Friday, February 19, 2010

STOCK RESULTS FEB 19,2010

JUST LIKE I FIGURED GLENN BECK LAST NIGHT PUT ALL THE RADICALS AND 911 TRUTHERS AND TEA PARTY MOVEMENT IN ONE SLUSH POT AND COMPARED IT WITH JOE STACK.HE THEN HAD THE BLAMERS IN ANOTHER CATEGORY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATES AND THEN HE PUT HIMSELF AND THE REST OF THE AMERICANS UNDER THE HOPE CATEGORY.BECK IS SETTING HIMSELF UP FOR THE HOPE MOVEMENT LEADER TO COME AGAINST THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT.BECK IS MAKING IT A GOOD-BAD HOPE MOVENMENT,HIS HOPE MOVEMENT IS THE ONE TO JOIN WHILE ALL THE OTHERS ARE RADICALS.BECK IS A BANK,NEW WORLD ORDER BUYOUT I KNOW FOR SURE NOW.HE LOST 10% OF HIS RADIO AUDIENCE ALREADY BECAUSE OF HIS HYPOCRACY.LIKE I SAID HE PUTS IN TRUTH WITH LIES,LIKE OBAMA,THEN TURNS AGAINST THE TRUE PEACE MOVEMENT OF TEA PARTYERS TO TRY TO GET THEM TO REVOLT AND REBEL AGAINST THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION,SO OBAMA CAN USE MARTIAL LAW ON ITS OWN CITIZENS AND TAKE TOTAL DICTATORIAL CONTROL OF THEM.

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq5cQMiAB8&feature=related
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

WORLD GOVERNMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnq5cQMiAB8&feature=related
http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/2009/07/we-are-already-under-global-government.html#links
DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

EPHESIANS 6:10-13
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,(DEMONIC ANGELS IN HIGH PLACES) against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.(SPIRTIUAL DEMONIC PERSONS)
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

LUKE 4:5-7(BECAUSE SATAN OFFERS WORLD POWER, WORLD ORDERERS HAVE ACCEPTED SATANS GIFT)
5 And the devil, taking him (JESUS) up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he 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.

DANIEL 12:4,1
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

REVELATION 13:1-3,7,8,12,16-18
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.

REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12,18
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.

WELL THE MEDIA IS FINALLY REVEALING THE GLOBAL BANK (THE IMF) WERE EVERYONE ON EARTH WOULD PAY TAXES TO WHICH IS TO ENABLE THE NEW WORLD ORDER TO HAVE LOTS OF CASH FOR THEIR FUNDED ONE WORLD EUROPEAN UNION GOVERNMENT.THIS IMF WORLD BANK IS IN CONTROL OF THE G-20 AND OF THE $50 TRILLION ROBBED FROM WORLD CITIZENS I WONDER HOW MUCH THE WORLD BANK GOT,ONLY THE FED KNOWS FOR SURE,BUT THEIR EYES ARE SHUT AND THEIR EARS ARE DEAFENED TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITUATION.

Canada says to block G20 deal on global bank tax
By Louise Egan Louise Egan – FEB 19,10


OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will oppose efforts to create a global bank tax to force financial firms to pay for government intervention, a senior government official said on Friday, exposing a major split among G20 leaders ahead of a June summit.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier this month said he expected the G20 to agree on some form of global bank levy this year.In response, the Canadian official said the Conservative government in Ottawa wanted to make clear there was no consensus within the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging powers on such a proposal.We're not opposed to countries imposing taxes or a levy domestically, we will not allow it to be imposed on Canada, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.Our position is clear. We need better regulations not new taxes to ensure we don't repeat the global financial crisis, he said.Finance ministers from the G7 wealthy nations agreed Feb 6 to take a closer look at various proposals for making banks cover the cost of bailouts, past and future.The details are sketchy and ideas range from a tax on bank's balance sheets to a so-called Tobin tax on financial transactions.Canada appeared to be closed to the idea of any tax imposed globally without discrimination, arguing that its domestic banks did not require bailouts thanks to prudent regulations.We will oppose the creation of a new global tax or any tax on financial services and transactions, the official said.Canada will push for strengthening financial regulations and better coordination between financial regulators.

Ottawa will release a formal statement outlining its position, but the official could not say when that would occur.The G20 agreed last year to give the bank tax idea a closer look and the International Monetary Fund is expected to report back on its study on the matter in April.Brown gave the idea a boost in November when he called for considering it with urgency.After a meeting of G7 finance ministers in the northern Canadian town of Iqaluit Feb 5-6, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said officials agreed that financial institutions should bear the costs of their contributions to those crises.But some of his colleagues stressed that such a levy must be universal to prevent banks from moving their business to tax-free jurisdictions.Recently in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Stephen Harper distanced himself from hard-liners in the bank reform debate, warning against excessive regulation of the financial sector.

