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I didn’t say anything in the above video concerning Pastor Paul Adiyya who I have been trying to help. Pastor Titus in Kenya and Pastor Fiaz in Pakistan both have my 22 week prophecy seminar which they have just begun to show in the areas in which they live. People are coming to Jesus as they are watching this prophecy seminar. Pastor Paul who is a true man of God would like to begin showing this new prophecy seminar as well but he does not have a projector for his lap top. I pray to Jesus that if you have a project you are not using that Jesus would touch you and give the projector to Paul for the Lord’s work there in India. As you can see from the two photos Pastor Paul has the Bibles I sent to him to give out for free. Pastor Paul is very active for Jesus and he is also very active in helping the women in India as well. If Jesus has touched you and you would like to help Pastor Paul get a projector as you see in the photo below please let me know. You can email me at endtimesresearchministry@yahoo.com. 2016 is going to be a very bad year and I am praying we can get my prophecy seminar to him a soon as possible. Will you help? If you are touched to buy one for Pastor Paul you can send your blessing to Ascent Ministries and that ministry will make sure Pastor Paul will get the projector. You can email Shawn Svacha who is the head of Ascent M. at: http://ascentministries.org/
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Headline: Report: Israel strikes Syrian army outposts south of Damascus, monitor says
Three Israeli rockets allegedly hit Syrian army outposts south of Damascus on Wednesday, reported the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict. Meanwhile, a pro-Syrian government military source denied reports that Israel carried out air strikes inside Syria. The IDF said it does not respond to such foreign reports.
***SEE ALSO SYRIA BELOW
February 17, 2016
http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=44214
Headline: Arab teens murder one at Binyamin supermarket
Two Arab terrorists conducted a stabbing attack late Thursday afternoon at a Rami Levy supermarket at the Sha’ar Binyamin Industrial Zone in Samaria, located just northeast of Jerusalem. In the attack two victims were wounded, and one died as a result. Magen David Adom (MDA) teams provided treatment to the victims at the scene prior to evacuating one to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital and Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem. Shaare Tzedek’s trauma unit reported it received the 21-year-old male victim from the attack, who was in serious condition and unconscious. The medical team struggled to save the young victim’s life, but eventually were forced to pronounce his death. Hadassah Mount Scopus reported the 36-year-old victim as in moderate condition, stable and fully conscious. The victims were shopping at the Rami Levy supermarket at the shopping center when they were attacked by the two Arab terrorists. The two attackers were both shot by an armed civilian and neutralized. Both were identified as being aged around 14-years-old and hailing from nearby Bitunia. A Hadassah hospital spokesperson said one of the terrorists was in moderate to serious condition and receiving treatment. The condition of the second attacker was not listed.
February 18, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/208246
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” (Psalm 83)
Lebanon
Headline: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah threatens nuclear-like attack on Israeli ammonia storage facility
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah organisation, has threatened to attack Israeli gas facilities which could result in the deaths of up to 800,000 people. The Shia militant leader said the group has the capability to strike the ammonia gas storage tanks in Haifa if the confrontation with Israel escalates. “Israel knows Hezbollah has missiles and rockets that can strike anywhere in its territory,” he said during a televised address in Beirut to mark the deaths of past leaders. “The inhabitants of Haifa are afraid of an attack… that will lead to the death of tens of thousands of inhabitants out of a population of some 800,000. What does this mean? It means that a few missiles on this ammonia site could have the result of a nuclear bomb.” He added that Hezbollah, which suffered serious setbacks after wading into the Syrian conflict, is boosting its militant capabilities to face fresh challenges emerging in the region. Within hours of Nasrallah’s address, his threat resonated in Israel as Environment Protection Minister Avi Gabbai said the storage facility would be relocated.
