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U.S. brigade murdered and mutilated innocent Afghan civilians - and kept their body parts as trophies

'Death Squad': Full horror emerges of how rogue U.S. brigade murdered and mutilated innocent Afghan civilians - and kept their body parts as trophies

By Daniel Bates
Last updated at 4:55 PM on 28th March 2011

• Rolling Stone reveals how U.S. troops murdered Afghan civilians
• Soldiers cut off 15-year-old boy's finger and kept it as trophies
• Video captures U.S. troops cheering as airstrike kills two Afghan civilians

Shocking new details emerged today of how American soldiers formed a 'death squad' to randomly murder Afghan civilians and mutilate their corpses.

An investigation by Rolling Stone magazine details how senior officers failed to stop troops killing Afghans and keeping their body parts as trophies.

In one horrific episode, the magazine claims troops chopped off a dead Afghan boy's finger and later used it as 'gambling chip' in a game of cards.

The damning dossier is likely to prove to be highly damaging for the Army still reeling from last week's revelations about the brutal acts of violence carried out by the notorious 'death squad'.

Horror: A video released by Rolling Stone magazine shows an incident in which two Afghans on a motorcycle are gunned down

Heart of darkness: Video shows American troops seeking out Afghan civilians who were killed 'for sport'

The investigation by Rolling Stone also revealed how:

• Troops shot dead civilians and tried to cover their tracks;
• U.S. soldiers hacked off part of a dead man's skull;
• Soldiers cheered as they filmed a U.S. airstrike blowing up two Afghan civilians;
• A video showed two Afghans on a motorcycle being gunned down.

The magazine claims the men hacked off bits of skull from their victims and kept them as trophies of their kills.

The soldiers are also accused of opening fire on civilians for no reason and covering up their attacks by planting guns and magazine on their victims.

The magazine claims that amongst the accused 'killing innocent Afghan civilians became less a reason for concern than a cause for celebration’.

 

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Last week Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 23, admitted his part in the twisted scheme and was jailed for 24 years.

The remaining four soldiers who are due to be court-martialled are Sergeant Calvin Gibbs - who is accused of being the ringleader - Specialist Adam C. Winfield, Specialist Michael S. Wagnon II and Private first class Andrew H. Holmes.

They were all part of the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, of the 2nd Infantry Division, who carried out at least four executions in Kandahar province between January and May this year.

According to Rolling Stone the men joked for weeks about killing ‘savages’ before finally murdering a boy of around 15 in a farming village, their first kill.

To cover their tracks they threw a grenade in his direction to make it look like they had come under attack.

But with his body on the floor events took an even more sinister turn as Gibbs started ‘messing around with the kid', moving his arms and mouth and ‘acting like the kid was talking'.

He then supposedly took a pair of medic’s scissors and snipped off the boy’s pinky finger and handed it to Holmes as a trophy for his first kill in Afghanistan.

Rolling Stone claims Holmes carried it around in a zip-lock bag.

‘He wanted to keep the finger forever and wanted to dry it out,’ a friend said later. ‘He was proud of his finger.’

Later that night Morlock and Holmes were playing a game of cards and, when it came time for their wager, they supposedly said they would bet the finger.

A female medic who was watching walked away in disgust.

Gruesome: The photos which sparked the trial were published in Der Spiegel magazine's March 21 issue

The Rolling Stone article talks in detail about how the soldiers felt invincible and emboldened by the lack of policing by their superiors.

It also details a serious of disturbing videos and pictures of the victims taken by the men - one shows a hand with a missing finger, another depicts a severed head on a stick and others show blown up legs.

In two cases soldiers pose over the bodies of their victims as if they are hunting trophies.

The men also made videos including one which was filmed on Sept 12, 2009.

It shows infra-red camera footage of two Afghans putting what could have been an improvised explosive device in the ground ahead of the soldiers.

Regardless of whether or not it is an IED, filming at such a time is a clear breach of Army rules.

They also edited it down, added a soundtrack and gave it a chilling name - ‘Death Zone’.

In a further breach of regulations the soldiers videoed themselves in combat in Afghanistan and passed around the footage to each other on USB sticks.

Footage to loud rock music shows the moment two Afghans were blown up by an air strike - filmed by by U.S. soldiers, who videoed themselves in combat in Afghanistan and passed around the footage to each other

The footage was published by Rolling Stone magazine in its coverage of the five American soldiers accused of being part of a 'Kill Squad' which murdered innocent Afghan civilians for sport

Rolling Stone has for the first time published the videos which were supposedly passed around by the men of 5th Stryker Combat Brigade as they carried out their executions in Kandahar province.

In the first clip the men can clearly be heard joking: ‘They’re going to f****** die’ and ‘You don’t f*** with us’.

As the airstrike starts so does the song ‘En Vie’ by Apocalyptica, a cello rock band from Helsinki.

One of the men is killed instantly but the second runs off and is caught by another volley of explosions - as the men whoop and cheer ‘F*** yeah!’

A title card called ‘Aftermath’ comes on screen followed by close-up colour images of the men’s bloodied bodies with horrific close-ups on their injuries.

The credits then roll explaining how ‘Shadow PLT’ was behind the picture and that a Sergeant Michael Schweitzer did the editing.

According to Rolling Stone the men would pass the gruesome videos around on USB sticks and hard drives.

They would file them on their personal computers alongside clips of TV shows, Ultimate Fighting fights and films such as Iron Man 2.

A second video released by the magazine shows a separate incident in which two Afghans on a motorcycle are gunned down.

