General

And Now, the Good News. The administration should have prepared the country better for the cost of war, but at least this war will be won, and won decisively. By Maichael O’hanlon. [New York Times: Opinion]

A New War. In the first days of the war we saw a great deal of good. Now we are beginning to see the bad. In a sense, the real war has just begun. [New York Times: Opinion]

I was a naive fool to be a human shield for Saddam. Daniel Pepper, in the Sunday Daily Telegraph, has written an interesting editiorial on his experiences as a human shield in Iraq: I wanted to join the human shields in Baghdad because it was direct action which had a chance of bringing the anti-war movement to the forefront of world attention. […] […] Jake was so shocked at how naive he had been. We all were. It hadn’t occurred to anyone that the Iraqis might actually be pro-war. [kuro5hin.org]

Al-Jazeera launches English language website. Monday, March 24th, Al-Jazeera, the first idependent Arabic satellite channel launched its English language web site. [kuro5hin.org]

Just Following (Saddam Hussein’s) Orders. Documents taken in Iraq after the first Persian Gulf war demonstrate Saddam Hussein’s long history of abusing prisoners of war. By Ibrahim Al-marashi. [New York Times: Opinion]

Inappropriate in my mind, but I respect his right to say what he thinks…  the man has balls…

Michael Moore at the Academy Awards. Michael Moore rocked the Academy Awards tonight with his acceptance speech following the Best Documentary Award for Bowling for Columbine…. [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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