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

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS FRI FEB 19,2010

09:30 AM -1.56
10:00 AM -30.07
10:30 AM -18.89
11:00 AM -10.35
11:30 AM +22.22
12:00 PM +25.20
12:30 PM +33.79
01:00 PM +33.79
01:30 PM +23.73
02:00 PM +7.71
02:30 PM +9.60
03:00 PM +16.62
03:30 PM -3.40
04:00 PM +9.45 10,402.35

S&P 500 1109.17 +2.42

NASDAQ 2243.87 +2.16

GOLD 1,120.20 +1.50

OIL 79.90 +0.84

TSE 300 11,709.30 +14.40

CDNX 1531.90 +8.22

S&P/TSX/60 686.65 +1.20

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow -21 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -48 points at low today.
Dow +51 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,115.60.OIL opens at $79.27 today.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -48 points at low today so far.
Dow +51 points at high today so far.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -48 points at low today.
Dow +51 points at high today.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Snow damage to Md. zoo at $1.5 million; owl loose
Thu Feb 18, 9:42 am ET


BALTIMORE – An owl is on the loose and the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will have to delay its season opening because of damage from two heavy snowstorms.Zoo officials say they have at least $1.5 million in losses from historic storms across the Mid-Atlantic.An aviary for Maryland birds was a total loss, the African aviary was heavily damaged and more than 60 trees or large limbs fell.A long-eared owl from the damaged aviary is still on the loose.The zoo was scheduled to reopen March 1 after its winter break. But zoo President Donald Hutchinson says the opening will have to be postponed at least two weeks and more snow could push the opening back further.He says missing a month could cut revenue substantially for the zoo already struggling with financial difficulties.Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com

Greek PM rules out bailout but urges EU solidarity By PAN PYLAS and ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer – FEB 19,10

LONDON – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou told other European leaders Friday that Greece intended to solve its debt crisis on its own, as the government replaced the head of its debt management agency ahead of key moves to refinance its massive deficit.The news that Petros Christodoulou, former head of asset management at the National Bank of Greece, will take over from Spyros Papanicolaou comes as financial markets continue to fret about the Greek government's ability to pay off its debt. Those worries have undermined confidence in the 16-country euro currency.The Finance Ministry did not give a reason for the appointment in its announcement late Thursday.

Greece has taken a hammering in markets in recent months, after the new government sharply revised the budget deficit shortly after the elections to 12.7 percent of gross domestic product from a 3.7 percent forecast months earlier — sending Europe into a new phase of the financial crisis over mounting debts by Greece and several other euro-zone countries.Spreads of Greek government bonds over the equivalent German benchmark bonds — a key indicator of the market's perception of a risk of default — have spiraled in recent weeks, and stood at 326 basis points on Friday afternoon. Papandreou reiterated in London that Greece's troubles were our responsibility and that Greece was not seeking a bailout. But he said Athens' woes affected all and that the country needed the support of its partners in the EU.

Higher interest rates for us means higher interest rates for Europe....What we are simply saying is we'd like to borrow on the same terms as other countries in the European Union and the eurozone,Papandreou said at a conference of socialist leaders.
The Prime Minister would not be drawn onto whether Greece was preparing a multibillion euro bond issue next week as around euro20 billion of its debt needs to be refinanced in April and May. There is mounting speculation in the markets that Greece will begin looking to tap investors before the end of February to take advantage of improved market conditions — last month the spread over German bonds stood at around 400 basis points.Papandreou repeated his view that the country was not looking for a bailout from its partners in the 16-country eurozone but simply saying we have a program and we need support for this program. Papandreou's government has pledged to cut its budget deficit by four percentage points in this year alone.Papandreou also met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Spain's premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, as well as Foreign Secretary David Miliband — in addition to being Prime Minister, Papandreou also holds the foreign affairs brief.

Zapatero, whose government is also facing pressure in the markets to bring down its budget deficit, gave Papandreou support and said deficits across Europe would come down once the recovery from recession was firmly established.Of course we are going to reduce the deficits.....we are not going to fall in the trap of the ideas of those who have created the financial crisis,he said.The large majority (of Greeks) has no responsibility for what has happened, and much less Papandreou's government..it deserves the trust of European institutions, of the markets and he has the trust of all the European governments,Zapatero added.Back in Athens, Greek drivers lined up for gas at the few stations still open Friday as a customs strike against government austerity measures left many pumps running dry. The fuel shortage was the first serious consequence of growing labor protests against the government's emergency cuts, aimed at easing the debt crisis in Greece and shoring up market confidence.Customs workers have extended their strike against salary freezes and bonus cuts through next Wednesday, when unions across Greece will hold a general strike that is set to bring the country to a standstill.Athens has come under intense pressure by its European Union partners to bring its finances under control and explain the use of financial deals known as currency swaps and how they affected the country's debt and deficit figures.Greece has announced a series of harsh austerity measures and says the swaps debt deal, made with U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, was above board and will be explained in a letter being sent by the finance minister to the European Union.The EU's top economy official, Olli Rehn, gave the Greek government until Friday to supply answers on the use of the currency swaps.There will be a response. There is a letter by the Finance Minister, government spokesman Giorgos Petalotis said, adding it would most likely be sent on Friday. EU officials said however that the letter had not been received by early Friday evening, and that once they received the letter, time would be needed to analyze its contents. Earlier this week, European finance ministers warned Athens it would have to impose even tougher budget cuts if its current austerity program can't reduce the deficit to 8.7 percent this year. Athens has until March 16 to report back to the EU on its progress. European Commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres said Rehn will visit Greece before the middle of March.She did not elaborate, but the timing of the visit seemed designed to step up the pressure on Athens. Associated Press writers Robert Wielaard in Brussels and Elena Becatoros in Athens contributed from Brussels.

