13 July 2011

Human IED threat elicits DHS warning -- Government Computer News

From Government computer news (GCN).
There is something rather strange about this. Earlier this year, there was an assassination attempt on the King of Saudi Arabia. The suicide bomber carried the bomb internally, but it wasn't surgically implanted. I'll leave you to fill in the blanks.

There is, in other words, not very good reason to assume that 'sensitivity from recent surgery' will accomplish much.
Human IED threat elicits DHS warning -- Government Computer News

12 July 2011

Safety4Sea | STCW 2010 Amendments : What you need to know

Here's a pretty good summary from -- of course -- our Atlantic allies of what IMO inflicted on us in Manila.
Safety4Sea | STCW 2010 Amendments : What you need to know