News from the UN and Iraq

There are a number of interesting initiatives and happenings coming out of the UN in the past couple days re. Iraq. Here’s a sampling from the official UN News Centre.. Yesterday, the Iraqi Prime Minister asked for and received the unanimous consent of the UNSC to extend the mandate of the Multinational forces inside Iraq …

Bloggers start to give Governments fits?

While bloggers and those who follow them, are aware that, little by little blogging is starting to get the attention of those in and around the Halls of Power the effect of blogging stories hasn’t quite hit the mainstream public on the street. One Canadian example being Loyd Axworthys’ reaction to bloggers running with his …

Reservist witnessed War Crimes, tells High School students

I read this at The War in Context. This site is like Instapundit… mostly just links to important stuff, not so much opinion. After reading only the excerpt on the blog, I find myself quivering… with anger or disgust or sadness. I’m not sure. I haven’t even read the entire story yet. Here’s the Excerpt: …