Saturday, May 10, 2003

Quote of the day: You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 10:58:12 PM    comment () Key Shiite Muslim Leader Returns to Iraq [AP World News] Greeted by fervent flower-throwing admirers, the leader of Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim group returned triumphantly to his U.S.-occupied homeland Saturday after two decades in Iranian exile and immediately called for creating a "modern Islamic regime." Still, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, likely to play a prominent role in his country's immediate future, rejected religious extremism even as he denounced the notion of any foreign-installed government to rule Iraq's fractious populace. He doesn't sound too bad, although I wonder how the non-Shiite Iraqis feel about him. 8:14:50 PM    comment () Gun fired in Andrew's mansion. A bodyguard accidentally fired a shot inside the Duke of York's residence while he was at home, it has emerged. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition] Apparently not all English people are required to be helpless victims. I'll bet that if the bodyguard had shot a burglar, he wouldn't be sent to prison for five years either. 8:00:49 PM    comment ()

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