December 12, 2003

I notice that, back on the 14th of May, our much despised Secretary of State for Defence Geoff Hoon said in parliament that “All the requisite numbers of boots and clothing and equipment were there..the truth is that when they went into operations all of our forces were given the right boots. There was sufficient…

Various media sources have been reporting supposedly “anti-terrorist” demonstrations in Iraq, including to its shame the BBC (what’s going on there at the moment?). It seems, though, that portraying the demos as pro-CPA just because they are anti-Ba’ath might be unwise at best. “One group that mobilized its cadres for this demonstration was the Iraqi…

So, apparently the boss of the Iraqi secret service we’re creating (to replace the 300 out of 700 soldiers who have deserted from the Iraqi army we’re creating? It’s true that intelligence can make up for a shortage of manpower, but this is ridiculous!), one Iyad Allawi, is a former Ba’athist spook – what a…