“We have delegated to drug lords the job of managing our immigrant supply, just as they manage our supply of narcotics. The results are clear.” We arent quite so bad in Europe, but we need to learn from the mistakes being made on the US-Mexico border. We’ve only delegated our immigrant supply policy to organised … MASSACRE AT TAMAULIPAS
This is a regular story that reflects some truth in that radicalisation is probably being attempted within UK prisons. Note that the Ministry of Justice does not agree and has a special unit in place to counter the process. Bit alarmist for RUSI?
Very brief story with the bare facts. Lorry stopped near Drogheda, possibly on the way to Northern Ireland. Cigarettes allegedly from UAE. Garda estimates gangs making 3 million euros a week from cigarette sales. It has long been anecdotal that more money is made from smuggling cigarettes in European countries than smuggling drugs. Time for … THREE MILLION CIGARETTES SEIZED
The issue: does rooting out corruption destabilise the Karzai Government? Whoever is arguing this in the Obama Administration needs to be forced to watch a presentation on the degree to which CORRUPTION destabilises that same government. Both processes hurt the government, but not getting to grips with corruption loses popular support daily. Afghans still see … KEY KARZAI AIDE IN CORRUPTION INQUIRY IS LINKED TO THE CIA
Second of the Guardian’s articles on al Qaida in the Yemen. More local colour than anything.
Washington Post says analysis of the wikileaks documents show al Qaeda fighters marginal to war in Afghanistan. Given the other fronts spparently opened up, this may not be surprising. Or was al Qaeda a mirage? Or again, have US efforts to choke off financing by killing the financiers been effective? The latter is unlikely. Money … FACING AFGHAN MISTRUST, AL QAEDA FIGHTERS TAKE LIMITED ROLE IN INSURGENCY
First of two articles in the Guardian involving interviews with al Q militants in Yemen as well as local politicians.
There are laws on cockle picking…and you can be a cockle poacher. “Coming over here, poaching our cockles”…
Court of Protection – Free will, Autonomy and Totalitarian Instincts.I think she’s right…and as we age, we will find ourselves declared incapacitated and our money will be seized to put us in a home…
This is the ACPO report that was being attacked earlier in the week. The figure of 2,600 is much lower than the NGOs have claimed.A copy of the report – Setting the Record – can be found here: http://www.acpo.police.uk/asp/policies/Data/Setting%20the%20Record%20(Project%20ACUMEN)%20Aug%202010.pdf