Although not apparently as disturbing as the first, it nonetheless shows a total disregard for combat rules.

Second clip: The video is less disturbing than the first but it still shows a total disregard for combat rules

‘Even if the killings were part of a legitimate combat engagement it is a clear violation of Army standards to share such footage,’ Rolling Stone says.

‘The video was taken on patrol with a helmet-mounted camera; at one point, the soldier shooting the images can be heard boasting: "I got it all on camera".'

The U.S. Army has been keen to paint the men involved as if they were working alone but the article claims that internal records show the ‘Kill team’ was ‘operating out in the open, in ‘plain view of the rest of the company’.

Specialist Jeremy Morlock, left, has already admitted his part in the scheme and was jailed for 24 years - with Andrew Holmes, centre, and Adam Winfield, right, among four others to be court-martialed at a later date

‘Far from being clandestine, as the Pentagon has implied, the murders of civilians were common knowledge among the unit and understood to be illegal by "pretty much the whole platoon",' it says.

The revelations have been a PR disaster for the U.S. Army and is the most serious prosecution of alleged U.S. military atrocities during 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

The existence of the photos and videos, among dozens seized as evidence by investigators and ordered sealed from public view by the Army, has drawn comparisons with pictures of Iraqi prisoners taken by U.S. military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004.

The remaining four soldiers who are due to be court-martialed are Sergeant Calvin Gibbs - who is accused of being the ringleader - Specialist Adam C. Winfield, Specialist Michael S. Wagnon II and Private first class Andrew H. Holmes.

Seven other members of the combat unit were charged with lesser crimes during the investigation, which grew out of a probe into hashish abuse by American GIs.

Four of those men already have pleaded guilty and been sentenced.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370758/Shocking-video-shows-U-S-troops-cheering-airstrike-blows-Afghan-civilians.html#ixzz1HuZNucxR

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'lucky bridge'

Chinese wall of humanity: Incredible sight as 200,000 file over 'lucky bridge' to wish for health and happiness

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:20 PM on 25th March 2011
This is the moment hundreds of thousands of festival goers took to the Taiping Bridge in South-Western China as part of a traditional ‘bridge-treading’ event.
The event in Jushui Township, Sichuan Province, saw local residents walk along the bridge to pray for their families on the day of the Spring Sacrificial Rites.

Every year the treading over the bridge marks ‘Chunshe’, otherwise known as the Spring Folk Fair, during which locals seek happiness and health.
Around 200,000 participants gathered at the ancient Taiping Bridge to throw old clothes and coins into the water to bring them luck.

Health and happiness: Local residents in China's Sichuan Province gather at the Taiping Bridge for the Spring Sacrificial Rites festival to pray for good luck

Tradition: Around 200,000 people showed up to throw clothing and coins over the bridge in a bid for health and happiness for them and their families

As locals threw their clothing over the bridge to seek good fortune, the shallow river became filled with litter

Re-opened: After three years of renovation following China's earthquake, the bridge opened for people to pray during the Bridge-Treading

Fun for all: Locals took their young children and babies out for the traditional day too

Chunshe has been suspended for the past two years though as the bridge needed to be strengthened following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Wenchuan County in 2008.
But after three years of renovation, the bridge re-opened for people to pray during the 'Bridge-Treading'.

 

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Residents braved the cold weather to pile onto the bridge for their chance to throw coins over the bridge, some taking their very young children and babies with them for the family occasion.
Some dressed in traditional Chinese costumes for the parade and others decorated the bridge and neighbouring trees with colourful streamers.
But as they threw their clothing over the bridge to seek health and happiness, the shallow river became filled with litter.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369900/200-000-Chinese-locals-throw-coins-clothing-Taiping-Bridge-bid-heath-happiness.html#ixzz1HfSG5a9H

Elephant Circus Battered, kicked and stabbed

Anne's agony: Battered, kicked and stabbed, the desperate plight of Britain's last circus elephant

By Chris Greenwood and Clare Elicott
Last updated at 10:37 PM on 25th March 2011

With each repeated blow, the pitchfork makes a sickening thwack as it slams into Anne the elephant's hide.

She flinches, at one point even appearing to lose her footing under the weight of a particularly savage strike.

The disturbing images come from a secretly shot video which campaigners say lays bare the cruel reality of her life as Britain's last circus elephant.

Merciless: In secretly shot video, a worker swings a vicious kick into the belly of 58-year-old Anne the elephant. Animal Defenders International planted the device because of concerns about how Anne was being treated at Bobby Roberts's Super Circus

It shows Anne enduring the abuse at the hands of her so-called carers while shackled in a dingy barn during the circus's winter break.

As well as being repeatedly hit with the pitchfork by one worker employed to feed and look after her, the 58-year-old elephant also appears to be stabbed in the face with the tool's metal prongs during one attack.

A total of 48 strikes, including kicks to her body and head, were recorded as she was left chained to the spot by her legs.

Campaigners claimed shackling Anne with leg irons is particularly cruel because she suffers arthritis and her movements are already badly hampered.

The graphic attacks were recorded over three-and-a-half weeks by a surveillance camera concealed on a farm in Polebrook, Northamptonshire.

Experts working for the pressure group Animal Defenders International (ADI) planted the device because of concerns about Anne's welfare. 

In goes the pitchfork: The weapon is used to beat the animal and even to stab her in the head. The graphic attacks were recorded over three-and-a-half weeks by a surveillance camera concealed on a farm in Polebrook, Northamptonshire during the circus's winter break

They have repeatedly called for circus owner Bobby Roberts to hand over Anne so she can live out her days in a wildlife sanctuary.

