Today is a good day for the Rule of Law. Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General of the United Kingdom announced today that 3 UK soldiers would be charged under the International Criminal Court Act of 2001 for War Crimes. Their charges? Manslaughter, inhuman treatment of persons and perverting the course of justice as well as …
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Yesterday, in my Inter-Travels I came across this post at Harry’s Place (hatip: SMASH). It points a peice in the Observer which equates Islamic extremism with the G8s elitism as fanaticism in diferent forms. Here’s a quote: The so-called war against terrorism is, in fact, a war between two fanaticisms. To bracket the two together …
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After the attacks in London, the “War on Terror” and Terrorism in general has again taken center stage. (Audio Podcast Available) But what has changed? Did the London bombings expose a permanent weakness, or was it only there because of a mistake or focus elsewhere? You simply can’t be prepared for everything. In a free …