February 17, 2016
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Moscow expects explanation from Saudis over participation in Syria operation: TASS
Headline: Saudi ground forces would target ISIS in Syria: minister
Moscow is waiting for specific explanations from Riyadh regarding Saudi Arabia’s plans for participation in the operation against the terrorist group Islamic State (outlawed in Russia) in Syria, special presidential representative for the Middle East and African countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told TASS on Thursday. “One should be aware what plans our Saudi partners have. We have no specifics at this point, only statements. They are sending some planes to Turkish territory,” he said. At the same time Bogdanov added that Riyadh had so far not joined any of the mechanisms of coordinating operations in Syria. In the meantime, we have such coordination mechanisms, including our contacts between our military and Israel and the four-party mechanism in Baghdad, which is open to all those who wish to participate in the coordination of information regarding joint struggle against terrorists,” Bogdanov said. “So far, the Saudis have not joined any of these mechanisms. If they want (to act jointly) with Americans, they should coordinate their participation in the anti-ISIS coalition
February 18, 2016
http://tass.ru/en/politics/857746
***They are speaking of Tuesday’s news:
Headline: Saudi Arabia took part in weekend air strikes against Islamic State – Pentagon
February 16, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/saudi-arabia-took-part-in/2521282.html
Headline: 14 soldiers killed in Aden terror blast
Headline: Yemen army retakes town overlooking rebel-besieged Taiz
Headline: Yemen intervention will continue until govt restored: Saudi minister
A suicide bomber killed at least 14 soldiers in Aden on Wednesday, in the latest attack on Yemen’s second city claimed by jihadists of the Daesh group. The southern port city has been the headquarters of forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and his backers in a Saudi-led military coalition but has seen growing violence by Daesh and its jihadist rival Al-Qaeda. “A man detonated his explosive vest among soldiers,” a military source said. The troops were attending a training session run by Sudanese forces of the Saudi-led coalition, another military source said. The bomber, who was disguised as a soldier, attacked the Ras Abbas camp in the west of Aden. After the attack, panicking soldiers grabbed their weapons and fled the camp, witnesses said. The little-known “Aden and Abyan Province” branch of Daesh said the suicide bombing was carried out by one of its militants and alleged it killed 20 “apostate” soldiers. It came a day after Al-Qaeda claimed an attack on the convoy of Aden’s governor and police chief in which four jihadists were killed.
February 18, 2016
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/882346
Egypt
Headline: Egypt could send troops to Gulf if asked
Egypt will not hesitate to send military forces to Gulf countries to offer protection if asked by the leaders of those countries, President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi said on Wednesday. The most populous Arab state, the recipient of billions of dollars in aid from the Gulf, has entered a Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting in Yemen but has yet to formally commit to sending ground troops. Al Sissi has often said that the Gulf’s security is synonymous with Egyptian national security. “The president made it clear that Egypt will not hesitate to send forces to brotherly Gulf counties to defend them if they face any direct threat or aggression,” the presidency said in a statement. Al Sissi made his comments at a briefing with Kuwaiti journalists on Wednesday. He added that the Egyptian army is “for all Arabs” and that Egypt was capable of combatting any aggression or direct threat against it or any of its “sisterly” Arab countries.
February 18, 2016
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/egypt-could-send-troops-to-gulf-if-asked-1.1675108
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: FSA rebels start anti-ISIS campaign northeast of Damascus
Free Syrian Army-affiliated rebels have announced the start of an ambitious new campaign against ISIS in the remote eastern slopes of the Qalamoun Mountains northeast of Damascus. In statement issued Thursday morning, the 2nd Infantry Division announced the “beginning of the ‘Thunder 1 Battle’ in eastern Qalamoun against the aggressing [Islamic] State group (Daesh).” Hours after touting the start of the battle, the group publicized a video which appeared to show one of its fighters firing a TOW anti-tank missile during clashes with ISIS. The stated main goal of the 2nd Infantry Division’s campaign is to seize a number of ISIS positions in a stretch of barren territory along Syria’s Highway 7—which runs north from Damascus toward the country’s semi-desert region—in a bid to relieve rebel positions in eastern Qalamoun. ISIS and a number of its affiliated groups in the area have fought back and forth battles with rebels as well as regime troops. In late January 2016, ISIS advanced on the Syrian army’s Brigade 128 base, which lies a little over 10 kilometers east of the Damascus-Homs highway on the western slopes of the Qalamoun Mountains. The 2nd Infantry Division said that it seeks to seize ISIS’s position outside the Brigade 128 base, as well as the southern end of the Al-Afaii mountain chain and other nearby areas. “If God grants us success and enables us to develop the attack in the direction of the enemy’s positions and destroy him wherever he is in the area, [we intend to] capture all the surrounding hills and mountains, hold on to them firmly and open a road towards Muhassa.”
February 18, 2016
Syria Headline: ISIS militants bomb key bridge south Kobane
Militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Wednesday bombed a key bridge over the Euphrates River in northern Syria. The Qereh Qozak Bridge, which links Kobane with the northern countryside of Aleppo, was used by the group to move between southern Kobane and Jarablus city on border with Turkey, before the Kurdish units retook large areas in the vicinity of the bridge in late 2015. “Daesh terrorists detonated explosives and bombed the bridge completely,” spokesman of the Kurdish forces of People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Kobane, Hebun Osman, told ARA News, using an acronym for ISIS. “The terrorists have bombed the bridge to prevent the Kurdish fighters from using it against them in the battles,” the official said.
