Israel may abduct Ahmadinejad, Eichmann kidnapper hints

Former Mossad agent Rafi Eitan hinted in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that Israel may abduct Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in order to bring him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

"It could very well be that a leader such as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suddenly finds himself before the International Criminal Court in The Hague," the Minister for Pensioners' Affairs told the German publication in an interview published Monday.

In an interview surrounding Eitan's recent revelation that The Mossad agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960, which he led, knowingly let the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele get away, the 81-year-old minister was asked whether the Mossad still hunts Nazi war criminals. In response, Eitan said "that era is over. But that's not to say that such operations are completely a thing of the past."

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Spotlight: The Who - 'Quadrophenia'

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From Wikipedia:

Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film based on the 1973 rock opera album Quadrophenia by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels in the leading role as a Mod named Jimmy. The film also stars Toyah Willcox, Mark Wingett, Leslie Ash, Ray Winstone, Timothy Spall, Gary Holton, Phil Davis, Michael Elphick, Kate Williams, Sting, John Altman and Trevor Laird. It was directed by Franc Roddam in his feature directing debut.

In 2004 the magazine Total Film named Quadrophenia the 35th greatest British film of all time.

The cast were reunited after 28 years at Earls Court on 1st and 2nd September 2007 as part of 'The Quadrophenia Reunion' at the 'London Film & Comic Con' run by Quadcon.co.uk. Subsequently the cast have agreed to be part of a Quadrophenia Convention at Brighton in 2009.

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From QUADCON The Quadrophenia Movie Convention

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Featuring actors & crew, talks, lectures autograph sessions and memorabilia this annual convention celebrates the British cult classic - Quadrophenia

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UK: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001

Aim

"To amend the Terrorism Act 2000; to make further provision about terrorism and security; to provide for the freezing of assets; to make provision about immigration and asylum; to amend or extend the criminal law and powers for preventing crime and enforcing that law; to make provision about the control of pathogens and toxins; to provide for the retention of communications data."

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The key element of the bill was the government's determination to find a way to deal with foreign nationals whom the security services suspected of committing, organising or supporting terrorism. Under the European convention on human rights, many of these individuals could not be deported because they came from countries with poor human rights records and faced torture or the death penalty if forced to return. Faced with suspected terrorists who they could neither prosecute nor deport, the government created provisions to indefinitely detain foreign nationals deemed to threaten national security without charging them or bringing them to trial. MPs were told that intelligence services had drawn up a list of approximately 20 Islamic fundamentalists who would be detained when the new legislation came into force.

The act also enables communication service providers to retain data – not content – so that it can be accessed under existing legislation by law agencies investigating criminal and terrorist activity. It was governed by a voluntary Code of Practice later codified into the Retention of Communications Data (Code of Practice) Order 2003, which was developed in consultation with the Information Commissioner and industry.

Communications data can include the identity and location of the caller, texter or web user. The government emphasised retained data was a vital tool for the security services and was necessary in order to safeguard national security and investigate crime.

In order to shepherd the bill through the House of Lords, the government made a series of concessions including a "sunset clause" for the controversial detention provisions and the communications data clause that meant elements of the act would expire unless they were renewed within five years. Other clauses in the act would be reviewed by a privy council committee after two years, and any areas the committee had concerns about would be referred to and debated in parliament. If they were not reaffirmed they would cease to be law within six months.

The most controversial element of the bill proved to be the government's attempt to make a new criminal offence of inciting religious hatred. The home secretary was forced to abandon the provisions, which would have extended race hate laws to cover religion, after peers twice voted against the measure.

In October 2008, prime minister Gordon Brown invoked elements of the act to freeze the British assets of Icelandic bank Landsbanki during the Icelandic financial crisis.

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Vatican may join EU anti-terrorism body

The Vatican is considering whether to join the European Union's anti-terrorism body, Eurojust, in a bid to increase security, an official said Saturday.

Vatican City's chief prosecutor, Nicola Picardi, said the increased threat of international terrorism required new forms of cooperation among countries.

In October, the Vatican successfully joined Interpol, and the Vatican's Gendarmeria has been attending meetings of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe since 2006, he said.

While only 492 people live in Vatican City, some 18 million pilgrims and tourists pass through Bernini's splendid colonnade to enter St. Peter's Basilica or visit the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums each year.

As a result, crime does happen here — Pope John Paul II survived an assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square 1981.

Nowadays, though, the most serious crimes usually involve petty theft. Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, however, security measures have been significantly beefed up, with visitors now required to pass through metal detectors to enter the Basilica and attend audiences with the pope.

Picardi, the Vatican's so-called "promoter of justice," proposed the Eurojust membership as he outlined the state of law and order in the tribunals of the Vatican city-state during a ceremony to start the Vatican's judicial year.

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