Sharia law ‘unavoidable’ in UK: Archbishop
February 7, 2008, 11:52 PM
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Controversial: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams says the adoption of certain aspects of sharia (Islamic) law in the UK seems unavoidable.
Dr Williams says Britain has to face up to the fact that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
He argues Muslims could choose to have marital disputes or financial matters dealt with in a sharia court.
Dr Williams says Muslims should not have to choose between cultural loyalty or state loyalty.
“An approach to law which simply said there’s one law for everybody and that’s all there is to be said, and anything else that commands your loyalty or allegiance is completely irrelevant in the processes of the courts – I think that’s a bit of a danger,” he said.
“There’s a place for finding what would be a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law, as we already do.”
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Germany -the new member of the cult club with others?
February 7, 2008, 11:38 PM
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Gates Defends NATO Mission in Afghanistan
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, continuing his self-described effort to nag allies for more troops in Afghanistan without alienating them, said Thursday that NATO was not in crisis and that the Afghan mission was not failing.
“I don’t think that there’s a crisis, that there’s a risk of failure,” Mr. Gates said. “My view is that it represents, potentially, the opportunity to make further progress faster in Afghanistan if we had more forces there.”
Those comments, during an informal session of NATO defense ministers here, came one day after he warned Congress that the Atlantic alliance risks becoming a “two-tiered” organization divided between “some allies willing to fight and die to protect people’s security, and others who are not.”
Mr. Gates said he was continuing to press NATO nations for more troops, as well as asking some to lift restrictions on the types of combat missions their troops could undertake. He said he was also urging them to allow their soldiers to be moved from peaceful areas in the north to fight insurgents in the south.
He acknowledged the difficulty, in particular since some NATO nations have minority or coalition governments with little political will for combat missions that risk loss of life in Afghanistan.
Mr. Gates also said that he was seeking more creative solutions to troop shortages in Afghanistan, such as asking nations to loan helicopters to those allies willing to take on combat missions. Likewise, those with restrictions on combat roles could take over fixed-site security missions — such as guarding entrances to bases — to free up troops that could take on more aggressive counterinsurgency roles.
Senior aides to the defense secretary said Mr. Gates’s comments here, as well as a speech scheduled for Sunday to a security conference in Munich, were part of an administration strategy to provoke a public discussion within Europe about the importance of the Afghan mission.
Mr. Gates acknowledged that his recent order to deploy an additional 3,200 marines to Afghanistan for a seven-month tour was designed for two purposes: to guarantee security gains in the south and to make a point to allies “and see if they could dig deeper and come up with more troops, as well.”
At the end of his first day of talks here, Mr. Gates said he “came away from the meeting encouraged. Everybody understands the nature of the problem.”
Mr. Gates also squelched early suggestions that the United States would take over command of combat operations in Southern Afghanistan, which has seen a spike in insurgent violence and drop in government control.
“I don’t think that’s realistic anytime soon,” Mr. Gates said. “I have thought about the command structures from the American standpoint. I’ve decided not to make any changes.”
At present, an American four-star general is in overall command of the NATO mission. Moving down the leadership chain, Americans are in command of the regional mission in the east, while a Canadian is in command of the south.
NATO officials are preparing a formal mission statement describing the way ahead in Afghanistan to be publicly released in April at a NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania.
The alliance’s secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said Thursday that the NATO review — which will be written in a classified and nonclassified form — would not declare a change in NATO strategy for Afghanistan.
But it is expected to describe a comprehensive political-military strategy “to answer for ourselves a number of fundamental questions — to see if we can create benchmarks answering the question: ‘How do we see NATO’s presence and NATO’s role in Afghanistan now and for a longer period?’ ”
The document, looking out three to five years, will be more of a mission statement than a military campaign plan, setting goals and aspirations, NATO officials said.
How safe will our money?
February 7, 2008, 5:06 PM
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Bank Boss Ackermann warns of “financial tsunami”!
The financial industry does not come to rest. Josef Ackermann, chief of Deutsche Bank, warns of a “financial tsunami, caused by the crisis in the US-credit insurer. That, he said on “Bloomberg TV[Source]. Ackermann expects that the credit crisis still six to nine months continues.
