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MP told she is 'not a citizen' By Joan Clements in The Hague (Filed: 17/05/2006) The Dutch MP who lied to gain asylum fought back tears yesterday as she confirmed she was resigning her seat after being told her citizenship may be withdrawn. Somalian-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali also said she was leaving for America. She said her job was now "impossible" after a "shocking" letter from Rita Verdonk, the immigration minister, saying Miss Hirsi Ali could no longer consider herself Dutch because of the lies she told the immigration authorities in 1992.

BOTTLES were thrown, insults traded and chairs knocked over in the bedlam. This was no bar-room brawl, however. It was the scene in the Afghan parliament on Sunday when a woman MP dared to stand up to a male colleague. Malalai Joya, 28, interrupted a former warlord as he praised the holy warriors — or Mujahidin — of Afghanistan during a debate to mark the anniversary of their defeat of communism. She declared that there were “two types of Mujahidin — one who were really Mujahidin, the second who killed tens of thousands of innocent people and who are criminals”....

Environment minister Ben Bradshaw has announced he is to become the first MP to enter into a same-sex civil partnership. Mr Bradshaw is a practicing churchgoer and a member of the Christian Socialist Movement. It was suggested that he might be the first MP to do so in 2004, before the law on civil partnerships was created.

U.S. Army Col. Diana Bodner (left), deputy commander of the 49th Military Police Brigade, prepares to hand the banner to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Sullivan (right), commander of Detachment 1, 732nd Expeditionary Force and Mission Support Group. U.S. Army photo by Spc. William Jones Airmen to Supplement MP Unit at Tikrit Base An Air Force law and order detachment moves to Forward Operating Base Speicher to supplement the U.S. Army’s military police. By U.S. Army Pfc. Cassandra Groce 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment TIKRIT, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2006 — A U.S. Air Force law and order detachment...

For the grateful families of the 202nd unit, 120 presents wrapped in desert camouflage arrive a little early. NEWPORT NEWS -- Martina Anderson shook son Dominic, 13, and daughter Jazmin, 10, awake well before dawn Friday, and both were groggy and confused until their mother said, "Get dressed. Daddy's coming home."

George Galloway, the repulsive, treasonous British MP who was on Saddam Hussein's payroll for years, pocketing Saddam's oil-for-food money and acting as his apologist in UK parliament - has just heard the dinner triangle again. Just as Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has come out with pork-barrel cheap oil for the states, via Citgo, showing how oil can be delivered for the benefit of Congressmen like Bill Delahunt and Jose Serrano, out pops George Galloway, lining up behind them to see Santa Chavez. Galloway has decided to sing for his supper first, by coming out with a statement in support of...

27.11.05 | Sure enough, it was only a matter of time. ... Green Left is reporting today "BRITAIN: Respect pledges solidarity with Venezuela" in which the following can be read: At its national conference in November, the anti-war Respect coalition passed the following resolution pledging solidarity with Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution. 1. This conference extends its solidarity to the people of Venezuela and applauds its government for its challenge to neoliberalism and US domination. 2. We pledge our support for a broad based campaign of solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution. 3) We encourage those Respect members who can to attend the...

(CNSNews.com) - America is defeated in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a "slave of slaves," and the political strength of President George W. Bush is beginning to "seep away into the sand," according to British MP George Galloway who made the remarks in a speech delivered this week at Damascus University in Syria. The remarks were carried by the Al-Jazeera TV network on November 13. "America is losing the war in Iraq," said Galloway. "[P]ublic opinion in Britain and America is moving decisively against the policy of Bush and Blair." "No American soldier who leaves his barracks can...

Ban Asian marriages of cousins, says MP By Marco Giannangeli (Filed: 16/11/2005) Marriages between cousins should be banned after research showed alarming rates in defective births among Asian communities in Britain, a Labour MP said last night. The report, commissioned by Ann Cryer, revealed that the Pakistani community accounted for 30 per cent of all births with recessive disorders, despite representing 3.4 per cent of the birth rate nationwide. "We address problems of smoking, drinking, obesity and we say it's a public health issue, therefore we have to get involved with persuading people to adopt a different lifestyle," the MP...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Oct. 31, 2005) -- The last time 5th Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, was deployed to a combat zone Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and the United States was in a world war against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Arriving here late September after more than 60 years of readiness, the battalion is back in the fight. Various elements of 5th Bn., 14th Marines, served in support of Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s, however this marks the first time the whole battalion was deployed to a combat zone since World War II. Although...

