News from around the globe that the newspapers seldom print

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While I agree with most of the material passed on I may not be in agreement with all. However there is much we can learn from some that we disagree with. Remember it was once thought that the earth was flat.

It is left to your judgment to determine what you agree with and what to act upon.

The recent terrorist attacks in London have demonstrated not only the insidious threat which the entire Western world now faces from an ancient foe, but also the utter stupidity of trying to appease this enemy.

Just a few days after the adherents of the puerile "Make Poverty History" campaign were protesting at the G8 summit at Gleneagles advocating that all loans to third world countries should be written-off, terrorists from some of these same third world countries were showing that they would never be satisfied until Western civilisation was totally destroyed. Appeasement didn't work in 1938, and it will not work today.

It is not particularly surprising that these Islamic terrorists chose London as the scene for their latest atrocity, for London must have seemed a "soft touch" to them on a par with Madrid. This was because of the appeasement and lack of resolve shown towards terrorism by successive British governments.

Apparently there have already been numerous attacks upon Islamic targets in Britain. Mosques have been fire-bombed and Muslims youths confronted in the streets - though most such actions have not been reported in the media for fear of encouraging further copy-cat responses from the public at large.

But it shouldn't be left to ordinary British citizens to take revenge for the murders of their fellow-countrymen. It is the government and the security forces who should be leading the fight against terrorism. A debate rages over whether there is a difference between "moderate" Islam and "extremist" Islam, or whether the desire to conquer and control the planet is central to the Mohammedan faith. If, as many increasingly believe, it is the latter then firm steps must be taken to eradicate the Islamic menace threatening us from within. If the authorities were to decide that the safety and security of the nation demands that all Mosques in Britain should be closed and all Muslims deported then so be it.

"I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do." - Edward Everett Hale