<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794</id><updated>2012-02-19T07:36:34.253+09:00</updated><category term='fugu'/><category term='Opus Dei'/><category term='Atomic Weapons'/><category term='Jesus Christ the Lord'/><category term='Central Banks'/><category term='Jesuit'/><category term='Adam and Eve'/><category term='Yamantau - Evil Mountain'/><category term='Knights of Malta'/><category term='Nazis'/><category term='Pope'/><category term='Andrew Adler'/><category term='genocide'/><category term='Wojtyla'/><category term='SMOM'/><category term='Nizkor'/><category term='Vatican'/><category term='IMF'/><category term='Drones'/><category term='Ratlines'/><category term='snake lady'/><category term='Michael Hoffman'/><category term='owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times'/><category term='Dainichi Nyorai'/><category term='Black Nobility'/><category term='Ratzinger'/><category term='Bavaria'/><category term='Auschwitz'/><category term='Israel&apos;s Nuclear Weapons Program'/><category term='Ten Little Indians'/><category term='our Redeemer'/><category term='Bibi hums to himself'/><category term='Houses of the Dragon'/><category term='Guelph'/><category term='Pacelli'/><title type='text'>miko's blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2526498228289938473</id><published>2012-02-18T11:08:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2012-02-19T00:52:14.967+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drones'/><title type='text'>30,000 Drones</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;See - &lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/2012/02/ron-paul-on-liberty.html"&gt;The Justice of God: Ron Paul on Liberty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/U5P_x4cbJIw"&gt;30,000 Drones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width="560" height="315"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5P_x4cbJIw?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5P_x4cbJIw?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-2526498228289938473?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://youtu.be/U5P_x4cbJIw' title='30,000 Drones'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/2526498228289938473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/02/30000-drones.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2526498228289938473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2526498228289938473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/02/30000-drones.html' title='30,000 Drones'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2351072974223460726</id><published>2012-02-04T05:55:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2012-02-09T07:21:23.228+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fugu'/><title type='text'>... Fugu fish</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R7m5rE7Z66w/TyxJzkFP4eI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/6JRvoKOM19A/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R7m5rE7Z66w/TyxJzkFP4eI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/6JRvoKOM19A/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705015978179420642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Very tasty, have only licensed chef prepare it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-2351072974223460726?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/2351072974223460726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/02/fugu-fish.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2351072974223460726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2351072974223460726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/02/fugu-fish.html' title='... Fugu fish'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R7m5rE7Z66w/TyxJzkFP4eI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/6JRvoKOM19A/s72-c/2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2109809220815241998</id><published>2012-01-25T15:15:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T15:15:00.633+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Central Banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel&apos;s Nuclear Weapons Program'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atomic Weapons'/><title type='text'>The Justice of God: High tech, drugs, Intelligence networks and lying politicians.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/p/high-tech-drugs-intelligence-networks.html"&gt;The Justice of God: High tech, drugs, Intelligence networks and lying politicians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/p/high-tech-drugs-intelligence-networks.html"&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-2109809220815241998?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/p/high-tech-drugs-intelligence-networks.html' title='The Justice of God: High tech, drugs, Intelligence networks and lying politicians.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/2109809220815241998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/justice-of-god-high-tech-drugs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2109809220815241998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2109809220815241998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/justice-of-god-high-tech-drugs.html' title='The Justice of God: High tech, drugs, Intelligence networks and lying politicians.'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-8163568150545760766</id><published>2012-01-22T08:49:00.011+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T04:25:00.312+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam and Eve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Hoffman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nizkor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus Christ the Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='our Redeemer'/><title type='text'>SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: FREE WILL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;This is what is really happening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/p/power-behind-throne.html"&gt;The Power behind the Throne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/p/defense-intelligence-agency.html"&gt;Defense Intelligence Agency&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/p/exposing-evil-doing-and-praying-and.html"&gt;Exposing evil doing and praying and witnessing against it &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;This "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THE REVELATION OF THE METHOD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;" nonsense is just New Age Freemasonic babbling (Babel) speech and vain words to confuse people and subvert their free will just like this post below contains with that nonsense and calling Adam and Eve a myth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Adam and Eve are not a myth but are the parents of all mankind. It is because of their sin we need our Redeemer, Jesus Christ the Lord, without Him we are lost and damned forever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-its-bitch.html"&gt;SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: FREE WILL,....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;MICHAEL HOFFMAN: WE MUST REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOW IN THE ERA OF &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THE REVELATION OF THE METHOD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(153, 255, 0); "&gt;&lt;span style=" ;"&gt;&lt;span class="long-title" style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;span style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Comic Sans MS';" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 0); clear: both; text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/IbTGQJYgUQk/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IbTGQJYgUQk&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 229, 255); "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; font: normal normal normal 22px/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;2 comments:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div id="Blog1_comments-block-wrapper"&gt;&lt;dl class="avatar-comment-indent" id="comments-block" style="margin-left: 45px; position: relative; "&gt;&lt;dt class="comment-author " id="c2704057924753218711" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 45px; margin-left: -45px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a name="c2704057924753218711"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="avatar-image-container vcard" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 0); height: 37px; left: -45px; position: absolute; width: 37px; "&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984" rel="nofollow" class="avatar-hovercard" id="av-0-10835536121754696984" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 255, 0); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SarJ9i5jR0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/_xZJSdu0EJU/S45/scan0001.jpg" alt="" class="delayLoad" longdesc="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SarJ9i5jR0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/_xZJSdu0EJU/S45/scan0001.jpg" title="Miko" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); float: right; " height="35" width="35" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Miko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-2704057924753218711" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Adam and Eve really happened, that is why we are in this mess. True to God will win!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illuminati and Zionists are all false prophets and can be defeated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/ten-little-indians-it-has-been-rumored.html" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;miko's blog: Ten Little Indians. It has been rumored that Bibi hums this to himself.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-footer" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="comment-timestamp"&gt;&lt;a href="http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-its-bitch.html?showComment=1327175388029#c2704057924753218711" title="comment permalink" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;21 January, 2012 11:49 AM &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dt class="comment-author " id="c2175613091640557839" style="font-weight: bold; padding-left: 45px; margin-left: -45px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a name="c2175613091640557839"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="avatar-image-container vcard" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 0); height: 37px; left: -45px; position: absolute; width: 37px; "&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984" rel="nofollow" class="avatar-hovercard" id="av-1-10835536121754696984" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 255, 0); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SarJ9i5jR0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/_xZJSdu0EJU/S45/scan0001.jpg" alt="" class="delayLoad" longdesc="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SarJ9i5jR0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/_xZJSdu0EJU/S45/scan0001.jpg" title="Miko" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); float: right; " height="35" width="35" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Miko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-2175613091640557839" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The Zio-Nazi Crime Empire, the land of &lt;a href="http://1amendmentcont.blogspot.com/search/label/19%20crime%20families%20Israel-%20occupied%20Palestine" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;19 crime families Israel- occupied Palestine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-footer" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;span class="comment-timestamp"&gt;&lt;a href="http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-its-bitch.html?showComment=1327178185299#c2175613091640557839" title="comment permalink" style="text-decoration: none; "&gt;21 January, 2012 12:36 PM &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/2012/01/christians-and-muslims-face-final-trial.html"&gt;The Justice of God: Christians and Muslims face The Final Trial together&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Site of &lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/search/label/Hoffman"&gt;Hoffman&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:Georgia, Times, serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(33, 86, 112);   font-weight: bold; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-corrupt-american-media-two-examples.html" style="color: rgb(33, 86, 112); text-decoration: none; "&gt;Our Corrupt American Media: Two Examples of Chutzpagh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I do not know who this anonymous "Steve" is, but I left &lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/search/label/Hoffman"&gt;Hoffman&lt;/a&gt; a comment there to show that it is a disgusting comment he posted there -  it reeks of Israeli cyber soldier Sayan garbage, now that I think of it, much like the Nizkor comments of Hoffman himself years ago. For Nizkor, go here &lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/p/odessa-ratlines-and-argentina.html"&gt;Nizkor&lt;/a&gt; and see under: 3. Individual Nazis &amp;amp; Argentina Eichmann &lt;i&gt;Adolf Eichmann Information on the Nazi war criminal and his life from the &lt;b&gt;Nizkor&lt;/b&gt; Project. &lt;/i&gt;For Hoffman on Nizkor: &lt;a href="http://israelnationantichrist.blogspot.com/2011/11/shoah-bizness.html"&gt;Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: Shoah Bizness&lt;/a&gt; . And see: &lt;a href="http://israelnationantichrist.blogspot.com/2011/12/war-of-antichrist-against-church-and.html"&gt;Israel is the Nation of the Antichrist = Dajjal: The War of Antichrist against the Church and Christian Civilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);   font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;dt id="preview-header" class="comment-poster" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 248, 177); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal bold 122%/1.4em Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" class="comment-icon blogger-comment" alt="Blogger" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; margin-right: 4px; background-image: url(http://www.blogger.com/img/cmt/comment_sprite.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: -45px -117px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; " /&gt; &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11197760281270769367" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;ستيف في فيستا&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said...&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd id="preview-main" class="comment-body" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 248, 177); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;p id="preview-body" style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;i&gt;Comments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve said...&lt;br /&gt;It's Jewish Sharia. The reason the hate Muslims so much is because there is so little difference between them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:37 AM&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is a disgusting smear against Muslims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site &lt;a href="http://traditional-catholic-prayers.blogspot.com/2012/01/christians-and-muslims-together-final.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christians and Muslims together - The Final Trial&lt;/a&gt; shows the proper relationship and respect between Muslims and Christians.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="comment-timestamp" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 0.25em; line-height: 15px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; "&gt;3:08 PM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Comments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve said...&lt;br /&gt;It's Jewish Sharia. The reason the hate Muslims so much is because there is so little difference between them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:37 AM&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is a disgusting smear against Muslims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site &lt;a href="http://traditional-catholic-prayers.blogspot.com/2012/01/christians-and-muslims-together-final.html"&gt;Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christians and Muslims together - The Final Trial&lt;/a&gt; shows the proper relationship and respect between Muslims and Christians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See these links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beware of evil and have no part in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="widget Image" id="Image29"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Satan as the sun god&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="widget-content"&gt; &lt;a href="http://daimonionmalo.blogspot.com/2011/08/excellent-article-absolutely-evil-plan.html"&gt; &lt;img style="visibility: visible;" alt="Satan as the sun god" id="Image29_img" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1AK8fz9IGGk/Ts2_OfNAdWI/AAAAAAAADW4/3mvIeJU9Kq8/s220/lotus.jpg" height="197" width="200" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="caption"&gt;click on picture&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span class="widget-item-control"&gt; &lt;span class="item-control blog-admin"&gt; &lt;a class="quickedit" href="rearrange?blogID=2238549855654870534&amp;amp;widgetType=Image&amp;amp;widgetId=Image29&amp;amp;action=editWidget&amp;amp;sectionId=sidebar" target="configImage29" title="Edit"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h2&gt;The Evil of Twilight Language.&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="widget-content"&gt; &lt;a href="http://peacepalestinecry.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-have-mercy-on-your-suffering-ones.html"&gt; &lt;img style="visibility: visible;" alt="The Evil of Twilight Language." id="Image22_img" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iU2h3zycC-o/Tnft1LrGKcI/AAAAAAAACwE/Ql6eTmK_jPo/s220/6.jpg" height="84" width="140" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="caption"&gt;click on picture&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-8163568150545760766?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/free-will-its-bitch.html' title='SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: FREE WILL'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/8163568150545760766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/snippits-and-snappits-free-will-its.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/8163568150545760766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/8163568150545760766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/snippits-and-snappits-free-will-its.html' title='SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: FREE WILL'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SarJ9i5jR0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/_xZJSdu0EJU/s72-c/scan0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-5358046604934613856</id><published>2012-01-22T04:42:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T05:04:30.312+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ten Little Indians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bibi hums to himself'/><title type='text'>Ten Little Indians. It has been rumored that Bibi hums this to himself.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ten Little Indians. It has been rumored that Bibi hums this to himself.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;First the Zionist Communist Subversive Intelligence dialectical three super-powers built up Nazi-Communist-Republican Fascist Islamist regimes in the Middle East for their Puppet who is also the puppeteer – “&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;” and then they knock them down and then they will declare peace and security. Then comes the Jew Antichrist demanding that everyone worship him and not God. Everyone who does will go to hell forever.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Notice that a lot of things start right around 1953. Then progression goes through the decades.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Order of coming to power in public view, from earlier to latest.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;One little, two little, three little Indians (1 – Nasser’s [and Sadat] &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Egypt&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; – then to Mubarak, 2 – Throne of the Aryas’ Shah/Mullahs’ Ayatollah - &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Iran&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, 3 – &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By3eYAhmqMq2NjY3YmMzOTMtNDdkZi00N2Q4LTk5NjktYTYzZmRhMzY5MDI4"&gt;Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt; [see link]) You see triangle. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Four little, five little, six little Indians (4 – Habib Bourguiba and Ben Ali’s Tunisia and King Hassan II and King Mohammed VI’s Morocco, 5 – &lt;a href="http://1amendmentcont.blogspot.com/2012/01/bbc-on-this-day-8-1961-french-vote-for.html"&gt;FLN&lt;/a&gt; Algeria, 6 – Baathist Syria Iraq, Saddam and Assad regimes) You see from West and East in region regimes “trap” everything in between.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;{The Maghrebi, the Western North African Lands is five “countries,” they are: &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Morocco&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Algeria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Tunisia&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Libya&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, and &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Mauritania&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;}&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians (7 – Gaddafi’s &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Libya&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, 8 – Civil war and Falangist [Phalangist] twisted &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; [Lebanese civil war with a mass exodus of almost one million people from &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Musa Sadr's Amal Movement in 1974–75 – Sabra and Shatila massacre 1982], 9 – Afghanistan-Pakistan) You see disruption in West and Center and East and then uneasy “peace.” All ready to flare up again.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;{The word Falangist is from: Falange: that was the fascist party in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Spain&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; founded in 1933, from the Spanish word Falange which means Española}&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ten little Indian boys. (10 - OCCUPIED PALESTINE AT CENTER from beginning)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Order to knock down and dominate completely and finally, first ones destroyed to latest.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians (Saddam, Ben Ali, Mubarak ) You see triangle again.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Seven little, six little, five little Indians (Gaddafi, Assad? road to final &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;?, &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Iran&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;?) West and Center and East again?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Four little, three little, two little Indians (Afghanistan Pakistan?, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Algeria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Morocco&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;?, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Saudi Arabia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;?) Triangle again. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;One little Indian boy. OCCUPIED &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;PALESTINE&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; AT CENTER - JEWS THERE RULING THE WORLD THROUGH SHEER TERROR AND CRIME&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Any wonder why whole world hates ‘&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;.’&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Please everyone understand that this is their plan, it might vary but they are stuck with it. If this is not the Second Coming of Jesus Christ (with Antichrist first in all &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Israel&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; is doing) THEN THEY ARE STILL STUCK WITH THEIR PLAN. LETS BRING IT DOWN AROUND THEIR EARS. THEY SET DATES (2007 Temple to be rebuilt [40 years from 1967 war by "Israel" against Syria and Arabs, supposed to be fulfillment of biblical Prophecy - it did not happen] IT SUPPOSED TO BE ALL DONE &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;ANTICHRIST&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;TEMPLE&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; REBUILT AND EVERYTHING – THEY FAILED). JESUS CHRIST SAID NO DATE SETTING – LETS WRAP THEIR DATE SETTING AROUND THEIR EYES AND EARS AND BRING THEM DOWN.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-5358046604934613856?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/5358046604934613856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/ten-little-indians-it-has-been-rumored.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/5358046604934613856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/5358046604934613856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/ten-little-indians-it-has-been-rumored.html' title='Ten Little Indians. It has been rumored that Bibi hums this to himself.'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2042901177447451316</id><published>2012-01-21T17:36:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T02:07:54.960+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yamantau - Evil Mountain'/><title type='text'>Evil Mountain - "Yamantau" in Russian</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/israels-nuclear-weapons-program.html"&gt;miko's blog: Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(102, 187, 51); "&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; font: normal normal normal 30px/normal Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(204, 51, 0); "&gt;Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 119, 85); "&gt;&lt;div class="post-header-line-1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4748510065896253293" style="width: 818px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s1600/The-Samson-Option.jpg" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 51, 0); "&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s400/The-Samson-Option.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700125155428886178" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 291px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which leads to this in Russia. Or did it come from an earlier version of this? See Yamantau following.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2CbY9Eu4J8/Txp6ZdGbC3I/AAAAAAAAAOE/UTQtZKWnryg/s1600/052010165810topsecret3_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2CbY9Eu4J8/Txp6ZdGbC3I/AAAAAAAAAOE/UTQtZKWnryg/s400/052010165810topsecret3_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700002856117668722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yamantau Survivor's Quarters when Israel sets off the Samson Option?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Notice the strangely Freemasonic number 33 here. Why does it look so Rothschild like?)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PEJ5RXCD_KQ/Txp6ZPHgX6I/AAAAAAAAANw/jMADSLvUifE/s1600/48613.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PEJ5RXCD_KQ/Txp6ZPHgX6I/AAAAAAAAANw/jMADSLvUifE/s400/48613.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700002852364115874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You didn't think the signs would be in English or Japanese or French did you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-leHMDD3Px5s/Txp6ZBTaG1I/AAAAAAAAANk/_V98CjXzIxI/s1600/48611.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-leHMDD3Px5s/Txp6ZBTaG1I/AAAAAAAAANk/_V98CjXzIxI/s400/48611.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700002848655940434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aerial Photo Map showing underground Yamantau facilities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GhedMET4UuQ/Txp6Yw9sCVI/AAAAAAAAANc/rjpOnUaBCI4/s1600/48610.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GhedMET4UuQ/Txp6Yw9sCVI/AAAAAAAAANc/rjpOnUaBCI4/s400/48610.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700002844269873490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Underground Yamantau facilities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DceuBnKDEPo/Txp6Y73FA4I/AAAAAAAAANU/AXYsVa7i2nM/s1600/15528yamantauu2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DceuBnKDEPo/Txp6Y73FA4I/AAAAAAAAANU/AXYsVa7i2nM/s400/15528yamantauu2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700002847194940290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yamantau Facilities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yamantau - Evil Mountain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;center style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/yams.header.jpg" width="496" height="271" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:?subject=An%20interesting%20article%20I%20want%20to%20share.&amp;amp;body=I%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20article%20on%20viewzone.com%20about%20Yamantau%20--%20an%20underground%20city%20in%20Russia%20that%20is%20huge!%20Many%20think%20it%20was%20designed%20for%20a%20future%20catastrophe%20on%20Earth.%20The%20Russians%20have%20spent%20an%20enormous%20amount%20of%20the%20national%20wealth%20on%20this%20project.%20The%20link%20for%20the%20page%20is%20http://www.viewzone.com/yamantau.html%20."&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/shareit.gif" width="64" height="24" alt="Share This Site" border="0" align="right" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;An Area 51 in Russia? Some people think so and their suspicions are shared by the US Congress. Testamony was taken on Congressional suspicions of Russian complex in Yamantau Mountain, circa 1997, and can be checked with the &lt;a href="http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1997/h970619_a.htm" target="new"&gt;Congressional Record&lt;/a&gt; for that session.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Huge Anthill?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/facility/c3i/yamantau.htm%22"&gt;www.fas.org&lt;/a&gt;] -- Starting in the Brezhnev period, Russia has been pursuing construction of a massive underground facility at Yamantau Mountain and the city of Mezhgorye (formerly the settlements of Beloretsk-15 and Beloretsk-16). Russia's 1997 federal budget lists the project as a closed territory containing installations of the Ministry of Defense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;On April 16, 1996, the &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt; reported on a mysterious military base being constructed in Russia:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;"In a secret project reminiscent of the chilliest days of the Cold War, Russia is building a mammoth underground military complex in the Ural Mountains, Western officials and Russian witnesses say.&lt;p&gt;"Hidden inside Yamantau mountain in the Beloretsk area of the southern Urals, the project involved the creation of a huge complex, served by a railroad, a highway, and thousands of workers."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The complex, being built inside Yamantau mountain by tens of thousands of workers, covers an area the size of the Washington area inside the Beltway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;There are reportedly provisions for living inside the man-made caves. There is an underground warehouse for food and clothing, a shelter for the Russian national leadership in case of nulcear war, and rumors that the Yamantau Mountain project was associated with the so-called 'Dead Hand' nuclear retaliatory command and control system for strategic missiles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/facility/c3i/yamantau.htm" target="top"&gt;Full article plus map&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;Some U.S. analysts believe the secret underground complex beneath Yamantau Mountain betrays a lingering belief among top Russian leaders that they must continue to prepare to fight and win a nuclear war. Russians say they still fear the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Priors on the Record&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/yam.uralview.jpg" width="239" height="180" align="right" /&gt;It is now known that the Soviet Union used secret underground bases in Eastern Europe to conceal nuclear missiles at the end of the Cold War, as an integral part of its nuclear war-fighting strategy. In all, some 73 SS-23 missiles, packing a nuclear punch 365 times the bomb that detonated over Hiroshima, were hidden by the Soviets in violation of the INF Treaty, which went into force in June 1988.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;If war had broken out those missiles would have given the Soviets an overwhelming strategic advantage against the United States, allowing them to decimate NATO forces in Europe in a surprise attack. The last of these missiles will be destroyed by the government of Slovakia, under a grant from the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Today, Russia may be conducting nuclear deception on a far vaster scale beneath Yamantau Mountain, where it has dug out a gigantic underground military complex designed to withstand a sustained nuclear assault. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;A U.S. intelligence source was quoted as saying that the Yamantau complex is but one of some 200 secret deep underground nuclear war-fighting sites in Russia, many of which have been significantly upgraded over the past six years at a cost of billions of dollars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/yams.xap.jpg" align="right" width="222" height="270" /&gt;This declassified Defense Intelligence Agency map [right] shows the relative location of the underground Yamantau Mountain complex. Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, U.S. intelligence sources believe the Russian government has pumped more than&lt;b&gt;$6 billion into Yamantau alone&lt;/b&gt;, to construct a sprawling underground complex that spans some 400 square miles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;In 1998, in a rare public comment, then-Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) Gen. Eugene Habinger, called Yamantau&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;"a very large complex -- we estimate that it has millions of square feet available for underground facilities. We don't have a clue as to what they're doing there."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: monospace; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is believed to be large enough to house 60,000 persons, with a special air filtration system designed to withstand a nuclear, chemical or biological attack. Enough food and water is believed to be stored at the site to sustain the entire underground population for months on end.&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;"The only potential use for this site is post-nuclear war..."&lt;span&gt; --- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Bartlett is one of the handful of members of Congress who have closely followed the Yamantau project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Yamantau Mountain complex is located close to one of Russia's remaining nuclear weapons labs, Chelyabinsk-70, giving rise to speculation it could house either a nuclear warhead storage site, a missile base, a secret nuclear weapons production center, a directed energy laboratory or a buried command post. Whatever it is, Yamantau was designed to survive a nuclear war.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In response to repeated U.S. inquiries, the Russian government has provided no fewer than 12 separate and contradictory explanations for the site, none of them believed to be credible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;A 1997 Congressional Research Service report said that the vast sums invested to build the Yamantau Mountain complex "provide evidence of excessive military modernization in Russia." Russia is pouring money into this and other underground nuclear sites at the same time U.S. taxpayers have provided billions of dollars in aid to Russia to help dismantle nuclear warheads taken off line as a result of START I and START II.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"Yamantau Mountain is the largest nuclear-secure project in the world... They have very large train tracks running in and out of it, with enormous rooms carved inside the mountain. It has been built to resist a half dozen direct nuclear hits, one after the other in a direct hole. It's very disquieting that the Russians are doing this when they don't have $200 million to build the service module on the international space station and can't pay housing for their own military people,"&lt;span&gt; ---Rep. Bartlett.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Russians have constructed two entire cities over the site, known as Beloretsk 15 &amp;amp; 16, which are closed to the public, each with 30,000 workers. No foreigner has ever set foot near the site. A U.S. military attache stationed in Moscow was turned back when he attempted to visit the region a few years ago.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor the Defense Intelligence Agency will comment on what the Russians are doing at Yamantau Mountain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"There's not a lot we could say without venturing into the classified realm,"&lt;span&gt; CIA spokesman Mike Mansfield said. &lt;span&gt;"It's hard to discuss it with any specificity."&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/yams.sat.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" width="330" height="335" /&gt;This U.S. satellite photograph of the Yamantau Mountain [left] region was taken on Oct. 16, 1997. Clearly recognizable signs of excavation can be seen at the areas marked Yamantau Mountain and Mezhgorye. Two above-ground support cities, each housing 30,000 workers, are located at Beloretsk and Tirlyanskiy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The very little that is known publicly about the site comes from Soviet-era intelligence officers, who defected to Great Britain and the United States. In public testimony before a House Armed Services Subcommittee last October, KGB defector Col. Oleg Gordievsky said the KGB had maintained a separate, top-secret organization, known as Directorate 15, to build and maintain a network of underground command bunkers for the Soviet leadership -- including the vast site beneath Yamantau Mountain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"And what is interesting was that President Yeltsin and Russia's new democratic leaders are using those facilities, and the same service is still running the same facility, like it was 10, 15 years ago." &lt;span&gt;--- Col. Oleg Gordievsky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yamantau Mountain is so secret that only a handful of Russian government officials knows about it, says Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., who speaks Russian and travels frequently to Russia, chairing a congressional working group that discusses strategic issues with counterparts from the Russian Duma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"I ask the Russians about it every time I meet with them... We've never had a straight answer."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Weldon got interested in Yamantau Mountain in 1995 when he saw a public report suggesting it was a vast mining project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"I went to Moscow and spoke with the deputy interior minister who was in charge of mining," Weldon says. "I asked him if there was any mining activity there. He just shook his head and said he had never heard of it. So I mentioned the other name the Russians use for it: Mezhgorye. He said he hadn't heard of that either. Then he sent an aide out to check. Twenty minutes later, the aide came back, visibly shaken. He said they couldn't say anything about it."&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Weldon also met with Andrei Kokoshkin, a former deputy defense minister, in charge of President Yeltsin's National Security Council.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"Kokoshkin called it a public works project, and said there was nothing to worry about, since the Defense Ministry had no involvement in it. So I brought out a copy of the Defense Ministry's budget -- it's only a few pages long -- and showed him the line item for Mezhgorye. He smiled and said it must be for bridges, roads and schools. When I then asked if I could see it, he said that could only be arranged through Yeltsin. The site was controlled directly by the president."&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Weldon then tried sending a 3-page letter to Yeltsin in Russian.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;"I told him all the things I was trying to do to foster better U.S.-Russia understanding, but said that I couldn't help if they couldn't clear up something as important as this. He never replied."&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;Where's the Money Coming From?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The cause for concern is that the US is currently sending hundreds of millions of dollars to Russia, supposedly to help that country dismantle old nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, the Russian parliament has been complaining that it cannot pay $250 million in back wages owed to its workers at the same time that it is spending money to comply with new strategic arms reduction treaties.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Aviation Week and Space Technology reported that "It seems the nearly $30 billion a year spent on intelligence hasn't answered the question of what the Russians are up to at Yamantau Mountain in the Urals. The huge underground complex being built there has been the object of U.S. interest since 1992. 'We don't know exactly what it is,' says Ashton Carter, the Pentagon's international security mogul. The facility is not operational, and the Russians have offered 'nonspecific reassurances' that it poses no threat to the U.S."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The following is an excerpt from an interview between Chris Ruddy and Col. Stanislav Lunev, a Russian military intelligence officer who defected in 1992.â€  Col. Stanislav Lunev is the highest-ranking military intelligence officer ever to have defected from Russia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;You ask about Yamantau Mountain.â€  Well, this is a huge underground city, which could be used in time when many Russian cities are destroyed, but the military and political elite will survive and live until our planet will try to restore itself.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;U.S. law states that the Administration must certify to Congress that any money sent to Russia is used to disarm its nuclear weapons. However, is that the case? If the Russian parliament is complaining of a shortage of funds for nuclear disarmament, then how can Russia afford to build the Yamantau complex?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Could American funds be subsidizing a Russian weapons factory? A "doomsday" shelter? Or possibly something even more sinister? We'd like to hear YOUR opinion. Write to &lt;a href="mailto:myristicin@hotmail.com"&gt;myristicin@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img src="http://viewzone2.com/yam.uralmap.gif" width="546" /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="20"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="650" bg=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ural Mountains, which are also called the Stone Belt, extend for 2500 km from the hot Kazakh steppes to the frozen coast of the Arctic Ocean. Geographers divide the Urals into five regions: South, Middle, North, Subarctic and Arctic Urals. The widest part of the Urals is called the South Urals, and comprises dozens of parallel ridges, bounded in the north and in the south by the valleys of Ufalei River and Ural River respectively. Steppe and forest-steppe landscapes are typical of the foothills in this part of the Urals. Higher in the mountains, the hillsides are covered with mixed forests and the highest peaks, like islands, emerge among the green ocean of forest. The highest mountains of the South Urals - Yamantau (1640 m) and Bolshoi Ieremele (1582 m) - are located in the western row of ridges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://viewzone2.com/yamantau.html&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;See this link.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://the-final-trial.blogspot.com/2011/10/communist-world-government-goal-of.html"&gt;The Final Trial: Communist World Government: The Goal of Communism&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-2042901177447451316?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/2042901177447451316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/evil-mountain-yamantau-in-russian.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2042901177447451316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2042901177447451316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/evil-mountain-yamantau-in-russian.html' title='Evil Mountain - &quot;Yamantau&quot; in Russian'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s72-c/The-Samson-Option.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-4748510065896253293</id><published>2012-01-21T16:38:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T01:37:04.328+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel&apos;s Nuclear Weapons Program'/><title type='text'>Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s1600/The-Samson-Option.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 291px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s400/The-Samson-Option.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700125155428886178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/index.html"&gt;Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Home.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="Home" height="50" src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Home.