IMF BANK OF WORLD INTERVINES IN GREECE

THE WORLD TO BE PUT IN 10 WORLD REGIONS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO CONTROL THE ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD.

New Latin America group likely to emerge at summit
Sun Feb 21, 7:41 pm ET

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – Latin American foreign ministers say their nations are close to forming a new regional organization that would not include the U.S. or Canada.Representatives of 32 countries are gathering on Mexico's Caribbean coast for the Unity Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean starting Monday.Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said Sunday the new group has yet to be named, but is envisioned as the premier political forum for Latin American nations. It would be launched next year.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged the region to create a counterweight to what he calls excessive U.S. influence. The Organization of America States, headquartered in Washington, has many of the same member countries.

SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.

GENESIS 1:5,14
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)

DIG SUPPORTS KING SOLOMONS ACCOUNT
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136130

Pre-Purim Safety Alerts
by Maayana Miskin FEB 22,10

(IsraelNN.com) With the holiday of Purim rapidly approaching, doctors and paramedics are warning celebrants to avoid common dangers. In particular, parents are warned not to allow their children to play with firecrackers or sparklers, and to ensure that children's costumes are not flammable.Children and teens often play with firecrackers and sparklers on Purim, and paramedics are often called on to treat an unusually high number of burn victims. Last year a 14-year-old was injured when a firecracker exploded in his hand, tearing off all five fingers and leaving him with facial injuries as well.The year before, a young boy suffered serious burns when a package of small noisemakers, of the type used in pop guns, exploded in his pocket. The child's horrified parent later made and circulated a short video illustrating the dangers of pop guns.Children's costumes can also pose a danger. Costumes that include cotton wool, natural feathers, or other flammable materials should be avoided.The website BeOK issued a warning regarding makeup as well. Makeup should be treated like other personal hygiene products, and should not be shared. Before purchasing makeup, buyers should check the expiration date. In addition, the site advises doing a spot test with any new makeup product before applying the product to the face.The Hatzalah emergency response group has issued warning regarding road safety. On Purim, there are many children outdoors, and drivers should take extra care in case children walk into the road unexpectedly.

Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in ancient wall By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer – Mon Feb 22, 8:07 pm ET

JERUSALEM – An Israeli archaeologist said Monday that ancient fortifications recently excavated in Jerusalem date back 3,000 years to the time of King Solomon and support the biblical narrative about the era.If the age of the wall is correct, the finding would be an indication that Jerusalem was home to a strong central government that had the resources and manpower needed to build massive fortifications in the 10th century B.C.That's a key point of dispute among scholars, because it would match the Bible's account that the Hebrew kings David and Solomon ruled from Jerusalem around that time.While some Holy Land archaeologists support that version of history — including the archaeologist behind the dig, Eilat Mazar — others posit that David's monarchy was largely mythical and that there was no strong government to speak of in that era.Speaking to reporters at the site Monday, Mazar, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, called her find the most significant construction we have from First Temple days in Israel.It means that at that time, the 10th century, in Jerusalem there was a regime capable of carrying out such construction, she said.Based on what she believes to be the age of the fortifications and their location, she suggested it was built by Solomon, David's son, and mentioned in the Book of Kings.The fortifications, including a monumental gatehouse and a 77-yard (70-meter) long section of an ancient wall, are located just outside the present-day walls of Jerusalem's Old City, next to the holy compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. According to the Old Testament, it was Solomon who built the first Jewish Temple on the site.

That temple was destroyed by Babylonians, rebuilt, renovated by King Herod 2,000 years ago and then destroyed again by Roman legions in 70 A.D. The compound now houses two important Islamic buildings, the golden-capped Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque.Archaeologists have excavated the fortifications in the past, first in the 1860s and most recently in the 1980s. But Mazar claimed her dig was the first complete excavation and the first to turn up strong evidence for the wall's age: a large number of pottery shards, which archaeologists often use to figure out the age of findings.Aren Maeir, an archaeology professor at Bar Ilan University near Tel Aviv, said he has yet to see evidence that the fortifications are as old as Mazar claims. There are remains from the 10th century in Jerusalem, he said, but proof of a strong, centralized kingdom at that time remains tenuous.While some see the biblical account of the kingdom of David and Solomon as accurate and others reject it entirely, Maeir said the truth was likely somewhere in the middle.There's a kernel of historicity in the story of the kingdom of David, he said.

FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU Russia to deliver missile defense to Iran-Foreign minister confirms deal despite reports of cancellation, delay February 22, 2010 12:51 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2010 WorldNetDaily

S-300 anti-aircraft missile system displayed at military parade in Moscow (Photo: www.kremlin.ru)Russia intends to fulfill a contract to supply its S-300 advanced air-defense missiles to Iran, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying over the weekend. There is a contract to supply these systems to Iran, and we will fulfill it, Ryabkov told Interfax in an interview. Delays (with deliveries) are linked to technical problems with adjusting these systems,he added. Ryabkov also cautioned against politicizing Russia's arms exports to Iran. It is absolutely incorrect to put the emphasis on the issue of S-300supplies ... and to turn it into a major problem, to say nothing of linking it to the discussion on restoring trust in the purely peaceful character of Iran's nuclear program,Ryabkov said. Last week, WND quoted a senior Egyptian security official stating despite announcements to the contrary, Russia still plans to deliver to Iran the S-300. The Egyptian official said Russia also intends to see the system delivered to Syria, from which it can also be transferred to the Hezbollah militia operating in Lebanon. Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Moscow, where he reportedly asked the Russians to cancel a contract with Iran to deliver and install the S-300 system. Israeli newspapers quoted sources in Netanyahu's entourage stating Russia agreed to cancel the sale. The S-300PMU1 is a mobile system designed to shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles. Analysts say the S-300 system would make any Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities more difficult.