Stocks edge higher after Fed eases bank supports By STEPHEN BERNARD and IEVA M. AUGSTUMS, AP Business Writers – FEB 19,10

NEW YORK – Stocks turned higher Friday after investors found good news in the Federal Reserve's decision to begin dismantling emergency lending measures for banks.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose for the fourth straight day.Stocks initially fell in response to the Fed's announcement late Thursday that it is raising the rate it charges banks for emergency loans, known as the discount rate. But the market turned higher in late morning trading as investors saw the Fed's move as a vote of confidence that the financial system was recovering and that banks didn't need as much support as they used to.The Fed certainly isn't exiting the easy money policy door yet, said Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial.They have their coats and boots on.The central bank didn't change its more widely used federal funds rate, which is a benchmark for short-term interest rates.Jay Leupp, president of Grubb & Ellis AGA mutual funds, said it was inevitable that the Fed would raise the discount rate. However the timing and size of future rate hikes for both the discount rate and the federal funds rate are still up in the air, he said.It's a warning sign, but don't expect more to happen soon,Leupp said.In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.46, or 0.2 percent, to 10,410.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.38, or 0.3 percent, at 1,110.13, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.46, or 0.2 percent, to 2,246.17.

About three stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 652.7 million shares, compared with 479.8 million traded at the same point Thursday.The markets slowed at 11 a.m. as traders watched golfer Tiger Woods' televised remarks about his recent affairs. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange leveled off during Woods' remarks, then picked up momentum after he was finished.Stock in Nike Inc., one of Woods' biggest sponsors, was down about 19 cents as he spoke, then regained some ground and is now down 5 cents at $64.39.Investors were also relieved to see a tame report on consumer price inflation. The Labor Department said the Consumer Price Index rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in January. Excluding food and energy, the index actually slipped 0.1 percent, its first monthly drop in 27 years.This allows the Fed to keep rates lower for longer, said Frank Ingarra, co-portfolio manager at Hennessy Funds, said of the monthly consumer price report.The tame inflation report means the Fed can continue to encourage lending with its ultra-low interest rate policy, which is a positive for both stock and bond investors. The market was closely focused on the CPI since a report Thursday showed a larger than expected rise in wholesale prices.A separate report from the Mortgage Bankers Association had mixed news about the housing market, which has shown recent signs of stabilizing. The group said the number of borrowers falling behind on their mortgage payments for the first time dropped sharply during the fourth quarter. However a record number of people remain behind on payments or in foreclosure.Investors' focus has returned to the domestic economy in recent days after weeks of concern about overseas economies sent stocks lower. Upbeat reports from the manufacturing and industrial sectors, as well as another round of strong earnings reports helped send stocks higher throughout the week. The Dow gained 2.9 percent during the holiday-shortened week heading into Friday's trading.This week's rally comes after markets had mostly fallen over the previous month because of worries over debt problems in Greece and other European nations as well as China's move to curb growth and prevent speculative bubbles.Meanwhile, bond prices were little changed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, was unchanged at 3.81 percent compared with late Thursday.

The dollar was mixed against other major currencies. Gold and oil both rose. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 2.47, or 0.4 percent, to 631.79. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 2.1 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.6 percent, Germany's DAX index gained 0.7 percent, while France's CAC-40 was up 1.2 percent.

Fuel shortage hits Greece as strikes grow By DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press Writer – Fri Feb 19, 9:02 am ET

ATHENS, Greece – Greek drivers lined up for gas at the few stations still open Friday as a customs strike against government austerity measures left many pumps running dry.The fuel shortage was the first serious consequence of growing labor protests against the Socialist government's emergency spending cuts program, aimed at easing the debt crisis in Greece and shoring up market confidence.Customs workers have extended their strike against salary freezes and bonus cuts through next Wednesday, when unions across Greece will hold a general strike that is set to bring the country to a standstill.European finance ministers have told Athens it must demonstrate signs of fiscal improvement by March 16 or it will be ordered to impose even tougher budget cuts. Greece has promised to slash its deficit from an estimated 12.7 percent of gross domestic product to 8.7 percent this year.Finance Ministry officials say they are under EU pressure to ax the public servants' so-called 14th salary.Greek workers get their annual salary divided into 14 payments, with two of them given as holiday bonuses, in a measure originally designed to alleviate those with low incomes.We would consider cutting the 14th (salary) to be an act of war, said Yiannis Papagopoulos, leader of Greece's trade union umbrella group, the GSEE.

