"Legion":

"The Book of Eli":

Fear in Film Part 2

another version of our self-destruction is that our collective sin (i.e. our liberal live and let live values) will cause fire and brimstone to hail upon us in our comfortable little lives. This is an old story whether its god who directly sends man-eating angels to munch on us, as in "Legion" or we, as in the "Book of Eli", destroy ourselves and it's left for Denzel Washington/John the Baptist to roam the desolate plains Road Warrior style redeeming us.

(P.S. as I'm writing this the apocalypse is obviously in it's early stages as Google, YouTube, Newser, and Wikipedia are are down so i'll post the previews separately in a couple hours if i don't get eaten by angels first)

Bin Laden not in Pakistan, Says PM.

Gordon Brown has held talks with Yousef Raza Gilani. Pakistan's PM Yousuf Raza Gilani has told Gordon Brown he does not think Osama Bin Laden is in his country.

Speaking after talks with the UK prime minister, Mr Gilani said the US had provided no "actionable" intelligence on the al-Qaeda leader's whereabouts.

Mr Brown praised Pakistan's anti-terror efforts and pledged more support to help stabilise its border regions.

But the UK prime minister did not repeat his weekend call for Pakistan to do more to track down Bin Laden.

Questioned about these comments at a Downing Street news conference, Mr Brown hailed Pakistan's efforts to "disrupt the activities of al-Qaeda" in its South Waziristan region and vowed to continue sharing intelligence with "our allies".

Mr Gilani praised America's cooperation with Pakistan on security issues but he said Pakistan had yet to be given any "credible or actionable information" by the US on Bin Laden.

Source BBC

By Victor.

Middle East Conflict Played Out in The Olive Groves

Olives are the main source of income for many Palestinian farmers

Akram Imran says the Jewish settlers came at night to destroy them.

"I came to work in the early morning. It was a horrible sight, a massacre of trees," he said. "Some of them are at least 70 years old."

Climbing over a heap of withered branches in his olive grove on a rocky hillside near the village of Burin, the Palestinian farmer said they attacked 81 trees.

In some cases only tree trunks remain, the branches have been cut off.

Olives are the main source of income for Mr Imran and his family. He says it is hard to grasp the extent of the damage.

Akram Imran's livelihood depends on his olive grove
"All that I have is the land and the trees," he said. "I don't have any other work - just the trees. It will take five to seven years before they become fruitful again. I just hope the settlers won't come back."

Mr Imran's village is surrounded by Jewish settlements, which are illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this.

He says this is not the first time his olive groves have been vandalised.

Source BBC

By Victor.

Obama to Deploy 30,000 Troops to Afghanistan

An exit strategy is expected to form part of the speech
President Barack Obama is to announce that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, to deploy within six months, US officials have said.

Mr Obama will make the much-anticipated announcement as part of a speech at West Point, detailing his new strategy for taking on the Taliban.

He has briefed his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on the plan.

The US currently has 68,000 troops in Afghanistan, with foreign forces overall totalling more than 100,000.

Mr Obama's announcement comes amid growing domestic concern over the Afghan war.

On Monday, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he would send 500 more soldiers to the country.

Source BBC.

By Victor.