Just after Netanyahu's visit, the Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian official as saying the delivery to Iran of the S-300 had been delayed for technical reasons. The delay is due to technical problems. The delivery will be carried out when they are resolved,said Alexander Fomin, deputy head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. However, the Egyptian official speaking to WND said Russia still intends to deliver the system to Iran within the next month. The official said there are also plans to see the system deployed in Syria, where Russia maintains a large naval fleet unseen since the Cold War days. The official said Syria intends to transfer the S-300 to Hezbollah in Lebanon. An Israeli security official said Israel is monitoring the situation. Russia has not announced the specific terms of its agreement with Iran, but Interfax reported the deal calls for Moscow to sell Tehran five batteries of S-300PMU1 missiles for around $800 million.

Iran has expressed frustration over the continued delay in the delivery of the S-300 system. Last week a top Iranian military commander claimed his country would build its own air-defense missiles that would be even better than the S-300.

GLOBAL JIHAD-Iran steps up training of Hamas retaliation force-Tehran fears Israeli raid against nuke sites this year February 21, 2010 8:53 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2010 WorldNetDaily

Iranian Revolutionary Guard

JERUSALEM – Iran has increased exponentially its training of Hamas gunmen both in the Gaza Strip and abroad, a senior Egyptian security official told WND. The official said Iran believes there will be a confrontation with Israel this year over Tehran's nuclear facilities and has thus stepped up training of Hamas, whose gunmen will be instrumental in carrying out retaliatory attacks against the Jewish state during any future war. The official said the training is taking place both in Gaza, where Iran has militants stationed, and in other countries, particularly in Lebanon and Iran itself. He said an explosion in Lebanon last month that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group blamed on Israel actually was part of a work accident during training exercises between Hezbollah and Hamas. Two Hamas members were killed in that attack, which Hamas claimed was targeting Hamas's representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan. Last month, WND published early reports that, according to a senior Egyptian intelligence official, Iranian Revolutionary Guard units were actively working to train Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip. The official also said Egypt is concerned that neighboring Gaza could become a major center of al-Qaida activity in the region. The Egyptian official said those factors were central in his country's decision to build a steel wall under the Egypt-Gaza border as part of efforts to isolate Hamas and stem weapons smuggling into Gaza. The official also said Egypt has information that Hamas and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group for the first time formed a joint operations room from which the two groups exchange knowledge, coordinate efforts and work on obtaining weapons. The Egyptian intelligence official said recent information as well as interrogations of arrested suspects in Egypt indicate Iranian-backed groups are working with al-Qaida in the Gaza Strip even though the two groups have different points of view and conflicting religious ideology. The official pointed to similar cooperation in Yemen, where he said Iranian agents and al-Qaida have been working against the Yemeni government.

Reports that Iranian agents have been operating in Gaza are not new. In 2007, WND first reported security forces associated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party captured seven Iranian military trainers – including a general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – at a purported Hamas training facility in the Gaza Strip. During Israel's military incursion in Gaza last year, Israeli newspapers reported an Iranian Unit of Hamas – members of the group's military wing trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – had been destroyed.

OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE) those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

FROM JEROME CORSI'S RED ALERT-Dead on ice: Obama losing climate war
EPA challenged on ruling that CO2 is harmful chemical February 22, 2010
12:36 pm Eastern 2010 WorldNetDaily

In yet another indication that the Obama administration is losing the global-warming war, Texas and several national industry groups have filed separate motions in federal court challenging the government's authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports. In December, the Environmental Protection Agency, acting under the authority of the Clean Air Act, took steps to control carbon emissions blamed for global warming from power plants, factories and refineries without waiting for Congress to act on cap-and-trade. The EPA ruled that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide endanger human health under the Clean Air Act,Corsi noted,despite the fact human beings exhale carbon dioxide that trees and other plants absorb.The EPA decision opened the door for the Obama administration to impose restrictions on the use of carbon-based fuels in the United States, even if Congress never passes the administration's proposed cap-and-trade legislation. The agency seeks to require industrial plants that emit 25,000 tons of greenhouses gases a year or more to install technology to improve energy efficiency whenever a facility is changed or built, according to the Associated Press. Red Alert reported that the EPA has also delayed 79 coal-mining permits in four states, arguing the planned coal mining operations would cause significant damage to water quality and the environment under the specifications of the Clean Water Act. Texas, a leading carbon-dioxide emitter because of its heavy concentration of oil refining and other industries, stands to suffer a major economic impact if the EPA mandatory regulations on carbon dioxide are allowed to take effect,Corsi noted.

The National Association of Manufacturers, the America Petroleum Institute and the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association announced that they filed a petition in federal appeals court challenging the EPA's carbon-dioxide ruling. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and various U.S. iron and steel makers have also threatened to file similar petitions. These challenges signal that the White House has lost control of the global-warming message to such an extent that the end-run around Congress seems to be hitting a dead end as these lawsuits force the EPA to prove carbon dioxide is a chemical harmful to people, Corsi wrote. Last year, cap-and-trade legislation passed the U.S. House but stalled in the Senate. Red Alert continues to predict that the Obama administration's cap-and-trade legislation will fail to pass Congress this year, joining Obamacare and a new attempt to pass comprehensive immigration reform as failed pillars of President Obama's first-year legislative agenda. Red Alert's author, whose books The Obama Nation and Unfit for Command have topped the New York Times best-sellers list, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in political science in 1972. For nearly 25 years, beginning in 1981, he worked with banks throughout the U.S. and around the world to develop financial services marketing companies to assist banks in establishing broker/dealers and insurance subsidiaries to provide financial planning products and services to their retail customers. In this career, Corsi developed three different third-party financial services marketing firms that reached gross sales levels of $1 billion in annuities and equal volume in mutual funds. In 1999, he began developing Internet-based financial marketing firms, also adapted to work in conjunction with banks. In his 25-year financial services career, Corsi has been a noted financial services speaker and writer, publishing three books and numerous articles in professional financial services journals and magazines.

