Tuesday 24 April 2007

Change in weather

Suddenly the clouds broke, and the afternoon continued in blazing sunshine. The wind dropped away. Did a bit of cleaning with a high-pressure hose, but the dirt that that displaces finds its way into all sorts of corners.

The BBC journalist Alan Johnson (pic + link in sidebar) is apparently in good health, according to the Palestinian authorities. Demonstrations and protests are continuing, with the BBC website registering its 50,000th signature in protest at his continuing kidnap.

Iraq continues to dominate the news headlines for all the wrong reasons. I was surprised to see a member of the British armed forces, on return from a turn of duty, saying that all British troops should withdraw from Iraq now, as no aim to no mission is being achieved. Pretty strong language, that.

2 comments:

  1. "no aim to no mission is being achieved."

    not hard to believe.  good on him for saying it out loud.

    ~Amy

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  2. Amy: I can understand why he said it, I'm surprised that he said it out loud at all.

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