The measures must be socially just. And this is something that we have not seen so far. They are generally aimed at wage-earners and pensioners, while business remains immune. It is finally time for those who for so many years gathered riches to pay up, invest, and help deal with the major problem at this time, which is unemployment.
The customs walkout has hampered imports and exports, but the supply of fuel has been the most affected. Gas stations around greater Athens were rationing fuel while stocks lasted. Traffic policemen were posted at some gas stations in Athens as cars queued for hundreds of meters (yards).We're out of regular unleaded, and now we're only selling diesel,said attendant Ioanna Antoniou at a gas station in the northern Athens suburb of Halandri.There were a lot of cars lined up here earlier while we still had some unleaded left.Antoniou said the gas station had rationed fuel to limit sales to euro20 ($27) per customer so they could serve more people.Taxis also held a 24-hour strike Friday, protesting parts of the austerity package that increased fuel tax and will force them to issue receipts. Taxi drivers chanting The measures mean unemployment staged a noisy protest in central Athens that choked traffic.These measures won't do anything, all they will do is throw us out of work, cab driver Anastasis Damianidis said.We can't become tax collectors — that's what they're trying to do. We will keep demonstrating.

Canadian school ship sinks off Brazil; all rescued By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Writer – FEB 19,10

RIO DE JANEIRO – A Canadian sailing ship filled with high school and college students sank off the coast of Brazil in strong winds, but officials said all 64 people aboard were rescued Friday after about 16 hours in rafts tossed by rough seas.

A distress signal was picked up from the three-masted SV Concordia about 5 p.m. (2 p.m. EST; 1900 GMT) Thursday, Brazil's Navy said in a statement and an Air Force plane later spotted life rafts floating in the ocean about 300 miles (500 kilometers) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.Forty-eight students — in grades 11, 12 and university freshmen — were aboard the vessel, said Kate Knight, head of West Island College International of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, which operates the Class Afloat program.Edgardo Ybranez, captain of the Philippine flagged Hokuetsu Delight cargo ship, told The Associated Press via satellite phone that his ship rescued 44 of the victims in rough, dangerous seas. The remaining people were picked up by another ship.Ybranez said the Concordia's doctor had suffered an injury before the rescue,but he is OK now.He gave no more details.All the rest were unhurt, Ybranez said: You can tell their parents that everything is OK; everybody aboard my ship is fine.The captain declined to put one of the survivors on the telephone. They are all downstairs sleeping because they are exhausted, so I don't want to call any of them up,he said before cutting off the call to communicate with his employers.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement thanking the Brazilian Navy and the merchant crews for their swift and heroic response.The skill and compassion demonstrated by Brazilian rescuers is a tribute to their training, spirit and seamanship,he said.School officials said 42 of those aboard were from Canada. Knight said others hail from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Europe and the West Indies.At this point we can't confirm at all what circumstances led them to abandon ship, or the status of the vessel, she said.The Brazilian Navy, however, said the ship sank and Juan Cruz Margarita, captain of the SE Stao Knutsen that assisted in the rescue operation, told the AP via satellite phone he saw no sign of the Canadian ship by the time his vessel arrived.Navy spokeswoman Maria Padilha said the students spent up to 16 hours on life boats before they were rescued between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. (2 a.m. and 7 a.m. EST; 0600 and 1100 GMT). She said the students would be moved to a Navy ship and taken to Rio, but did not say when they would arrive.Shelley Piller, whose 17-year-old stepdaughter Elysha was on board, told the AP in a telephone interview from Kenilworth, Ontario, that she was worried despite hearing news that everyone was safe.That's my kid. For me I need to actually physically see her, feel her and have her in front of me to understand that she's safe,Piller said.We're petrified, absolutely petrified.The ship had visited Europe and Africa since leaving Canada in September, and it had just begun a five-month semester program on leaving Recife in Brazil's northeast on Feb. 8. It was scheduled to dock in Montevideo, Uruguay on Tuesday, then head on to several islands in the Atlantic and to southern Africa and the Caribbean before returning to Canada.

The school's Web site says the 188-foot-long (57.5-meter-long) Concordia was built in 1992 and meets all of the international requirements for safety.It carries up to 66 passengers and crew and also can operate under motor power.The college's Web site says it gives high school and college students the chance to study while sailing the world. Tuition is listed as being 42,500 Canadian dollars ($40,600) a year for students in the 11th and 12th grades and in university. Associated Press writer Rob Gillies contributed to this report from Toronto. (This version CORRECTS name of youth on boat to Elysha sted Alicia)

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 PM: Gov't to appropriate land for tent camps By MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press Writer – FEB 19,10

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says the Haitian government will appropriate privately held land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims.Bellerive told The Associated Press in an interview that the government owns some land but not enough, meaning he has no choice but to take over private terrain.He would not say how much terrain will be taken over.Haitian law provides for such takeovers as long as they are in the public interest and the owners are fairly compensated, said lawyer Benissoit Jude Detournel, who handles property disputes.There has to be a just and equitable indemnity, taking into account the market value of the property, Detournel said. He added that setting a price is difficult now in the quake's aftermath.The government has appropriated land in the past without conflict — to build a wider road on the western outskirts of Port-au-Prince four years ago, to protect underground water aquifers 14 years ago and to construct government buildings in downtown Port-au-Prince in the 1970s, according to Jean-Andre Victor, an agronomist who worked on a failed government attempt to survey land ownership in 2003.

