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From the archives: Remember, remember 11 September; Murderous monsters in flight; Reject their dark game; And let Liberty's flame; Burn prouder and ever more bright - Geoffrey Barto "Bjørn Stærks hyklerske dobbeltmoral er til å spy av. Under det syltynne fernisset av redelighet sitter han klar med en vulkan av diagnoser han kan klistre på annerledes tenkende mennesker når han etter beste evne har spilt sine kort. Jeg tror han har forregnet seg. Det blir ikke noe hyggelig under sharia selv om han har slikket de nye herskernes støvlesnuter."
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Posts, March 2003:
Low ego zone: In today's VG, embedded reporters Kim Riseth and Harald Henden praises the American battalion they're with for its attitude towards the media: There's an amazing openness. Every soldier says whatever they like about what they think and feel. We sit [...] A very moral man: Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik is a very moral man. He hates war, being particularly concerned about the suffering of civilians. So when war came anyway, one would have expected him to applaud the missile attack that was launched directly [...] In all fairness: Ok, let's be fair, for a moment, to one another, shall we? Let's all agree with the following simple observations: 1. There are many well-read, well-informed, intelligent people who support the war on Iraq, but There are many well-read, well-informed, [...] All in a days work: I've stumbled into a few discussions about Americans, Bush and the war over the last couple of months, and there are some points I've learned from experience that it's sensible to focus on from the beginning of a discussion, because [...] Embed and extend: There's no pleasing some people. After the first Gulf War, (in which Norwegian TV coverage basically consisted of CNN clips of Pentagon briefings, combined with CNN clips of white blurry dots on a green background they called Baghdad), the Norwegian [...] War Coverage: I have two 24/7 news channels on my cable, BBC World and EuroNews, and none of them are much good. Lileks is right on target with this remark: NPR is running . . . the BBC. It's interesting, listening to [...] Krekar threatens US with suicide attacks: Mullah Krekar revealed his true self this week. Not Krekar the Grandfatherly Idealist, the sympathetic character he's been playing (with success) on Norwegain TV for six months now, but Krekar the Religious Extremist: just another Muslim guerilla leader with a [...] Film at 11: The other political parties have responded as predicted to Bush's decision to bypass the UN, and inject a strong dose of lead straight into Saddam's veins. The Conservative/Christian People's Party coalition tried to give the impression all along that they [...] Populist if you do, populist if you don't: I wrote below that the Progress Party's support of the US in the conflict with Iraq is evidence of a deeply held belief, not mere populist tactics. Why else would they take such a clear stand for such an unpopular [...] A debate at last: The high-brow weekly paper Morgenbladet published a 40-page special edition on Iraq this week. Regular blog readers wouldn't find much here that they haven't read before. It's a bloggish collection of articles and speeches, by pundits and politicians from across [...] Oil for brain: Is it really all about oil? Dagbladet investigates: - Iraq's oil will be taken in custody for the Iraqi people, to the advantage of the Iraqi people, says Secretary of State Colin Powell. "The UN will control Iraq's oil", both [...] Ong, Evil Overlord: The American ambassador to Norway did something completely unprecedented yesterday. I've described before the main camps on the Iraq war here in Norway: the anti-Americans (primarily the Socialist Left), who support Chirac and Shcröder's line, the pro-Americans (primarily the Progress [...] Herculean spring cleaning: My computer died this morning. It makes funny noises when I turn it on, almost like it's laughing at me. "Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh-vrom-click-click-nyeh-nyeh-nyeh." I think it's the hard drive, so I've ordered another one. I'll be back online sometime next week. (Can't [...] Voi Voi: Norwegian state broadcaster NRK insulted the entire nation of Latvia this weekend. The Latvians are hosting this year's Eurovision Song Contest, and in the Norwegian national finale NRK decided to pay a tribute to Latvian culture. So they dressed up [...] "He bravely turned his tail and fled": The human shields are leaving Baghdad. What was it that tipped them off that they were being used? Was it the men in biohazard suits and the mysterious lack of civilians at the "schools" and "hospitals" they were shielding? Was [...] |
