I thought I should quickly add that the death toll from the Market place bombings in Iraq on Friday has now risen to nearly 100, twice the original estimate. No surprise given the extent of the injuries recieved by many people who did not have the luck to die instantly. Additionally a particularly atrocious factor [...]
Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category
Keeping up with the times
Posted in Anti-War, Iraq, Violence, War on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Persian Fire, How Iran will destroy the world
Posted in Anti-War, Election 2008, Iran, Iraq, New World Order, Nuclear Weapons, Political, US Politics, World on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The interesting developments in the US political campaign are still nondescript enough to forestall any predictions from me. If I had to put money on it I’d go with the Polls and back Barack Obama, but I feel this could just be me putting my money with my hopes and risking losing both. The issue [...]
Admiring your handiwork
Posted in Anti-War, democracy, Disillusion, Government, Iraq, Patriotism, PNAC, Political, Society, Terrorism, UK politics, US Politics, Violence, War, World on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My feelings on those who direct the armed forces into situations in which their lives are at risk are mixed but always strong, that President Bush has the guts to face the people that his war has maimed is something I guess. These pictures are from President Bush’s visit to Brooke army medical centre in [...]
Debts unrepaid
Posted in Anti-War, Iraq, Non-Violence, Political, UK politics, Violence, War on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here in the UK we’re gearing up for Armistice day and Remembrance Sunday, and on most people you’ll see a poppy. Talking to the volunteer as I bought my Poppy I was reminded as I always am in such situations of what a difficult, dangerous and largely unappreciated job that service personnel actually do, and [...]
A quieter Basra?
Posted in Iraq, Political, UK politics, Violence, War on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I read a report that suggests Basra has become a safer place since the withdrawal of British troops; I’m not entirely sure what to make of this. Obviously from the point of view of British troops its an exceptionally good thing, and it is part of the process of complete withdrawal but at the same time, [...]
Destruction of history.
Posted in Anti-War, Culture, History, Iraq, Robert Fisk on September 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In todays Independent I read a report by Robert Fisk which brought to light the destruction of archeological sites across Iraq and ancient Mesopotamia, it seems that in the absence of any real authority in the region, looters have taken over sites in an effort to recover artifacts for sale on the black market. Cities [...]
Kirkuk bombings claim over 80 lives
Posted in Anti-War, Atrocity, IRA, Iraq, Political, Terrorism, Violence, War on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was confronted with this piece of information because I happened to cast an eye across the columns beneath the celebrity obsessed prattling of the main Yahoo page. That it made it into the sub headlines is a clear indication that the amount of celebrities doing stupid things like marry their pet tortoise or announce [...]
