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Blair, Brown, Prescott and Bush

When Blair gained power in 1997 (about the time of the fruition of the New American Century Organisation: -PNAC) he must have looked hard and long who his main political rivals were and decided to give them "TOP DOG JOBS" - Except these "TOP DOG JOBS " were actually worthless, well paid jobs with top perks but no power - Look at John Prescott -he was well known for not having anything to do for years and as for Gordon Brown - he was Chancellor but Chancellor of what? The Chancellor had his most important role removed early on in the Labour Party History - looking after and controlling the economy was no longer his job title - it had become the job of The Bank of England.

And look at what Bush has done to Blair now - "Well done Blair - you can do a nice safe job for me - Peace Envoy for the Middle East - dont worry about the fact that terrorist groups like Hamas are vying for your blood - After next year I'll have made my milllions through loads of dodgy arms deals etc etc and like my dad will be able to retire very nicely while you continue to do my dirty work me!!"


"GOOD LUCK ALL OF YOU - Sinking ship ? Rats leaving ? Thank god Im not a politician!!!

Bye Bye Blair!!!!

Whya certain politician was proably assasinated in 2005

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic: ?????? ??????? ?????? ??????, al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Marxist-Leninist, secular, nationalist Palestinian political and military organization, founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization (the largest being Fatah). It has generally taken a hard line on Palestinian national aspirations, opposing the more moderate stance of Fatah. It opposed the Oslo Accords and was for a long time opposed to the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but in 1999 came to an agreement with the PLO leadership regarding negotiations with Israel. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union[1], Canada [2], and Israel.See The Popular Front for The Liberation of Palestine

See comment made by myself about this particular blog - You should note that I didnt say that the PFLP caused the assasination of this particular person - maybe his involvement with them, in his student days didnt help (see book by Nicholas Blandford) - But as explained in previous blog entries nothing apart from a massive crater in the ground is all the proof that anyone else had anything to do with it - nothing apart from the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the chaos caused in Gaza and Palestine

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

" I don't believe it, but for once I've done a job where I wasn't lazy, stupid or corrupt and now Im just about to get killed for it!!-: Homer Simpson on taking on Fat Tony

Bin Laden made "Sword of Islam"

Osama Bin Laden has been made a "Sword or Islam" by Muslim clerics in Pakistan in retaliation for the Knighting of Salman Rushdie by Britain.

"If a Blasphemer can be given the title "Sir" by The West despite the fact that he has hurt the feelings of Muslims, then a mujahdid (religious warrior) who has been fighting the Russians, Americans and British must be given by the lofty title of Islam , Saifullah," said the chairman of The Pakistan Ulema Council, Tahir Ashrafi.


"Yes, but if The CIA hadnt trained Osama Bin Laden through the Pakistani Secret Services a) Bin Laden wouldnt have been able to fight off the Russians and b) he wouldnt be able to cause his chaos now, because yet again he wouldnt know CIA tactics do he wouldnt be so competent at putting a spanner in the works!!"

PS Bin Laden is supposedly hiding between the Pakistani and Afghan borders - Even though the CIA are no longer looking for him there's still a $10 million price on his head by the FBI!!!

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Blairs Secret Meeting with Thatcher in 1997

Blair Meets Thatcher Before Summit

Tony Blair has had a secret meeting with former Tory Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, Downing Street has confirmed.

Lady Thatcher visited the Prime Minister at No 10 on Thursday for around half an hour, the day before Mr Blair's first European summit in Noordwijk.

The talks between the two are thought to have covered a wide range of issues but the central focus was on foreign policy and Britain's relations with her partners in Europe and with the United States.


Tony Blair: Getting advice from the "iron lady"

Lady Thatcher, who played a leading role on the world stage for more than 11 years as Premier, is reported to have advised Mr Blair about the correct approach to international meetings and how to handle world leaders.

Their "friendly chat" came not only on the eve of the EU summit but also just prior to Mr Blair's meetings with US President Bill Clinton next week and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

The pair also talked about the importance of Nato and Britain's relationship with the United States, according to today's Sunday Telegraph .