MEDIA MATTERS-Meet kinder, gentler Glenn Beck: New global warming believer
Finds common ground with George Clooney, his publicist is Democratic Party power player February 22, 2010 9:00 pm Eastern 2010 WorldNetDaily

Glenn Beck

While polls show more people drifting away from acceptance of global warming, the newest superstar among conservatives – Glenn Beck – is embracing it. You'd be an idiot not to notice the temperature change,he says. He also thinks it could be caused by man's activity. At home, he's going green by using energy-saving products.
I'm willing to do anything but use the CFLs, he says of compact fluorescent light bulbs.I put them in once and couldn't stand the way they lit up the room.The kinder, gentler, greener and warmer side of Beck, known as a firebrand conservative, came to light in an interview in USA Weekend. Let them know what you really think. Get Global Warming Is A Hoax Magnetic/Easy-Off Adhesive Bumper Sticker.

Beck also has lots of friends on the other side of the political spectrum, he reveals. He calls George Clooney a good, honest man.Beck says the two of them had an extended conversation about the genocide in Darfur. We came to an immediate, completely wholehearted agreement about the situation,Beck says.That is, to put aside the politics and give troops what they need to protect people over there. He's a good, honest man who believes passionately about doing something about it.Beck's personal publicist, Matt Hiltzik, is a Democratic power player who helped get Hillary Rodham Clinton elected to the U.S. Senate, says the magazine report. And let me tell you about Liz Julis, the editor of my magazine, Fusion,he says. Every year, I match charitable donations that my employees make. She ends up giving her money away to some hippie hemp farm somewhere, and she loves to rub it in that I'm writing a check for something like that. She's one of my favorite people because we hardly agree on anything, but we challenge each other.Beck also explains how he chose Mormonism as his religion. He was raised Catholic and wasn't practicing any faith when he met his current wife, Tania, says the report. When she insisted that a church needed to be a part of their family's life, they began church shopping. We tried em all,Beck says. Unitarian, Episcopalian, Baptist, even a synagogue. We ended up with the Church of Latter-day Saints because I took my daughters from my first marriage there, and they said, Dad, this place makes us feel warm and welcome inside. Can we come back? Beck also reveals he's no fan of Ronald Reagan whom he blames for driving up the deficits. Republicans sold the American people out, Beck says.I've always said I was a Reagan-style conservative. But I don't think Reagan was a real Republican. He just maintained some shared values.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Stocks close lower on caution about economy By STEPHEN BERNARD, AP Business Writer – Mon Feb 22, 5:57 pm ET

NEW YORK – The stock market paused from a four-day rally Monday and closed modestly lower after big consumer companies gave a cautious outlook for economic growth.The market, which has advanced on stronger economic signs, fluctuated after Lowe's Cos. and Campbell Soup Co. reported higher earnings but reminded investors that a recovery among consumers is expected to be slow. Stocks drew some support from news that oil field services company Schlumberger Ltd. agreed to buy Smith International Inc.Corporate America is being cautious with their earnings predictions, said Roy Williams, CEO at Prestige Wealth Management Group. A recovery in consumer spending hasn't happened as fast as executives have hoped, he said.Trading was also fragmented as investors hunted for deals following last week's big rally. The Dow Jones industrial average posted its best weekly gain since November on strong earnings and economic reports.I wouldn't read too much into this, Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's, said of Monday's trading. There could be some minor profit-taking.Financial stocks were among the day's winners after a federal judge approved a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. over the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co.The Dow fell 18.97, or 0.2 percent, to 10,383.38. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.16, or 0.1 percent, to 1,108.01, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.84, or 0.1 percent, to 2,242.03.Rising stocks were about even with losers on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to a light 3.84 billion shares, compared with 3.95 billion on Friday

Lowe's said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 27 percent as it cut costs and saw a slight increase in sales. The home improvement retailer's results beat analyst projections and Lowe's said it anticipates sales to grow as the housing market recovers. However, its first-quarter earnings forecast was below expectations.
Campbell Soup's fiscal second-quarter profit met forecasts as lower costs helped offset a slowdown in U.S. sales.Right now, they're trying to heal, Steven Goldman, chief market strategist at Weeden & Co., said of consumers.Consumers are holding off on big purchases like home renovations because employment is still a concern, Goldman said. That hurts companies like Lowe's that rely on big spending from U.S. customers. But they're also being choosy when it comes to staples including food. Campbell's report reflected that caution.Lowe's fell 6 cents to $23.07. Campbell Soup dipped 43 cents to $33.50.The National Association for Business Economics echoed a similar tone that the economy is getting better, but at a sluggish pace. It reaffirmed in its latest outlook that an economic recovery remains on track, though it will be slow. The group of economists expects to see job growth later this quarter, but unemployment is expected to stay above 9 percent throughout the year.

