People should not fear their governments; governments should fear their people.
PM’s adviser handcuffed in house raid. Lord Levy, Tony Blair’s adviser on the Middle East, is shackled and assaulted by raiders at his north London home. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]
With all the crime in the UK, it’s nice to see violent criminals preying on other violent criminals instead of ordinary people.
Pamphlets Urge Troops To Pray for President. U.S. troops in Iraq are being urged to pray for President Bush.
Thousands of Marines have been given a pamphlet called “A Christian’s Duty,” according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp., citing a journalist embedded with troops in Iraq. Enclosed with the pamphlet is a tear-out card “to be mailed to the White House pledging the soldier who sends it in has been praying for Bush,” the report said.
The pamphlet’s publisher, Atlanta-based In Touch Ministries, said “A Christian’s Duty” was not designed specifically for the troops, but apparently someone “shipped a bulk order over,” according to spokeswoman Karen Sharp.
She said the pledge card includes prayers for Bush, his family, his staff and U.S. troops for each day of the week. Tuesday’s suggested prayer is that the troops have courage and that “the president and his advisers will have the unified support of the American people as well as that of other countries around the world.” [Washington Post]
I’d like to think this is some sick April Fool’s joke, but I’m afraid it isn’t.
Jordan Foils Two Iraqi Terror Plots [AP World News]
So far the Iraqis have been living up to the CIA’s prediction that a direct threat on his power was the only thing that could get Saddam to use terrorist tactics. However, so far they haven’t really amounted to much. Rumsfeld must be so disappointed!
Background – Secretary of Defense – Seymour Hersch on the battle between Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon.
Rumsfeld is acting an awful lot like Robert McNamara. Against Iraq, that will just make the war harder than it should have been. But if Rumsfeld doesn’t learn from his mistakes and the government goes ahead with attacks on Syria and Iran, things could get very unpleasant for the US soldiers.