Monday, March 10, 2003

Iraq: Culture of at-home guns gauged a possible threat. With a gun culture that closely resembles that of the United States, Iraq is one of the most heavily armed societies in the world. The country's tradition of self-reliance and hard desert and mountain living puts it on a gun-per-person level rivaling other clan systems in Yemen or Somalia. As U.S. military strategists look ahead to a possible war in Iraq - and a postwar period of working with the Iraqi people to establish more representative rule - firearms loom large. What Iraqis do with those weapons if the U.S. launches an invasion will determine success or failure for Washington. Most war plans, including a United Nations postwar contingency plan leaked in New York last week, assume a swift fall of the regime, and little Iraqi resistance. [FirearmNews.com] Here's another article on well-armed Iraqis. As with the other articles on this subject, the author doesn't seem to realize the implications of Iraqis being armed with regard to US talk about them being opressed. comment () trackback ()  9:39:11 AM     X vs. XP Comparison Site [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion] In this case "X" means OS X, not X Windows. comment () trackback ()  9:30:55 AM     U.S. Stocking Uranium-Rich Bombs?. Pentagon officials remain tight-lipped as weapons experts criticize what appears to be a U.S. buildup of highly potent bombs and missiles armed with depleted uranium in its preparation for a war with Iraq. By Elliot Borin. [Wired News] Here's a misleading headline which leads to a misleading article. The article suggests nuclear bombs, but it's really about the use of armor-piercing warheads that may or may not use depleted uranium. This is a big deal for ignorant twits who get hysterical at the mention of the world "uranium," because to them anything even remotely associated with "nuclear" is the Great Satan. Apparently the author of this article, like others who promote hysteria about depeleted uranium ammo, has forgotten a rather obvious fact: war is hazardous to your health. comment () trackback ()  6:16:30 AM

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