The Iraqi city where American soldiers can walk through the souk to buy a kebab, and where journalism’s cheap.
Iraq’s not so bad after all
September 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
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In the press
- The Syria Report says new EU sanctions may include a ban on flights to Syria
- Not 1 anti-imperialist showed up for early protests.The space was left open for SNC to beg for Western help(@maysaloon) http://t.co/06Mqo39g
- It took 1 day after the murder of Hariri for US Ambassador to Damascus to be withdrawn. It took 1 year after the murder of innocent Syrians.
- Umm RT @AdamBlenford: Cue media RT mania “@JoshHalliday: Sky News email:"Don't re-tweet info posted by other journalists/people on Twitter"
- Italy & France are the latest countries to recall their ambassadors from Syria(more EU ambassadors likely to pull out) http://t.co/cyAM8Lut
Recent Comments
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Anonymous // Sep 2, 2007 at 11.43 am
SO ? Does not make the invasion and the occupation any better
2 sasa // Sep 2, 2007 at 12.48 pm
Irony, dear.
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