High unemployment — the rate currently stands at 9.7 percent — remains a major obstacle for a strong, sustained recovery. It has also dragged down consumer spending and confidence, which hurts companies like Lowe's and Campbell Soup.Other major retailers, including Macy's Inc., Target Corp., Home Depot Inc. and Gap Inc., release quarterly results this week. The reports should provide further clues about whether consumers are more confident in the recovery.Schlumberger is buying Smith International for $11 billion in stock in a move to diversify its product offerings and better compete with rival Halliburton Co. Investors viewed the deal as a sign that demand is likely to grow for fuel as the global economy recovers.Energy and material companies were mixed on the day following the deal. Falling commodity prices dragged down the sector. Schlumberger shares fell $2.33, or 3.7 percent, to $61.57. Smith International rose $3.33, or 8.8 percent, to $41.03. Healthcare shares were also mixed after President Barack Obama renewed his push for insurance reform and a Senate report said drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has known about possible heart attack risks tied to its diabetes medication Avandia. GlaxoSmithKline shares fell 94 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $37.32. Bank of America rose 33 cents to $16.21 after U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff approved the settlement of charges that the bank had misled shareholders about the Merrill Lynch deal. Meanwhile, bond prices also traded in a tight range. Long-term bonds fell slightly, while short-term rates increased — a sign that investors might expect the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark rates in the coming months. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to give his semiannual report on the economy and interest rates to Congress later this week. Last week the Fed started to remove its extraordinary stimulus measures put in place during the recession. It increased the rate it charges banks for emergency loans. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.80 percent, from 3.78 percent late Friday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 0.63, or 0.1 percent, to 632.25. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 2.7 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.1 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.6 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.3 percent.

TSX falls with mixed banks, softer golds By Ka Yan Ng – Mon Feb 22, 11:11 am ET

TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto's main stock index eased on Monday as early support from firm oil and gold prices faded, while financials came under pressure after their recent run-up.Some profit-taking was overdue, analysts said, after the TSX index had risen for eight straight sessions.Financials were a mixed group. Some were among the top heavyweight decliners, including Royal Bank of Canada, down 0.7 percent at C$56.70, and Bank of Nova Scotia, down 0.13 percent at C$47.74. But Bank of Montreal and Sun Life Financial headed the other way, with each rising about 0.4 percent.The financials were also in the spotlight as first-quarter results for the banks will start being published later this week, kicking off with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce on Thursday.Having weathered the global financial crisis better than most lenders, Canada's big banks are expected to report unimpressive profits in their first quarter, due to the lingering effects of the recession and consequent loan losses.At 10:48 a.m., the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 16.78 points, or 0.14 percent, at 11,692.51, after opening slightly higher.There's certainly an element of profit-taking. I think that this has been such a skittish market that we are seeing some people at the margins trading a little bit more aggressively and taking profits early when they can,said Michael Sprung, president at Sprung & Co Investment Counsel.

Gold stocks were also among the weak issues on Monday as the price of gold retreated from one-month highs. Barrick Gold was off 1.5 percent at C$40.38, while Goldcorp skidded 0.6 percent to C$40.09.A big deal in the oilfield services industry in the United States shone the spotlight on the TSX's resource group, but the declining price of oil limited the sector's advance.Canadian Natural Resources rose 0.87 percent to C$73.15, but Suncor Energy fell 0.4 percent to C$31.81.Market players were also still assessing the implications of the Federal Reserve's move to hike its discount rate, which has raised speculation that the U.S. central bank might raise its key fed funds rate earlier than expected. Greece's unresolved debt woes also remained on investors' radar.(Reporting by Ka Yan Ng; editing by Rob Wilson)

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

THE BANK OF THE WORLD THE IMF THE NEW WORLD ORDER CONTROLLED-EUROPEAN UNION CONTROLLED FOR EVERYONE TO PAY TAXES TO-TO KEEP FAT THE NEW WORLD ORDER-ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.

IMF aide assists EU in Greece Mon Feb 22, 3:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund said Monday it sent a staff member to Athens to assist a European Union team working to help Greece deal with its debt crisis.At the request of the EU Commission and at the invitation of the Greek authorities, a fund staff member is in Athens this week to provide assistance to an EU Commission team, an IMF official said.Greece has vowed to reduce its budget deficit from an estimated 12.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2009 (GDP) -- by far the highest budget deficit in the eurozone -- to below the EU limit of 3.0 percent by 2012 and has warned major cuts in public spending will be needed.Under heavy pressure from its eurozone partners to bring order to its public finances, Greece's Socialist government is weighing cuts to benefits, a rise in the retirement age and other measures that have sparked union resistance.The EU has pledged political support for Greece and has hinted at more concrete financial assistance in the future but it has also imposed strict deadlines and monitoring for Greece's deficit-cutting program.A European Commission spokesman said Monday that Greece had missed a deadline from the commission to give a full account of financial operations allegedly used by Athens to hide the true extent of its budget deficit.Greek authorities failed to meet the Friday deadline, telling European Commission officials that the delay was due to a four-day strike at the country's finance ministry.

The European Commission's data office Eurostat has received some information, but not all the information needed from Greek authorities,said a spokesman for the commission, the EU's executive arm.Brussels is hoping to receive the documents very soon as this would be to the advantage of all parties concerned,he said.Eurostat's inquiry focuses on allegations in the New York Times and Financial Times that major Wall Street banks helped Greece hide the holes in its budget through complex operations, facilitating the country's accession to the eurozone.Greece's finance minister has said the schemes were legal at the time.News of the IMF and EU presence in the Greek capital came as Greece braces for a nationwide strike scheduled for Wednesday, called by unions to protest austerity measures, and reports that it may attempt a bond issue this week.Highlighting the country's critical need for more financing, Greece on Monday said it had asked Abu Dhabi, the richest of the seven states making up the United Arab Emirates, to invest in a Greek development fund.A crucial test of market confidence in Greece could come as early as this week with the government attempting a multibillion-euro (dollar) bond issue, the Financial Times reported earlier, citing bankers in Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou added further urgency in an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr Programme on Sunday in which he said that Greece's borrowing needs were only covered through the middle of March.

Our borrowing needs are covered till mid-March, Papandreou said, adding that Greece needs EU support so that we can borrow at the same rate as other countries, not at high rates that undermine the country's reform efforts.The yield on 10-year Greek bonds -- the interest rate that Greece must pay on bonds it issues to borrow money in the markets -- was at 6.411 percent during trading on Monday, compared to 3.281 percent for German 10-year bonds.

