AMF: Just the News

Hey, folks! It's finally Friday! Here's the news.

Afghanistan:

US set to pay Taliban members to switch sides (CNN, BBC)

U.S. commander, NATO in Afghan strategy talks

War training on a California beach

BBC: UN endorses Afghan troop request

Times: John Kerry reinvented as Afghan link

AP: International, Afghan Forces Outnumber Taliban 12-1

Guardian: Video: US strategy failing in Afghanistan

UPI: Outside View: Taliban's viral insurgency

CNN: Security expert: Peshawar attack demonstrates arrogance of Taliban

Times: Commanders hope to make Obama agree to surge

BNP on the BBC:

AP: Report: Protesters Break Past BBC Security

CNN: 'I am not a Nazi,' [British] National Party leader says on BBC

Guardian: The real threat of immigration

Times: The BBC lynch mob proved BNP leader Nick Griffin’s best recruiters

For those of you who aren't aware, America's immigration problem is actually not as bad as Europe's. In Europe, the situation is so bad that white supremacist political groups are actually gaining traction, because like in the United States, mainstream parties won't bother dealing with the issue for fear of alienating voters. The slowly-growing legitimacy of the British National Party wasn't quashed when a bunch of obnoxious twerps were brought in to ambush their party leader, Nick Griffin (MEP), on the BBC's Question Time. I may discuss this situation further at a future time.

In General:

BBC: Kenya Anglicans reject Pope offer; Times: Vatican row delays Anglo-Catholic text

UPI: Reports: Clean coal more costly - Yes, because it's a new technology, and because the industry is set up to keep doing things as normal. For the time being, clean coal is the best compromise since dirty hippies refuse to acquiesce to common sense nuclear energy, and solar and wind are like the empty promises that so many of The Fly's ex-girlfriends have given him.

Fox: Eat a Dog, Save the Earth - How Green? - Now the "climate change" folks want us not to keep pets. No pets? No meat? No electricity? I'll learn to live without glaciers, thanks.

Yemen intercepts Iranian ship with arms (BBC, UPI)

Obama meets coffins of fallen soldiers (Guardian, Times) - Publicity stunt. Sickening publicity stunt. If I'd been the father of the deceased, I'd have told President Obama to get bent.

AFP: EU lifts Uzbek arms embargo

Report Blames Cutbacks on Safety Checks for British Military Deaths
(AP, CNN); Times: [British] Top brass are failing our Top Guns

AFP: France signs defence agreement with Kuwait

Old USA Today: Signals foil IEDs but also troop radios

BBC: Yemen rebels 'fight Saudi forces'

AP: Bahrain lawmakers Vote to Ban Citizens From Having Relations With Israelis

Times: Obama faces first election test in Virginia - Creigh Deeds is going to lose. Bob McDonnell is going to win. That's change you can believe in.

BBC: In pictures: On the silk road in Syria

Guardian: Enemy of the public option - Thank God for Joe Lieberman. I disagree with him on a number of issues, but Joe Lieberman is the kind of Democrat I could and would vote for.

The Onion: 14 American Apparel models freed

Have a great weekend!