Deja Vu?

Having lived within three miles of the rioter's playground for some 27 years, this latest outbreak may have been an opportunity seized upon by young hooded opportunists, but let us not forget that the local community in Tottenham do not seem to take too well to black people being shot or dying mysteriously at the hands of the Metropolitan police.

The infamous Broadwater farm riots, which took place on the 6th October 1985, were triggered by the death of Mrs. Cynthia Jarrett on the previous day. Her son, Floyd Jarrett, had been arrested for giving false details and allegedly being in possession of a counterfeit tax disc. Whilst in custody, four police officers arrived at his mother’s home to conduct a search, which resulted in Mrs. Jarrett fatal collapse. Some 26 years later it has never been established whether Mrs. Jarret died of a heart attack or some nefarious police action. Incidentally, PC Blakelock, was also murdered in the ensuing Broadwatwer farm riot.

This weekend’s events in Tottenham Hale begun to unravel after the shooting of a local black man. Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old father of four was killed after an alleged fatal exchange of gun fire with the police.

 

Viagra- Gaddafi's secret weapon?

Col Muammar Gaddafi has truly lived up to his moniker of ‘Mad Dog’, if the latest allegations against the Libyan leader are to be believed. Claims that he has been distributing Viagra, as part of his troop's ration packs, and a decree to brutalise women sound much like the punch- line to a loathsome quip; the kind of distasteful comment conjured up by the senseless and idiotic pranksters of this world.

Rather than an offensive joke doing the rounds, it is, in fact, the news headlines which bring these distressing accusations of brutality. Far from a new phenomenon, the rape of women has been viewed as the spoils of victory in the Hebrew Scriptures to a means of psychological warfare in such recent conflicts, as Bosnia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, it takes an abominable mind to take the deplorable act of rape and the use of Viagra to its latest depths.

The systematic practice of rape is recognized under the Geneva Convention as a crime against humanity and a war crime. Gaddafi’s latest villainous deed serves to demonstrate his delusion, desperation and defiance and suggests that he will make good on his Tuesday announcement of dying in Libya as a martyr. One can only hope that his wishes are answered very soon.

 

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Col Muammar Gaddafi - Who's M.A.D?

Muammar’ mad-dog Gaddafi must be cursing the missed opportunity of voluntarily relinquishing power, leaving his people on amicable terms and slipping off quietly to plunder the billions of state money he has salted away. With the issue of a warrant, for his arrest, by the International Criminal court, it is of little surprise the Libyan leader has announced "We shall not leave. We shall not surrender. We shall not sell it," and added. "We welcome death. Martyrdom is a million times better.

Do not be fooled by his precarious perm, blunt rants and outlandish fashion sense- rumoured to be heavily influenced by, the now deceased, Michael Jackson. Col Gaddaffi, was once a revolutionary hero; in a bloodless coup, he snatched power from Libya’s King Idris and quickly addressed the unfair exploitation of the country by Western oil companies by aggressively re- negotiating oil prices.

He considered himself a great political philosopher and put together his ‘ green book’; said to solve the contradictions inherent in capitalism and communism and to put the world on a path of political, economic and social revolution and set oppressed peoples free everywhere. Gadaffi introduced free education at all levels, including university and post-graduate study and women flourished educationally under his reign.

Subsequently, he went on to rule his people for a period of sixty years ‘liquidizing’ any opposition to his rule, both at home and abroad. Political conversations with foreigners became a crime punishable by three years of prison; foreign languages were removed from the school curriculum; prisons were run with little or no documentation of the inmate population, offence or length of the sentence and the government executed dissidents publicly with the option of watching the televised repeat on the weekend.
What could have been –if Muammar had followed a more honourable path?

 

Who Influenced Who?

 

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Notorious neighbours

Why do such awful things become fads – crocs, overweight women exposing their G-strings on the high street and mass murderers living in plain view?
The recent apprehension of some of the world’s most wanted men has revealed a curious trend. Regardless of their rankings as fugitives, these men are not to be been found in caves, underground bunkers or some leafy undergrowth in the nearest Latin American jungle.