Now, international aid groups say hundreds of hectares (acres) are needed to get quake victims out of overcrowded makeshift camps in public parks and lots in Port-au-Prince. Officials say 1.2 million Haitians were left homeless by the Jan. 12 quake, about half of them in the capital.Camps have sprung up on every bit of available land in Port-au-Prince — school and university grounds, public gardens, a golf course, the central Champ de Mars plaza or simply on sidewalks.One reason for the quake's devastating human and economic toll is that nearly a third of Haiti's nearly 10 million people were concentrated in the already overcrowded capital, as were the government and almost all industry.Relief workers are working against the clock to find temporary settlements for the homeless before the spring rainy season.Early sporadic downpours already are adding to the misery of people living in makeshift shelters of bed sheets propped up by poles. Inadequate sanitation combined with the rains could bring disease to a still-traumatized nation, adding to other strains on Haiti's health system.The nation has the highest AIDS rate in the Caribbean, with 2.2percent of the 10 million people infected.Bellerive can expect opposition to the land seizures in a country where land is a sacred and conflicted issue — as well as from within his own government.He told the AP on Thursday, in a separate interview, that the government could fall as political opponents capitalize on its inability to respond strongly to the Jan. 12 earthquake.Resistance is also expected from camp-dwellers.Many in the makeshift camps in Port-au-Prince, some of which are evolving into shantytowns, don't want to move out of the debris-choked capital, which would separate them from family, jobs and aid.In the meantime, the camps themselves are becoming ever more miserable.Leonel Martine, a 42-year-old electrician, said a light overnight shower Friday left his camp near the prime minister's office in ankle-deep water and soaked the mattress he shares with his wife, his daughter and two grandchildren. My wife spent the night standing, holding the baby,he said. Associated Press writer Jonathan Katz contributed to this report.

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.

THIS MAKES SENSE THAT RUSSIA IS ALARMED. THE BIBLE CLEARLY SAYS RUSSIA WILL BE THE LEADER AGAINST ISRAEL,SO THIS TELLS ME ISRAEL MIGHT TRY TO DESTROY IRANS NUCLEAR SITES,BUT WLL NOT TOTALLY DESTROY IRAN SINCE IRAN IS STILL INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA-MUSLIM WAR IN ISRAEL.RUSSIA WANTS THE LEAD ROLE AND WOULD BE ALARMED IF IRAN TRYS TO TAKE IT.

Russia very alarmed at Iranian nuclear stance By Conor Sweeney – Fri Feb 19, 10:55 am ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday it was very alarmed by Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA, after the U.N. nuclear agency said it feared Tehran might be working to develop a nuclear-armed missile.Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei repeated Iran's insistence that suspicions about its nuclear program were baseless. But the U.S.-led campaign for more sanctions against Tehran appeared to be gaining ground.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated that Moscow's patience was wearing very thin.We are very alarmed and we cannot accept this, that Iran is refusing to cooperate with the IAEA, Lavrov told the Ekho Moskvy radio station in an interview.For about 20 years, the Iranian leadership carried out its clandestine nuclear program without reporting it to the IAEA, he said.I do not understand why there was such secrecy.The IAEA on Thursday made public its concerns over a classified analysis which concludes that Iran already has explosives expertise relevant to a workable nuclear weapon.Some questions remain on the table and Iran has so far not reacted to them but they are rather serious and we need to understand how several documents concerning military nuclear technology found their way to Iran,Lavrov said.

Clear explanations are needed.Russia -- which wields a veto in the United Nations Security Council -- has in recent weeks raised suspicions publicly about Iran's nuclear activities, after for years saying it had no evidence Tehran was seeking to build a nuclear bomb.

SANCTIONS?

The Kremlin has repeatedly said that further sanctions might have to be imposed if Tehran failed to cooperate with the IAEA.The Foreign Ministry on Friday hinted that talks on a sanctions resolution could start soon.No work is in progress at the U.N. Security Council in New York today to prepare a possible sanctions-based resolution on Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.However, given the current circumstances, we cannot fully rule out the possibility of starting this work.Germany, one of the six powers negotiating with Iran on the nuclear issue, added its voice to the pressure.The persistent defiance ... of United Nations resolutions and Tehran's continuation of a dangerous nuclear policy are forcing the international community to pursue further comprehensive sanctions in New York against the regime in Tehran,government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said.But he added: We rule out a military solution. The United States says it wants a diplomatic solution but has not ruled out military action.German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said European capitals were coordinating on a joint response following the latest IAEA report. German exporters called on Friday for tough sanctions, even though Germany is among Iran's biggest trading partners, exporting more than 3.3 billion euros' worth of goods in 2009. Khamenei was quoted as saying by Iranian media:The West's accusations are baseless because our religious beliefs bar us from using such weapons ... We do not believe in atomic weapons and are not seeking that.

HERES AN ADDED WARNING SCRIPTURES THAT RUSSIA SNEAK ATTACKS AMERICA SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE TO.

AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY RUSSIA)

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.