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Search.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="search" height="50" src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Search.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/index.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="HEW Archive" height="50" src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Trefoil.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/index.html"&gt;&lt;img alt="Israel" height="50" src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Israelflg2.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img alt="Disclaimer" width="423" height="50" src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Disclaimer.gif" /&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;i&gt;Last changed 10 December 1997&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel is believed to possess the largest and most sophisticated arsenal outside of the five declared nuclear powers. Israel has never admitted possessing nuclear weapons, but abundant information is available showing that the capability exists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Isrhist.html"&gt;A short essay on the history of Israel's nuclear weapons program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Isrsa497.txt"&gt;April 1997 revelations about Israeli-South African nuclear collaboration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The center of Israel's weapons program is the Negev Nuclear Research Center near the desert town of Dimona (the center is usually identified simply as "Dimona"). A nuclear reactor and plutonium production facility was built by France at this facility in the late 1950s and early 60s. All of the production and fabrication of special nuclear materials (plutonium, lithium-6 deuteride, and enriched and unenriched uranium) occurs at Dimona although the design and assembly of nuclear weapons occurs elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimonanews.txt"&gt;October 1997 news stories about workers health and safety at Dimona&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table border="1"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;Click on images for close-ups&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/4_dim_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/4_dim_01s.jpg" width="149" height="125" alt="Dimona from space" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;This is an image of the Dimona facility taken by a US Corona spy satellite in 1971 (Mission 1115-2, 29 September 1971, Frame: 52, 53). It is physically impossible to take a similar image within the atmosphere as Israel jealously protects the airspace above Dimona. In the 1960s an Israeli Airforce Mirage was shot down when it accidentally ventured too close to Dimona.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/4_dim_03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/4_dim_03s.jpg" width="138" height="125" alt="Dimona from space" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;A closeup of the same Corona frames.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimona_compare.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimona_compares.jpg" width="143" height="125" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Side-by-side comparison of a Corona image and the much lower resolution SPOT commercial imaging satellite. The SPOT image lables the Dimona nuclear reactor dome and Machon 2 which houses the plutonium separation plant.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;Satellite images courtesy John Pike at the Federation of American Scientists, see the FAS &lt;a href="http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/"&gt;Intelligence Resource Program page.&lt;/a&gt; The SPOT Image was acquired and exploited by Peter Zimmerman.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimona1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimona1s.jpg" align="MIDDLE" width="124" height="104" alt="Dimona Reactor Dome" /&gt;The Dimona Reactor Dome (courtesy Mordechai Vanunu) (34 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu2s.jpg" align="LEFT" width="102" height="163" alt="Mordechai Vanunu" /&gt;Mordechai Vanunu (17 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The most specific and detailed information to be made public about its nuclear program came from a former mid-level nuclear technician named Mordechai Vanunu. Vanunu had worked at the Machon 2 facility, where plutonium is produced and bomb components fabricated, for 9 years before his increasing involvement in left wing pro-Palestinian politics led to his dismissal in 1986. Due to lax internal security, prior to his departure he managed to take about 60 photographs covering nearly every part of Machon 2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu1s.jpg" align="LEFT" width="100" height="146" alt="Mordechai Vanunu" /&gt;Mordechai Vanunu (35 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After travelling around the world for several months in Bohemian style, he converted to Christianity in Australia. The religious group he associated with has an activist anti-nuclear bent and he soon decided to make public his knowledge of Israel's nuclear weapons capability. He made contact with the &lt;i&gt;London Sunday Times&lt;/i&gt; which flew him to London and began preparing an exclusive news story. Unfortunately for Vanunu, the Israeli government had found out about his activities and the Mossad arranged to kidnap him and bring him back to Israel for trial.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu3a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu3s.jpg" align="LEFT" width="173" height="136" alt="Mordechai Vanunu palming the evidence" /&gt;Mordechai Vanunu revealing details of his capture (39 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Vanunu3.jpg"&gt;For an even bigger image (57 K) click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He was successfully lured into a trap by a female Israeli agent named &lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Bentov.txt"&gt;Cheryl Bentov&lt;/a&gt; operating under the name of "Cindy". His sudden disappearance before the publication of the Sunday Times story was mysterious at the time. The story was finally published several days later on 5 October 1986. A few motnhs later Vanunu's status as a prisoner of the Israeli government was confirmed when it was revealed that he would stand trial. Despite being essentially incommunicado, Vanunu managed to reveal details of his capture in dramatic fashion when he wrote the information on the palm of his hand, and held it up for news photographers as he was being whisked away from the courthouse.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As described by Vanunu, the Dimona complex has nine buildings ("Machons", Hebrew for "facility") including to the reactor building. The plant employs 2700 people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimonacntrl.jpg"&gt;Control room of the Machon 2 plutonium separation plant (courtesy Mordechai Vanunu) (31 K)&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Dimonacntrls.jpg" align="MIDDLE" width="126" height="104" alt="Machon 2 Control Room" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 1 is the reactor building with its 60 foot silver dome.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 2 is where Vanunu worked, along 150 other people. From outside, Machon 2 is a nondescript two story windowless building 80 feet wide and 200 feet long. The above-ground structure houses an air filtration plant, some offices, storage space, and a worker's canteen. Also in the structure is the entrance to limited access elevators that transport people to the six underground levels, extending eightly feet below the surface. This hidden area houses an automated Purex plutonium separation plant, plutonium fabrication and reclamation shops, and fabrication shops for bomb components made out of lithium deuteride and beryllium. The separation plant is housed in a production hall (called "The Tunnel" that occupies the first four levels. Level 5 is the fabrication area for plutonium, lithium deuteride, and beryllium. The Tunnel normally operates one 34 week long "production campaign" each year, being closed for servicing and refurbishment the rest of the year.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 3 is a chemical plant that produces lithium-6 deuteride and also processes natural uranium and fabricates reactor fuel rods.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 4 is a waste treatment plant for the radioactive effluent from the plutonium extraction process in Machon 2 . This plant presumably converts the waste products for convenient disposal, and may also separate the uranium for reuse.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 5 coats the uranium fuel rodes with aluminum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 6 is the physical plant for Dimona, providing power and other services.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 8 (there is no Machon 7) contains a laboratory for testing and process development. This building houses Unit 840, which operates gas centrifuges for enriching uranium.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 9 houses a laser isotope enrichment plant, also for enriching uranium.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Machon 10 produces depleted uranium metal for anti-armor ammunition use.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bomb components made of plutonium, lithium-6 deuteride, and beryllium are fabricated in level 5 of Machon 2. They are transported by convoys of unmarked cars to the warhead assembly facility, operated by Rafael north of Haifa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The principal uncertainty in evaluating Israel's weapon production capability is the actual power level of the Dimona reactor. It has long been believed that Israel has upgraded the reactor repeatedly to increase its plutonium production. Vanunu claimed that Israel possessed 100-200 nuclear weapons (implying some 400-800 kg of plutonium) and can produce 40 kg of plutonium a year. This production figure indicates an average operating power of 150 MW thermal. Analysts generally discount figures this high, and the consensus is that it was initially operated at 40 MW and was upgraded to 70 MW sometime before 1977. A 1996 study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) produced a somewhat lower range of estimates, concluding that Israel has produced 330-580 kg of plutonium through 1995, enough for a stockpile of 80-150 efficient weapons (the extreme estimate range was 190 to 880 kg).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vanunu provided information indicating that the uranium fuel is subjected to burnups of 400 MW-days/tonne, a figure similar to that used by the US early in its weapons production program. This results in a high grade plutonium with a Pu-240 content of 2%. According to Vanunu 140 fuel rods are irradiated for periods of about three months before discharge for plutonium extraction. At 70 MW the Dimona reactor would consume some 48 tonnes of fuel a year and produce about 18 kg of plutonium.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vanunu also claimed that Israel possessed fusion boosted weapons, and has developed hydrogen bomb technology. He provided information about both lithium-6 and tritium production. He stated that initially tritium was produced by a facility in Machon 2 called Unit 92 by separating it from the heavy water moderator where it is produced in small amounts as a by-product. In 1984 production was expanded when a new facility called Unit 93 was opened to extract tritium from enriched lithium that had been irradiated in the reactor. The large scale production of tritium by Israel has been confirmed by South Africa, which received a shipments of tritium totalling 30 g during 1977-79. This clearly indicates tritium production on a scale sufficient for a weapon boosting program. It is difficult to find any other rationale for such a large tritium production capability except some sort of thermonuclear weapon application.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Isrbmbmodel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Isrbmbmodels.jpg" align="LEFT" width="102" height="120" alt="Israeli Bomb Model" /&gt;Mock-up of an Israeli Bomb (courtesy Mordechai Vanunu) (46 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is quite difficult to develop gas fusion boosting technology like that used in US weapons and weapons tests are probably essential. Although radiation implosion weapons could be developed without testing, they would tend to be large and heavy and would perhaps be incompatible with Israel's available delivery systems. It is quite possible then that a Sloika/Alarm Clock type system has been developed using lithium-6 deuteride fuel surrounding the plutonium core (in fact a weapon mock-up photographed by Vanunu appears to be this type of weapon). Tritium could be used to spike the fusion fuel and boost the yield, just as the Soviets did with the 400 Kt "Joe-4".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bomb components made of plutonium, lithium-6 deuteride, and beryllium are fabricated in level 5 of Machon 2. They are transported by convoys of unmarked cars to the warhead assembly facility, operated by Rafael north of Haifa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hersh reports (without any stated source) that Israel has developed an extensive array of tactical nuclear weapons: efficient compact boosted fission bombs, neutron bombs (allegedly numbering in the hundreds by the mid-eighties), nuclear artillery shells, and nuclear mines. With an arsenal that is quite possibly in excess of 100 weapons it is likely that some of the nuclear materials would be applied tactical weapons. Boosted bombs are doubtful, as are neutron bombs, due to problems with development in the absence of a significant testing program. Neutron bombs also require very large amounts of tritium (20-30 g per weapon) which would impact the production of plutonium quite seriously (each gram of tritium displaces 80 grams of plutonium production). Artillery shells are also doubtful due to their wastefulness in plutonium. Tactical weapons are probably aircraft or missile delivered, or are pre-emplaced mines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Burrows and Windrem claim (without indicating a source) that Israel has produced 300 warheads, including those that have since been dismantled. They place the current arsenal at about 200 weapons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Several reports have surfaced claiming that Israel has some uranium enrichment capability at Dimona. Vanunu asserted that gas centrifuges were operating in Machon 8, and that a laser enrichment plant was being operated in Machon 9 (Israel holds a 1973 patent on laser isotopic enrichment). According to Vanunu the production-scale plant has been operating since 1979-80. The scale of a centrifuge operation would necessarily be limited due to space constraints, and might be focused toward enriching depleted reactor fuel to more efficiently use Israel's uranium supply. A laser enrichment system, if developed to operational status, could be quite compact however and might be producing weapon grade material in substantial quantities. If highly enriched uranium is being produced in substantial quantities, then Israel's nuclear arsenal could be much larger than estimated solely from plutonium production.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reports that Zalman Shapiro, the American owner of the nuclear fuel processing company NUMEC, supplied enriched uranium to Israel in the 1960s seems to have been authoritatively refuted by Hersh.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel produces uranium domestically as a by-product of phosphate mining near the Dead Sea but this amounts to only 10 tons a year, and is grossly insufficient for its needs. Israel has addressed this shortfall by reprocessing the low burnup spent fuel to recover uranium (which most nations do not do). It is also known to have purchased at least 200 tons of natural uranium on the world market under an alias. A major source though was some 600 tons of uranium provided by South Africa in a quid pro quo for Israel's assistance on its weapons program. Combined with uranium recycling, and the possible use of enrichment to stretch the uranium supply, these quantities may be sufficient to account for Dimona's fuel supply to the present date (1997).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel can undoubtedly deploy nuclear weapons using its capable air force. The aircraft and crews dedicated to nuclear weapons delivery are located at the Tel Nof airbase. Originally the F-4 Phantom II acquired in 1969 was probably the designated carrier, today it would be the F-16. The F-16 has an unrefueled radius of action of 1250 km, extending out to western Iran, the shores of the Black Sea, Riyadh, or the Libyan border. With refueling it can travel much farther of course, and an unrefueled one-way mission could take it as far as Moscow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel also possesses medium-range ballistic missiles: the Jericho-1 (Ya-1 "Luz") with a 500 kg payload, and a range of 480-650 km (operational since 1973); and the Jericho 2 (either Ya-2 or Ya-3) with a 1000 kg payload and a range of over 1500 km (operational since 1990). Under development is the Jericho-2B with a range of 2,500 km. These missiles were almost certainly developed specifically as nuclear delivery systems (although chemical warheads cannot be ruled out). About 50 Jericho-1s and 50 Jericho-2s are believed to have been deployed. Israel also has a 100 or more US supplied Lance tactical missiles, with a range of 115 km (72 miles). Although these were supplied with conventional warheads, they could have been outfitted with nuclear or chemical ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Jericho 1&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is believed to be named &lt;i&gt;Luz&lt;/i&gt; and designated YA-1 by Israel. It is based on the French missile MD-600 built by Dassault and was developed during the 1960s.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Specifications&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Length: 10 m&lt;br /&gt;Width 1.0 m&lt;br /&gt;Launch weight 4500 kg&lt;br /&gt;Propulsion: Two stage solid propellant&lt;br /&gt;Range: 500 km&lt;br /&gt;Payload: 500 kg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Jericho 2&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jericho-2 development is indigenous, and started soon after the Jericho-1 was deployed. Test launches began in 1986 and the first two had ranges of 465 km (1986) and 820 km (1987). The Jericho-2 shares the first two stages of the civilian Shavit (Comet) space launch vehicle, which has launched Israel's four satellites, the Offeq-1, 2, and 3 reconnaissance satellites, and the Amos communications satellite.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Shavit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/Shavits.jpg" align="LEFT" width="90" height="242" alt="Shavit Space Launch Vehicle" /&gt;Shavit space launch vehicle, Offeq-2 launch on 3 April 1990 (13 K)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Specifications&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Length: 12 m&lt;br /&gt;Width 1.2 m&lt;br /&gt;Launch weight 6500 kg&lt;br /&gt;Propulsion: Two stage solid propellant&lt;br /&gt;Range: 1500 km&lt;br /&gt;Payload: 1000 kg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Jericho 1 and 2 are deployed near Kfar Zachariah and Sderot Micha in the Judean foothills, about 23 km east of Jerusalem (and about 40 km southeast of Tel Aviv). Located a few kilometers to the northwest is Tel Nof air base. Images of the missile complex made by commercial satellites have been published in recent years, and September 1997 &lt;i&gt;Jane's Intelligence Review&lt;/i&gt; published a 3-D analysis of high resolution pictures taken by the Indian IRS-C satellite.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The complex is compact - smaller than 6 km x 4 km. The missiles are mobile, being deployed on transporter-erector-launchers (TELs), and are based in bunkers tunneled into the side of the limestone hills. There are no signs of missile silos. TELs require firm, accurately leveled ground in order to launch, and maximum missile accuracy requires pre-surveyed launch points. Consequently there are a number of prepared launch pads (paved culs-de-sac) connected to these bunkers by paved roads. Images of an actual Jericho 2 TEL indicate that it is about 16 m long, 4 m wide, and 3 m high. It is accompanied by three support vehicles (probably a power supply vehicle, a firing control vehicle, and a communications vehicle). The Zachariah missile base was enlarged between 1989 and 1993 during the Jericho-2 deployment. A few kilometers north of Tel Nof is the Be'er Yaakov factory where the Jericho missiles and the Shavit are believed to have been manufactured.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From its deployment location in central Israel the Jericho-1 missile can reach such targets as Damascus, Aleppo, and Cairo. The Jericho-2 can reach any part of Syria or Iraq, and as far as Teheran, and Benghazi, Libya. The Jericho-2B will be able to reach any part of Libya or Iran, and as far as southern Russia. The short range of the Lance limits it mainly to battlefield use, although the Syrian capital of Damascus is in range from much of northern Israel. According to &lt;i&gt;Jane's World Air Forces&lt;/i&gt;, Israel has three Jericho-equipped missile squadrons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also located at the site are a group of 21 bunkers thought to contain nuclear gravity bombs. Five of the larger ones are about 15 m wide and 20 m long, and rise 6 m above ground.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel has taken active steps to prevent nations that are officially at war with it from acquiring nuclear capabilities. The bombing of the Osiraq reactor in Iraq in 1981 is the most famous case, but an earlier sabotage of the reactor core in France prior to shipment is probably attributable to Mossad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel's official policy is that it will not be the first nation to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. In contrast to the coy hinting of some undeclared weapon's states, Israel thus actively denies possessing nuclear weapons. Its obvious capability in this regard has thus established de facto deterrence, while minimizing (but not eliminating) domestic and international controversy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-4748510065896253293?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Israel/index.html' title='Israel&apos;s Nuclear Weapons Program'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/4748510065896253293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/israels-nuclear-weapons-program.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/4748510065896253293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/4748510065896253293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/israels-nuclear-weapons-program.html' title='Israel&apos;s Nuclear Weapons Program'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PURJOzCkef0/TxrpoNibZqI/AAAAAAAADxw/r2jR252u4BY/s72-c/The-Samson-Option.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-1992952504895681856</id><published>2012-01-21T14:54:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T16:23:15.687+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Andrew Adler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times'/><title type='text'>Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama | Israeli Occupation Archive</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;If any one else had done this they would be in prison as a terrorist and rightfully so, but let a Jew do it and everyone shrugs their shoulders and says oh well you know "the holocaust" (which never happened and even if it had it could never justify what Adler has done). The US. Dept. of Justice should issue an immediate order for Adler's arrest.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;It seems that John F. Kennedy's assassination by Mossad-CIA wasn't enough for them.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2012-01-20/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama/"&gt;Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama | Israeli Occupation Archive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="headline_area"&gt; &lt;h1 class="entry-title"&gt;Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p class="headline_meta"&gt;&lt;abbr title="2012-01-20" class="published"&gt;20 January 2012&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="format_text entry-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate US President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;IOA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Editor:&lt;/strong&gt; One can only imagine what would have happened if, say, an Arab American were to utter such an immoral and stupid suggestion: they’d be put away for quite some time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="attachment_29364" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 468px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOzT8z6xTGI/TxpnwWH-w3I/AAAAAAAAANI/JQqm23RQ2aM/s1600/aipac-obama.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOzT8z6xTGI/TxpnwWH-w3I/AAAAAAAAANI/JQqm23RQ2aM/s400/aipac-obama.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982358661219186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Obama at AIPAC convention - May 2011&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Chemi Shalev, Haaretz – 21 Jan 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama-1.408429" target="_blank"&gt;www.haaretz.com/news/international/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama-1.408429&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Op-ed in Atlanta Jewish Times says the slaying of the president may be an effective way to thwart Iran’s nuclear program&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="innerArticle"&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK – The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate U.S. President Barack Obama so that his successor will defend Israel against Iran.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adler, who has since apologized for his article, listed three options for Israel to counter Iran’s nuclear weapons in an article published in his newspaper last Friday. The first is to launch a pre-emptive strike against Hamas and Hezbollah, the second is to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and the third is to “give the go-ahead for U.S.-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the United States’ policy includes its helping the Jewish state obliterate its enemies.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adler goes on to write: “Yes, you read “three correctly”. Order a hit on a president in order to preserve Israel’s existence. Think about it. If have thought of this Tom-Clancy-type scenario, don’t you think that this almost unfathomable idea has been discussed in Israel’s most inner circles?”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adler apologized yesterday for the article, saying “I very much regret it; I wish I hadn’t made reference to it at all,” Adler told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. And in an interview with Gawker.com, Adler denied that he was advocating an assassination of Obama.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The American Jewish Committee in Atlanta last night issued a harsh condemnation of Adler’s article, saying that his proposals are “shocking beyond belief.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“While we acknowledge Mr. Adler’s apology, we are flabbergasted that he could ever say such a thing in the first place. How could he even conceive of such a twisted idea?” said Dov Wilker, director of AJC Atlanta. “Mr. Adler surely owes immediate apologies to President Obama, as well as to the State of Israel and his readership, the Atlanta Jewish community.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, also blasted Adler on Friday, saying&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; “There is absolutely no excuse, no justification, no rationalization for this kind of rhetoric.  It doesn’t even belong in fiction.  These are irresponsible and extremist words.  It is outrageous and beyond the pale.  An apology cannot possibly repair the damage. Irresponsible rhetoric metastasizes into more dangerous rhetoric.  The ideas expressed in Mr. Adler’s column reflect some of the extremist rhetoric that unfortunately exists — even in some segments of our community — that maliciously labels President Obama as an ‘enemy of the Jewish people.’ Mr. Adler’s lack of judgment as a publisher, editor and columnist raises serious questions as to whether he’s fit to run a newspaper.”&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="post_tags"&gt;Tagged as:      &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/diplomacy/" rel="tag"&gt;diplomacy&lt;/a&gt;,       &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/iran/" rel="tag"&gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt;,       &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/jewish-world/" rel="tag"&gt;Jewish World&lt;/a&gt;,       &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/mossad/" rel="tag"&gt;Mossad&lt;/a&gt;,       &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/obama/" rel="tag"&gt;Obama&lt;/a&gt;,       &lt;a href="http://www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/us-israel/" rel="tag"&gt;US-Israel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-1992952504895681856?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.israeli-occupation.org/2012-01-20/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama/' title='Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama | Israeli Occupation Archive'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/1992952504895681856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/01/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/1992952504895681856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/1992952504895681856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/01/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper.html' title='Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama | Israeli Occupation Archive'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tOzT8z6xTGI/TxpnwWH-w3I/AAAAAAAAANI/JQqm23RQ2aM/s72-c/aipac-obama.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-922314004260053976</id><published>2012-01-21T03:43:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T04:28:33.415+09:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snake lady'/><title type='text'>Snake</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-woman-and-adder.html"&gt;SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: THE OLD WOMAN AND THE ADDER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Funny story but stupid, it not happen that way. Old woman take snake home and cook and eat it. Just like we do for centuries in Asia. We are not afraid of snakes including fakes who pretend that China and Iran and Russia will gang up on United States. Not true. It is United States and Russia and China that support Israel, since Triad of Superpowers kill John F. Kennedy. Iran always has been their puppet and still is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Talking about snakes, the snakes today in human skin are transnational drug dealing bastards in high and low positions. All snakes and should be made into stew by police and courts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2012/01/old-woman-and-adder.html"&gt;SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: THE OLD WOMAN AND THE ADDER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long ago, an old woman lived up on the side of Fujiyama. She grew herbs and made artworks and was known as a talented healer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Late one autumn, on returning from the town and a successful sale of that summer’s crop, an abrupt fall of snow occurred and she was still miles from her mountainside home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On her return home, She came upon a snake on the path, likewise caught by the snow and too stiff to reach shelter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“P-P-Please help me!” cried the snake. “I shall surely die here!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The old woman said, “You are a poisonous snake and you will surely bite and kill me if I try to help you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“No, I shall be so grateful”, said the snake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Against her better judgment, she picked up the cold, stiffening adder and hurried home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On arriving, she built a fire and put the snake on a pillow in front of the fire to get warm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“There are plenty of mice in the barn; you can stay there until spring”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After some time, the snake could move again. When the old woman went to pick up the snake to take it to its new home, the snake bit her on the hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ouch!! She cried, terrified at having been bitten by the poisonous predator. “You bit me after I saved your life and you promised not to bite me!” she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Now I shall get sick and die!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You have no one to blame but yourself” he said. “You knew I was a snake when you picked me up.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wSIi9hmD0g/Txm19mht9YI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ndhbqQl3mPc/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wSIi9hmD0g/Txm19mht9YI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ndhbqQl3mPc/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699786873332692354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The harmless hog- nosed snake pretends to be dangerous, too. It opens its mouth and hisses. It pretends it's going to bite. But then if its enemy isn't frightened, it pretends to be dead. It rolls over onto its back and lies still. Most animals don't like to eat dead snakes so the enemy usually goes away. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old women kill, eat snakes. Snakes don't bite old women. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FEzkgxn4zRM/Txm6Gz6CGXI/AAAAAAAAAMw/riQ0nITUajE/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FEzkgxn4zRM/Txm6Gz6CGXI/AAAAAAAAAMw/riQ0nITUajE/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699791429589670258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here is recipe if you like it, straight from approved source.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9hPsPRSgAwI/Txm6LWnCvrI/AAAAAAAAAM8/kXjF2P92uW0/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9hPsPRSgAwI/Txm6LWnCvrI/AAAAAAAAAM8/kXjF2P92uW0/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699791507624738482" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Very yummy, you must try sometime. I will help you to.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-922314004260053976?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/922314004260053976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/snake.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/922314004260053976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/922314004260053976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2012/01/snake.html' title='Snake'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wSIi9hmD0g/Txm19mht9YI/AAAAAAAAAMk/ndhbqQl3mPc/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-3765627139626102819</id><published>2011-12-25T00:00:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T00:00:08.468+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christmas is for all men</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://traditional-catholic-prayers.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-is-for-all-men.html"&gt;Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christmas is for all men&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;No other feast, not even Easter, was more solemnly proclaimed by the Holy Catholic Church than that of Christ's birth. The dates given are true. The announcement proclaims the Truth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;"In the 5199th year of the creation of the world, from the time when God in the beginning made out of nothing the heavens and the earth; the 2957th year after the flood; the 2015th year from the birth of Abraham; the 1510th year from Moses and the going-out of the people of Israel from Egypt; the 1032nd year from the anointing of David king; in the 65th week according to the prophecy of Daniel; in the 194th olympiad; the 752nd year from the foundation of the city of Rome; the 42nd year of the rule of Octavian Augustus, all the earth being at peace, in the sixth age of the world: Jesus Christ, the eternal God and Son of the eternal Father, willing to consecrate the world by His most merciful coming, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and nine months having passed since His conception, was born in Bethlehem of Juda of the Virgin Mary, being made man.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE FLESH."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Commenting on this wonderful feastday, Butler's Lives of the Saints continues with the following reflections.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;"Christ's life is the gospel reduced to practice. He instructs us at His very birth, beginning first to practice, then to preach. The manger was His first pulpit, and from it He teaches us the cure of our spiritual maladies. He came among us to seek our miseries, our poverty, our humiliation, to repair the dishonor our pride had offered to the Godhead, and to apply a remedy to our souls. And He chose a poor mother, a little town, a stable.He who adorns the world and clothes the lilies of the field beyond the majesty of Solomon is wrapped in clouts and laid in a manger. This He chose to be the very sign of His identity. `This shall be a sign to you', said the angel to the shepherds. `You shall find the child wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger.' It is a powerful instruction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;'The grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men, instructing us', says the Apostle,`all men, the rich and the poor, the great and the small, all who desire to share His grace and His kingdom, instructing us in the first place in humility.' What is the whole mystery of the Incarnation but the most astonishing humbling of the Deity? To expiate our pride the eternal Son of God divests Himself of His glory and takes the form of man in his every circumstance save sin. Who would not think that the whole creation would be overwhelmed with the glory of His presence and tremble before Him? But nothing of this was seen. `He came not', says St. John Chrysostom, `so as to shake the world at the presence of majesty; not in thunder and lightning as on Sinai; but He came quietly, no man knowing it. "`&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Sermon On the Nativity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by St. Augustine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1) Hear, O sons of light, who have been received by adoption into the kingdom of God; hear, my very dear brethren; hear and be glad in the Lord, ye just ones, so that praise may become the upright.[1] Hear what you already know; reflect upon what you have heard; love what you believe; proclaim what you love. Since we are celebrating a great anniversary on this day, you may expect a sermon in keeping with the feast. Christ as God was born of His Father, as Man of His Mother; of the immortality of His Father, of the virginity of His Mother; of His Father without a mother, of His Mother without a father; of His Father without limits of time, of His Mother without seed; of His Father as the source of life, of His Mother as the end of death; of His Father ordering all days, of His Mother consecrating this particular day.[2]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(2) God sent John to earth as His human Precursor so that he was born when the days were becoming shorter while the Lord Himself was born when the days were growing longer, that in this minute detail the subsequent words of this same John might be prefigured: 'He must increase, but I must decrease.'[3] For human life ought to grow weaker in itself and stronger in Christ, that 'they who are alive may live no longer for themselves, but for him who died for all and rose again,' and that each one of us may say in the words of the Apostle: 'It is now no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me.'[4] For 'he must increase, but I must decrease.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All His angels worthily praise Him, for He is their everlasting food, nourishing them with an incorruptible feast. He is the Word of God, by whose life they live, by whose eternity they live forever, by whose goodness they live happily forever. They praise Him worthily, as God with God, and they render glory to God on high. May we, 'his people and the sheep of his hand,'[5] reconciled to Him by our good will, merit peace in consideration of the limited measure of our weakness. For these words to which the angels themselves gave utterance in jubilation at the birth of our Saviour are their daily tribute: 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men of good will.'[6] Therefore, they praise Him duly: let us praise Him in obedience. They are His messengers; we, His sheep. He filled their table in heaven; He filled our manger on earth. He is the fullness of their table because 'in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God; and the Word was God.' He is the fullness of our manger because 'the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.'[7] so that man might eat the Bread of angels the Creator of the angels became man. The angels praise Him by living; we, by believing; they by enjoying, we by seeking; they by obtaining, we by striving to obtain; they by entering, we by knocking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(3) What human being could know all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christand concealed under the poverty of His humanity? For, 'being rich, he became poor for our sake that by his poverty we might become rich.'[8] When He assumed our mortality and overcame death, He manifested Himself in poverty, but He promised riches though they might be deferred; He did not lose them as if they weretaken from Him. How great is the multitude of His sweetness which He hides from those who fear Him but which He reveals to those that hope in Him![9] For we understand only in part until that which is perfect comes to us. To make us worthy of this perfect gift, He, equal to the Father in the form of God, became like to us in the form of a servant, and refashions us into the likeness of God. The only Son of God, having become the Son of Man, makes many sons of men the sons of God; and on these men, reared as servants, with the visible form of servants, He bestows the freedom of beholding the form of God. For 'we are the children of God, and it has not yet appeared what we shall be. We know that, when he appears, we shall be like to him, for we shall see him just as he is.'[l0] What, then, are those treasures of wisdom and knowledge? What are those divine riches unless they be that which satisfies our longing? And what is that multitude of sweetness unless it be what fills us? 'Show us the Father and it is enough for us.'[11] Furthermore,in one of the psalms, one of our race, either in our name or for our sake, said to Him: 'I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.'[l2] But He and the Father are one, and the person who sees Him sees the Father also;[l3] therefore, 'the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.'[l4] Turning to us, He will show us His face and 'we shall be saved';[15] we shall be satisfied, and He will be sufficient for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(4) Therefore, let our heart speak thus to Him; 'I have sought thy countenance; thy face, O Lord, will I still seek. Turn not away thy face from me.'[l6] And let Him reply to the plea of our hearts: 'He who loves me keeps my commandments; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.'[17] Indeed, those to whom He addressed these words did see Him with their eyes; they heard the sound of His voice with their ears; they regarded Him as a man in their human heart. But, what eye has not seen, what ear has not heard, and what has not entered into the heart of man He promised to show to those who love Him.[l8] Until this favor is granted to us, until He shows us what will completely satisfy us, until we drink to satiety of that fountain of life, while we wander about, apart from Him but strong in faith, while we hunger and thirst for justice, longing with an unspeakable desire for the beautiful vision of God, let us celebrate with fervent devotion His birthday in the form of a servant. Since we cannot, as yet, understand that He was begotten by the Father before the day- star, let us celebrate His birth of the Virgin in the nocturnal hours. Since we do not comprehend how His name existed before the light of the sun, let us recognize His tabernacle placed in the sun. Since we do not, as yet, gaze upon the Son inseparably united with His Father, let us remember Him as the 'bridegroom coming out of his bride-chamber.' Since we are not yet ready for the banquet of our Father, let us grow familiar with the manger of our Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 0); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Ignatius to the Ephesians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 0); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Now the virginity of Mary was hidden from the prince of this world, as was also her offspring, and the death of the Lord; three mysteries of renown,(5) which were wrought in silence by(6) God. How, then, was He manifested to the world?