But Mr Roberts, whose Super Circus began its latest tour on Thursday, insists the elephant is 'part of the family' and to separate her from the circus would cause her to 'pine away and die'.

The hidden camera also caught the abuse of other animals in the barn, including a camel, miniature ponies and horses held in stables.

Ponies and horses can be seen jumping backwards as they are kicked and slapped by a worker.

On one occasion a man spits in the face of the camel as he pushes a wheelbarrow of straw in front of it.

Anne is the oldest surviving elephant in Europe and is wheeled out in a headdress to pose for photographs with audience members up to twice a day.

And still the torture goes on: Anne, who is shackled despite having arthritis, is battered with a stave in the farm building

Elephants' life expectancy is around 70 years but the arthritis has taken its toll on her ageing body.

Campaigners have claimed her back right leg locks and weight gain has put even more strain on her frame.

The Asian elephant has been travelling with the Bobby Roberts Super Circus since the 1950s when she was bought by Mr Roberts's parents for around £3,000. 

At the time she was one of many performing elephants but since then most circuses have stopped using animals.

In 2005, the RSPCA and the Government refused to intervene in her case after claims that she was being kept in appalling conditions.

Her plight then was revealed by our sister paper the Mail on Sunday and angry readers sent more than 1,500 letters to Ben Bradshaw, then Labour's Animal Health and Welfare Minister.

On show: Anne with owner Bobby Roberts, who runs the Super Circus. Anne has been with the circus since she was a baby

However ministry vets reported that Anne was in good health and kept clean and the RSPCA said there was no proof that she was a victim of 'unnecessary suffering'.

The distressing footage from ADI suggests a different story.

It was released as ministers prepare to announce new policies on the treatment of wild animals in circuses.

A consultation found 95 per cent of people said it was unacceptable to use any species of wild animal in a travelling circus.

The Government has since come under pressure to ban the practice but some expect it will unveil a framework for self-regulation instead.

Jan Creamer, who leads ADI, said her organisation has been concerned for Anne's welfare for 'many years'.

She called on police to examine the material with a view to investigating the circus for offences under the Animal Welfare Act.

Ms Creamer said: 'ADI is discussing the potential for legal action with its lawyers and will be in touch with the police.

'Poor Anne has been with the circus for over 50 years since she was a baby, having been caught in the wild and torn from her family.

'Elephants are social and extremely intelligent so this has been a living hell for her. At last we have managed to expose this circus operation for the cruel farce that it is.

'Anne's tragic story symbolises the plight of circus animals and is a shocking indictment of the circus industry at a key time as the Government considers a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.'

Last night, confronted with the evidence, Bobby Roberts said he would fire the Romanian groom paid £8,000 a year to care for Anne.

'I'm so disgusted and I can't believe this has happened under my nose,' he said.

'We trusted him and we'd check on her every hour or so, but I can't be there 24 hours a day.'

Asked whether he would consider handing over Anne, he said: 'We have talked about sending her to a sanctuary, but the only ones are in America and the journey would kill her.

'If the circumstances were right, I would part from her. But she'd pine, like I would.' 

Mr Roberts's wife Moira said: 'It would break his heart to be parted from her.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370050/Anne-elephants-agony-Battered-kicked-stabbed-desperate-plight-Britains-circus-elephant.html#ixzz1HfOPeZFX

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Saya dihubungi oleh seorang kenalan yang sangat rapat bermula sejak 15 Mac 2011 untuk berjumpa dengannya mengenai sesuatu yang penting. Pada hari Isnin 21 Mac 2011 lebih kurang jam 12.20 tengahari, saya mengesahkan bahawa saya ada ruang untuk bertemu beliau.

Saya berjumpa dengannya di Hotel De Palma Ampang jam 4 petang hari itu, sebelum dibawa di dalam sebuah kereta yang lain. Kereta itu dipandu oleh dua orang yang saya tidak kenali.

Saya dibawa ke Hotel Flamingo Ampang, seterusnya dibawa ke sebuah bilik junior suite. Saya bertemu Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik dan Dato’ Eskay Shazril Abdullah yang telah menunggu di dalam bilik tersebut. Saya turut disertai oleh kenalan saya tadi.

Saya duduk di depan Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik sementara Dato’ Eskay Shazril Abdullah duduk di sebelah saya. Kenalan saya tadi duduk di atas katil di belakang di dalam bilik tersebut.

Dato’ Eskay Shazril Abdullah mula bercakap dan mengatakan bahawa saya (“Johari Abdul”) adalah ahli Parlimen yang pertama akan menyaksikan tayangan video yang sedang mula dimainkan itu. Dia juga meminta pandangan saya mengenai Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Sepanjang tayangan video tersebut, Dato’ Eskay Shazril Abdullah menjadi suara latar menerangkan beberapa perkara. Contohnya, dia menyentuh bagaimana cara individu terbabit menanggalkan kondom selepas perlakuan berakhir mempunyai risiko air mani akan terpercik ke kawasan yang besar. Menurutnya, tabiat itulah yang menyebabkan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim sering meninggalkan bahan bukti seperti yang berlaku dalam kes liwat pertama tahun 1998 dulu.

