Day June 8, 2006

Lenin’s Tomb gets grumpy

It’s probably mere pedantry on my part, but the US were suggesting that Zarqawi was their most dangerous opponent in Iraq even when according to their figures his organisation was responsible for a measly six out of three thousands attacks.…

‘Rendition’ hypocrisy

From those crazed radicals at the Financial Times of London Europe’s foremost guardian of human rights yesterday painted a chilling picture of how more than a dozen European countries became part of a global “spider’s web” spun by the US…

World powers back off on Iran

In a major concession, world powers are no longer demanding Iran commit to a long moratorium on uranium-enrichment and are now asking only for a suspension during talks on its nuclear program, diplomats and officials said yesterday. Perhaps even the…

Bush’s gay bashing backfires

The Independent gets it quite right Iraq is going to hell in a hand-basket. The trade and budget deficits are spinning out of control, and petrol prices have gone through the roof. Yet the US Senate has devoted two days…