Tag Archives: War
Robert Fisk on USA immigration policy
Robert Fisk on good form in today’s Independent Argument – pointing out amongst other absurdities that while Cubans and Iraqis will be photographed, fingerprinted and generally treateed with suspicion should they have the temerity to seek admittance to the Country-Formerly-Known-As-The-Land-Of-The-Free, … more…
Under the Nuclear Shadow
Under the Nuclear Shadow – Arundhati Roy writes from Delhi (Counterpunch)
GWYO “blog”
Get your war on gets its www.mnftiu.cc | weblog on…
Robert Fisk replies to Malkovich’s hate speech
Robert Fisk replies to Malkovich’s hate speech in the Independent Argument today. I am completely gobsmacked by Malkovich’s weird outburst. I’d always thought of the guy as pretty smart, for an actor, but there goes that theory. And he won’t … more…
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban?
Phoney Bomb Humor Fools Taliban? – remember the story (blogged here) about someone finding instructions for building a nuclear weapon in an abandoned safe house in Kabul? The document turns out to be a spoof from the Journal of Irreproducible … more…
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found
Bin Laden’s nuclear secrets found – actually, a “partly burned” set of papers are claimed to have been found in a former al-Qaeda safe house in Kabul, showing in detail how to build a nuke. I’m not at all reassured … more…
Victorious Alliance says: We don’t want your peacekeepers
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Victorious Alliance says: We don’t want your peacekeepers – Hoho. I expect there’ll be a frank exchange of views over this, and oh boy, the war is so not over… (Guardian)
Ideas, opinions, thoughts… and Swans
Ideas, opinions, thoughts… and Swans This looks really interesting collection of broadly anti-war essays, many contemporary but some, including the incredible War Is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne [1886-1918], blogged by Haddock.
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul – Here we are then, and what now? Territory about to disappear from the roadmap.
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’
Hijacker ‘given anthrax flask by Iraqi agent’ – and so, just when there was nothing left to bomb in Afghanistan… (Times, via RW)