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Baghdad Blogger Salam Pax is referenced in a Charles Arthur report in The Independent's Digital section today. His posts seem to be here. Interesting commentary, seems to be the real thing, though Charles says the name is contrived to protect the identity of the blogger... Comments 4:41:39 PM 
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 Saddam's main palace is burning according to news reports. Space Imaging has a hi-res photo of Baghdad taken in October 2003. Not sure if any of the palaces in the pic are the one reported hit...Comments 3:50:37 PM
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The President's real goal in Iraq, from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to author Jay Bookman, The President is attempting to carry out a plan for American domination of the planet, drafted by the neoconservative Project for the New American Century in 2000. "This war, should it come, is intended to mark the official emergence of the United States as a full-fledged global empire, seizing sole responsibility and authority as planetary policeman. It would be the culmination of a plan 10 years or more in the making, carried out by those who believe the United States must seize the opportunity for global domination, even if it means becoming the "American imperialists" that our enemies always claimed we were...
"In essence, it lays out a plan for permanent U.S. military and economic domination of every region on the globe, unfettered by international treaty or concern. And to make that plan a reality, it envisions a stark expansion of our global military presence." Scary stuff, made more scary by the fact that many of the architects of 'New American Century' are now Bush administration officials... |
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Iraqi Web sites that are still functioning, include Uruklink.net, the government Web site, (though there is little in the way of recent news), Iraqi satellite TV (hard to reach as of this post), and BabilOnline.net(no English verion that I can see). Tip from Brian McWilliams on Dave Farber's IP List. Brian says it's not clear if Iraqis can use the Net - looking over the hit logs he can see lots of hits from outside the country, but none from the ISP who provides access internally... Comments 2:02:52 PM
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Joe Pistritto has protest pix snapped on his way to work and from his building in downtown San Francisco. He says it's fairly orderly, a little push-and-shove here and there... Comments 1:11:28 PM
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Senator Byrd's latest speech, delivered to the Senate yesterday morning. There are some eloquent leaders in D.C.: why is their voice so seldomly reported these days...? Comments 1:08:10 PM
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Updated 4/16/04; 12:27:39 PM
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Chris Gulker'sUpdated 4/16/04; 12:27:39 PM
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