Sheltering in plain sight seems to be all the craze among the culprits of crimes against humanity, genocide and mass murder these days. In the case of, Ratko Mladic, his capture uncovered the Serbian village of Lazarevo as the idyllic, retirement retreat for the former Bosnian Serb military commander.

There is something rather strange about mass murderers going about their business in plain sight; purchasing the daily periodicals from the high-street newsagent or sending off letters and post cards from the single-manned post-office like any other pensioner. I always thought small villages bred familiarity and nosy neighbours?

With no false moustaches, curly wigs or prosthetics to disguise their faces of evil, it may seem unlikely that such infamous villains could wander around in local communities unnoticed. However, given time even the most notorious criminals can appear as ordinary as the next flat-capped, spectacle-wearing pensioner.

In the case of Mladic, local neighbours claimed he could not have possibly hidden in a populated village of less than 3,000, with one villager quoted as saying “They brought him here to make the arrest. It was just a setup to make less of a fuss.”

Former Nazi guard, John Demjanjuk, who was sentenced last month for being an accessory to the murder of some 28,000 Jews was discovered living in Ohio, as a retired mechanic from the local Ford car plant.

Only Osama Bin laden can have been considered to have maintained a degree of discretion by never venturing to the shops himself, hosting loud parties at his complex or returning any of the footballs to the neighbouring children, who managed to lose them over his compound wall. I anticipate the Pakistani authorities pointing to the recent apprehension of Mladic as a supporting example of how effortlessly a war-criminal can be over-looked.

Although fads are fleeting do not be surprised to discover war lords- Joseph Kony or Goran Hadzic captured in a town near you.

 

Ratko Mladic on the left & John Demjanjuk on the right

http://www.latestbbcnews.com/killer-of-eight-thousand-muslims-former-bosnia-serbian-army-chief-general-ratko-mladic-arrested.html

http://oneuspost.com/2011/05/12/john-demjanjuk-convicted-over-nazi-camp-deaths/

James Brown - the other one!

Celebrity hairdresser James Brown’s admission that he used the word “Nigger” to address black TV presenter, Ben Douglas, and his subsequent ludicrous apology is just another example of a ‘repressed racist’.

In recent pop culture, the controversial word is perceived as strictly for the use of US gangsta rappers, U.K grime artists, drug dealers, and any black person who feels the urge. However, the evolution of the N-word appears to agitate racists, like the middle-classed Mr Brown. It seems to have an effect much like the lone child observing, from afar, all the fun the other children are having in the playground, but not getting an invitation to join in.

Mr Brown has used the excessive consumption of alcohol, his familiarity with New York slang; which he claims he picked up among the many black friends he has in the ‘Big Apple’ and an irrelevant reference to his ‘cousins being with blacks' as valid reasons for addressing Mr Douglas in such a derogatory manner.

Having styled such celebrities such as Kate Moss, Angelina Jolie and Liv Tyler, it is not known whether Mr Brown has any black celebrity US clients, but I can hardly imagine him using the N-word in the presence of a black women like Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce or Oprah Winfrey.

In fact, I wish he would. Oprah would slap the taste out of his mouth.

If Mr Brown had any real understanding of the N-word, as he claims, he would have known it was wholly inappropriate for it to have left his lips. Mr. Brown is not from the ‘hood’, probably buys his drugs from an equally middle-classed drug dealer and would find himself in different circumstances had he actually greeted a nigger, instead of a black man, in that manner.

Meanwhile, Mr Douglas has had a death-threat posted on Twitter for his troubles.

 

Obama state banquet in London

As the President of the United States of America, President Bush barely grasped the English language at times. His comprehension of world affairs and diplomacy are best demonstrated by his remarks to President Fernando Cardosa in Washington DC-2001; Bush asked his Brazilian counterpart “Do you have blacks too?”

One could comfortably conceive the jubilant celebrations which accompanied Barack Obamas inauguration ceremony as purely down to the disposal of Bush and some form of hysterical relief. The American people’s liberation from the much-lampooned former President was also appreciated around the world.
From the darkness and into the light, America has now been blessed with such an intelligent, articulate and eloquent President, it is certain to change the perception of Americans.