The future of the UK's Trident missile deterrent could be affected if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells has said. Mr Howells said any such development would throw the question of nuclear deterrence "back into the boiling pot". But Iran would not be able to produce nuclear weapons for "some time yet", he added. Trident received a £1bn boost in July to ensure the system is reliable. Mr Howells was speaking as Tory MPs voiced concern over Iran's regime. Mr Howells, responding to a question about the future of Trident, said: "If Iran does develop a nuclear...

Tony Blair and George Bush have "far more blood on their hands" than the terrorists who carried out the London tube bombings, George Galloway said today. Mr Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green, said that the attacks on the capital by Islamic extremists could not be separated from the invasion of Iraq and Britain's treatment of the Muslim world. He said that the "al-Qaida phenomenon" had arisen directly as a result of western policies in the Middle East. Mr Galloway had already attracted criticism for remarks made to Syrian television, attacking Arab governments which collaborated with foreigners in the "rape"...

Today I had the honor of supporting President Bush's agenda to further improve international relations with Russia! Today I worked with a Russian MP for several hours on a "SFOR - Safety Checkpoint".. FReegards, DavidIn this picture I am showing the Russian MP (left) how to use our radar (speed measuring device) Russian Cadet Soldier/Translator (right)

Federal judges here have dismissed hundreds of traffic tickets over the past several months since a federal appeals court ruled that streets on military bases and their access roads are not public highways. Weekly traffic dockets in the court have dropped significantly, along with revenue from fines that help support the justice system. example, two defendants didn't even bother showing up on misdemeanor charges of driving on a suspended license. But it didn't matter: The charges were dismissed. In another case, a judge threw out a felony habitual offender case. "I've noticed we've dismissed several hundred of these cases," Magistrate...

Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, 617th Military Police Company, Iraq FEMALE SERGEANT WINS SILVER STAR Terrorists Humiliated By Woman Warrior From Hell A female military police soldier was awarded a Silver Star Thursday in Iraq for helping to fight off insurgent forces that ambushed her convoy in March. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., is the first woman since World War II to receive the prestigious award for bravery under fire, according to a Defense Department press release. Hester, 23, received the award along with two other soldiers from...

Anti-war politician George Galloway has accused Oona King, the Labour MP he defeated at the General Election, of "sour grapes" and said it was he, not she, who suffered from intimidation during the campaign. Mr Galloway, who won Bethnal Green and Bow for Respect in one of the biggest upsets of the night, disputed a claim by Ms King that the campaign had been dirty. He told BBC News 24: "Well, she would say that, wouldn't she? "She was the loser of the election and it's sour grapes. "In fact, in so far as there was intimidation in Bethnal...

A married MP promised to stay with his wife yesterday after admitting that his personal assistant is having his baby.John Hemming, 46, a newly elected Liberal Democrat MP, said Emily Cox, 27, a city councillor with whom he has had an affair for six years, was expecting their child in November. He said his wife, Christine, was "not best pleased" when he broke the news to her but he had no intention of leaving her. Mrs Hemming said that even though she felt "betrayed and hurt" and that the pregnancy "sends out a disgraceful moral message", she would stand by...

Sergeant, 23, Is First Woman Awarded Silver Star Since World War IIBy John J. Lumpkin Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 16, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - A 23-year-old sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard on Thursday became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star - the nation's third-highest medal for valor - since World War II. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, who is from Nashville, Tenn., but serves in a Kentucky unit, received the award for gallantry during a March 20 insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq. Two men from her unit, the 617th Military Police Company of Richmond,...

TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, June 8, 2005) – The Iraqi Army’s Operation Lightning resulted in several detainees and weapons confiscations in Taji and across Iraq, said military officials. Searches in Taji are part of the larger Iraqi Army operation to disrupt the enemy’s ability to attack the legitimately-elected government and innocent citizens of Iraq. The first few days of the operation have provided several good leads. Elements of 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division; 1st Battalion, 13th Armor Regim----

IN A SENSE, the showdown between George Galloway, the antiwar British member of Parliament accused of receiving "oil allocations" from former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), chairman of the investigations subcommittee that made the accusation, was a classic clash of British and American political cultures. Mr. Galloway did what many British politicians do well: He used fiery rhetoric and clever phrases, calling the committee "a group of Christian fundamentalist and Zionist activists" in advance of his testimony, then accusing Mr. Coleman in the Senate of inventing the "mother of all smokescreens," deliberately designed to "divert attention...