Dia juga mendakwa bahawa dia selalu membawa Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke club house di mana berlakunya kejadian itu dan tempat-tempat lain di Thailand seolah-olah ini perkara yang kerapkali dibuat oleh Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Menurutnya, setiap kali dia membawa Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke tempat itu, bilik itulah (yang dirakamkan) yang digunakan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim sementara dia (Dato’ Eskay) menggunakan bilik bersebelahan. Dalam percakapan seterusnya, dia menyatakan kebimbangan kononnya rakaman-rakaman video seperti itu telah dipunyai oleh pihak perisikan Thai.

Sepanjang penayangan video tersebut, Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik kerap mencelah dan membuat komen pendek yang memburukkan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Saya percaya beliau cuba meyakinkan saya bahawa Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim adalah seorang yang tidak bermoral dan tidak layak menjadi seorang pemimpin.

Selepas penayangan video tersebut, Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik mula bercakap. Dia memujuk supaya saya meninggalkan KEADILAN dan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Dia berjanji untuk bbawa saya berjumpa dengan Perdana Menteri, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik juga menyebut bahawa dia akan uruskan segala keperluan kewangan dan keselamatan saya.

Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik juga cuba meyakinkan saya untuk membawa dan memujuk lebih ramai Ahli Parlimen KEADILAN berjumpanya, supaya dapat dipujuk keluar parti. Dia meminta saya mengepalai kumpulan Ahli-ahli Parlimen KEADILAN ini. Saya tidak memberikan komitmen, selain mendengar komen-komen yang dibuat.

Selepas itu, saya keluar dan diiringi oleh kenalan rapat saya itu. Di dalam lif, saya memeluknya dan memberitahu beliau, bahawa setelah menonton keseluruhan video tersebut, saya yakin bahawa orang di dalam video itu bukanlah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Saya berkeyakinan bahawa pelakon itu bukan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim berlandaskan faktor berikut:

1. Pada awal rakaman, terdapat seorang lelaki lain yang sedang menguruskan rakaman video pada ketika orang yang mirip Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim masuk ke dalam bilik. Sewajarnya orang itu (yang mirip Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim) sedar bahawa perlakuannya akan dirakam. Mustahil sesiapa yang waras akan melakukan adegan sedemikian kecuali dia diupah.

2. Tempoh masa rakaman yang menunjukkan muka si pelaku adalah terlalu pendek. Ditambah dengan rakaman yang dibuat di dalam hitam putih; menyukarkan untuk betul-betul mengesahkan identiti si pelaku.

3. Bahu si pelaku terlalu lebar dan tegap berbanding bahu Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

4. Bahagian belakang si pelaku (punggong) juga berisi dan jelas berbeza dengan tubuh badan Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

5. Di akhir adegan, si pelaku bangun dan tubuh badannya dirakam dengan jelas. Perutnya adalah buncit dan terlalu besar jika dibandingkan dengan perut Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

6. Warna kulitnya adalah terlalu cerah dan hampir tidak dapat dibezakan dengan warna kulit wanita terlibat.

Selepas itu, saya menyatakan kesediaan untuk membawa beberapa orang ahli Parlimen KEADILAN agar mereka juga dapat menonton video dan berjumpa dengan Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik. Saya dimaklumkan sessi tayangan seterusnya akan dibuat kepada ahli-ahli Parlimen KEADILAN pada jam 330 petang 22 Mac 2011. Kami hadir semalam di Hotel Flamingo Ampang dan menunggu hingga jam 530 petang, oleh kerana mereka telah sahkan bahawa perjumpaa akan berlaku. Walau bagaimana pun, perjumpaan itu dibatalkan oleh pihak mereka.

Saya mengambil risiko membuat kenyataan ini diluar Dewan Rakyat kerana saya yakin bahawa episod terbaru ini adalah satu lagi rencana jahat untuk memfitnah Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

DATO’ JOHARI ABDUL
AHLI PARLIMEN SG PETANI
AHLI MAJLIS PIMPINAN PUSAT KEADILAN
23 MAC 2011


KOMEN SELEPAS KENYATAAN AKHBAR DATO’ JOHARI ABDUL

Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik yang menjadi dalang kepada episod ini adalah orang yang sama yang mengatur penerbitan dan pengedaran buku “50 Dalil” dalam tahun 1998 dahulu. Modus operandi fitnah terbaru ini adalah 100% sama dengan modus operandi siri fitnah tahun 1998 dahulu. Beliau diberi mandat oleh Perdana Menteri sendiri untuk membeli ahli-ahli Parlimen KEADILAN dengan tawaran wang ringgit dan sebagainya. Tempahan dan pembayaran Carcosa Seri Negara dibuat oleh RISDA, sebuah jabatan kerajaan.

Saya juga percaya Dato’ Eskay Shazril Abdullah adalah “Dato’ T”. Dia adalah seorang yang berbangsa Siam dan mendapat banyak faedah dari Tun Mahathir Mohamad kerana berasal dari Kedah.

Seorang lagi individu yang hadir sama adalah bapa mertua kepada Dato’ Shafie Afdal, iaitu Naib Presiden UMNO. Banyak lagi nama-nama pimpinan UMNO yang terlibat secara langsung dengan konspirasi terbaru ini.

Saya mendedahkan semua ini agar rakyat Malaysia dapat menilai dengan sendiri politik jahat yang digunakan oleh musuh Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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Transformer Guy

He's wheely something: Inventor who can Transform himself into the famous toy car

By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 9:21 PM on 22nd March 2011

This is the man who has turned himself into a real life Transformer - by creating a fully functional Autobot costume out of a children's toy.

The must-have gadget for any die-hard Transformer fan was the brainchild of Californian Drew Beaumier.

