Logs

Where the Bastards wax lyrical.

Fanny by jet-fuel-light

Exploding Lamps Pose Lethal Danger Several people have died and others have been badly burned by exploding lamps filled with stolen aircraft fuel. Istiqlal hospital in Kabul’s Darulaman area is the city’s only medical centre with a ward reserved almost exclusively for victims of burns caused by exploding domestic lamps. Twenty injured people were lying…

Coup in Mauritania

Mauritania’s state run television and radio networks were last week occupied by members of the Presidential Guard in the capital, Nouackchott in what some diplomats are speculating was a coup attempt. Nobody seems to know if it was successful or not! With the president out of the country to attend King Fahd’s funeral in Saudi…

Pakistan – Don’t Fly, Drive!

This is really just Pakistan business stuff, but it might make life easier for those who are travelling in the area. I don’t have a full list of the sites yet, but when I do I’ll pass it on. National Logistic Cell (NLC) has started work on a US$2000 million project to construction modern border…

Burma Finally Getting the Message?

Last week the Burmese Junta took the step of foregoing its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the coming year. The Association breathed a collective sigh of relief as it would have come to be regarded as somewhat of a joke with Burma at the helm, and certainly its ability to…

This Court’s In Session… Almost

President Karzai Signs the Counter Narcotics Tribunal Decree Arg, Presidential Compound, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, signed a Decree to establish the Counter Narcotics Tribunal yesterday, 25 July 2005. The Counter Narcotics Tribunal Decree was proposed by HE Chief Justice Shinwari of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan. The…

Stay Out… Trespassers will be shot!

HPG(PKK) warning to Turkish military: “You will fall into a quagmire” HPG (People’s Defence Forces) Commandership Headquarters replied with a strong warning to the Turkish administration and the Turkish military commander’s statements where they threatened that, “if necessary we will enter northern Iraq (southern Kurdistan)”. The HPG stated that any possible incursion into southern Kurdistan…