UK Newswire Archive
US-Israeli war aim is to annihilate Lebanon
05-08-2006 08:47
The sharp escalation of the attacks against Lebanon Friday have made it abundantly clear that the objective of this US-Israeli war of aggression is to demolish Lebanon as an independent and sovereign country.
Massive oil spill - Environmental Catastrophe
05-08-2006 04:20
Oil leaking from a bombed power station in Lebanon has reached the coastline of neighbouring Syria and is spreading north, the Kenya-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says. Lebanon's Environment Ministry has called it the worst environmental disaster to hit the Arab state. The spill has already polluted over 80 kilometres of Lebanon's coastline...
Is America [& Australia] Watching a Different War? [Yep!]
05-08-2006 02:06
Help Lebanon, write to your MP
05-08-2006 02:03
A sample letter to send to your local MPAIPAC's HOLD ON THE USA
05-08-2006 01:10
In early March, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) held its forty-seventh annual conference in Washington.Only 8 out of 38 suicide bombers fundamenmtalists
04-08-2006 23:51
I thought this might go as a comment to Johnny Wizard. But that is too long to read to see if relevant. It is a repost and hardly news.Huntsman guilty
04-08-2006 19:56
A Somerset man has become the first person convicted for breaking the ban on fox hunting with hounds.Tony Wright, 52, denied breaching the Hunting Act, when he led the Exmoor Foxhounds on 29 April last year.
But he was fined £500 at Barnstaple Magistrates' Court in a case brought by the League Against Cruel Sports.
He was the first fox huntsman to be summoned to court for defying the law which came into force last year in England and Wales.
No Standards, No Accountability
04-08-2006 19:47
Ten years ago, Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced The War Crimes Act of 1996. This statute was one of many in the mid-1990s devoted to the principle of extraterritoriality: the extension of U.S. laws to other countries. When applied, such laws subject foreign nationals to prosecution if they treat a U.S. citizen or U.S. property in a way that violates U.S. laws.
Iceland: The Battle for Karahnjukar
04-08-2006 19:24
Activists in Iceland being starved out by police and security as lock-on actions halt work on the Karahnjukar Dam construction.Spare Beds Seen as Problem in Chester Foundation Hospital
04-08-2006 18:46
The Nine-Elevening of Lebanon
04-08-2006 18:34
Suffice it to say, it’s an uncomfortable summer here in New York. My own neighborhood was among those without electricity for a greater part of last week.Farc and the Uribe Administration: Or Different Strategies for Not Talking
04-08-2006 18:32
Why the attempts of negotiation between the Colombian Governement and FARC haven' been able to produce any result.Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action By Bush, Blair, Ol
04-08-2006 18:09
Lebanon which means it is a NUCLEAR
WAR! These weapons are extremely
poisoness and deadly........along with
being illegal by all conventions and
treaties. These so-called "depleted"
uranium weapons are actually not
depleted, and their use constitutes
a war crime.]
By: Dr. Doug Rokke, PhD., former Director, U.S. Army Depleted Uranium Project
U.S./U.K. endless crimes - CALL FOR ATTENTION
04-08-2006 17:38
Picture this:You’re at home one evening and an armed convoy rolls into town. Soldiers arrest you and your family...
Germany joins US, British, Israeli axis of aggression
04-08-2006 16:53
Last Sunday, German government spokesman Ulrich William spoke on behalf of the chancellor, Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union—CDU), and expressed Merkel’s “great regret and deep sadness over the consequences of the Israeli air raid on Qana.”Two days later, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party—SPD) began an interview in the Süddeutsche Zeitung with the words: “What took place on Sunday in Qana was appalling. The large number of civilian victims of the Israeli air raid is terrible and unacceptable.”
OutRage!: 10 Arabs face execution on Iran
04-08-2006 16:10
OutRage! issues statement in support of 10 Arabs who face execution in Iran. Urges immediate action to stop these happening....ps:Twiglet..who says we dont support people other than gays in Iran etc facing similar fates ...)
Israel's 'Mistake' At Qana
04-08-2006 15:38
A Letter to the Editor I was compelled to write after watching the "news" last night.Majority of the UK Opposes Trident Replacement
04-08-2006 15:30
The Bankruptcy of the Hawks
04-08-2006 14:07
The pictures of victims among the civilian Lebanese population and the heoric fighting Mudschahedin play into the hands of the Jihad-rhetoric of Al-Qaida.. The war against terror can only be won when the ideas of Al-Qaida are discredited and a global norm against terror is created. A positive narrative that can counter Al-Qaida is necessary.