UK - The origins of the great war of 2007

Niall Ferguson explains.
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UK - Losing trust

In just about everyone according to this graph. They're certainly right not to trust the Media, especially the BBC. As bloggers continue to grow and expose the lies and bias of news organizations, expect peoples trust in the media to continue to fall.


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Iran - Students rioting

Gateway Pundit reports.

We need to give those who oppose the mad mullahs all our support.
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US - Huffington and Gore rewrite history?

This sure sounds like it.

This looks like it would backfire to me. The last Democrat who touted his French connections and wanted to be President, lost.
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UK - Death threats from Reuters?

It will be interesting to see if Reuters responds to this.
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UK - A call for sanity for the Left

From the Left.

That is the actual geography, with four regions, not three. A significant segment of the international left lost touch with some of its most important values.

Conceived in a small blogospheric space because of a hunch that there were people out there in the world who found this state of affairs troubling, the Euston Manifesto stepped out. And the hunch has been confirmed.

Why has it taken so long for some on the Left to speak out against some of the insanity coming from a large portion of the Left?
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UK - Galloway: murder of Blair would be 'justified'

And he accuses Blair of war crimes.

The Respect MP George Galloway has said it would be morally justified for a suicide bomber to murder Tony Blair.

In an interview with GQ magazine, the reporter asked him: "Would the assassination of, say, Tony Blair by a suicide bomber - if there were no other casualties - be justified as revenge for the war on Iraq?"

Mr Galloway replied: "Yes, it would be morally justified. I am not calling for it - but if it happened it would be of a wholly different moral order to the events of 7/7. It would be entirely logical and explicable. And morally equivalent to ordering the deaths of thousands of innocent people in Iraq - as Blair did."

I'm not a lawyer, but a sitting MP alleging the Prime Minister committed war crimes I think would be illegal.

Currently Britain's Communist and terrorists loving MP is Cuba toasting his dictator pal Castro.

The Cuban president, in his customary military fatigues, looked on approvingly as the British MP said Mr Castro was a symbol of dignity.

"The Cubans are the only people in the entire world who have a leader who can say that he doesn't possess one dollar to his name," said Mr Galloway.

Well, George "Wormtounge" Galloway, that might be because the Cuban currency is the Peso. Besides, with nearly a billion in the bank, Castro can have it in any currency he wants.

As usual the BBC misinforms its readers.

The MP said he too had been slandered as a thief, when unproved claims were made that he had profited from the Iraq oil-for-food programme.

What the BBC doesn't tell you is that Galloway is still under investigation here and in the US for his involvement in the UN's oil for food scandal. The investigation has uncovered oil for food monies deposited in Galloway's wife's account when they were still together.

In addition, the Charities Commission has reopened its investigation into Galloway's sham appeal, set up to launder the oil for food money, based on new evidence provided by the UN. The original investigation was abandoned becasue Galloway sent the appeal's records to Jordan. He was never cleared by the Commission as he claims.

With any justice we will one day see Galloway behind bars where he belongs.
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UK - BBC misleads on alleged CIA flights

No surprise there is there? As usual with the BBC, they intentionally leave out important information that refutes the story. Now, why do you suppose that is?

Here's how the BBC try and pull the wool over your eyes.

The government insists there is no evidence of secret prisoner flights.

But allegations about the so-called "renditions" have continued.

It's not just the "government insists there is no evidence". Two seperate EU investigations found the same thing.

BRUSSELS -- Investigations into reports that US agents shipped prisoners through European airports to secret detention centers have produced no evidence of illegal CIA activities, the European Union's antiterrorism coordinator said yesterday.

The investigations also have not turned up any proof of secret renditions of terror suspects on EU territory, Gijs de Vries told a European Parliament committee investigating the allegations.

So who is making the "allegations"?

But so far investigators have not identified any human rights violations, despite more than 50 hours of testimony by human rights activists and individuals who said they were abducted by US intelligence agents, de Vries said.

''We've heard all kinds of allegations, impressions; we've heard also refutations. It's up to your committee to weigh if they are true. It does not appear to be proven beyond reasonable doubt," he said. ''There has not been, to my knowledge, evidence that these illegal renditions have taken place."

See here.

And there is no evidence of so called secret prisons.

STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 24 - An inquiry by the Council of Europe into allegations that the C.I.A. has operated secret detention centers in Eastern Europe has turned up no evidence that such centers ever existed, though the leader of the inquiry, Dick Marty, said there are enough "indications" to justify continuing the investigation.

Where does Mr. Marty get his "indications" from?

Drawing from news reports, Mr. Marty contended that "more than a hundred" detainees have been moved anonymously and illegally through Europe under the program.

See here.

"Drawing from news reports"!!!

I would imagine some of those news reports came from the BBC.

If this story is worth reporting by the BBC, they owe it to the public to tell the whole story.
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Iraq - Predator catches IED plant: Hellfire employed

I hope this happend often.

Click here to watch 'Predator-finds-IED-emplacers-blows-up-their-car'
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Iraq - A reminder for the Left

Which is sorely needed.
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US - Economy Dashes Ahead at 5.3 Percent Pace

From the AP.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Emerging from a year-end rut, the economy dashed ahead in the opening quarter of this year at a 5.3 percent pace, the fastest in 2 1/2 years and even stronger than previously thought.

The new snapshot showed gross domestic product during the January-to-March period exceeded the 4.8 percent annual rate initially estimated a month ago, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

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Bali - JI training in chemical weapons

According to this report.

TERRORISTS linked to the group blamed for the Bali bombings are being trained in the use of chemical weapons that can cause widespread death and destruction.

Terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna has warned that the authorities have proof Jemaah Islamiah has been training its operatives in chemical warfare.

Dr Gunaratna said authorities had recovered a training manual from the home of a senior JI leader instructing terrorists on how to develop and launch an attack with the deadly chemical, hydrogen cyanide.

"The chemicals and biological agents discussed in the manual were similar to those that al-Qa'ida had been experimenting with and producing in laboratories in Afghanistan," Dr Gunaratna said. "Al-Qa'ida has conducted experiments on dogs and rabbits exposing them to the fumes and forcing them to die harrowing deaths."

This will get the civil rights people in a twist.

Mr Keelty said yesterday one of the breakthroughs from this week's conference was the launch of a web-based criminal database linking member nations and the Interpol database. He said the database would allow authorities to track the movements of criminals and terrorists throughout the region.

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UK - Customs 'investigating WMD case'

Customs!! Customs!! According to the BBC customs is investigating a case of weapons of mass destruction. I sure as hell hope there's more than customs involved.

Pressed by the former Conservative defence minister, Sir John Stanley, Mr Fuchter confirmed that the investigation involved components or materials related to weapons of mass destruction.

Sir John said the case was "clearly of profound significance" and he wasn't aware that it had previously appeared in the public domain.

Was it?

This story raises more questions than it answers. You know, the usual journalistic basics like, who, what, why, where, when, etc. Take this one paragraph for instance.

It would be the first case using new powers imposing penalties on British nationals for some offences committed abroad that involve trafficking in torture equipment or long-range missiles.

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UK - London club 'bombing plan' taped

And the BBC's "mouth" is taped shut so they don't utter the word "Muslim". Despite the fact that these Muslims wanted to blow up a place where "If you went for the social structure where every Tom, Dick and Harry goes on a Saturday night, yeah, that would be crazy."

The fact that Muslim terrorists continue to try and destroy western societies simply because they dispise our way of life, is central to the story. But as usual the BBC censor anything that portrays Muslims in a bad light.

And here's something else we need to worry about.

In the secret security recordings, Omar Khyam, 24, of Crawley, West Sussex, is heard apparently discussing targeting utility companies with the help of recruits with inside knowledge, to cut off essential supplies around the country.

Who are they and where are they.
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Palestinians teaching children to hate:video

This is what the Palestinians teach their children.


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US - CAIR "Islamophobia" Propaganda at VOA

LFG has the story.

Now we're paying to spread CAIR's propaganda?!?

Unreal.
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Europe rethinks its 'safe haven' status

Better late than never I suppose.

The sentiment isn't isolated. Earlier this month, Austria's Interior Minister Liese Prokop announced that 45 percent of Muslim immigrants were "unintegratable," and suggested that those people should "choose another country."

In the Netherlands, one of Europe's most integrated refugees and a critic of radical Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, resigned her seat in parliament in the wake of criticism that she faked details on her asylum application to the Netherlands in 1992. And France's lower house of parliament last week passed a strict new immigration law, now awaiting Senate approval.

Indeed, recent rumblings from the top echelons of governments across Europe suggest that the continent is rethinking its once-vaunted status as a haven for refugees as it becomes more suspicious that many immigrants are coming to exploit its social benefits and democratic principles.

Bingo!
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US - Cheney may be called in CIA leak case

So much for Truth Out's claim thae Cheney had been indicted.

The AP uses this article to continue to spread the Wilson lie.

In the Times article, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson accused the Bush administration of twisting intelligence on Iraq to justify going to war. In 2002, the CIA sent Wilson to Niger to determine whether Iraq tried to buy uranium yellowcake from Niger to build a nuclear weapon. Wilson discounted the reports. But the allegation wound up in President Bush's 2003 State of the Union address.

Yeah, Wilson discounted the reports because he wanted to discredit the Administration. Subsequent investigations revealed that Wilson's information bolstered the case that Iraq tried to obtain uranium from Niger.

Here's a recent Washington Post article on the subject.

The affair concerns, once again, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his absurdly over-examined visit to the African country of Niger in 2002. Each time the case surfaces, opponents of the war in Iraq use it to raise a different set of charges, so it's worth recalling the previous iterations. Mr. Wilson originally claimed in a 2003 New York Times op-ed and in conversations with numerous reporters that he had debunked a report that Iraq was seeking to purchase uranium from Niger and that Mr. Bush's subsequent inclusion of that allegation in his State of the Union address showed that he had deliberately "twisted" intelligence "to exaggerate the Iraq threat." The material that Mr. Bush ordered declassified established, as have several subsequent investigations, that Mr. Wilson was the one guilty of twisting the truth. In fact, his report supported the conclusion that Iraq had sought uranium.

That doesn't stop AP reporters like this one from twisting the truth.
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Ireland - Muslim abuse on the rise

Guess whose fault it is? Ours.

According to the Equality Authority, negative portrayals of Muslims in the media are leading to more attacks.

Of course the "honor killings", gang rapes, persecution of women, gays and all other religions, not to mention all manner of atrocities commited by Muslims around the world, have nothing to do with it. They never do.

The folks in Ireland can't be reading the BBC because the BBC censor any negative reporting of Muslims. The BBC only portray Muslims in a good light or as the victims.
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Iraq - Bill Clinton claims Iraq has WMD

Here's a blast from the past. Listen to Bill Clinton send American forces to destroy Iraq's WMD.

There is a slight pause before the audio starts, so be patient.

Click here to watch 'Bill-Clinton-claims-Iraq-has-WMD'

Did Bill Clinton lie us into war then?
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