The two politicians are reported to have mutual admiration for each other's strong leadership styles. Earlier this year, Lady Thatcher reportedly described Mr Blair as "a great patriot" and someone who would not "do Britain down".

Meanwhile Mr Blair has always stressed that he will not reverse the main elements of Lady Thatcher's right-wing revolution, amid signs that he too admires some of her achievements.

Reactions to the meeting have been mixed with former Labour Chancellor, Dennis Healey, criticising the move as a "bad choice", but in contrast former Labour Prime Minister, Lord Callaghan, said the meeting was "eminently sensible".


BBC Politics News 1997

The Original Big Brother (1984 By George Orwell)

The world of Nineteen Eighty-Four

The novel focuses on Winston Smith, who stands, seemingly alone. Orwell's original title for the novel was The Last Man in Europe,[8]which was dropped both because it did not sound ominous enough and because it implied a level of heroism in the main character. Although the storyline is unified, it could be described as having three parts and in fact it has been published in three parts by some publishers. The first part deals with the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four as seen through the eyes of Winston; the second part deals with Winston's forbidden sexual relationship with Julia and his eagerness to rebel against the Party; and the third part deals with Winston's capture by the Party and his imprisonment in the Ministry of Love.

The world described in Nineteen Eighty-Four parallels the Stalinist Soviet Union and Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. There are thematic similarities: the betrayed revolution, with which Orwell had famously dealt in Animal Farm; the subordination of individuals to "the Party"; and the rigorous distinction between the Inner Party, Outer Party, and everyone else. There are also direct parallels of the activities within the society: leader worship, such as that towards Big Brother, who can be compared to dictators like Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler; Joycamps, which are a reference to concentration camps or gulags; Thought Police, a reference to the Gestapo or NKVD; daily exercise reminiscent of Nazi propaganda movies; and the Youth League, reminiscent of Hitler Youth or Little Octobrists/Young Pioneers.

There is also an extensive and institutional use of propaganda; again, this was found in the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin.


Plot summary

A social pyramid of the classes listed in the Book, with Big Brother on top, and the proles at the bottom


Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party, lives in the ruins of London, the chief city of Airstrip One — a front-line province of the totalitarian superstate Oceania. He grew up in post-World War II United Kingdom, during the revolution and civil war. When his parents disappeared during the civil war, he was picked up by the growing Ingsoc (Newspeak for "English Socialism") movement, placed into an orphanage and eventually given a job in the Outer Party.

Winston lives a squalid existence in a one-room apartment in "Victory Mansions", and eats black bread, synthetic meals served at his workplace, and drinks industrial-grade "Victory Gin." He is discontented with his life, and keeps a journal of his negative thoughts and opinions about the Party. This journal, along with any other eccentric behaviour, if found, would result in his torture and death through the dealings of the Thought Police (he starkly explains the very definite result of his "thoughtcrime" in a journal entry: "Thoughtcrime does not entail death. Thoughtcrime IS death"). The Thought Police have telescreens in every Party household and public area, as well as hidden microphones and informers in order to catch potential thoughtcriminals who could endanger the security of the Party. Children are carefully indoctrinated from birth to report any suspected thought criminal, even − especially − their parents.

The Ministry of Truth, which exercises complete control over all mass media in Oceania, employs Winston at the Records Department, where he doctors historical records in order to comply with the Party's version of the past. Since the present needs of the Party require constant revision of past events in order to reflect the shifting nature of the party's orthodox view of history, the task is a never-ending one.

While Winston likes his work, especially the intellectual challenge involved in fabricating a complete historical anecdote from scratch, he is also fascinated by the real past, and eagerly tries to find out more about the forbidden truth. At the Ministry of Truth, he encounters Julia, a mechanic on the novel-writing machines, and the two begin a necessarily clandestine relationship, regularly meeting up in the countryside (away from surveillance) or in a room above an antique shop in the Proles' area of the city. The owner of the shop exchanges various facts on the mysterious pre-revolutionary past with Winston and sells him artifacts from this period, as well as renting the room to them. Julia and Winston find their new hiding place a paradise, as they believe that there is no telescreen and so they believe themselves completely alone and safe.