Iran navy launches domestically made destroyer
Fri Feb 19, 8:01 am ET


TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's navy on Friday has launched in the Gulf its first domestically made destroyer in a ceremony attend by the supreme leader and the commander-in-chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the media reported.Iran's navy on Friday took the delivery of the first indigenously designed and developed guided missile destroyer Jamaran in the Persian Gulf,Iran's English-language Press TV reported.The vessel has a displacement of around 14,000 tonnes and is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare capabilities, the report said.Jamaran, a multi-mission destroyer, can carry 120-140 personnel on board and is armed with a variety of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles with a top speed of up to 30 knots and has a helipad,the report added.The vessel has also been equipped with torpedoes and modern naval cannons.State television also showed footage of the vessel and the ceremony at which it was launched by Khamenei flanked by the top Iranian military commanders.Much of Iran's naval equipment dates from before the 1979 Islamic revolution and is US made. Since the revolution, Tehran has purchased a number of Russian-made submarines.In the past year Iranian navy has carried out a number of missions in the Gulf of Aden and offshore Somalia where it was commissioned to escort Iranian merchant ships and oil tankers.

Tehran is enriching uranium, which many Western countries and Israel fear is a step toward manufacturing an atomic bomb. Tehran rejects such charges, saying its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.On Thursday, the UN atomic watchdog expressed concern that Iran might have been trying to develop a nuclear warhead. On Friday, Iran dismissed the concern as baseless.Iran is under UN sanctions for failing to obey Security Council resolutions demanding that it halt enrichment. Neither the United States nor Israel have ruled out military action if it does not eventually do so.

Iran's supreme leader criticizes US military moves By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer – FEB 19,10

TEHRAN, Iran – From the deck of Iran's new guided-missile destroyer, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied Friday that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons and criticized the U.S. military presence in the Gulf.His comments came as international concern rose over Tehran's nuclear ambitions a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency said it may currently be working on making a nuclear warhead, suggesting for the first time that the Islamic Republic had either resumed such work or never stopped at the time U.S. intelligence thought it did.Russia, which has been on the fence about whether to impose new U.N. sanctions against Iran, said it was very alarmed over Tehran's failure to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, said his country was not developing nuclear weapons because Islam forbids weapons of mass destruction.Because of this reason, we don't have any belief in the atomic bomb and don't pursue it, he said after taking a tour of the destroyer Jamaran, which was launched Friday at a Gulf port. State television, which broadcast the event, said the warship was the country's first domestically built destroyer and a major technological leap for Iran's naval industries.Khamenei, who also is the commander in chief of Iran's armed forces, said Washington was trying to frighten Iran's Arab neighbors into buying U.S. weapons. He also said America and Israel were trying to sow divisions between Iran and Arab nations.The U.S. and the Zionist regime are trying to spread divisions to distract the attention of Islamic nations from the main enemies of the Islamic world, which are the U.S. and Israel,Khamenei said in remarks broadcast on state TV.
Iran is weathering three sets of Security Council sanctions meant to punish its refusal to freeze its uranium enrichment program. It's recent rejection of a plan meant to strip it of most of its enriched stockpile plus its belated acknowledgment that it had been secretly building a new enrichment facility has increased sentiment for a fourth set.The U.S., Britain and France support such a measure, with Russia undecided and fellow permanent Security Council member China — which depends on Iran for much of its energy needs — opposed.On Friday, France and Germany threatened to seek fresh sanctions in light of the new IAEA report, which was contrary to a U.S. intelligence assessment published three years ago that said Tehran appeared to have suspended such work in 2003.This report confirms with precision the international community's very serious concerns,French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said.It shows how urgent it is to act with determination to respond to the absence of cooperation by Iran.

Germany's leading insurance companies — Munich Re AG and Allianz SE — also announced they would quit doing business in the Islamic republic after the International Atomic Energy Agency report.Iran maintains its nuclear work is only for peaceful purposes like energy generation.Khamenei, wearing clerical robes and a turban and walking with a cane as he inspected the ship, said the presence of foreign forces in the Persian Gulf disturbs security in the region but Washington will fail to achieve its goals.U.S. military officials said last month that Washington was deploying upgraded Patriot missiles in Arab nations in the region and more U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf capable of destroying missiles in flight.The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet is also based in the Arab nation of Bahrain, just across the Gulf from Iran.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week to discuss Iran, warning that Tehran could set off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East if it chooses to develop atomic weapons.The predominantly Sunni Arab Middle East — and Gulf nations in particular — have been wary of the growing influence of Shiite Iran, especially because of international suspicions that its nuclear program has a military dimension. The 94-meter (308-foot) destroyer, which weighs 1,500 tons and has a helipad and modern radar, was launched in Bandar Abbas, a southern port city just at the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic point in the Gulf through which much of the world's oil and other energy supplies pass. The warship is equipped with anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles as well as torpedoes and naval cannons, state television said. Khamenei's attendance was a sign of the significance that Iran attached to the event. Iran has declared many such advances in its military industries and sciences to demonstrate self-sufficiency despite sanctions and attempts by the U.S. and its allies to isolate the country over its nuclear program.