Let’s face it- the former President, who didn't know his Tennessee from his Texas, only made one wonder how this man came to represent the most powerful country in the world.
However, pride has been restored. President Obama delivered a fluent, powerful, stirring and compelling speech at the State Banquet. The Queen seemed to approve, and Prince Phillip raised a chuckle – even if it was at the President's declaration that he had some English ancestry.

Some of the UK's most powerful and influential people will have witnessed Obama's oratory skills and be quietly admiring the man as an alluring speaker.
However, it was not a totally flawless evening; President Obama toasted the Queen during the National Anthem and found his raised glass and appeal to salute Her Majesty ignored as the guests stood silent. Our smooth-talking guest should be forgiven a small mistake and respected for his charm and oral prowess.
After the stumbling, faltering, Simple George, I can certainly appreciate a smart, well-spoken American President.

 

Super Injunction - the man with no name

The man with no name must have known it was only a matter of time before his identity was exposed as the footballer at the centre of the Imogen ‘super injunction’ affair. Revealed in print, by the Scottish Herald and then, today, in Parliament. It took the special Parliamentary privilege of Lib Dem MP, John Hemming, to reveal the footballer's identity; well, in England at least.

After such a tumultuous week, there is little sympathy for the two central characters in this steamy tale of adultery, deceit and blackmail; if you believe the inferences made by Mr. Justice Eady.

The man with no name has often been portrayed as the finest footballer and role-model in the Premiership. The fiercely private footballer has always been polite, generous with his charitable causes, and admired by man and boy alike for his approach inside and outside the game. However, he has been shown to be ruthless in his bid to cover up his adulterous affair with Imogen Thomas and protect his almost saint-like image.

Although, the veteran footballer is thought to have confessed the details of his betrayal to his wife and family, there are more than likely further aspects of his six-month affair, which will expose the full extent of his infidelity.

The tearful pleas of the former Big brother contestant, serial football groupie and ‘victim’ in this injunction plot, does not evoke much sympathy either. Ms Thomas will undoubtedly regain her composure to sell the sordid details of her affair; how she was duped into love with a married family man, the torment and stress of being the other woman and the guilt she has often felt. Eventually, we can look forward to the many sexual positions the man with no name enjoyed in the company of Ms Thomas as she milks every last drop of salacious tittle tattle from the whole affair.

The fall-out has exposed the abuse of privacy laws to the general public, but above all it has proven how difficult it is in controlling the spread of a good sex scandal among a nation of gossip-mongers.

 

THE MAN WITH NO NAME aka RYAN GIGGS

Armageddon

A number of people believe the world is going to end today; May 21 2011 – 1600hr

Followers of Christian Radio broadcaster, Harold Camping, believe that his calculations are credible and that the Great Tribulation will arrive on our doorsteps today.

Camping has singled out today for the arrival of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of the Last Judgment; Death, on a pale horse, and accompanied by three companions are said to be riding into town today.

Complex calculations based on passages and numbers, regarded as significant by the radio reverend, have led to his bold prediction.

Camping’s Family Radio Network (FRM) is successful and considerable; a religious radio network estimated to have $120 million in assets and own 66 radio stations in the US alone.
All the more impressive is the wealth of FRM, which is entirely funded from the generosity of their listeners.

Camping is certainly a voice who can be regarded as influential, which is the only possible reason World’s media have picked up on the outlandish claims of a partially deaf, 89 year- old man who - let’s face it – wouldn’t be the first, senior citizen to be Non compos mentis and nurturing a hysterical idea.

Camping and his disciples have spent millions on bill boards and taken out a full advertisement in the New York Post urging people to take note of another impending Armageddon. I wouldn’t hold my breath – however, I might just be sitting near a television at the exact time the beginning of the end is said to arrive.



 

Obama's initiative

A pivotal moment has been reached; the disposal of Bin Laden, the fall of Tunisian and Egyptian leaders and the inevitable impending fall of Muammar ‘mad dog’ Gaddafi.

