In a Sunday post noting the capture of the al Qaeda leader in Britain, I raised the following questions: […] should the leader of Britain’s al Qaeda be given what amounts to Geneva Convention protections / domestic civil liberties protectionsâ€â€especially in light of the recently foiled plan designed to bring down a score of airliners? Or should the forces allied against Islamic terror be making other arrangements for his questioning?
August 15, 2006
August 15, 2006
“The crocodile pimp poem”
(for the peyote buttons that kept me company last evening) The crocodile pimp sleeps beneath my bed, his heavy meated tail the weapon of choice for correcting ho’s who don’t bring him his damn money. Some nights, if my swollen prostate wakes me, I can hear the sounds of moaning johns, and the cackle of the crocodile pimp, living large beneath my bed. **** Note: I’m off to court. So
August 15, 2006
Great Britain: “Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown”
From the Times Online: The government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background. The system would be much more sophisticated than simply picking out young men of