He's already wowed the judges on American Idol and now he's created the crazy costume in his garage armed with just a beginner's tool box.

Revved up: Drew Beaumier created his real-life Transformer outfit in his garage at home in Fountain Valley, California, armed with a tool box, a Power Wheels car and spare parts from Walmart

It took eight weeks of constant trial and error to piece it together using a second-hand Power Wheels car to form the body and spare parts as well as glue bought at WalMart.

Transformer fanatic Drew then ripped the children's car apart leaving him with each separate section.

He then meticulously pieced the parts back together with hinges and glued it to a sports undergarment so he could wear it like a suit.

The robot costume comes complete with wheels attached to his arms and legs so he can fold down into a car and roll along.

Animated fun: The part-time bar tender has taken to re-enacting famous scenes from the Transformer series for tourists on Hollywood Boulevard

But when he stands up, the costume springs back out into the superhero pose famed by Optimus Prime and Co.

The part-time bar tender has now taken to re-enacting famous scenes from the Transformer series along Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard.

And his street performances have already paid off the $300 he spent making his crazy creation after eager tourists began tipping him to have photos taken next to the real-life action hero.

Drew, 25, said: 'I've always been a big Transformers fan ever since I was a tiny kid. I remember I was struggling for money, working a few rubbish bar jobs and then it hit me - make a Transformer costume and go and entertain all the tourists.

Coming soon: Drew hopes to roll out his costume on mail order by 2012

Full-on action scene from the 2007 Transformers film showing Decepticon Bonecrusher battling with Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots

'But the idea never really got off the ground until a few years after the idea first came to me.

'It was only when a good condition Power Wheels car was advertised for sale that I snapped it up and began making it.

'Within two months I had a prototype built and fully working.

'I've since won a big cash prize contest every Hallowe'en for three years now which has helped pay it off and after I started entertaining the crowds in Hollywood I earned enough to buy more Power Wheels cars and make new ones.'

So far the Transformer nut has made a Ford Mustang, Red Harley Davidson, Police Motorbike, Yellow Volkswagen Beetle and a pink Escalade, with an Iron Man replica in the pipeline.

And after being inundated with Facebook messages from adoring female fans, Drew revealed that his new 'wheels' have become a babe magnet.

He said: 'I've been contacted by quite a few women on Facebook since I wore the costume on American Idol.

'None have gone as far as propose to me yet, but I can confirm that the chicks definitely find Transformers sexy.' 

British fans of the legendary series shouldn't have to wait too long to get their hands on one, with Drew planning to roll out the costumes to mail order buyers by Christmas 2012.

Drew, from Fountain Valley, USA, added: 'I've been getting emails and messages on Facebook from people all over the world wanting to buy one off me.

'Lots of them have been from the UK, but my business agent is currently crunching the numbers, so I'm hoping to start mass producing them at an affordable price soon.'

Nuclear plant blast

Race to avert a meltdown: Second blast rocks nuclear plant and hundreds contaminated as 180,000 flee

By David Derbyshire and Richard Shears
Last updated at 2:00 AM on 15th March 2011

• Third explosion last night raises fears of nuclear meltdown
• Latest blast in number two reactor - previous blasts in reactors one and three

A desperate race against time to avert a nuclear meltdown was under way in Japan last night.

The country appealed to the U.S. for help to control three overheating reactors crippled by Friday’s devastating earthquake.

The plea came as a second and third explosion rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaging two reactors.

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Disaster: A satellite picture shows the remains of four reactors - by last night three of them had been hit by explosions. Nuclear experts were battling to bring the situation at the Fukushima plant under control

A senior Japanese politician said there were signs that fuel rods were melting in all three reactors. ‘Although we cannot directly check it, it’s highly likely to be happening,’ said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano.

Experts said the nightmare scenario was of a meltdown which triggers a massive build-up of pressure inside the containment unit. If the unit cracks, a plume of radioactive dust and gas would spill hundreds of miles into the air.

Fears of that meltdown at a Japanese power plant rose sharply last night after a new explosion was reported in the complex.

It is understood the blast was in the Number 2 reactor, where fuel rods had been in danger of overheating. Explosions have already occurred in the Number 1 and Number 3 reactors.

 

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The new drama occurred because the explosion in the Number 3 reactor had damaged the cooling system in the adjoining reactor, resulting in last night's third blast.

Officials have been struggling to pacify the public's concerns about radioactive material escaping into the atmosphere.

With serious questions now surrounding the safety of the three crippled reactors, many people believe the chances of the material escaping have increased dramatically.

A second explosion rocks the crippled Fukushima Dalichi nuclear plant yesterday (1), (2) smoke starts to pour from the building housing the plant's third nuclear reactor before (3) as the building collapses, the black plume stretches up into the sky

A woman talks to her daughter who has been isolated after showing signs of radiation near Fukushima

Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant fled last night after a third explosion raised serious concerns about a meltdown.

Embarrassed officials of the Tokyo Electric Power company called a hurried news conference in Tokyo to apologise to the public for 'the inconvenience'.
But they were hesitant in disclosing details about the full extent of the danger to the public.

In the House of Commons, David Cameron said he had ‘severe concerns’ for Britons who were in Japan at the time of the earthquake and tsunami. Thousands of them are still unaccounted for.