(7) A star shone forth in heaven above all the other stars, the light of Which was inexpressible, while its novelty struck men with astonishment. And all the rest of the stars, with the sun and moon, formed a chorus to this star, and its light was exceedingly great above them all. And there was agitation felt as to whence this new spectacle came, so unlike to everything else [in the heavens]. Hence every kind of magic was destroyed, and every bond of wickedness disappeared; ignorance was removed, and the old kingdom abolished, God Himself being manifested in human form for the renewal of eternal life. And now that took a beginning which had been prepared by God. Henceforth all things were in a state of tumult, because He mediated the abolition of death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="vspace2" style="margin-top: 15.95pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 0); "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;But do Thou O Lord have mercy upon us,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Thanks be to God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Our Help is in the Name of the Lord,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;Who made the heavens and the earth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-3765627139626102819?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://traditional-catholic-prayers.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-is-for-all-men.html' title='Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christmas is for all men'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/3765627139626102819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/12/traditional-catholic-prayers-christmas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3765627139626102819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3765627139626102819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/12/traditional-catholic-prayers-christmas.html' title='Traditional Catholic Prayers: Christmas is for all men'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-110790162135444275</id><published>2011-12-23T15:58:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T15:58:00.686+09:00</updated><title type='text'>7 Good or evil, no mixture</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "&gt;&lt;dt id="preview-header" class="comment-poster" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 248, 177); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal bold 122%/1.4em Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;Miko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; said...&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd id="preview-main" class="comment-body" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(242, 248, 177); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-bottom-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); border-left-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt;&lt;p id="preview-body" style="padding-bottom: 0.25em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;The choice is an eternal one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://traditional-catholic-prayers.blogspot.com/2011/11/certain-gospels-and-canticles-7-good-or.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; "&gt;Traditional Catholic Prayers: Certain Gospels and Canticles: 7 Good or evil, no mixture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); "&gt;&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; position: relative; font: normal normal bold 13px/normal Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); "&gt;SPY VERSUS SPY&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="widget-content"&gt;&lt;a href="http://communistnazinewworldorder.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 153); "&gt;&lt;img alt="Spy versus Spy" height="240" id="Image23_img" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aSmeH1cs7dA/TvO9G8TcE-I/AAAAAAAAAME/hJl_VcAcO2U/s240/1.jpg" width="198" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; visibility: visible; " /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="caption"&gt;It is really both of Them versus us&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(click on picture)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;North American Security. It is Paranoid Media Hype-no-tism to invade the Middle East. Off shoot of it as well, it is all planned, is the North American Union - no more Canada and no more United States and no more Mexico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile they are watching everything we say and do, just like the Thought Control Police, I remember as a little girl in Japan, in 1930's and 1940's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/2011/12/justice-of-god-veterans-today-sayanim.html"&gt;The Justice of God: The Justice of God: Veterans Today: Sayanim: Israeli Operatives in the U.S. | Veterans Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1law-order-and-justice.blogspot.com/2011/12/first-amendment-israel-lobby-and-us.html"&gt;The Justice of God: The First Amendment: THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY - Mearsheimer, Walt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://technischeredaktion.blogspot.com/2011/09/akamai-thrives-in-spirit-of-its-lost.html"&gt;Tech_Journal: Akamai thrives in the spirit of its lost founder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aSmeH1cs7dA/TvO9G8TcE-I/AAAAAAAAAME/hJl_VcAcO2U/s240/1.jpg"&gt;Spy Versus Spy&lt;/a&gt; but now its them versus us, or was it that all along! Yes that is it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See those two Mossad and MI5,6/Al-CIA-AEDA in the picture - they did 911, not aeroplanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not kidding about Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788588,00.html"&gt;JAPAN: Thought Control - TIME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Tojo-Hitler stuff and now back again. Phooie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788588,00.html"&gt;JAPAN: Thought Control - TIME&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 28px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 27px; font-family: georgia; "&gt;JAPAN: Thought Control&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9em; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; "&gt;&lt;span class="date" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "&gt;Monday, Oct. 26, 1936&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9em; 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border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;The Imperial Japanese Government, acting upon a bill passed by the Japanese Diet, announced that next week it will establish 22 Thought Control Offices in such leading Japanese cities as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Sendai, Sapporo and Fukuoka, with Thought Control Substations in 15 other cities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;Hitherto Japanese police have performed the greater part of Japanese thought control upon political prisoners. As in Imperial Russia before the revolution, Japanese sons and daughters of the highest aristocracy have been caught in the dragnet of police raids on radical gatherings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;In the new 1936-style...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Read more: &lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788588,00.html#ixzz1hJLejZTk" style="margin-top: 0px; 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font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;h2 align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gensuikin.org/english/photo.html"&gt;PHOTOGRAPHS OF&lt;br /&gt;HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;1. The Huge Atomic Cloud / The Mushroom Cloud Blowing Up&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/1-1.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The atomic cloud (mushroom cloud) produced just after the burst is one of the most intensive characteristics of the A-bomb explosion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory reported that just after the flash, black smoke rose from the ground up to the sky reaching an altitude of several thousand meters, and covered the whole city. When the fireball disappeared, the angry clouds, like grey smoke, rose and reached an altitude of 8,000 meters in 5 minutes after the explosion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the EnolaGay crew recorded in his flight diary, "9:00a.m.....Clouds were observed. Altitude of 12,000 meters or more." From a distance the cloud formation looked like a mushroom growing out of the ground, with white cloud at the top and yellowish clouds enveloping reddish-black clouds, creating a color that cannot be described as while, black, red or yellow.&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/1-2.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Nagasaki, from an observation point at the air-raid lookout post on Kouyagi Island located about 8 kilometers south of the city, just after the flash it appeared that a huge fireball covered the city, as if it were suppressing the city from the sky. Around the fireball there was a doughnut-shaped ring from the midst of which black smoke and flames rose up to the sky in an instant. The ring of the flames did not initially reach the ground. When the fireball scattered with a flash, the city was covered with darkness. The smoke rising from the midst of the ring, glittering in colors of red, white and yellow, reached an altitude of 8,000 meters in only 3 or 4 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After reaching an altitude of 8,000 meters, the smoke ascended more slowly and took about 30 seconds to reach an altitude of 12,000 meters. Then, the mass of smoke gradually discolored and scattered in wads of white clouds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;2. Hiroshima Was Burnt To Ashes&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/2.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The building was the former Hiroshima Prefecture Industrial Promotion Hall, Where special products of Hiroshima were exhibited and various gatherings were held until the A-bomb was dropped. Since it was located just under thehypocenter, blast pressure was vertically exerted on the bulding and only the dome-shaped framework and part of the outer wall remained. It has come to be called "the A-bomb Dome", and it has come to symbolize to the people of the world "No More Hiroshimas". As years passed, however, the ruin has deteriorated further due to winds and rain. A civic movement was started calling for permanent preservation of the A-bomb Dome, and money was contributed from all over Japan, not to mention from Hiroshima. Within a year after the fund-raising campaign was started, the restoration funds had been collected. In August 1967, the reinforcing construction was completed. That is why the present A-bomb Dome gives a different impression from that in the photograph.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bridge located to the south (the other side) of the Dome is Motoyasu Bridge, and the area to the west (right) of the bridge is the present Peace Park. The hill a little right from the center is Ninoshima (called small Mt.Fuji), which is about 9 kilometers from the spot where the photograph was taken.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;3. Victimes Who Escaped Hell On Earth&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/3.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;August 6. 1945. This is one of the six photographs recording the disaster of Hiroshima. A precious photograph taken only three hours or so after the explosion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Towards the right and beyond is the center of Hiroshima City, and the raging fire is creeping up. Both ends of this bridge, which was the longest one in Hiroshima at that time, were filled with A-bomb victims. Many of them were students of the Hiroshima Prefectural Daiichi Middle School and the Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School who were exposed to and injured by the A-bomb while participating in the demolition of buildings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mr. Matsushige, who was a news cameraman then, wrote in the "Hiroshima Tokuho", issued on August 6, 1980, based on his experience, ads follows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"...in front of the police box of Senda township located at the west end of Miyuki Bridge, a policeman took off the lid of an oil can and started to give first aid treatment to the people with burns, but the number of the injured increased rapidly. I thought this must be photographed and held the camera in position. The scene Isaw through the finder was too cruel. Among the hundreds of injured persons of whom you cannnot tell the difference between male and female, there were children screaming 'It's hot, it's hot!' and infants crying over the body of their mother who appeared to be already dead. I tried to pull myself together by telling myself that I'm a news cameraman, and it is my duty and privilege to take a photograph, even if it is just one, and even if people take me as a devil or a cold-hearted man. I finally managed to press the shutter, but when I looked the finder for the second time, the object was blurred by tears."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because of the atomic bombing, there were no newspaper reports in hiroshima for August 7th and 8th of 1945. The "The Hiroshima Tokuho" (the phantom newspaper) was published on August 6, 1980, faithfully reflecting the feeling of that time based on the news collected by three reporters and a cameraman who heated toward the hypocenter immediately after the detonation of the A-bomb.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;4. 300-Year-Old Camphor Tree Uprooted By The Blast&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/4.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the precincts of the Kokutaiji Temple, the big camphor tree, said to be over 300 years old was designated as a natural monument. Its branches and thick leaves provided a place of comfort for the passers-by during summertime. Its roots spread out in all directions for 300 meters, and the street car lines shown on the left in the photograph had to avoid the tree, which formed an archway over the sidewalk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By a blast pressure of 19 tons per square meter, the tree was uprooted. Also, hundreds of tombstones were knocked in all directions by the complex flow of wind from the blast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The white building seen on the extreme right is the Hiroshima branch of the Bank of Japan. Because it was built of strong ferro-concrete and stonework, the exterior remained uncollapsed but the interior burned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;5. A Building Brought To Knees By The Blast&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/5.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a clock store located in Hiroshima's central business quarters called the 'Hondori', which is still a bustling street. The upper part was the clock tower which had been telling the time to passers-by, until the explosion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first floor shown in the photograph was the second floor. This two-storied building was of a strusture like a match box with no central pillar, so when it received the blast pressure from the side, the first floor was crushed and the building sank into itself. Hence, the second floor became the first floor, and the building leaned toward the side away from of the blast.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were many buildings of ferro-concrete structure in Hiroshima, mostly in the vicinity of the hypocenter. According to a survey, these durable buildings were only destroyed if they were within 500 meters of the hypocenter. Buildings of earthquake-proof construction were damaged only on the inside. However, many buildings situated beyond 500 meters were essentially destroyed too, as in the case of this clock store situated farther than 500 meters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;6. Disaster Near The Hypocenter&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/6.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Around the Matsuyama-cho intersection which is close to the hypocenter, victimswere burned to death in their last gesture grasping at the air or trying to escape. Everything that burns was burnt. Roof tiles were crushed into small pieces and scattered all over, air-raid shelters and street cars were burned and ruined. All tell the miserable story without words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Record of the Nagasaki A-bomb War Disaster, the situation in Matsuyama township is described as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"A huge fireball formed in the sky. Directly beneath it is Matsuyama township. Together with the flash came the heat rays and blast, which instantly destroyed everything on earth, and those in the area fell unconscious and were crushed to death. Then they were blown up in the air and hurled back to the ground. The roaring flames burned those caught under the structures who were crying or groaning for help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When the fire burnt itself out, there appeared a completely changed, vast, colorless world that made you think it was the end of life on earth. In a heap of ashes lay the debris of the disaster and charred trees, presenting a gruesome scene. The whole city became extinct. Citizens who were in Matsuyama township, the hypocenter, were all killed instantly, excepting a child who was in an air-raid shelter."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;7. The Urakami Cathedral Destroyed In An Instant&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/7.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cathedral collapsed at the burst of the A-bomb and scores cf believers died, sharing the same fate. Then, fire broke out. It is said that the remains of the cathedral continued to further collapse with eerie thuds even after dark. It is also said that there were 1,400 believers in Urakami at the time of the bombing, and 850 were killed by the A-bomb.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the ruins of the cathedlal, there were many stone statues of the saints in the heaps of broken bricks and stones. The photograph shows part of the outer wall of the south entrance where the statues of the Holy Mother and Saint ,John lie chat,red by the heat rays. Also, the shadow in the lower left of the photograph shows that the largest twin tower in the Orient fully received the blast and was shifted 8 centimeters from the foundation stone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The building. of this cathedral began in 1985 and it took 30 years to be completed in Urakami, a village then, where the believers have kept their faith since Christianity was introduced to Japan, and even through the years of the Edo period(1603-1867) when Christianity was prohibited. The building employed the Romanesque style, using stones and bricks. This cathedral had a floor space of 1,162 sq. meters and tower 26 meters high. The current LTr.akami Cathedral was built in 1959. Part of the destroyed cathedral is preserved at the hypocenter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;8. A Factory Destroyed By The Blast&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/8.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The steel framework of this factory was broken and bent in a mess as if it were made from a pliable material. The concrete base supporting the steel frame was shoved by the blast. This is testament to how frightful the blast pressure was. It is estimated that this factory was subjected to a wind velocity of 200 meters per second arid a wind pressure of 10 tons per square meter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Until the Very moment of the explosion, there was an array of machine tools in the factory, and a number of overhead cranes were busily operating. Most of the workers Were crushed to death.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On August 9, it is recorded that 1,721 persons came to work, among whom 1,019 died and 149 were seriously injured. The rate of casualties was 68%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A worker Who miraculously kept his life said: "I was talking about work with my colleague, but in a moment he was killed instantly by a crane which crushed half of his body. It was a shocking sight and a horrible way to die --his head was smashed, his belly torn and his bowels ballooned." This photograph shows where many such tragedies took place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;9. Shiroyama Primary School Leveled By The Blast&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/9.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shiroyalna Primary School is the primary school nearest to the hypocenter. Built on a hill surrounded by beautiful woods, this was the most modern ferro-concreate school building in Nagasaki. The Shiroyama township was a neathly-planned, quite residential district, but with one flash of the A-bomb, the school, homes and the woods were reduced to rubble.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the records of April 1945, this school had 32 classrooms, 1,500 pupils and 37 teachers and staffs. Since an air-raid alert was announced on that day, the pupils were s(nt home. Those who remained were 32 teachers (including a child of one of the teachers), 44 students of the Gakuto Hokokutai, and 75 workers from the Mitsubishi Heiki Seisakusho. A total of 151 persons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of the 151 persons, 52 were instantly killed by the heat rays and the enormous wind pressure, and 79 died later. A total of 131 victims accounts for a death rate of 87%. Of the 1,500 pupils who were at a home, it is estimated that about 1,400 were killed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;10. The Heat Rays Burned the Clothing Pattern Onto the Skin / A Woman's Back Burned By The Strong Heat Rays&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/10-1.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though it is unknown at what distance from the hypocenter these two women were, the left photograph was taken at the Army Hospital, Ujina blanch (in the southern part of Hiroshima City), and the right photograph at the Army Quarantines on Ninoshima Island (Hiroshima Bay).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The photograph on the right shows the dark portion of the pattern of the clothing imprinted on the skin by the powerful heat rays. This is also called secondary burns, ins which the skin under the clothing received burns through the clothes scorched by the heat rays.&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/10-2.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The photograph on the right shows a woman who must have been exposed to the A-bomb less than 2 kilometers from the hypocenter, judging by the extent of the burns on her entire back. Though the affected part was medically treated, you can see that the degree of the burns differs according to the angle at which the heat rays were received: the burns on the left shoulder are most severe, and the burns on the right shoulder to the waist are relatively light.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ninoshima Island, where this woman was evacuated to, is situated about 4 kilometers south of Ujina port; it has a circumference of about 14 kilometers. On this island there were several facilities, including the Army Quarantines. These facilities became emergency first-aid stations, and it is estimated that roughly 10,000 victims of the A-bomb were transported to this island by boat. Over 2,000 people breathed their last here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;11. Keloids Of a Person 1.6 Km Away From the Hypocenter&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/11.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The date of this photograph is unknown, but there are records indicating that it was taken in October 1945, and the patient was 17 years old then. Although the portion covered by the shoulder strap of a bag was left lmburned, traces of burns on the patient's back can be seen since the patient had light clothes on at that time. Heavy keloids started to show on both arms,.Which were exFN=.SEA.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cause of keloids is not clear yet, but it is consideretd to be caused by a combination of powerful heat rays and radiation. According to an observation record containing 200 entries, a clinical examination showing the sequence of protrusion from skin surface --&amp;gt; tone of color --&amp;gt; contraction of skin described the tramsition as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;December 1945 - protrusion started, red, contracted; May 1946 - protrusion becomes most noticeable, red, excessively contracted; July 1946 - partial flattening occurred, reddish purple, contraction continues but also some wrinkles; October 1946 - light keloids flattened, purple color takes on, contraction somewhat eases; January 1947 - heavy keloids shrink and wrinkles increase; purplish blue wrinkles occur.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;12. Thermal Rays Leave Human Shadow On Stone Steps / Shadow Of Handrail&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/12-1.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The left photograph shows the stone steps of the main entrandce of Sumitomo Bank which is only 250 meters from the hypocenter. It is believed that a person sat down on the steps facing the direction of the hypocenter, possibly waiting for the bank to open. By a flash of the heat rays with temperatures well over a 1,000 degrees or possibly 2,000 degrees centigrade, that person was incineratied on the stone steps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Up to about 10 years after the explosion, the shadow remained clearly on the stones, but exposure to rain and wind has been gradually blurring it. So, when the bank was newly built, the stone steps were removed and are now preserved at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/12-2.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right photograph shows the shadow made by the heat rays. This place is about 800 meters from the hypocenter, and the unshielded asphalt surface was scorched, whereas the surface shielded by the handrail appears to be a whitish shadow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The peculiarity characterizing the heat rays from the A-bomb is that an enormous amount of heat is emitted in a short time -- for 3 seconds after the explosion. The thermal loss by heat conductivity is very little because of the short time, and consequently the surface temperature of a material becomes very high. Within a 1 kilometer radius of the hypocenter, there were many instances where the roof tiles melted and left bubbles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;13. A Boy Who Received Radiation Burns On His Whole Body&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/13.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;This boy had thermal burns on more than one-third of his body, and his chest and the left side of his belly were seriously injured. He managed to leave the hospital after 3 years and 7 months. This person, who miraculously recovered, is now a father of two children, and recollects what happened then; "At that time I was riding a red bibycle on the streets of Sumiyoshi township (about 2 kilometers from the hypocenter). I was 16 years old, and it was my second year as a telegram messenger. The moment of face, I was blinded by the flash and thrown 3 meters away by the blast that came from my rear left, and my bicycle was twisted and bent. It was strange that I was not bleeding and did not feel any pain until I reached an underground shelter 300 meters away. The moment I reached the shelter, I felt severe pain in my back, which ran through my whole body. From then on, for three days and three nights, I kept on groaning in the shelter, and on the fourth day I was finally rescued and sent to a first-aid station."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"In the early stages, the only treatment I received for my burns was the application of a mixture of ash and oil as a substitute for medicine. I do not know how many times I yelled "kill me!" because of the severe pain and desperate feeling."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Thereafter, as a result of the several operations I underwent, I escaped death and returned to work. Since I have once given up my life, I wish to dedicatemy new life to the struggle against atomic bombs."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is continuing to devote his efforts to the prohibiton of atomic and hydrogen bombs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;14. The Burned Corpse Of A Boy&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/14.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;This boy, who was burned to death with his hands placed on his chest, leaving an impression of agony, is believed to have been a mobilized student exposed to the A-bomb in Iwakana township, which is about 700 meters from the hypocenter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In those days, students who were in the 7th or 8th grade or in middle school were mobilized to munitions factories, farms, and national defense crews. They hardly did any learning at school. In the Urakami district of Nagasaki, there were several factories, including the Mitsubishi munitions, to which many students were mobilized. The death toll of mobilized students is unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the disaster in Iwakawa township where this student was burned to death, the record of the Nagasaki A-bomb War Disaster reads as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The instant the A-bomb exploded, almost all of the houses collapsed. The scattered pieces of wood and other debris covered the ground, and in some places they were heaped into drifts. Those who were outdoors all died, and those who were caught under the collapsed houses were screaming for help, and those who barely escaped frantically ran around. The town got dark, and, when visibility was regained, the collapsed houses started to smolder and then took fire. While there were mixed outcries of calls and for help, the town turned into a sea of flames."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;15. Streetcars And Passengers Blown Away&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/15.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Urakami district, the northern part of Nagasaki City, was originally a quiet residential area; but, from around the time of the Japan-China War, munition factories were constructed one aftere another. The streetcars transported factory workers and mobilized students to the factory area from the center part of Nagasaki City.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This photograph shows a streetcar that was blown away from the Shimonokawa car-stop while it was heading for the Ohashi terminal, two stops away. The corpses of passengers were blown from the streetcar to a stone wall. Most of them were soldiers of the 2nd Company of Special Guards on the way to the Municipal Commercial School where their defensive position was.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This streetcar was only 230 meters from the hypocenter and was destroyed to the extent that none of its original shape remained after unimaginable pressure of that blast from the upper right. The soldiers and other passengers on the streetcar instantly succumbed to the blast and the heat. The black portions of the corpse, which are actually dark red, are burns from the heat rays.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, this spot is a railway crossing that separates the Peace Park from National Highway 34 where the streetcar line and the National Railway line run parallel, on a lower level, to the National Highway. After the war, the Shimonokawa car-stop was no longer used, but the curbstone of the car-stop still carries the traces of the burn. The place shown in the photograph is now a parking lot, and by the sidewalk along the National Highway above the stone wall, there are two monuments to the memory of the A-bomb vicim. In between is a monument for those victims who had no surviving relatives. Offerings of flowers to these monuments never cease.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;16. Subcutaneous Hemorrhage / Atomic Bomb Cataract Caused By Radiation&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/16-1.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The left photograph shows a 21-years-old soldier who was in a wooden house situated 1 kilometer from the hypocenter. Since he was indoors, he was saved from burns, but, as he received cuts on his buck, right elvow and right belly, first-aid treatment was given to him. However, when we follow his medical record, we learn more:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;August 18 --Hair falling out is noticed; August 19 --Bleeding from gum, and purplish subcutaneous hemorrhage starts to appear as in the photograph; August 30 --Is hospitalized in the Ujina Branch of the Army Hospital, and on the 31st becomes feverish; September 1 --Tonsillitis occurs and with a sore throat he can not eat. Bleeding from gum dose not stop, and subcutaneous hemorrhage multiplies on face and upper half of body: September 2 --Has an indistinct consciousness and starts to talk in delirium. September 3 --Died at 9:30 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This photograph was taken 2 hours before his death at the request of an American Army surgeon. This soldier's symton record is a typical description of the acute effects of radiation.&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/16-2.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right photograph shows an eyeball of an A-bomb victim who got an atomic bomb cataract. There is opacity near the center of the eyeball. It has been known for some time, through that radiation causes cataracts in animals. But cataracts developed in human beings after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to a clinical report of 128 cataract cases in Hiroshima during the four years from 1957, 38.3% had atomic bomb cataracts or suspected atomic bomb cataracts. It is reported that 70% of those were within 1 kilometer from the hypocenter, and 30% were within 2 kilometers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some Atomic-bomb cataracts occurred several months after exposure, while most occurred several years later. In the case of this patient, it was diagnosed as an atomic bomb cataract in 1970, 25 years after the bomb. The patient filed an application with the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Japanese Government in August 1971 so as to be registered as an A-bomb victim. His application was turned down because 'it is not considered necessary that you be medically treated now; The patient filed the second and third application in August and November of 1972. The second one was turned down and he was told to apply anew at the time was commenced. The third one was turned down with a reply saying, 'submit application at the time of operation.' So, the patient had no other choice but to sue the Government and Ministry of Health and Welfare in May 1973. After 3 years in court, the patient's request was finally approved in July 1976.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;17. A Girl's Epilation Caused By Acute Radiation Effects&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/17.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;This girl (11 years old) was on the second floor of a wooden house which was situated 2 kilometers from the hypocenter. Since she was indoors, she did not receive any burns, but about a week later, epilation started. She suffered from loss of appetite, bleeding from the gum, and fever. She was recovered a little when this photograph was taken.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Epilation is a characteristic external sympton of exposure to radiation. It can occur as early as 5 or 10 days after exposure, but in most instances the hair loss commenced in the second or third week. Fever begins a few days after the start of epilation and rises to about 40 degrees centigrade. Many people died in this condition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even those who were shielded and did not receive any external wound or burn suffered from symptons such as epilation, fever, bleeding and bloody excrement if they were within 1 kilometer of the hypocenter. Many of these victims died within 7 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;18. HIROSHIMA Has Not Ended&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/18.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Citizens who were able to escape from hell on earth that day evacuated to the suburban areas of Hiroshima City and took refuge at first-aid stations set up in public buildings. However, this provided only momentary relief. They started to die one after another at the first-aid stations, and cremation could not catch up with the rate of death, so many of them had to be buried togeter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In July of 1952, seven years after the atomic bombing, 252 remains were dug out from five places in Saka township of Aki country, which is situated 8 or 9 kilometers from the hypocenter. In one location, 156 bodies had been buried together; in another location, the cremated remains of 36 people had been buried together. This photograph shows the remains in Saka township. In the same year, 43 bodies from a vacant lot which used to be the Yamanaka Girl's High School in Senda township of Hiroshima City, and 29 bodies from Kanawajima Island off Ujina, Hiroshima City, were also dug up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Twenty years after the bombing, in the autumn of 1971, humanbones were accidentally found on the grounds of Ninoshima Junior High School on Ninoshima Island, where thousands of A-bomb victims dies. Believing these bones were remains of A-bomb victims, the Hiroshima municipality dug the area for about one month and recovered the remains of 617 bodies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The remains of A-bomb victims are still being recovered scores of years after the bombing. Hiroshima, Nagasaki and surrounding areas are still the graveyards of the A-bomb victims.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;19. The Dead And The Living&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/19.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was nothing burnable left near the hypocenter in Nagasaki around noon August 10th, the day after the bombing. In the report "Air Defense Information And The Extent of Damage Caused by Aerial Attracks" of Nagasaki Prefecture, the scene was descrived this way: "Buildings were almost all burnt down. All the area was reduced to ashes due to the fierce heat, and the casualties are as large in number as ever recorded."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is this girl looking for, standing vacantly on the ruins swept by flames for a whole day, where embers are still smoldering? She is probably a student judging from her clothes. Is she at a loss, not finding the place where her house used to be? Her eyes, gazing into the distance, look vacant and exhausted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At her feet lies a scorched corpse, but she does not even pay attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This person, the corpse who was squashed down and enveloped in flames in an instant, is so terribly scorched that it is impossible to distinguish if it is male or female. This person must have died screaming.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile is this girl, who was lucky enough to escape death, still in good health after 50-odd years, or dose she carry the agony that comes with exposure to residual radioactivity?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this photograph, the contrast of life and death is vividly shown. It was a sight seen at many places in Nagasaki then.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;20. Abolishment Of Nuclear Weapons! Peace World!&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/20-1.jpg" align="left" hspace="10" border="2" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are photographs of the peace Memorial Ceremony held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively on August 6th and 9th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima was unveiled on August 6, 1952. Under the Cenotaph, which is in the shape an ancient clay house, is a stone coffin. On its surface are inscribed the words, "Rest in peace, for the mistake shall not be repeated." The registers of the names of those who died by the A-bomb explosion are placed in the stone coffin, and people in Hiroshima (Aki) district call it "kako-cho" (death registers). The names of the dead are added to the registers every year. The total number, as of August 6, 1980, stands at 98,685, less than a half of the estimated 200,000 or more people who died by the A-bomb explosion in Hiroshima. In the case of Nagasaki, too, only half the dead have been identified.&lt;img src="http://www.gensuikin.org/panel/20-2.jpg" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="5" border="2" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The peace Statue was completed in 1955 by voluntary money raised from all over Japan. It has been made a custom to hold the Peace Memorial Ceremony by hanging a big curtain in front of the Statue. The photograph shows the 35th Ceremony. The design of the flowers placed in front of the Statue, represents pigeons with their wings outstretched toward the sun. They symbolize the figure is appealing for eternal world peace as well as consoling the souls of the dead.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The A-bomb did not simply and injure masses of people and destroy buildings. It destroyed all the living and the community of the living. The experience Hiroshima and Nagasaki underwent is not confined to damage by war. It represents genocide, the obliteration of the society, and devastation of the environment. Inaddition, it is the first experience in the history mankind which augurs the destruction of the earth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to the report made by the U.N. General Secretary in the autumn of 1980. There are 40,000 to 50,000 nuclear weapons stocked in the world today, a number equivalent to one million Hiroshima-type A-bombs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is certain that the nuclear weapons stocked today are enough to kill the whole population of the earth dozens of times. Thus, nuclear weapons have the power to hold sway over the fate of mankind, between survival and eradication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We live in the age of nuclear horror whether we like it or not. Therefore in order to make our own lives secure and to ensure the perpetuation of mankind, we must abolish all nuclear weapons from the earth. Japan is in the forefront of this drive for peace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The movement against nuclear weapons originated with the "Stockholm Appeal" in 1950. With the threat of the use of A-bombs in the Korean War, which broke out in June of that year, the Appel was promoted world-wide and 500 million signatories were collected. When a hydrogen bomb test was conducted at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954, a Japansese tuna fishing vessel, "Fukuryu Maru No.5", was covered with "deadly ashes" and Mr. Aikichi Kuboyama, one of the crew, died due to the radiation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This triggered the signature-collecting movement against atomic and hydrogen bombs all over Japan, and thirty million signatures were collected in a year. This powerfull message was brought into full play in the First World Conference Against A-and H-Bombs held in August, 1955.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A global movement calling for the extinction of nuclear weapons was spearheaded by an organization called NGO and by the nonaligned neutral coungries, which comprise more than two-thirds of the countries in the world. NGO, an organization formed on the basis of Clause 71 of the U.N.Charter, has vigorously impeached the competition for nuclear development by holding the Hiroshima International Forum Commemorating the 30th Anniversary the Atomic Bombing in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1977; the NGO International Disarmament Conference in February, 1978. NGO has been pointing the way for protecting mankind from nuclear crisis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another blobal event to be noted was The U.N. Special Session on Disarmament, held for the first time from May 23 to July 1,1978. This gathering was the result of a joint proposal of the nonaligned nations made to the U.N. General Assembly in the autumn of 1976. Some important resolutions were made in terms of disarmament, including nuclear weapons. A Commitiee of Disarmament (CD) was to be formed with the participation of 35 nuclear and non-nuclear countries. In addition, a week beginning on October 24 every year was designated as "The U.N. Disarmament Week", a period of time during which each country would highlight the cause of disarmament.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the 33rd U.N. General Assembly helf in the autumn of that year, the following recommendation was made after the Special Session: (1) The use of nuclear weapons violates the U.N. Charter. (2) An international agreement be made to protect non-nuclear countries. (3) Nuclear weapons must not be deployed in non-nuclear countries. (4) Nuclear tests must not be conducted. (5) An investigation must be made so as to terminate the production of nuclear weapons and nuclear test equipment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The above recommendation have not been fully carried out. Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize public opinion all over the world. Endeavours for peace should be strengthened so that the second U.N. Special Session on Disarmament to be held in 1982 will be much more successful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The devil's weapon made by man must be removed by the wisdom of man. We must strengthen our belief with one another, and define what we can do now and what we must do now. We must gather each and everyone's efforts into one big force for the abolition of nuclear weapons in order to secure eternal survival, prosperity and peace for all mankind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-6838286309865214544?