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31

Yeah, Right

July 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment

“Muktar urged us to be careful” La Repubblica quoted Hussain as telling his interrogators. “We didn’t want to kill, just sow terror.”….
“He doesn’t consider himself a terrorist,” Sonnessa (his lawyer, ed.) told Italian TV. Asked about what line he took when interrogated, she declined to be specific, but said: “He defended himself with extreme calm, […]

Jul

31

Extra-territorial

July 31, 2005 | Leave a Comment

If ever there was a case of over reach the arrest of Mark Emery at the behest of the drug crazed US government is it.
The document alleges a conspiracy to produce marijuana and distribute seeds as well as alleging money laundering.
“Their activities resulted in the growing of tens of thousands of marijuana plants in America. […]

Jul

29

Got ‘em

July 29, 2005 | 1 Comment

There were hopes tonight that all four of the chief suspects in the failed suicide bombings of July 21 were in custody after arrests today.
Two of the three remaining main suspects were detained in west London by armed police this afternoon, a security source told Guardian Unlimited.
Italy’s interior minister, Giuseppe Pisanu, said later that a […]

Jul

29

Good News at the Guardian

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Last night I was informed by a journalist that Albert Scardino, the Guardian’s executive editor for news, has resigned as a direct result of Sassygate. My impression from that source’s report is that his position had become untenable because of the split between Mr. Aslam’s supporters and those who wanted him fired (the latter including, […]

Jul

29

Good to See

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Muslim scholars and community leaders in the US and Canada yesterday responded to what they regarded as unjust criticism that they have remained silent in the wake of the London bombings by issuing a fatwa, or religious ruling, condemning terrorism as forbidden by Islam.
The fatwa was said to be the first of its kind issued […]

Jul

29

No I-Pod Levy

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The fight over a levy on IPods and other digital music players ended Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear any further arguments on the matter.
That means there will be no levy applied to digital audio recorders such as Apple’s popular IPod and IPod Shuffle as well as other MP3 players like […]

Jul

29

Blogger is Really Annoying

July 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment

So I get the giant Firefox gap fixed and what happens? Blogger seems to have blown a server and I can’t even log into my account. Not even to comment on other people’s blogs. Plus the archives have gone.
Time to migrate.
As you can see I am using the basic Info-Syn.com template which is used for […]