International

According to United States Colonel Daniel Davis, the army command is lying about the results of the war in Afghanistan. In an article in the Armed Forces Journal entitled ‘Trust, Lies and Afghanistan’, whistleblower Colonel Davis openly questions how many people will still have to die in an operation that has been wholly unsuccessful. SP Member of Parliament and international affairs spokesman Harry van Bommel has applauded the colonel for his openness and intends to raise Davis’s views this week during an evaluation of the Dutch operation in the Afghan province of Uruzgan.

SP Member of Parliament Sadet Karabulut describes herself as ‘delighted’ with Home Affairs Minister Liesbeth Spies’ declaration yesterday that she is prepared to go to Brussels to discuss increasing the income threshold for social housing from its current level of €34,000. The ceiling has been imposed ostensibly to protect commercial landlords from unfair competition. “What a relief,” Karabulut says. “Spies will be acting on my motion, which was supported by Parliament, after a single debate, something which her predecessor neglected to do following debate after debate.”