David Icke, a former British television sportscaster turned prophet of doom, and Texe Marrs, a retired U.S. Air Force officer turned pastor, have issued Web site warnings that, come millennium eve, former President George Bush and fellow members of a cult known as the Illuminati will summon oppressive evil forces at a black mass in a burial chamber deep inside the great Cheops pyramid. Even Satan himself might make a cameo appearance, some webheads say. According to Icke, the Illuminati are "genetic hybrids, the result of interbreeding between a reptilian extraterrestrial race and humanity many thousands of years ago." But that's not all. The elite of the Illuminati include not only former President Bush but also Bill Clinton, the British royal family, and Henry Kissinger, Icke says. A spokesman for Bush says the former president actually plans a quiet New Year's Eve at home in Houston. No matter. Icke himself plans to show up at the pyramids on December 31, accompanied by a Zulu shaman.

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