Often at the heart of discontent, frustration and anger for the Middle Eastern regions, and a point of reference for the brutal oppression of Muslims, is the Palestinian conflict.

There has never been a better time to resolve the Palestinian/Israeli issue.


However, recent pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle east have meant that there is a real opportunity for peace and stability across the region.
Having wondered what would come next, post Bin Laden, President Obama has astutely pressed for reforms in the Middle East and Africa; cutting 1bn of debt for a democratic Egypt and a generous offer of creating Enterprise funds for Egypt and Tunisia; and communicating the need for the Syrian President to lead a political transition or make way.

Regarding the Isarali/Palestinian peace process President Obama stated "No peace can be imposed upon them, nor can endless delay make the problem go away," and went on to elaborate by saying -"But what America and the international community can do is state frankly what everyone knows: a lasting peace will involve two states for two peoples."

Well, that sounds like a little like the sentiments of Rodney ‘can’t we all just get along’ King. It is going to take a little more than a polite request to get Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to entertain the idea of a neighbouring Palestinian state.

In offering the Middle-eastern regimes a little helping hand; financial incentives, ultimatums and the bombing of government installations in Libya, a little more equilibrium is needed for any progress to take place regarding Palestine and Israel.

Whether it has been involved in the guiding of handshakes between Rabin and Arafat or restrained objections to Israel’s military incursions into Palestine the US has always been tentative in their dealings with the Israeli’s. Just as the Pakistan government has been accused of duplicity, graciously accepting American aid and then sheltering Bin Laden, the U.S have given huge amounts of foreign aid to Israel without ever making any tangible demands or sanctions.

If the U.S are going to be insistent on actively participating in regime change abroad then do so consistently or it will be hard to avoid the perception of being a playground bully.

"Fortes fortuna adiuvat"

 

The Big 'R'

‘A poor choice of words‘ is the Justice Secretary’s mitigation for his comments, which exposed him to a frenzy of condemnation. Kenneth Clarke appeared to make some distinction on different categories of rape. Mr. Clarke’s observations could not have come at a worse time; just over two weeks before the first UK Slutwalk march in London.

The Justice Secretary should certainly be more careful with his words and has been apologetic and at pains to point out “all rapes are a serious crime” since the denunciation of his original remarks, which were made on a radio station.
However, whether it is an abhorrent thought or not – all rapes are not equal in the judicial system. There is a disparity in the sentencing of most serious crimes; a man who rapes his daughter, for example, in the home is unlikely to face the same length of sentence as a knife-wielding rapist that attacks any unfortunate woman in a park or alley-way.

Rape runs a very debatable second to murder. Victims often talk about a preference for death rather than the daily nightmare of surviving a sexual attack and the abuse of babies and children are thought of as abominable. However, on closer inspection the average length of sentencing for rape starts at five years, with an admission of guilt; Is that really enough?

If there are going to be passionate protests and outlandish indignation, wouldn’t it be better spent challenging the sentencing of rape than a back-peddling apologetic Kenneth Clarke?

 

Hasidic drama

Tonight, airs the Hasidic guide to marriage and finding a bride; BBC2-9.00pm, which offers a glimpse into the very secretive existence of Europe’s largest Hasidic community, which has flourished in Stamford Hill, North London. Big Fat Gypsy wedding this is not!

As the title of the programme suggests there will be a fair amount of introspection and narrative about the customs of match-making and marriage in the secretive community. It may also shed some light on a fiercely private religious sect, whom often draws criticism from other members of the local community.

Having lived as a resident for some fifteen years in the midst of a 20,000 strong fervently religious community, I have been fortunate enough to observe my neighbours a little closer than the fleeting BBC cameras that have produced tonight’s documentary.

There is something of an admiration, on my part, for the Hasidic community’s burning conviction to their beliefs and way of life; the men are always dressed in dark, formal clothes; the preference for black passed down from 18th century Rabbis, whom considered brightly coloured clothes would arouse resentment from outsiders.