Canada's deficit plan will target public spending By Louise Egan – Mon Feb 22, 4:52 pm ET

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada's plan to reduce its record deficit will center on slowing the growth in government spending, with the exception of health care, pensions and education, a senior government official said on Monday.The March 4 federal budget will lay out the Conservative government's plans to execute the second year of its economic stimulus efforts, the official said. The spending plan will focus on jobs and growth, he said.But Ottawa will not bow to pressure to extend even the most popular temporary measures, such as a two-year freeze on employment insurance premiums or a home renovation tax credit.The stimulus taps will be turned off at the end of the 2010-11 fiscal year, as originally planned, he said.As you know, we've always said that reducing the deficit and returning to fiscal balance will happen through slowing the rate of growth in federal spending, and that still applies, the official told reporters in a background briefing, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Having said that, I don't anticipate that to occur for pensions, for health care or for education.he said.He declined to comment on whether Ottawa would introduce new fiscal targets, either in the short term or over a longer horizon.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has repeatedly said he will balance the books in the medium term, without raising taxes or cutting the federal government's transfer payments to the provinces. The budget will simply be a plan for staying the course, he has said.In fact, there will be no significant new measures of any kind in the upcoming budget, the official said.Prime Minister Stephen Harper is under some pressure to satisfy some of his opponents' demands in the budget, otherwise he could face an election. His minority government needs the support of at least one of the three opposition parties to stay in power.The legislative vote on the budget is always considered a motion of confidence in the government, so its defeat could force a spring election although no party has appeared intent on pushing for one in recent weeks.

All three opposition parties have called for some extra measures in the budget either to protect the unemployed, provide incentives for businesses that create new jobs, or extend special support to specific industries hard-hit by the recession.The main opposition Liberals want to see changes to the public pension system to allow contributors to top up their savings during good times, and reforms to bankruptcy laws to protect dismissed workers' pensions.The left-leaning New Democrats have also proposed the cancellation of corporate tax cuts already legislated by the Conservatives, with reductions planned in 2011 and 2012.But the Conservatives argue that low taxes are the best formula for spurring growth and jobs, and will also push for more free trade deals.We will create optimal economic conditions for job growth by maintaining competitive tax rates and reducing the deficit once the economy has recovered,the senior official said.And we will also seek to open new markets, allowing Canadians to compete and succeed in the global economy and we will tackle barriers to growth and job creation.(Reporting by Louise Egan; editing by Frank McGurty)

Asian stocks fall after losses on Wall Street By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, AP Business Writer – FEB 23,10

HONG KONG – Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday, with Japan's benchmark off nearly 1 percent, following overnight losses on Wall Street.

After rising strongly the day before, regional markets gave back some of their gains amid few new reports to guide investors. The dollar slipped moderately against the yen and the euro. Oil prices drifted below $80 a barrel.European and U.S. market declines weighed on investors. Wall Street paused after a four-day rally as cautious outlooks from major consumer companies reminded traders America's economic recovery would be subdued.Nagging worries about U.S. growth and interest rates, along with uncertainty about China's recent steps to curb extravagant lending, continue to hold investors back, said Belle Liang, head of research at Core Pacific-Yamaichi International in Hong Kong.These two things have been bothering investors a lot the last few days, said Liang.She predicted Asian markets would attract new buying in coming weeks as investors shift their attention to company earnings when Chinese companies begin reporting year-end results.In the meantime, investors were awaiting testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday and Thursday that could provide more clarity about the bank's plan to unwind its emergency economic support measures and raise consumer borrowing rates. The Fed's surprise decision to hike its emergency lending rates to banks rattled global markets last week.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock average fell 68.96 points, or 0.7 percent, to 10,331.51 Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. lost about 1 percent, in line with the broader market's losses, a day after disclosing it was the target of U.S. criminal and regulatory investigations in connection with its recent safety problems.

Shanghai was Asia's worst performing market, dropping 1.8 percent to 2,950.30. South Korea's index shed 0.2 percent and Australia's index was down 0.4 percent.Among rising markets, Hong Kong reversed an early retreat to gain 0.4 percent to 20,455.75. Indian and Singaporean shares were up slightly.In the U.S. Monday, the Dow fell 18.97, or 0.2 percent, to 10,383.38.The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.16, or 0.1 percent, to 1,108.01, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.84, or 0.1 percent, to 2,242.03.In oil, the benchmark contract was down 37 cents at $79.94 barrel after adding 35 cents overnight.The dollar fell 91.02 yen 91.15 yen. The euro gained to $1.3603 from $1.3593.

Oil drops below $80 after 3-week rally By Alex Kennedy, Associated Press Writer – FEB 23,10

SINGAPORE – Oil prices retreated below $80 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors mulled whether sluggish U.S. crude demand justified a 14 percent rally over the last three weeks.Benchmark crude for April delivery was down 34 cents to $79.97 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added 25 cents to settle at $80.31 on Monday.Oil has jumped from $69.59 a barrel on Feb. 5 on investor optimism that the global economy will rebound strongly from recession last year. Yet growing inventories of crude, gasoline and diesel fuel suggest demand in the U.S. remains weak.Some analysts expect crude demand in the U.S. and Japan will gradually follow overall economic growth and lift prices. Goldman Sachs expects crude to trade between $85 and $95 for most of this year.Continuing growth in the two largest developed market economies suggests that the economic recovery is still on track. Goldman Sachs said in a report. We expect that Japanese oil demand will break the trend of the past decade and grow in 2010.In other Nymex trading in March contracts, heating oil fell 0.2 cent to $2.077 a gallon while gasoline rose 0.1 cent to $2.1168 a gallon. Natural gas gained 2.4 cents to $4.919 per 1,000 cubic feet.In London, Brent crude was down 43 cents at $78.18 on the ICE futures exchange.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Iran to build enrichment sites inside mountains By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer – Mon Feb 22, 7:08 pm ET

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Monday it plans to build two new uranium enrichment facilities deep inside mountains to protect them from attack, a new challenge to Western powers trying to curb Tehran's nuclear program for fear it is aimed at making weapons.Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also Iran's vice president, said Tehran intends to use its more advanced centrifuges at the new sites, a decision that could add to growing concerns in the West over Tehran's program because the technology would allow Iran to accelerate the pace of its program.The two plants are among 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities Iran approved the construction of in November, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment.Hopefully, we may begin construction of two new enrichment sites in the next Iranian year as ordered by the president, the semiofficial ISNA quoted Salehi as saying Monday. The Iranian calendar year begins March 21.As of now, our enrichment sites ... will be built inside mountains, Salehi added, according to ISNA.

