hypocrisy and lies

Contrast this BBC news article: Pentagon fury at war dead photos

with this

UK MOD website on Operation Telic casualties

including this photo

Apparently US casualties are a shame that needs to be hidden, instead of honoured warriors returning home after making the supreme sacrifice.

charming

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3650791.stm

Israeli human rights activists have accused border police of using a 13-year-old Palestinian as a human shield.
Rabbis for Human Rights say that Mohammed Badwan was tied by police to a jeep during a recent demonstration in the West Bank village of Bidou.

The police apparently hoped this would stop Palestinians from throwing stones during a protest against Israel's West Bank barrier.

St. George's Day

See this post by mintogrubb on the importance of this day. :-)

'Arafat could be target' - Sharon

Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he no longer feels bound by a promise to the US not to harm veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
In a TV interview, Mr Sharon said he had informed US President George W Bush about the change in his position when they met in Washington last week.

However, a US State Department spokesman said nothing had changed in US policy regarding Mr Arafat.

Israel accuses Mr Arafat of supporting Palestinian militants.

Mr Sharon told Israel's Channel Two that in his first meeting with President Bush three years ago "I accepted his request not to harm Arafat physically.

"But I am released from this commitment. I release myself from this commitment regarding Arafat," he said.

from the BBC

laptop politics

from robbysmom

http://boingboing.net/2004/04/05/frenchtranslation_wa.html