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The director of Basra Airport has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen
Read More (Untitled)October 2007
Target for Tonight
Your instructions, gentlemen, based on the conclusions in this post. * David Miliband’s Statement on ‘Iraq: Locally Recruited Civilians’ of 9th October stated that Britain will help to resettle- in the wider Middle East, or in the United Kingdom- Iraqis who can prove that they have worked for this country’s soldiers or diplomats for a…
Read More Target for TonightIntellectual Rigour
Says Royal Holloway prof, and I suppose colleague, David Cesarani in a wankerish letter to the Guardian: Would Mearsheimer and Walt care to explain the power of the Armenian lobby? Apart from “why not ask them?”, I can offer a more useful answer. Aqoul: The bill, pushed by Armenian-Americans, who crucially are an important constituency…
Read More Intellectual RigourUninspired surveillance post
A short compendium of US illegal surveillance links: Qwest “threatened with loss of contracts” after pre-11/9 surveillance request, says exec on insider trading rap. Greenwald blasts immunity proposal. David Isenberg. Much detail. Laura Rozen. I have nothing very original to say, except to point out that there seems to be quite a big iceberg here.…
Read More Uninspired surveillance postPriceless
What do the two halves of the Control Party – its Scottish and Northern wing, and its Southern and Posh wing, both – think should have no price in our society? Recap: a price is a measure of something’s value in terms of the alternatives you forgo by choosing it. Prices are a constraint; they…
Read More Priceless0x05B7Y: Out of Bolts Error
Remember when the Airbus A380 was delayed and it was an example of the total bankruptcy of socialist Europe’s way of life? Look what’s happening with Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner (and BA’s fleet)… Boeing blamed the delivery delay on continuing problems with flight control software, being produced by Honeywell International, and integrating other systems on the…
Read More 0x05B7Y: Out of Bolts ErrorChris Bryant is a Credit to Parliament
So last night we all (well, for small values of “all” – you know who you are) got ourselves dressed up smart and went to bang on the doors of Parliament. And yes, as Dan Hardie claimed, the cops outside it are indeed polite – you’re not going to get much praise for the Met…
Read More Chris Bryant is a Credit to ParliamentOctober ’08 and Out?
Here is the text of the government’s written statement on the Iraqi employees: On 8 August the Prime Minister announced a review of the Government’s assistance to our Locally Engaged staff in Iraq. The Defence Secretary, Home Secretary, Secretary of State for International Development, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and I have now agreed on…
Read More October ’08 and Out?IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN UPDATE – READ THIS NOW
IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN UPDATE – READ THIS NOW The Iraqi Employees campaign lobby of Parliament has been double-booked by Hazel Blears; we are therefore moving it from Committee Room 14 to the Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, in order to avoid the risk of contamination. The times are the same and are 1900-2100, Tuesday, 9th October 2007.…
Read More IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN UPDATE – READ THIS NOWMission Maintenu…
Special campaign update: Whatever the Govt is leaking to the Times, we’re still going to leap into their back garden on Tuesday night. This campaign is not over until the people concerned are filing down the airstair at Brize Norton. You can still turn up, and you can still call your MP tomorrow. Even if…
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