This week we speak to Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Cucullu, former US Special Forces Green Beret. We ask him to compare Iraq and Vietnam, surprise surprise they're different. He is the author of Separated at Birth: How North Korea became the Evil Twin.

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In BlogNews this week we look at the UN Environement report which Melaine Phillips has the right idea about. Read her take here.

More details on French nonsense and prosecutions of police officers can be found at Dhimmi Watch.

The Greenpeace story mentioned can be found on Tim Blair's blog

For more details of the rantings of a demented moonbat, head over to Little Green Footballs lgf: The Moonbat Monologues.

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Douglas Murray's recent book, Neo Conservatism: Why We Need It is a defence of the most controversial political philosophy of our era. Douglas Murray takes a fresh look at the movement that replaced Great-Society liberalism, helped Ronald Reagan bring down the Wall, and provided the intellectual rationale for the Bush administration's War on Terror. While others are blaming it for foreign policy failures and, more extremely, attacking it as a Jewish cabal, Murray argues that the West needs Neo-conservatism more than ever. In addition to explaining what Neo conservatism is and where it came from, he argues that this American-born response to the failed policies of the 1960s is the best approach to foreign affairs not only for the United States but also for Britain and the West as well. of the most controversial political philosophy of our age.

The whole debacle of the Little Green Balloons can be followed in great length on Meryl's blog here.

The Community Security Trust report mentioned can be found on their website here. I found the comments at Harry's Place interesting too.

President Chirac's indiscreet comments have also been widely reported.

Meryl Yourish is giving us birth control tips. "Pull Out Now!". She borrows liberally from Age of Hooper for her clips and many of these can be found (if you have the stomach) here.

Mayors are for making the buses and trains run on time. At a push they should promote the city to foreign investment. Declaring that Israel should never have been created is not part of the job description.

Damian Penny is taking a break.

Laurence Simon is done. For now.

Shire Network News is an Anglospheric group podcast. You can contact the presenter, Brian of London here. Occasionally he even posts here at Friends of Micronesia (which is having some stability issues but should move soon).

The Senior Executive Producer, "Tom Paine", can be contacted here.

This edition of Shire Network News was hosted by Brian of London.

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Walid Phares talks with Tom Paine in the first of a two part interview. They discuss Dr Phares's book Future Jihad.

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Walid Phares talks with Tom Paine in the first of a two part interview. The discuss Dr Phares's book Future Jihad. They discuss the search for the moderate Muslims, where the Jihad comes from and much more besides.

This show is not really sponsored by United Nuclear, but if they'd like to pay me for their plug I accept any form of electronic payment. I'd rather not handle cash if its been through their hands.

For more details of the 751 ZUSs in France take a look at some of the comments over at the Daniel Pipes blog.

Michelle Malkin has a good take on the San Francisco battleship building brouhaha.

I give a plug to Andrew Ian Dodge's Creative Destruction in the Music Industry. Have a look through it for some thought provoking ideas and a good side swipe at the BBC.

This week's closing quote is once again by Winston Churchill.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Meryl Yourish is taking a break.

Damian Penny is missing.

Laurence Simon has better things to do.

Shire Network News is an Anglospheric group podcast. You can contact the presenter, Brian of London here. Occasionally he even posts here at Friends of Micronesia (which is having some stability issues but should move soon).

The Senior Executive Producer, "Tom Paine", can be contacted here.

This edition of Shire Network News was hosted by Brian of London.

If you enjoy this podcast, why not share it with your friends? Send a link to Shire Network News to anyone you know who might also get a kick out of robustly-expressed free opinion.

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It's Egyptian Sandmonkey this week talking to Tom Paine about the Eid sex riots in Cairo. Ignored by the international media, suppressed by the Egyptian media, once again blogs are the only source that matters.

SNN Founding Father "Tom Paine" talks to the Egyptian Sandmonkey. Head over to his blog for the full story.

You can find the list of 751 no-go areas in France here.

The messages for Sunnis and Shias were written by the incomparable Hugh Fitzgerald and published on The New English Review which I can't recommend highly enough. Make it a regular stop for intelligent discourse.

Meryl Yourish is back and on the case of the UN and France again.

Damian Penny is talking about devolution.

Laurence Simon has some thoughts on the state of the Union. God help us all, Democrats in the house.

Shire Network News is an Anglospheric group podcast. You can contact the presenter, Brian of London here. Occasionally he even posts here at Friends of Micronesia (which is having some stability issues but should move soon).

The Senior Executive Producer, "Tom Paine", can be contacted here.

This edition of Shire Network News was hosted by Brian of London.

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In an explosive interview, Tom Paine talks to Robert Spencer about his latest book, The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion.

Part two of this interview can be found here

In blog news this week we cover the French vote to ban the denial of the Armenian genocide committed by Turkey in 1915. Historical payback's a bitch, eh Mustapha?

Israellycool Dave provides some humour with his Palestinian Authority TV schedules. Take a look over at his site for more here, here and here.

Later on I mention the Biased BBC Blog which performs a sterling job of tracking the BBC Bias.

Damian Penny is back with another Voice of Damnation.

Meryl Yourish and Laurence Simon are on a break.... back soon, I hope.

Shire Network News is an Anglospheric group podcast. You can contact the presenter, Brian of London here.

The Senior Executive Producer, "Tom Paine", can be contacted here.

This edition of Shire Network News was hosted by Brian of London.

If you enjoy this podcast, why not share it with your friends? Send a link to Shire Network News to anyone you know who might also get a kick out of robustly-expressed free opinion.

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