Their laws and codes are vast, complex and require great discipline and enthusiasm; the Torah- the Five Books of Moses – contains some 613 Mitzvoth, or commandments, some of which are aimed at just the men, or the women, or solely for the benefit of priestly elders.

It is thought that their practice of zealously rocking back and forth whilst praying inflicts a high incidence of Myopia, short sightedness, and there is something certainly to be said for a community that relies on their own emergency ambulance service rather than the NHS and educates their children, primarily in, private schools.

However, it has to be said that the more concerning aspect of a private community is down to the same self-sufficiency and independence the Hasidic Jews cultivate. This is not so much American soil, where a self-contained community can blossom, build to their hearts content and segregate from all that is ‘corruptible’ and ‘forbidden’. Stamford Hill is situated in the borough of Hackney where you inevitably have to navigate through a rich, multi-cultural fabric of people and places.
Recent rumours had suggested that certain parts of Stamford Hill are now becoming off-limits to goyim -non Jews, which is a particularly disturbing rumour. The London Late post will be taking a closer look at this development in coming months to establish whether this local tale has any truth or is simply a matter of anti-Semitic speculation.

It is, however, one firm belief of the private population that sex is purely for procreation rather than pleasure. In being such fanatical followers, there is little room for deviation on the laws regarding such a tempting indulgence. Subsequently, the average Hasidic household is populated with 2.5 as many children as the average for England and Wales; my next-door neighbour has some ten children and her neighbour, also Hasidic, has an equal amount of off-spring.

The high household count demonstrates one example of how the Stamford-hill Jewish community impacts on the environment and themselves. Even with a determined effort to acquire more housing space in Stamford Hill; private home-owners often find themselves refusing the advances of unannounced visitors knocking on their doors to enquire if they want to 'house swap' or sell. There is a sense that there simply is not enough adequate housing available for the expanding Jewish community.

Hackney council’s restrictions on planning permission means there has been a source of tension for the Hasidic Jews as their community has grown. Instances of frustrated Jewish families carrying out disruptive, illegal development of properties have been a source of resentment for private homeowners in Stamford Hill.

Tonight’s documentary is certainly worth the glimpse behind the cloak of Orthodox Judaism.
However, there is certainly a whole range of interesting issues that need closer inspection.

 

Capital Kids

Beautiful, clean streets, historical architecture, cosmopolitan, and attractive are just some of the words I would choose to describe the city in which I had decided to take a sabbatical for the last two years.

However, the city of Oxford is no Utopia – far too many beggars and big issue merchants in the city centre- you could lose a small fortune in charitable acts.

Two summers ago, I stumbled into a crime scene; police officers stood sentry at a section of Cowley road and the local church were cordoned off to the public. It was quite obvious there was a manhunt on. It later transpired that the police were looking for the perpetrator of a brutal stabbing and murder, who rather aptly sought sanctuary in the church grounds.

The events which followed made the local newspapers, the TV and was the source of much gossip on the city’s bus route. It was just about the only serious violent incident that had caught my attention during my stay in Oxford.

When I returned to London last year I couldn’t help but notice the appearance of bouquets, which sporadically adorn the streets of North London. For some reason, I associated them with fatal road-side accidents. Somehow my time in idyllic Oxford had erased the memory of violence, stabbings and shootouts on the streets of London, but the flowers and the sub-machine gun shooting of 16 year old Agnes Sina-Inakoju, in April last year, reminded me of the violence which often permeates the capital.

I am not particularly taken aback by violence and aggression, but I am certainly affected at the age of some of the victims, the manner in which they are murdered and the fashion in which Londoners have accepted it as a part of life.

Today, five youths were convicted of another senseless crime; the March 2010 ‘Victoria’ station killing. Organised on Facebook between rival schoolchildren; it was reported at the time, that the victim (15 year old Sofyen Belamouadden) was confronted by some twenty armed youths and was set upon in plain sight of commuters in Victoria station.

The subsequent result of this terrible tragedy is two youths, Obi Nwokeh, 18, of Bermondsey and a 17-year-old were convicted of murder by unanimous jury verdicts. There were lesser charges for a further three participant in the tragic killing of the Morrocan school boy.

