Archive for June, 2010

Don't frown Fabio, it wasn't you. Nor, apparently, was it your band of overpaid Sunday League flops - it was the will of Allah!

Iran says its enemies deserved to crash out of World Cup, Foreign Minister Mottaki tells reporters, ‘Countries which played key role in imposing new sanctions against Iran—like England, America and France — got what they deserved in soccer tournament’

The elimination of England, France and the United States in the early stages of the World Cup was a just reward for their ill-treatment of Iran, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Iran did not qualify for the tournament in South Africa but fans have been glued to their televisions nonetheless in a country where soccer is the number one sport. Read the rest of this entry »

Tense relationship: PM Erdoğan and a Turkish general

A naval sergeant in Balıkesir has been arrested after confessing to preparing a list of verbal passwords for soldiers that insulted the prime minister, private news site CNNTürk reported.

A military court arrested Çağrı Güler after military personnel and police conducted a search of his home in the Erdek district of the western province of Balıkesir. Authorities confiscated documents and CDs during the search. Read the rest of this entry »

Mahira Rustam al-Azawi - Iraqi asylum seeker jailed for three years in massive benefits fraud

Not to mention a university education for herself and private schooling for her son. More celebration of diversity and enjoyment of the fruits of Cultural Enrichment™, this time from Britain’s ‘ethical’ asylum policy:

An asylum seeker bought three homes and sent her son to a fee-paying school by illegally claiming more than £700,000 in benefits, a court heard.

Mahira Rustam Al-Azawi, 49, used a series of false identities to milk Britain’s lax benefit system over eight years. Although she never worked, she was able to purchase three properties – two of which she rented out – worth in excess of £1million.

Her 18-year-old son was educated at Colfe’s School, in South-East London, where fees are currently £4,164 a term. Read the rest of this entry »

South African Border Patrol arrests some local illegals on porous border with Zimbabwe

Own Goal by Pakistani terror suspects as they try to enter South Africa?:

Zimbabwe’s police arrested two Pakistani citizens on suspicion of terrorism when they attempted to cross the border into South Africa, news reports said Saturday.

At least one of the men was wanted by Interpol in connection with terrorist activities, South African radio said.

The men had tried to enter South Africa via the Beitbridge border crossing with Zimbabwe on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

The developed world – and in partcular Europe – continues in its downward slide towards pernicious (but not unprecedented) anti-Semitism:

(video is in Dutch, but you will get the idea. It’s also encoded in nasty Microsoft Silverlight – download it here if you don’t see the video).

Reports of increased anti-Semitism and a secret video showing Jews harassed on the street in Amsterdam have prompted Dutch authorities to consider using “decoy Jews” — undercover officers wearing yarmulkes — to combat hate crimes.

No decision has yet been made to use the tactic. But the country’s justice minister and Amsterdam’s acting mayor both say they are considering it. And advocacy groups say intimidation has become a serious issue for Jews in the Netherlands. Read the rest of this entry »