February 18, 2016
http://aranews.net/2016/02/isis-militants-bomb-key-bridge-south-kobane/
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears
Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State. The material, stored in a protective case the size of a laptop computer, went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra belonging to U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford, the document seen by Reuters showed and officials confirmed. A spokesman for Iraq’s environment ministry said he could not discuss the issue, citing national security concerns. Weatherford said in a statement that it was not responsible or liable for the theft. “We do not own, operate or control sources or the bunker where the sources are stored,” it said. The material, which uses gamma rays to test flaws in materials used for oil and gas pipelines in a process called industrial gamma radiography, is owned by Istanbul-based SGS Turkey, according to the document and officials.
February 17, 2016
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Feb. 12 – Feb. 17, 2016
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202016-02-17.pdf
Kurdish Headline: Kurdish forces say IS fired chemical weapons at them
A Kurdish military officer and a medical official said Thursday that Islamic State militants had fired mortar shells believed to have been filled with a chemical substance, possibly chlorine, at Kurdish troops close to the Iraqi town of Sinjar, wounding 30 fighters. Dr. Afrasiab Mussa Yones, director of Dohuk hospital, told The Associated Press that nine Kurdish soldiers were admitted with symptoms including vomiting, nausea, shortness of breath and itching. Yones says that further analysis is required, but the symptoms suggest chlorine was used. Col. Lukhman Kulli Ibrahim said that he lost consciousness when the mortar struck on Friday. He struggled to breathe and he felt his eyes and chest were burning. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has confirmed that IS used mustard gas on Kurdish forces last August.
February 18, 2016
http://www.timesofisrael.com/kurdish-forces-say-is-fired-chemical-weapons-at-them/
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Turkey.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Turkey.
Beth Togarmah is Armenia.
Turkey
Headline: Terror attack in Turkish capital targets military personnel
Headline: Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara bomb, vows response in Syria and Iraq
An explosion targeting Turkish military buses carrying personnel killed at least 28 people and wounded 61 others in the capital city of Ankara Wednesday, in what government officials called an intricately planned act of terror. The U.S. Embassy in Ankara activated “duck and cover” following the nearby explosion, a U.S. government source told Fox News. “We believe that those who lost their lives included our military brothers as well as civilians,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said. The buses were waiting at traffic lights at an intersection, the Turkish military said while condemning the “contemptible and dastardly” attack. At least two military vehicles caught fire and dozens of ambulances were sent to the scene. Dark smoke could be seen billowing from a distance. It was not clear who was behind the bombing. Kurdish rebels, the Islamic State group and a leftist extremist group have carried out attacks in the country recently.
February 18, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-blast-idUSKCN0VQ25S
Headline: Oil pipeline blown up in Turkey
Militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have blown up the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline’s section running through Turkey’s Sanliurfa province. Turkey receives oil from Iraq via the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. After the explosion, the oil transportation from Iraq to Turkey via this pipeline was suspended, Anadolu Agency reported Feb. 18. This is not the first PKK attack on the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. In July 2015, it was blown up by the PKK militants.
February 18, 2016
http://en.trend.az/business/energy/2496436.html
Headline: Russia-Turkey spat threatens to draw NATO into Syrian conflict
Turkey and Russia risk setting off an “accidental war” which threatens to bring NATO into the equation, analysts say. “Both Russia and Turkey are looking to position for strategic advantage,” Tim Ash, head of emerging-market strategy at Nomura in London, said on Feb. 15. “The risk is of an actual Russo-Turkish military clash, which would then threaten to draw in NATO.” While Turkey is seen as unlikely to launch a ground incursion into Syria that would put its troops under Russian fire, the risk of an “accidental” clash is “still real,” said Michael Gunter, author of several books on the Kurds and a professor of political science at Tennessee Tech University. If Turkey takes further action to counter the Kurds and Russia, he said, “things could quickly escalate into a greater confrontation which nobody in their correct mind would want.” Russia has been carrying out military exercises in the Black Sea area that are “a signal to Turkey not to stage a provocation,” according to Igor Korotchenko, director of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade in Moscow. “We have enough forces to bring (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan back to his senses if Turkey forces us to act militarily,” Korotchenko said.