In a day of worrying developments:

• The official death toll rose to 2,800 but is expected eventually to exceed 10,000.
• Two thousand bodies were washed up in two towns in the worst affected area in north-east Japan.
• Strong aftershocks persisted in the stricken area, and a 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Tokyo at about 8pm British time yesterday.
• About 450,000 people have been evacuated nationwide – plus 180,000 from around the nuclear plant, where 190 have been exposed to some form of radiation.
• Almost 2million households are without power in the freezing north and about1.4million households have been left without running water.

Two other nuclear plants are also thought to be under threat. At Tokai there were also fears of overheating reactors as cooling pumps failed, while high levels of radiation were detected at the nuclear plant at Onagawa.

But the main concern remained the Fukushima plant on the north-east coast, where weary engineers were working around the clock for the fourth day.

Before last night’s third explosion they had been engaged in a last-ditch move to use seawater to cool the overheating core in reactor number two after fuel rods inside it were exposed.

Experts said it was probably the first time in the nuclear industry’s 57-year history that seawater, which is corrosive, has been used to cool fuel rods, a sign of how close Japan may be to a major accident.

Although the plant’s three working reactors shut down automatically when the magnitude nine earthquake struck, the cooling systems which keep the radioactive uranium and plutonium fuel rods cool have been hit by a series of failures.

Earlier yesterday a vast cloud of black smoke erupted from the plant after an explosion – the second in two days – demolished the building housing reactor three.

The explosion was triggered when engineers released steam to prevent a dangerous build-up of pressure inside the sealed reactor. At superheated temperatures inside the core the water vapour had split into hydrogen and oxygen which ignited, destroying the outer building and injuring 11 people, one seriously.

A similar explosion rocked the plant on Saturday when steam was released from another reactor.

Yesterday’s blast left the 80-inch concrete and steel walls which protect the nuclear reactor intact.

Evacuation: Residents shelter in Sendai city in Miyagi after being evacuated from their homes following the blasts at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated amid growing fears that the plant could go into meltdown   

Devastation: Earthquake followed by tsunami has caused chaos in Japan and there are fears of a radiation leak from the Fukushima nuclear power plant

However, shortly after the explosion, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said it had lost the ability to cool the neighbouring reactor two – the third reactor to suffer cooling problems.

As the engineers tried to inject seawater using fire pumps the water levels dropped twice unexpectedly, leaving the fuel rods uncovered by cooling water. At one point they were exposed for two and a half hours.

Without coolant, fuel rods can overheat and melt. In a serious meltdown, radioactive molten material falls through the floor of the containment vessel into the ground underneath.

The drama at Fukushima has added to the anxiety for locals shellshocked by the quake and tsunami. Many Japanese are sceptical of assurances given by government officials about nuclear leaks, following at least two cover-ups in the wake of dramas in other plants in recent years.

Men in protective suits continued to sweep Geiger counters over terrified survivors, looking for evidence of radiation exposure.

After Japan’s request to the United States for help cooling the reactors, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was considering providing technical advice.

President Barack Obama offered any help the U.S. could provide to help recover from its ‘multiple disasters’.

The U.S. Navy moved ships away from the devastated north-east Japanese coast after 17 helicopter crews helping in the rescue efforts were contaminated with radiation. The crews were treated on an aircraft carrier.

Scientists say there are serious dangers but little risk of a catastrophe similar to the 1986 blast in Chernobyl, where the reactor did not have a containment shell. Some said the length of time since the crisis began showed the chemical reactions inside the reactor were not moving quickly toward a complete meltdown.

Even so, the nuclear danger has prompted several countries to warn against travelling to and staying in Japan. In Britain, the Foreign Office advised against all non-essential travel to Tokyo and the north-east of Japan.

Disaster shows nuclear should be scrapped, say green groups

Green campaigners wasted no time in exploiting the disaster, claiming it proved nuclear power could never be safe.

Greenpeace warned that Japan faced a nuclear meltdown, while the Green Party called on the Coalition to scrap its nuclear programme.

Green Party leader and MP Caroline Lucas also called for an EU level inquiry into the wider implications of the nuclear accident.

Steve Campbell, of Greenpeace, said: ‘This proves once and for all that nuclear power cannot ever be safe. Japan’s nuclear plants were built with the latest technology, specifically to withstand natural disasters, yet we still face potential meltdown.’

Greenpeace was also concerned about the lack of data on the total amount of radiation already released, and whether the areas where spent radioactive fuel is dumped – outside the containment area of the reactor – were secure.

But nuclear scientists said the earthquake had highlighted how Japan’s power stations were robust.

Professor Paddy Regan, a nuclear physicist at Surrey University, said: ‘We had a doomsday earthquake in a country with 55 nuclear power stations and they all shut down perfectly, although three have had problems since.

‘This was a huge earthquake, and as a test of the resilience and robustness of nuclear plants it seems they have withstood the effects very well.’

Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has ordered a review of the safety of the country’s nuclear reactors. The UK is poised to build a new generation of nuclear power stations over the next decade.

 

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Japan Hell on Earth

Hell on Earth: I've seen 20 wars. But nothing prepared me for this

By Alex Thomson
Last updated at 12:24 AM on 14th March 2011

The first thing you notice is the silence which seems to hang over the place. There is no sound as we approach this once-thriving coastal town.

Driving round the final bend in the mountain road before making the descent into Minami Sanriku, nothing can quite prepare you for the sight of such destruction.

In my 30 years as a war correspondent I have covered more than 20 conflicts and several major earthquakes, but I have never seen anything on this scale.

There is nothing left: A woman surveys the ravaged town of Minami Sanriku

One minute you are passing through towns and villages completely untouched by natural disaster – not even a pane missing from the windows – and then as you turn the corner it hits you.

