MILITARY POWER OF CHINA 2008 – REPORT TO CONGRESS
ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESSMilitary Power of thePeople’s Republic of China2008 http://cid-e853ab142560c964.skydrive.live.com/embedrow.aspx/Documents/China|_Military|_Report|_08.pdf This above report from the Office of the US Secretary of Defence was published in May 2008 and is the latest report to congress on the People’s Republic of China’s defence.
MANCHESTER MANUAL
The Manchester Manual was a homemade terrorist handbook that was discovered a number of years ago by Greater Manchester Police and its contents gave detail on how Al-Qaeda cells in the UK were told to operate. The remainder of the manual are rambling justification for a holy war. It’s contents Continue Reading
“JEREMY KYLE” Liked or Loathed?
This is Jon Culshaw’s impersonation of the “Jeremy Kyle show”, perhaps it does show the host as one who plays judge and jury, what do you think do you like him or loathe him? . A good article can be read in the media section of this weekends Observer on Continue Reading
HURRICANE IKE FOLLOWS IN THE WAKE OF HANNA & GUSTAV
The Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are being hammered by Hurricane Ike, the fourth major storm to sweep the region in the past three weeks. Ike, measuring a ferocious Category Four, barrelled over the archipelago with winds of up to 135mph (215km/h). Forcecasters say it could dump up to Continue Reading
MOD COMPUTER GAMES TO SAVE LIVES
Soldiers in the Royal Logistic Corps are to get a boost to their driving skills thanks to a hi-tech virtual training computer package, which will test their ability to cope under fire. Under a contract potentially worth some £2M the Joint Combat Operation Virtual Environment (JCOVE) uses the commercial ‘serious Continue Reading
TRANSPORT POLICE – NEW MEASURES ON TERRORISM
Officers from British Transport Police today demonstrated the range of specialist equipment they are trained to deploy in the event of a chemical, biological or radiological incident on the London Transport Network to Policing and Counter-Terrorism Minister Tony McNulty. The demonstration was given to Mr McNulty when he visited the Continue Reading
FCO: ADVICE ON HURRICANE GUSTAV
Hurricane Gustav continues to move through the Caribbean and is now a category 3 storm (expected to reach category 4 before making landfall in the US). On present estimates, landfall in the US is possible on Monday afternoon or evening (local time) on 1 September. Although it is not yet Continue Reading
GEOFF COUPE’S BLOG AREA – BEAR-BAITING AND BEDLAM
Today’s Observer carries a powerful piece by Carole Cadwalladr, who looks at the stomach-turning phenomenon that is the Jeremy Kyle Show on TV. As a court judge said last year:‘It seems to me that the purpose of this show is to effect a morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people Continue Reading