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2003-03-30 Americans, Iraqis meet in peace to learn Norwegian - language of diplomacy! 0 commentsAndrew Nagorski cautions against historical analogies. "If history teaches anything, it's that there's nothing predetermined about our actions." 0 commentsGeneral Franks: War right on track. 0 commentsPUK and US special forces closing in on Ansar. "The tactics are so clearly al-Qaeda trained." 0 commentsWhy are Turks members of the supposedly Kurd-nationalist Ansar al-Islam? 0 commentsDavis Hanson: Worried commentators need to listen to history. (Via Sharon Ferguson.) 0 comments2003-03-27 Ronald Bailey pierces the depleted uranium myth. (Via Welch.) 0 commentsJim Miller on European war coverage: Anti-war journalists don't like their theories contradicted by evidence. 0 commentsStephen Schwartz: The Wahhab-Ansar connection. 0 commentsA look into Krekar's suicide factory. 0 commentsHitch bemoans the war of the phoneys. (Via Totten.) 0 commentsNorwegian weapons exports to the US quadrupled since 9/11. 1 commentsDen Beste: Embedded reporters are part of a trick of misdirection. 0 comments2003-03-25 What, the Poles have forces in Iraq too? Why haven't this been made a big deal of? 1 commentsIran denies helping Ansar al-Islam. 0 commentsAnsar al-Islam used Saudi citizen for suicide bombing. 0 commentsCoalition forces 80km from Baghdad. 0 comments0 comments 2003-03-23 Oslo peace rally turns into street fight with police. 0 commentsAdvancing forces met by bitterness: "Why did they leave us for 12 years?" 0 commentsThe WP surveys war coverage around the world. 0 commentsMatt Welch writes about the legacies of Gulf War I. 0 commentsContinued fighting at port town of Umm Qasr. 0 comments2003-03-22 Krekar's threat made real? Australian journalist killed in suicide attack near Ansar al-Islam camp. Update. 0 commentsCruise missiles launched at Ansar al-Islam territory; PUK forces follow up with attack of their own. 1 commentsUS forces welcomed in Iraqi town. 0 commentsNorway prepares humanitarian aid for the reconstruction of Iraq, sends anti-chem/bio-weapons equipment to Turkey. Hey, it's better than nothing. 0 commentsEyewitnesses: Saddam injured in first attack? 0 comments51st infantry division surrenders to American and British forces. 0 commentsHitchens: Fallaci's The Rage and the Pride is a sort of primer in how not to write about Islam. Read Stephen Schwartz instead. (Via Andrew Hagen.) 0 commentsThe Poor Man comments on my Iraq debate post: "If you don't speak English, you don't get in on the English dialogue." So does the Stumbling Tongue in Milan, who's forced to sail under false colors to keep all his anti-war friends. 0 comments2003-03-21 I don't like this: Turkish troops to enter northern Iraq. 0 comments2003-03-20 Good luck - and may history forgive us all. 0 comments2003-03-19 German and French EU headquarters bugged by the US? 0 commentsNew poll: Labor 24.3% Saddam's collecting hostages? Norwegian aid worker detained on border to Jordan. [Update: He's been released.] 0 commentsVegard Valberg explores another wonder of capitalism: The bustling American flag w/gasoline and lighter-market in Palestine! It's all thanks to the EU. (And yes, it's satire, strictly speaking, but in today's crazy world, who can tell the difference?) 0 commentsTotten: "You may think this war is a mistake. You may be opposed to it for reasons I don't share. That's fine. There are honorable reasons to dissent. Steven Den Beste: Three reasons for why it was right to try the UN path. 0 comments2003-03-17 War, terrorism, expensive alcohol: Norwegian beer most expensive in the world! 0 commentsGoldman Sachs: Norwegian economy at risk. 0 commentsDecades of 19th century newspapers now online at the National Library of Norway. 0 commentsVice-President of the European Commission Neil Kinnock must go. 0 comments2003-03-16 CD's of politically incorrect artists smashed by angry mob. Damn lefti oh, wait. 0 commentsIf you're a fan of Frank Herbert, check out the Children of Dune miniseries on SciFi. It's great. If you're not, read the books first. 0 comments2003-03-14 Bush phones PM Bondevik, talks about May visit. 0 commentsMichael Moynihan must-read: "While Germany drags around its shame, Russia's recent history barely registers on that nation's cultural radar." (Scroll to 3/13/2003). 0 commentsLatest poll: Progress Party 24.2% (-0.9) 2003-03-13 Muslim protesters calls for killing of Jews in Copenhagen? 0 commentsIs Christianity a basic pillar of European culture? The debate continues, in Unigolyn's Estonian blog. 0 commentsCorrupt rector threatens Baltic Blogger's job! (Now that's a headline you'll only see once.) 0 comments2003-03-12 Claus Lindholt Mikkelsen: The Arabs are in the grip of conspiratorial paranoia. 0 commentsFredrik Norman and friends launches pro-American campaign. Neat! 0 commentsCarl I Hagen introduces clarity and common sense into the Norwegian Iraq debate. (Welcome back, Vegard!) 0 comments2003-03-06 Norwegian police extends Krekar charge to include kidnapping. 0 commentsNRK apologizes for Latvian blunder. 0 commentsSimon Schuma looks at two centuries of European anti-Americanism. (Tnx Markku.) 0 comments2003-03-05 50's anti-communists were worried that Senator McCarthy would become another Mussolini. 0 commentsWelch: New Czech President Vaclav Klaus is a corrupt prick with an inferiority complex. 0 comments2003-03-03 The US eavesdropping on UN diplomats? They always did. 0 comments17% of Norwegians support Bush's foreign policy on Iraq, 68% Chirac and Schröder's. Bush support is strongest on the right, with 25% of Conservative voters and 33% of Progress Party voters supporting Bush, (against 52% and 53% pro-Axis.) [More numbers.] 0 commentsThe Norwegian government lost $17 billion (NOK 125) on the stock market last year. Oops! 0 commentsEurope's hidden conservatives: "Seen from the U.S., Europe is a monolithic miasma of anti-American fever, high taxes, and absurd regulations. That view is about two years out of date." 0 comments |
