Baghdad still burning
On this page I have pointed out the Baghdad blog Baghdad Burning/Riverbend written by a young Iraqi woman who apparently lives right in Baghdad. She is very forthright, and to…
Told you so … No.987,324 in an infinite series
Told you so. After the Madrid bomb, I said in an entry on this page we should expect an attack against Japanese civilians to lever out the Japanese army from…
The free and the brave
Troops of the most powerful nation on the planet are besieging cities in one of the most damaged countries and killing its civilians. The US military tell us that they…
George F Will and the anti-Semitic left
The left are all anti-Semites. So says the Washington Post’s intellectual-in-residence George F. Will. This clearly sensible charge comes in a WP column titled ‘The left’s latest radical chic: anti-Semitism’…
Indiscriminate killing and selective murder
US representatives negotiating with the militias in Fallujah and Najaf want, as the BBC put it, “those responsible for the recent murder of four US security contractors to be brought…
Suck it through Straw
Tuesday the 16th, Spain absorbs the shock of the Madrid train bombs and mourns the 201 dead. Tuesday the 16th, the chief of London's Metropolitan Police John Stevens said that…
Spain
Today’s announcement by the Spanish prime minister elect that he is going to withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq is not quite the good news it seems to be. Firstly, a…
Kennedy-Tonge title to be assigned. Not published. Needs context.
Kennedy bollocks In the UK, LSD party member Jenny Tonge was sacked by party leader Charles Kennedy for saying she would consider being a suicide bomber if she was a…
Bush bollocks
Well, hi. It’s day bleagh after the 2004 State of the Union address and rapture is not upon us. Pislocybe P Pook is, however, a little puzzled about a couple…
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…