21st May, 2012
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi died on 20 May 2012 of cancer at the age of 60. He was the only person convicted of the bombing of PanAm flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie on 21 December 1988, killing 270 people.
Archive for the ‘“War on Terror”’ Category
There has always been a war on terror dating back to the great anti-Catholic scares on which Great Britain was built ,the anarchist plots through to the communist menace and the evil empire. This one is aimed at creating a clash of civilizations between Christendom and Islam.
AFP rewrites the Lockerbie case
Posted by seumasach on May 22, 2012
Posted in "War on Terror", Libya | Tagged: Lockerbie bombing | Leave a Comment »
America as a shining drone upon a hill
Posted by seumasach on May 14, 2012
Tom Engelhardt
15th May, 2012
Here’s the essence of it: you can trust America’s creme de la creme, the most elevated, responsible people, no matter what weapons, what powers, you put in their hands. No need to constantly look over their shoulders.
Posted in "War on Terror", Drive to Global War | Tagged: End of empire | Leave a Comment »
Norway: NATO Rehearses For War In The Arctic
Posted by seumasach on April 23, 2012
Rick Rozoff
23rd April, 2012
To the world’s military leaders, the debate over climate change is long over. They are preparing for a new kind of Cold War in the Arctic, anticipating that rising temperatures there will open up a treasure trove of resources and long-dreamed-of sea-lanes. Rick Rozoff scrutinizes the feverish military activity taking place in the High North, under the official label of a joint Norwegian-NATO-Partnership for Peace endeavor, including preparedness drills against terrorist threats, mass demonstrations…and spies coming in from the cold!
The largest military exercise in the High North, inside and immediately outside the Arctic Circle, since the end of the Cold War (and perhaps even before) was completed on March 21 in northern Norway.
Posted in Disband NATO!, New Cold War, Oceania | Tagged: the high north | Leave a Comment »
The transformation of the U.S.-Canada border
Posted by seumasach on April 7, 2012
The world after – Integration of regional blocs: the Transformation of the U.S.-Canada Border
Dana Gabriel
6th April, 2012
Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter security action plan. This includes a recent joint crime forum that dealt with border and law enforcement issues. These various discussions are part of the implementation process which when finished would bring about the complete transformation of the northern border and another step closer in the creation of a fully integrated North American security perimeter.
Posted in New Cold War, Oceania | Tagged: homeland security, North American security perimeter | Leave a Comment »
Merah is claimed to be French intelligence asset
Posted by seumasach on March 29, 2012
28th March, 2012
Mohamed Merah, a gunman who claimed responsibility for the recent killing of seven people in Toulouse, is reported to be a French intelligence asset, which raised questions about French security officials’ failure to stop Merah.
Posted in "War on Terror" | Tagged: Mohamed Merah | Leave a Comment »
Was Merah the killer?
Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2012
Doubts Regarding the Conduct of French Intelligence and Police Questions emerge over police handling of Toulouse, France killings
Alex Lantier
27th March, 2012
Details emerging about Mohamed Merah, the alleged gunman in a series of murders in the Toulouse area from March 11 to March 19, raise serious questions about the conduct of French intelligence and police agencies.
Merah allegedly killed one paratrooper in Toulouse on March 11, two paratroopers in nearby Montauban on March 15, and a father and several children at a Jewish school in Toulouse on March 19. He was killed in an armed standoff with police at his Toulouse apartment Thursday, shot in the head by a sniper as he fell from his balcony.
Posted in "War on Terror" | Tagged: Mohamed Merah | Leave a Comment »
Lockerbie exclusive: we publish the report that could have cleared Megrahi
Posted by seumasach on March 27, 2012
25th March, 2012
The Sunday Herald today publishes the full 800-page report detailing why the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have walked free.
Posted in "War on Terror" | Tagged: Lockerbie bombing | Leave a Comment »
French shooting suspect not jailed in Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on March 24, 2012
22nd March, 2012
French school shooting suspect Mohamed Merah was not jailed in Afghanistan in 2007, his lawyer and an Afghan provincial official said on Wednesday.
Posted in "War on Terror" | Tagged: Mohamed Merah | Leave a Comment »
Russian military experts: NATO exercise in Norway a provocation
Posted by seumasach on March 20, 2012
15th March, 2012
The Cold Response 2012 exercise taking place in Northern Norway on the border to Russia is a provocation and a sign of NATO wanting to strengthen its geopolitical and diplomatic efforts with military might, two Russian military experts say.
Posted in New Cold War, Oceania | Tagged: the high north | 1 Comment »
Bush & Blair found guilty of war crimes
Posted by seumasach on March 19, 2012
Posted in "War on Terror" | Tagged: bush blair war crimes, kuala lumpar war crimes tribunal | Leave a Comment »
