Worldcom to supply Iraq’s cell phone network
Proof positive of the US's intent to completely and utterly subjugate Iraq for all time is in this Yahoo news story.
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All that anthrax, all those germs… where did they go?
The Guardian (and other news outlets) are gingerly carrying the news that the US arms inspectors are leaving Iraq, empty-handed. So what was that war about anyway?
Awful predictions about what’s next in Iraq
...and awful stories. In Robert Fisk's latest column for the independent. Former Iraqi spooks and torturers being rehired by the occupying Americans, marines guarding the Ministry of Oil, while the Ministry of Agriculture burns.
CHUM bans dorky pseudo-antiwar songs
CBC is reporting that Znaimer vehicle radio station CHUM is Banning songs it considers to be too anti-war, including Billy Don't Be a Hero and The Night Chicago Died. But hey, you can still listen to a real anti-war song, Billy Bragg's The Price of Oil right here.
Duck and cover for the war against terrorism
The funniest e-joke I've read in a long time. A piss-take on the US Department of Homeland Security's defense-preparedness propaganda. (See: US Department of laughs)
Diplomacy American style
The Observer ran a story on Sunday about the US's efforts to spy on the delegations of UN Security Council countries. (See Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war
Peasant, bare your neck
The Guardian has a shocking preview of the Nintendo war that's looming against Iraq. Correspondent John Sutherland says the war's not just about oil. It's about weapons testing too. (See: Why does the US want to attack Iraq?).