:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 4.16.2003 ::
:: End of war: Day 1? ::
The Guardian UK, which has published a timeline I've linked to every single day since the US-led war with Iraq opened ("War: Day 23," & so forth), has stopped running them. So, will we begin with end of war timelines? This of course would be inappropriate, and I can only hope that President Chawbacon isn't going to do anything more disastrously stupid in the region.
In any case, here are a few noteworthy items from The Guardian:
EU leaders to make Iraq statement
Amid widespread anti-war protests on the streets of Athens, EU leaders meeting to sign a landmark enlargement agreement today were reported to be drawing up a surprise joint statement on Iraq.
A declaration had not been expected because of the division between the union's four UN security council members - pro-war Britain and Spain opposing France and Germany over the conflict - but EU diplomats said bitter splits on Iraq's future had been overcome.
A two-part statement calling for an "important" or "essential" role for the United Nations in rebuilding post-war Iraq, and EU help to stabilise the country, is now to be distributed among all 15 member states for approval.
13 Points Issued at Postwar Iraq Meeting
Pro-Saddam gangs challenge marines' control of Tikrit
Gangs of Arab tribesmen armed with Kalashnikovs and machine guns were still in control of much of Tikrit last night, a day after US marines apparently liberated the town.
Hours after the Pentagon announced the war in Iraq was virtually over, Arab youths established their own checkpoint on the edge of Saddam Hussein's former stronghold.
US neglect casts dark shadow over a city without light or much love for the invaders
A week after the US occupation of Baghdad began, if you count from the contrived symbolism of the destruction of one of the many statues of Saddam Hussein in the city - the one which happens to be closest to the Palestine Hotel - there is a bitterness and tension between citizens and occupiers.
Riots greet would-be leader of Mosul
US special forces struggled to impose order in Mosul yesterday after a public address by the self-styled governor of Iraq's third largest city descended into a riot involving several thousand people, in which 12 were reported killed and at least 16 injured.
Steve Bell's two cents.
posted by me
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