At the beginning of this year MP’s and the Metropolitan Police ran their campaign of ‘joint-enterprise’ in a bid to educate young people about the risks of playing a role in serious crime. And yet for all intents, it seems the judicial process cannot make good on the campaign’s scare tactics.

Rampaging youths, armed with swords and knives, in open view and committing murder, an innocent school girl machine-gunned in her local chip shop; and let’s not forget Temidayo Fuwad Ogunneye, the 15-year-old schoolboy stabbed to death last Wednesday.

Whats goin on?

Wake up London & pay attention!

 

‘Whats going on?’ by Marvin Gaye


Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya

Blue vs The Jedward

Former Pop & Rnb group, Blue, could be considered as moderately successful by British pop historians. Their second single reached No 1 in the U.K charts; a cover version of the US platinum-certified hit, by RnB group Next. Blue used the same musical arrangement to offer us a single, released only three years prior, with far less vocal depth than their American counterparts.

Of note, they achieved a further two chart-topping singles and an album, before disbanding to pursue solo projects.

I, for one, took some time to warm to Blue; Next were one of my favourite RnB groups at the time, and I considered it quite a shameless raid when Blue covered their song.

Blue - whose members are Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Antony Costa- surprisingly exhibited some small seeds of hope, in as much as evolving into a really good British Pop/RnB group. I thawed a little to their likeable personalities and music; and begrudgingly accepted their success.

Listening to Blue was a little frustrating, in as much, as one of their members, Lee ’Play that funky music white boy’ Ryan really had a great, soulful vocal ability and Simon Webbe could Rap! With the right material, they probably could have released some credible authentic RnB styled albums.
I can say with some conviction that I now appreciate their achievements as a pop vocal band.

However, they now have the opportunity to win total admiration, boisterous praise and my eternal gratitude if they can propel the annoying abomination known as Jedward into the annals of obscurity. As competing entrants in tonight’s 2011 Eurovision, Blue will be up against 42 other entrants, but I am only concerned with one particular face off - Blue vs Jedward.

There has been a concerted effort to disguise the true appearance of these two half-baked teenagers and turn them into bona-fide pop stars, credible artists and smouldering pin-ups and the consequences could be catastrophic should they steal any more success through tonight’s Eurovision.

I would hope that the former chart-toppers, realize the gravity of our fates should they finish below the mumbling, blonde-quiffed twins of banality; the growing underground movement to make Jedward pin-ups and a European phenomenon will advance their permeation of reality TV, magazines and all forms of digital media will become saturated with their images and dishwater dialogue; the U.K will become the target of international anger and retribution as Jedward export their own inimitable brand of ‘entertainment’ across the globe in their quest for world domination.

It could be the end as we know it….

I will watch the proceedings tonight with great trepidation and be cheering on Blue as they battle it out in the German arena.

 

Gagging for it

There is no doubt; we are a nation of tireless, nosy and persistent merchants of gossip.
What else could explain our gargantuan effort in helping Twitter to break its traffic record this week by following the ‘Super injunction’ revelations.
Twitter has not only exposed the pointless protection of adulterous movie stars and premiership footballers, but our nation’s voracious appetite for snippets of salacious scandal. We can indeed count ourselves top rumourmongers and avid celebrity gossip snoops.

The signs have been there for some time; the assiduous ascent of Katie Price on the TV and our collective consciousness; the popularity of celeb magazines pedalling tales of ‘celebrity’ abortions and eating disorders; and the media, ahead of the game, have long been conspiring to give the masses what they want - a rich regimen of celebrity tattle, speculation and hearsay.

Britons not only want to know the details of which celebrity is having an adulterous affair with whom, but we want to be the first to peddle the gossip-mongering wares.
Our guilty pleasure has now become a national merit for men as much as women.

What does it say about Britons? Psychologists will point to the person at the centre of a social gathering, whom quite happily will keep an audience captivated and entertained by ‘spilling the beans’. Gossiping is usually closely followed by a judgement- ‘Can you believe that guy cheated on his girlfriend?’