The “Tsunami Warning” – how safe is our money? Since the summer hold turbulence in the market for second-mortgage loans (subprime) worldwide in the financial industry breath.
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US bond insurer MBIA and Ambac or were strongly in the last focus advised. The specialty insurer is in doubt for failures in straight bonds. Will you give them problems, the protection of investors uncertain, or even fell.
Besides, there are still worrying good news. After a few hours before has Ackermann (today his 60th birthday celebrated) a record profit for the Deutsche Bank announces .
Bank Acts To Cut The Cost Of Borrowing
February 7, 2008, 4:37 PM
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The Bank of England’s policymakers have, as expected, cut interest rates – to the relief of millions of homeowners and thousands of businesses.
Bank acts to boost economy
Members of its Monetary Policy Committee have trimmed the cost of borrowing by 0.25% to 5.25%.
This is less than the 0.5% reduction companies, especially retailers, had been calling for.
However, analysts point out the nine-strong committee fought shy of such a big cut because they are wary of stoking inflation.
Shoppers have been shunning the High Streets – they have had less money to spend in recent times because of the credit crunch and consequent squeeze on household incomes.
Homeowners, who have seen their mortgages shoot up, have also been calling for help.
And hard-pressed companies have been demanding measures to give them relief and make them more competitive with their overseas rivals.
Therefore the BoE has tried to balance giving them more spare cash and boosting the economy against doing anything to push up prices again.
Last month The MPC voted 8-1 to keep interest rates on hold, warning that the risk of inflation had “worsened markedly”.
Tough call for King and colleagues
Governor Mervyn King had already signalled that the UK would not follow America’s lead with dramatic rate cuts.
The base rate there has been slashed by a total of 1.25% in recent days, to stand now at just 3%.
Away from all the razzmatazz of the US Primaries, the US economy teeters on recession.
If the world’s largest economy does grind to a halt Britain is bound to be affected.
The sub-prime crisis was also born in the US but the credit crunch that it spawned has made its way here. The banks have got the jitters.
The credit crunch may not be as acute as it was before Christmas but the sense is an era of cheap borrowing has come to an end.
Rockers `Prostituted itself` To Sing For Russian Tycoon
February 7, 2008, 4:31 PM
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Russia’s state-owned energy behemoth, Gazprom, is calling in the heavy rockers to sing goodbye to the boss and celebrate its 15-year monopoly over the country’s gas industry.
Set to rock ‘n’ roll in Moscow
Deep Purple are being flown in for the chairman Dmitry Medvedev’s leaving party to say ‘thank you’ for his time at the firm.
The group – famous for timeless classics such as ‘Smoke on the Water’ – are his favourite band.
The 42-year-old will almost certainly step down next month, if as expected, he becomes the Russian Federation’s next president.
Mr Medvedev, who as well as running Gazprom also holds the position of first deputy prime minister, was endorsed by President Putin at the end of last year.
Short of a major surprise – the kind that will not be allowed to happen in Russia’s carefully staged democracy – Mr Medvedev’s promotion to the top job is guaranteed.
The only question that remains in the run up to the ‘election’ is just how strong Vladimir Putin’s influence will be in the new government.
Farewell Bash: Dmitry Medvedev
Mr Putin has indicated he will become prime minister but despite the titular demotion it is likely he will still be calling the shots.
Gazprom is one of the 10 most valuable companies in the world and thanks to the uncertainty in the Middle East and the emergence of new energy-hungry economies, is reaping record profits.
It is not known how much Deep Purple will be paid for rocking the Who’s Who of the Kremlin but the sum will not be insignificant.
Rich Russians have exceedingly deep pockets when it comes to flying in their favourite celebrities and bands for a thrash.
O’Reilly Calls O`Reilly a Pinhead for 9/11 Remarks
February 7, 2008, 4:15 PM
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Filed under: 9/11, Buildings, Calls, LAS VEGAS, O'Reilly, Remarks, Towers, WTC, Willie Nelson, a Pinhead, for | Tags: 9/11, a Pinhead, Buildings, Calls, for, LAS VEGAS, O'Reilly, Remarks, Towers, Willie Nelson, WTC
O’Reilly launched an attack on country legend Willie Nelson last night in retaliation for bolstering support for 9/11 Truth.