The wasteland: A few shattered buildings that survived the might of the tsunami stand sentinel over Miami Sanriku, where the devastation stretches as far as the eye can see

The most astonishing view stretches out below towards the sea for at least four miles. An entire town of around 17,000 people has simply ceased to exist here.

At least 95 per cent of the buildings are not merely ruined; they have been reduced to a morass of splintered wood, jagged concrete and twisted metal. All of this is hideously decorated with the details of destroyed family lives: a woman smiles up from her wedding photographs, a smashed guitar lies in the debris. I see a broken doll, and pages from a child’s school exercise book.

The police try to prevent us going any further, but we get out of our vehicle and walk on. All I can see is mile upon winding mile of a town totally pulverised.

 

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An articulated lorry has been concertinaed by the force of the water, the cab ripped off. Four cars have smashed into it and the roof of a house sits on top. Homes have been reduced to matchsticks and driftwood. On the road that leads up to the school, I see another four or five cars hanging perilously over the edge of the hill.

The scene is reminiscent of the photographs of Nagasaki or Hiroshima after the A bombs were dropped during the Second World War. The occasional concrete structure has survived, but nothing else.

This should have been a busy Sunday lunchtime with day trippers and local people enjoying this prosperous, beautiful area with its stunning beaches and wooded areas.

Instead there are small knots of people all across the flattened area, quietly searching for victims or returning to what remains of their homes, searching for possessions they had no time to save.

There is no crying, no hysteria, no anger. It is in the psyche of the Japanese people to do what they have to do in silence and with dignity.

The tidal wave water has receded, but the town’s river is spilling all over the place because the force of the tsunami realigned its banks. There are large stagnant pools of seawater, and mud everywhere.

As we look on, rescuers gently retrieve another body, cradled in a filthy blanket – all they had to hand. The love, respect and ceremony with which these people wrap their dead – people they knew – is perhaps more touching than any tears.

The body will be taken up the hill to the town’s secondary school and join the others in the college gymnasium, now a mortuary.

Ten thousand people are believed to be missing, but as yet there is no way of knowing if they are dead or by some miracle managed to escape before the tsunami struck.

At the school I meet one of the town’s restaurant owners, Yuchida Takuma. He is helping in the mortuary, delicately tying the bright blue polythene body bags which lie in rows.

Rescue mission: Japanese fire department personnel gently lift a barely conscious woman from the wreckage

THE DISASTER AT A GLANCE

1,600 confirmed dead, with fears the final toll could run into the tens of thousands.
Scientists battling to avert a meltdown at Fukushima nuclear plant by pumping in seawater.
Dangerous failures  reported at two other nuclear plants.
100,000 soldiers sent in by the government to help in rescue efforts.
10,000 residents – more than half the population – feared dead in port town of Minami Sanriku.
More than 4,000 calls about missing Britons fielded by Foreign Office.
Geological experts warn of further aftershocks of magnitude 6 and above.

‘I am lucky to be alive,’ he tells me. ‘We heard the sirens – the tsunami warning – and drove up the hill to the school, to high ground. The sirens saved my life.’

I ask him what is left of his restaurant down in the town. ‘Oh,’ he says, bravely managing a smile. ‘There is nothing left at all. It is finished, washed away like everything else.’

Outside on the college baseball ground, a Japanese Army Chinook lands to unload supplies of food and desperately-needed blankets – the nights here are sub-zero. On the roof of the high school building the letters SOS are written bold, for the chopper to land.

Across the way in the college reception, we meet English teacher Shinji Saki. ‘I saw it all,’ he says. ‘The whole thing. First there was the quake, the shaking. Then, the sirens warning there would be a tsunami.

‘I was already here, teaching, up on the hill. But in a few minutes you heard this huge roar and then it all began. We watched as our entire town was simply swept away. It no longer exists.’

I look at him, wondering how it must have felt for those gathered on the hill on Friday watching their friends, family, businesses, being washed away before their eyes.

‘There were around 7,000 of us on the hill that day,’ Shinji says. ‘Perhaps a few thousand at the school on the hill opposite. But there are 17,000 in the town. All the others have gone.’ He shrugs: ‘Who knows if there are eight or ten thousand people still missing here. I just can’t comprehend it.’

We are about to walk away when he opens up about the horrors he has just witnessed. ‘You see, there was this man. I saw him going past on the water, sitting on the roof of his house as it floated by. I saw him. I looked at him and there was nothing at all I could do.’

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: A mighty wave of foaming black waterbursts through an embankment in Miyako, crushing cars parked in the street and obliterating everything in its path

Broken home People walk through the debris of what was once a suburb of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture which was hardest hit by Friday's earthquake and tsunami

All the schools were full the Friday afternoon the tsunami struck. The buildings are all on high ground, so there are many children who have lost their parents.
Everybody here, absolutely everybody, has lost relatives. People are living in the school now, sitting quietly in rows in the classrooms and gymnasiums, with their blankets. Anyone who needs medical treatment has been flown out by helicopter as there is no hospital left in the town.

Blown away: Local residents walk past debris, including an overturned fishing boat, in Minami Sanriku

We leave at dusk, trudging back through mile after mile of utter destruction.
Overhead, the buzzards circle, for there is carrion to be had here. Countless bodies have yet to be retrieved from what remains of this town, wiped from the map in a few moments of thunderous horror.