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://daimonionmalo.blogspot.com/2011/11/japan-congress-against-and-h-bombs.html' title='_鬼: Japan Congress Against A-and H-Bombs (GENSUIKIN)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/6838286309865214544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/11/japan-congress-against-and-h-bombs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/6838286309865214544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/6838286309865214544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/11/japan-congress-against-and-h-bombs.html' title='_鬼: Japan Congress Against A-and H-Bombs (GENSUIKIN)'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-3536270861196405535</id><published>2011-11-05T07:57:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-05T07:57:00.263+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Yakuza</title><content type='html'>Yakuza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From CIA Freedom of Information Act website:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLAN FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION OF STALIN'S DEATH. (WITH ATTACHED COVER MEM&lt;br /&gt;Title:    PLAN FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION OF STALIN'S DEATH. (WITH ATTACHED COVER MEM&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0023&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    3/23/1953&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    8/23/1999&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    PSYCHOLOGICAL|STALIN|DEATH|EXPLOITATION&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    F-1989-01999&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIFPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LABOR MATTERS - KSMERALDITE LABOR REPORT&lt;br /&gt;Title:    LABOR MATTERS - KSMERALDITE LABOR REPORT&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:    (BEST COPY AVAILABLE)&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0005&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    11/12/1953&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    4/16/2003&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    PBSUCCESS|GUATEMALA 1954 COUP|ASSASSINATION PLANNING|GUATEMALA 54 COUP&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    SS-2003-00002&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIPPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(EST PUB DATE) PRINCIPAL ASPECTS OF SOCIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA&lt;br /&gt;Title:    (EST PUB DATE) PRINCIPAL ASPECTS OF SOCIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0108&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    10/1/1958&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    2/13/2001&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    DULLES PAPERS|DULLES ALLEN|DULLES COLLECTION&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    F-1985-00856&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIPPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOVIET BLOC AID TO CIVIL AIR ACTIVITIES OF UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES (S-717)&lt;br /&gt;Title:    SOVIET BLOC AID TO CIVIL AIR ACTIVITIES OF UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES (S-717)&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0008&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    1/2/1962&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    11/18/1999&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    SOVIET AVIATION ANALYSIS|tgdnotsu&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    CSI-2000-00005&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIPPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CIVILIAN FRONT WITH LABOR AND STUDENT SUPPORT TO OPPOSE MILITARY JUNTA&lt;br /&gt;Title:    CIVILIAN FRONT WITH LABOR AND STUDENT SUPPORT TO OPPOSE MILITARY JUNTA&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0003&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    7/19/1962&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    2/14/2001&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    LABOR|SUPPORT|PERU|STUDENT|MILITARY JUNTA|CIVILIAN FRONT&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    EO-2000-00227&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIPPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JAPAN'S PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS&lt;br /&gt;Title:    JAPAN'S PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:    (BEST COPY AVAILABLE)&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0022&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    10/9/1963&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    2/29/2000&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    PROBLEMS|PROSPECTS|MILITARY|ECONOMIC|POLITICAL|JAPAN|INTERNATIONAL|NIE 41-63&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    EO-1994-00323&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIFPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KOMEITO SEEKS THE MIDDLE ROAD IN JAPANESE POLITICS&lt;br /&gt;Title:    KOMEITO SEEKS THE MIDDLE ROAD IN JAPANESE POLITICS&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0009&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    11/15/1968&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    4/17/2001&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    COMMUNIST CHINA|JAPAN|SOKA GAKKAI|JAPANESE POLITICS|KOMEITO&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    EO-2000-00715&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIFPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE, NUMBER 41-70; JAPAN IN THE SEVENTIES: THE PROBL&lt;br /&gt;Title:    NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE, NUMBER 41-70; JAPAN IN THE SEVENTIES: THE PROBL&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0026&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    6/25/1970&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    11/7/2000&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    POLITICS|PROBLEM|JAPAN|SOCIAL ISSUES|PACIFIC|NATIONAL POWER|EAST ASIA|ECONOMIC ISSUES|WAMPLER ROBERT|NIE 41-70|SEVENTIES|WORLD ROLE&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    F-1998-00963&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIFPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TERRORISM REVIEW FOR 13 JANUARY 1987&lt;br /&gt;Title:    TERRORISM REVIEW FOR 13 JANUARY 1987&lt;br /&gt;Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;Pages:    0037&lt;br /&gt;Pub Date:    1/13/1987&lt;br /&gt;Release Date:    7/7/1999&lt;br /&gt;Keywords:    ROMANIA|KUWAIT|ITALY|TERRORISM|FRANCE|EL SALVADOR|IRAQ|LEBANON|AFRICA|REVIEW|ETHIOPIA|PAKISTAN|PERU|SWEDEN|SPAIN|GREECE|COLOMBIA|HOSTAGE|LARF|PORTUGAL|HIZBALLAH|ISLAMIC JIHAD|ANDERSON TERRY J&lt;br /&gt;Case Number:    F-1992-01432&lt;br /&gt;Copyright:    0&lt;br /&gt;Release Decision:    RIPPUB&lt;br /&gt;Classification:    U&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End of excerpt from CIA Freedom of Information Act website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicherin Sho-shu and Soka Gakkai.  (Please bear with this in the first five paragraphs of history; beginning with the sixth paragraph are the current events of matter now.)  They are a much more dangerous cult than some might know.  The real history of this very dangerous cult is as follows – in the Kamakura era of Japan’s history, in the 13th century A.D., Nicherin, a proponent of his own brand of esoteric/exoteric Mahayana Buddhism formulated his own sect of Hokke (“Lotus” teaching) Buddhism; since that time called Nicherin Shu or Nicherin Sho-shu.  It was based loosely on the (called Tien-Tai or in Japanese Tendai) school of the Chinese monk Chih-i.  This and other related schools of Buddhism were brought from Chang’an, China by Dengyo Daishi (Saicho) and Kobo Daishi (Kukai) in the 9th Century A.D.  During Nicherin’s life he preached to a group of Samurai families who at that time were Yakusa.  The priests and others of these families formed the core of this cult.  By the time of the 16th century A.D. they had been deep into the Imperial politics of Japan under the shogunates for three centuries.  By the end of the 16th century/beginning of the 17th century they had convinced the Shoguns (especially Tokugawa Ieyasu in about 1601 A.D.) that Christians were to be exterminated.  Ieyasu undertook the remainder of this with the “Japanese Proscription”.  Christians had been in Japan since the Heian Dynasty and the Nara era (8th century A.D.) and even before that, 6th/7th century A.D. .  (I and friends of mine have personally been in Nara and seen the dwellings of the Christians of that time).  Part of the martyrdoms instigated by Nicherin’s followers are recounted in the following:&lt;br /&gt;THE MARYRS OF JAPAN (From Fr. Alban Butler’s Lives of the Saints) ABOUT forty years after St. Francis Xavier's death a persecution broke out in Japan, and all Christian rites were forbidden under pain of death. A confraternity of martyrs was at once formed, the object of which was to die for Christ. Even the little children joined it. Peter; a Christian child six years old, was awakened early and told that he was to be beheaded, together with his father. Strong in grace, he expressed his joy at the news, dressed himself in his gayest clothing, and took the hand of the soldier who was to lead him to death. The headless trunk of his father first met his view; calmly kneeling down, he prayed beside the corpse, and, loosening his collar, prepared his neck for the stroke. Moved by this touching scene, the executioner threw down his sabre and fled. None but a brutal slave could be found for the murderous task; with unskilled and trembling hand he hacked the child to pieces, who at last died without uttering a single cry. Christians were branded with the cross, or all but buried alive, while the head and arms were slowly sawn oft with blunt weapons. The least shudder under their anguish was interpreted into apostasy. The obstinate were put to the most cruel deaths, but the survivors only envied them. Five noblemen were escorted to the stake by 40,000 Christians with flowers and lights, singing the litanies of Our Lady as they went. In the great martyrdom, at which thousands also assisted, the martyrs sent up a flood of melody from the fire, which only died away as one after another went to sing the new song in heaven. Later on, a more awful doom was invented. The victims were lowered into a sulphurous chasm, called the "mouth of hell," near which no bird or beast could live. The chief of these, Paul Wiborg, whose family had been already massacred for the faith, was thrice let down; thrice he cried, with a loud voice, "Eternal praise be to the ever-adorable Sacrament of the Altar." The third time he went to his reward.&lt;br /&gt;After these martyrdoms recounted by Fr. Butler, about forty plus years later, under Ieyasu's Proscription, the Tokugawa shogunate martyred another thirty thousand plus Christians.  The Nicherin Buddhists built the “Five Storied Pagoda” at their head temple Taisekiji to comemorate their successful murdering of Japan’s Christians and said that the pagoda symbolized that their Buddhism would conquer the West and destroy the Christian faith and all other religions and Japan would rule the world.&lt;br /&gt;After this, the Proscription held until 1868, when Admiral Perry reopened Japan, and Christians were again allowed to preach and worship the true God there.&lt;br /&gt;The last part of the 19th Century A.D., in Japan, saw the Meiji restoration, which albeit short lived, saw a revival of cultic pagan worship of the Emperor.  The 1890’s were the Edo period and saw the building and ascension of modern day Tokyo.  The shogunate warlords took over again in the 20th century and that saw the rise of anti-western Imperialism.&lt;br /&gt;After World War II a hoodlum (amidst all the other post war cults that arose in Japan), named Jogei Toda (who later renamed himself Josei Toda) took over a Hokke Nicherin society that Tsunesaburo Makiguchi had formed in the 1930’s.  This was the beginning of what became Nicherin Sho-shu Soka Gakkai.  Later, after Daisaku Ikeda had taken over from Toda, it became the Soka Gakkai International.  Masayasu Sadanaga brought this cult to the United States in the early 1960’s.  Sadanaga changed his name to George M. Williams and his wife’s to Virginia and claimed he was the reincarnation of George Washington.&lt;br /&gt;After numerous money grubbing and high pressure tactics and an ever changing pseudo-theology (including a book werein Sadanaga-Williams claimed that Billy Sunday paved the way for him to proselytize the United States) the disaffected left in even greater numbers.  In the early days in the U.S., a great number of the Americans that came to be members of this cult were married to Japanese women they met in Japan.  The Americans were American service men and usually hard drinking amoral types.  The Japanese women nagged their half sloshed husbands into joining.&lt;br /&gt;Ikeda has a total megolamaniac mental composition.  He believes that he sums up all of Buddhism and all Buddhas, including Nicherin (supposedly the Buddha of the later day) in his embodying the law of Buddhism.  He also stated in the late 1980’s that Jesus Christ had failed in his mission to mankind and that now people needed to turn to him (Ikeda) for salvation.  The result of his blaspheming the true God by his comments concerning Jesus Christ led to a result totally unforeseen by this pathetic little paper hanging would be tyrant.  The High Priest of Nicherin Sho-shu together with the head temple, Taisekiji, for their own reasons, split with Ikeda (and thus the whole pseudo-theological base of the Soka Gakkai vanished), and now Ikeda is basically a has been cult leader with just enough danger left in him to do something nasty, if he can.&lt;br /&gt;Here in the United States, in the past, Sadanaga-Williams’ people have threatened murder (in southern California, USA, Dede Miller in the 1980’s was certainly murdered by them).&lt;br /&gt;They have people under their mind control or vice versa, including, it would seem by the comments he made to a friend of mine, a retired Military Intelligence Officer-Operative who said that the Japanese should control the world.  When my friend totally disagreed with this person, he first had his gardener, and then he himself did, threaten the life of my friend’s mother and my friend’s life; this person, repeatedly threatened their lives.&lt;br /&gt;In summation, they have one goal, that Sadanaga-Williams used to lecture on incessantly, to use their false religion to take over the whole world, especially politically, with everyone bowing in obedience to Daisaku Ikeda. Underneath all of this is their long time CIA connection and to various shadowy figures such as Manuel Noriega the Panamanian drug dealer and dictator when he was still in power.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-3536270861196405535?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3536270861196405535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3536270861196405535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/11/yakuza.html' title='Yakuza'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-6005777606352081246</id><published>2011-11-04T23:43:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T23:43:00.612+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Sherman</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://skolnicksreport.org/ootar9.html"&gt;Sherman Skolnick's Report&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;"THE OVERTHROW OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC", Part Nine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;by Sherman H. Skolnick 4/18/02&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;COUP AND COUNTER-COUP&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;It is okay to mention efforts to overthrow an overseas government. The American monopoly press is not bashful to discuss that. Such as efforts by the military for a while to take over the Pakistan government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Pakistan-born Chicagoans as cab-drivers, some of them who I talked to, for a while praised the overthrow by the military of the regime in their home country. One of the apparently good features? For the the first time in living memory there, the ultra-rich folks were forced to pay taxes. But it did not last.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;We, by the way, on our public access Cable TV Program, cablecast within the city limits of Chicago, from time to time, have had guests as candidates for high state office. Guess what I as moderator dared ask them? "If you are elected Illinois Governor, would you do something about the American CIA flooding Illinois with dope, to raise funds separate from Congress for secret operations?" The candidate said, "Governor is a local office. I do not know anything about the CIA". And I stated, "Really, that is all you have to say?" Candidate, "yes".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;And I also have asked, "if you are elected Governor, would you tax the ultra-rich who currently pay little if any taxes, such as the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the DuPonts, and the Marshall Fields?" The candidate usually refused to answer, or looked up at the tv studio ceiling. After the taping ended, I asked one campaign manager, why his candidate tolerates me at all. "Sherman, if they can handle your big mouth, they can handle any opponent. And you do have a big audience in this town."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Since at least 1995, we have been writing about and also mentioning on talk radio, a few details about the small U.S. Military Group vowing to arrest at the time Clinton as their Commander-in-Chief,. the second hat Bill had as President. In simple terms, it was a real life version of the fictional book and movie, "Seven Days in May". [Book by F. Knebel, HarperCollins, hardcover, 1988. Movie, 1964, with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;If Clinton had them arrested for mutiny, they intended, if they were not assassinated, to defend themselves, showing that the person using the name "Clinton" has committed treason, such as with the Red Chinese Secret Police. [Elsewhere, we have discussed why we call him William ROCKEFELLER Clinton. See our website series,"Wal-Mart and the Red Chinese Secret Police".]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;This small group of U.S. Admirals and Generals, called in the military trade, as flag officers, had repeatedly tried, to no avail, to remove Clinton while he was Commander-in-Chief.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;April 19, 1995, occurred what some have described as the multiple bombings of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Details have come out through alternative media, that there was prior knowledge in the White House, just like Pearl Harbor, 1941. The bombings permitted "Clinton" to wrap himself in the flag and say he was going to combat the local Militias trying "to overthrow the government". This helped Clinton divert attention from the defeat in 1994, with Congress getting a GOP majority in the Election.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;April 17, 1995, two days prior to the bombings, a planeload of U.S. Military brass died when the military Lear jet, exploded in the air near Alexander City, Alabama. Thus snuffed out among the reputed coup plotters, were Clark G. Fiester, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for acquisitions, since previous May, when he was former vice president and general manager for the electronic defense sector of GTE Government Systems, in Mountain View, California and he had worked at GTE 36 years before joining the Defense Department; Air Force Major General Glenn A. Profitt II of West Layayette, Indiana, director of plans and operations for the Air Education and Training Command; Major Hubert B. Fisher who researched sensitive information technologies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;They had onboard with them a person not supposed to exist. Namely, a Prisoner of War from Viet Nam, knowledgeable as to why and how the Defense Department and the White House continues to cover up the POWs from the Viet Nam War. That is, those who were pushed into becoming "mules" for the Southeast Asia dope trafficking supervised by General Colin Powell and his crony Richard Armitage, and their illicit-dealings business partner, George Herbert Walker Bush. [On alternative media has been shown the video interview of a Burmese General describing how Powell, Armitage, and Bush are his dope trafficking business partners and arranged at U.S. government expense to build a highway into the jungle to facilitate the transporting of dope headed for the U.S. trade.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Families of the victims of the airplane explosion were not permitted to retrieve any belongings nor be given any details of what happened. A heavily-censored story was given to the pressfakers to distribute. Such as, the Associate Press report, Washington Times, 4/19/95,"High Air Force official mourned after jet crash"[Washington Times is owned and operated by the Korean CIA and Rev. Moon]. Chicago Tribune, 4/18/95 [Tribune owned in large part by the Queen of England and British Monarchy. See our items about the British Monarch in business with the Bush Crime family.] Also, Washington Post, 4/18 and 4/19/95. [The Post and their CIA pals, see our item, &lt;a href="http://skolnicksreport.org/lategd.html"&gt;"The Late Dragon of the Washington Post"&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Later, we obtained exclusive details of how the U.S. Government was blocking an Alabama Federal Grand Jury probing the sabotaged crash linked to an attempt coup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Originally, there were 24 flag officers who felt authorized under the Uniform Military Code to arrest Commander-in-Chief Clinton. If arrested on charges of mutiny, they were prepared to defend themselves with documented charges of treason against Clinton. Such as, that Clinton from time to time ate with and met with in the White House, the head of the Red Chinese Secret Police, Wang Jun. The flag officers had proof that Clinton gave him as part of a sworn enemy of the United States,financial, industrial, and MILITARY secrets of the U.S. Wang Jun has also been the head of Polytechnologies, a Red Chinese military owned business making and marketing AK-47 submachine guns intended for shipment to U.S. inner city narco-terrorist street gangs to cause havoc in shoot-em-ups with big city police.[Contending they are under-staffed, U.S. customs has been able to apprehend only SOME of these weapons into the U.S.] Kenneth W. Starr for four years as "Independent Counsel" ran after Bill and Hillary yet after expending some 50 million dollars came up only with the sex episode of Monica Lewinsky, used to amuse some on the television. Starr spent most of the time in PRIVATE law practice and who was his private law client? Why, Wang Jun. Furthermore, Starr was the UNREGISTERED foreign lobbyist for the Red Chinese Government at Bejing. So the whole situation was a joke. The Clinton Justice Department could have jailed Starr any time they wanted to. [Monica and Chandry Levy as foreign intelligence operatives, with Rahm Emanuel, visit our website two part series, &lt;a href="http://skolnicksreport.org/claffair.html"&gt;"The Chandra Levy Affair"&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;The 24 flag officers, out of uniform, took up residence in a Paris suburb, under the protection of the French CIA who faulted Clinton for covering up the downing in 1996 of TWA Flight 800. The plane took off from New York destined for Paris, having onboard 60 French nationals, 8 of which were members of the French spy agency. Their team official, however, refused to board Flight 800 and took a later flight. The French contend that Clinton, to avoid problems with his 1996 re-election campaign, covered up that Flight 800 was downed by missiles.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Since 1995, ten of the original 24 flag officers as coup plotters were assassinated [that does NOT include those snuffed out April 17, 1995]. One of those murdered was General David McCloud, head of the Alaska Military District. Another one was Admiral Jeremy Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, highest naval officer in uniform. [For some historical and traditional reasons, the U.S. Navy Officers and the Office of Naval Intelligence have to be at least in part, in charge of any attempt to arrest the Commander-in-Chief for treason.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;In Part 8 of this series, we mention the Split in the American aristocracy that has to be considered. Also to be figured into the equation, is a coup for public good or one for evil.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;TESTING THE U.S. COUP EFFORTS&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Prior "experiments". U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff had a plan to instigate U.S. public commotions by way of instigating grounds to bomb and invade Cuba. This was in 1962, a year AFTER the CIA's debacle being the aborted invasion at the Bay of Pigs. The top U.S. military were planning to arrange to bomb U.S. commercial air flights, immediately blaming Cuba. Also there was to be other bombings and violence in the United States, instigated by the highest level of the U.S. Military, and with the co-operation of the captive U.S. media, to blame it all on Cuba. All in all, it was to be a test on how to overthrow a regime.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;The scheme was called "Operation Northwoods". It is detailed in "Body of Secrets Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency---From the Cold War through the Dawn of A New Century", by James Bamford, hardcover, 2001, pages 82-91, 300, 301.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;In 1972, the CIA/Military think tank, Rand Corp., came out with their little-known report, "Operation Star", at the behest of the Nixon White House. The document deals with how to persuade ordinary Americans that it is somehow okay to suspend the U.S. Constitution and call off if not terminate elections. That is, how to conduct a coup against the American Republic and the organic law, that is, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. By the fall of 1973, after "The Saturday Night Massacre" where Nixon lopped off those probing him and Watergate, the U.S. came very close to a test if not actual imposition of martial law.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Why prior coup attempts to do public good or evil have failed. [1] Other high military officers, because they were too "chicken" or simply wanted to be around to collect their pension, did not aid or join the original 24 flag officers. [2] The newfakers kept diverting public attention from Clinton's treason. Such as, at key times when it might have been mentioned, Clinton ordered the bombing of Iraq. ]3] In 1999, Clinton's treason was not part of the House Impeachment Resolutions. AND, the Senate considering whether to remove Clinton, had key members blackmailed. Such as then Senate Judiciary Chairman, Orrin G. Hatch (R., Utah) was subject himself to be federal criminally prosecuted for bribery charges relating to the downfall of Bank of Credit and Commerce International, BCCI. Also, Hatch was subject to being prosecuted for bribery in the Salt Lake City Olympics bribery scandal. [4] Right after the Senate refused to remove Clinton on impeachment charges, Clinton ordered the bombing of Serbia. Yet, Yugoslavia never attacked or invaded another country in their history and was long-known as friendly to the U.S. In violation of the Geneva Conventions as to the international law of wars, to which the U.S. is a signatory, Clinton ordered the bombing in Yugoslavia of hospitals, schools, and churches. Clinton ordered the Red Chinese embassy in Belgrade to be bombed on the censored accusation that they were assisting the Serbs with U.S. military data. The Chinese anger was controlled, since they were part of Clinton's previously mentioned treason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;THE VENEZUELA COUP TEST&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;In view of the earlier unsuccessful efforts within the U.S. to conduct an overthrow, whether for the public good or for power-grabbing evil, the Pro-Bush faction in the American CIA and U.S. Military decided to conduct an experiment in Venezuela, home of what once was called Creole Petroleum, set up and owned by the Rockefellers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;&amp;gt;From the standpoint of the Bush Crime family, Venezuela was ideal to figure out the best way to conduct a coup. Some years ago, Daddy Bush was a major owner of Texas Commerce Bank which had a unit in Venezuela. Daddy Bush installed there to head up that branch son Jeb Bush and his latino wife. They reportedly co-ordinated the huge proceeds from the dope trafficking from neighboring Colombia. Also, corrupt top officials of the American Drug Enforcement Administration shipped planeloads of dope to the U.S. from Venezuela on the excuse they were conducting a "sting". Also to be considered is that Daddy Bush and his cronies in the American CIA spend a great deal of their efforts, worldwide, as the oilfields police, guarding the properties of the Oil Cartel.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;The oil-soaked, spy-riddled monopoly press recently tried hard to explain away the coup and counter-coup experiment and testing in Venezuela. Reliable sources contend that Daddy Bush, supervising Bush, Jr., arranged for the CIA funding of military coup plotters to arrest Venezuela's properly elected President. The New York Times seemed to reveal the most, in their story headlined "Bush Officials Met With Venezuelans Who Ousted Leader", 4/16/2002. " 'We were not discouraging people', the [Defense Department] official said. 'We were sending informal, subtle signals that we don't like this guy. [Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez]. We didn't say, 'No, don't you dare', and we weren't advocating saying, 'Here's some arms; we'll help you overthrow this guy.' We were not doing that' ". And the New York Times added, "The disclosures come as rights advocates, Latin American diplomats and others accuse the administration of having turned a blind eye to coup plotting activities, or even encouraging the people who temporarily removed Mr. Chavez. Such actions would place the United States at odds with its fellow members of the Organization of American States, whose charter condemns the overthrow of democratically elected governments."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;So, was the Venezuela coup and counter-coup an experiment how to do it in the United States, to Overthrow the American Republic? The coup plotters apparently started to arrest judges of the Venezuela high court, and other judicial, legislative, and executive officials.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Cynics claim many American do not know how to spell COUP. And that they would be helped by coo-coo clocks as follows&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;At 4 p.m., the coo-coo clock's little doors would open and out would pop George W. Bush, proclaiming "I'm the occupant and resident of the White House!". At 5 p.m., the clock doors would open on the coo-coo signal, and out would pop Jay Rockefeller [John D. Rockefeller 4th, (D., W.Va.)], a pretender to the throne waiting in the wings otherwise, stating, "I'm in charge here!". At 6 p.m. out of the coo-coo clock pops Albert Gore, Jr., hollaring, "Down With Big Oil!". [The clock has no provision to point out Gore won the popular vote in 2000; the high court in Washington, corruptly installed Bush as the resident and occupant of the White House. Hence, Gore is actually the elected president NOT INAUGURATED.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;Naturally, these coo-coo clocks are made by Coup D'Etat Manufacturing Company, in a suburb of Paris, France. Guess who owns THAT company?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;[For background, visit our website item, &lt;a href="http://skolnicksreport.org/atroika.html"&gt;"The American Troika"&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;More coming. Stay tuned. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="Justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://skolnicksreport.org/ootar9.html"&gt;http://skolnicksreport.org/ootar9.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-6005777606352081246?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://skolnicksreport.org/ootar9.html' title='Sherman'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/6005777606352081246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/11/sherman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/6005777606352081246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/6005777606352081246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/11/sherman.html' title='Sherman'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2721215420711376943</id><published>2011-10-12T21:47:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T21:47:00.268+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Centre for Research on Globalisation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="  -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "  &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;Centre for Research on Globalisation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="info2"&gt; &lt;h3 align="center"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;Drugs, the CIA and Faustian  Alliances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h3 align="center"&gt;&lt;span &gt;by John Stanton &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a class="gr" href="http://globalresearch.ca/"&gt;&lt;span &gt;www.globalresearch.ca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span &gt;28  June  2004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 45px; PADDING-RIGHT: 35px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  &gt;The URL of this article is: &lt;a href="http://globalresearch.ca/articles/STA406B.html"&gt;http://globalresearch.ca/articles/STA406B.html&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Drugs, Faustian Alliances and Sibel  Edmonds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Taking Turkey as the focal point and with a  start date of 1998, it is easy to speculate why Sibel Edmonds indicated that  there was a convergence of US and foreign counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism  and US national security and economic interests all of which were too  preoccupied to surface critical information warning Americans of the attacks of  September 11, 2001. After all, who would have believed drug runners operating in  Central Asia? And besides, President Clinton was promoting Turkey, one of the  world’s top drug transit points, as a model for Muslim-Western cooperation and a  country necessary to reshape the Middle East.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;The FBI’s Office of International  Operations, in conjunction with the CIA and the US State Department  counter-narcotics section, the United Kingdom’s MI6, Israel’s Mossad, Pakistan’s  ISI, the US DEA, Turkey’s MIT, and the governments and intelligence agencies of  dozens of nations, were in one way or another involved in the illicit drug trade  either trying to stop it or benefit from it. What can be surmised from the  public record is that from 1998 to September 10, 2001, the War on Drugs kept  bumping into the nascent War on Terror and new directions in US foreign  policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;It’s easy to imagine the thousands of drug  couriers, middlemen, financiers and lab technicians moving back and forth  between Pakistan and Turkey, and over to Western Europe and the United States,  and the tidbits of information they gleaned from their sponsors as they  traveled. As information gathering assets for the intelligence agencies of the  world, they must have been invaluable. And given the dozens of foreign  intelligence services working the in the counter-narcotics/terrorism fields, the  "chatter" that just dozens of well-placed operatives may have overheard about  attacks against Western targets must have found its way into the US intelligence  apparatus. But, again, who could believe the audacity of non-state actors  organizing a domestic attack against the supreme power of the day, the USA?  Implementing a new strategic direction and business deals may have overcome the  wacky warnings from the counter-narcotics folks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Back in the late 1990’s and early 2000, who  would have believed the rants of a drug courier from Afghanistan saying that  some guy named Bin Laden was going to attack America, particularly if it  involved America’s newest friend, Turkey? Or that a grand design to reshape  Central Asia and the Middle East with Turkey and Israel as pivot points was  being pushed by the Clinton Administration as a matter of national  policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;The historical record shows that the US War  on Drugs and the nascent War on Terror kept colliding with not only within the  US intelligence, policy and business apparatus, but also with European strategic  and business interests. Turkey continues its push for entry into the European  Union and the USA wants that to happen as the June 2004 meeting of NATO, and  President Bush’s attendance under dangerous circumstances, in Turkey  demonstrates. Turkey is one of the USA’s and Europe’s top arms buyers and is  located near what could be some of the biggest oil and natural gas fields in the  world. At this point it’s worth noting that the one of the FBI’s tasks is to  counter industrial espionage and to engage in it. Where big arms sales pit the  US against its European competitors--as is the case in Turkey (particularly  starting in 1998)--the FBI is busy making sure the US gets the edge over its  competition. Allies are friends only so far.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Did warnings foretelling of an attack on  American soil by Bin Laden’s crew get lost in the War on Drugs or the US  national and economic interest in troublesome Turkey? It seems only Ms Edmonds  knows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Turkey Cold to UK and USA  Concerns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;In 1998, the US Department of State (DOS)  was finally forced to admit that Turkey was a major refining and transit point  for the flow of heroin from Southwest Asia to Western Europe, with small  quantities of the stuff finding its way to the streets of the USA. In that same  year, Kendal Nezan, writing for Le Monde Diplomatique, reported that MIT, and  the Turkish National Police force were actively supporting the trade in illicit  drugs not only for fun and profit, but out of desperation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span &gt;"After the Gulf War in 1991, Turkey found  itself deprived of the all-important Iraqi market and, since it lacked  significant oil reserves of its own, it decided to make up for the loss by  turning more massively to drugs. The trafficking increased in intensity with the  arrival of the hawks in power, after the death in suspicious circumstances of  President Turgut Özal in April 1993. According to the minister of interior, the  war in Kurdistan had cost the Turkish exchequer upwards of $12.5 billion.  According to the daily Hürriyet, Turkey’s heroin trafficking brought in $25  billion in 1995 and $37.5 billion in 1996...Only criminal networks working in  close cooperation with the police and the army could possibly organize  trafficking on such a scale. Drug barons have stated publicly, on Turkish  television and in the West, that they have been working under the protection of  the Turkish government and to its financial benefit. The traffickers themselves  travel on diplomatic passports…the drugs are even transported by military  helicopter from the Iranian border."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Nowhere is the pain of Turkey’s role in the  heroin trade felt more horribly than in the United Kingdom. According to  London’s Letter written by a Member of Parliament, "The war against drugs and  drug trafficking in Britain is huge. Turkish heroin in particular is a top  priority for the MI6 and the Foreign Ministry. During his visit to the British  Embassy in Ankara, the head of the Foreign Office’s Turkey Department was clear  about this. He reassured an English journalist that the heroin trade was more  important than billions of pounds worth off trade capacity and weapons selling.  When the journalist in question told me about this, I was reminded of my  teacher’s words at university in Ankara ten years ago. He was also working for  the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The topic of a lecture discussion was about  Turkey’s Economy and I still remember his words today, "50 billion dollars worth  of foreign debt is nothing, it is two lorry loads of heroin..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Afghanistan: Top Opiate Producer and  America’s Friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Both the DOS and the US Drug Enforcement  Agency (DEA) described in detail the transit routes and countries involved in  getting the goods to Turkey. Intelligence organizations here and abroad must  have sanctioned the role that they, and Turkey and Afghanistan, played in the  process. "Afghanistan is the original source of most of the opiates reaching  Turkey. Afghan opiates, and also hashish, are stockpiled at storage and staging  areas in Pakistan, from where a ton or larger quantities are smuggled by  overland vehicles to Turkey via Iran. Multi-ton quantities of opiates and  hashish also are moved to coastal areas of Pakistan and Iran, where the drugs  are loaded on ships waiting off-shore, which then smuggle the contraband to  points in Turkey along the Mediterranean, Aegean, and/or Marmara seas. Opiates  and hashish also are smuggled overland from Afghanistan via Turkmenistan,  Azerbaijan, and Georgia to Turkey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Turkish-based traffickers and brokers  operate directly and in conjunction with narcotic suppliers, smugglers,  transporters, laboratory operators, drug distributors, money collectors, and  money launderers in and outside Turkey. Traffickers in Turkey illegally acquire  the precursor chemical acetic anhydride, which is used in the production of  heroin, from sources in Western Europe, the Balkans, and Russia. During the  27-month period from July 1, 1999 to September 30, 2001, over 56 metric tons of  illicit acetic anhydride were seized in or destined for  Turkey."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;The Ankara Pact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;The Middle East Report concluded in 1998  that probably the greatest strategic move in the Clinton post-Cold War years is  what could be called "The Ankara Pact" -- an alliance between the U.S., Turkey,  and Israel that essentially circumvents and bottles up the Arab countries.  Earlier in 1997, Turkish Prime Minister Yilmaz visited with Bill Clinton to  ensure him that Turkey would attempt to improve its human rights record by  slaughtering less Kurds, but also mentioned that if the US pushed too hard on  that subject or if the US Congress adopted an Armenian Genocide Resolution,  Turkey might award a billion dollar contract for attack helicopters to a Europe  or maybe even Russia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;During this timeframe, and with approval  from the USA, Turkey began to let contracts to Israel to upgrade its F-4, F-5  and F-16 aircraft. Pemra Hazbay, writing in the May 2004 issue of Peace Watch,  reported that total Israeli arms sales to Turkey had exceeded $1 billion since  2000. "In December 1996, Israel won a deal worth $630 million to upgrade  Turkey's fleet of fifty-four F-4 Phantom fighter jets. In 1998, Turkey awarded a  $75 million contract to upgrade its fleet of 48 F-5 fighter jets to Israel  Aircraft Industries' Lahav division, beating out strong French competition. In  2002, Turkey ratified its largest military deal with Israel, a $700 million  contract for the renovation of Turkish tanks." But that pales in comparison to  the $20 billion in US arms exports and military aid dealt to Turkey over the  last 24 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Then in 1999 came a news item from a  publication known as the Foreign Report based in the United Kingdom. That  publication indicated that "Israeli intelligence, the Mossad, had expanded its  base in Turkey and opened branches in Turkey for other two departments stationed  in Tel Aviv. The Mossad carried out several spy operations and plans through its  elements stationed in Istanbul and Ankara, where it received support and full  cooperation from the Turkish government. According to the military cooperation  agreement between the Mossad and its Turkish counterpart, the MIT, signed by  former Turkish Foreign Minister Hekmet Citen during his visit to Israel in 1993,  the Mossad had provided Turkey with plans aiding it in closing its border with  Iraq, as well as being involved in the arrest the chairman of the PKK, Abdullah  Ocalan." That agreement also included help with counter-narcotics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Earlier in 1998, Israeli, Turkish and  American military forces engaged in exercises in the Mediterranean, according to  Reuters and Agencie France Press. ``[These exercises] signal to the radical  states in the region that there is a strong alliance between Israel, Turkey and  the United States which they must fear, Israeli political scientist Efraim Inbar  said. Defense officials said during last month's visit to Ankara that they hoped  the Jewish lobby in Washington would help Turkey offset Greek and Armenian  influence on Capitol Hill. That's certainly part of this. They expect us to help  them and we do help them a bit, said David Ivri, an adviser who directs biannual  strategy talks with Turkey." Reports also indicated that the CIA and Pentagon  intelligence organizations had regularly chaired meetings of Turkish and Israeli  officers in Tel Aviv for years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;DEA &amp;amp; FBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Prior to the US invasion of Afghanistan, the  DEA monitored the Afghanistan drug trade from its two offices in Pakistan: The  Islamabad Country Office and the Peshawar Resident Office. In addition to  Pakistan and Afghanistan, the DEA Islamabad Country Office also includes in its  area of responsibility Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, the  United Arab Emirates, and Oman. Asa Hutchinson, the Administrator of the Drug  Enforcement Administration, testified in October 2001 that&lt;b&gt;&lt;span  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;DEA intelligence confirmed the presence of a linkage between  Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban and international terrorist Osama Bin  Laden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;He went on to say that although DEA had no  direct evidence to confirm that Bin Laden is involved in the drug trade, the  relationship between the Taliban and Bin Laden is believed to have flourished in  large part due to the Taliban’s substantial reliance on the opium trade as a  source of organizational revenue. "While the activities of the two entities do  not always follow the same trajectory, we know that drugs and terror frequently  share the common ground of geography, money, and violence. In this respect, the  very sanctuary enjoyed by Bin Laden is based on the existence of the Taliban’s  support for the drug trade. This connection defines the deadly, symbiotic  relationship between the illicit drug trade and international  terrorism."