February 17, 2016
http://www.worldtribune.com/russia-turkey-spat-threatens-to-draw-nato-into-syrian-conflict/
Afghanistan
Headline: Red Cross halts operations in Afghan province after staff taken
Headline: Three killed in Afghan forces raid on clinic run by Swedish aid group
Headline: Two Badakhshan Districts Run By Insurgents
The Red Cross has suspended operations in the central Afghan province of Ghazni after an armed group kidnapped five local staff members, the international aid organization said on Thursday. The five Afghan staff were stopped and abducted as they were traveling by road in the province, which has seen frequent kidnappings and murders on its highways. An emailed statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan said the organization had established contacts and was working to secure the release of its staff, who were detained on Tuesday. It said it had halted operations in Ghazni and was reviewing security elsewhere in Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for aid workers. However, activities in the rest of the country were continuing, the statement said.
February 18, 2016
http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/red-cross-halts-operations-in-afghan-province-after-staff-taken/
http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCAKCN0VR1MP?rpc=401
http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/23835-two-badakhshan-districts-run-by-insurgents-governor
Libya
Headline: US will keep looking to hit Daesh targets in Libya
Headline: Exclusive: Obama Refuses to Hit ISIS’s Libyan Capital
President Barack Obama says the US will continue attacking the Daesh group in Libya as targets are identified. Obama is speaking at a news conference in California. He says the US will go after Daesh “wherever it appears.” Obama is pointing to a raid the US carried out last year that killed a top Daesh leader in Libya. He said Washington will take action when it has a clear target in mind.
Obama also said he is working with other countries to identify opportunities to thwart militants in Libya. Obama said Libya could be successful if it had a functioning government. He said there are plenty of groups in Libya that disagree with Daesh and said establishing a government is a key step to resolving the conflict.
February 18, 2016
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/882161
Headline: Nato enters the migration control business
European policymakers have been burning the midnight oil looking for ways to keep Syrian and other refugees and migrants from reaching Greece and swelling the ranks of asylum seekers in the European Union. The Nato operation announced on 11 February may perhaps serve this purpose, but raises the question of whether stemming the flow will, in effect, mean collective expulsions that deny the right to seek asylum. Even as Nato ships steam into the Aegean Sea, the terms of reference of the operation remain clouded. Nato’s Supreme Allied Commander, US airforce general Philip Breedlove, has said he has only now been tasked “to go back and define the mission.” In the meantime, contradictory statements abound. Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg claimed: “This is not about stopping or pushing back refugee boats.” The UK defence minister Michael Fallon immediately contradicted him: “They will not be taken back to Greece. The aim of the group is to have them taken back to Turkey. That is the crucial difference.” The public presentation of Nato’s anticipated role has mostly been about surveillance aimed at stopping human-smuggling networks. Germany’s defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, said that migrants would only be picked up as an emergency measure but added that there is a “firm agreement” with Ankara that refugees rescued by Nato ships would “be brought back to Turkey.” The Greek defence chief, Panos Kammenos, said the agreement “will finally solve the issue of migration.”
February 18, 2016
https://euobserver.com/opinion/132309
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Taliban militants gun down 9 security forces in NW Pakistan
Taliban militants have shot dead at least nine Pakistani security forces personnel in two separate attacks across a volatile tribal region near the Afghan border, officials say. Naveed Akbar, a local administration official, said on Thursday that at least seven paramilitary forces lost their lives when militants ambushed a village checkpost in the volatile Mohmand Agency, which is located about 177 km (110 miles) from the capital Islamabad. Separately, two members of paramilitary force on guard duty were gunned down by a group of militants in the same volatile region, the official added. “The attacks came at around 1:00 am. It was pitch black and the policemen were caught unaware. The militants struck suddenly and killed them without giving them a chance to fight back,” the official said. Meanwhile, the Jamaat-ur-Ahrar faction of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for both attacks.
February 18, 2016
Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Prophecy Sign: Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: China sends missiles to contested South China Sea island
China has deployed anti-aircraft missiles on a disputed South China Sea island in a major escalation of tensions with the United States over the world’s most lucrative shipping lanes. Taiwan’s defence ministry told The Telegraph that it has confirmed the existence of the missiles on an island in the Paracel chain that are occupied by Beijing but also claimed by Taipei and Vietnam. Commercial satellite photographs obtained by Fox News appeared to show that Beijing has placed two batteries of eight missile launchers with a reported distance of 125 miles and radar-targeting equipment on Woody island. A US official later told the New York Times that the Pentagon also has “evidence”, believed to be satellite imagery, that the Chinese military has deployed surface-to-air missiles on the island. China later appeared to defended the installation at a regular media briefing. Hong Lei, a foreign ministry spokesman, said that while he was not aware of the specifics of a missile deployment, any armaments would be used for defence and were not part of a military build-up.
