A War Crimes Tribunal Has Subpoenaed Naomi Campbell To Testify About Blood Diamonds!

Now,this story is worth posting about.Forget Naomi Campbell's bald spots!I would much rather talk about the uncut "blood diamonds" that former Liberian President Charles Taylor gave her as a present.Thus far,she has refused to even acknowledge that Taylor gave her those diamonds that are seeped in blood.

But,the war crimes tribunal that is prosecuting the case against Charles Taylor has subpoenaed her anyway.They obviously believe that Naomi Campbell received "blood diamonds" from him. Actress Mia Farrow said that she heard it from the horse's mouth.If she did,I hope that she was oblivious to the fact that those diamonds were used to ferment violence.

Here's more from ABC News:

"Naomi Campbell will be subpoenaed to testify about uncut "blood diamonds" she allegedly received as a gift from former Liberian President Charles Taylor, judges for the ex-warlords war crimes trial said today.

Campbell has thus far refused to testify in the case against the ex-warlord Taylor though prosecutors say her testimony goes to the heart of their case.

If she fails to appear as ordered, the court can find her in contempt. A date has yet to be set for her to appear at the trial.

"We are happy with the decision and we will proceed in accordance," Chief Prosecutor Brenda Hollis told ABC News from The Hague where the high profile case is being tried.

The super model's name first surfaced in the trial in January, when prosecutors introduced information from Mia Farrow about a 1997 dinner at Nelson Mandela's home. According to Farrow, Campbell told her that Taylor's men had given her a "huge diamond" in the middle of the night.

In the wake of an ABC News report on the alleged "blood diamond," Campbell's former agent Carole White revealed to prosecutors that she was present when Campbell received several diamonds from Taylor that night.

White's lawyer, Daniel Bright, told ABC News that White overheard Taylor telling Campbell at the dinner that he wanted to give her diamonds. Later, according to Bright, when the representatives of Taylor came to the guest house in the middle of the night they threw pebbles at the windows. They hit White's window with the pebbles and she reluctantly let them into the house. White allegedly then watched the men give about a "half-dozen" uncut gems to Campbell.

According to Bright, White remembers Campbell being disappointed with the stones, since she had not expected them to be uncut. Bright said that White claims she convinced Campbell to dispose of the stones the next day, and that she gave them to an unnamed third individual.

Defense lawyers for Taylor argued that prosecutors were introducing evidence too late, nearly 1-1/2 years after they closed their case. Judges said Wednesday that they will give prosecutors the opportunity to reopen their case and call Campbell, Farrow, and White since they only learned of the incident a year ago and it was relevant to the case.

The judges' order did not say when Campbell, along with actress Mia Farrow and Cambpell's former agent Carole White, will be called.

Hollis and her team say Taylor used uncut "blood diamonds" to buy weapons and fuel a bloody insurgency in Sierra Leone that cost thousands of lives. They allege Taylor was in South Africa at the time to buy guns with diamonds."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Fire General McChrystal!

General McChrystal has shown great disdain towards President Obama in the past when he questioned his military strategy in a speech he gave in London.But this time,it's worse.He has really disparaged the president this time.

White House Press secretary,Robert Gibbs, said that McChrystal made an "enormous mistake" when he let Rolling Stone magazine do a profile of him.In that expose,Gen. McChrystal dissed many in the Obama administration.And now he may have to tender his resignation because of those remarks.

If he doesn't resign,President Obama should fire Gen.McChrystal.

Here's more from The Huffington Post:

"For insubordination, for disrespecting the Office of the President of the United States and for allowing derision of the White House among his staff, General Stanley McChrystal must resign.

McChrystal has been summoned from Afghanistan to explain derisive comments and insubordination detailed in a new Rolling Stone article by Michael Hastings. As detailed in the article, the general and his staff were clearly disrespectful of the office of the president, as well as contemptuous of the civilian leadership of our country. McChrystal's behavior and his toleration of similar behavior from his staff breeds an attitude of contempt for civilian leadership among his officers, and no Commander-in-Chief should tolerate it. McChrystal should resign, and the president should accept his resignation.

In the article, McChrystal and his aides heap derision on National Security Advisor Jim Jones (a "clown,"), Vice President Joe Biden ("Bite me,"), and the President of the United States, Barack Obama.

When shown the article prior to it's publication, McChrystal didn't push back:

Eric Bates, the magazine's editor, said during an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that McChrystal saw the piece prior to its publication as part of Rolling Stone's standard fact-checking process - and that the general did not object to or dispute any of the reporting."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.

Isn't It Great That BP Cares About "The Small People"?!

BP chairman,Carl-Henric Svanberg,said:

"I hear comments sometimes that large oil companies are really companies that don't care, but that is not the case in BP. We care about the small people."

Oh,grand Swedish sir!How gracious it is for you to actually spare some of your feelings for the poor peasants from the Gulf Coast!It must be so reassuring for the people whose livelihoods may be a thing of the past to hear a statement like that!

Let me reassure you,Mr. Svanberg.You are a small person that works for a big company.So,I would hope that you would care about folks who are just like you.Having money does not make you greater than others.It just makes you richer.That's all.

Being that this guy is European,I'm sure he views thing based on social stratification.So it's no surprise to me that he would view fisherman & other hard working-class people as "small people."

Here's more from The Huffington Post:

"BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg gave a press conference after BP's four hour meeting with Obama at the White House. During his statement, he disputed the claim the the oil giant didn't care about gulf residents, stating that BP cares about "small people." English is a second language for Svanberg, who is Swedish, but reporters took note of his demeaning phrasing, and shouted questions about what he meant after he spoke, which he did not answer."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.