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Should the United Nations fail to impose meaningful sanctions against North Korea over their nuclear weapons test, the UN will fade away into IRRELEVANCY.

Muslim women wearing veils out doing their shopping in Blackburn, England Friday Oct. 6, 2006. Britain’s former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw’s preference that devout Muslim women visiting his office remove their veils ignited a heated debate Friday about cultural isolation and tolerance in Britain. Straw is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Blackburn.

Daily Express: Muslims pledge to ruin Straw

AN unholy alliance of Muslims and far-Right extremists was last night threatening Jack Straw’s future as an MP as he was accused of playing the race card in a bid to salvage his career.

Protesters took to the streets of Mr Straw’s Blackburn constituency yesterday to vent their fury over his call for Muslim women to stop wearing veils.

One Muslim community leader, who helped him to get re-elected with a reduced majority of 8,009 last year, described the remarks by the Leader of the Commons as “like a family member going against us”.

One in four voters in Blackburn, where Mr Straw has been MP since 1979, is a Muslim. It is believed many turned against him and the Government because of the Iraq war.

The far-Right British National Party is hoping to cash in on the mounting anger. It is drawing up a battle plan to split Mr Straw’s support at the next election.

Spokesman Dr Phil Edwards accused the MP of playing a “subtle” race card in a bid to boost his appeal with white working class voters.

“We have been saying this about Muslim dress for some time,” he said. “It’s all part of the problems of a multi-cultural Britain that he and the Labour Party helped to create.”

Just goes to show you that being an dimwitted Dhimmi politician doesn’t buy you any votes in England.

Former foreign secretary Jack Straw arrives at no. 10 Downing Street in London, September 2006. Former foreign minister Jack Straw has defended his call for Muslim women to remove their veils despite a storm of protests — and went further, saying he would like veils not to be worn at all

But, as you see the Muslims in Blackburn do not think their MP has ANY right to speak about this Muslim veil deal:

Video is here.

“He Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Comment”

Jack Straw is between a rock and a hard spot.

Time for retirement – if the Muslims don’t cut off his head.

Muslim women protest in the town centre of Blackburn, England, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006. Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw’s preference that devout Muslim women visiting his office remove their veils set off a heated debate on Friday about cultural isolation and tolerance in Britain. Straw says he believes veils inhibit communication and are a sign of division in society. At his constituency office, he says he asks – but doesn’t insist – that veiled women reveal their faces, and he said the women have always complied.

Members of the U.S. National Guard work along a new border fence near the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa, San Diego July 21, 2006.

No Pocket Veto.

The President will sign the Secure Borders Act.

Some are still NOT convinced.

This news is good enough for Flap.

Captain Ed says the bill will be signed between October 24th and November 1st.

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John Bolton — the United States ambassador to the United Nations — arrives at the Security Council in New York. The UN Security Council has begun an emergency session to discuss North Korea’s nuclear weapon test and the nomination of South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon as the new UN secretary general.

AP: U.S. proposes sanctions against N. Korea

The United States proposed stringent U.N. sanctions Monday against North Korea, including a trade ban on military and luxury items, the power to inspect all cargo entering or leaving the country, and freezing assets connected with its weapons programs.

Security council members earlier condemned North Korea for its reported nuclear test, demanding at an emergency meeting that the communist nation return to six-party talks on its weapons program, U.N. ambassadors said.

The U.S. proposals were among several ideas for a Security Council resolution that the United States shared with council diplomats after North Korea reported it conducted a nuclear test. A copy of the document was obtained by The Associated Press.

The document says that the United States wants the resolution to fall under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which deals explicitly with threats to international peace and security, as well as acts of aggression. Chapter 7 grants the council the authority to impose a range of measures that include breaking diplomatic ties and imposing economic and military sanctions to taking military action.

The NUTS of the UNSC sanctions:

• Prohibit trade in materials that could be used to make or deliver weapons of mass destruction.

• Require states make sure that North Korea not use their territory or entities for proliferation or illicit activities. Financial transactions that North Korea could use to support those programs would also be banned.

• States would have to freeze all assets related to North Korea’s weapons and missile programs, as well as any other illicit activities it conducts.

• Authorize inspection of all cargo to and from North Korea to limit proliferation.

• Ban trade with North Korea in luxury goods and military items

Flap’s recommendation:

EMBARGO

Squeeze Kim Jong-Il until he PRUNES UP.

Stay tuned…….

Senator John F. Kerry spoke during the opening of Iowa State University’s Political Action Week last Monday in Ames, Iowa.

Boston Globe: Kerry’s barnstorming sparks talk of a run

Flap thought it was Al Gore’s turn for a RETREAD campaign?

Please make the GOP’s day and run……..

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Map locating Hwadaeri in North Korea — the site of the country’s first nuclear weapons test.

NewsMax: Source: Iran Scientists Present at North Korea Nuclear Test

Now that North Korea has defied the international community and has conducted a nuclear test late Sunday night (U.S. EDT), sanctions appear to be the order of the day.

A senior official from the office of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton confirms that the U.S. State Department will begin work Monday on a draft Security Council resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea.

Another potential problem facing the White House, say U.N. sources, is the belief that Iranian scientists may have been present at the North Korean nuclear test.

North Korea and Iran have been known to be sharing ballistic missile and nuclear technology for some time.

Iran has the oil dollars and North Korea has the technology via China and Pakistan.

Do you think there will be a DEAL?

YUP – already has happened……

The “POINT OF NO RETURN” for Iran’s nuclear program is not far into the future.

The United States with or without the United Nations Security Council will EMBARGO North Korean ports.

Stay tuned…..

Iran ‘s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the 61st United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September 2006. Ahmadinejad has vowed to impose retaliatory sanctions on world powers if the UN Security Council carries out threats to penalise Iran over its nuclear programme.

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The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, center, former mayor of New York City, with a Republican Senate candidate, Mike Bouchard, behind Mr. Giuliani, in Detroit last week.

New York Times: With Giuliani, G.O.P. Focuses on 9/11 Role

And who would you rather have DEAL with Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and/or North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il?

A political HACK like Hillary Clinton or Rudy Giuliani?

POINT MADE AND AGAIN.

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