Day October 11, 2004

Playing politics with death and war

Major Iraq assaults on hold until after US election Attacks on Iraq’s rebel-held cities will be delayed, officials say. But that could make it harder to allow wider, and more legitimate, Iraqi voting in January.   This lull by the US…

‘Was Bush wired’ story gets legs

From the BBC, no less A bulge in the back of President George W Bush’s suit jacket during the first TV debate with John Kerry has triggered rumours that he was wired to get help. The rebuttals from the Bush…

Followup on Indymedia server seizure

From the always excellent SmartMobs Following up on the Indymedia server story, the Indymedia collective is running an updated FAQ in response. They also released a press release a few days ago. These are useful documents for this story. Additionally,…