But first, SATANIC-MURDER-Bill O’Reilly took a moment to recognize himself as one of America’s true patriots– like “DO It,DO IT”an humble patriot, well, because he called the Super Bowl five years straight.
Never was there a truer example of Samuel Johnson’s famous words, “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
Willie Nelson, on the other hand, is labeled a “pinhead” for statement he made on the Alex Jones Show where he claimed the towers’ collapse resembled a Las Vegas demolition.
Samuel Johnson also said of the true patriot, “It is the quality of patriotism to be jealous and watchful, to observe all secret machinations, and to see public dangers at a distance. The true lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears, and to sound the alarm, whenever he perceives the approach of mischief.”
Police probe Townsville KKK internet video
February 7, 2008, 1:01 AM
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North Queensland police are investigating a racist internet video describing Aborigines as in-breds.
The video called “Townsville Fun” shows a burning cross and a man dressed in a Ku Klux Klan-style (KKK) hood and cape growling obscenities aimed at Aborigines.
Detective Inspector Warren Webber says police are trying to find those behind the video.
“It’s potentially an offence under the Anti-Discrimination Act, in relation to general terms racial vilification,” he said.
“We’ve just got to examine it and just have a look and see if we can identify the parties concerned.”
CIA admits waterboarding
February 7, 2008, 12:58 AM
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First Cut: CIA admits waterboarding
The CIA has for the first time publicly admitted using waterboarding on terrorism suspects. Watch the admission by the agency’s director, Michael Hayden, that the technique – in which the detainee is put in fear of drowning – was used on three people.
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German troops to Afghanistan battle & Gates’ letter without Bush’s knowledge to Germany
February 7, 2008, 12:39 AM
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The Bundeswehr, as from the summer with a fight on the international force in Afghanistan deployment. The announced defence minister in Berlin.
Franz Josef Jung (CCU) said on Wednesday that Germany asked NATO, and in the summer of a so-called rapid reaction force (Quick Reaction Force / QRF) in northern Afghanistan station. For about two years, Norway is a 250-strong reaction force, but in the summer will take responsibility for ….
Jung also again rejected claims by United States and NATO, which would require that the Bundeswehr also fought in the south of Afghanistan involved. The NATO decided division into regions is “wise and correct.” The Bundeswehr would continue its “very successful” use of “network security” will continue in the north continue. Jung spoke of a stabilization operation with the four components “protect, help mediate and fight.”
Talks with Gates
The Minister also noted that also in the north of the security situation worse. A neglect of the North would be a critical mistake. Jung announced that the security arrangements in the space of Kunduz. Moreover wanted the Bundeswehr fill gaps in the north, Denmark and the Czech Republic through relocation of troops in the south to leave.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) announced in the “Hamburger Abendblatt”, with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on its demand for an army operation in the south of Afghanistan to speak. The future of Afghanistan missions will issue at the meeting of NATO defense ministers on Thursday and Friday in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, and at the Munich security conference at the weekend.
Gates’ letter without Bush’s knowledge?
The federal government assume that US President George Bush of the letter knew nothing, wrote the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”. Representatives of the US President would have to demand the federal government surprised and said, the letter is not to know. Even U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was, according to the federal government was not informed.
The Chancellor stated that letters like that of Gates were the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Vilnius owed. The letter from Gates should the insistence of the Canadians and Dutch, the fighting in southern Afghanistan, serve as evidence that their complaints about lack of support were not consequences. The Foreign Office is loud FAZ cherished even the suspicion that the American NATO ambassador in Brussels, Victoria Nuland, the letter was drafted.
US shows boys in Qaeda videos
February 7, 2008, 12:08 AM
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Feb 6 – The U.S. military says it has video proof that Iraqi children are being used in al Qaeda propaganda productions.
In videos the U.S. says were seized in military operations against Iraqi militants, boys are seen stopping a man on a bike and taking him hostage, forcing passengers from a car and holding guns to their heads, and practising assaults on houses.
Susan Flory reports.
