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Last night there was a breaking news report that US troops had found a chemical weapons plant. Shortly afterwards there was a more blunt statement; "Pentagon announces discovery of chemical weapons plant". And I thought, "well, I guess I was wrong about that, then. And I was wrong to laugh along with the house of commons when Tony Blair claimed major anthrax production was being carried out in Iraq."
This morning, though, it's not the front-page news on the BBC that I expected it'd be. Instead, there's this small paragraph about 2/3 of the way down the general war summary they've been running daily:
It may not have been smart of the Pentagon to pre-emptively declare this to be a weapons factory. Because if it turns out it's just a Coca-Cola bottling plant, it'll make for another rallying point for the more strident anti-war people.
Which reminds me. There's FUD on both pro- and anti- war sides. I hate all of it pretty much equally. I like to be informed, not emotionally badgered.
This morning, though, it's not the front-page news on the BBC that I expected it'd be. Instead, there's this small paragraph about 2/3 of the way down the general war summary they've been running daily:
US forces are meanwhile investigating what they say is a suspected chemical plant about 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of the capital, near the town of Najaf. A US military spokesman at Central Command in Qatar said simply: "We have identified potential sites of interest and we're looking into (them)".
It may not have been smart of the Pentagon to pre-emptively declare this to be a weapons factory. Because if it turns out it's just a Coca-Cola bottling plant, it'll make for another rallying point for the more strident anti-war people.
Which reminds me. There's FUD on both pro- and anti- war sides. I hate all of it pretty much equally. I like to be informed, not emotionally badgered.