Al-Jazeera has a new web site in English. It currently seems to be down (for whatever reason), but I gather they have a somewhat different perspective to the Western media. Personally I’ve been checking the Asia Times and the Saudi Arabian Arab News for that kind of slant. #
The BBC has webcam in Baghdad with a live feed. Fascinating. Cars pass. Break-light go on. Sometimes the cars even stop. Except when the bombs are dropping, it looks like anywhere. #
I’m listening to the 10 o’clock news on Radio 4 while I write this. Some pundit just said that, in the Iran-Iraq war, the Iranians failed to take Basra despite throwing a million troops at it. #
A bizarre US campaign to have the statue of liberty returned to France. Is this satire? Or real? I’m confused. #