09/09/09 Buffet Style News

You have got to be kidding. I put together a Fly Report for yesterday, and forgot to post it until after work? Bad, bad, bad mojo. Here's the news.

AP: U.K. Official Says Oil Was 'Big Part' of Lockerbie Talks; Sky News: Qaddafi's Son Blasts Lockerbie Release Critics; CNN: Saif Gadhafi: Libya wanted deal for al Megrahi's release; BBC: Libya 'surprise' at pay-out row; Times: Gaddafi son dismisses role as heir apparent; Times: Ministers 'gave green light' for Libya riot gear - Libya: the story that keeps popping back up.

BBC: Arctic Sea Iran arms link denied; UPI: Russia delivers SAMs to Syria - Russia: the international arms dealer that completely devoid of any trace of standards.

BBC: The rise of Israel's military rabbis

Times: Last loyalist paramilitaries vow to disarm; BBC: Army makes safe 600lb border bomb - The irony of these two stories about Northern Ireland dissident groups and their weapons happening on the same day is just exceptionally ironic.

Times: Queen 'unhappy over equipment shortages'

Times: Six feared dead after 'cross-border water bomb from North Korea'

Times Photo Gallery: Marines in Afghanistan

AFP: Four African countries draw up anti-terror plan: sources

The Hindu: Chandrayaan-1's images debunk conspiracy theories: ISRO scientist - Click on this link. Seriously. The satellite image of the Apollo 11 landing site is breathtaking.

Michael Totten: The Warlord in His Castle - Michael Totten recounts a recent encounter with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. Very, very interesting.

Michael Yon: New Afghan War Frontline Correspondent Says Fight has Morphed – But We Still Can't Afford to Lose; Eight Years After 9/11 - Michael Yon's work is always worth reading. The first piece is a brief op-ed about the need to understand the changing objectives in Afghanistan and redouble our efforts; the second is his final dispatch about his prematurely cancelled embed with The Rifles, a British infantry regiment.

Just for Fun: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - If you've never checked this site out, have a look. It's probably the best source of a variety of maps available on the Internet.

That's it for today. Things to do, things to do. Take care, and check back tomorrow.