March 7th Events

Bombing Iran may appear justified, but would be sheer madness

As if the world did not have troubles enough, we now face a real threat that Israel will launch an assault on Iran’s nuclear sites. The implications of such action are uncertain but assuredly immense.

It would precipitate an open-ended conflict between Iran and the West.

Oil prices could surge as the vital tanker conduit through the Strait of Hormuz came under attack.

Much of the Muslim world would back Iran, not from affection for its mullahs but because an attack would be seen as new evidence of Western partisanship for Israel: a hated foe — and illegal nuclear power.

t is wretchedly clear that the decision whether to bomb will be made not by a cool calculation of strategic risk and advantage in Washington and Jerusalem, but instead by politics.

President Obama’s message to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington this week was not, as it should have been: ‘If you commit this reckless act, you will be on your own,’ but instead: ‘Please don’t do it before our November election.’ Read More

Iran trying to build nuclear missiles capable of hitting London, Cameron warns MPs

Iran is developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting London, David Cameron warned yesterday.

In a chilling echo of the build-up to the war against Iraq, the Prime Minister suggested that the country’s drive to develop the bomb was potentially a direct threat to the UK.

His comments appeared to move Britain a step closer to war against the hardline Islamic regime.

He told MPs the Tehran government was trying to develop ‘intercontinental missiles’.

And he repeatedly stressed that ‘military action’ against Iran was not ‘off the table’.

‘I don’t believe that an Iranian nuclear weapon is just a threat to Israel,’ he said.

‘It is also clearly very dangerous for the region because it would trigger a nuclear arms race but also it’s a danger more broadly, not least because there are signs that the Iranians want to have some sort of intercontinental missile capability. So we have to be clear this is potentially a threat much more widely.’ Read More

Heart-breaking plight of the Chinese man who's spent his life locked in wooden cage

A mentally disabled Chinese man has spent almost his entire life locked inside a wooden cage because his family cannot afford to look after him.

Tragic Wei Yun, 23, who lives in Gongchuan village, in southern China's Guangxi Province is unable to walk or talk and can only crawl.

As a young child he was allowed to crawl around the home but at the age of two he knocked over a pot of boiling water and almost died.

From then on his parents began to lock him in a wooden cage for his own safety.

Wei's father works away from home and rarely has the time to visit, meaning there is no one to watch over Wei while his stepmother Nong is out working during the day.

Because of this she is forced to lock him away in the small cage all day while she is out. Read More