As their relationship progresses, Winston's views begin to change, and he finds himself relentlessly questioning Ingsoc. Unknown to him (or to the reader), he and Julia are under surveillance by the Thought Police. When he is approached by Inner Party member O'Brien, Winston believes that he has made contact with the Resistance or Brotherhood which is opposed to the ideals of the Party. O'Brien gives Winston a copy of "the book", a searing criticism of Ingsoc believed to have been written by the dissident Emmanuel Goldstein, leader of the Brotherhood. This book explains the nature of the perpetual war, and exposes the truth behind the Party's slogan, "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

Winston and Julia are eventually apprehended by the Thought Police in their supposed sanctuary, which actually contains a hidden telescreen, and are then interrogated separately in the Ministry of Love, where opponents of the regime are tortured and usually executed but sometimes released (only to be executed at a later time). O'Brien appears at the Ministry of Love, and reveals that he will help Winston "be cured" of his hatred for the Party, by subjecting Winston to numerous torture sessions. During one of these sessions, he explains to Winston that the purpose of the torture is not to extract a fake confession, but to alter the way Winston thinks. O'Brien also assures Winston that once he is cured, meaning that he accepts reality as described by the Party, he will be executed.

The party intends to achieve this with a combination of torture and electroshocks, continuing until O'Brien decides that Winston is "cured". Eventually, Winston is sent into Room 101, the most feared room in the Ministry of Love, where a person's greatest fear is forced upon them as the final step in their "re-education." Since Winston is morbidly afraid of rats, a cage of the hungry vermin is placed over his eyes, so that when the door is opened, they will eat their way through his skull. In terror, as the cage is placed onto his head, he screams, "Do it to Julia!". So ends the torture and Winston returns to society, apparently filled with party doctrine.

Near the end, Winston and Julia again meet in a park, by chance. They remember, with distaste, the "bad" feelings they once shared. Both acknowledge having betrayed the other, and find themselves apathetic. We finally see that the torture and "reprogramming" have been successful; happily reconciled to his own impending execution, and accepting of the Party's versions of the past and present (Winston shortly celebrates a possibly fabricated, though accepted as fact, bulletin describing Oceania's recent decisive victory over Eurasia), he finally accepts love towards Big Brother.

Storm Shadow SCALP EG Conventionally Armed Stand off Missile (CASM)

The Matra BAe Dynamics (MBD) Storm Shadow missile system has been selected for the RAF to meet SR (A) 1236, the Conventionally Armed Stand Off Missile (CASOM). The contract was awarded to MBD in February 1997 after an international competition with six other companies. The Storm Shadow missile system proposed by MBD is based on the flight-proven Apache air vehicle, and is optimised to meet UK requirements. The Storm Shadow system will provide long range firepower for the Royal Air Force's Tornado, EF 2000 and Harrier GR7 aircraft, ensuring aircrews no longer to enter heavily defended enemy airspace in order to destroy high value targets.

The French SCALP EG (Emploi Général / General Purpose) is the same weapon as Storm Shadow apart from national aspects related to both countries. The two similar, but not identical, Government technical requirements have been fully harmonised into a single common technical solution. The design was selected by the French government in December 1994 (APTGD programme) after a competition between Matra Défense and Aérospatiale. In January 1998 Matra BAe Dynamics (a subsidiary of the Lagardère and British Aerospace groups) received a major contract from the French Ministry of Defence for the mass-production of 500 SCALP cruise missiles. The SCALP E.G. will give Mirage 2000, Rafale and Eurofighter aircraft unprecedented stand-off fire power.

The Storm Shadow is a stealth cruise missile of around 1,300 kg carrying a powerful conventional warhead. Storm Shadow is an air-launched, conventionally-armed, long-range, stand-off, precision weapon, which is deployable at night or day, in most weather and operational conditions. It will be able to destroy sensitive and highly protected targets (command bunkers, communications centers, etc.) with very great accuracy, with a range of over 250 kilometres after an entirely autonomous terrain-following flight at very low altitude. It is being developed to attack and destroy a wide spectrum of static, high value targets as listed below:

* C3 (Command, Control and Communication) facilities
* airfield facilities
* port facilities
* ASM/ammo storage
* ships/submarines in port
* bridges.