The ship has a top speed of about 35 mph and can carry 120 to 140 personnel, state TV said, adding that a second destroyer is now under construction. Associated Press writers George Frey in Frankfurt and Sophie Tetrel in Paris contributed to this report.

INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.

2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

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)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; 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.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
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.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Supreme leader denies Iran wants atomic weapons by Farhad Pouladi – FEB 19,10

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's all-powerful leader said Friday the Islamic republic is not seeking atomic weapons despite global condemnation after a UN report expressed concern it is trying to develop a nuclear warhead.Supreme leader and commander-in-chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran's religious beliefs meant it was against the use of nuclear weapons.Recently some Western and US officials have been repeating some outdated and nonsensical comments that Iran is seeking to build nuclear weapons,said Khamenei.Iran will not get emotional in responding to these nonsensical comments, since our religious beliefs are against the use of such weapons, he told commanders at the launch of Iran's first domestically made naval destroyer in the Gulf.Iran's response to these nonsensical comments will not be an emotional one, since our religious beliefs are against the use of such weapons. We in no way believe in an atomic weapon and do not seek one.International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, in a blunt first report to the watchdog's board of governors on Thursday, expressed concern Iran might be seeking to develop a nuclear warhead.The information available to the agency... raises concerns about the possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile,Amano wrote.

The Vienna-based IAEA has been investigating for a number of years intelligence reports claiming Iran was involved in weapons research.In 2007, a US intelligence report said Iran halted such research in 2003, but Amano's report gives credence to the belief of some Western governments that the programme has covertly continued.
Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog dismissed the IAEA's concern as baseless.Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the documents cited in the report were fabricated and thus do not have any validity.I have also said many times that when they showed these documents to us none of the documents had any confidential or secret stamps on them, Soltanieh said.And thus it was proved that all of the documents have been fabricated and are baseless and thus do not have any validity.The issue of the missile or explosives has nothing to do with the IAEA's charter and function,he added.

Soltanieh repeated Tehran's stance that Iran's nuclear programme was a peaceful one and that this issue had been pointed out in the report.The Islamic republic has repeatedly said it will never halt its peaceful nuclear activities nor stop its cooperation with the agency, he added.Repeated requests by the IAEA for further inspection are not acceptable for us. Iran will neither cooperate beyond the IAEA safeguards nor will it carry out demands of the United Nations resolutions.Soltanieh said Tehran's reasons for not doing so are that Iran considers these resolutions to be contrary to international law.Iran insists its intentions are peaceful, but Western powers suspect Tehran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons, as the material in highly pure form can be used in the core of a atomic bomb. Tehran has been slapped with three UN Security Council resolutions demanding a halt to its controversial uranium enrichment. According to the IAEA report, inspectors verified that none of Iran's declared nuclear material had been diverted. But it also said: Iran has not provided the necessary cooperation to permit the agency to confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.The report has raised concern in Germany where Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said it confirms the great concerns that the German government has had for a long time about Iran's nuclear programme.And France urged world powers to act with determination. This report confirms precisely the very serious concerns of the international community over Iran's nuclear programme, foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters. It shows how urgent it is to act with determination to respond to Iran's lack of cooperation.German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle meanwhile echoed comments from US Vice President Joe Biden that he was confident China, seen as the least keen on new sanctions among permanent UN Security Council members, would come on board. I have the firm impression that China sees the prospect of Iran having nuclear weapons as unacceptable,Westerwelle said.

Report: US missile plans holding up nuclear treaty
FEB 19,10


MOSCOW – A Russian official said Friday that U.S. plans for a revamped missile defense system in Romania are stalling talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news agency that Washington's plans in the most immediate sense are influencing Russian-U.S. negotiations on a replacement to a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that expired in 2009.Washington and Moscow said minor issues in the new treaty prevented a signing last year.Washington is in negotiations to station anti-ballistic missile interceptors in Romania, which Russia considers too close and a detriment to its own defense capability.Meanwhile, Bulgaria said Friday that it has not held talks with the U.S. about hosting part of a U.S. missile shield, despite an earlier indication that it planned such a meeting.U.S. Ambassador to Moscow John Beyrle said earlier this month that the U.S. has agreed to include treaty language sought by Russia that would acknowledge the link between defensive systems — such as the missile shield — with offensive systems.

NO WONDER THE FORMER NUCLEAR CHIEF NEVER TRYED TO STOP IRAN FROM NUKES AGAINST ISRAEL EL-BARADEI IS SO MUSLIM-ARAB BIASED ITS REDICULOUS.

ElBaradei lands in Egypt, backers want presidency bid
By Marwa Awad – FEB 19,10

CAIRO (Reuters) – Former U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei arrived at Cairo airport on Friday to an exuberant welcome from supporters who hope he will stir up Egyptian politics by running for president in 2011.Security men hustled away ElBaradei, tipped as a possible consensus candidate, as crowds surged forward, chanting Yes, to ElBaradei ... Justice and freedom to Egyptians.ElBaradei later reappeared in a Jeep to meet his supporters, numbering about a thousand, but had to drive past without stopping as the overenthusiastic crowd became unruly.His supporters, including members of the Kefaya and the Sixth of April Youth movements who oppose the government of President Hosni Mubarak, sang Egypt's national anthem and waved flags before ElBaradei landed several hours late.However, among the crowds were also people who said they did not belong to any group, including children as young as 10 and elderly Egyptians.

