The United Nations makes a bold change to the way it refers to terrorists on its sanctions list
The United Nations has made changes to the manner in which it publishes a list of individuals and groups related to al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In a system that brings to mind books and libraries, they will now have permanent reference numbers.
The permanent reference number consists of three letters and two numbers. The first letter, T or Q, indicates Taliban or Al-Qaida. The second letter, I or E, indicates individual or entity. The third letter represents the first letter of the last name. The first number represents the order in which the individual or entity was added to the Consolidated List. The second number represents the year the individual or entity was added to the Consolidated List. [UN]
Osama Bin Laden will now be permanently referenced as QI.B.8.01.
The system will make it easy for those who find all those names confusing. As for QI.K.135.03, well, he’s not in Pakistan, claims that country’s home minister. And merely being on the UN’s list and having a permanent reference number is not enough, and the business of handing him over to the Indian government still needs evidence. QE.L.118.05 and QE.J.19.01, organisations permanently referenced by these numbers do not exist. Neither will Pakistan extradite their leaders, says its foreign minister, nor allow them to be interrogated. It will not even share records of their interrogation by Pakistani authorities. Strange that India should ask, for Pakistan has not even allowed the United States, its ally of 50 years, to do so.
Of course QI.K.135.03 is not in Pakistan. So no-one in Pakistan will miss him if he met with an unfortunate “accident”.
Only Q and T? Arent there “other” terrorists? asks a certain Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1794203.cms
Did no one get reminded of computer virus names here? I guess perhaps the UN also took a leaf from the virus naming conventions. And they would be quite justified too. Terrorists are quite like virii anyway.
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1587
Now if only someone would get terrorists to generate electricity too… we would get rid of Oil, coal and global warming entirely.
http://ltc.smm.org/buzz/buzz_tags/batteries
The host of that radio show seems to be a nut case š
oops wrong post :-S