This is the song that never ends
Written by: Beck
Bombs went off in an Egyptian Red Sea resort frequented by European tourists. At least 45 people are dead.
Meanwhile,
a bomb in Beirut, set off in a predominantly Christian area, wounded three. It went off mere hours after a surprise visit from Condi Rice.
In London, however, the policy is
shoot-to-kill. I can understand why.
Heavily armed officers patrolled the British capital with clear instructions to stop suicide bombers -if necessary, with a shot to the head. "If you are dealing with someone who might be a suicide bomber, if they remain conscious, they could trigger plastic explosives or whatever device is on them," said Mayor Ken Livingstone. "Therefore, overwhelmingly in these circumstances, it is going to be a shoot-to-kill policy."
Meanwhile, the UN is confronting the destruction of 700,000 peoples' homes via the proven and time honored technique of...
asking politely.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Zimbabwe yesterday to halt the "catastrophic injustice" of a government campaign to demolish slum housing and street stalls, after a U.N. report found that 700,000 people had been left homeless or jobless and that an additional 2.4 million had been affected since the program began in May.
The report says the evictions and demolitions violate international law and were undertaken in an indiscriminate and unjustified manner, and that it will take several years for Zimbabwe to recover from the policy, which government officials say is designed to eliminate chaotic and illegal housing and trade.
They've also issued a report, so you
know that this time, they mean business.