Most of those who came out do not belong to the traditional political parties but are very normal Egyptian citizens who came out, novelist Alaa Al Aswany told Reuters at the airport.This is a very important moment that will usher in an era of positive change for Egypt.A move by ElBaradei, the 67-year-old former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, could signal that he wants to use his international stature to press for democratic reforms in his home country, ruled by Mubarak for nearly three decades.ElBaradei stepped down last year as IAEA chief after building an international reputation, most recently for his handling of Iran's nuclear program which Tehran says is peaceful but the West fears is to build weapons.

ElBaradei has said he would consider running for president but wants first a new constitution with checks on power, guarantees of a fair vote and better respect for human rights.What ElBaradei calls for is not impossible, and there is no obstacle to achieve it other than the government and its stubbornness against change, lawyer Mahmoud El-Khoudairy told Reuters before ElBaradei's arrival.But any presidential bid faces a huge challenge in the most populous Arab country as rules make it almost impossible for anyone to succeed without the backing of Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party, which dominates parliament.The Islamic Brotherhood currently forms the main opposition bloc but it is officially banned and some of its top officials are standing trial, accused of militancy.

INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE

ElBaradei did not speak at the airport, but was quoted before arriving as saying he wanted to be an instrument of change and that the presidency was not his main goal.
The presidency does not concern me as much as the process of change, which does not depend on one person but on the entire nation,he told al-Masry al-Youm daily newspaper on Friday.Mubarak, 81, has not said if he plans to run in 2011 but most Egyptians speculate that if he bows out he will seek to hand power to his son Gamal, 46. Both men deny any such plans.Under Egypt's election rules, ElBaradei would realistically have to hold a leadership post for at least a year in a political party represented in parliament to be eligible to run.Egyptian media have speculated that opposition parties might court ElBaradei, hoping he could join the leadership of their parties in time to ensure eligibility. Among ElBaradei's conditions for running are judicial supervision of the election carried out under the watchful eye of United Nations monitors. He also wants state media to give equal space to the platforms of all candidates. The issue is not ElBaradei as president but amending the constitution to ensure that we have free elections with serious challengers, not only with the choice of either Mubarak or his son Gamal,Aswany said. Egypt experimented with its first multi-candidate presidential election in 2005 that it touted as a process of democratization, but which critics panned as a sham. (Writing by Sherine El Madany; editing by David Stamp)

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

Battling PR woes, Israel asks citizens to help By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer – Fri Feb 19, 9:36 am ET

JERUSALEM – Israel's government has launched a campaign aiming to boost the country's image abroad even as it finds itself in the middle of an international uproar over the suspected role of Israeli spies in the assassination of a Hamas operative.Through a new Web site, TV commercials and pamphlets handed to passengers boarding planes, the campaign launched this week tries to get Israelis to promote their country when traveling.But it offers a puzzling take on what foreign attitudes toward the country really are, and appears to reflect a view that poor public relations, and not policies, lie at the root of Israel's image problem.Rather than focusing on the passions surrounding the Israeli-Arab conflict, the campaign suggests — with a touch of humor — that people abroad believe that camels are a leading form of transportation in Israel, or that Israelis like to barbecue outside because they have no gas or electricity at home.

But foreign attitudes toward the country would seem to have little to do with any perception that Israel is primitive — the country's high-tech sector and military are widely recognized as among the world's most advanced — and far more to do with the intractable complexities of the Mideast conflict.Israel is still suffering the fallout from its punishing military operation in Gaza last winter, including war crimes accusations from a United Nations commission. And the new campaign kicked off precisely as Israel's Mossad was accused of killing a Hamas operative in Dubai, suggesting another way Israeli citizens might be serving their government abroad.

Anat Weinstein-Berkovits, a spokesman for the newly created government ministry behind the project, said the goal is to urge Israelis to tell about the beautiful Israel you know.In one TV ad, a faux English-speaking reporter leads a camel through the desert, explaining that Israelis use the animals for hauling water, merchandise and ammunition...in the desert where they live.An announcer intones in Hebrew:Sick of seeing how we're portrayed in the world? You can change the picture.The Web site notes that Israel has suffered through seven wars but still seeks peace. Myth: Israelis don't really want peace. Untrue,it reads.Dan Caspi, a communications professor at Ben Gurion University, said Israelis genuinely love their country and defend its actions abroad, even if they criticize those same actions bitterly at home.But Caspi said the campaign is still unlikely to be effective.He noted that after Israel captured territories from Egypt, Syria and Jordan in the 1967 Mideast War, Israel's then prime minister, Levi Eshkol, is reputed to have summoned international experts and asked them how to improve Israel's suddenly complicated image. They consulted for days and then gave Eshkol one recommendation: Get out of the territories.Little, Caspi said, has changed since then.The government would be better advised to first put its house in order,he said.

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