Libyan rebels are saying the do not believe that the Libyan government will actually carryout a ceasefire. There are unconfirmed reports that fighting is continuing.
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Yemen declares State of Emergency snipes protesters
The government of Yemen has declared a State of Emergency. This after weeks of protests against the government, and recently, the sniping and killing of at least 31 protesters by Yemeni government forces.
Protesters say hundreds were also wounded by the snipers.
Saudi Arabia has already invaded neighboring Bahrain to help that government against protesters there. Will Saudi Arabia do the same with its neighbor to the south?
Evacuating 6,000 Russians from Japan
Russia will begin airlifting up to 6,000 Russians out of Japan, according to Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Offically there are 2,000 Russians in Japan, but it is admitted that there are actually 6,000+.
Open Carry Gun Law Idaho
Every now and then, a new law enforcement officer in Idaho mistakenly arrests someone for OPEN possession of a gun. As well, sometimes a citizen freaks out and calls in the police after seeing someone in OPEN possession of a gun.
In Idaho OPEN CARRY of guns is legal. Open carry, as opposed to concealed carry, means you can carry a gun in public as long as it is visible.
Idaho Constitution, Article I Section 11: “….No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition….”
Of course they are limits to Idaho’s open carry law, like being a convicted felon, being intoxicated and being under the age of 18.
As far as Idaho’s concealed carry licensing, it seems it applies only to handguns.
Idaho and Texas force universities to allow guns on campus
The Idaho House passed a bill that would force colleges and universities to allow firearms on campus, except in student housing.
A Texas House committee moved a bill that would allow licensed handguns on public universities and college campuses.
This is considered an issue of the right to self defense, under the Second Amendment.
There have been many shootings, that could have been stopped, or lessened, if an armed citizen was able to use their gun to stop it.
Here in Eastern Idaho there is an example out of the Salmon area that proves it. Some years ago, at a church service one of the residents of the town flipped out, entered the church and began shooting. A member of the church was handed a gun by his wife. She carried the gun in her hand bag. She told him to “..take the guy out”, and he did (I think she actually used a different word than ‘guy’). The flipped out shooter made it clear he was going to target as many people as he could. He would have been successful if it weren’t for the gun toting woman who encouraged her husband to take the guy out.
How do I know this story? The husband that took the guy out, and I, were both members of the same Idaho Army National Guard unit, back in the late 1990s. When he told his story it was apparent that he was shaken by his actions to shoot the wacko, but, it was clear the wacko was going to take out as many people as he could. Someone had to stop him.
Iran may act to stop Sunni Arab invasion of Shia Bahrain
“The Saudi’s should know for a fact that Tehran will use all the power and potentials at its disposal to halt the oppression of the people of Bahrain.”said Iranian lawmaker Hossein Naqavi.
Majority Sunni Arab countries invaded majority Shia Arab Bahrain, in order to protect the Sunni rulers there from the Shia revolution. Iran and Bahrain are majority Shia Muslim countries.
Iran has asked the UN to take action. The United Nations, pushed by France, U.K. & U.S., has authorized military force against Libya, supposedly to protect the revolutionaries there.
A Bahraini women, who is Sunni, is supporting the Shia rebels; “The government is making this a sectarian issue. I see the way my [Shia] friends are treated and I came here to show solidarity.”
The headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet is in Bahrain.
Kuwait joins invasion of Bahrain
Kuwait is sending ships to patrol the water off Bahrain, in support of the recent invasion by Saudi Arabian troops, and by police units of United Arab Emirates.
Bahrain is ruled by a minority Sunni royal family, while the majority of the people are Shia. They have been protesting for weeks, and the Bahraini government began cracking down.
Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.
It’s interesting that we are about to attack Libya, supposedly for cracking down on revolutionaries, yet we do nothing to protect the revolutionaries in Bahrain.
Workers fighting nuclear disaster in Japan expected to die, being called ‘Kesshitai’
A Japanese newspaper (Sankei Shimbun) has named the workers fighting the nuclear disaster ‘Kesshitai’. It means ‘unit that expects to die’.
A daughter of one of the workers says her father told the family that he will die. The wife of another worker received a message that said: “Please continue to live well, I cannot be home for a while.”
So far, at least 20 people are confirmed to have radiation contamination.
IAEA asks Japan to disclose more info on nuclear disaster
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief, Yukiya Amano, says Japan’s nuclear crisis requires international cooperation.
Yukiya Amano met with Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday, and expressed the need for more information from Japanese officials.
A four man team from the IAEA is now in Japan for monitoring of the situation.
Japan considers Chernobyl solution
Japanese engineers are considering the possibility they will have to bury some of the reactors, at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. This was the final action taken by the Soviets with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Sand and concrete would be the main ingredients. The Soviets also used boric acid. South Korea has sent samples of boric acid to Japan to test for possible use on the reactors. Japanese officials say they want to continue to attempt to cool down the reactors first.
Japan raised the level of seriousness of the disaster to 5 on the INES scale. International observers had placed it at 6 last week. Obviously there is a difference of opinion. Three Mile Island is rated at 5. Chernobyl is rated at 7, the highest, on the INES scale.