The decision appears to be aimed at shielding the facilities from potential military attack.Israel considers Iran's nuclear program a strategic threat, and has hinted at the possibility of airstrikes against Iran if world pressure does not halt Tehran's nuclear efforts.The Israelis have launched such strikes in the past. In 1981, an Israeli air attack destroyed an unfinished nuclear reactor in Iraq. Israel also hit a suspected nuclear facility in Syria in September 2007.Iran's enrichment of uranium is the central concern of the United States and other nations negotiating with the country over its disputed nuclear program. The technology can be used to generate fuel for power plants and isotopes for medical purposes, but it can also be used to make weapons-grade uranium for atomic bombs.Tehran insists its enrichment work is only meant for peaceful purposes, but Washington and its allies worry the program masks efforts to build a nuclear weapon.Tehran has already said it may install its more advanced centrifuges at its small enrichment site near the holy city of Qom, which was made public last September. The new centrifuges are more advanced than the decades-old P-1 type centrifuges in use at the country's main enrichment facility at Natanz, in central Iran.Centrifuges are machines used to enrich uranium — a technology that can produce fuel for power plants or materials for a nuclear weapon. Uranium enriched to a low level is used to produce fuel, but further enrichment makes it suitable for use in building nuclear arms.The new models will be able to enrich uranium much faster than the old ones — which means Iran could amass more material in a shorter space of time that could be turned into the fissile core of missiles, should Tehran choose to do so.Salehi said the new enrichment sites will be equal to that of Natanz in terms of production capacity but smaller in geographical size, another indication that more advanced centrifuges will be installed, requiring less space to churn out the same enriched uranium.

More than 8,600 centrifuges have been set up in Natanz, but only about 3,800 are actively enriching uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The facility will eventually house 54,000 centrifuges.Tehran produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level earlier this month, prompting the U.S. and its allies to seek new U.N. Security Council sanctions.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

AMOS 9:10
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

South Africa says intercepted North Korea arms shipment By Louis Charbonneau – Mon Feb 22, 7:57 pm ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Africa has told a U.N. Security Council committee it intercepted a North Korean weapons shipment bound for Central Africa, which diplomats said was a violation of a U.N. ban on arms sales by Pyongyang.The seizure took place in November, when South African authorities received information that a ship headed for Congo Republic was carrying containers with suspicious cargo, according to a letter sent by South Africa to the Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee.Several Western diplomats described the incident as a clear-cut violation of Security Council resolution 1874, which bans all North Korean arms exports and most weapons-related imports in response to its nuclear program.The letter, parts of which were seen by Reuters on Monday, said a North Korean company was the shipping agent and the cargo was first loaded onto a ship in China, then transferred to a vessel owned by French shipping firm CMA CGM in Malaysia.Diplomats said the French company alerted authorities to the fact it had suspicious cargo on board and was not believed to have done anything wrong. The South Africans intercepted the vessel and seized the containers, which held tank parts.

The letter, which the committee received last week, said the South Africans discovered that the contents fell within the definition of conventional arms in that the contents consisted of components of a military tank T-54/T-55.The letter said the documentation for the containers described the cargo as spare parts of bulldozer.T-54 and T-55 tanks were designed and produced in the Soviet Union in the 1940s and 1950s but were later upgraded and made in other countries.Neither the French company nor the countries involved had any immediate comment.Congo Republic, which borders Democratic Republic of Congo, has suffered a wave of violence in the Pool region between the capital Brazzaville and the oil port town of Pointe Noire that has broken a period of calm after a decade of instability.

COMMITTEE TO DECIDE

The diplomats said the committee was planning to send letters to countries involved in the case -- such as North Korea, Republic of Congo, Malaysia and France -- seeking more information so it can decide whether the North Koreans or any other nations were in breach of U.N. sanctions.Resolution 1874, approved in June 2009, was passed in response to Pyongyang's second nuclear test in May 2009 and expanded the punitive measures the Security Council had imposed on North Korea after its first atomic test in October 2006.Last year's resolution also authorized countries to inspect suspicious North Korean air, land and sea cargo and to seize any banned goods.The latest incident shows that the sanctions are working, one Western diplomat told Reuters.But it also shows that we have to be vigilant. The DPRK (North Korea) is still trying to violate the sanctions.This is not the only seizure of its kind. Thai authorities confiscated over 35 tons of arms from a cargo plane they said had come from North Korea after the aircraft made an emergency landing at a Bangkok airport in December 2009.Last's year's expanded sanctions against North Korea were aimed at cutting off its arms sales, a vital export estimated to earn the destitute state more than $1 billion a year.North Korea's biggest weapons sales come from ballistic missiles, with Iran and other Middle Eastern states as customers, according to U.S. government officials.The U.N. sanctions and the cut-off of handouts from South Korea have dealt a heavy blow to the North, which has an estimated gross domestic product of $17 billion, and may force it back to nuclear disarmament talks in the hopes of winning aid, analysts say. (Editing by John O'Callaghan)

