| SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH ISAF COMMANDER DAN MCNEILL
SPIEGEL: Military commanders repeatedly emphasize that this war cannot be won through military means alone. At the same time you are constantly asking for more troops. Why? McNeill: Each army has a formula as to how to determine what you need in the way of security forces for a counter insurgency. If you use the US doctrine, which is based on population and land mass, the figure for Afghanistan comes out well over 400,000 troops. SPIEGEL: And how many do you have in total? .
Men's Fitness magazine ranks OKC among fattest cities
Oklahoma City residents appear to be getting fatter. A fitness survey of the 50 largest cities in the nation conducted by Men's Fitness magazine and released Monday shows Oklahoma City has moved up seven spots in the 2008 survey to No. 8 on the magazine's list of the ten fattest cities. .
Minister lifts bicycle ban on peak-hour trains
PUBLIC Transport Minister Lynne Kosky will today bow to anger from cyclists and reverse a controversial plan to ban bikes on trains during rush hours. Bicycles will once again be allowed on all Connex and V/Line trains at all times - but only in the final carriage of Connex services, and only in set storage areas on V/Line trains. The backpedal comes just six weeks after the rush-hour ban was revealed. The ban was not formally announced; instead, it was found in the fine print of the Government's annual Fares and Ticketing Manual. Ms Kosky, who was on holiday when the ban was revealed, distanced herself from the decision to ban bikes, and immediately ordered a review of the decision upon returning to work last month. The move to ban bikes on Connex and V/Line services sparked heated debate, with many questioning the Government's commitment to more Victorians using sustainable forms of transport.
2% entertainment tax on deck
Claudia Location: j. on Oct 5, 2007 at 10:13 PM Just another one of Fayhey's Follies. Heaven hElp us if he gets elected to any other ofice, in either our city or any other office. He's just to busy making a name for himself, rather than doing any good for this city.Making himself a joke is more like it.
Posted by: Justin Location: BIG O! on Oct 5, 2007 at 07:15 PM I do not agree with this tax one bit, not to mention I do not agree with building a new stadium. Taxes of Nebraska pushed me across the river, everything is cheaper there; from gas and cigarettes to eating a nice dinner with your family. I do not understand why the Mayor of Omaha wants to spend millions of dollars the city DOES NOT have for a new stadium, espicially when we have the gun crime problems this city has. 3-5 shootings a night, in North Omaha? But its ok to brush those off and worry about spending 95-125 MILLION dollars because he thinks everybody in this city can afford it.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) Fatah leader elected president of the Palestinian Authority following the death of Yasser Arafat in 2005. Seen as a moderate Palestinian and since the 1970s he has searched for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Ehud Olmert Became prime minister of Israel in 2006. Olmert offered support to Abbas and the Fatah movement after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, possibly opening the door to peace agreements. Ismail Haniyeh Hamas leader and former Palestinian prime minister. Though officially removed from his position, he refuses to acknowledge his loss of power and continues to rule with the support of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza. photo source: Associated Press .
Motorcycle patrols to resume in springtime
Secondly, they're gas hogs, as motorcycles go. They should have gone with a smaller, lighter bike like an ATK or a Jap bike purpose-made for patrolling. Harleys SUCK! What a waste of money. I will be voting out Palesh and Giannotta when the time comes!!! " .
Soldier victim in one scam, pawn in another
I was helping her out with her tuition and I got scammed," he said. "I was on a [forward operating base] most of the time, so any contact with humans helped, so I kind of got milked out of that." Hallenbeck, who was deployed from June 2006 to June 2007 in Uruzgan province in south-central Afghanistan, declined to disclose how much money he had lost — but said it was far less than the woman who fell for a photo of him. In an ironic twist of events — and as evidence that online scam artists are thriving — Hallenbeck's name and photo were used to scam a 59-year-old British woman out of thousands of dollars. Hallenbeck, a former Marine who later joined the Army National Guard, said he found out about the scam involving the British woman only when he was contacted by an Army public affairs officer, who was informed by Army Times.
All change for Ewood derby duel
GARY Megson made five changes to the team that secured a place in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup as Wanderers returned to their Premiership survival battle at Blackburn. Out went Nicky Hunt, Jlloyd Samuel, Stelios, Gavin McCann and Joey O'Brien, who all made big contributions to the scoreless draw at Atletico Madrid. In came Gretar Steinsson, Ricardo Gardner, Ivan Campo, Danny Guthrie and El-Hadji Diouf to make up what is generally regarded as Megson's strongest possible first 11. .
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