1 million barrel disruption threatened… Alaska spill

Last month, guerrillas and “terrorists” in Nigeria threatened to shut down 30% of Nigeria’s oil exports. They managed 20%… about 450,000 barrels per day of oil from Nigeria’s usual output. This month, they have apparently, raised the bar a little higher. They promise to remove a further 1 million barrels of oil in March. If …

This is how wars start… Iran and the US

Last November, the UK government accused Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgents with advanced bomb making materials originating from Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yesterday, March 7, the United States, through Donald Rumsfeld, accused Iran of “infiltrating Iraq” with para-military forces to stir up trouble, mainly in the South. Asked whether the alleged insertion of Iranian forces into …

Do what we say not what we do.

In another wonderful example of American (and not necessarily only Bush&Co) hypocrisy… we have this story. The Bush administration is developing plans to design and deploy refurbished or replacement warheads for the nuclear stockpile, and by 2030 to modernize the production complex so that, if required, it could produce new generations of weapons with different …