Monday, July 30, 2007
War Merry Go-Round Continues
Just days after the US announces a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states worth $20bn (£9.8bn) over the next decade, The US ambassador at the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, has accused Saudi Arabia of undermining efforts to stabilise Iraq.
Any soldier that thinks they're fighting for freedom or any kind of rubbish like that deserves to be a soldier. All they are doing is increasing arms sales by letting the enemy use up their (American) weapons by shooting at American soldiers. Still, at least the intelligence reports should be more accurate - they can just look at the reciepts. ((c) Bill Hicks joke).
Any soldier that thinks they're fighting for freedom or any kind of rubbish like that deserves to be a soldier. All they are doing is increasing arms sales by letting the enemy use up their (American) weapons by shooting at American soldiers. Still, at least the intelligence reports should be more accurate - they can just look at the reciepts. ((c) Bill Hicks joke).
Friday, July 27, 2007
Anti-Terrorism At It's Best - Not
How can governments increase their powers to prevent terrorism when you have a comedy operation like this going on:-
The Australian authorities have dropped terror charges against an Indian-born doctor over the failed car bomb attacks in the UK.
* Mohamed Haneef had been accused of giving "reckless support" to terrorism - by providing a SIM card.
* The 27-year-old doctor has been in custody since 2 July - 25 days so far for an innocent man.
* He had his visa cancelled "on character grounds", whatever that is
* Prosecutors had claimed that the doctor's SIM card had been found in the burning car that crashed into Glasgow international airport - it later emerged the card had actually been found in a flat in Liverpool, some 300km (185 miles) from Glasgow.
* All charges have now been dropped.
The Australian authorities have dropped terror charges against an Indian-born doctor over the failed car bomb attacks in the UK.
* Mohamed Haneef had been accused of giving "reckless support" to terrorism - by providing a SIM card.
* The 27-year-old doctor has been in custody since 2 July - 25 days so far for an innocent man.
* He had his visa cancelled "on character grounds", whatever that is
* Prosecutors had claimed that the doctor's SIM card had been found in the burning car that crashed into Glasgow international airport - it later emerged the card had actually been found in a flat in Liverpool, some 300km (185 miles) from Glasgow.
* All charges have now been dropped.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Another Increase to the Terror Limit?
What do you do if you're a government that has enough laws to handle terrorism, doesn't use them properly, but wants to look like you're doing something? Create new laws! And if you're not creative enough to think of anything new, why not just make more radical version of the existing ones!
Is it sheer co-incidence that police need exactly twice as much time as they have now to interrogate a suspect? Not 55 days, not 57, but 56? This proves that they've plucked an arbitary number out of thin air.
And if I was held for 56 days and then released without charge, I'd certainly be angry at someone -and maybe even become radicalized...
Is it sheer co-incidence that police need exactly twice as much time as they have now to interrogate a suspect? Not 55 days, not 57, but 56? This proves that they've plucked an arbitary number out of thin air.
And if I was held for 56 days and then released without charge, I'd certainly be angry at someone -and maybe even become radicalized...
Friday, July 20, 2007
Loans for Peerages Whitewash
I'm not at all surprised, since there was unlikely to be any evidence like a reciept or email, but can it really be a co-incidence that most people who have given significant loans to the Labour party have been given a peerage?
In fact, to take it a step further, do people who give loans to political parties expect anything in return? Of course they do. It's called corruption, and even though everyone knows it goes on, it doesn't make it any less corrupt.
In fact, to take it a step further, do people who give loans to political parties expect anything in return? Of course they do. It's called corruption, and even though everyone knows it goes on, it doesn't make it any less corrupt.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Memo To All Staff at the BBC
Don't lie and/or decieve. How hard can it be - do you need a bloody training course?
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Real Enemy
About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia. Not that we need another reason to wonder why on earth we're wasting our time in Iraq, and not like we didn't know that Saudi housed most of the 9/11 terrorists.
Sod 90 days, lets go for a lifetime!
Police cheifs are asking to be able to hold people for as long as it takes to fulfill an investigation.
How long could that take? In this day of CCTV cameras and emails, it can take as long as the time someone is prepared to spend. There's always going to be one more CCTV camera to check, one more email log, on more web forum, one more PC's hard-disk. All the while, an innocent person is sat in a cell. I'd hate to be locked up for a single day, much less 90 days, and much less for an unknown length of time - that would be the worst aspect: not even knowing how long I was going to be there.
How long could that take? In this day of CCTV cameras and emails, it can take as long as the time someone is prepared to spend. There's always going to be one more CCTV camera to check, one more email log, on more web forum, one more PC's hard-disk. All the while, an innocent person is sat in a cell. I'd hate to be locked up for a single day, much less 90 days, and much less for an unknown length of time - that would be the worst aspect: not even knowing how long I was going to be there.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
War Coroners:
There's no such thing. How convenient is it for the Government to send all the dead bodies from a whole war to one single coroners office, which is given no extra money above what it is given for handling all the regular deaths in civilian life? In this way, the Government can delay embarrasing reports like this one, that has ruled (4 years after the event) that a soldiers death could have been avoided.
Why do people join the army when, once they are expended, this is how they will be treat?
Why do people join the army when, once they are expended, this is how they will be treat?
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The Real Cost of Iraq
Friday, July 06, 2007
The Tax Office - A Law Unto Itself
Only a day after Revenue and Customs announce plans to take money directly from people's accounts, it has been revealed that over 1 million people paid an incorrect amount of tax last year due to mistakes by Revenue and Customs (5% of all cases).
Thursday, July 05, 2007
ASBO's - The Inevitable Happens
What happens when you create a form of punishment that doesn't involve having to be found guilty of anything? Correct - innocent people are punished, and inevitably, this is what has happened with ASBO's. In case you didn't know, you don't need to be found guilty of anything to receive an ASBO.
A woman given an Anti Social Behaviour order (Asbo) based on false allegations made against her is to be compensated by the council that issued it.
Manchester City Council will pay the woman £2,000 for what the Local Government Ombudsman called an "abuse of power of nightmarish proportions".
A woman given an Anti Social Behaviour order (Asbo) based on false allegations made against her is to be compensated by the council that issued it.
Manchester City Council will pay the woman £2,000 for what the Local Government Ombudsman called an "abuse of power of nightmarish proportions".
Iraq - The Truth Comes Out
Australia has admitted that securing oil is a key factor behind its continued troop deployment in Iraq.
I wonder how long before the rest of the coalition admit it too. WMD's? Promoting democracy? Don't make me laugh.
I wonder how long before the rest of the coalition admit it too. WMD's? Promoting democracy? Don't make me laugh.