EZEKIEL 38:5(WW3 WAVE 1 MARCH TO ISRAEL)
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:(LEADER OF THESE-RUSSIA)

Iran warns airlines over not calling Gulf Persian
Mon Feb 22, 2:46 pm ET

TEHRAN, Iran – Airlines not referring to the waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula as the Persian Gulf will be banned from Iranian airspace, the transport minister told local media Monday.The warning was directed specifically toward the airlines of neighboring Gulf Arab countries who have a history of referring to the body of water as the Arabian Gulf.The airlines of the southern Persian gulf countries flying to Iran must use Persian Gulf on their flight monitors, Hamid Behbahani told the IRAN daily.Airlines ignoring the warning would be banned from Iranian airspace, while repeat offenders would have their planes grounded in Iran and the companies' flight permits to Iran canceled.The report said Iran expelled a Greek flight attendant from the private Iranian airline, Kish Air, for using Arabian Gulf on a monitor over the weekend.Iranians are traditionally sensitive over the historic name of the waterway between Iran and seven Arab nations.

Last month the Saudi-based Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation said it canceled the Islamic Solidarity Games in April because its Iranian host planned to use Persian Gulf on banners and medals.In 2004, Iran banned American National Geographic for using Arabian Gulf instead of the Persian Gulf. In 2005, National Geographic revised its world atlas use Persian.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Haiti leader says quake toll could reach 300,000
Sun Feb 21, 8:49 pm ET

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico – The president of Haiti said Sunday the death toll from his country's earthquake could reach 300,000 once all the bodies are recovered from wrecked buildings.Speaking after arriving in Mexico for regional meetings that will include discussion of Haitian aid needs, Preval gave no indication of how he reached the figure.You have seen the pictures, you know the numbers, more than 200,000 bodies picked up in the streets, counting those that are still underneath the rubble, perhaps we could arrive at 300,000 deaths, Preval said at a meeting between Mexican officials and the countries of the Caribbean trade bloc.Haiti's government has placed the death toll at between 170,000 and 230,000. It depends on which official is talking and none have explained in detail the methodology used to arrive at the numbers.The country's chief epidemiologist has said he believes the government is making a lot of estimates.Preval will also attend the Unity Summit of Latin American and Caribbean nations convened by the Rio Group starting Monday. Aid for Haiti in the wake of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake is expected to be discussed.Arriving Sunday aboard a Mexican government plane, Preval thanked Mexico for all the aid it has sent to his country since the quake.I want to thank the Mexican people with all my heart, he said.

Homeless Haitians: aid halted to force them out By FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press Writer – Mon Feb 22, 5:33 pm ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Homeless victims of Haiti's earthquake said Monday that police are halting deliveries of food and water to try to force them to leave their camp on the grounds of the prime minister's office.Police padlocked the main gate to the hillside camp, where about 2,500 homeless people live under bed sheets and tarps propped on sticks on the sloping hill leading to the office. Stinking garbage with swarms of flies was being allowed to pile up and portable latrines were filled, camp residents complained.Witnesses said police beat 22-year-old Dalida Jeanty after she picked up a broom to sweep around her tent. They called her and she did not come so they beat her,said her cousin, Alix Jeanty.He was among the friends and relatives who carried the woman down the hill, where U.N. peacekeepers from Chile and India arranged for her to be taken to the hospital.A police officer guarding the gate to the prime minister's office refused to give his name or comment on the alleged beating. Nor would he discuss accusations they have been turning away trucks carrying food and water for the past 10 days.Calls to the Information Ministry on Monday were unanswered, as was an e-mail to the prime minister's chief aide.We've been here for a month and we were being treated well, but for the past two weeks we have been mistreated,said Markinson Midey, a 22-year-old student. Anytime they bring food or water, the police make the trucks leave.Midey and other residents, some of them shouting angrily and banging pans when they saw reporters, said they believe the government wants to make the camp conditions so bad that people will be forced to leave, even though they have nowhere else to go.After reporters arrived, police opened the gate they'd locked.

Many government buildings were damaged in the Jan. 12 quake and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive is working out of the same office as President Rene Preval at a temporary government headquarters set up in the headquarters of the judicial police, near the airport.The Jan. 12 earthquake killed about 200,000 people and left 1.2 million homeless, according to the government.More than half a million people fled devastated Port-au-Prince, but 700,000 are living in every available piece of open land, from public squares and school yards to sidewalks, their only protection makeshift tents of sheets propped up by sticks.There has been no evidence of any concerted government policy to forcibly remove the homeless from the many spontaneous settlements, however authorities have made it clear they plan to resettle the refugees as soon as more permanent camps can be established outside town.Many inhabitants of the capital's miserable tent camps got soaked by an overnight downpour. Doctors say many children — half the population of Haiti is under 15 years — are suffering from colds, coughs and diarrhea.Bellerive told The Associated Press last week that the government will be forced to appropriate private land to build better tent camps with tarpaulins.But aid agencies taking part in a massive international effort to help victims say the government is dragging its feet even as the rainy season approaches and the need to get people out of congested camps that pose health risks and under proper cover becomes more urgent.

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)

EZEKIEL 39:21
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

ISAIAH 18:1-2
1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

JEREMIAH 50:11,37,12
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;(BACKSLIDERS)
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.(A NATION OF MINGLED PEOPLE)
12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed:(MOTHER ENGLAND) behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

JEREMIAH 51:13,7,53
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

REVELATION 18:3,5,7
3 For 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 are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:9-11,15-21
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,(NUKE ATTACK I BELIEVE)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

Any strike against Iran would not be decisive: US military chief
Mon Feb 22, 4:50 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The top US military officer warned on Monday that any strike against Iran would not be decisive in countering Tehran's nuclear program.Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he supported using diplomatic and economic pressure against Iran and repeated his view that military action could carry unintended consequences.No strike, however effective, will be in and of itself decisive, Mullen told a press conference after recently returning from a visit to the Middle East.But he said the US military stood ready with plans for possible action if necessary.Let me be clear: We owe the (defense) secretary and the president a range of options for this threat. We owe the American people our readiness.Mullen's comments came as the United States pushed for fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program and before Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak visits Washington this week.The admiral said he believed Iran was on a path to achieve nuclear weaponization and that the effort "further destabilizes the region.

