More Saddam bollocks
I have been inundated today by declarations of rapture (or declarations of rupture) at the capture of Saddam Hussein. Pookian rapture is dimmed by the knowledge that many other guilty…
Saddam Bollocks
It is good news that they have Saddam Hussein at last. However, what they don’t have are the WMD he was supposed to be threatening us with, the same WMD…
Purported Bush video raises fears of new attacks
A video today surfaced in U.S. media outlets of someone purporting to be George W. Bush at a U.S. military base in Baghdad. Intelligence analysts around the world are studying…
A question of questionable deaths
The well-meaning folks at Human Rights Watch seem to be a little confused. In a recent report (click here to see) they tell us that among the shootings of Iraqis…
Tony Blair in heart scare
Tony Blair was rushed to hospital amid fears that the politician that invaded Iraq, privatised health and education and bombed Kosovo actually had a heart. Mr. Blair was said to…
Tokyo anti-war graffiti youth in Kyoto
This just dropped into the Psipook mailbox. I pass it on to you. Tokyo Anti-War Graffiti youth(arrested for 44 days) is coming to Kyoto. He was arrested after spraypainting an…
I am going to say something bloody obvious but I need to say it.
There is a report in today’s online Guardian/Observer that a major “terrorist” attack on British forces in southern Iraq is “inevitable”. When the Nazis overran France and the rest of…
Riverbend: Blogging from Baghdad
For an extraordinary insight into life and politics in occupied Iraq follow this link to the Riverbend Blog. The blogger is an anonymous 24-year-old Iraqi woman living in Baghdad who…
Hutton inquiry
All of us here at Psipook Towers are a little perplexed by revelations in today’s Guardian that Tory Blair was aware before the war that Iraq was no threat to…