Iraq



Busy week.



Seems the Butcher of Baghdad has been captured. From the news reports it seems they had him for a while now, they kept it silent so they could do DNA tests to confirm his identity.



I'm very curious to see how the Americans are planning to take it from here on: will he be processed, locked up and tried in Guantanamo or will they opt for the international court in The Hague. The latter would be the sensible route but I suspect they will keep to their current modus operandi by keeping total control over the entire process. I'm guessing the Iraqi's themselves wont have much say in this.



This news on the heels of the suicide bombing of yet another Iraqi police station.

I hope the Americans realise they wont be able to blame such attacks on Saddam any more. Not that it will matter any, the WMD argument also crumbled into dust without a whimper...







Syria



Bush, this past Friday:

“Today, I have signed into law HR 1828, the ‘Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003’”

It seems the US is painting a whopping big target on Damascus.

Silly move.





Afghanistan

With the Taleban beating at the door, Afghans are battling over the text of their constitution. I am keeping a cynical eye on this process. Whatever the outcome, I sincerely hope the Americans use a substantial part of their war budget to keep this assembly safe. They must form such an appealing target to Al Qaeda and the Taleban...