Nowhere to go: A woman stops to study a framed picture found amongst a mountain of rubbish in Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture, while a dazed man (right) searches for his home in the neighbouring town of Rikuzentakata

Lucky to be alive: Victims are given first aid at a Red Cross hospital in Ishinomaki after being evacuated to safety

Close to the edge: A patient in a wheelchair is helped by attendants as they evacuate from a tsunami-affected hospital at Otsuchi

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Spider venom new Viagra

Spider venom that causes four-hour long erections 'could be the new Viagra'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:08 PM on 7th March 2011

Most people who find a spider in their bedroom quickly try to get rid of it.

But new research shows that one arachnid might actually be best kept by your bedside.

A single bite from the Brazilian wandering spider has been shown to have side-effects including four-hour long erections.

Unusual side-effects: A single bite from the Brazilian wandering spider has been shown to cause four-hour long erections

The eight-legged creature - also known as the armed spider, banana spider or Phoneutria nigriventer - is native to South and Central America.

Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia believe the species contains a possible breakthrough for erectile dysfunction.

 

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Dr Kenia Nunes, a physiologist at the college, said: ‘The venom of the Phoneutria nigriventer spider is a very rich mixture of several molecules.

‘These molecules are called toxins, and then we have various toxins in this venom with different activity.

‘Because of this, when a human is bitten by this spider, we can observe many different symptoms including priapism, a condition in which the penis is continually erect.'

Other side-effects on top of the long-painful erections include loss of muscle control, severe pain, difficulty breathing and if its victim is not treated with anti-venom, could lead to death due to oxygen deprivation.

But its unusual effects could be used to treat sexual dysfunction in both men and women, according to Dr. Nunes.

The new Viagra? The Brazilian wandering spider's venom might lead to a breakthrough new treatment for erectile dysfunction

In her study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Dr. Nunes’ experiment managed to give erection-challenged rats with high blood pressure a bit of a boost.

A peptide called PnTx2-6 was given to the flaccid rats, who achieved side-effect free erections.

Dr. Nunes said: ‘We found the toxin responsible [for the erections] and performed experiments using hypertensive rats which have severe erectile dysfunction. The toxin was able to normalise the erectile dysfunction in these animals.’

The spider’s toxin worked in a different way to drugs such as Viagra though and Nunes told MSNBC: ‘This is good because we know that some patients don’t respond to the conventional therapy.

‘This could be an optional treatment for them.’

She is also hopeful that the toxin could help female sexual dysfunction, but has not yet studied this.

The Brazilian wandering spider, which has a leg span of over four inches, has already been found in some American and Canadian supermarkets but is normally found in tropical banana plantations.

According to the curator of arachnids at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum, Rod Crawford, only 10 humans out of 7,000 have died from its bite.

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Virtual Jump!

Troops set to take virtual plunge: MoD launches £500,000 parachute jump simulator

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:29 PM on 28th February 2011

State-of-the-art technology costing £500,000 is helping parachute troops leap into the virtual world.

The Ministry of Defence today unveiled its latest piece of equipment, which is designed to bridge the gap between dry training and live jumps.

The 'pivotal piece of equipment' will help members of the Armed Forces master the art of parachute jumping by showing them exactly what it is like lining up in the back of the plane, jumping out and landing safely.

The Ministry of Defence today unveiled its latest piece of equipment which is designed to bridge the gap between dry training and live parachute jumps

The £500,000 piece of equipment will help members of the Armed Forces master the art of parachute jumping by showing them exactly what it is like jumping out of a plane and landing safely

The trainer also runs a number of emergency situations so the parachutist can practise drills realistically in the safety of the simulation.

The parachute training school at RAF Brize Norton, near Oxford, had the £500,000 virtual reality parachute trainer signed off in January and the first official course is due to take place in March.

Parachute students are suspended by a harness and wear virtual reality goggles to practise jumps in a range of realistic environments.

The trainer also runs a number of emergency situations so the parachutist can practise drills realistically in the safety of the simulation

Instructors said that while they can never replicate a live descent, the idea is to hone trainees' skills ready for the real thing

It will be used to train any member of the armed forces who is required to use a parachute.

The training school runs eight to 10 square courses a year - where the students are trained to use square parachutes - with around 32 people on each course.

The instructor can view what each trainee can see through their goggles on high-resolution screens as well as an overall picture of the individual or group descent, with up to eight students.

Parachute students are suspended by a harness and wear virtual reality goggles to practise jumps in a range of realistic environments

Squadron Leader Jez Whitten-Brown, airborne forces equipment requirements manager, said: 'This pivotal piece of equipment bridges the gap between what we're doing in the hanger and a live jump.

'It's as close to doing it for real, you won't get anything better.'

Flight Lieutenant Rich Pike, an instructor at the school, said: 'The new parachute trainer gives us the ability to put paratroopers through highly realistic simulated parachute descents.

Trainees will not be allowed to take part in a live drop without passing the virtual trainer. The virtual trainer uses real drop zones which will then be used in live training

The parachute training school at RAF Brize Norton, near Oxford, had the virtual reality parachute trainer signed off in January and the first official course is due to take place in March

'Trainees can be familiarised with, and tested on, the correct drills to a level previously only achieved by jumping from an aircraft.

'The most important feature is the ability to hone emergency procedures which will better prepare trainees to deal with a range of situations.'

Instructors said that while they can never replicate a live descent, the idea is to hone trainees' skills ready for the real thing.

Trainees will not be allowed to take part in a live drop without passing the virtual trainer.

The virtual trainer uses real drop zones which will then be used in live training.
 

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