Some News Links Round -Up

Thought I would quickly keep my postings regular by adding some stuff i've been reading today, briefly.

This is unbelievable, but a US arms manufacturer has been making weapons with special light/scopes on them for better vision when shooting people in Afghanistan. They also happened to put a bible verse on it. New Zealand troops have been using these weapons overseas. Here is the Guardian story. This is so shocking and incredibly offensive to Christian's who believe Jesus was a bringer of peace, not war and weapons to kill people with. As the Guardian reports, there were two verses printed on the weapons:

Markings included "JN8:12", a reference to John 8:12: "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 'I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life,'" according to the King James version of the Bible.

The Trijicon Reflex sight is stamped with 2COR4:6, a reference to part of the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ," the King James version reads.

I'm pretty sure that is not what Jesus had in mind. The story was also picked up by Fox, the New Zealand Herald

Kofi Annan talks about 'Turning Haiti around' here.

A horrific article on lower caste people in India whose job it is to manually clean up people's urine and crap. My cousin works for WaterAid, an ngo which released this report. As she said on Facebook, if you think you have the worst job, read this.

And finally, a nostalgic review of the Kraft buying Cadbury deal, which I have to say I agree with. It is a sad thing for everything to be made by one giant company. As Naomi Klein wrote about in NoLogo. What is more concerning is whether this deal will end Cadbury's commitment to FairTrading it's Dairy Milk line. I think it does. But here's hoping.

And after all that, it looks like all i do is link to the Guardian. Maybe everyone should just read that.