Archive for the ‘iraq’ Category

Some days my job seems mundane

Posted at 1:49pm on Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 by

To think, I could be a network engineer in Iraq instead. Fascinating, if very scary.

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Terror Free Oil

Posted at 8:10am on Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 by

Perhaps most emotive is the TFO’s logo, which combines the twin towers, the Pentagon and the United 93 designation of the fourth 9/11 plane.

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Am I the only one cynical enough…

Posted at 12:57pm on Thursday, February 1st, 2007 by

…to be surprised that there is yet another “Terror Alert” when the Government is in trouble again? Ringfence Heathrow with tanks on the eve of an anti war march, anyone? Lordy. It’s all starting to smell very Nixon…

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This makes for very depressing reading

Posted at 12:37pm on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 by

I am torn. I was avidly against the invasion of Iraq, yet now find myself horrified by the prospect of pulling out early and leaving an horrendous vacuum and inevitable civil war behind. This article about Bechtel’s withdrawal from the rebuilding effort does not make me feel any better.

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Mo Mowlam talks sense

Posted at 4:20am on Monday, September 16th, 2002 by

I keep trying to leave this topic alone, but can’t quite seem to… Mo Mowlam wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian last week, and it rings painfully true. Just to pull out one line: “Under cover of the war on terrorism, the war to secure oil supplies could be waged”…

Read the full piece here. Gave me a whole new perspective on the issue.

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Lego attempts to open new markets?

Posted at 4:20am on Sunday, September 15th, 2002 by

keeping up the general theme I’m feeling at the moment…

Osama Bin Lego?
(picture from here)

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Fscking Dubbya

Posted at 4:20am on Friday, September 13th, 2002 by

shouldn't these read

This says it all really. A message to Saddam spelt out in American servicemen. Nice. (picture from Reuters, btw)

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