UN eyes vote on resolution against Israel  – Tue Feb 15 

UNITED NATIONS AFP – The UN Security Council is likely to vote this week on a resolution filed by Arab countries condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, according to a Palestinian diplomat.

The vote is expected Thursday(17th) or Friday(18th), the diplomat said.

Massive Sunspot 1158 produced a major X2.2 Class Solar Flare at 01:56 UTC Tuesday Feb15. This was the largest Solar Flare of Cycle 24 and a full halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was associated with the event.

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M1 0744  Feb16

 

Big sunspot AR1158 poses a 20% threat for Earth-directed X-flares.b-18 Feb
Class M    60/60/60
Class X    20/20/20
 6 Feb-18 Feb
Clvent Probabilities 16 Feb-18 Feb
Class M    60/60/60
Class X    20/20/20
Bz (its north-south component): between +/- 5 nT; be aware that this parameter is like the on/off button for Earth’s magnetosphere: the more southward or negative it is, the more energy will be transferred to the magnetosphere, resulting in auroras and magnetic storms.

 

Not only are earth directed class M and X Flares coming from #1158, but it's also rotating towards that superhighway location, 60 degrees west longitude.

 

 

 

The Mideast very much still sitting on a powder keg.

 

CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt's military rulers warned that a wave of strikes sweeping the country was "disastrous,"

 

 Egypt's oil and gas pipelines at a standstill
DEBKAfile 

 

The pipeline carrying Saudi and Gulf oil from the Red Sea to the Egyptian Mediterranean is idle.  Although Cairo and the owners, Arab Petroleum Pipelines, say SudMed is working normally, debkafile's sources confirm the pipeline, which carries 3.1 million barrels of Gulf oil per day from the Red Sea to Egypt's Mediterranean coast, was inoperative Monday and Tuesday morning, Feb. 14 and 15, due to a general strike.

 

 

Bahrain protesters urge more pressure on rulers

 

MANAMA, Bahrain - Protesters demanding sweeping political reforms from Bahrain's rulers held their ground Wednesday (Feb 16)

 

 

 

Thousands of Yemeni police confront protesters(Feb 16)

 

 

Pro, anti-govt supporters clash in Tehran(Feb 16)

 

 

Napolitano: terror threat may be highest since 9/11

 

The terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland has continued to "evolve" and may now "be at its most heightened state" since the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told members of Congress on Wednesday.

Feb. 9th

 

 

Watch for that UN vote.

 

God Bless,

gail