Storm Shadow will be integrated onto Tornado GR4/4A, Harrier GR7/T10 and Eurofighter. It will be capable of employment in all theatres of conflict, and the warhead is optimised for use against hardened targets.

The Storm Shadow missile requirement embodies the following key features:

* very long range
* fire and forget, with fully autonomous guidance
* low level terrain following
* stealth design
* effective penetrator warhead
* high reliability
* all up round [ensures high system readiness]
* low cost of ownership.

The Storm Shadow weapon system comprises:

* The operational missile and its All Up Round Container (AURC)
* Mission Planning Infrastructure
* Data Programming System
* the Ground/Air Training missile (GATM) and its AURC.

The Storm Shadow missile is derived from the Apache Anti Runway missile. Key elements of this proven technology have been retained for Storm Shadow, but the following major modifications are being introduced to meet the particular Storm Shadow requirements:

* new guidance and navigation based on TERPROM [TERrain PROfile Matching] terrain navigation with an integrated GPS;
* terminal guidance using imaging infra-red sensor and autonomous target recognition system;
* the high lethality of the system is achieved by the use of a BROACH [Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented CHarge] unitary warhead.

The missile weighs approximately 1,300 kilograms and is just over five metres long. Its maximum diameter is under one metre, and with its wings deployed, under three metres.

The first phase of the mission planning regime ensures that the missile navigates to the target with maximum survivability and then enters a robust target acquisition and terminal guidance phase. For complex and pre-determined missions, much of this data would have been pre-prepared earlier at the Command Headquarters. Following an Air Tasking Order, the Squadron would prepare the mission data file with the pre-planned data, together with the latest operational intelligence.

On approaching the terminal phase, the missile will initiate a bunt manoeuvre, pre-selected during mission planning, to obtain the best combination of acquisition probability and lethality against the target. As the missile climbs, it will jettison its nose cover, thereby enabling the missile high resolution imaging infra-red sensor to view the target area ahead.

The missile’s image processor will compare the actual image features with a reference set of features, determined during mission planning. When a feature match is achieved the target will be acquired and the required aim point selection tracked and used as the reference for the missile terminal guidance. As the missile closes in on the target the acquisition process will be repeated with a higher resolution data set to refine the aim point. Tracking will continue against this refined aim point until the precise target location is identified.

When engaging hard targets, such as Hardened Aircraft Shelters or bunkers, the missile will strike the target at the estimated optimum dive angle, selected during mission planning. On impact the detonation sequence commences. The precursor charge will perforate the target structure, and any soil covering, and the follow through penetrator warhead will continue to penetrate inside the target to be detonated after a pre-selectable fuse delay.

Should the mission be against a target with potential high collateral damage, the mission will be aborted if the target identification and acquisition process is unsuccessful. In this case the missile will fly to a predetermined crash site.

Major milestones in the future are:

* air carriage clearance - July 1999
* first guided firing - July 2000
* design freeze - January 2001
* In Service Date - Late 2001

The contract for the development and production of Storm Shadow was placed with Matra BAe Dynamics (UK) Ltd in February 1997 after a competitive tender exercise. This was one of the first contracts to be placed with this contractor. Matra BAe Dynamics (UK) Ltd is a subsidiary of Matra BAe Dynamics SAS, a company jointly owned by BAe plc and Lagardere SCA. Matra BAe Dynamics (France) Ltd has won the SCALP EG contract from the French Government.

The two parts of Matra BAe Dynamics act as separate Prime Contractors and hold the individual Storm Shadow and SCALP EG contracts for their respective national Governments. This has resulted in an industry collaborative programme that has undertaken certain aspects of the work normally handled by both Governments, such as the harmonisation of national requirements and the merging of national procurement methods. These aspects are exclusively carried out by Matra BAe Dynamics by a fully integrated French and UK management and engineering team. This common solution is shared by the subcontractors’ base who only have a single subcontract which embraces the joint requirements. This has resulted in a collaborative programme which is largely transparent to both Governments, and attracts little of the procurement overhead often associated with Government collaborative programmes. This approach has also had the added benefit of driving down costs and enabled both Governments to obtain more weapons for their money.

