Iraq abuse; Moore accusations
CNN reports that a former intelligence official has alleged that the recent abuse scandal in Abu Ghuraib prison was in fact the result of Donald Rumsfeld’s policy – not of the antics of a...
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Piers Morgan resigns
The BBC is reporting that Piers Morgan, the editor of the Daily Mirror has been sacked or stepped down (nobody is quite sure which, which is the norm when powerful people are sacked), and...
Well, my new Linux package is installed, and …
I’m pretty disappointed, actually. I’ve been using Linux as my main OS since about October 2002, and as I mentioned before I’ve used many Linux distros and always come back to SUSE. I think...
My SUSE arrived today!
Just taking a break from my revision (brushing up on my Java) to install the SUSE Linux package which was delivered this afternoon on two computers simultaneously … which should be done in about...
Red Hat could mean curtains for Windoze
An interview with Matthew Szulik of Red Hat has been published in today’s Independent. Red Hat has just issued another desktop version of its Linux desktop, which it will provide on a subscription basis...
I’m a better runaway than David Hargreaves
David Hargreaves recently told in the Spectator his story of how he ran away from boarding school in 1974, and he considers this one of the best moves he’s ever made. I was tempted...
‘Malware’, Microsoft and Open Source
Here is an interestng article on Groklaw about one Microsoft spokesman’s alleged recent comments about Linux and open source, and the cost of ‘malware’ (viruses etc) on Windows platforms including problems with Microsoft’s patches....
Yet another twist in Schiavo story
CNN reports that a Florida county circuit court has struck down a law passed by the Florida legislature which prevents the husband having his wife’s life-support machine turned off.
Lying dogs whip up fears among Jews
OK … I don’t normally give free publicity to blogs which publish lies about Muslims, but this one from “Dhimmi Watch” really does take the proverbial biscuit. (You can read about this and its...
Sharon’s Banana Republics
Bush and Blair have allowed Israel to dictate their Middle East policy and carry out a Palestinian politicide, writes Ali Safieh, Palestinian General Delegate to the UK and the Vatican. http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1194704,00.html
The strange case of the Muslim-loving Islamophobes
One of the fascinating things about some of the most vehemently anti-Islamic commentators in the blogosphere (they seldom make it into the mainstream press, at least not in the UK) is how concerned they...
Mercury, Vitamin A and the MMR vaccine
I’m not a parent myself, but I’ve been following the coverage of the issue of the MMR vaccine in the UK especially as it has come up on a Muslim eGroup I subscribe to....
Reaction to Rantisi murder
Israel’s assassination yesterday of yet another Hamas leader was shocking, but it should not surprise anyone that Israel, especially under the leadership of Ariel Sharon, would do such a thing. I haven’t bothered to...
So, it’s almost St. George’s day …
I don’t honestly know if it’s nearly St. George’s day, but it must be because people have brought it up on the radio again: why don’t we English celebrate our “national day” like the...
More on that Boudreaux pic
A while ago I posted a picture here I got from CAIR about a Marine (or ex-Marine) standing with two Iraqi boys with a sign saying “Lcpl Boudreaux killed my Dad, then he knocked...
More on Sardar
The New Statesman finally got round to printing replies to Ziauddin Sardar’s “open the gates of ijtihad” waffle two issues ago (I blogged on this about a week ago). They didn’t print mine, but...
‘Shaikh’ Abdul-Qadir’s latest essay
I subscribe to a number of Yahoo groups on Islam and Bewleyupdates is one of them. The group was founded by Aisha Bewley, best known for her translation of the Qur’an, Qadi Iyaad’s Shifaa,...
About Abdul-Hadi Palazzi …
Those of you who visit my website often will have noticed a link to an article about “Shaikh” Abdul-Hadi Palazzi, an impostor from Italy who is the leader, or one of the leaders, of...
Victims’ Licence
George Monbiot has published a fascinating article on how being the victim of an atrocity (or the descendent of such a victim) appears to give people licence to commit fresh atrocities. The Germans, the...
UK commander says US methods in Iraq unacceptable
The Age reports that senior British commanders are dissatisfied with American methods in Iraq, calling them heavy-handed, and have alleged ‘a growing sense of “unease and frustration” among the British high command’. They have...