Craig Murray

Julian Assange Gets The Bog Standard Smear Technique

Wed, 25/08/2010 - 8:42pm

The Russians call it Kompromat - the use by the state of sexual accusations to destroy a public figure. When I was attacked in this way by the government I worked for, Uzbek dissidents smiled at ...

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Julian Assange wins Sam Adams Award for Integrity

Thu, 19/08/2010 - 12:15pm

The award is judged by a group of retired senior US military and intelligence personnel, and past winners. This year the award to Julian Assange was unanimous. Previous winners and ceremony ...

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My Bed

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 12:32pm

My break from blogging continues. I have not been posting in or reading the comments sections. I am told some people have been worried by some posts there purporting to be from me. They are not ...

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Diplomacia Suja

Sat, 24/07/2010 - 9:46am

My last post did not signal a return to blogging but rather explained why I need a few days' break. But I have to share with you my joy at the release of the Brazilian edition of Murder in ...

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A Ramsgate Blog

Fri, 23/07/2010 - 9:46am

This blog now comes to you from Ramsgate. Sorry about the hiatus. I flew back from Ghana overnight and that day picked up the keys and entered our new home. Since then I have been ankle deep in ...

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Il Faut Cultiver Notre Jardin

Tue, 13/07/2010 - 7:17am

Outgrower produced pineapples ready for juicing Pineapple crowns are replanted. After castration each plant will produce five or six viable suckers which are given to smallholders as initial ...

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Quick Post

Mon, 12/07/2010 - 3:43pm

Taking advantage of an internet cafe in Hoehoe quickly to post this picture. Three days on farms and I still look like a Persil advert. There goes my street cred. Hope to do a post on the work ...

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Mango Juice

Sat, 10/07/2010 - 12:31pm

Stopped for lunch at an agricultural research institute on my way to the east of the Volta Lake. Very excited because I am visiting a large project to produce Fair Trade mango and pineapple juice ...

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Overworked

Sat, 10/07/2010 - 1:53am

This sounds pretentious to me too, but its 12.54 am here and I have just got home after a working day that started at 7.20am - and yes, just meetings all day and then dinner and drinks with ...

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The Ethics of Banning Trolls

Thu, 08/07/2010 - 6:53pm

With genuine reluctance, I find myself obliged to ban Larry from St Louis from commenting on this blog. I am extremely happy for people to comment on this blog who disagree with my views. It ...

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Ghana Again

Wed, 07/07/2010 - 11:27pm

Just arrived back at the house in Ghana after a tiring day travelling. Good news is Ghana Telecom/Vodafone seem to be delivering a much better internet connection than we've had before, so ...

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Torture Inquiry: AFP Interview

Tue, 06/07/2010 - 10:31pm

This is a really weird cut from AFP of snippets of an interview I did with them today on the torture inquiry.

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The 4.45pm Link

Tue, 06/07/2010 - 6:52pm

Conan the Librarian cheers me up a lot. His parodies of The Scotsman are much less rabid than the real thing. http://mypseudepigrapha.blogspot.com/ I can best explain how bad the Scotsman now ...

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At Last A Torture Inquiry

Tue, 06/07/2010 - 5:46pm

Finally David Cameron has announced that there will be an inquiry into British government complicity in torture. It will not start until a number of civil and criminal proceedings by individuals ...

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Why the NHS Budget Should Be Cut

Tue, 06/07/2010 - 1:24pm

I just went to see my doctor for a renewal of my omeprazole prescription. For ten years I have been taking 80mg per day, for hiatus hernia. That is two packets of 7 x 40mg per week. The ...

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Not Wanted

Tue, 06/07/2010 - 9:33am

Apostate, Freeborn and Steelback (who may or may not all be the same person) are not welcome on this site, under these or any other names, for persistent anti-semitism and holocaust denial. I ...

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The 4.45pm Link

Mon, 05/07/2010 - 3:59pm

Obnoxio today. Bad language alert (even by my loose standards). http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/2010/07/man-of-people.html

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Gaza Blockade Update

Mon, 05/07/2010 - 10:44am

Many thanks to the anonymous commenter who posted this in response to my plea for information on the current state of the Gaza Blockade. They didn't post a link, so it is reproduced here in ...

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Civil Service Redundancies

Mon, 05/07/2010 - 10:12am

I am entirely in favour of civil service redundancies, and even more of local authority redundancies. We have a crazy economy, heavily dependent on vastly over-rewarded people who perform useless ...

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