HAMAS WAR ON DRUGS

The original headline is just too silly to use. An account of the changing Hamas policy against drugs, with a very small account of the nature of the problem, which is then tied into Hamas opposition to alcohol and moves against smoking in public places.

13 BRITONS HELD OVER SPAIN DRUG RING

More Liverpudlians nicked, this time in Spain. This gang allegedly selling drugs in holiday resorts including ecstasy in Ibiza. There’s a bit more information in the Liverpool Echo: http://tinyurl.com/3399997

BE VERY AFRAID-WE ARE BEING FLEECED BY PURVEYORS OF FEAR

Piece by Simon Jenkins, reminding us that during the 70s, very real bombs went off in the UK regularly, but there wasnt the massive apparatus of “security” specialists trying to terrify the population on a daily basis. he asks the proper policing question: cui bono?