What A Mess!
In addition to the ongoing saga of the Somali pirates, the news from Africa includes: Nigerian city tense after riots
At least 200 people have been killed in the Nigerian town of Jos after two days of violence, officials say.
Apparently there is a disputed election that somehow is related to religion and resulted in hundreds of people grabbing whatever weapon was available and trying to kill each other.
In Southeast Asia, politics is at the heart of the problems in Thailand: Tension grows over Thai blockade
Tension is growing in the Thai capital Bangkok as thousands of anti-government protesters occupy the city’s two main airports for a seventh day.
Police said they were negotiating with the group as experts warned of soaring economic losses from the blockade.
Some 100,000 passengers remain stranded in Bangkok while efforts are being made to find alternative airports.
Meanwhile, thousands of government supporters held their first rally in the capital since the blockade began.
Grenades and gunfire have been used, but no official deaths as yet. The police and military have been neutral so far, but if the two sides make contact there will be blood shed.
Juan Cole attempts to use logic on the Indian authorities in India: Please Don’t Go Down the Bush- Cheney Road.
India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons, that is the reality that people have to keep in mind. A war is exactly what the terrorists want. Elevating tensions between two nuclear powers over the claim of the only terrorist in custody that he is a member of a group that was supported by the Pakistani intelligence services until 5 years ago is not rational.
