US warns Iran and Syria: "Tehran must stop pursuing weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them," Mr Powell said, while pledging support for "the aspirations of the Iranian people to improve their lives".

I believe that the US is starting to drum up support for the possible future 'liberation' of Iran and Syria. There is nothing wrong with my memory, the war against Iraq started with a similar media blitz - Bush and his hawks constantly spouting a litany of statements like that no matter what the actual truth!



Of course, this path depends on how quickly they can crush opposition in Iraq. The longer it takes, the harder it will be to convince anybody, inside or outside of the US, that this is something they must do. Which makes me worry for Baghdad. What bombs do the Americans have that can stun an entire city... without killing them all (in theory)? Because I suspect they will drop such a bomb on Baghdad.



The Baghdad blogger is still silent. Perhaps this is the sensible thing to do for him, these are truly dangerous times for dissenters in Iraq.