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The Taliban's victory in Afghanistan could raise the morale of various Islamist extremist groups. Analysts believe that this will lead to new alliances and an increased danger of terrorist attacks.
You should never dance to the enemy’s tune! That applies even to the Taliban, who hate music and don’t have any tunes. After five minutes of glorious soccer, during which Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw scored the fastest ever goal in a Euros final, England went on to the defensive. That was absurd. The Eyeties got deeper and deeper into our half and then, disaster of all disasters, equalised in the second half! Three England players, the Tory-bashing Marcus Rashford, who wasn’t even fit, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, missed their penalty kicks, giving Italy the trophy.
HMS Warspite Excitement in the UK is building! A few Scots are miserable of course, mostly in the SNP, but then the SNP are a miserable lot at the best of times, no offense intended. My prediction is that Sunday night’s Euro 2020 final between England (the Good Guys) and Italy (the Bad Guys) will see a reprise of the score at the Battle of Matapan, in other words three-nil to the Good Guys. HMS Valiant As many readers will know, VT readers being a well-informed lot on the whole, in late March 1941 Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham’s battle squadron annihilated an Italian heavy cruiser squadr...
Britain ‘WILL keep troops in Afghanistan with SAS set to stay and help units fight the Taliban’ Sarah Grealish Sarah Grealish Invalid Date, BRITAIN will keep troops in Afghanistan with the SAS set to help train local units fight the taliban, it has been reported. Elite officers in the SAS will stay in the stricken country as an "advisory group" to help train Afghan soldiers. 3 Former head of MI6 Sir Alex Younger has expressed concerns over the taliban's growing power in AfghanistanCredit: Sky News 3 The last Union flag of Great Britain flying above the skies of Helmand Province, Afghanis...
Happy July 4 th everybody! We don’t celebrate it over here of course, as we came second. When we’re beaten fair and square however we don’t behave like the Germans and have a centuries’ long hissy-fit. Speaking of Jerry’s hissy-fits, Tuesday sees the 33 rd anniversary of the sabotage by German intelligence (GO2) of the Piper Alpha oil and gas facility in the North Sea. All told Jerry murdered 167 men. At the time it was the single largest insurance loss for a disaster, around £1.7 billion, although a reinsurance swindle magnified that several times over. There is no doubt that Pipe...