[NYTr] Jon Snow: Feces Hits Fan - Turkey, China, BBC Job Cuts, Octopus's Garden Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:13:24 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Hey, Jon Snow's got some actual neww for a change. No missing tots or Diana's inquest or "Royals" trash today. See the links for the full text and video reports. Only one totally silly story: The pathetic Brits want to restore their Empire... under the sea. I'd like to be... under the sea in an octopus's garden ... NY Transfer Channel 4 News - Snowmail (UK) - Oct 17. 2007 http://www.channel4.com Turkey okays Iraq incursions ==================== Well, if one was able to discuss hitting the fan, tonight might be the beginning of it. Because the Nato member state Turkey has just voted to allow its troops to go into Northern Iraq in hot pursuit of Kurds that they perceive to be part of the insurrection inside their own country. And this is trouble. As Defence Secretary Bob Gates told this programme last week America war effort is almost entirely dependent upon being able to use Turkey as a transhipment point. The Turks have always been apprehensive about the increasingly independent Kurdish state in the north of Iraq, for fear that the infection of statehood would cross the border and pollute their own large Kurdish population. The great Kurdish diaspora which traverses at least four states in the region - Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria is akin to the yearnings of Zionist of yesteryear for a Jewish homeland. Hence the delicacy of what is happening right now. The matter is shivering the Bush administration's timbers and is of course beginning to define the new Islamic president of Turkey. It's yet another consequence of the war in Iraq and its capacity to send shockwaves through the region. But then it was former defence under-secretary Paul Wolfowitz who talked of throwing the pieces in the Middle East up into the air in the knowledge that they could not come down and land in a worse position than they already were. Nick Paton Walsh is on the case - a man who knows a thing or two about large states that live in fear of their ethnic minorities. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/33cs5u China fumes over Dalai Lama's gold ================================ The Dalai's Lama's embrace of a congressional gold medal and of the American president in the White House has scandalised China which is so angry that they're not going to do anything about it. It's an intriguing question as to whether the Olympics will represent the Tibetans' last hurrah. For if this Chinese stranglehold over Tibet survives the Olympics, as it surely will - it's hard to see when a better opportunity for international focus will ever arise. Sarah Smith is on the case in Washington and Lindsey Hilsum reports from the Chinese view. You can watch Lindsey's report online now here: http://tinyurl.com/yqyyb9 3,000 jobs to go at BBC ===================== The BBC's going through some awkward tensions. The unions have been told to expect nearly 3000 redundancies. Though there is little mention of any sackings amongst the hoards of middle managers that the corporation is reputed to have. You wouldn't have thought they had so much middle to manage. Benjamin Cohen is reporting for us - and examining why the BBC feels the need to make these cuts whilst still investing in new services which have yet to attract the viewers, listeners and users tuning to in BBC 1 and 2, and the five main radio services. His report at 7 on 4. Live interview with Martin Amis =========================== Martin Amis the award-winning author has been in considerable trouble with the Muslim community of late for remarks that he has made. He's given no television interview heretofore on the matter. Tonight he'll be appearing live on Channel 4 News to respond. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/2w75jg Britain claims Antarctic seabed ========================== Finally, the great empire stirs. Yes Britannia rules the waves once again - even if all she's doing is waving above a frozen sea. She's going to stake a claim to large junks of the South Atlantic and Antarctic ocean for the purposes of the exploitation of gas and oil. However she's going to behave particularly decently in not actually exercising her claim preferring instead to stand by the Antarctic treaty which forbids such activity. Tom Clarke is just going outside to compile his report - he may be some time. Read more: http://tinyurl.com/38ghra That's it from us here, until tonight. 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