In The News: Two schools of thought on Yemen. Some say the offensive by the Yemeni army is more show than go, but others say the leader of AQ on the Arabian peninsula is surrounded. The Yemeni government is resentful that the Western powers have shut their embassies (albeit the US CLAIMS its embassy as reopened)
There will be no more Guantanamo transfers to Yemen for the moment, There are 138 Yemeni nationals in that concentration camp. More:
Barack Obama vows Guantanamo closure but halts Yemen transfers AFP 6 January 2010
"Given the unsettled situation, I've spoken to the attorney general and we've agreed that we will not be transferring additional detainees back to Yemen at this time," Obama said in a televised statement.
But president Obama DID say:
"Make no mistake. We will close Guantanamo prison, which has damaged our national security interests and become a tremendous recruiting tool for al-Qaida," Obama said.
"In fact, that was an explicit rationale for the formation of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula," Obama said, naming the Yemen-based group that he has blamed for training and alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab." [In Full]
In In other words, Obama has admitted that a U.S. institution was a main causation of al Qaeda terrorism committed on Americans.
Guantanamo: The Definitive Prisoner List (Updated for 2010)- Andy Worthington
(Andy) Worthington has updated his invaluable list of Guantanamo prisoners, including those released. He shows that most were arrested arbitrarily and were probably innocent.
He has also recently argued against the anti-Yemen hysteria of recent weeks being used as a pretext for not releasing dozens of Yemenis against whom no case for guilt could be built by prosecutors." (see: http://www.truthout.org/1230094) [In Full]
China takes over the chair of the UN Security Council, meaning more sanction on Iran will most likely have to wait.
Yesterday Obama called 20 of his national security people to the woodshed regarding the "Underwear Bomber", how easily US homeland security was breached, how they had failed in their tasks to protect the nation, and informed them there will be repercussions for their careers.
The latest in US political news... The 'Old Guard' moves on. Senators Dorgan and Dodd announce they will not run in the next elections.
Bad news and GOOD news in the war on illegal Japanese Whalers in Antarctica:
According to a reported statement by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a Japanese vessel alongside the Nisshin Maru whaler slammed into the activists' high-tech speed boat, the Ady Gil, slicing off a piece of it. Reports said the boat is unsalvageable. The six member crew (five from New Zealand and one from the Netherlands) were rescued by another Society Vessel (the Bob Barker), reports said. [In Full]
At some point in the very near future, expect that film to be public, and available for all agents and governments responsible for International Maritime Law to view.
However, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society STILL has a posse:
[After the Commentary, an outlaw tale, as told by Cat Mother and The All Night News Boys... The Paranoid Papers: Outdoor Man/This Land/Roll Wheels Roll (available here @ raremp3.co.uk). Courtesy of the respective artists and KPIG radio Freedom California Earth]
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