One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Wednesday, 9 April 2003

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CBC News: PM says Canada can play role in post-war Iraq 'Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says he stands by his decision not to send Canadian forces to Iraq and that Canada can play a significant role in the post-war reconstruction of the country.'

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BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Spotlight shifts to Iraq's weapons 'As the regime in Baghdad crumbles, the spotlight is turning once again to the search for Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction - on whose existence Washington based its case for an invasion.'

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Fears mount over Iraq disorder

A collapse of law and order in parts of Iraq could cause major problems for ordinary people, aid officials fear. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Quite a mixed bag. It's far too soon to know how this will all shake out. It must have seemed unimaginable that things would turn out like this . . . that Baghdad would fall so quickly. We're seeing some happy stories right at the moment. But there's the business of innocent people who were killed or had their lives destroyed by the invasion.

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Thank God. Hopefully the worst is over . . . for now.

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Dell Computer stops selling Apple Computer's iPod music player, ending an unusual marriage of marketing convenience. Meanwhile, the 5GB iPod fades further into the sunset. [CNET News.com]

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North Korea gives a blunt warning to Japan, ahead of a UN debate on the secretive state's nuclear plans. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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The Red Cross suspends operations after a Canadian worker goes missing when his car is hit by gunfire. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] ' "There are lots of situations in which casualties have been seen and there was no possibility of evacuating them... there was immediate fire as soon as anybody tried to approach." '

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The killing of three journalists by US forces in Baghdad on Tuesday has generated great anger in the Arabic media. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Bill Neely visits the Basra headquarters of the Iraqi secret police, where thousands have been tortured and executed. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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The electronics giant is folding Internet connectivity and streaming capabilities into its reference design for DVD recorders. [CNET News.com]

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World: Eleven Afghan civilians were killed today when a US warplane pursuing enemy attackers mistakenly bombed a house near Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan, the US military said. [Guardian Unlimited]

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After creating a new folder, or making any Finder change name action for that matter, hit the Enter key (not the return) key and the Finder will immediately allow you to enter a suitable name. No repeat clicking or selecting... [macosxhints]

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[15:10 ET] BIAS Inc. announced BIAS Peak 4, a major update of its audio editing, processing, and mastering application. The new version adds support for Audi Unit plug-ins, multi-processor support, Redbook CD burning from directly within the application, new DSP tools, a revised interface, and other enhancements. Scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2003, Peak 4 will be available for Mac OS X only and will be priced at $499 (upgrades $149, free if purchased after April 1) [Macintouch]

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Paul Muldoon, the winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for poetry, says he writes difficult poetry for a difficult age. [New York Times: Arts]

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Diplomats and industry experts caution that political and legal issues surrounding the postwar sale of Iraqi oil could take weeks, if not months, to untangle. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

But of course it's not about oil.

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A man's hand rose disembodied from the bottom of the heap of corpses to rest on the belly of a man near the top. A blue stone in his ring glinted as an Iraqi orderly opened the door of the morgue, admitting daylight and the sound of a man's sobs to the cold silence within.

Here were just some of the results of America's progress through Saddam Hussein's dominions yesterday, an advance that obliterated the symbols of his regime at the same time as it claimed to be liberating its people.'

Jesus. I couldn't even read a third of this article. Corpses of children sending nurses who have seen days of the horrors of war wailing. Liberation. Right.

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Media: Al-Jazeera quits Iraq as Americans accused over deaths. [Guardian Unlimited]

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Washington Post Apr 9 2003 0:11AM ET [Washington Post]

Cleaning up the mess someone else made.