Wow! A long time without posting. I’m going to claim it’s all down to moving house if that’s okay? It’s not? Well tough, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. So what has happened since I re-skinned my djembe? Well, we had our final service at Bursledon and spent a lot of time clearing …
Tag Archive: Middle-East
Sep
19
2011
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Feb
22
2011
I am so proud to be British
Well, okay, not so much. Here is a map of the Middle-East from the Guardian, showing how much the UK government supplies to countries across the region in terms of arms. (Also available as a PDF) So, you see that Tear Gas that was used on protesters in Bahrain? We sold them that! The Tear …
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Nov
09
2010
Bush admits to use of torture
[The Independent: Bush says waterboarding saved UK lives] In an interview on NBC, to promote his memoirs, George W. Bush has admitted to the use of the torture technique known as waterboarding. He asserted that it was not actually torture because, in his words, “a lawyer said so”. Well, Dubya, there are plenty of lawyers …
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Jul
27
2010
The Seven Link Challenge
Various people I follow on Twitter (RevdLesley, TheChurchMouse) have responded to the Seven Link Challenge – which is supposed to improve one’s blogging. There are seven categories of posts and you have to name one for each. I’ve been blogging for a long time (getting on towards ten years now, started on Advogato in 2001) …
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Jan
10
2009
Reflections on Gaza
It was reported in the news today that Israel has dropped leaflets in Gaza warning residents to avoid buildings associated with Hamas (presumably because it intends to escalate its use of terrorism against the population of the Strip). Some thoughts: Israel has denied foreign journalists access to Gaza. This is the action of a despotic …
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Dec
29
2008
Militants or government?
Israel has been bombarding Gaza for the last three days or so (BBC News report). In the news, it is always being described as targeting the “Militant group Hamas”. Now, imagine for a moment if the BBC and other news outlets were to describe it in a different and entirely accurate manner: Israeli air raids …
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