After reading this article here I'm starting to wonder if the new Brown government is gearing up for a war with Iran, as the past foreign secretary Jack Straw ruled out the option of military action as at least he knew that Iran is not Iraq and any invasion or even just a 'limited bombing campaign' would cause more resentment and threat of terror attacks and just the plain fact that Iran has a much more larger and well equipped army than Iraq did. With an over stretched army bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan there is no logic in attacking a third country. However politicians are far from being logical thinkers.
I personally have to admit that I thought this day for Alan Johnston would never come, his situation seemed so dire and with the chaos that developed in Gaza this made things never more worse. But from my point unexpectedly he was released into the company of the Hamas faction after 114 days in the hands of the so called Army of Islam.
It good to see him free and thankful the worst never came to pass, Hama's actions in this might give them more credibility, although they are hardly model candidates for democracy they where elected and as hard as that might be for western governments to understand we none the less should start talking and dealing with Hamas fairly. But todays main point is that Alan is finally free.
Developing news, from Gaza of BBC news reporter is being released into the hands of Hamas from the so called Army Of Islam, looks like he really is free or at least out of the real danger, he was seen being taken away under heavily armed guards. Updates soon.
Update: Alan may be in the company of fellow BBC staff who work in Gaza with him, he is said to be in good health, he has reportedly told the AP that he was 'ok' about being released. BBC News article
As I always say, never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. And thats just what we are dealing with when it come to the Glasgow and London bombs, large groups of very stupid people, who apparently all work for the NHS, now thats caring people. From what I've heard and seen on the news....
In London, police were examining images from security cameras to try to establish the cars' routes into the center of the city. They found the first bomb in a Mercedes parked outside a packed nightclub in Haymarket, close to Piccadilly Circus, at 1:30 a.m. on June 29. The second device, in a Mercedes parked between Haymarket and Trafalgar Square, was found hours after it was towed to a garage on Park Lane for being parked illegally. -source-
Yes thats right you read correctly, their bomb was towed away, it strikes me that these so called terrorists are not very smart. It's also very hard to find simpathy for people who cover themselfs with petrol, set them selfs on fire and attack the people trying to help you.
But then again there is another group of stupid people who I hold the same contempt for...
Police were also investigating an attack on an Asian news agent early Tuesday in Glasgow, in which a car was rammed into the shop and caught fire or set ablaze, and the torching of a real estate office next to a mosque near Edinburgh on Monday.-source-
As you might expect it's not getting much attention, but it's no different in what happened at Glasgow airport people ramming a car into a building and setting it on fire with the intent to kill or injure, they are just as much terrorists as the people who where arrested at the airport, but I doubt they will ever be caught as in the eyes of most stupid people in Scotland for them it's not the right from of terrorism.
