Salman row

Pakistan joins Iran in threatening the UK after Queen Elisabeth knighted Salman Rushdie. If there ever was a brave soul deserving a knighting it is Rushdie. I would say that Rushdie really put the attention on the issue of freedom of speech not only in the Middle East but also for Europe.

I really hope that explitives like:

"If someone commits suicide bombing to protect the honour of the Prophet Muhammad, his act is justified,"

is properly handled and that the EU along with all european union members foreign ministers send a clear message to ul-Haq and Iran that the position of Iran and Pakistan is unacceptable and that any and all suicide attacks on any U member nation will be considered a hostile act by these two countries and they will be held accountable.


Technorati Tags: Iran, Pakistan, Rushdie, UK, suicide attacks

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Thaksin wants Sven

Former Thai primeminister Thaksin Shinawatra is in the process of buying up Manchester City with all th ebillions he made from the sale of the family company just prior to a military coup ousting him from power.

If Thaksin takes over then Sven will have a job there apparently, Svens agent vehemently rejects any such statement, he who lives will see I guess...

One interesting note however is the comment from the City fanclub:

He has a good record at club level but you cannot ignore all his mistakes with England.

Mistakes??? It was a mistake to be the coach with the best winning record of all coaches? Apparently if you don't win the WC you are a loser as a coach in the UK, I beg for a quick reality check and I also pose this question:

If Sven made mistakes during his tenure, is McLaren a disaster then?




Technorati Tags: Sven-goran Eriksson, Thaksin, Manchester City

Palestinians try yet again to provoke war

During the internal fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza strip there are many that are nervous that the west will turn away from the "struggle" by Palestinian organisations to create the country they said no to in 1947.



It has become apparent that the warnings that Israel had regarding Gaza has come true, no one can today dispute the necessity of the border fence and the occupation of these areas for security reasons, since the pullback of Israeli troops the city of Sderot have sustained multiple attacks with Qassam rockets.



Now Palestinian activists in the northern parts are shooting rockets in to Israel trying to provoke Israel into aggression. We should all today support Israel in their attempt to defend their nation and their citizens against Hamas attacks.





Technorati Tags: Israel, Hamas, middle east

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