SSN Astute Class Attack Submarine, United Kingdom

he Royal Navy's Astute class submarine is a nuclear-powered attack submarine which is to replace the five Swiftsure class submarines, launched between 1973 and 1977 and approaching the end of their operational life.
"The Astute class nuclear-powered attack submarine is to replace the five Swiftsure class submarines, launched in the 1970s."

The initial order quantity is three, but the UK MOD has stated that it is planning a second batch of three. The performance specification of the Astute is an extension of the performance of the Trafalgar Class Batch 1 fleet of the Royal Navy's Second Submarine Squadron based at Devonport. The Astute Class submarines will be based at Faslane in Scotland.

BAE Systems Astute Class Ltd is prime contractor for the project and the submarines are being built at BAE Systems Marine Barrow shipyard. The Astute ships are to be named Astute, Ambush and Artful.

It is planned that the three submarines will enter service in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The keel for the first-of-class Astute was laid in January 2001 and it is planned to be launched in August 2007 and delivered in August 2008. The keel of Ambush was laid in October 2003 and that of Artful in March 2005.

BAE Systems is in discussion with the UK MOD for a fourth Astute Class submarine and a decision is expected in early 2007.

Trafalgar Batch 1 submarines are to be decommissioned by 2022, beginning with HMS Trafalgar in 2008.

COMBAT SYSTEM

The Astute Combat Management System (ACMS) is being supplied by BAE Systems Insyte (formerly Alenia Marconi Systems) and is a development of the Submarine Command System (SMCS) currently in service in all classes of UK submarines.

ACMS receives data from the sonars and other sensors and, through advanced algorithms and data handling, displays real time images on the command consoles. Factory acceptance of the operational software was received from the Astute Prime Contract Office in July 2002.

EADS Defence & Security Systems Ltd and EADS Hagenuk Marinekommunikation were awarded the contract to provide the external communications systems for the Astute in August 2005.

Strachan and Henshaw are to provide the Weapon Handling and Launch System (WHLS).

MISSILES

The Astute will be equipped with the Tomahawk Block IV (Tactical Tomahawk) cruise missile from Raytheon fired from the 533mm torpedo tubes.
"The Astute class submarines will be equipped with the Tomahawk Block IV (Tactical Tomahawk) cruise missile."

Tomahawk is equipped with the TERCOM terrain contour mapping-assisted inertial navigation system. The terrain contour mapping for use over land combines onboard radar altimeter measurements with terrain mapping data installed in the missile.

Block II added Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) guidance. Block III improvements include an improved propulsion system and Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance capability. The GPS provides location and velocity data of the missile for precision targeting.

Tomahawk has a range of up to 1,000 miles and a maximum velocity of 550mph. Block IV includes a two-way satellite link that allows reprogramming of the missile in flight and transmission of Battle Damage Indication (BDI) imagery.

TORPEDOES

Astute will have six 533mm torpedo tubes, and will be equipped with Spearfish torpedoes and mines. There is capacity for a total of 36 torpedoes and missiles.

The Spearfish torpedo from BAE Systems is wire-guided with an active / passive homing head. The range is 65km at 60kt. Spearfish is fitted with a directed-energy warhead.

COUNTERMEASURES

The countermeasures suite will include decoys and Electronic Support Measures (ESM). The The ESM system is the Thales Sensors Outfit UAP(4). Outfit UAP(4) has two multi-function antenna arrays which are mounted on the two non-hull penetrating optronics masts from Thales (formerly Pilkington) Optronics and McTaggart Scott.

Astute Class submarines are to be fitted with the Royal Navy's new Eddystone Communications band Electronic Support Measures (CESM) system, also to be fitted to the Trafalgar Class submarines. The Eddystone system is being developed by DML of Devonport UK, with Argon ST of the USA. It will provide advanced communications, signal intercept, recognition, direction-finding and monitoring capability.

