I just saw breaking news on BBC News 24 stating that the US has confirmed soldiers did desecrate a copy of the Qur’an (English: Koran) at Guantanamo Bay.
Every time I don’t think it’s possible for the US Administration to be even more tactless and stupid in its handling of prisoners illegally held at Guantanamo against all international treaties and better judgement, I am once again proven wrong – it is possible for them to be this damn stupid.
In other political news, two other events that interested me yesterday were the announcement that police would use “anti-terror laws” at the Edinburgh rally (that’s just plain wrong – it’s a peace rally, not a march of assembled terrorists and the police have no right to abuse US lead hysteria laws to enforce crowd control) and that a peace protester who has been outside Westminster Palace for over 4 years is likely to be moved as he spoils the view (and there are laws against that too now). It had better be a brave new world that we live in.
…and if none of the above makes you feel disgusted. Try “Schools restrict use of Tasers“. Since when was it ever a good idea to have police officers using stun guns on kids in school? I like to think that if that were tried over here there’d be such a public outcry that the relevent police chief would be forced to resign – but in Florida it is now just considered something to use as a “last resort”.
Jon.