Monday, May 31, 2004

War deters WMD:
Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by US forces in 2003, Qaddafi announced that his nation had an active weapons of mass destruction program, but was willing to allow international inspectors into his country to observe and dismantle them. The threat posed by illegal WMD programs had been cited by US President George W. Bush as one of his leading reasons for invading Iraq, and it is believed that after Saddam's downfall Qaddafi feared for the future of his own regime if he continued to keep and conceal the weapons. Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was quoted as saying that Qaddafi had privately phoned him, admitting as much.
International inspectors turned up several thousand tonnes of chemical weaponry in Libya, as well as an active nuclear weapon program. The process of destroying the weapons continues
(from wikipedia.org).

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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Tests Confirm Sarin Gas in Baghdad Bomb:
Comprehensive testing has confirmed the presence of the chemical weapon sarin in the remains of a roadside bomb discovered this month in Baghdad, a defense official said Tuesday
(from Associated Press, via Yahoo News).

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Monday, May 24, 2004

An interesting perspective:
...we, the American people, are the only ones who can decide whether or not to give up in failure and defeat or carry on to the victory of a free and stable Iraq, we find we ourselves - the common, average American - are to be the battleground. We are the soldiers. We are the weapons. We are the targets of the enemy strategy. Our hearts, our spirit - that is the front line. All the players know this, too. This is our war, more than it is the Marines' or Al Quaeda's
(from ejectejecteject.com).

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Childless couple told to try sex:
A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless - they weren't having sex
(from Ananova).

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Sarin, Mustard Gas Discovered Separately in Iraq:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb containing sarin nerve agent recently exploded near a U.S. military convoy, the U.S. military said Monday
(from Fox News). Sarin and Mustard gas found yesterday, and the January 11th discovery of liquid blister agent (which I blogged about) seem to suggest that Saddam had all sorts of WMD; it's simply taking time to find them.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

al-Qaida in Iraq:
A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers
(from Associated Press, via Yahoo News).

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Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Funny Flash: The Shining in 30 seconds with bunnies [Warning: contains graphic bunny violence].

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