SENSORS

Astute is fitted with I-band navigation radars. The sonar is the Thales Underwater Systems (formerly Thomson Marconi Sonar) 2076 integrated passive / active search and attack sonar suite with bow, intercept, flank and towed arrays. Sonar 2076 has been fitted to three Trafalgar class submarines and entered service in February 2003.

Atlas Hydrographic will provide the DESO 25 high-precision echosounder, to be fitted on the Astute. DESO 25 is capable of precise depth measurements down to 10,000m.
"It is planned that the three submarines will enter service in 2009, 2010 and 2011."

Astute will have two non-hull-penetrating CM010 optronic masts developed by Thales Optronics. McTaggart Scott will supply the masts. The CM010 mast includes thermal imaging, low light TV and colour CCD TV sensors.

Raytheon Systems Ltd has been contracted to provide the Successor IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) naval transponder system for the Astute class.

PROPULSION

The nuclear power will be provided by the Rolls-Royce PWR 2 pressurised water reactor. The long-life core fitted on the PWR 2 means that refuelling will not be necessary in the service life of the submarine.

The other main items of machinery are two Alsthom turbines, and a single shaft with a Rolls-Royce pump jet propulsor, consisting of moving rotor blades within a fixed duct. There are two diesel alternators, one emergency drive motor and one auxiliary retractable propeller. CAE Electronics is to provide the digital, integrated controls and instrumentation system for steering, diving, depth control and platform management.

The PWR 2 second-generation nuclear reactor was developed for the Vanguard Class Trident submarines. Current generations of PWR would allow submarines to circumnavigate the world about 20 times, whereas the latest development of PWR would allow circumnavigation 40 times without refuelling.

The major equipment components in the development of PWR 2 are the reactor pressure vessels from Babcock Energy, main coolant pumps from GEC and from Weir, and protection and control instrumentation from Siemens Plessey and Thorn Automation.

RUN BLAIR RUN!!!!!

WARNING TO ANYONE THINKING OF ORGANISING AN ILLEGAL RAVE ON MY SPACE

JUST TO WARN ALL YOU WOULD BE ORGANISERS OF ILLEGAL RAVES BY USING "MY SPACE" : IT WAS REPORTED IN ONE OF RUPERT MURDOCH'S PAPERS TODAY (THE LONDON PAPER) THAT PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO ORGANISE ILLEGAL RAVES (APPARENTLY ALL RAVES ARE ILLEGAL) BY USING "MY SPACE" TO DO THIS - AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE "MYSPACE" IS ALSO OWNED BY RUPERT MURDOCH SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE UNLESS YOU ARE VERY CLEVER YOU MAY FIND THE OLD BILL TURNING UP TO YOUR PARTY UNINVITED - STRANGE THOUGH - I THOUGHT ENTRAPMENT WAS ILLEGAL TOO!!!! JUST REMEMBER THE SONG "THEIR LAW BY THE PRODIGY" AND GOOD LUCK!!!!!



The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expected to offer Tony Blair a senior role in his News Corporation empire when he stands down as Prime Minister.

Allies of Mr Blair insist he has made no decisions about his plans when he leaves Downing Street -- almost certainly next year. But some friends say a seat on the board of News Corp could tempt the outgoing Prime Minister, as it would dovetail neatly with the lucrative United States lecture circuit. Mr Blair's popularity at home may be waning, but he remains big box office in America. His close relationship with Mr Murdoch will be highlighted tomorrow when he addresses the annual gathering of News Corp's executives and senior journalists from around the world.

Cartoon That Says It All

Protesters clash with police in Germany

ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) - Hundreds of protesters clashed with police Monday ahead of this week's Group of Eight meeting, as anti-globalization activists challenged attempts by security officials to keep them away from the summit town of Heiligendamm.

About 800 protesters demonstrated outside Rostock's immigration office demanding "global freedom of movement and equal rights for all," including refugees and asylum seekers. After a peaceful start, the demonstration turned violent and "some protesters started to throw bottles at officers," police spokesman Lyder Behrens said.

The website Spiegel Online reported that a photojournalist was injured and four people were detained when 400 demonstrators clashed with police. Police could not immediately confirm the report.

