Tag Archives: WoT
Nowhere to hide
Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Nowhere to hide – Simon Tisdall speculating on where on earth OBL might go next. (Guardian again)
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)
Passenger Prompts Landing At Dulles
Passenger Prompts Landing At Dulles – Looks like a hijacking, sounds like a hijacking, feels like a hijacking, … but it’s okay! They’re on “our” side! Agnes Ortiz said her son is not a terrorist. “No way, he’s Navajo — … more…
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul
Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul – Here we are then, and what now? Territory about to disappear from the roadmap.
Schoolgirl who hit prince [with a flower] faces jail
A spokeswoman for the security police said: “She has been charged under Article 87 with endangering the health and life of a foreign dignitary.” Alina Lebedeva – remember the name, eh? (BBC News)
Al-Qaida’s Engame?
Al-Qaida’s Engame? – this paper suggests that the US alliance has blundered into a trap. (There’s a thread going on at MeFi just now…) I think the paper makes too many assumptions – for example, they simply state that “both … more…
If I Don’t Get My Medium-Rare Shell Steak With Roasted Vegetables In The Next 10 Minutes, The Terrorists Have Already Won
If I Don’t Get My Medium-Rare Shell Steak With Roasted Vegetables In The Next 10 Minutes, The Terrorists Have Already Won – beautiful. (The Onion)
George Monbiot: Backyard terrorism
Backyard terrorism – George Monbiot sets Dubya’s anti-terrorist rhetoric in perspective. (Guardian)
Bin Laden Met with the CIA in July and Walked Away
Bin Laden Met with the CIA in July and Walked Away – timeline of suspicious carryings-on leading up to 911, with sources. (copvcia.com, via wood s lot)
Green Party USA Coordinator Detained at Airport
Green Party USA Coordinator Detained at Airport; Prevented by Armed Military Personnel from Flying to Political Meeting in Chicago so, known opponents of indescriminate bombing are to be prevented from flying. The WoT is coming more and more to resemble … more…