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End-Time Christians Promote War with President Bush's Administration
According to close observers of President George W. Bush, End-Time Christian leaders have influenced Bush so that he has become steeped in the ideas of Armageddon, the Apocalypse and war with satanic forces in the Middle East. President Bush is also said to be trying to construct an American theocracy to fulfill God’s end-of-days plan.
Tags: Christianity; end of the world; religious impact; doomsday; faith;
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The Doomsday Click
The New Yorker analyses "how easily could a hacker bring the world to a standstill." The story explains how harassment by computer viruses could easily turn into much more serious attacks.
Tags: electronics; digital technology; computers; banks; corporate hacking; world wide web
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Doomsday scenario at Indian Point: Nuclear power plants vulnerable to attack
This Journal News investigation reveals that Indian Point power plants could not withstand a suicide attack from a jetliner. The most vulnerable points are the containment domes, the fuel pools and the external safety system. The stories draw a dire picture of the possible consequences of a terrorist strike on the plants, which "would permanently contaminate a four-state region encompassing souther New York, northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Connecticut."
Tags: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; terrorism; Sept. 11 attacks; World Trade Center; Pentagon; safety; radiation
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Happy Doomsday
Draper investigates the House of Yahweh of Abilene, Texas and its leader, Yisrayl Hawkins. He tries to answer the question: another Waco, or simply wacko? Draper finds Hawkins is an experienced con-artist who changed his name from Buffalo Bill Hawkins in 1982. The self-titled holy man has pulled off a lifetime of shady money-making schemes and created a cult based on his interpretation -- or rejiggering -- of Scripture. In his guarded compound, Hawkins preaches that polygamy is acceptable and that the world will end in 2000.
Tags: cult; Biblical interpretation; manipulation; Hebrew
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The Doomsday Man
Vanity Fair investigates the power of Pat Robertson over the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed, the Republican Right, and Bob Dole in an election year. Robertson preaches the word of God in a political arena, believes the world will end in four years, and makes millions off of his religious broadcasts and other businesses. Is Robertson the man America wants dictating terms in the 1996 presidential election? (July 1996)
Tags: Prochnau Parker The Doomsday Man Elections Religion 13 pgs.
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America's doomsday project
U.S. News and World Report tracks the "Doomsday Project," the U.S. system for continuing government in the event of a nuclear attack, and finds significant flaws in communication systems, cost overruns and security.
Tags: House Armed Services Committee; COG; Continuity of government; Pentagon; FEMA