Gossiping is a poor social tool to make one’s self feel better and worthy of acceptance or is just down to plain jealousy.
A nation of envious, inferiority-riddled, frustrated gossip hounds may be a tad harsh, but it does certainly give some insight behind the popular obsession with scandal.

 

The scales of justice?

It has been documented that some 2,752 died in the attacks on the World Trade Centre. The figure is much nearer 3000 with the subsequent attack on the Pentagon and related human losses.

If you attribute those victim’s deaths to Osama Bin Laden, double the figure and add that to the collective of people said to have died at the orchestration of the terror chief , it would still be only a small amount in comparison to the victims of the Nazi death camp guard, John Demjanjuk.It seems the scales of justice swing wildly on different continents.


Demjanjuk, at the age of 91, has been sentenced, today, to five years in prison; and it is suspected he may also get some reduction in his sentence for time served.
The former guard of Sobibor, an SS death camp, is said to have played a hand in the murder of at least 28,000 people.

Ukrainian born, Demjanjuk , was a Red Army soldier before being captured and recruited to the death-camps. After the war he fled to the US to make the transition from a death-camp guard to a car salesman in Ohio for a time. Eventually discovered and handed over to the Israeli authorities, Demjanjuk spent eight years in detention and was formerly sentenced to death before being released on appeal.

Even with a small measure of mercy and blind sympathy for Demjanjuk -being conscripted into the hellish nightmare of a Nazi extermination camp and for choosing self-preservation and cowardice over death- Demjanjuk never showed remorse or bared any testimony to playing a hand in the death of some 28,000 human beings. He has remained steadfast and silent on the truth of his complicity and his crimes deserve as much vilification, and possibly a similar, fate as Bin-Laden, I would think?

I certainly have always been very uncomfortable with capital punishment.Osama Bin laden should have been brought to justice and there is still the aroma of something suspicious around the whole affair. However, I can only marvel at the disparity between U.S 'frontier justice' and the German court's light retribution.

 

Slutwalk

Women, some dressed provocatively, have been marching in North America –Boston and Canada- Toronto with placards held high and scrawled with such sentiments as ‘Proud to be a slut”, “Sluts say yes” and “Slut pride”. Apparently, this protest march is in response to a representative of the Toronto police claiming that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”.

The sentiment at the heart of movement is to challenge traditional out-dated judgements of some rape victims and to support a women's rights to wear provocative clothing without being subjected to sexual attacks.

It is the general feeling, at The Late London Post, that we should support this growing cause fully. We do not condone sexual attacks of any nature.
Our only concern is some of our sisters, across the transatlantic, may well have missed the point by appearing with no clothes on. After all, how can you argue for your right to wear scant, suggestive, sexually aggressive clothing if you are not actually wearing any?

Although the word ‘slut’ has connotations with being sexually free and promiscuous the Oxford English Dictionary definition is even more inflammatory, and it would certainly help to represent the full spectrum of slutty women by introducing a few slovenly, unclean and delinquent types to the mix.

A London Slutwalk march is being organised and is imminent in its announcement. Rest assured there will a massive resource of volunteers from the U.K in supporting the cause.

Definition of "slut" from the Oxford English Dictionary
1: 1 a. A woman of dirty, slovenly, or untidy habits or appearance; a foul slattern. b. A kitchen-maid; a drudge. rare. c A troublesome or awkward creature. Obs. 2. a. A woman of a low or loose character; a bold or impudent girl; a hussy, jade.

 

Rapid response to danger

The execution of Osama Bin laden throws up far more amusing facts and anecdotes than food for thought. Of course the whole saga is a grave matter for contemplation. Is the United States distribution of ‘frontier justice’ going to become the status quo when catching up with the bad guys? The debate will continue for weeks as to what makes the American administration ‘ judge, jury and executioner’? It is a fair criticism, and one which many have voiced, despite the sensitivity of the terrible act which brought such revenge.
A Russian proverb extols – ‘with lies you may get ahead in the world, but can never go back.’The initial account of the raid on the Abottabad seems to be based on half-truths, which could be considered a whole lie. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to come up with plausible reasons as to why the Obama administration preferred a silenced and disposed of Bin Laden.