On Saturday, some 3,000 black-hooded anti-G8 protesters pelted police with rocks and bottles in Rostock. Authorities said more than 400 officers were injured, 30 of whom were hospitalized with broken bones and cuts. Organizers said 520 demonstrators were hurt, 20 seriously. More than 2,000 protesters were still in Rostock on Monday, police said.

The situation around Heiligendamm was calm Monday ahead of the three-day meeting starting Wednesday, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel will host the leaders of Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the U.S. for discussions on issues including global warming, aid to Africa and the world economy.

Germany is determined to avoid a repeat of the debilitating violence that has marred previous G8 summits, notably in Genoa, Italy, in 2001 where one protester was killed. It has reinforced its border controls ahead of the summit.

Germany's Constitutional Court said an alliance of activist groups had challenged a lower court's ban on protests outside of Heiligendamm.

That ban came into force last week, when public access to Heiligendamm was shut off. Authorities had said earlier that starting Wednesday, the demonstration ban will be expanded to about one kilometre beyond a 12-km fence that was built around Heiligendamm.

It was not clear when the court would rule on the case.

In a separate decision, an administrative court in the town of Greifswald ruled that only 50 protesters would be allowed to hold a rally directly outside Rostock's airport, where G8 leaders were scheduled to arrive. Activists had asked permission for a 1,500-member demonstration at the airport, but the court rejected their claim for security reasons.

The approved protest will be restricted to a shoulder of a road across from the airport entrance. A bigger group will be allowed to protest at a nearby parking area for buses.
© The Canadian Press 2007





THE FILM: DEATH OF A PRESIDENT

A faux documentary broadcast in 2008 gives a news account, with talking head interviews, of the assassination of President of the United States George W. Bush on 19 October 2007. The fictional TV news broadcast relates how a hidden sniper fatally shot the president following an economic speech at the Chicago Sheraton Hotel, in front of which an anti-war rally was being held. A man of Syrian origins, Jamal Abu Zikri, becomes the prime suspect.

Vice President Dick Cheney, promoted to president, uses the possible al-Qaeda connection of the suspect to push his own agenda. He calls for "Patriot Act III", giving the FBI, police, and other government agencies increased investigative powers on U.S. citizens and others, and contemplates an attack on Syria.

After Zikri is convicted based on dubious forensic evidence, the report indicates that the perpetrator is most likely Al Claybon, an African-American 1991 Gulf War veteran living in Rock Island, IL, and father of a soldier who has recently died in the line of duty in Iraq. The assassin blames Bush for the death of his son and commits suicide after murdering Bush. His suicide note, addressed to his son Casey, a Chicago-based veteran of the Iraqi war, reads:
“ Everything I stood for and raised you to stand for has turned bad. There's no honor in dying for an immoral cause. For lies. I love my country, but I love God, and the sons He gave me even more. I must do the right thing by you and by David. George Bush killed our David, and I cannot forgive him for that. ”

Ten months after the assassination, however, Zikri remains in prison with government officials holding up his appeal.

Casey Claybon later finds evidence in his father's house linking the father to planning the shooting of President Bush, the most incriminating of which is a copy of a top secret document outlining to the minute Bush's itinerary in Chicago on 19 October. As the film ends, the US government is still in the midst of investigating how Claybon obtained this document.

GLADE (DANCE) FESTIVAL 2007

GLADE FESTIVAL

WATCH OUT FOR HYBRID PLAYING LIVE ON 21st JULY 2007 (BERKSHIRE) - I'LL THINK I'LL BE THERE IF I'M IN THE COUNTRY!!!

President Bush and Tony Blair on The Weakest Link

Posted Mar 05, 2007

George W. Bush and Tony Blair face-off in this remix of the game show The Weakest Link.

Ambush in Tikrit

Posted Apr 26, 2005

Raw footage from a drive through Iraq, where danger is found at every turn.

Drunk Squirrel

Posted Mar 01, 2007

A squirrel gets hammered after eating some fermented pumpkins.

Link to Iraq Contractor Casualty List

Iraqi Contractor Casualty Partial List