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Meanwhile, back at the FBI, the Office of  International Operations oversees the Legal Attaché Program operating at 46  locations around the world. The operation maintains contact with Interpol, other  US federal agencies such as the CIA and military agencies such as the Defense  Intelligence Agency, and foreign police and security officers. Its job is to  investigate or counter threats from foreign intelligence, terrorists and  criminal enterprises that threaten the national or economic security of the USA.  It coordinates its activities with all US and foreign intelligence operations.  In 2000, it opened offices in Ankara, Turkey and Almaty, Kazhakstan. Since 1996,  it has had offices in Islamabad, Pakistan and Tele Aviv, Israel. In 1997 it  opened one in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Combined, these offices monitor the entire  Middle East, Persian Gulf and Central Asian threat areas developing thousands of  "investigative leads".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;Ms Edmonds has given the American people  leads that show that they are easily sacrificed for a perceived greater  good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span  &gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span &gt;John Stanton is a Virginia based writer  specializing in national security and political issues. His forthcoming book is  America 2004: A Power But Not Super. He is the author, along with Wayne Madsen,  of America’s Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II. Reach him at &lt;a href="mailto:cioran123@yahoo.com"&gt;cioran123@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;  &lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;Related Global Research  article:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's  Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade by Michel Chossudovsky, &lt;a href="http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO404A.html"&gt;http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO404A.html&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;  &lt;p style="PADDING-LEFT: 45px; PADDING-RIGHT: 35px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:?subject=%20article%20from%20Global%20Research?body=%20article%20at%20http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/406A.html" target="http://globalresearch.ca/articles/IND401A.html"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;Email this article to a friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-LEFT: 45px; PADDING-RIGHT: 35px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;To express your opinion on this article, join the discussion at &lt;a href="http://globalresearch.ca.myforums.net/index.php"&gt;Global Research's News  and Discussion Forum&lt;/a&gt; , at &lt;a href="http://globalresearch.ca.myforums.net/index.php"&gt;http://globalresearch.ca.myforums.net/index.php&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="PADDING-LEFT: 45px; PADDING-RIGHT: 35px" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span  &gt;The Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) at &lt;a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/"&gt;www.globalresearch.ca&lt;/a&gt; grants permission  to cross-post original Global Research (Canada) articles in their entirety, or  any portions thereof, on community internet sites, as long as the text &amp;amp;  title of the article are not modified. 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Prior to that, FBI translator  Sibel Edmonds had only told us of drug trafficking on rendition flights.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is now a fact, not “theory” or conjecture.  Is the Global Hawk  story fact also?  Having this confirmed was a shock for us.  We had been  tracking the presence of “contractors” servicing UAV aircraft in this  region and knew it was impossible to be arming and operating them  against terrorists as facilities for this are unavailable at the 3 small  air strips in the region.  Each Hawk holds tens of millions of dollars  of processed heroin which can be flown anywhere in the world.  We have  numerous confirmations that this is being done.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tens of thousands will die from this harvest of death.  Who profits  and why is it necessary for chaos to continue for the money to flow? &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;First of all, with this much money, assume everyone is involved, no  country is totally free, including our ally Israel, world’s most capable  narco-capitalist but it doesn’t stop there.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOW NARCOTICS AND TERRORISM SERVE EACH OTHER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Narcotics provide cover for the war by making it impossible for  Afghanistan to ever have a stable government.  Drug lords are never  going to become responsible tribal leaders.  However, they also can’t  fly tons of heroin around the world nor can they bank billions of  dollars.  They need help.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is what the war supplies, thousands of experts have flooded into  the region to train Afghanis to live as free people in a democratic  society.  Many of these outsiders, some from India, some from Israel  traveling under false passports and hired as US contractors, many  Americans with security contracting companies and, perhaps government  agencies themselves, are involved.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;What we are keeping quiet is the fact that so much money is flowing  out of the region into so many pockets, journalists included, that  nothing is reported, nothing is done and training and arming terrorists  has become an integral part of maintaining the war.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If the war ends, the Taliban might take over and end drug trafficking like they did before.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EACH NATION HAS AN AGENDA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Israel is in Afghanistan and Balochistan to do a couple of things.   They are in Pakistan’s “breakaway” province of Balochistan organizing  attacks on Iran and working to separate Balochistan from Pakistan.   India and Israel would then control this region allowing access for a  new gas pipeline bypassing Iran.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This has been very public but never reported.  The illegal wars  against Pakistan and Iran, yes Iran has suffered many terror attacks by  Israel staged from this area of Pakistan, serve a number of purposes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Pakistan’s economy is destroyed, making it impossible, were Pakistan  not endemically corrupt politically, for them to deal with the root  causes of extremism in the tribal areas.  Helping drown Pakistan in debt  is the key.  With US funding tied to Paksitan quietly taking a beating  from Israel without complaint, the absurdity of the situation must be  overwhelming at times.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Iran is openly attacked, suffers UN sanctions for violations that  Israel openly escapes sanctions for because of the US/Israel Security  Council veto, and Iran’s responses are misconstrued as aggressive  threats when they are much more the victim, albeit led by a total fool. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Israel has been allowed to become a nuclear state, protected,  financed and armed by the US though Israel’s policies are distinctly  anti-American.  Their penetration of congress and the press have allowed  them to engage in ethnic cleansing, illegal nuclear proliferation,  massive financial crimes, narco-trafficking and espionage against the  United States without consequence.  Any American politician who speaks  of Israels nukes faces assassination.  Famed White House correspondent,  Helen Thomas has asked many and none have ever answered. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;India, aided by Israel and the United States, has set up terrorist  training camps in Afghanistan, a country led by a pro-Indian government  under Karzai.  These camps, openly admitted by US officials, sit beside  similar camps that collect, process and ship heroin.  Nobody wants to  talk about any of this.  However, as these camps also directly support  the Pakistan Taliban, their only real purpose, and have now been proven  instrumental in an attack on the United States, even more effort will be  made to hide their presence.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IRAN AND ISRAEL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The New York Times tells us that Iran has threatened Israel with a nuclear holocaust.  This was the threat:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time will ease Israel from the pages of history.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;This is what the New York Times said:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We will wipe Israel off the map!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Every report of Iran building nuclear  weapons has been debunked.  Iran has been “one to five years” from  having a “nuclear device” for 20 years.  So has Luxembourg, Andorra and  the Maldives.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Any country in the region, by international  law, who develops nuclear weapons is considered a rogue state except  for “wink and nod” Israel.  Aiding such a state is a crime.  US aid for  such a state, “the only democracy in the region” is a crime. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;These are the issues where total misconceptions of history are used to support Israel:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The 1947 war was not “poor unarmed  Israelis” fighting Arab armies.  It was a highly organized war on  annihilation that killed 300,000 Palestinians.  Everything said about  this war is a total fiction.  This was the beginning of an ethnic  cleansing.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;In 1956, Israel went to Britain  and France to aid in a sneak attack on Egypt to take over the  Suez Canal.  President Eisenhower blocked this, threatening broad  economic sanctions against both France and Britain.  Israel was the  aggressor in this sneak attack on Egypt.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;In 1967, Israel attacked  Egypt, a sneak  attack, catching Egypt’s air force on the ground.  Israel started the 6  Day War as an illegal war of aggression with no provocation.  To hide  this, Israel attacked an American ship, the USS Liberty, an act of war  against the United States.  This attack has more documentation than the  holocaust.  Every word about attacks on Israel by “Arab armies” is a  total lie.  This was an illegal aggressive war begun by an atrocity  against American sailors and a sneak attack on Egypt.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Israel developed nuclear weapons,  starting in the 1960s.  President Kennedy, soon after demanding that  Israel immediately cease was murdered.  Since this time, the US has used  its veto hundreds of times to protect Israel from sanctions exactly  like being imposed on Iran, sanctions for, not only nuclear weapons but  for gross violations of human rights.  None of this has been accurately  reported to Americans.  We have been lied to in a brutal fashion by, not  only our press but our own government for decades.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Israel has operated as a “pirate” haven, not unlike Somalia, a home  for financial criminals, weapons and narcotics dealers, spies and  powerful financial organizations that spent hundreds of millions of  dollars a year entertaining American politicians and military leaders,  often leading to threats and blackmail.  These tactics and others have  given Israel total control over American foreign policy.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Israel claims Iran is planning a new “holocaust.”  The more death and destruction in Gaza, the more we hear “holocaust.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Let’s look at a fact.  More Palestinians  have died already than Jews under the “holocaust” prior to 1941.  In  fact, Israel has caused the death of more of its own citizens, having   “classified” Palestinians the same way Germany classified the Jews, than  the first 8 years of Nazi butchery.  Please check the figures.   Palestinian deaths are at nearly 500,000 with 300,000 having perished  during the sectarian violence described so fictionally in the Leon Uris  novel Exodus. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Many don’t care, even in the Middle East  because Palestinians are considered “dirty and troublesome.”  Europeans  thought of the Jews as “dirty and troublesome” also.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ISRAEL AND THE ARABS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;The US created Israel.  The US also created  Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, our current version of Egypt, in fact  the entire region with minor exceptions has been a US creation.  Why  don’t you hear about threats from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey, Kuwait,  the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen or other nations against Israel?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;All these countries that Israel talks about  banding together and exterminating the Jews are militarily weak or have  no offensive capacity and in reality have warm and friendly relations  with Israel.  Are these nations corrupt?  Yes, of course, exactly like  the United States and Israel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Many of these nations have been found working closely with Israel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Whether Israelis live as Europeans and  behave as monsters while some of the oil rich states we use in  comparison, ‘brutal and backward’ shouldn’t influence American policy.   America placed Israel in the Middle East as a state that could live  above any and all law, extradition, nuclear regulation, money laundering  restrictions or any other civilized international convention for a  purpose, much as the US created the primitive dictatorships that keep  the oil flowing.  These bizarre and corrupt states serve the interests  of a corrupt oligarchy that now controls much of the world.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;A subtext of deception and manipulation has  pushed the world into a cycle of economic collapse fueled by debt,  powered by war, a subtext keeping the world in poverty and chaos with  one purpose, the accumulation of power without intelligence and reason.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE ILLUSION OF TERRORISM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Terrorism is an expression of ignorance,  anger and poverty.  The Bush administration and its friends in Israel  and elsewhere combined terrorism, deception and religious insanity into a  stew meant to facilitate the creation of a biblical monstrosity  designed to bring about the “end times” and the destruction of secular  society and all democratic states.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Is this what Israel wanted?  Do Jews all  await the time when they are forced to convert to Christianity or die,  the real aim of the American “Taliban?”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;A good look at what the world and America  in particular has become clearly shows that if terrorism didn’t exist,  we would invent it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Another good look will show that, in fact,  when terrorism lacked organization or the ability to strike at targets  in the US and Europe, intelligence agencies which had long penetrated  every terrorist organization on earth, in fact took control of many of  them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="attachment wp-att-30611" href="http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/10/gordon-duff-rats-in-wolves-clothing/webmoney_drugs_and_guns_grouped/"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-30611" style="margin: 10px 15px; border: 1px solid black;" src="http://www.veteranstoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WEBMoney_Drugs_and_Guns_grouped-150x150.jpg" alt="" height="150" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Why would governments war on their own  people?  There are always reasons and justifications for everything.   “We kill a few thousand people but build a more secure world that will  keep us safe (and rich with cheap oil and heroin) for decades.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RECOGNIZING A CRIMINAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Today, it has become simple to recognize  the criminals who lead us.  If a military leader tells you that opium  has to be protected, though it causes more suffering than any war and  most diseases, you know you are hearing a criminal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;When you hear a politician talk about  Afghanistan, carefully avoiding taking responsibility for massive  increases in drug trafficking under US control, assume he or she is  involved.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;When a terrorist moves from one country to  another through the toughest airports in the world while Nobel Prize  winners sit in detention for hours because a “suspect” somewhere has the  same last name they do, you know this government is working in support  of terrorism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;When you see a politician on television  talking about heroes, heroes in a war protecting no one, heroes in a war  meant only to live on itself, killing spending and growing as though it  were alive, talking war but never addressing the cause of war or the  cost of war, you are seeing a criminal.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Every individual that profits from war, be  they arms manufacturers or military officers who know how to smile in  photographs and fight unsuccessfully, sacrificing the lives of others  year after year or even the media that cheers it all on, a media more  responsible for breeding hate than any Madrassa, as Glen Beck and Ann  Levensohn Coulter prove every day, is criminal, is complicit and should  be required to pay a sacrifice equal to their crime.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT ONE THING, MONEY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;If terrorism didn’t exist, would we invent it?  Was terrorism invented to replace the Cold War?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Are all intelligence and security agencies  involved in terrorist acts?  How can American or Israel or even Indian  groups recruit Islamic terrorists?  How can the tiny nation, Israel,  push America into war and economic collapse?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Who is served by terrorism?  If our own  governments helped create terrorism, was it done to instill a regime of  oppression under the guise of “keeping us safe?”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Has terrorism raised the profits of arms  and oil fiends and lowered our standard of living?  How many countries  are now drowning in debt?  How has terrorism managed to impoverish only  the world’s middle class?  Why has the one nation that complains most  about terrorism gained the most from it?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;How many millions more are living in  poverty and ignorance while billions are spent to end the terrorism we  only seem to be fueling?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;How much less free is the world, how much  more are we all watched, listened to and threatened in our daily lives  because of the business of profiting from terrorism?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Who are the real terrorists?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-3298718518803811864?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/05/10/gordon-duff-rats-in-wolves-clothing/' title='Gordon Duff:  Rats In Wolves Clothing'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/3298718518803811864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/10/gordon-duff-rats-in-wolves-clothing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3298718518803811864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/3298718518803811864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/10/gordon-duff-rats-in-wolves-clothing.html' title='Gordon Duff:  Rats In Wolves Clothing'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OlQe9RdyyiU/TSzs9Yp12XI/AAAAAAAACZo/tHkoXd-G2z0/s72-c/globalhawk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-2917592767525629111</id><published>2011-08-13T07:26:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T05:24:46.580+09:00</updated><title type='text'>HAIKU for PEOPLE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/"&gt;HAIKU for PEOPLE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;since 1995.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;big&gt;What is Haiku?&lt;/big&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Since early days, there has been confusion between the three related terms&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Haiku, Hokku&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Haikai.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The term &lt;i&gt;hokku&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;literally means "starting verse", and was the first starting link of a much longer chain of verses known as&lt;i&gt;haika.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Because the&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;hokku&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;set the tone for the rest of the poetic chain, it enjoyed a privileged position in&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;haikai&lt;/i&gt; poetry, and it was not uncommon for a poet to compose a&lt;i&gt;hokku&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;by itself without following up with the rest of the chain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;"&gt;Harvest moon:&lt;br /&gt;around the pond I wander&lt;br /&gt;and the night is gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - Basho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-2917592767525629111?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/' title='HAIKU for PEOPLE'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/2917592767525629111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/08/haiku-for-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2917592767525629111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/2917592767525629111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/08/haiku-for-people.html' title='HAIKU for PEOPLE'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-7360618641563534494</id><published>2011-08-13T05:47:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-13T05:55:56.117+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Feudal Warriors</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-843hbsJZGQQ/TkWTVq_6j3I/AAAAAAAAAG8/c4hHracdbso/s1600/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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Ezek.: 43:2&lt;br /&gt;2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird: … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:8!; Isaiah: 13:21, 22!&lt;br /&gt;3 Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; And the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of her delicacies. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:8; 17:2; Jer.: 51:7!; Rev.: 18:9, 15&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her Sins and Punishment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my people; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not of her plagues. … Scripture reference – Jer.: 51:45!; 2 Cor.: 6:17!; Eph.: 5:7!; 1 Tim.: 5:22&lt;br /&gt;5 For her sins have reached unto heaven: and the Lord hath remembered her iniquities. … Scripture reference – Jer.: 51:9&lt;br /&gt;6 Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double unto her double, according to her works. In the cup wherein she hath mingled, mingle ye double unto her. … Scripture reference – Jer.: 50:29!; 2 Thess.: 1:6&lt;br /&gt;7 As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see. … Scripture reference – Isaiah: 47:8&lt;br /&gt;8 Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong, who shall judge her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dirge of the Kings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 ¶ [1] And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning: … Scripture reference – Rev.: 18:3; 17:2; 18:18&lt;br /&gt;10 Standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy judgment come. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 18:15, 16, 17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dirge of the Merchants&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more. … Scripture reference – Ezek.: 27;32!&lt;br /&gt;12 Merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones: and of pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet: and all thyine wood: and all manner of vessels of ivory: and all manner of vessels of precious stone and of brass and of iron and of marble:&lt;br /&gt;13 And cinnamon and odours and ointment and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts [2] and sheep and horses and chariots: and slaves and souls of men.&lt;br /&gt;14 And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee: and all fat and goodly things are perished from thee. And they shall find them no more at all.&lt;br /&gt;15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning, … Scripture reference – Rev.: 18:3, 10&lt;br /&gt;16 And saying: Alas! alas! that great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet and was gilt with gold and precious stones and pearls. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 17:4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17 For in one hour are so great riches come to nought.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dirge of the Mariners&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And every shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as work in the sea, stood afar off, … Scripture reference – Ezek.: 27:29, 30!; Rev.: 18:10&lt;br /&gt;18 And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city? … Scripture reference – Ezek.: 27:29, 30!; Rev.: 18:9&lt;br /&gt;19 And they cast dust upon their heads and cried, weeping and mourning, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, wherein all were made rich, that had ships at sea, by reason of her prices. For, in one hour she is made desolate. … Scripture reference – Ezek.: 27:29, 30!, 32, 33!&lt;br /&gt;20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets. For God hath judged your judgment on her. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 12:12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Angel’s Promise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;21 And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall Babylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at all. … Scripture reference – Jer.: 51:63, 64&lt;br /&gt;22 And the voice of harpers and of musicians and of them that play on the pipe and on the trumpet shall no more be heard at all in thee: and no craftsman [3] of any art whatsoever shall be found any more at all in thee: and the sound of the mill shall be heard no more at all in thee: … Scripture reference – Ezek.:26:13!; Jer.: 25:10!&lt;br /&gt;23 And the light of the lamp shall shine no more at all in thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for all nations have been deceived by thy enchantments. … Scripture reference – Jer.: 25:10!&lt;br /&gt;24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all that were slain upon the earth. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 16:6!&lt;br /&gt;(DRV)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[1] -Ver. 9-19. This passage is not an account of a vision but rather a direct prophecy, after. the manner of the prophecies of Isaias and Ezechiel concerning Tyre. Tyre furnishes a type of the vengeance of God upon satanic pride and luxury.&lt;br /&gt;[2] -Ver.13. Beasts [of burden]: the Greek has “cattle.”&lt;br /&gt;[3] –Ver. 22 The city had boasted previously of her craftsmen, skilled in every craft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Truth is that the &lt;a href="http://deliverustosalvation.blogspot.com/2008/05/falling-away.html"&gt;Falling Away&lt;/a&gt; from faith in God is the cause of evil. Many people might think that the cause of evil is this or that group of people, but that is contrary to God´s law which is just and for all men. Therefore, all people, Jew and Gentile and people of color and European ancestry and Middle Eastern, Asian etc. cannot be held responsible for the actions of evil people doing evil. The individuals who do good receive good from God and those who do evil receive evil. And God is no respecter of persons, as St. Peter said. Acts Of Apostles 10:34 And Peter opening his mouth, said: In very deed I perceive, that God is not a respecter of persons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKwEcW28V0/TjsZzWB73AI/AAAAAAAAAGg/69PbSfq49y4/s1600/threepics16bm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKwEcW28V0/TjsZzWB73AI/AAAAAAAAAGg/69PbSfq49y4/s400/threepics16bm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637127728462027778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ratzinger&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qqyrg25q9XE/TjsZzaBPdCI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ctgPt5AaPhE/s1600/va_b16t.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qqyrg25q9XE/TjsZzaBPdCI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ctgPt5AaPhE/s400/va_b16t.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637127729532859426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;His coat of arms that hangs from the balcony when he addresses crowds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bNa1XzRsEbA/TjsYq0gReRI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uapPdxC8a5s/s1600/2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 97px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bNa1XzRsEbA/TjsYq0gReRI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/uapPdxC8a5s/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637126482511886610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;President John F. Kennedy - he denounced the secret societies (the Vatican's) and that got him assassinated.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrOa2G1q-Dg/TjsXJ2gXT2I/AAAAAAAAAGI/mquxN9MKtEM/s1600/va%2529be16h.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 124px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrOa2G1q-Dg/TjsXJ2gXT2I/AAAAAAAAAGI/mquxN9MKtEM/s400/va%2529be16h.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637124816601829218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ratzinger's Coat of Arms&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9hQJYeSH4s0/TjsXJt4-KVI/AAAAAAAAAGA/9Zg6TLUleXs/s1600/orsen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9hQJYeSH4s0/TjsXJt4-KVI/AAAAAAAAAGA/9Zg6TLUleXs/s400/orsen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637124814289119570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pacelli (Pius XII) with Hitler. Later the Ratlines were an escape for the Nazi war criminals. See this, too, &lt;a href="http://1amendmentcont.blogspot.com/2010/01/pact-of-metz.html"&gt;Pact of Metz&lt;/a&gt;. You are known by the friends you keep.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-za8Dw7yw_XQ/TjsXJpwOlvI/AAAAAAAAAF4/0P1QDYV37tM/s1600/benedict_bertie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-za8Dw7yw_XQ/TjsXJpwOlvI/AAAAAAAAAF4/0P1QDYV37tM/s400/benedict_bertie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637124813178705650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bavarian Ratzinger with Ninian Bertie, the 78th Grandmaster of SMOM. The SMOM or Knights of Malta are a Military arm of the &lt;a href="http://lookupyourredemptionisathand.blogspot.com/2008/07/british-east-india-company.html"&gt;Guelph&lt;/a&gt; or Black Nobility from Bavaria. The &lt;a href="http://lookupyourredemptionisathand.blogspot.com/2011/07/knights-of-st-john-smom.html"&gt;SMOM&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://1amendmentcont.blogspot.com/2010/01/opus-dei.html"&gt;Opus Dei&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://harlotbabylon.blogspot.com/2011/05/coming-of-antichrist.html"&gt;Vatican&lt;/a&gt; Banking connections all involve secret societies as do the &lt;a href="http://marknamenumber.blogspot.com/2011/08/jesuit-operatives.html"&gt;Jesuits&lt;/a&gt;. It is the Bavarian Guelph who are the inheritors of the power of the &lt;a href="http://lookupyourredemptionisathand.blogspot.com/2011/01/ancient-cretan-double-eagles-and-houses.html"&gt;Houses of the Dragon&lt;/a&gt; from the time of the ancient Cretan Minoan Empire and the ancient Maltese outposts thereof through 35 centuries to the present. These Guelph nobility have caused huge trouble for the world for centuries. It is Bavaria that is prime center of their &lt;a href="http://lookupyourredemptionisathand.blogspot.com/2008/07/illuminati.html"&gt;Illuminati &lt;/a&gt;power nexus. They have manipulated &lt;a href="http://communistworldgovernment.blogspot.com/2011/07/united-europe-eur-triad-and-powers.html"&gt;Rome&lt;/a&gt; for a long time and have it center in their plans for the world in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="st"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jLbwicblV4M/TjsXJUTbEnI/AAAAAAAAAFw/343QZ9Hs3Jg/s1600/hitlerspope.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jLbwicblV4M/TjsXJUTbEnI/AAAAAAAAAFw/343QZ9Hs3Jg/s400/hitlerspope.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637124807420744306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pacelli&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcvGx1BeOgw/Tjrm1JoM2TI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/V739zqTDIWo/s1600/99px-CoA_Citt%25C3%25A0_di_Milano.svg.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 99px; height: 120px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VcvGx1BeOgw/Tjrm1JoM2TI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/V739zqTDIWo/s400/99px-CoA_Citt%25C3%25A0_di_Milano.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637071684399585586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Guelph Family Crest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Guelphs control the Papacy (Antipope Benedict XVI is one of theirs) and the banks and together they control the Jesuits who work for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reference these articles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Guelphs and Ghibellines&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 236.25pt; margin-left: 12pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(253, 253, 253); border: 1pt solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" width="315" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: medium none; padding: 1.5pt;"&gt;   &lt;div align="center"&gt;   &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 230.25pt;" width="307" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;    &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;     &lt;td colspan="2" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lightsteelblue; padding: 0.75pt 12pt;"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines##"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;] &lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="height: 1.5pt;"&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; height: 1.5pt;"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td style="padding: 0.75pt; height: 1.5pt;"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style=""&gt;     &lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 230.25pt; padding: 0in;" width="307"&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Crema" title="Siege of Crema"&gt;Crema&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Milan&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Siege of Milan (page does not exist)"&gt;Milan&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnano" title="Battle of Legnano"&gt;Legnano&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Rudiano&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" title="Battle of Rudiano (page does not exist)"&gt;Rudiano&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cortenuova" title="Battle of Cortenuova"&gt;Cortenuova&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Brescia" title="Siege of Brescia"&gt;Brescia&lt;/a&gt; –&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Faenza" title="Siege of Faenza"&gt;Faenza&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Viterbo" title="Siege of Viterbo"&gt;Viterbo&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Parma" title="Battle of Parma"&gt;Parma&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fossalta" title="Battle of Fossalta"&gt;Fossalta&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cingoli" title="Battle of Cingoli"&gt;Cingoli&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montebruno" title="Battle of Montebruno"&gt;Montebruno&lt;/a&gt; –&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cassano_%281259%29" title="Battle of Cassano (1259)"&gt;Cassano&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montaperti" title="Battle of Montaperti"&gt;Montaperti&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Benevento" title="Battle of Benevento"&gt;Benevento&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tagliacozzo" title="Battle of Tagliacozzo"&gt;Tagliacozzo&lt;/a&gt; –&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Colle_Val_d%27Elsa" title="Battle of Colle Val d'Elsa"&gt;Colle Val d'Elsa&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roccavione" title="Battle of Roccavione"&gt;Roccavione&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Desio" title="Battle of Desio"&gt;Desio&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pieve_al_Toppo" title="Battle of Pieve al Toppo"&gt;Pieve al Toppo&lt;/a&gt; –&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Campaldino" title="Battle of Campaldino"&gt;Campaldino&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Altopascio" title="Battle of Altopascio"&gt;Altopascio&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zappolino" title="Battle of Zappolino"&gt;Zappolino&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gamenario" title="Battle of Gamenario"&gt;Gamenario&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;/td&gt;    &lt;/tr&gt;   &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Guelphs and Ghibellines were &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_faction" title="Political faction"&gt;factions&lt;/a&gt; supporting the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" title="Pope"&gt;Pope&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor"&gt;Holy Roman Emperor&lt;/a&gt;, respectively, in central and northern &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;. During the 12th and 13th centuries, the split between these two parties was a particularly important aspect of the internal policy of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_city-states" title="Italian city-states"&gt;Italian city-states&lt;/a&gt;. The struggle for power between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire had arisen with the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture_Conflict" title="Investiture Conflict"&gt;Investiture Conflict&lt;/a&gt; which began in 1075 and ended with the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat_of_Worms" title="Concordat of Worms"&gt;Concordat of Worms&lt;/a&gt; in 1122, but the division between Guelphs and Ghibellines in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Italy&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; persisted to the 15th century.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table class="MsoNormalTable" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 1pt solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" border="1" cellpadding="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr style=""&gt;   &lt;td style="border: medium none; padding: 3.75pt;"&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Contents&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; [&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines##"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#History#History"&gt;1 History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#Origins#Origins"&gt;1.1 Origins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#13th.E2.80.9314th_centuries#13th.E2.80.9314th_centuries"&gt;1.2 13th–14th   centuries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#Later_history#Later_history"&gt;1.3 Later   history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#Allegiance_of_the_main_Italian_cities#Allegiance_of_the_main_Italian_cities"&gt;2 Allegiance   of the main Italian cities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#In_heraldry#In_heraldry"&gt;3 In   heraldry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#In_literature#In_literature"&gt;4 In   literature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#See_also#See_also"&gt;5 See   also&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#References#References"&gt;6 References&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines#External_links#External_links"&gt;7 External   links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;History&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Origins&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Guelph (often spelled Guelf; in Italian Guelfo, plural Guelfi) is an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language"&gt;Italian&lt;/a&gt; form of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Welf" title="House of Welf"&gt;Welf&lt;/a&gt;, the family of the dukes of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria"&gt;Bavaria&lt;/a&gt; (including the namesake &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welf_II,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Welf II, Duke of Bavaria"&gt;Welf&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Lion" title="Henry the Lion"&gt;Henry the Lion&lt;/a&gt;). The Welfs were said to have used the name as a rallying cry during the Battle of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinsberg" title="Weinsberg"&gt;Weinsberg&lt;/a&gt; in 1140, in which the rival &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenstaufen" title="Hohenstaufen"&gt;Hohenstaufens&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabia" title="Swabia"&gt;Swabia&lt;/a&gt; (led by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_III_of_Germany" title="Conrad III of Germany"&gt;Conrad III&lt;/a&gt;) used &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiblingen" title="Waiblingen"&gt;Waiblingen&lt;/a&gt;, the name of a castle, as their cry. Waiblingen, at the time pronounced and spelled somewhat like "Wibellingen", became subsequently Ghibellino in Italian. The names were likely introduced to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt; during the reign of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor"&gt;Frederick Barbarossa&lt;/a&gt;. When &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Frederick&lt;/st1:city&gt; conducted military campaigns in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Italy&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; to expand imperial power there, his supporters became known as Ghibellines (Ghibellini). The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_League" title="Lombard League"&gt;Lombard League&lt;/a&gt; and its allies, defending the liberties of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_commune" title="Medieval commune"&gt;urban communes&lt;/a&gt; against the Emperor's encroachments, became known as Guelphs. The Lombard League defeated &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Frederick&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; at the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Legnano" title="Battle of Legnano"&gt;Battle of Legnano&lt;/a&gt; in 1176. &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Frederick&lt;/st1:city&gt; recognized the full autonomy of the cities of the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Lombard&lt;/st1:place&gt; league under his nominal &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzerainty" title="Suzerainty"&gt;suzerainty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The division between two distinct "&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;" and "Ghibelline" parties became defined during &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor"&gt;Frederick Barbarossa&lt;/a&gt;'s reign (12th century). Ghibellines were the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire"&gt;imperial&lt;/a&gt; party, while the Guelphs supported the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" title="Pope"&gt;Pope&lt;/a&gt;. Broadly speaking, Guelphs tended to come from wealthy mercantile families, whereas Ghibellines were predominantly those whose wealth was based on agricultural estates. &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt; cities, of course, tended to be in areas where the Emperor was more a threat to local interests than the Pope, and Ghibelline cities tended to be in areas where the enlargement of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States"&gt;Papal States&lt;/a&gt; was the more immediate threat. Smaller cities tended to be Ghibelline if the larger city nearby was &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt;, as &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph &lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence" title="Florence"&gt;Florence&lt;/a&gt; and Ghibelline &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena" title="Siena"&gt;Siena&lt;/a&gt; faced off at the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montaperti" title="Battle of Montaperti"&gt;Battle of Montaperti&lt;/a&gt;, 1260. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa" title="Pisa"&gt;Pisa&lt;/a&gt; maintained a staunch Ghibelline stance in contraposition to her fiercest rivals, the &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa"&gt;Genoa&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence" title="Florence"&gt;Florence&lt;/a&gt;. Adhesion to one party or another could be therefore motivated by local or regional political reasons. Within cities factions broke down &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild" title="Guild"&gt;guild&lt;/a&gt; by guild, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rione" title="Rione"&gt;rione&lt;/a&gt; by rione, and a city could easily change party after internal upheaval. Moreover, sometimes traditionally Ghibelline cities allied with the Papacy, while &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; cities were even punished with Papal &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdict_%28Roman_Catholic_Church%29" title="Interdict (Roman Catholic Church)"&gt;interdict&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It must be noted that contemporaries did not use the terms &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Guelph&lt;/st1:city&gt; and Ghibellines much until about 1250, and then only in &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Tuscany&lt;/st1:state&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; (where they originated), with the names "church party" and "imperial party" preferred in some areas.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;End of portion of article&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;______________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Guelph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;From - http://www.larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2008/2008_1-9/2008_1-9/2008-9/pdf/28-29_3509.pdf&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1_pjF9k74s/Tjrm1SzrtbI/AAAAAAAAAFg/c9-FX9zT3bI/s1600/New%2BPicture.bmp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1_pjF9k74s/Tjrm1SzrtbI/AAAAAAAAAFg/c9-FX9zT3bI/s400/New%2BPicture.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637071686863664562" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BlIiq9M1Nt8/Tjrm1UZpNcI/AAAAAAAAAFY/i0QdXmdwYPA/s1600/New%2BPicture%2B%25281%2529.bmp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BlIiq9M1Nt8/Tjrm1UZpNcI/AAAAAAAAAFY/i0QdXmdwYPA/s400/New%2BPicture%2B%25281%2529.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637071687291319746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 319px;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Above: “Survey of &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Venice&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;,” by James Howell, 1651; Inset: “Dance of Death,” by Hans Holbein, 1538. 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&lt;/span&gt;found&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="letter-spacing: 1px;"&gt; at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.schillerinstitute.org/"&gt;www.schillerinstitute.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The Bardi, Peruzzi, and Acciaiuoli family banks, along with other large banks in Florence and Siena in particular, were all founded in the years around 1250. In the 1290s, they grew dramatically in size and rapaciousness, and were reorganized, by the influx of new partners. These were “Black Guelph” noble families, of the faction of northern Italian landed aristocracy always bitterly hostile to the government of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne, 500 years earlier, had already recognized Venice as a threat equal to the marauding Vikings, and had organized a boycott to try to bring Venice to terms with his Empire. Venice in 1300 was the center of the Black Guelph faction which drove Dante and his co-thinkers from Florence. In opposition to Dante’s work De Monarchia, a whole series of political theorists of “Venice, the ideal model of government” were promoted in north Italy: Bartolomeo of Lucca, Marsiglio of Padua, Enrico Paolino of Venice, et al., all of whom based themselves on Aristotle’s Politics, which was translated into Latin for the purpose. The same “coup” made the Bardi, Peruzzi, et al. Black Guelph banking “supercompanies,” suddenly two or three times their previous size and branch structure. Machiavelli describes how, by 1308, the Black Guelph ruled everywhere in northern Italy except in Milan, which remained allied with the Holy Roman Empire and was the most economically developed and powerful city- state in Fourteenth-century Italy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A century earlier, in the 1180s, Doge (Duke) Ziani of Venice had provoked hostilities between the two leaders of Christendom, the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, the grandfather of Frederick II. Doge Ziani, in time-worn Venetian style, then personally mediated the “Peace of Constance” between the Pope and the Emperor. The Doge got his enemy, Emperor Frederick, to agree to withdraw his standard silver coinage from Italy, and allow the Italian cities to mint their own coins. Over the century from that 1183 Peace of Constance to the 1290s, Venice established the extraordinary, near-total dominance of trading in gold and silver coin and bullion throughout Europe and Asia. . . . Venice broke and replaced the European silver coinage of the Holy Roman Emperors, the Byzantine Empire’s silver coinage, and eventually broke the famous Florentine “gold form” in the decades immediately leading into the 1340s financial blowout which blew out all the financiers except the Venetians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Black Guelph bankers of Florence did not simply loan money to monarchs, and then expect repayment with interest. In fact, interest was often “officially” not charged on the loans, since usury was considered a sin and a crime among Christians. Rather, like the International Monetary Fund to day, the banks imposed “conditionalities” on the loans. The primary conditionality was the pledging of royal revenues directly to the bankers the clearest sign that the monarchs lacked national sovereignty against the Black Guelph “privateers.” Since in 14th-Century Europe, important commodities like food, wool, clothing, salt, iron, etc., were produced only under royal license and taxation, bank control of royal revenue led to, first, private monopolization of production of these commodities, and second, the banks’“privatization” and control of the functions of royal government itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By 1325, for example, the Peruzzi bank owned all of the revenues of the Kingdom of Naples (the southern half of Italy, the most productive grain belt of the entire Mediterranean area); they recruited and ran King Robert of Naples’ army, collected his duties and taxes, appointed the officials of his government, and above all, sold all the grain from his kingdom. They egged Robert on to continual wars to conquer Sicily, because through Spain, Sicily was allied with the Holy Roman Empire. Thus, Sicily’s grain production, which the Peruzzi did not control, was reduced by war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King Robert’s Anjou relatives, the monarchs of Hungary, had their realm similarly “privatized” by the Florentine banks in the same period. In France, the Peruzzi were the cooperating bank (creditor) of the bankers to King Philip IV, the infamous Franzezi bankers “Biche and Mouche” (Albizzo and Mosciatto Guidi). The Bardi and Peruzzi banks, always in a ratio of 3:2 for investments and returns, “privatized” the revenues of Edward II and Edward III of England, paid the King’s budget, and monopolized the sales of English wool. Rather than paying interest (usury) on his loans, Edward III gave the Bardi and Peruzzi large “gifts” called “compensations” for the hardships they were supposedly suffering in paying his budget; this was in addition to assigning them his revenues. When Edward tried forbidding Italian merchants and bankers to expatriate their profits from England, they converted their profits into wool and stored huge amounts of wool at the “monasteries” of the Order of Knights Hospitalers, who were their debtors, political allies, and partners in the monopolization of the wool trade. It was the Bardi’s representatives who proposed to Edward III the wool boycott which destroyed the textile industry of Flanders because by 1340, it was the only way to continue to raise wool prices in a desperate attempt to increase Edward’s income flow, which was all assigned to the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;28 Feature EIR&lt;br /&gt;February 29,2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bardi and Peruzzi for his debts! By 1325, Genoese bankers largely controlled the royal revenues of the Kingdom of Castille in Spain, Europe’s other supplier of wool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the first few years of the Hundred Years War, which began in 1339, the Florentine fmanciers imposed on England a rate of exchange which overvalued their currency, the gold form, by 15% relative to English coin. Edward III, in effect, now got 15% less for his monopolized wool. Edward tried to counterattack by minting an English form; the merchants, organized by the Florentines, refused it, and he was defeated. By this action, the Bardi and Peruzzi themselves, in effect, provoked Edward’s famous default, and demonstrated his complete lack of sovereignty at the same time....&lt;br /&gt;In Italy itself, these bankers loaned aggressively to farmers and to merchants and other owners of land, often with the ultimate purpose of owning that land. This led, by the 1330s, to the wildfire spread of the infamous practice of “perpetual rents,” whereby farmers calculated the lifetime rent-value of their land and sold that value to a bank for cash for expenses, virtually guaranteeing that they would lose the land to that bank. As the historian Raymond de Roover demonstrated, the practices by which the 14th-Century banks avoided the open crime of usury, were worse than usury.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Italian city-states themselves, the early years of the 14th Century saw the assignment of more and more of the revenues of the primary taxes (gabeile, or sales and excise taxes) to the bankers and other Guelph Party bondholders. From about 1315, the Guelph abolished the income taxes (estirni) in the city, but increased them on the surrounding rural areas, into which they had expanded their authority. Thus, the bankers, merchants, and wealthy Guelph aristocrats did not pay taxes — instead, they made loans (prestanze) to the city and commune governments. In Florence, for example, the effective interest rate on this monte (“mountain” of debt) had reached 15% by 1342; the city debt was 1.8 million gold forms, and no clerical complaints against this usury were being raised. The gabelle taxes were pledged for six years in advance to the bondholders. At that point, Duke Walter of Brienne, who had briefly become dictator of Florence, cancelled all revenue assignments to the bankers (i.e., defaulted, exactly like Edward III).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus were the rural, food-producing areas of Italy depopulated and ruined in the first half of the 14th Century. The fertile contado (farmland) of Pistoia around Florence, for example, which reached a population density of 60-65 persons per square kilometer in 1250, had fallen to 50 persons per square kilometer in 1340; in 1400, after 50 years of Black Plague, its population density was 25 persons per square kilometer. Thus, the famines of 1314-17, 1328-9, and 1338-9, were not “natural disasters.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the famous banks of Tuscany had failed already in the 1320s: the Asti of Siena, the Franzezi, and the Scali company of Florence. In the 1330s, the biggest banks, with the exception of the Bardi the Peruzzi, Acciaiuoli, and Buonacorsi were losing money and plunging toward bankruptcy with the fall in production of the vital commodities which they had monopolized, and which their cancer of speculation was devouring. The Acciaiuoli and the Buonacorsi, who had been bankers of the Papacy before it left Rome, went bankrupt in 1342, with the default of the city of Florence and the first defaults of Edward III. The Peruzzi and Bardi, the world’s two largest banks, went under in 1345, leaving the entire financial market of Europe and the Mediterranean shattered, with the exception of the much smaller Hanseatic League bankers of Germany, who had never allowed the Italian banks and merchant companies to enter their cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Already in 1340, a deadly epidemic, unidentified but not bubonic plague, had killed up to 10% of many urban populations in northern France, and 15,000 of Florence’s 90-100,000 people had died that year. In 1347, the Black Death (bubonic and pneumonic plague), which had already killed 10 million in China, began to sweep over Europe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;28 Feature EIR&lt;br /&gt;February 29,2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;_____________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In these two excerpts below, note that whether or not gas was used on anyone in WWII (it certainly was used in WWI), that Karol Wojtoyla collaborated with the Nazis and was rewarded with being the puppet in the papacy. There he formally, actually many times, renounced the Christian faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;John Paul II 1978- 2005 "In the early 1940`s, the I.G. Farben Chemical Company employed a Polish salesman who sold cyanide to the Nazis for use in Auschwitz. The same salesman also worked as a chemist in the manufacture of the poison gas. This same cyanide gas along with Zyklon B and malathion was used to exterminate millions of Jews and other groups. Their bodies were then burned to ashes in the ovens. After the war the salesman, fearing for his life, joined the Catholic Church and was ordained a priest in 1946. One of his closest friends was Dr. Wolf Szmuness, the mastermind behind the Nov./78 to Oct./79 and March/80 to Oct./81 experimental hepatitis B vaccine trials conducted by the Center for Disease Control in New York, San Francisco and four other American cities that loosed the plague of AIDS upon the American people. The salesman was ordained Poland`s youngest bishop in 1958. After a 30-day reign his predecessor was assassinated and our ex-cyanide gas salesman assumed the papacy as POPE JOHN PAUL II." - William Cooper, BEHOLD A PALE HORSE, (Light Technology Publishing, 1991), pp.89-90.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pope John Paul II: Zyklon B Salesman&lt;br /&gt;by TONY BUSHBY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;- excerpt -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;In his book 'Behold a Pale Horse,' former US Naval Intelligence Officer William Cooper relates a story associated with the IG Farben Chemical Company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the early 1940s, that company employed a Polish chemist and salesman who sold cyanide gas, Zyklon B and Malathion to the Nazis for extermination of groups of people in Auschwitz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the war the salesman joined the Catholic church and was ordained a priest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1958 he became Poland's youngest bishop and after Pope John Paul I's mysterious death, the ex-cyanide gas salesman Karol Wojtyla was elected to the papacy as Pope John Paul II in October 1978.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In March 2000, he publicly apologized not for his war effort, but for the wickedness of the Christian religion. The plea for forgiveness also sought to pardon the use of 'violence in the service of truth' an often used fragile and troubling referenece to the Inquisition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The apology read by the Pope was the result of four years of work by a panel of 28 theologians and scholars and was by far the most sweeping act by a leader of a major religion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;On few occasions have ecclesiastical authorities ever acknowlegdegd the faults or abuses of which they themselves were guilty. There was concern that the apology was a major theological miscalculation that could undermine the Pope's weakening authority and the unanswered question posed by the international media was --&lt;br /&gt;'In whose name was the Pope asking for forgiveness?' (Excerpted from 'The Crucifixion of Truth' by Tony Bushby)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;______________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JESUIT OATH IN ACTION!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Vatican, the U.S. government is an heretical government because it is not based on ROMAN CANON LAW and therefore it is due for destruction according to this diabolical oath:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"When a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principal or Superior standing in front of the altar. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner of yellow and white, which are the Papal colors, and the other a black banner with a dagger and red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and below them the words IUSTUM, NECAR, REGES, IMPIOUS. The meaning of which is: It is just to exterminate or annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments, or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red cross at which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix, which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant:"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Superior speaks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant, and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have been taught to insidiously plant the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces, states that were at peace, and incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace. To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly with your brother Jesuit, who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected, only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and the judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Pope's sake, whose servants we are unto death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as co-adjurer, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not consecrated his labors with the blood of the heretic; for "without the shedding of blood no man can be saved." Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Extreme Oath of the Jesuits:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"1, _ now, in the presence of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and all the saints and sacred hosts of heaven, and to you, my ghostly father, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in the Pontificate of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear, that his holiness the Pope is Christ's Vice-regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing, given to his Holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power I shall and will defend this doctrine of his Holiness' right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the Lutheran of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the now pretended authority and churches of England and Scotland, and branches of the same now established in Ireland and on the Continent of America and elsewhere; and all adherents in regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now renounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or state named Protestants or Liberals, or obedience to any of the laws, magistrates or officers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvinists, Huguenots and others of the name Protestants or Liberals to be damnable and they themselves damned who will not forsake the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do further declare, that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of his Holiness' agents in any place wherever I shall be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland or America, or in any other Kingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my uttermost to extirpate the heretical Protestants or Liberals' doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, regal or otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do further promise and declare, that notwithstanding I am dispensed with, to assume my religion heretical, for the propaganda of the Mother Church's interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they may entrust me and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstance whatever; but to execute all that shall be proposed, given in charge or discovered unto me, by you, my ghostly father, or any of this sacred covenant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do further promise and declare, that I will have no opinion or will of my own, or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the Militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That I may go to any part of the world withersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the North, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the jungles of India, to the centers of civilization of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things whatsoever communicated to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals, as I am directed to do, to extirpate and exterminate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition; and that I will hang, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics, rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women and crush their infants' heads against the walls, in order to annihilate forever their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly, I will secretly use the poisoned cup, the strangulating cord, the steel of the poniard or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honor, rank, dignity, or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agent of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Faith, of the Society of Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In confirmation of which, I hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all my corporal powers, and with this dagger which I now receive, I will subscribe my name written in my own blood, in testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the Militia of the Pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tortured by demons in an eternal hell forever!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of which, I, _, do swear by the Blessed Trinity and blessed Sacraments, which I am now to receive, to perform and on my part to keep inviolable; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness the blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, and witness the same further with my name written and with the point of this dagger dipped in my own blood and sealed in the face of this holy covenant."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Superior speaks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one cross his wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the center of the palm of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the center of the palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head, touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges. The other answers Impious." (The meaning of which has already been explained.) "The first will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him the following questions and answers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Question —From whither do you come? Answer — The Holy faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Whom do you serve?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. —The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal throughout the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Who commands you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. —The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the Soldiers of Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Who received you? A. —A venerable man in white hair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —How?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. —With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and of our sacred order.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Did you take an oath?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. —I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither age, sex nor condition. To be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation of murmuring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Will you do that? A. —I will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —How do you travel? A. —In the bark of Peter the fisherman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Whither do you travel? A. —To the four quarters of the globe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —For what purpose?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A. —To obey the orders of my general and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and faithfully fulfill the conditions of my oaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Q. —Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This oath is taken from the book Subterranean Rome by Charles Didier, translated from the French and published in New York in 1843.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;article class="post-body"&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/439703830949479794-4806668623692268757?l=mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/feeds/4806668623692268757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/08/guelph-and-jesuit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/4806668623692268757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/439703830949479794/posts/default/4806668623692268757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mikosblog-mikosan.blogspot.com/2011/08/guelph-and-jesuit.html' title='Guelph and Jesuit - all roads lead to Rome'/><author><name>Miko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10835536121754696984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYh-gZY9R70/SaBq0Aoi9xI/AAAAAAAAAAU/gtINHoUO1hw/S220/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKwEcW28V0/TjsZzWB73AI/AAAAAAAAAGg/69PbSfq49y4/s72-c/threepics16bm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439703830949479794.post-4620450082329573414</id><published>2011-08-02T14:15:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T00:41:52.528+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Casale Monferrato From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table class="infobox geography vcard" style="width: 23em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th colspan="2" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 1.25em; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;span class="fn org"&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(205, 222, 255);"&gt;—  &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="category"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" lang="it"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune"&gt;Comune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  —&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Comune di Casale Monferrato&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 0.7em 0.8em;"&gt; &lt;div class="floatnone"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scorciodicasalemonferrato.JPG" class="image" title="Via Lanza"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Scorciodicasalemonferrato.JPG/250px-Scorciodicasalemonferrato.JPG" width="250" height="188" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;small&gt;Via Lanza&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td class="maptable" colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding: 0.4em 0pt;"&gt; &lt;table style="width: 100%; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-Stemma.png" class="image" title="Coat of arms of Casale Monferrato"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Casale_Monferrato-Stemma.png/100px-Casale_Monferrato-Stemma.png" width="100" height="130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;b&gt;Coat of arms&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt; &lt;center&gt; &lt;div style="width: 250px; float: none; clear: none;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="position: relative;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italy_provincial_location_map.svg" class="image" title="Casale Monferrato is located in Italy"&gt;&lt;img alt="Casale Monferrato is located in Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Italy_provincial_location_map.svg/250px-Italy_provincial_location_map.svg.png" width="250" height="314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: 18.7%; left: 17.6%; height: 0pt; width: 0pt; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -3px; top: -3px; width: 6px; font-size: 6px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" width="6" height="6" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="line-height: 110%; z-index: 90; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; left: 0.5em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="padding: 1px;"&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-size: 90%; padding-top: 3px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;small&gt;Location of Casale Monferrato in Italy&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedbottomrow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0.7em;"&gt;Coordinates: &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;img style="padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer;" class="noprint" alt="" title="Show location on an interactive map" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png" /&gt;&lt;a style="white-space: nowrap;" href="http://toolserver.org/%7Egeohack/geohack.php?pagename=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;params=45_08_N_08_27_E_region:IT_type:city%2836058%29" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span class="geo-default"&gt;&lt;span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"&gt;&lt;span class="latitude"&gt;45°08′N&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="longitude"&gt;08°27′E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="geo-multi-punct"&gt;﻿ / ﻿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="geo-nondefault"&gt;&lt;span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"&gt;45.133°N 8.45°E&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt;﻿ / &lt;span class="geo"&gt;45.133; 8.45&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;Country&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Italy" title="Regions of Italy"&gt;Region&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont" title="Piedmont"&gt;Piedmont&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Italy" title="Provinces of Italy"&gt;Province&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Alessandria" title="Province of Alessandria"&gt;Alessandria&lt;/a&gt; (AL)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="it" lang="it"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazione" title="Frazione"&gt;Frazioni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;small&gt;Casale Popolo, Rolasco, Roncaglia, San Germano, Santa Maria del Tempio, Terranova, Vialarda &lt;sup id="cite_ref-profilo_0-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-profilo-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt; - Mayor&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;Giorgio Demezzi (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Italy" title="List of political parties in Italy"&gt;Centre-Right&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Area&lt;/b&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt; - Total&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;86.32 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; (33.3 sq mi)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Elevation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-profilo_0-1" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-profilo-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;116 m (381 ft)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Population&lt;/b&gt; (30 June 2009)&lt;sup id="cite_ref-profilo_0-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-profilo-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt; - Total&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;36,058&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;b&gt;- Density&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;417.7/km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; (1,081.9/sq mi)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym"&gt;Demonym&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;Casalesi or Casalaschi&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone"&gt;Time zone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time"&gt;CET&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B1" title="UTC+1" class="mw-redirect"&gt;UTC+1&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt; - Summer (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time"&gt;DST&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time"&gt;CEST&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B2" title="UTC+2" class="mw-redirect"&gt;UTC+2&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;Postal code&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td class="adr"&gt;&lt;span class="postal-code"&gt;15033&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_codes_in_Italy" title="Area codes in Italy"&gt;Dialing code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;0142&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;Patron saint&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;St. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasius" title="Evasius"&gt;Evasius&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedrow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;Saint day&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;12 November&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr class="mergedtoprow"&gt; &lt;th&gt;Website&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="official website"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Official website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/b&gt;, population 36,058, is a town and &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune"&gt;comune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont" title="Piedmont"&gt;Piedmont&lt;/a&gt; region of north-west &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;, part of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Alessandria" title="Province of Alessandria"&gt;province of Alessandria&lt;/a&gt;. It is situated about 60 km east of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin" title="Turin"&gt;Turin&lt;/a&gt; on the right bank of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_River" title="Po River" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Po&lt;/a&gt;, where the river runs at the foot of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montferrato" title="Montferrato" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Montferrato&lt;/a&gt; hills. Beyond the river lies the vast plain of the Po valley.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table id="toc" class="toc"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;div id="toctitle"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Contents&lt;/h2&gt;  &lt;span class="toctoggle"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#" class="internal" id="togglelink"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#History"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Main_sights"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Main sights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Piazza_Mazzini_and_its_environs"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Piazza Mazzini and its environs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Cathedral_.28Duomo.29"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Cathedral (Duomo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#San_Domenico"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;San Domenico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Via_Lanza"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Via Lanza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Via_Saffi"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.1.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Via Saffi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Piazza_Castello"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Piazza Castello&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#The_castle"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2.1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;The castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Santa_Caterina"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2.2&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Santa Caterina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Teatro_Municipale"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Teatro Municipale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Via_Garibaldi_and_Sant.E2.80.99Ilario"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.2.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Via Garibaldi and Sant’Ilario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Via_Roma.2C_ghetto_and_synagogue"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Via Roma, ghetto and synagogue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#The_Giardini_pubblici_and_public_sculpture"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;The Giardini pubblici and public sculpture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Palazzi"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Palazzi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Museums_and_galleries"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;2.6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Museums and galleries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Music"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Economy"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;4&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Economy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Twin_towns.C2.A0.E2.80.94_Sister_cities"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Twin towns — Sister cities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Sport"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;6&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Sport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Events"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;7&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#People"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Fictional_Casale"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Fictional Casale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#Gallery"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;10&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-25"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#References_and_footnotes"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;11&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;References and footnotes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#External_links"&gt;&lt;span class="tocnumber"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="toctext"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="History"&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 262px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casal-1745.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Casal-1745.jpg/260px-Casal-1745.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="260" height="202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casal-1745.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The fortified town from an engraving of 1745. On the left the river &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_River" title="Po River" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Po&lt;/a&gt;, and to the right the star-shaped &lt;i&gt;cittadella&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The origins of the town are fairly obscure. It is known that the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul" title="Gaul"&gt;Gaulish&lt;/a&gt; settlement of Vardacate (from &lt;i&gt;var&lt;/i&gt; = "water"; &lt;i&gt;ate&lt;/i&gt; = "populated place") existed on the Po in this area, and that it became a Roman &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipium" title="Municipium"&gt;municipium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. By the beginning of the 8th century there was a small town under &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombards" title="Lombards"&gt;Lombard&lt;/a&gt; rule, probably called Sedula or Sedulia. It was here (according to late and unreliable accounts) that one &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasius" title="Evasius"&gt;Saint Evasius&lt;/a&gt;, along with 146 followers, was decapitated on the orders of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism" title="Arianism"&gt;Arian&lt;/a&gt; Duke Attabulo. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liutprand,_King_of_the_Lombards" title="Liutprand, King of the Lombards"&gt;Liutprand, King of the Lombards&lt;/a&gt;  is said to have supported the construction of a church in honour of  Evasius. Certainly the martyr’s cult flourished and by 988 the town had  become known as &lt;i&gt;Casale di Sant’Evasio&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the time of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne"&gt;Charlemagne&lt;/a&gt;, the town came under the temporal and religious power of the bishops of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercelli" title="Vercelli"&gt;Vercelli&lt;/a&gt;, from which it was freed by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Barbarossa" title="Frederick Barbarossa" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Frederick Barbarossa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor"&gt;Holy Roman Emperor&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Italy" title="King of Italy"&gt;King of Italy&lt;/a&gt;. It was sacked by the anti-imperial troops of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercelli" title="Vercelli"&gt;Vercelli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandria" title="Alessandria"&gt;Alessandria&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan"&gt;Milan&lt;/a&gt; in 1215, but rebuilt and fortified in 1220. It fell under the power of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Montferrat" title="Marquess of Montferrat" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Marquess of Montferrat&lt;/a&gt; in 1292&lt;sup class="Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"&gt;citation needed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;, and later became the capital of the marquessate.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1536 it passed to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Gonzaga" title="House of Gonzaga"&gt;Gonzagas&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua" title="Mantua"&gt;Mantua&lt;/a&gt;, who fortified it strongly. Thereafter it was of considerable importance as a fortress.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1745, following the defeat of the Piedmontese army at the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bassignano" title="Battle of Bassignano"&gt;Battle of Bassignano&lt;/a&gt;,  Casale was occupied by the victorious French and Spanish troops. Much  damage was caused to the city’s buildings; the subsequent renovation and  rebuilding in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_%28architecture%29" title="Baroque (architecture)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Baroque&lt;/a&gt; style made a substantial contribution to the urban texture.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-profilo_0-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-profilo-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It successfully resisted the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire"&gt;Austrians&lt;/a&gt; in 1849, and was strengthened in 1852. Towards the end of the 19th century it became known as "Cement Capital" (&lt;i&gt;capitale del cemento&lt;/i&gt;), thanks to the quantity of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_cement" title="Portland cement"&gt;Portland cement&lt;/a&gt; in the hills nearby, and in the 20th century it acquired &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press"&gt;printing press&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator" title="Refrigerator"&gt;refrigerator&lt;/a&gt; industries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div id="content"&gt;&lt;div id="bodyContent"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Main_sights"&gt;Main sights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Piazza Mazzini and its environs"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Piazza_Mazzini_and_its_environs"&gt;Piazza Mazzini and its environs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 192px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini5.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini5.jpg/190px-Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini5.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="190" height="143" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini5.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Piazza Mazzini&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 192px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica3.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica3.jpg/190px-Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica3.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="190" height="253" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica3.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The &lt;i&gt;Torre Civica&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The historic centre of the town is itself centred on Piazza Mazzini, the site of the Roman &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_%28Roman%29" title="Forum (Roman)"&gt;forum&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Named for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Mazzini" title="Giuseppe Mazzini"&gt;Giuseppe Mazzini&lt;/a&gt;, a key republican figure of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risorgimento" title="Risorgimento" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Risorgimento&lt;/a&gt;, it is dominated by an 1843 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrian_statue" title="Equestrian statue"&gt;equestrian statue&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbondio_Sangiorgio" title="Abbondio Sangiorgio"&gt;Abbondio Sangiorgio&lt;/a&gt; of King &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albert" title="Charles Albert" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Charles Albert&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont-Sardinia" title="Piedmont-Sardinia"&gt;Piedmont-Sardinia&lt;/a&gt;, dressed in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_costume" title="Roman costume" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Roman costume&lt;/a&gt;,  specifically as a senator, with his knees uncovered. The statue was  commissioned by the municipal authorities as a mark of gratitude to the  king for having selected Casale as the seat of Piedmont’s second &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Appeal" title="Court of Appeal" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Court of Appeal&lt;/a&gt;  and to celebrate the construction of Casale’s first permanent bridge  across the Po. Locally the square is called Piazza Cavallo (&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cavallo" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:cavallo"&gt;wiktionary:cavallo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; being the Italian word for "horse").