(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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WARBLOGGER WATCH
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
The Bushites have named the persons they propose to install in post-Saddam Iraq. Among them: serial controversialist Robin Raphel, who left a series of "diplomatic land mines" across South Asia as assistant secretary of state; John Limbert, who was so oblivious to popular resentment against the Shah that he was taken unaware when the Shah was overthrown - and was himself was taken hostage in the embassy; and Clint Williamson, recent head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo's justice department, called "unprofessional" and incoherent by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Afghanistan gets an ice cream man. Iraq gets a woman who bumbled across India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. posted by Anonymous12:48 PM
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WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.