A little Weblog test site from JimI'll leave it to visitors to guess my interests(Untitled)- March 21, 2003 Iraqi Capital Is Lit Up by Antiaircraft Fire and Large Blasts. American-led coalition forces began an intense bombing campaign in Iraq, blasting targets in Baghdad and at least two other cities, Pentagon officials said. By Patrick E. Tyler. New York Times: NYT HomePage I am sick to my stomach!. The severity of tonight's attack on Baghdad and the horrific images which sullied our television screens can surely do nothing other than fuel the anti-war campaign. Of course, this is not 'war' at all...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/21.html#a242 (Untitled)- March 21, 2003 U.S. Uncertain Whether Air Strike on Baghdad Got Hussein. The White House and the Pentagon said today that they do not know whether it was Saddam Hussein who appeared on Iraqi television last night. By David Stout. New York Times: NYT HomePage What a way to begin this dreadful 'war', with a comicbook-style 'decapitation' strike on a location where Saddam Hussein was reported to be. The reaction to a subsequent television appearance by Saddam says little for teh accuracy of the original report,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/21.html#a241 (Untitled)- March 20, 2003 Bush Orders an Assault and Says Americans Will Disarm Foe. American forces struck Baghdad after American officials received fresh intelligence that suggested a gathering of senior Iraqi leaders. By David E. Sanger with John F. Burns. New York Times: NYT HomePage So it's begun!Here in Ireland our Dáil (the national parliament) meets this afternoon in emergency session to debate whether or not to continue granting refueling rights to US military aircraft at Shannon airport. Reports suggest.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/20.html#a240 (Untitled)- March 18, 2003 This rotten 'War' My cousin in Richmond Virginia thinks Dubyoo is 'decisive', whereas Bill Clinton, though liked in Ireland because of his tireless efforts towards arriving at an agreement which bridged a desperately wide gap, was perceived in the US as ineffectual and indulging in 'bad things'. (So how come he was elected for a second term) Anyway, we had a disagreement on the phone today. She failed to see how terrible the actions of her President are, and perceived the UN situation as proof..http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/18.html#a239 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 Senior British Official Resigns Over Blair's Iraq Policy. Robin Cook resigned today after disagreeing with the government's decision to back military action against Iraq without U.N. approval. By The Associated Press. New York Times: NYT HomePage I must admit that I wasn't a great admirer of Robin Cook when he was British Foreign Secretary, but he has gone up considerably in my estimation because of this principled stand.http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/17.html#a238 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 An excellent cover article from Newsweek This sums up in a single article what it takes the Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies book 'Why Do People Hate America' over 200 pages to describe. A particularly telling phrase, and certainly the actions which instilled my own concern about US policy since Dubyoo came to power, is this: 'In its first year the administration withdrew from five international treaties, and did so as brusquely as it could. It reneged on virtually every diplomatic effort..http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/17.html#a237 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 U.S. Advises Inspectors to Leave Baghdad AP World News This sums up the whole thing really, doesn't it The UN sent in the inspectors, but it's the US who advises them to leave!http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/17.html#a236 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 A Long, Winding Road to a Diplomatic Dead End. A train of miscalculations and misunderstandings over Iraq has set back American diplomacy and world standing. By Steven R. Weisman. New York Times: NYT HomePage This is an excellent read and a fairly perceptive analysis of the many heavy-handed mistakes made by the US during the unfolding of the Iraq situation. It neatly sums up the inept manner in which the Bush administration has succeeded in a short space of time in undermining the delicate...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/17.html#a235 (Untitled)- March 17, 2003 U.S., Britain and Spain to Make Final Push for U.N. Support. After holding crisis talks at the Azores, President Bush said today that "tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world" in the effort to disarm Iraq. By Warren Hoge. New York Times: NYT HomePage So it's come down to a cynical show, designed to save face for the British and Spanish leaders and to shift 'blame' onto President Chirac, even though anyone with eyes in their head and even a modicum of brain knows that it's all about the US...http://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/17.html#a234 (Untitled)- March 16, 2003 Serbia Party Nominates Djindjic Successor AP World News It is always sad to hear of any political assinastion, but more so when it happens in Serbis with all the resonaces this conjures up. As if the doings of the White House and Downing Street were not enough for us to worry about, this killing is desperately disturbing. Whatever about the Middle East being the cradle of world instabnility, will we now have to factor in the Baltic againhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0102586/2003/03/16.html#a233 |