&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 242px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_nartece.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Casale_nartece.jpg/240px-Casale_nartece.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="240" height="160" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_nartece.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The Cathedral's narthex.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Cathedral (Duomo)"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Cathedral_.28Duomo.29"&gt;Cathedral (&lt;i&gt;Duomo&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;A little to the east of the square is the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy" title="Lombardy"&gt;Lombard&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture"&gt;Romanesque&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral"&gt;cathedral&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;i&gt;Sant'Evasio&lt;/i&gt;, originally founded in 742, rebuilt in the early 12th century and consecrated on 7 January 1107 by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II" title="Pope Paschal II"&gt;Pope Paschal II&lt;/a&gt;. It occupies a site where once was a Roman temple dedicated to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_%28mythology%29" title="Jupiter (mythology)"&gt;Jupiter&lt;/a&gt;. It underwent restoration in 1706 and again in the 19th century. The cathedral has an asymmetric façade, including a complex &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narthex" title="Narthex"&gt;narthex&lt;/a&gt; with two galleries (&lt;i&gt;matronaei&lt;/i&gt;) connected by a tribune and closed by round arches. The interior houses the relics of Saint Evasius and, near the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbytery_%28architecture%29" title="Presbytery (architecture)"&gt;presbytery&lt;/a&gt;,  fragments 11th century pavement mosaics with Biblical scenes (now  remounted on the walls of the corridor from the apse to the sacristy).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5" title="Edit section: San Domenico"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="San_Domenico"&gt;San Domenico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 1471, after &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_VIII,_Marquess_of_Montferrat" title="William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat"&gt;William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat&lt;/a&gt;  had chosen Casale as the permanent location of the marquisate court,  construction began of the church of San Domenico, to the north of Piazza  Mazzini. Work on the building ceased for some time, as a result of  political instability; in the early 16th century a fine, if slightly  incongruous, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance"&gt;Renaissance&lt;/a&gt; portal was imposed on the late &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture"&gt;Gothic&lt;/a&gt; façade.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Via Lanza"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Via_Lanza"&gt;Via Lanza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;Via Lanza, which runs northwards from the north-west corner of Piazza Mazzini, is known for the Krumiri Rossi &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakery" title="Bakery"&gt;bakery&lt;/a&gt;, which indeed produces &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krumiri" title="Krumiri"&gt;Krumiri&lt;/a&gt;:  biscuits which have been a speciality of Casale since their legendary  invention in 1870 by one Domenico Rossi after an evening spent with  friends in Piazza Mazzini’s Caffè della Concordia (now a bank). Also in  Via Lanza is the 17th-century church of San Giuseppe, probably designed  by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano_Guala" title="Sebastiano Guala"&gt;Sebastiano Guala&lt;/a&gt;; a painting attributed to the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursulines" title="Ursulines"&gt;Ursuline&lt;/a&gt; nun &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucrina_Fetti&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Lucrina Fetti (page does not exist)"&gt;Lucrina Fetti&lt;/a&gt; (c.1614–1651,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-4"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;5&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; brother of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Fetti" title="Domenico Fetti"&gt;Domenico&lt;/a&gt;)  shows Christ venerated by Sant’Evasio and includes a very accurate  depiction of contemporary Casale with its civic tower. The church and  convent of San Francesco, which housed the remains of many of the  Marquises of Monferrato, was turned to other uses during the 18th  century and demolished in the nineteenth. The high open tower which is a  landmark of Via Lanza belongs to Palazzo Morelli di Popolo; it has been  attributed to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Vittone" title="Bernardo Vittone"&gt;Bernardo Vittone&lt;/a&gt;, and also to Magnocavalli—both are believed to have had a hand in the refurbishment of the building.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato,_Piazza_Mazzini_evening_%28Ian_Spackman,_Casale_winter_c_1995%E2%80%936_-36%29.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Casale_Monferrato%2C_Piazza_Mazzini_evening_%28Ian_Spackman%2C_Casale_winter_c_1995%E2%80%936_-36%29.jpg/220px-Casale_Monferrato%2C_Piazza_Mazzini_evening_%28Ian_Spackman%2C_Casale_winter_c_1995%E2%80%936_-36%29.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="220" height="220" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato,_Piazza_Mazzini_evening_%28Ian_Spackman,_Casale_winter_c_1995%E2%80%936_-36%29.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Piazza Mazzini; in the background Via Saffi leads past the civic tower towards Piazza Castello&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Via Saffi"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Via_Saffi"&gt;Via Saffi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;Running west from Piazza Mazzini to Piazza Castello is Via Saffi,  which contains one of the town’s most recognizable landmarks: the Torre  Civica. This brick tower, square in plan and 60 metres high, dates from  the 11th century but suffered severe fire damage in April 1504 when a  festival to celebrate the peace between Holy Roman Emperor &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor"&gt;Maximillian I&lt;/a&gt; and King &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XII" title="Louis XII" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Louis XII&lt;/a&gt; of France got out of hand. The reconstruction, completed six years later by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matteo_Sammicheli&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Matteo Sammicheli (page does not exist)"&gt;Matteo Sammicheli&lt;/a&gt;,  produced a taller structure which included the current bell-chamber.  The balconies attached to the upper part of the tower were added during  the period of Gonzaga rule. Subsequent restorations were carried out in  1779 (after a lightning strike which destroyed the 15th-century clock)  and again in 1920.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Adjoining the tower is the church of Santo Stefano which stands on  the east side of a small square named after it. The church’s origins  date to the beginning of the second millennium, but it was largely  rebuilt in the mid-17th century under a project attributed to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano_Guala" title="Sebastiano Guala"&gt;Sebastiano Guala&lt;/a&gt;; work on the current façade began in 1787 but was not completed until the late 19th century. Inside are paintings by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Francesco_Caroto" title="Giovanni Francesco Caroto"&gt;Giovanni Francesco Caroto&lt;/a&gt; (1480–1555), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Moncalvo" title="Il Moncalvo" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Il Moncalvo&lt;/a&gt; (1568–1625), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giorgio_Alberini&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giorgio Alberini (page does not exist)"&gt;Giorgio Alberini&lt;/a&gt; (1575/6 – 1625/6), and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cairo" title="Francesco Cairo"&gt;Francesco Cairo&lt;/a&gt; (1607–1665). Adorning both the walls and the vault are 15 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tondi" title="Tondi"&gt;tondi&lt;/a&gt; depicting prophets, apostles and the Virgin painted by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Francesco_Guala" title="Pietro Francesco Guala" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Pietro Francesco Guala&lt;/a&gt; in 1757, the last year of his life.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The south side of Piazza Santo Stefano, facing back towards Via Saffi, is formed by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture"&gt;neo-classical&lt;/a&gt;  Palazzo Ricci di Cereseto. The imposing façade, marked by four massive  brick columns, was built in 1806 to an earlier design by the local  architect &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Ottavio_Magnocavalli" title="Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli"&gt;Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Also in the square is a marble statue of the archaeologist and architect &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Canina" title="Luigi Canina"&gt;Luigi Canina&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benedetto_Cacciatore&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Benedetto Cacciatore (page does not exist)"&gt;Benedetto Cacciatore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Piazza Castello"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Piazza_Castello"&gt;Piazza Castello&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Piazza Castello is a large irregularly shaped open space used as a car park and as a market square; it is dominated by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle" title="Castle"&gt;castle&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleologi" title="Paleologi" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Paleologi&lt;/a&gt; which occupies most of its western side. The square arose in 1858 through the demolition of the castle’s eastern &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravelin" title="Ravelin"&gt;ravelin&lt;/a&gt;, and was extended in the late nineteenth/early 20th century when the remaining ravilins were removed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9" title="Edit section: The castle"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="The_castle"&gt;The castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;The castle itself is an imposing 15th century military construction,  with a hexagonal plan, four round towers and an encircling moat.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 162px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santa_caterina-complesso.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santa_caterina-complesso.jpg/160px-Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santa_caterina-complesso.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="160" height="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santa_caterina-complesso.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Santa Caterina. Note the elliptical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_%28architecture%29" title="Drum (architecture)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;drum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Santa Caterina"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Santa_Caterina"&gt;Santa Caterina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the south-east corner of the piazza is the elegant &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture"&gt;Baroque&lt;/a&gt; church of &lt;i&gt;Santa Maria delle Grazie&lt;/i&gt;, better known by its earlier designation of &lt;i&gt;Santa Caterina&lt;/i&gt;. A master-work of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Battista_Scapitta&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giovanni Battista Scapitta (page does not exist)"&gt;Giovanni Battista Scapitta&lt;/a&gt;, completed after his death by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Zanetti" title="Giacomo Zanetti"&gt;Giacomo Zanetti&lt;/a&gt;, it is marked by an elliptical &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola" title="Cupola"&gt;cupola&lt;/a&gt;, and a façade curvilinear both in plan and elevation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Teatro Municipale"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Teatro_Municipale"&gt;Teatro Municipale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 242px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-teatro_civico2.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Casale_Monferrato-teatro_civico2.jpg/240px-Casale_Monferrato-teatro_civico2.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="240" height="180" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-teatro_civico2.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; The Theatre&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The theatre, which stands at the north-eastern corner of the piazza  at the end of Via Saffi, opened in 1791 with a performance of the &lt;i&gt;La moglie capricciosa&lt;/i&gt;, an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_buffa" title="Opera buffa"&gt;opera buffa&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Fabrizi" title="Vincenzo Fabrizi"&gt;Vincenzo Fabrizi&lt;/a&gt;. Its construction, to a design by Abbot Agostino Vitoli of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoleto" title="Spoleto"&gt;Spoleto&lt;/a&gt;, had taken six years. However it fell into disuse during the period of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic" title="Napoleonic" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Napoleonic&lt;/a&gt;  rule and remained closed for several decades. After extensive internal  embellishment, the theatre reopened in 1840 with a performance of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Bellini" title="Vincenzo Bellini"&gt;Vincenzo Bellini&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_di_Tenda" title="Beatrice di Tenda"&gt;Beatrice di Tenda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. In 1861 the theatre was sold by the Società dei Nobili to the local authority (the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune"&gt;comune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;) which made it more accessible to the general public. Nevertheless it fell again into decline; during &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II"&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt;  it was used as a store. Major restoration work took place in the 1980s  and the theatre finally reopened in 1990 with a performance by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Gassmann" title="Vittorio Gassmann" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Vittorio Gassmann&lt;/a&gt;.  Since then it has offered a mixture of theatre, music and dance, while  the foyer is used for exhibitions, usually photographic.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The horseshoe-shaped auditorium with stalls, four tiers of boxes and a gallery (or &lt;i&gt;loggione&lt;/i&gt;, i.e. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_gods" title="The gods" class="mw-redirect"&gt;the gods&lt;/a&gt;) is richly decorated with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco"&gt;frescoes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stucco" title="Stucco"&gt;stucco&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilding" title="Gilding"&gt;gilding&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet" title="Velvet"&gt;velvet&lt;/a&gt;. The curtains of the royal box hang from a structure supported on stucco &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid" title="Caryatid"&gt;caryatids&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbondio_Sangiorgio" title="Abbondio Sangiorgio"&gt;Abbondio Sangiorgio&lt;/a&gt; who also designed the equestrian statue in Piazza Mazzini. &lt;sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-5"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;6&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h4&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Via Garibaldi and Sant’Ilario"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Via_Garibaldi_and_Sant.E2.80.99Ilario"&gt;Via Garibaldi and Sant’Ilario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the side of the theatre Via Garibaldi leads northwards to the  16th-century church of Sant'Ilario, founded in 380 in honour of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_of_Poitiers" title="Hilary of Poitiers"&gt;Hilary of Poitiers&lt;/a&gt;.  It was completely rebuilt in 1566 and was largely restructured towards  the end of the 19th century. The church’s polychrome façade is of  interest and it contains two important works by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Musso" title="Niccolò Musso"&gt;Niccolò Musso&lt;/a&gt;: the &lt;i&gt;Madonna del Carmine&lt;/i&gt; (‘&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Mount_Carmel" title="Our Lady of Mount Carmel"&gt;Our Lady of Mount Carmel&lt;/a&gt;’) and &lt;i&gt;San Francesco ai piedi del Crocefisso&lt;/i&gt; (‘&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" title="Francis of Assisi"&gt;Saint Francis&lt;/a&gt; at the foot of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix"&gt;Crucifix&lt;/a&gt;’) originally from the church of San Francesco.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 162px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-ex_chiesa_santa_croce_%282010-30-08_mix_by_ijs%29.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Casale_Monferrato-ex_chiesa_santa_croce_%282010-30-08_mix_by_ijs%29.jpg/160px-Casale_Monferrato-ex_chiesa_santa_croce_%282010-30-08_mix_by_ijs%29.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="160" height="273" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-ex_chiesa_santa_croce_%282010-30-08_mix_by_ijs%29.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Neoclassical façade of Santa Croce by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Ottavio_Magnocavalli" title="Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli"&gt;Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Via Roma, ghetto and synagogue"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Via_Roma.2C_ghetto_and_synagogue"&gt;Via Roma, ghetto and synagogue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;Behind the shops on the west side of Via Roma, which runs southwards from Piazza Mazzini, lay the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto" title="Ghetto"&gt;ghetto&lt;/a&gt; which persisted until the emancipation of the Jews in Piedmont following Charles Albert’s concession of a constitution, the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statuto_Albertino" title="Statuto Albertino"&gt;Statuto Albertino&lt;/a&gt;, under the revolutionary pressures of 1848. The &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_of_Casale_Monferrato" title="Synagogue of Casale Monferrato"&gt;Synagogue of Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; is inside a building at Vicolo Olper 44 that offers no hint from its nondescript exterior that it is a &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue"&gt;synagogue&lt;/a&gt;,  built in 1595, and recognized as one of the most beautiful in Europe.  The women’s galleries now host an important Jewish museum. Of particular  interest are the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablets_of_the_Law" title="Tablets of the Law" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Tablets of the Law&lt;/a&gt;  in gilded wood, dating from the 18th century, numerous Rimonim (finials  to scrolls of the Law) and Atarot (crowns for the scrolls of the Law)  carved and with silver &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filigree" title="Filigree"&gt;filigree&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=14" title="Edit section: The Giardini pubblici and public sculpture"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="The_Giardini_pubblici_and_public_sculpture"&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Giardini pubblici&lt;/i&gt; and public sculpture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tleft"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 242px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_Bistolfi,_ai_caduti,_Casale_Monferrato_%28Ian_Spackman,_02_Jan_1996_no_28%29.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Leonardo_Bistolfi%2C_ai_caduti%2C_Casale_Monferrato_%28Ian_Spackman%2C_02_Jan_1996_no_28%29.jpg/240px-Leonardo_Bistolfi%2C_ai_caduti%2C_Casale_Monferrato_%28Ian_Spackman%2C_02_Jan_1996_no_28%29.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="240" height="211" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo_Bistolfi,_ai_caduti,_Casale_Monferrato_%28Ian_Spackman,_02_Jan_1996_no_28%29.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;i&gt;Ai caduti&lt;/i&gt;: the war memorial&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The public gardens which front the railway station extend westwards,  dissected by various streets, almost to the southern end of Via Roma.  They contain a range of monuments to figures of local and national  renown including &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lanza" title="Giovanni Lanza"&gt;Giovanni Lanza&lt;/a&gt; (sculpted by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Odoardo_Tabacchi&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Odoardo Tabacchi (page does not exist)"&gt;Odoardo Tabacchi&lt;/a&gt;, 1887), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe_Antonio_Ottavi&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giuseppe Antonio Ottavi (page does not exist)"&gt;Giuseppe Antonio Ottavi&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Bistolfi" title="Leonardo Bistolfi"&gt;Leonardo Bistolfi&lt;/a&gt;, 1890), &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Filippo_Mellana&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Filippo Mellana (page does not exist)"&gt;Filippo Mellana&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giacomo_Ginotti&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giacomo Ginotti (page does not exist)"&gt;Giacomo Ginotti&lt;/a&gt;, 1887), and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi" title="Giuseppe Garibaldi"&gt;Giuseppe Garibaldi&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Primo_Giudici&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Primo Giudici (page does not exist)"&gt;Primo Giudici&lt;/a&gt;, 1884).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The most important, however, is Bistolfi’s war memorial of 1928 (pictured left). A marble &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exedra" title="Exedra"&gt;exedra&lt;/a&gt; with four &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid" title="Caryatid"&gt;caryatids&lt;/a&gt; in the form of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winged_Victory_of_Samothrace" title="Winged Victory of Samothrace"&gt;winged victories&lt;/a&gt; is raised on a dias fronted with steps. The bronze sculpture &lt;i&gt;Il Fante Crociato&lt;/i&gt;, a foot soldier in crusader-period costume, takes centre stage; a second bronze a lightly robed &lt;i&gt;Primavera Italica&lt;/i&gt; (Italic Spring) steps down from the platform and out of the ensemble.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Other public sculptures of note in Casale include the monument to  King Charles Albert in Piazza Mazzini mentioned above, Bistolfi’s 1887  monument to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbano_Rattazzi" title="Urbano Rattazzi"&gt;Urbano Rattazzi&lt;/a&gt; in Piazza Rattazzi, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benedetto_Cacciatori&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Benedetto Cacciatori (page does not exist)"&gt;Benedetto Cacciatori&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Canina" title="Luigi Canina"&gt;Luigi Canina&lt;/a&gt; in Piazza Santo Stefano.The &lt;i&gt;Monumento alla difesa di Casale&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Francesco_Porzio&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Francesco Porzio (page does not exist)"&gt;Francesco Porzio&lt;/a&gt;, 1897; pictured right), situated to the north of the castle, commemorates the vigorous action which took place during the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Italian_War_of_Independence" title="First Italian War of Independence"&gt;First Italian War of Independence&lt;/a&gt;  in 1849 to defend the city against Austrian troops who had just taken  part in the defeat of the Piedmontese army. In the Priocco district, to  the south of the historic centre, in Viale Ottavio Marchino, there is a  monument by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgilio_Audagna&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Virgilio Audagna (page does not exist)"&gt;Virgilio Audagna&lt;/a&gt; to the cement industrialist Ottavio Marchino, son of the founder of Cementi Marchino, which is now part of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzi_Unicem" title="Buzzi Unicem"&gt;Buzzi Unicem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Palazzi"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Palazzi"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Palazzi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 242px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_in_via_Mameli.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_in_via_Mameli.jpg/240px-Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_in_via_Mameli.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="240" height="180" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_in_via_Mameli.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Palazzo Treville&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="thumb tright"&gt; &lt;div class="thumbinner" style="width: 242px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_del_municipio1.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_del_municipio1.jpg/240px-Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_del_municipio1.jpg" class="thumbimage" width="240" height="180" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="thumbcaption"&gt; &lt;div class="magnify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-palazzo_del_municipio1.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="" width="15" height="11" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;i&gt;Palazzo San Giorgio&lt;/i&gt;, the town hall&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;The historic centre is marked by many &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzi" title="Palazzi" class="mw-redirect"&gt;palazzi&lt;/a&gt;  which are often Baroque in appearance (though the substance is often  earlier), reflecting the urban renewal which took place in the early  decades of the 18th century. Among the best known are:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;the 15th-century palazzo of the marchesa Anna d'Alençon in Via Alessandria.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The 15th-century Palazzo Treviso, in Via Trevigi, was restructured  on behalf of the Anna d’Alençon before being given to the Dominican  convent. During the Napoleonic period it was used as a lyceum and has  subsequently remained in scholastic use.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Del Carretto, also known as the Casa Tornielli, in Via  Canina, again dating from the 15th century, now housing a language  school.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The medieval Casa Biandrate, at the junction of Via Guazzo and Via Morini, has preserved its late gothic character.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Sannazzaro, a gothic building in Via Mameli, remodelled in the baroque style by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Zanetti" title="Giacomo Zanetti"&gt;Giacomo Zanetti&lt;/a&gt; (1698–1735).&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Gozani di Treville, regarded as the most beautiful in the  town and as one of the two most important works of Giovanni Battista  Scapitta, the other being the church of Santa Catarina, mentioned above.  The rococò &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrium_%28architecture%29" title="Atrium (architecture)"&gt;atrium&lt;/a&gt; and courtyard are particularly praised, as is the long and gently curved façade which follows the path of Via Mameli.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Gozani di &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giorgio_Monferrato" title="San Giorgio Monferrato"&gt;San Giorgio&lt;/a&gt;, now the town hall, was partially rebuilt in the years 1775–8 to a design by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Filippo_Nicolis_de_Robilant&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Filippo Nicolis de Robilant (page does not exist)"&gt;Filippo Nicolis de Robilant&lt;/a&gt;. The façade is of three &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_%28architecture%29" title="Orders (architecture)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;orders&lt;/a&gt; with its windows surrounded by decorations in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stucco" title="Stucco"&gt;stucco&lt;/a&gt;. Via Mameli.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Magnocavalli has a façade commissioned from Giacomo Zanetti by the architect &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Ottavio_Magnocavalli" title="Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli"&gt;Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli&lt;/a&gt;. Inside, the monumental twisted staircase, supported by two columns, fits gracefully into a very restricted space. Via Mameli.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Fornara, built in 1840 in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture" title="Neoclassical architecture"&gt;neo-classical&lt;/a&gt; style by the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercellese" title="Vercellese" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Vercellese&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pietro_Bosso&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pietro Bosso (page does not exist)"&gt;Pietro Bosso&lt;/a&gt;,  forms the east side of Piazza Mazzini. The site was previously occupied  by the church of Santa Maria di Piazza which was deconsecrated during  the Napoleonic period. Since 1925 it has been a bank.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Langosco, in Via Corte d’Appello, encloses part of the main  cloister of the former Augustinian convent complex of Santa Croce. Once  the seat of the Senate of Montferrat, it now houses the public library.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The neo-classical Palazzo Sacchi-Nemours, beside the Teatro Civico  in Via Saffi, was built in 1750–2 by the local architect Francesco  Ottavio Magnocavalli.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Ricci di Cereseto, in Piazzetta di S. Stefano, has an  imposing neo-classical façade fronted by four massive brickwork columns,  constructed in 1806 by G. Battista Formiglia, probably following a  design by Magnocavalli.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Palazzo Gaspardone-Ottavi, in Via Cavour, came into the possession  of the Ottavi family during the 19th century and is noted for Bistolfi’s  plaque commemorating &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottavio_Ottavi" title="Ottavio Ottavi"&gt;Ottavio Ottavi&lt;/a&gt; (an &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenology" title="Oenology"&gt;oenologist&lt;/a&gt; known also, in his home town, for writing the &lt;i&gt;Inno ai krumiri&lt;/i&gt;, or ‘hymn to the krumiri biscuits’) and a memorial tablet to Saint &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Gonzaga" title="Luigi Gonzaga" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Luigi Gonzaga&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Museums and galleries"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Museums_and_galleries"&gt;Museums and galleries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;p&gt;The civic museum is located in the ancient &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent" title="Convent"&gt;convent&lt;/a&gt; of Santa Croce, whose cloister is decorated with &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco"&gt;frescos&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Moncalvo" title="Il Moncalvo" class="mw-redirect"&gt;il Moncalvo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Music"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Music"&gt;Music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Casale was an important center for Italian music from the 13th through the 17th centuries. During the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade" title="Albigensian Crusade"&gt;Albigensian Crusade&lt;/a&gt;,  Casale was a refuge for troubadours fleeing regions to the west; the  music of such troubadours may have been decisive in the formation of  secular Italian musical styles in the 14th century (see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Trecento" title="Music of the Trecento"&gt;Music of the Trecento&lt;/a&gt;).  In the 16th century the town was incorporated into the holdings of the  Gonzaga family, who were patrons of music throughout the Renaissance.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-6"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;7&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The cathedral there has in its archives polyphonic music by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mouton" title="Jean Mouton"&gt;Jean Mouton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_de_Silva" title="Andreas de Silva"&gt;Andreas de Silva&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Cellavenia" title="Francesco Cellavenia"&gt;Francesco Cellavenia&lt;/a&gt;, as well as important prints by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina" title="Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina"&gt;Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina&lt;/a&gt; and other major composers of the period. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Casale was the site for premieres of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera" title="Opera"&gt;operas&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Cesare_Monteverdi" title="Giulio Cesare Monteverdi"&gt;Giulio Cesare Monteverdi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Guglielmi" title="Pietro Guglielmi" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Pietro Guglielmi&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Anfossi" title="Pasquale Anfossi"&gt;Pasquale Anfossi&lt;/a&gt;, and was the birthplace of the Swiss-Italian composer &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Evasio_Soliva" title="Carlo Evasio Soliva"&gt;Carlo Evasio Soliva&lt;/a&gt;. Currently the city's musical center is the Teatro Municipale.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Economy"&gt;Economy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Casale is situated in a plain where &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice" title="Rice"&gt;rice&lt;/a&gt; cultivation is predominant, and in an area of cement-bearing hills and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winery" title="Winery"&gt;wineries&lt;/a&gt;. Casale is also well known for being the district of refrigeration, one of the main of Italy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The district in Casale has born in Novembre 1945, with the first  company called "Franger Frigor s.r.l." New companies started in 1957  "Mondial Frigori s.r.l." and many more after. Only to name few Carma  S.p.A", "Cofi S.p.A", "Framec S.p.A", all of them connected in some way  with "Franger Frigor" In 1965 Vendo Italy S.p.A. who sales bottle  coolers and vending machines. Late '60 "Cold Car" started a new  production in Refrigerated vehichles using Eutectic plates. Other  companies started production in the following years: "Industra  Apparecchiature Refrigerate IAR", "PastorFrigor", "GeneralFilter",  "Unifrigor", "IARP" "Dena" is another company working on refrigeration  filters and capillary tubes. Around 13 manufacturing companies work now  in this field. Most of the production in Casale is about Vending  machines, Bottle Coolers, Vertical and Horizontal Cabinet, Refrigerated  trucks. In this field many are the technological innovations driven by  environmental and energy efficiencies aspects which are used by those  companies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Casale is also known for the training facilities in refrigeration and  air conditioning organised by Centro Studi Galileo since 1975.&lt;a href="http://www.centrogalileo.it/" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Centro Studi Galileo&lt;/a&gt;  In Casale arrive more than 1000 delegates to attend the periodical  courses to learn the refrigeration technique in preparation to the  certification of personel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Twin towns — Sister cities"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Twin_towns.C2.A0.E2.80.94_Sister_cities"&gt;Twin towns — Sister cities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Casale Monferrato is &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_cities" title="Sister cities" class="mw-redirect"&gt;twinned&lt;/a&gt; with:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="flagicon"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"&gt;&lt;img alt="Slovakia" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" height="15" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trnava" title="Trnava"&gt;Trnava&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"&gt;Slovakia&lt;/a&gt;, since 1967&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="flagicon"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;&lt;img alt="Germany" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" height="13" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinstadt" title="Weinstadt"&gt;Weinstadt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"&gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;, since 2007&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="flagicon"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;&lt;img alt="Italy" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" height="15" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescara" title="Pescara"&gt;Pescara&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"&gt;Italy&lt;/a&gt;, since 2009&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="flagicon"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"&gt;&lt;img alt="Albania" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png" class="thumbborder" width="22" height="16" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr" title="Gjirokastër"&gt;Gjirokastër&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"&gt;Albania&lt;/a&gt;, since 2010&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Sport"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Sport"&gt;Sport&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;The town’s &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28soccer%29" title="Football (soccer)" class="mw-redirect"&gt;football&lt;/a&gt; club, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Casale" title="A.S. Casale" class="mw-redirect"&gt;A.S. Casale&lt;/a&gt;,  was founded in 1909. Within five years it achieved the twin peaks of  its success: in 1913 it became the first Italian club to beat an English  professional team (&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_F.C." title="Reading F.C."&gt;Reading F.C.&lt;/a&gt;), and in the 1913–14 season it won the Italian Championship. The team dropped out of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A"&gt;Serie A&lt;/a&gt; in 1934, however, and in the 2006–7 season it is playing in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_D/A" title="Serie D/A" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Serie D/A&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;During the 1970s, an annual under-21 football tournament took place  in Casale Monferrato. It was named the "Caligaris" International  Tournament, after Umberto Caligaris.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-caligaris_7-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-caligaris-7"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;8&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The local &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball"&gt;basketball&lt;/a&gt; team, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Junior_Pallacanestro_Casale" title="A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale"&gt;A.S. Junior Libertas Pallacanestro Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt;, was founded in 1956 and today competes in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LegADue" title="LegADue" class="mw-redirect"&gt;LegADue&lt;/a&gt;, the second tier of the sport in Italy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Events"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Events"&gt;Events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Annual &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Saint Joseph’s Fair (&lt;i&gt;Mostra mercato di San Giuseppe&lt;/i&gt;). A fair of industry, commerce, handicraft, and agriculture held since 1946. Mid-March; Cittadella.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Rice and Roses (&lt;i&gt;Riso&amp;amp;Rose&lt;/i&gt;). A festival of concerts, pageants, markets and other events held in and around Casale since 2001. May.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Folkermesse (from Folk + &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermesse" title="Kermesse"&gt;Kermesse&lt;/a&gt;).  The world folk music and dance festival, first staged in Casale in  1983, includes the town on its summer itinerary. July–September.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;i&gt;Magiche Figure&lt;/i&gt;. Exhibition of puppet theatre from Italy and abroad. September.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Festival of Wine and the Monferrato. A celebration of local wine and food together with related events. Mid-September.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Monthly &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Antiques market. Founded in 1973, this popular market is held on the  second weekend of the month (except August) in the Mercato Pavia.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The &lt;i&gt;Artemista&lt;/i&gt; craft market and &lt;i&gt;Il Paniere&lt;/i&gt; market of organic produce market are held on the third Saturday of each month in Piazza Mazzini.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Casale Open City (&lt;i&gt;Casale Città Aperta&lt;/i&gt;, a play on the title of the classic &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_neorealism" title="Italian neorealism"&gt;neorealist&lt;/a&gt; film &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma,_citt%C3%A0_aperta" title="Roma, città aperta" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Roma, città aperta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;). Many of the town’s monuments are open, with free guided tours on the Sunday afternoon. Second weekend of the month.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Twice weekly &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Market days. Tuesday and Friday; Piazza Castello.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=22" title="Edit section: People"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="People"&gt;People&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;Notable people born in Casale, or with close connections to the town, include:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasius" title="Evasius"&gt;Evasius&lt;/a&gt; (died 3rd, 4th, or 8th century, perhaps), martyr and patron saint of the town.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubertino_da_Casale" title="Ubertino da Casale" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Ubertino da Casale&lt;/a&gt; (1259–1329), Franciscan preacher and theologian.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolande_of_Montferrat" title="Yolande of Montferrat" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Yolande of Montferrat&lt;/a&gt; (1274–1317), became Eirene, Empress-Consort of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikos_II_Palaiologos" title="Andronikos II Palaiologos"&gt;Andronikos II Palaiologos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_emperor" title="Byzantine emperor" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Byzantine emperor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facino_Cane" title="Facino Cane"&gt;Facino Cane&lt;/a&gt; (1360–1412), condottiere.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_VIII_of_Montferrat" title="William VIII of Montferrat" class="mw-redirect"&gt;William VIII&lt;/a&gt; (1420–1483), the Marquess of Montferrat who established Casale as its definitive capital.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boniface_III_of_Montferrat&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boniface III of Montferrat (page does not exist)"&gt;Boniface III&lt;/a&gt; ((1424–1494)), Marquess of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Martino_Spanzotti" title="Giovanni Martino Spanzotti"&gt;Giovanni Martino Spanzotti&lt;/a&gt; (born circa 1455), painter,&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IX_of_Montferrat" title="William IX of Montferrat" class="mw-redirect"&gt;William IX&lt;/a&gt; (1486–1518), Marquess of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_d%27Alen%C3%A7on" title="Anna d'Alençon" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Anna d'Alençon&lt;/a&gt; (1492–1562), Marchioness of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bianca_Maria_Gaspardone&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bianca Maria Gaspardone (page does not exist)"&gt;Bianca Maria Gaspardone&lt;/a&gt; (died 1526), the rich heiress who became wife to &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ermes_Visconti&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ermes Visconti (page does not exist)"&gt;Ermes Visconti&lt;/a&gt; and to the Count of Cellant, (and mistress to many more) before her public execution in Milan.