snip

He famously donned disguises - as a TV reporter and a white-bearded sheikh - to see what conditions were really like in his kingdom.

These forays have formed part of anti-corruption efforts and initiatives to stimulate business and foreign investment, efforts which culminated in the free trade agreement with the US that was recently approved in Washington.

snip

He later took one-year courses in international affairs at Oxford and Georgetown Universities writing a masters degree thesis on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

snip

In 1980 he joined the British military academy at Sandhurst and SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY in West Germany and Britain.

snip

Although he speaks colloquial, barrack-room Arabic fluently, Abdullah speaks English better than Fusha or classical Arabic - although he has made great strides in improving his Fusha, which protocol demands for official appearances.

I suggest you read the entire article. King Abdullah is not your average Arab leader.

[texasflower]

Read up on the Queen also.

Then you won't be as prone to make such silly posts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1632614.stm

But to most people, Queen Rania is a glamorous figure and a champion for women and children's rights. She has founded numerous charities.

She is an outspoken critic of "honour killing" - the custom of men murdering any female relative found to have committed adultery or lost her virginity before marriage.

The royal couple have eschewed palace surroundings in favour of a suburban home outside Amman.

While her husband is known for mingling with his subjects in disguise, Queen Rania prefers to visit remote villages in the kingdom.

Her trips are unplanned and unannounced. She simply gets into her car and drives off with a pair of security guards in tow.

[texasflower]

Read the articles I quoted from in posts 11 and 12. The King and Queen of Jordan are the best hope for the middle east.

[dagnabbit]

Hope these "royals" also don't bring this fellow Jordanian:

[Cutterjohnmhb]

The King of Jordan is one of the better guys.(difficult to call anyone over there a good guy) Al Queda almost chem'd the district in Amman, where we and many other countries have embassies,that could have killed thousands. I think I've read where some of his folks are doing some interrogations for us.I like him better than his father so far, in his rule of the kingdom.

[Billthedrill]

Democracy in Palestine. Real democracy, not "vote for the warlord we tell you or you die."

That will effectively engage Syria on two fronts: Iraq and Palestine. Lebanon, particularly the Bekaa valley, is a festering sore courtesy of those same Syrians. Democracy in Syria, then, and a horribly messy cleanup, but better than if we don't. Then Iran.

This is going to get very interesting.

[SirLurkedalot]

"Fine white limestone casing"= Shades of Matthew 23:27 "whitewashed tombs full of dead mens bones".

[SirLurkedalot]

No kidding!

[texasflower]

Here's a little more on Queen Rania....

She received a thoroughly Western education, first at the New English School in Kuwait City and then at the American University in Cairo, where she graduated with a business degree.

Rania has pushed for education reform, fighting for better school facilities and mandatory English language training.

She is also an enthusiastic supporter of the micro-fund movement which provides financial assistance to would-be entrepreneurs. And while some say she has overstepped her bounds, she continues to discuss formerly taboo topics. "The approach should be to talk about it, bring it to the surface – not to sweep it under the rug," she insists.

And, it seems, her husband would agree. "The king chose as a bride someone he considers an equal," said Prince Zeid bin Raad, a childhood friend of Abdullah's. "He listens to her ideas. They feed each other's intellectual curiosity. They're a perfect match, two people very comfortable together, who think along the same wavelength."

Here's a couple more pictures of her, just for you guys....

[onedoug]

Oh, good. Raina is so lovely that I was afraid for a moment that Jordan wouldn't take the so-called palestinians.