The worst comic of all time has finally been discovered. Witness the scintillating action as the ISG consults with the NCO and the SJA to explain the ramifications of the word “reliable” in assessing those who’ve witnessed homosexual conduct! Thrill to the awesome graphics of army people with helicopters superimposed for no reason!
A must read if ever there was one. Here’s one particularly stunning panel from the Army’s Dignity and Respect, a 2001 publication just dragged into the light by TPM Muckraker. We should all be eternally grateful for having seen this example of precisely how not to write comics:
In other news–
BP: going even farther to prove that corporations are prone to amoral decision-making. Now they’ve been (re)accused, based on documents that came to light last year, of lobbying to get the release of the Lockerbie bomber (Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi) because it would help them cement a deal to drill offshore in Libyan waters.
Defending that has got to be a hard cross to bear, but someone will no doubt try.
The initial details, from last August:
Gordon Brown’s government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards.
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The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests.
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Saif Gadaffi, the colonel’s son, has insisted that negotiation over the release of Megrahi was linked with the BP oil deal: “The fight to get the [transfer] agreement lasted a long time and was very political, but I want to make clear that we didn’t mention Mr Megrahi.
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“People should not get angry because we were talking about commerce or oil. We signed an oil deal at the same time. The commerce and oil deals were all with the [prisoner transfer agreement].”
Here’s what they admitted, as of today:
The beleaguered oil giant confirmed today that it had pressed the Government over the signing of a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya which paved the way for the return last year of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
However, it said that it had made no representations concerning al-Megrahi’s actual release by the Scottish Executive.
Not a good year for BP.
