I don't think it's that the world is supposed to end on this day, it's that there may be some huge event, more probably done by Iran to facilitate the imminent return of the 12th Imam.
Pumping out the well where's he's supposed to be hiding for a millenium, now, might be a good start...
340 posted on 08/09/2006 11:14:08 AM PDT by Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)