Lots of activity in Liverpool. is it just that there’s a good local paper that runs the story or is there really a major police initiative to change things? I really must look at some other local newspapers.

An earlier post from the New York Times warned that this was happening in larger Latin American states. Now the smaller Caribbean islands are receiving deportees with a high propensity to violence, acquired in US cities and prisons. Joy!

Oh, oh! On the basis that we in Europe get whatever the US gets, but 10 to 15 years later, here’s a glimpse into the future. The elderly are being targeted for their painkillers. DEA now coordinating a national take-back programme.

Trial begins in Lithuania. Very short article. There will be more to come over the next few days.

threat level from dissident Republicans to UK “mainland” raised from moderate to substantial.

Aha…If it did, then we finally have real cyberwarfare.

Guardian interview with spokesperson for Real IRA. Link to background as to how story arranged. Old business of “there’s only 100 of them”. If there were only 100 paramilitaries, that’s quite enough, thank you. PIRA rarely kept more than that number in the field. 100 = 20 x 5 person cells….although that’s not the way … REAL IRA SAYS IT WILL TARGET UK BANKERS

The Independent Monitoring Commission reports that the mureder of Bobby Moffett was agreed by the leadership of the UVF…but recommends no sanctions…Dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone emerging again.

Around 1,000 people in UK living under witness protection programme. This guy testified against the Gooch Gang in Moss Side. Lots of bits to this article: overview of the specific witness, Moss Side, and the couple that the programme failed.

Claim is that he was a “freelance” undercover agent whose cover was blown when he was compelled to testify in a Real IRA trial.