that's why they continue to fight

WAR STUFF
* "But several military officials suggested it was ridiculous to think guards and interrogators would bother to desecrate the Koran in an environment as dangerous as a military prison... "With certain fanatical and religious types, you don't want to inflame them and give them further reason to dislike us, even in an interrogation. They just become more firm, more staunch and more resistant."" LINK

* "On Friday, about 500 British Muslims prayed and chanted anti-U.S. slogans like "Desecrate today, die tomorrow," in front of the U.S. Embassy in London." LINK
i bet jons would love that chant... shame he is on holidays

* "In Najaf, Kufa and Nasiriyah, followers of Muqtada had painted US and Israeli flags on the ground in the way to mosques, so that worshippers trampled on them as they headed to worship." LINK

* "PRESIDENT BUSH: I think they're being defeated. And that's why they continue to fight." LINK

* cole makes the point that there were in fact 'newsweek' demonstrations in iraq, but that there was no mention of them in the ampress. which i dont understand. is the media realy on that much of a leash that they can blow up a story around the world and keep it constrained so that we dont see iraqis protesting? if that proposition is true, then kudos to the psy-ops people who even dared to think they could get away with it. LINK

* the egadmin are doing spooky stories about venezuela getting da bomb. LINK

* " An American proposal to create a committee at the Organization of American States that would monitor the quality of democracy and the exercise of power in Latin America is facing a hostile reception from many countries in part because it is being viewed as a thinly veiled effort to attack Venezuela." LINK

* "The outcome of the meeting, scheduled for midweek in Geneva, is crucial not just because of what it could portend for Iran's attainment of nuclear capability. If Iran leaves the negotiating table, the move could raise tensions throughout the Middle East and set the stage for a face-off between Tehran and the United States." LINK