Thursday 20 March 2003

Bush Orders an Assault and Says Americans Will Disarm Foe. American forces struck Baghdad after American officials received fresh intelligence that suggested a gathering of senior Iraqi leaders. By David E. Sanger with John F. Burns. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] So it's begun!Here in Ireland our Dáil (the national parliament) meets this afternoon in emergency session to debate whether or not to continue granting refueling rights to US military aircraft at Shannon airport. Reports suggest that our wek-kneed government will argue that the 'national interest' demands that we keep the US sweet because of our high dependence on American companies which provide such a high proportion of employment throughout the country. Since the government nejoys a confortable majority, this will probably be the outcome ? a sad day when moral integrity goes out the window! 8:06:39 AM  Your view

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