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He, hello there. Today is Thursday 11 January 2007. Jennifer Bloom is sick today. I'm her boss, Simon Kennedy, and you are looking at a: "Can you repeat that please?" news up date.

Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency plans to send out e-mail terror alerts to the public, pioneering an effort to use the Internet, to warn of heightened risk.

Gunmen ambushed a convoy, carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims home from Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, in central Iraq, killing 11 people, a provincial governor said.

And finally for today: A 12-year-old Turkeys boy died by hanging himself, from the ceiling of his home, a hospital confirmed Wednesday, and according to family members, the boy was copying Saddam Hussein's execution. I wonder if his family members were shouting insults at him, while he hanged himself.

Those were the headlines for today. We here at BRC News don't understand why children think its cool to kill themselves like Saddam was executed. Earlier we had this boy somewhere in the U.S. who hanged him as a copy of Saddam's execution and now a Turkeys boy did the same. Although we don't know anything about the private circumstances of this family drama, we suspect that the boy was seriously troubled to start with, his family failed to realize that, and Saddam's execution is used as an excuse. It would not be wrong to investigate this boys dead a bit further.

MI5, yes the spys who brought us James Bond, M, Q and some other letters, are now going to send e-mail alerts if there is a serious threat of being blown up by a terrorist. There are some small problems here. First of all: sending e-mails to whom? The general public? Or do you have to subscribe to the e-mail alerts? And all subscribers are probably automatically branded as potential terrorists. Secondly: you will enter a no win situation. If MI5 sends an e-mail and nothing happens, they will look like a bunch of amateurs. And if they don't send an e-mail they will be accused of... yes being a bunch of amateurs. Finally: sending an e-mail alert for a serious threat equals as spreading terror your self. Because you scare the living daylight out of people if they receive such an e-mail. Terror is NOT only about killing people. Terror is about SCARING people. What I'm saying now will not make me a very popular guy, but I'm saying it anyway. All those victims from 9/11 and other terror attacks are dead, and they don't suffer anymore. No, it's the families and all those people who have nothing to do with them, who are still suffering. Being scared of entering skyscrapers, being afraid of flying etc. That is what terror is all about, and sending e-mail allerts, all though the intention is good, is a form of terrorising people, but then without killing some innocent bystanders.

But, as usual, Jenifer Bloom doesn't care whatever you do, and for whatever reason, as long as you don't forget to love a soldier. My name is Simon Kennedy. I think Jenifer will be back tomorrow. bloomjenifer@yahoo.co.uk