March 17, 2004

According to Haaretz, plans for British security assistance to the Palestinian Authority are already underway. “With grudging consent from the Americans, the British are now setting up two new operation control rooms, one in Ramallah and one in Gaza, for Palestinian security organizations. The money that Britain is spending is earmarked for the purchase of…

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In our occasional series, When Aviation Security Attacks, we bring you this, the story of a man who: “discovered the weapon while unpacking in Israel after a visit to Germany, reports Israeli daily Haaretz. He immediately reported the find to the police only to be told that the weapon, which had been de-activated, was part…

Read More A Gun in my Suitcase, a Dove at my Window…

An interesting document to say the least. For a start, there is that old Ranter issue concerning Geoff Hoon and his remarkably confident denials that anything had gone wrong at all. You may remember that he stated in Parliament that: “All the requisite numbers of boots and clothing and equipment were there and, having only…

Read More Just been reading the Commons Defence Committee’s Iraq report..