February 17, 2016
Headline: North Korea preparing to launch ‘terror’ attacks, South Korea claims
Headline: Upcoming US-South Korean Military Exercise to be Largest Ever
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching “terror” attacks on South Koreans, a top Seoul official said Thursday, as worries about the North grow after its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. In televised remarks, senior South Korean presidential official Kim Sung-woo said North Korea’s spy agency has begun work to implement Kim Jong Un’s order to “muster anti-South terror capabilities that can pose a direct threat to our lives and security.” He said the possibility of North Korean attacks “is increasing more than ever” and asked for quick passage of an anti-terror bill in parliament. Earlier Thursday, Seoul’s National Intelligence Service briefed ruling Saenuri Party members on a similar assessment on North Korea’s attack preparations, according to one of the party officials who attended the private meeting. During the briefing, the NIS, citing studies on past North Korean provocations and other unspecified assessments, said the attacks could target anti-Pyongyang activists, defectors and government officials in South Korea, the party official said requesting anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to media publicly. Attacks on subways, shopping malls and other public places could also happen, he said. The official quoted the NIS as saying North Korea could launch poisoning attacks on the activists and defectors, or lure them to China where they would be kidnapped.
February 18, 2016
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide– “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: China leads global U.S. debt dump
Headline: Few fiscal, monetary policy moves left to fight global growth slowdown, Moody’s warns
Headline: Hungary Central Bank Stockpiles Guns, Bullets Citing Terror Risk
The largest owner of U.S. debt, China sold $18 billion of U.S. Treasury debt in December. And it’s not alone. Japan sold even more: $22 billion. In the past year, Mexico, Turkey and Belgium have also lowered their holdings of U.S. debt, all of which have led to a record annual dump by central banks. Many countries are suffering from the global economic slowdown, forcing central banks to pull out all the stops to help buttress their economies. Central banks in Japan and Sweden have resorted to negative interest rates to spur banks to lend more; the European Central Bank is buying bonds issued by its member countries; the People’s Bank of China is injecting cash into its financial system. For many central banks, selling U.S. Treasuries gives them the cash to prop up their collapsing currencies. “These interventions are trying to add some air to the parachute,” says Win Thin, head of emerging market currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman. In total, central banks sold off a net $225 billion in U.S. Treasury debt last year, the most since at least 1978, the last year of available data.
February 18, 2016
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/economy/china-us-debt-dump-central-banks/index.html
***TRACK BACK: Tuesday’s news headline saw this
Headline: Saudi Arabia, Russia agree oil output freeze; talks with Iran to follow
February 16, 2016
***today’s news headlines:
Headline: Saudi won’t cut oil output, foreign minister tells AFP
February 18, 2016
http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-wont-cut-oil-output-foreign-minister-tells-162230043.html
Headline: Iran snubs Doha proposal, won’t freeze oil output
February 18, 2016
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-snubs-doha-proposal-wont-freeze-oil-output-084336527–finance.html
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Mystery black rain hits Michigan town: Tar-like substance falls from the sky and leaves residents bewildered
A city in Michigan is perplexed after a a tar-like substance has rained down on their cars, porches and driveways this week. The black, oily substance first appeared on at least six driveways in Harrison Township on Sunday, and days later, what the material is still remains a mystery. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials collected samples of the substance on Wednesday. The city’s fire chief sad that it is not bird droppings and is not flammable, according to WXYZ. Harrison Township resident Paul Schlutow, 73, said ‘everybody’s concerned’ about the substance and the major concern is that the substance could potentially be harmful. Residents originally believed that the substance could have come from the nearby Selfridge Air National Guard Base, but the base released a statement saying it was not coming from their location. ‘There is no indication that the substance in question came from a military aircraft of any type,’ the statement said. The statement said the airbase has ‘been in communication with the Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, which was sending a representative to the area in question to review the material’.
February 17, 2016
***All earthquakes are instantly posted to my Facebook page; Please be sure to visit my Facebook page to see ALL the maps of the large earthquakes from March 2014 – today
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.931241630279041.1073741830.353621338041076&type=3
Headline: What’s shaking? 
List & map of USGS Earthquakes