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_note-8"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;9&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_George_of_Montferrat" title="John George of Montferrat" class="mw-redirect"&gt;John George&lt;/a&gt; (1488–1533), Marquess of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boniface_IV_of_Montferrat&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boniface IV of Montferrat (page does not exist)"&gt;Boniface IV&lt;/a&gt; (1512–1530), Marquess of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stefano_Guazzo&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Stefano Guazzo (page does not exist)"&gt;Stefano Guazzo&lt;/a&gt; (1530–1593), founder of the Casale literary academy the &lt;i&gt;Illustrati&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Musso" title="Niccolò Musso"&gt;Niccolò Musso&lt;/a&gt; (c.1590 – c.1623), painter of the Baroque period.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla_Fa%C3%A0_di_Bruno" title="Camilla Faà di Bruno" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Camilla Faà di Bruno&lt;/a&gt; (c.1599-1662), the ‘Bella Ardizzina’ who secretly married &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Gonzaga" title="Francesco Gonzaga"&gt;Francesco Gonzaga&lt;/a&gt; Duke of Ferrara and of Montferrat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_del_Cairo" title="Ferdinando del Cairo"&gt;Ferdinando del Cairo&lt;/a&gt; (1666–1748), a painter of the Italian Baroque school, was born in Casale.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Zanetti" title="Giacomo Zanetti"&gt;Giacomo Zanetti&lt;/a&gt; (1698–1735), master-builder and architect who completed the baroque reconstruction of Santa Caterina, and built several &lt;i&gt;palazzi&lt;/i&gt; in the town.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Francesco_Guala" title="Pietro Francesco Guala" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Pietro Francesco Guala&lt;/a&gt; (1698–1757), painter of the Piedmontese Baroque school.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Ottavio_Magnocavalli" title="Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli"&gt;Francesco Ottavio Magnocavalli&lt;/a&gt; (1707–89), architect.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Cozio" title="Carlo Cozio"&gt;Carlo Cozio&lt;/a&gt;, Count of Montiglio and Salabue (1715–1780), chess player.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carlo_Vidua&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Carlo Vidua (page does not exist)"&gt;Carlo Vidua&lt;/a&gt;, Count of Conzano (1785–1830), traveller and archeologist.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Evasio_Soliva" title="Carlo Evasio Soliva"&gt;Carlo Evasio Soliva&lt;/a&gt; (1791–1853), musician.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Canina" title="Luigi Canina"&gt;Luigi Canina&lt;/a&gt; (1795–1856), archaeologist and architect.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rocchietti" title="Joseph Rocchietti"&gt;Joseph Rocchietti&lt;/a&gt;, the earliest known Italian-American novelist, was an emigrant from Casale.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Lanza" title="Giovanni Lanza"&gt;Giovanni Lanza&lt;/a&gt; (1810–1882), politician.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascanio_Sobrero" title="Ascanio Sobrero"&gt;Ascanio Sobrero&lt;/a&gt; (1812–1888), chemist.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleuterio_Pagliano" title="Eleuterio Pagliano"&gt;Eleuterio Pagliano&lt;/a&gt; (1826–1903), painter.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Hugues" title="Luigi Hugues"&gt;Luigi Hugues&lt;/a&gt; (1836–1913), engineer, geographer and musician.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Negri" title="Francesco Negri"&gt;Francesco Negri&lt;/a&gt; (1841–1924), photographer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Celoria&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giovanni Celoria (page does not exist)"&gt;Giovanni Celoria&lt;/a&gt; (1842–1920), astronomer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giulio_Viotte&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giulio Viotte (page does not exist)"&gt;Giulio Viotte&lt;/a&gt; (1845–78), artist.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giovanni_Camerana&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giovanni Camerana (page does not exist)"&gt;Giovanni Camerana&lt;/a&gt; (1845–1905), magistrate, poet, art critic: one of the prime members of the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapigliatura" title="Scapigliatura"&gt;scapigliatura&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; movement.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Bistolfi" title="Leonardo Bistolfi"&gt;Leonardo Bistolfi&lt;/a&gt; (1859–1933), sculptor.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandro_Bisiach" title="Leandro Bisiach"&gt;Leandro Bisiach&lt;/a&gt; (1864–1946), a violin maker.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Cavallero" title="Ugo Cavallero"&gt;Ugo Cavallero&lt;/a&gt; (1880–1943), military commander.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Maria_De_Vecchi" title="Cesare Maria De Vecchi"&gt;Cesare Maria De Vecchi&lt;/a&gt; (1884–1959), politician.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Caligaris" title="Umberto Caligaris"&gt;Umberto Caligaris&lt;/a&gt; (1901–1940), footballer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egidio_Ortona" title="Egidio Ortona"&gt;Egidio Ortona&lt;/a&gt; (1911–1996), diplomat.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Augusto_Segre&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Augusto Segre (page does not exist)"&gt;Augusto Segre&lt;/a&gt; (1915–1986), writer and antifascist.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giampaolo_Pansa&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Giampaolo Pansa (page does not exist)"&gt;Giampaolo Pansa&lt;/a&gt; (born 1935), journalist and writer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Castelletti" title="Sergio Castelletti"&gt;Sergio Castelletti&lt;/a&gt; (born 1937), footballer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Piana" title="Giovanni Piana"&gt;Giovanni Piana&lt;/a&gt; (born 5 April 1940), philosopher.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bolle" title="Roberto Bolle"&gt;Roberto Bolle&lt;/a&gt; (born 1975), ballet dancer, was born in Casale, although he grew up in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trino_Vercellese" title="Trino Vercellese" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Trino Vercellese&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul class="gallery"&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15.5px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macrino_d%E2%80%99Alba,_Ritratto_di_Anna_d%E2%80%99Alen%C3%A7on._Tempera_su_tavola._Crea,_Santuario_dell%E2%80%99Assunta.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Macrino_d%E2%80%99Alba%2C_Ritratto_di_Anna_d%E2%80%99Alen%C3%A7on._Tempera_su_tavola._Crea%2C_Santuario_dell%E2%80%99Assunta.jpg/104px-Macrino_d%E2%80%99Alba%2C_Ritratto_di_Anna_d%E2%80%99Alen%C3%A7on._Tempera_su_tavola._Crea%2C_Santuario_dell%E2%80%99Assunta.jpg" width="104" height="119" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Portrait of Anna d’Alençon by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrino_d%E2%80%99Alba" title="Macrino d’Alba" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Macrino d’Alba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15.5px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Niccol%C3%B2_Musso,_Autoritratto_%282%29.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Niccol%C3%B2_Musso%2C_Autoritratto_%282%29.jpg/85px-Niccol%C3%B2_Musso%2C_Autoritratto_%282%29.jpg" width="85" height="119" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Musso" title="Niccolò Musso"&gt;Niccolò Musso&lt;/a&gt;, self portrait&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ascanio_sobrero.gif" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Ascanio_sobrero.gif/85px-Ascanio_sobrero.gif" width="85" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascanio_Sobrero" title="Ascanio Sobrero"&gt;Ascanio Sobrero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15.5px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roberto_Bolle_cropped.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Roberto_Bolle_cropped.jpg/90px-Roberto_Bolle_cropped.jpg" width="90" height="119" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bolle" title="Roberto Bolle"&gt;Roberto Bolle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Fictional Casale"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Fictional_Casale"&gt;Fictional Casale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;A siege of the town plays a significant off-stage role in &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Manzoni" title="Alessandro Manzoni"&gt;Alessandro Manzoni’s&lt;/a&gt;’s novel &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Betrothed" title="The Betrothed"&gt;The Betrothed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, and is the centre of Chapter 2 of the novel &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_the_Day_Before" title="The Island of the Day Before"&gt;The Island of the Day Before&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco" title="Umberto Eco"&gt;Umberto Eco&lt;/a&gt;, who was born in neighbouring &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandria" title="Alessandria"&gt;Alessandria&lt;/a&gt;. Casale also appears in a best-selling historical yarn &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellarion_the_Fortunate" title="Bellarion the Fortunate"&gt;Bellarion the Fortunate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; by the Anglo Italian writer &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Sabatini" title="Rafael Sabatini"&gt;Rafael Sabatini&lt;/a&gt;. A real 13th century personality, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubertino_of_Casale" title="Ubertino of Casale"&gt;Ubertino of Casale&lt;/a&gt;, is a character in Eco's historical novel &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose" title="The Name of the Rose"&gt;The Name of the Rose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (1980).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Gallery"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="Gallery"&gt;Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;ul class="gallery"&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 30px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-piazza_santo_stefano1.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Casale_Monferrato-piazza_santo_stefano1.jpg/120px-Casale_Monferrato-piazza_santo_stefano1.jpg" width="120" height="90" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Piazza Santo Stefano&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santo_stefano-facciata.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santo_stefano-facciata.jpg/90px-Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_santo_stefano-facciata.jpg" width="90" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Church of &lt;i&gt;Santo Stefano&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 30px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini6.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini6.jpg/120px-Casale_Monferrato-piazza_Mazzini6.jpg" width="120" height="90" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Alberto" title="Carlo Alberto" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Carlo Alberto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 30px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-castello1.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Casale_Monferrato-castello1.jpg/120px-Casale_Monferrato-castello1.jpg" width="120" height="90" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Castle&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica2.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica2.jpg/90px-Casale_Monferrato-torre_civica2.jpg" width="90" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Torre Civica&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_san_domenico-facciata2.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_san_domenico-facciata2.jpg/90px-Casale_Monferrato-chiesa_san_domenico-facciata2.jpg" width="90" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;San Domenico&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 30px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_synagogue_Casale_Monferrato.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Interior_synagogue_Casale_Monferrato.jpg/120px-Interior_synagogue_Casale_Monferrato.jpg" width="120" height="90" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue_of_Casale_Monferrato" title="Synagogue of Casale Monferrato"&gt;Synagogue of Casale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div style="width: 155px;"&gt; &lt;div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"&gt; &lt;div style="margin: 15px auto;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Casale_Monferrato-duomo-facciata2.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Casale_Monferrato-duomo-facciata2.jpg/90px-Casale_Monferrato-duomo-facciata2.jpg" width="90" height="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="gallerytext"&gt; &lt;p&gt;The cathedral of Sant’Evasio&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=25" title="Edit section: References and footnotes"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="References_and_footnotes"&gt;References and footnotes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="refbegin" style=""&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dt&gt;General&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" width="12" height="12" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This article incorporates text from a publication now in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain"&gt;public domain&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span class="citation book" id="CITEREFChisholm1911"&gt;Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition"&gt;Encyclopædia Britannica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=book&amp;amp;rft.btitle=%5B%5BEncyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica+Eleventh+Edition%7CEncyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica%5D%5D&amp;amp;rft.date=1911&amp;amp;rft.edition=11th&amp;amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;i&gt;Some of the content of this article comes from &lt;a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato" class="extiw" title="it:Casale Monferrato"&gt;the equivalent Italian-language Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt; (retrieved September 10, 2005).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;span class="citation book"&gt;Grignolio, Idro (1983). &lt;i&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/i&gt;. Casale Monferrato: Media editrice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=book&amp;amp;rft.btitle=Casale+Monferrato&amp;amp;rft.aulast=Grignolio&amp;amp;rft.aufirst=Idro&amp;amp;rft.au=Grignolio%2C%26%2332%3BIdro&amp;amp;rft.date=1983&amp;amp;rft.place=Casale+Monferrato&amp;amp;rft.pub=Media+editrice&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;History&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Grignolio (see above)&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;The historic centre&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Grignolio (see above)&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;i&gt;Casale città aperta&lt;/i&gt; (2002 pamphlet produced by the Museo Civico)&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;Music&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;Crawford, David: 'Casale Monferrato', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed December 18, 2005), &amp;lt;&lt;a href="http://www.grovemusic.com/" class="external free" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.grovemusic.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;.&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;dt&gt;Events&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.entemanifestazioni.it/site/index.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Ente Manifestazioni - Casale Monferrato - AL - Italy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/cityhall/profilo_citta.asp?pid=CH_PROFILO" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Profilo della città di Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.monferrato.org/site/eng/risoerose.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Riso &amp;amp; Rose in Monferrato, a flourishing festival!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dd&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ethnosuoni.it/folkermesse/index.html" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Ethnosuoni - Folkermesse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/dd&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;dl&gt; &lt;dt&gt;Footnotes&lt;/dt&gt; &lt;/dl&gt; &lt;div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"&gt; &lt;ol class="references"&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-profilo-0"&gt;^ &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-profilo_0-0"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-profilo_0-1"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;b&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-profilo_0-2"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;c&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-profilo_0-3"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;d&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="citation web"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/cityhall/profilo_citta.asp?pid=CH_PROFILO" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Profilo della Città"&lt;/a&gt;. Comune di Casale Monferrato&lt;span class="printonly"&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/cityhall/profilo_citta.asp?pid=CH_PROFILO" class="external free" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/cityhall/profilo_citta.asp?pid=CH_PROFILO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="reference-accessdate"&gt;. Retrieved 2010-09-01&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;amp;rft.btitle=Profilo+della+Citt%C3%A0&amp;amp;rft.atitle=&amp;amp;rft.pub=Comune+di+Casale+Monferrato&amp;amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it%2FIT%2Fcityhall%2Fprofilo_citta.asp%3Fpid%3DCH_PROFILO&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-1"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.piemonteincifre.it/php/sub_comune.php?voce_id=25&amp;amp;pid=AL&amp;amp;cid=896" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Piemonte in cifre: Annuario statistico regionale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-2"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Grignolio, p.15&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-3"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class="citation book"&gt;Stillwell, Richard, ed (1976). &lt;a href="http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.4788.a.php" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;"VARDAGATE (Casale Monferrato) Piedmont, Italy"&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;i&gt;The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites&lt;/i&gt;. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number"&gt;ISBN&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0691035423" title="Special:BookSources/0691035423"&gt;0691035423&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="printonly"&gt;. &lt;a href="http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.4788.a.php" class="external free" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://icarus.umkc.edu/sandbox/perseus/pecs/page.4788.a.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;amp;rft.btitle=VARDAGATE+%28Casale+Monferrato%29+Piedmont%2C+Italy&amp;amp;rft.atitle=The+Princeton+Encyclopedia+of+Classical+Sites&amp;amp;rft.date=1976&amp;amp;rft.place=Princeton%2C+N.J.&amp;amp;rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&amp;amp;rft.isbn=0691035423&amp;amp;rft_id=&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-4"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; For the dates of birth and death see &lt;span class="citation web"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arabafelice.it/dominae/scheda.php?id=10046" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Lucrina Fetti"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="printonly"&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.arabafelice.it/dominae/scheda.php?id=10046" class="external free" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.arabafelice.it/dominae/scheda.php?id=10046&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;amp;rft.btitle=Lucrina+Fetti&amp;amp;rft.atitle=&amp;amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabafelice.it%2Fdominae%2Fscheda.php%3Fid%3D10046&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-5"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-5"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class="citation web"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/education/teatromunicipale.asp" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;"Teatro municipale"&lt;/a&gt;. Comune di Casale Monferrato&lt;span class="printonly"&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/education/teatromunicipale.asp" class="external free" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/education/teatromunicipale.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;amp;rft.btitle=Teatro+municipale&amp;amp;rft.atitle=&amp;amp;rft.pub=Comune+di+Casale+Monferrato&amp;amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it%2FIT%2Feducation%2Fteatromunicipale.asp&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Casale_Monferrato"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-6"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-6"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Crawford, Grove online&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-caligaris-7"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-caligaris_7-0"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.blackpool-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=EDX1&amp;amp;id=439645" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;"The Forgotten Italian Job of 1974"&lt;/a&gt; - Blackpool-mad.co.uk&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li id="cite_note-8"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#cite_ref-8"&gt;^&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; John Marston &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Insatiate_Countess" title="The Insatiate Countess"&gt;The Insatiate Countess&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, ed. by Giorgio Melchiori (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984), &lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DfjoAAAAIAAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA20" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;p. 20&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Casale_Monferrato&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=26" title="Edit section: External links"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline" id="External_links"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;div class="refbegin" style=""&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" width="12" height="16" /&gt; Media related to &lt;a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Casale_Monferrato" class="extiw" title="commons:Special:Search/Casale Monferrato"&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons"&gt;Wikimedia Commons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comune.casale-monferrato.al.it/IT/default.asp" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Official town website&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03396a.htm" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;article on Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; in the 1913 &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia"&gt;Catholic Encyclopedia&lt;/a&gt; includes a brief history of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Casale_Monferrato" title="Diocese of Casale Monferrato" class="mw-redirect"&gt;Diocese of Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cattedralecasale.org/" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Duomo di Casale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;, official site of the city’s cathedral.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ilmonferrato.it/" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;Il Monferrato on line&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt;, site of the local newspaper.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artestoria.net/Indici/Bancadati.php" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;MonferratoArte&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="languageicon" style="font-size: 0.95em; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"&gt;(Italian)&lt;/span&gt; A historical and bibliographical directory of artists active in the extra-urban Churches of the Diocese of Casale Monferrato.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;table class="navbox" style="" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="padding: 2px;"&gt; &lt;table id="collapsibleTable0" class="nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 100%; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; color: inherit;" cellspacing="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;th style="" colspan="2" class="navbox-title"&gt;&lt;span class="collapseButton"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casale_Monferrato#" id="collapseButton0"&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="float: left; width: 6em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="noprint plainlinks navbar" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap; word-spacing: -0.12em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Province_of_Alessandria" title="Template:Province of Alessandria"&gt;&lt;span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; font-size: 100%;" title="View this template"&gt;v&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Province_of_Alessandria" title="Template talk:Province of Alessandria"&gt;&lt;span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; font-size: 100%;" title="Discuss this template"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Province_of_Alessandria&amp;amp;action=edit" class="external text" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none; font-size: 100%;" title="Edit this template"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" style="font-size: 110%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont" title="Piedmont"&gt;Piedmont&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comune" title="Comune"&gt;Comuni&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Alessandria" title="Province of Alessandria"&gt;Province of Alessandria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="height: 2px;"&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td colspan="2" style="width: 100%; padding: 0px;" class="navbox-list navbox-odd"&gt; &lt;div style="padding: 0em 0.25em;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqui_Terme" title="Acqui Terme"&gt;Acqui Terme&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albera_Ligure" title="Albera Ligure"&gt;Albera Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandria" title="Alessandria"&gt;Alessandria&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfiano_Natta" title="Alfiano Natta"&gt;Alfiano Natta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bel_Colle" title="Alice Bel Colle"&gt;Alice Bel Colle&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvioni_Cambi%C3%B2" title="Alluvioni Cambiò"&gt;Alluvioni Cambiò&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavilla_Monferrato" title="Altavilla Monferrato"&gt;Altavilla Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzano_Scrivia" title="Alzano Scrivia"&gt;Alzano Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquata_Scrivia" title="Arquata Scrivia"&gt;Arquata Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avolasca" title="Avolasca"&gt;Avolasca&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzola" title="Balzola"&gt;Balzola&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basaluzzo" title="Basaluzzo"&gt;Basaluzzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassignana" title="Bassignana"&gt;Bassignana&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belforte_Monferrato" title="Belforte Monferrato"&gt;Belforte Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamasco,_Piedmont" title="Bergamasco, Piedmont"&gt;Bergamasco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzano_di_Tortona" title="Berzano di Tortona"&gt;Berzano di Tortona&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bistagno" title="Bistagno"&gt;Bistagno&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borghetto_di_Borbera" title="Borghetto di Borbera"&gt;Borghetto di Borbera&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_San_Martino" title="Borgo San Martino"&gt;Borgo San Martino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgoratto_Alessandrino" title="Borgoratto Alessandrino"&gt;Borgoratto Alessandrino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco_Marengo" title="Bosco Marengo"&gt;Bosco Marengo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosio" title="Bosio"&gt;Bosio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozzole" title="Bozzole"&gt;Bozzole&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brignano-Frascata" title="Brignano-Frascata"&gt;Brignano-Frascata&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabella_Ligure" title="Cabella Ligure"&gt;Cabella Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camagna_Monferrato" title="Camagna Monferrato"&gt;Camagna Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino,_Piedmont" title="Camino, Piedmont"&gt;Camino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantalupo_Ligure" title="Cantalupo Ligure"&gt;Cantalupo Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capriata_d%27Orba" title="Capriata d'Orba"&gt;Capriata d'Orba&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonara_Scrivia" title="Carbonara Scrivia"&gt;Carbonara Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carentino" title="Carentino"&gt;Carentino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carezzano" title="Carezzano"&gt;Carezzano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpeneto" title="Carpeneto"&gt;Carpeneto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrega_Ligure" title="Carrega Ligure"&gt;Carrega Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrosio" title="Carrosio"&gt;Carrosio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartosio" title="Cartosio"&gt;Cartosio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casal_Cermelli" title="Casal Cermelli"&gt;Casal Cermelli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong class="selflink"&gt;Casale Monferrato&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casaleggio_Boiro" title="Casaleggio Boiro"&gt;Casaleggio Boiro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casalnoceto" title="Casalnoceto"&gt;Casalnoceto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casasco" title="Casasco"&gt;Casasco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassano_Spinola" title="Cassano Spinola"&gt;Cassano Spinola&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassine" title="Cassine"&gt;Cassine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassinelle" title="Cassinelle"&gt;Cassinelle&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellania,_Piedmont" title="Castellania, Piedmont"&gt;Castellania&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellar_Guidobono" title="Castellar Guidobono"&gt;Castellar Guidobono&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellazzo_Bormida" title="Castellazzo Bormida"&gt;Castellazzo Bormida&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelletto_Merli" title="Castelletto Merli"&gt;Castelletto Merli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelletto_Monferrato" title="Castelletto Monferrato"&gt;Castelletto Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelletto_d%27Erro" title="Castelletto d'Erro"&gt;Castelletto d'Erro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelletto_d%27Orba" title="Castelletto d'Orba"&gt;Castelletto d'Orba&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelnuovo_Bormida" title="Castelnuovo Bormida"&gt;Castelnuovo Bormida&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelnuovo_Scrivia" title="Castelnuovo Scrivia"&gt;Castelnuovo Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelspina" title="Castelspina"&gt;Castelspina&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavatore" title="Cavatore"&gt;Cavatore&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cella_Monte" title="Cella Monte"&gt;Cella Monte&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereseto" title="Cereseto"&gt;Cereseto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerreto_Grue" title="Cerreto Grue"&gt;Cerreto Grue&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrina_Monferrato" title="Cerrina Monferrato"&gt;Cerrina Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coniolo" title="Coniolo"&gt;Coniolo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conzano" title="Conzano"&gt;Conzano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Vescovato" title="Costa Vescovato"&gt;Costa Vescovato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremolino" title="Cremolino"&gt;Cremolino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuccaro_Monferrato" title="Cuccaro Monferrato"&gt;Cuccaro Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denice" title="Denice"&gt;Denice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dernice" title="Dernice"&gt;Dernice&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabbrica_Curone" title="Fabbrica Curone"&gt;Fabbrica Curone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felizzano" title="Felizzano"&gt;Felizzano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraconalto" title="Fraconalto"&gt;Fraconalto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francavilla_Bisio" title="Francavilla Bisio"&gt;Francavilla Bisio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frascaro" title="Frascaro"&gt;Frascaro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frassinello_Monferrato" title="Frassinello Monferrato"&gt;Frassinello Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frassineto_Po" title="Frassineto Po"&gt;Frassineto Po&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresonara" title="Fresonara"&gt;Fresonara&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frugarolo" title="Frugarolo"&gt;Frugarolo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fubine" title="Fubine"&gt;Fubine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabiano" title="Gabiano"&gt;Gabiano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamalero" title="Gamalero"&gt;Gamalero&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbagna,_Piedmont" title="Garbagna, Piedmont"&gt;Garbagna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavazzana" title="Gavazzana"&gt;Gavazzana&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavi,_Piedmont" title="Gavi, Piedmont"&gt;Gavi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giarole" title="Giarole"&gt;Giarole&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremiasco" title="Gremiasco"&gt;Gremiasco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grognardo" title="Grognardo"&gt;Grognardo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grondona" title="Grondona"&gt;Grondona&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guazzora" title="Guazzora"&gt;Guazzora&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_Sant%27Antonio" title="Isola Sant'Antonio"&gt;Isola Sant'Antonio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lerma" title="Lerma"&gt;Lerma&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu,_Piedmont" title="Lu, Piedmont"&gt;Lu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvicino" title="Malvicino"&gt;Malvicino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masio" title="Masio"&gt;Masio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melazzo" title="Melazzo"&gt;Melazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merana" title="Merana"&gt;Merana&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabello_Monferrato" title="Mirabello Monferrato"&gt;Mirabello Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molare" title="Molare"&gt;Molare&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molino_dei_Torti" title="Molino dei Torti"&gt;Molino dei Torti&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mombello_Monferrato" title="Mombello Monferrato"&gt;Mombello Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momperone" title="Momperone"&gt;Momperone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moncestino" title="Moncestino"&gt;Moncestino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongiardino_Ligure" title="Mongiardino Ligure"&gt;Mongiardino Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monleale" title="Monleale"&gt;Monleale&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montacuto" title="Montacuto"&gt;Montacuto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montaldeo" title="Montaldeo"&gt;Montaldeo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montaldo_Bormida" title="Montaldo Bormida"&gt;Montaldo Bormida&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montecastello" title="Montecastello"&gt;Montecastello&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montechiaro_d%27Acqui" title="Montechiaro d'Acqui"&gt;Montechiaro d'Acqui&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montegioco" title="Montegioco"&gt;Montegioco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montemarzino" title="Montemarzino"&gt;Montemarzino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morano_sul_Po" title="Morano sul Po"&gt;Morano sul Po&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morbello" title="Morbello"&gt;Morbello&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornese" title="Mornese"&gt;Mornese&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morsasco" title="Morsasco"&gt;Morsasco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murisengo" title="Murisengo"&gt;Murisengo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Ligure" title="Novi Ligure"&gt;Novi Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occimiano" title="Occimiano"&gt;Occimiano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odalengo_Grande" title="Odalengo Grande"&gt;Odalengo Grande&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odalengo_Piccolo" title="Odalengo Piccolo"&gt;Odalengo Piccolo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivola" title="Olivola"&gt;Olivola&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsara_Bormida" title="Orsara Bormida"&gt;Orsara Bormida&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottiglio" title="Ottiglio"&gt;Ottiglio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovada" title="Ovada"&gt;Ovada&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviglio" title="Oviglio"&gt;Oviglio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzano_Monferrato" title="Ozzano Monferrato"&gt;Ozzano Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderna" title="Paderna"&gt;Paderna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto,_Piedmont" title="Pareto, Piedmont"&gt;Pareto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodi_Ligure" title="Parodi Ligure"&gt;Parodi Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasturana" title="Pasturana"&gt;Pasturana&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecetto_di_Valenza" title="Pecetto di Valenza"&gt;Pecetto di Valenza&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietra_Marazzi" title="Pietra Marazzi"&gt;Pietra Marazzi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piovera" title="Piovera"&gt;Piovera&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomaro_Monferrato" title="Pomaro Monferrato"&gt;Pomaro Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontecurone" title="Pontecurone"&gt;Pontecurone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontestura" title="Pontestura"&gt;Pontestura&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponti,_Piedmont" title="Ponti, Piedmont"&gt;Ponti&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzano_Monferrato" title="Ponzano Monferrato"&gt;Ponzano Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzone" title="Ponzone"&gt;Ponzone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzol_Groppo" title="Pozzol Groppo"&gt;Pozzol Groppo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolo_Formigaro" title="Pozzolo Formigaro"&gt;Pozzolo Formigaro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasco" title="Prasco"&gt;Prasco&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predosa" title="Predosa"&gt;Predosa&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quargnento" title="Quargnento"&gt;Quargnento&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattordio" title="Quattordio"&gt;Quattordio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricaldone" title="Ricaldone"&gt;Ricaldone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalta_Bormida" title="Rivalta Bormida"&gt;Rivalta Bormida&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivarone" title="Rivarone"&gt;Rivarone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocca_Grimalda" title="Rocca Grimalda"&gt;Rocca Grimalda&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roccaforte_Ligure" title="Roccaforte Ligure"&gt;Roccaforte Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocchetta_Ligure" title="Rocchetta Ligure"&gt;Rocchetta Ligure&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano_Monferrato" title="Rosignano Monferrato"&gt;Rosignano Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_Monferrato" title="Sala Monferrato"&gt;Sala Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sale,_Piedmont" title="Sale, Piedmont"&gt;Sale&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristoforo" title="San Cristoforo"&gt;San Cristoforo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Giorgio_Monferrato" title="San Giorgio Monferrato"&gt;San Giorgio Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Salvatore_Monferrato" title="San Salvatore Monferrato"&gt;San Salvatore Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Sebastiano_Curone" title="San Sebastiano Curone"&gt;San Sebastiano Curone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Agata_Fossili" title="Sant'Agata Fossili"&gt;Sant'Agata Fossili&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardigliano" title="Sardigliano"&gt;Sardigliano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarezzano" title="Sarezzano"&gt;Sarezzano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serralunga_di_Crea" title="Serralunga di Crea"&gt;Serralunga di Crea&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serravalle_Scrivia" title="Serravalle Scrivia"&gt;Serravalle Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sezzadio" title="Sezzadio"&gt;Sezzadio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvano_d%27Orba" title="Silvano d'Orba"&gt;Silvano d'Orba&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solero,_Piedmont" title="Solero, Piedmont"&gt;Solero&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solonghello" title="Solonghello"&gt;Solonghello&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spigno_Monferrato" title="Spigno Monferrato"&gt;Spigno Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spineto_Scrivia" title="Spineto Scrivia"&gt;Spineto Scrivia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stazzano" title="Stazzano"&gt;Stazzano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strevi" title="Strevi"&gt;Strevi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagliolo_Monferrato" title="Tagliolo Monferrato"&gt;Tagliolo Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tassarolo" title="Tassarolo"&gt;Tassarolo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terruggia" title="Terruggia"&gt;Terruggia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terzo,_Piedmont" title="Terzo, Piedmont"&gt;Terzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticineto" title="Ticineto"&gt;Ticineto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortona" title="Tortona"&gt;Tortona&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treville" title="Treville"&gt;Treville&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisobbio" title="Trisobbio"&gt;Trisobbio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valenza" title="Valenza"&gt;Valenza&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmacca" title="Valmacca"&gt;Valmacca&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignale_Monferrato" title="Vignale Monferrato"&gt;Vignale Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignole_Borbera" title="Vignole Borbera"&gt;Vignole Borbera&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viguzzolo" title="Viguzzolo"&gt;Viguzzolo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villadeati" title="Villadeati"&gt;Villadeati&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villalvernia" title="Villalvernia"&gt;Villalvernia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villamiroglio" title="Villamiroglio"&gt;Villamiroglio&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_Monferrato" title="Villanova Monferrato"&gt;Villanova Monferrato&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villaromagnano" title="Villaromagnano"&gt;Villaromagnano&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visone" title="Visone"&gt;Visone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volpedo" title="Volpedo"&gt;Volpedo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volpeglino" title="Volpeglino"&gt;Volpeglino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;·&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaggio" title="Voltaggio"&gt;Voltaggio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;   &lt;!--  NewPP limit report Preprocessor node count: 8539/1000000 Post-expand include size: 141410/2048000 bytes Template argument size: 63949/2048000 bytes Expensive parser function count: 8/500 --&gt;  &lt;!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:idhash:2654752-0!*!0!!en!4 and timestamp 20110728083429 --&gt; &lt;div class="printfooter"&gt; 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