This blog will be used by some of the students of the 5th form of KAM Koninklijk Atheneum Mortsel, who will post their weekly commentary on what they read in the papers.
CIA 'failed to pass on concerns' about Afghanistan suicide bomber
Im very shocked, not that he blew himself up because thats
what terrorists do, but that the CIA was so careless.
They made so much mistakes: nobody knew who was in charge of
the meeting with Balawi and most importantly, the critical warnings about him
werent shared with other officials. Ofcourse I dont say its the CIAs fault,
but they couldve done something. They even ignored suspicions from Jordan,
what I find is un acceptable. If they say its dangerous, dont just ignore it.
Im not saying you have to tie him u like a murderer (what he actually was )
but at least keep an eye out. In an interview released after his death he threatend
to kidnap his contact. How can you not see that there is something wrong with
him? I just cant believe it
Now there are 7 agents dead, and 6 wounded. And you would
ask, why would there be 13 agents or more with him in a small room? Well, because
the CIA was eager to see him, because they had to wait for 10 days for him to
arrive...
I do feel bad for the agents who died, but I think its
strange that an agency who has been around for so long can still let things
happen like this
Chinese woman forced to have abortion at eight months, claims husband
On 10 October was a woman in Chinataken by the family planning officials to a hospital to let her have an abortion, "voluntary" they say. Because she was 8 months pregnant and she and her husband already have a nine-year old daughter. But the husband clearly says that it wasn't voluntary. It was against her will ! Because China has limited most urban couples to one child, to limit the population growth. I think that this i really sick! To let someone have an abortion involuntary. I think that you should be able to choose for yourself how many children you want and that nobody can forbid you to have as many children as you like. It is in the end your body, and you decide for yourself what is going to happen with it! In the beginning victims were scared to talk about such crimes that happened, but now more and more victims begin to speak out. The husband of this woman did it also. Because no one wanted to listen to him, not the police and even the media wouldn't listen. So he placed a blog on the internet, to show and let people know what was happening. I think that it was very brave of him to post that blog. When you know that China is a very strict country.
It seems that there is a biggest lottery winner ever in the UK
More than 113 millions pounds were given to an anynomous (individual).
First of all I think it is rather ridiculous to give such an amount to one individual person.
It is just too much,isn't it?The best thing would be that he or she would share it with the world.I mean sharing with the poorests people.
However I have not won Euro Millions, so I don't have a right to speak;).Maybe I'll share the money, maybe I'll keep everything for myself...It depends on the situation.
Everyone has ever dreamt of being very,very rich.And If I had that chance,I would not spend all my money on a huge party, or by buying expensive cars,.No, in the first place I would save it.I would save it on bankaccounts,under my pilow or even in a pit in my garden.
Having a few millions on your bankaccount is always useful I suppose.
There are a lot of people who are addicted to gambling(=gamblers).This is sad.It can be a lifetime experience to participate in a casino in Las Vegas.But no habit.Again there is a moral in this whole story,-Don't be greedy with money-and know your limits!
But the day when I'm 18 , I'll buy 20 win for life scratchcards :)
8% seems to be a lot and it surprises
me that this can happen because of the economy that was crashing
down, I expected that the crime rate would rise instead of fall
because of all those people who lost their jobs and losing a lot of
money wich would lead to stress and eventually into a form of
violence. The failure of the economy could also be the reason why the
crime rate did fell instead of rise if the cause is that people
needed to work harder and had less time to do things like robbery,
burglary, theft, fraud, drugs, vehicle crime and criminal damage as
they say in the article. The only thing that rose instead of fell is
sexual offences but it could also be because of the improved
recording methods but I choose not to believe that.
I honestly think it's a big coincidence
that all these crime actions dropped by 8%. How can there be a reason
for people to just stop doing actions like robbing people because
they need money ? It's not like the government made some new
horrifying punishing methods like cutting peoples hands off when they
rob someone. Although this is an old trick to punish robbers, it
might just help to make sure that no one would ever rob someone
again...
Ofcourse, it could also be caused by
the police in England and Wales that are doing a great job dealing
with justice every day.
I put my daughter on a diet at 2- so she wouldn't end up looking like me
The article is about a mother, Aly. She is overweight and has been struggling with this problem since she was 16 years old. People teased her and so she began to eat more and more. Aly was terrified that her daughter Corleigh would continue the cycle so she put her on a diet when she was just 2 years old. The girl, who is now 8 years old is still only allowed to eat 700 calories a day, 1,000 less than the recommended amount for her age. On a typical day she has Weetabix for breakfast, salad and half a roll for lunch and a jacket potato for dinner. A nurse expressed concerns that Corleigh was 5lb underweight and in danger of developing an eating disorder. But Aly says: "She's not so underweight she's going to die next week. With an eating disorder you can get through it with therapy. But when you're fat, you're fat for life. Obviously I'd prefer it if she didn't get either."
I personally think it's really not healthy for a girl so young to put her on a diet. The girl is not fully developed and the few calories may influence her development. It is not because her mother is overweight, that her daughter may not eat more than 700 calories. I think the underweight of the young girl could have dramatic consequences. Being so focused by eating not more than 700 calories a day, could be obsessed her by it and she maybe even could get anorexia. It is also very important for the development of Corleigh that she gets medical help or that her mother just let her eat healthy food without counting the calories. I hope the mother quickly realize that this is really not healthy for her young child and that there are plenty of ways to feed your child healthy without being overweight. But putting a young girl on a diet for more than 6 years is really not healthy!
These sorts of things always remind me of Hans Van Temse, who rampaged in Antwerp a couple of years ago. Shooting people is always horrible, but shooting people because of their beliefs or their origin, is double horrible. The worst thing about this article is that the man seems to be doing it on an organised and regular basis. He must be thinking he's the freedom fighter of white people, while he is just a shooting savage. The ethnic minorities must be frightened to death at the moment. I hope for these people, the savage gets caught sooner or later, and gets put behind bars. But Sweden is the most awesome country after England, so they'll manage to get him quickly, I hope!
