Month October 2004

7 U.S. groups ask U.N. for vote observers Seven American activist groups asked the United Nations on Monday to provide international observers for next month’s presidential election.

Through Hussein’s Looking Glass, from the LA Times Saddam Hussein was convinced he won the Persian Gulf War in 1991. A delusion, to be sure. And when he destroyed all his weapons of mass destruction after that war, Hussein was…

After eight months of no rain, not even a drop, it is raining in Los Angeles. Angelenos are celebrating this in the traditional manner by having as many accidents as possible, turning the freeways into parking lots, and slowing down to, oh,…

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…

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…