Archive for January, 2007
On January 29, a Palestinian blew himself up in a bakery in the southern Israeli resort of Eilat. Three Israelis – Emi Haim Elmaliah, Michael Ben Sa’adon and Israel Zamalloa – were killed, in what was the first suicide bomb attack in nine months. A witness to the atrocity gave a grizzly description of events:
“I [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, News and politics | 16 Comments
Tags: Terrorism
Everyone, it seems, is talking about the upcoming invasion of Iran. Mark Cliffe, chief economist at the ING Group, argues that,
“Financial markets are assuming that an Israeli and/or US attack on Iran is unlikely. However, bellicose rhetoric from Israel and an imminent build-up of US forces in the Gulf suggest that they could be in [...]
Filed under: Iran, Media, News and politics, UK, US, WMD | 9 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy, News, War
Yesterday, I visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. Some highlights:
You wouldn’t want to mess with this pelican, especially if you happen to be a nice, fat, juicy pigeon.
Aww………
Seen from the air, the damage and deforestation in Sweden caused by logging and a recent hurricane just happens [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, UK | Leave a Comment
Tags: Environment
Bizarre BBC Headline Of The Day
“Virgin lizard proud mum and dad”
UPDATE: They have now changed the headline to: “Virgin lizard becomes new parent”. A wise decision.
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Media | 2 Comments
In Turkey yesterday, an ethnic Armenian journalist was gunned down, apparently by a teenager, outside his office in Istanbul. Hrant Dink, editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, was considered a traitor by many in Turkey for daring to call the killing of Armenians by the Turks from 1915 to 1917 a “genocide”. He had faced [...]
Filed under: European Union, Iraq, News and politics, Torture, UK | 32 Comments
Tags: EU, Human Rights, International & Foreign Policy, Turkey
The Trial Of Tony Blair
I’ve just finished watching The Trial of Tony Blair, a “biting feature-length satire” originally broadcast on More4. We join Tony in 2010 as he prepares to leave office, making way for Gordon Brown. President Hilary Clinton is in the White House and a resolution is up before the UN Security Council to put those responsible [...]
Filed under: Iraq, Media, News and politics, UK | 7 Comments
Tags: Democracy
Condoleeza Threatens Iran Again
When asked for her view on a possible military operation against Iran should talks aimed at persuading it to halt enrichment fail, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said:
“Well, I think that even talk of such just shows how very serious it would be to have Iran continue its program unabated.”
What? Is that a [...]
Filed under: Iran, News and politics, US, WMD | 4 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy, International Law, United Nations
Rice In The Middle East
Last year, the Israel waged a brutal aggressive war against Lebanon, killing over 1,000 civilians, roughly a third of them children. According to the Lebanese Higher Relief Council, another 4,054 people were injured and 970,000 were internally displaced – Amnesty International put the number at over a million. Amnesty concluded that the “evidence strongly suggests [...]
Filed under: Israeli / Palestinian, Lebanon, Media, News and politics, US | 10 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy, War
The Ministry Of War
In a “major speech” yesterday (transcript), Prime Minister Tony Blair defended his “controversial” foreign policy, insisting that Britain must continue to follow his doctrine of interventionism. A major theme of the address, repeated many times, is that the situation we face today is somehow radically different from anything we’ve ever faced before. Thus, Blair speaks [...]
Filed under: Iraq, UK, US, WMD | 5 Comments
Tags: International & Foreign Policy, International Law, War
On Thursday, U.S. troops, backed by helicopters, raided an Iranian consulate in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil. The soldiers “detained” six workers and “confiscated” documents and computers. This is, perhaps, the first instance of direct U.S. military action against Iran in years, and so represents a significant escalation in what can only be described [...]
Filed under: Iran, Iraq, News and politics, US, WMD | 10 Comments
Tags: War
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