Outraged Brit scribblers publish poetry, satire, essays vs. Brit anti-terrorism 42-day detention law. Online Advent-style calendar makes a great Christmas gift, nicely complements ”There Once Was a Man from Riyadh …” the collection of limericks decrying car bombs and beheadings that they published back in ‘04 … Ha ha, just kidding. Why would any western navel gazers bother waxing poetic about American Imperialist War Criminals and hapless Iraqis getting vaporized, beheaded, kneecaps drilled, the plots to blow up planes, trains and automobiles, etc? The wire service more Jihadis trust isn’t much interested in what the law is actually about, but offers up these examples of the deeply handwrought lyric and prose: (Monica) Ali, who won widespread acclaim for her first novel “Brick Lane,” wrote a satirical dialogue between a...
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