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'Un-friendly Fire' in Iraq

I know war is a dirty business, but the inquest into Sgt Steven Roberts which concluded he was killed by 'friendly fire' was illuminating. An Iraqi was throwing stones at him and he went to shoot him,...

Scylax

Fireworks tragedy

Can we assume that the recent explosion at a fireworks factory will galvanise the government into banning the manufacture and sale of fireworks ? These things are explosives, and have been used as...

kwicky

Should we replace Trident

Today Tony Blair is going to say that Britain's nuclear deterrent will be updated at a cost of ?30-40 billion pounds. Just like the Iraq issue he will bludgeon his own MPs into accepting it. The...

Martian.Mark

The difference between a Lake and a Loch?

I have recently returned from Scotland were I stayed close to the lake of Menteith, apparently the only lake in Scotland. This may sound a strange statement to make as one may assume their would be a...

Phil7

Polonium 210 - neutron trigger

Why have I not heard a single mention in the news of the (possibly primary) use of Po210 in nuclear weapons? Do they think we haven't read "The Fouth Protocol" and it's best that we don't know???

Gromit

Operation Enduring Conflict

The Russians managed nine years in Afghanistan, do you think we will beat that.

netibiza

Polonium 210 and BA

So how come I cannot take on a small bottle of drinking water (bought before departure lounge) yet one can merrily take on board Polonium 210 - am I missing something???

curlyfilm

police e-mail/ racist footage?

apparently the police are investigating their own officers about an e-mail thats going round, it shows a racist bit of footage about a black man being decapitated by a large container... so if the man...

Simeon

Sorry Veils again but lets hypothesise

Let us say the motorcycling fraternity created a religion, which they are quite entitled to do. Would their be support for them wearing their crash helmets in banks and convenience stores. I THINK...

simsfreq

Liquorice

What exactly is liquorice? What is it made from? And what gives it it's slightly alarming, strong, dark, love-it-or-hate-it flavour? (It reminds me of marmite in this sense, call me mad!)

kwicky

Defence Options

Here we are about to upgrade our nukes at an estimate of ?40 billion and through the side door enters the lone terrorist with the capability to kill half the population. Because the lack of...

Oneeyedvic

An apology

I would like to apologise to the Christian polulation as I am fairly sure (according to the Bible) that I am biologically connected to BOTH Adam & Eve and therefore I must take on the fact that I am...

anotheoldgit

Princes Harry & William

Since Princes Harry & William are serving soldiers, with William still in Basic Training, should they be better engaged carring out their military duties, rather than organising Pop-Concerts in memory...

Little Willy

Muslim Teacher Sacked

Just heard that the muslim teaching assistant,who refused to remove her veil in class,as now been dismissed by the local authority. In my opinion this is a victory for common sense. Your views please.

ihugtrees2

Mac advantages?

Am going to Uni next year to do a design course and really need a laptop to replace my old desktop. I originally looked at the Toshiba tablature ranges because of the advantages that a tablet could...

wnjxc21

Michael shields...

Why the hell are people glad that he's home? I'm from liverpool myself and I'm sick to death of seeing 'free michael sheilds' everywhere! The man is a football hooligan...what kind of example does it...

jamesy boy

Selling domain names.

If you register a (supposedly) bankable domain name, how do you go about selling/transferring it?

Alixw

Downloading from itunes - MP3/4?

I just downloaded a song from itunes - but it downloaded in MP4 format rather than MP3. Is there any way i can make it download or change it to an MP3?

flip-flop

Slave Trade

Should we apologise? We abolished the trade over 200 years ago, and our navy were rigorous in intercepting slave ships after we had abolished the trade, so should we still apologise? Personally I...

Pippa68

New Yorks 'Freedom Tower'

Is apparently going to be erected in memory of those who lost their lives on September 11th 2001. It has been decided that the tower will be 1,766 feet high as that was the day America gained...

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