June 9, 2004

UN slams Canada over assassin National Post (subscription), Canada - Although it took the Canadian government nine years to deport Iranian intelligence agent Mansour Ahani, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled that Ottawa was too quick to send him back to Tehran in 2002. Before coming to Toronto, in 1991 Ahani had trained with an Iranian government hit squad.  A year after his arrival, he travelled to Italy on a fake passport to take part in the attempted assassination of an Iranian dissident.   1:44:07 PM

Protest rises over Islamic law in Ontario Toronto Star, Canada - ... Sharia law doesn't work as it is supposed to work in a single country," says Sally Armstrong (author of Veiled Threat). "Why does Ontario's justice system think it will work here?". 1:30:46 PM

Blast injures 16 in Cologne CNN -  An explosion ripped through a house in Cologne, injuring 16 people Wednesday, and officials said they believed the blast was caused by a bomb. It is being reported that the bomb might have been filled with nails.  This would suggest that it was a possible suicide bomb vest.  Probably a premature explosion.   11:40:18 AM

UN puts last touches to Iraq sovereignty resolution Financial Times - The UN Security Council yesterday put the finishing touches to a resolution endorsing the June 30 handover of sovereignty to Iraq's new government. Basically, it reads: "The US will spend 200 billion dollars to free and rebuild the country, the Iraqi's will say they are happy to be freed, and Algeria gets to decide if it is sincere or not." 8:31:58 AM

I had a chance to listen to the Ed's Back rap piece while on CJOB this morning. It is a video that he did for the TV show "This Hour has 22 Minutes".  Of course on radio we were only able to play the soundtrack, and maybe we were less than nice to the former NDP leader.  You can judge for yourself if the video adds anything to the experience here. I really only went to buy a coffee at the Tim Hortons, it is camp day, Larry was on the air, and he and I talked about the Ed's Back rap.  7:58:47 AM