Far more interesting is the emergence, from Pentagon officials, that there was actually only one armed person, at the compound, resisting execution. Which begs the puzzling question. How did the US Navy seals take forty minutes to secure the compound with virtually no resistance? I can’t imagine what could have taken them so long? Did they stop to break out the rations once they had completed their helicopter fast-rope insertion, or were they literally taking enemy lines one step at a time?

The Obama administration does not seem to have to thought out their latest version of events and are prolonging the circus of interest that will ensue for weeks and maybe months.

Elsewhere, the exchange of Bin laden quips and cartoons have flooded the net and mobile phone networks. Particularly disturbing, was the comment, doing the rounds in London - Bin Laden had been discovered living in a dark, empty room for six years and something to do with it being Arsenal football club's trophy room; I am not one for repeating jokes very well, especially at Arsenal's expense.

 

We really didn't know!

It emerged today that Osama Bin Laden had been allegedly hiding in his Pakistani lair for as long as five years!
The compound in Abottabad is conspicuous in as much as it stands tall and looming over all the other local buildings and the presence of armed sentinels on the roof would surely have raised some interest from passing goat-shepherds let alone the security services. I doubt there are many places in the world capable of offering sanctuary to such a sought-after fugitive. It really should not be much of a surprise that Bin Laden was found where he was.

The point of interest to follow in the coming days is the excuses of Pakistan’s most powerful spy agency, the ISI, and their apparent ignorance of the whole matter. I can imagine that they really do not want to upset the extremists by claiming they had a hand in the alleged assassination of Bin Laden, but even the 'terrorists' would be hard pressed to believe Pakistan played any supporting role in the American's efforts. Presently, whatever the truth, the Pakistani administration are best off playing stupid- "I do not really understand the English, can you say that again?" Pakistani police now guard the compound and greet journalists with a rather bemused look – as if they know something that we should have long guessed.

The ISI had already announced, today, they are ‘extremely embarrassed’ by their failures and the Pakisani Deputy prime-minister spoke of ‘closing this chapter’. Behind the scenes, you can bet there will be some strong expletives aimed at Pakistan from the good ol U.S of A, but for the ordinary folk, just enjoy a master class in duplicity from the Pakistani administration as they hold their hands in an open gesture and feign incompetence.

 

Mission accomplished?

Despite the short scenes of jubilation in New York at the news of Osama Bin Laden’s demise, it seemed an anti-climactic epitaph to the whole 911 saga. Sudden and unexpected I would not be as skeptical to say that the US never really got their man this time. However, the apparent speedy disposal of Bin Laden’s body in the Arabian Sea seemed suspicious to say the least.
The Obama administration was quick to point out that Bin Laden was given a Muslim burial in line with Islamic beliefs, but it is a little hard to picture the burial attended by a dozen or so hard-assed, but reflective, US Navy Seals and an accompanying Imam.
I would like to think that the motivation for this alleged sea burial of America’s Most Wanted was to avoid enraging the extremist groups and to spotlight America’s dignity in the face of bittersweet victory. However, that just doesn’t seem to ring true. The capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a mastermind behind the 911 attack, and his presentation to the world bewildered, bedraggled, beaten and in a thermal vest is how America likes to show her enemies to the world and to hell with who doesn’t like it. Was there a more self-defining moment in the Iraq conflict than that of a disheveled Saddam Hussein being dragged out of his dugout to face justice? I for one, would have preferred to hear how Osama felt about handing the West a cart blanche cheque to redeem at any oil-rich middle-eastern country of their choosing?
It seems wrong on so many levels to humiliate, degrade and kick the enemy when he’s down, but they are customs as traditional and ancient in battle as cosmetic makeup is to women. In recent years there have certainly been attempts by the British and American governments to lead the people astray, and it is of no surprise that Osama Bin Laden is worth more silenced than alive.