He said there was widespread concern in the Middle East about Iran's role and its nuclear ambitions.He said that it isn't just a nuclear capable Iranian military our friends worry about, it's an Iran with hegemonic ambitions and a desire to dominate its neighbors.Mullen and other top US officials have said previously military action against Iran cannot be ruled out.But, as I have said many times, I worry a lot about the unintended consequences of any sort of military action.For now, the diplomatic and the economic levers of international power are and ought to be, the levers first pulled,Mullen said.Iran meanwhile said on Monday it is considering plans to build two new uranium enrichment plants concealed inside mountains to avert possible air strikes.Last November, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Iran would build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, after Tehran was strongly rebuked by world powers for building a second enrichment plant near the Shiite holy city of Qom.Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the enrichment capacities of the new sites would be similar to the existing facility in the central city of Natanz, where a defiant Tehran is refining uranium despite three sets of UN sanctions.According to the latest UN nuclear watchdog report, Iran has installed in Natanz 8,610 centrifuges, the device which rotates at supersonic speed to enrich uranium.Of these, 3,772 centrifuges are actively enriching uranium under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Salehi said the new plants will be equipped with new generation centrifuges and the facilities would be hidden in mountains so as to protect them from any attacks.
World powers suspect Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies. Enriched uranium can be used as fuel to power nuclear reactors or in highly refined form to produce the fissile core of an atom bomb. Iran is at loggerheads with world powers for not accepting an IAEA-drafted deal which would supply it with nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor in return for the transfer of the bulk of its low-enriched uranium. Mullen returned last week from a trip to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries (DRUGS), nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer – Mon Feb 22, 4:08 pm ET

MIAMI – In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.Long a fixture among young people, use of the country's most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers who came of age in the 1960s and '70s grows older.

The number of people aged 50 and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.The rise was most dramatic among 55- to 59-year-olds, whose reported marijuana use more than tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent.Observers expect further increases as 78 million boomers born between 1945 and 1964 age. For many boomers, the drug never held the stigma it did for previous generations, and they tried it decades ago.

Some have used it ever since, while others are revisiting the habit in retirement, either for recreation or as a way to cope with the aches and pains of aging.Siegel walks with a cane and has arthritis in her back and legs. She finds marijuana has helped her sleep better than pills ever did. And she can't figure out why everyone her age isn't sharing a joint, too.They're missing a lot of fun and a lot of relief, she said.Politically, advocates for legalizing marijuana say the number of older users could represent an important shift in their decades-long push to change the laws.For the longest time, our political opponents were older Americans who were not familiar with marijuana and had lived through the Reefer Madness mentality and they considered marijuana a very dangerous drug,said Keith Stroup, the founder and lawyer of NORML, a marijuana advocacy group.Now, whether they resume the habit of smoking or whether they simply understand that it's no big deal and that it shouldn't be a crime, in large numbers they're on our side of the issue.Each night, 66-year-old Stroup says he sits down to the evening news, pours himself a glass of wine and rolls a joint. He's used the drug since he was a freshman at Georgetown, but many older adults are revisiting marijuana after years away.The kids are grown, they're out of school, you've got time on your hands and frankly it's a time when you can really enjoy marijuana, Stroup said. Food tastes better, music sounds better, sex is more enjoyable.The drug is credited with relieving many problems of aging: aches and pains, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and so on. Patients in 14 states enjoy medical marijuana laws, but those elsewhere buy or grow the drug illegally to ease their conditions.

Among them is Perry Parks, 67, of Rockingham, N.C., a retired Army pilot who suffered crippling pain from degenerative disc disease and arthritis. He had tried all sorts of drugs, from Vioxx to epidural steroids, but found little success. About two years ago he turned to marijuana, which he first had tried in college, and was amazed how well it worked for the pain.I realized I could get by without the narcotics,Parks said, referring to prescription painkillers. I am essentially pain free.But there's also the risk that health problems already faced by older people can be exacerbated by regular marijuana use.Older users could be at risk for falls if they become dizzy, smoking it increases the risk of heart disease and it can cause cognitive impairment, said Dr. William Dale, chief of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the University of Chicago Medical Center. He said he'd caution against using it even if a patient cites benefits. There are other better ways to achieve the same effects,he said. Pete Delany, director of applied studies at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, said boomers' drug use defied stereotypes, but is important to address. When you think about people who are 50 and older you don't generally think of them as using illicit drugs — the occasional Hunter Thompson or the kind of hippie dippie guy that gets a lot of press maybe,he said. As a nation, it's important to us to say,It's not just young people using drugs it's older people using drugs.In conversations, older marijuana users often say they smoke in less social settings than when they were younger, frequently preferring to enjoy the drug privately. They say the quality (and price) of the drug has increased substantially since their youth and they aren't as paranoid about using it.

Dennis Day, a 61-year-old attorney in Columbus, Ohio, said when he used to get high, he wore dark glasses to disguise his red eyes, feared talking to people on the street and worried about encountering police. With age, he says, any drawbacks to the drug have disappeared. My eyes no longer turn red, I no longer get the munchies, Day said.The primary drawbacks to me now are legal.Siegel bucks the trend as someone who was well into her 50s before she tried pot for the first time. She can muster only one frustration with the drug. I never learned how to roll a joint, she said. It's just a big nuisance. It's much easier to fill a pipe.