Daily Archives: December 28, 2006

Britain finally pays of WWII loan

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One of the reasons that Britain has been running behind the U.S. arse is that they owe the U.S. a huge amount of money for saving the rest of Europe from Hitler. Not that the rest of Europe is helping GB to pay it off. Now the interest on that loan is very very small indeed, but the U.S. has always had the option of raising that if GB didn’t toe the line. Tomorrow, the loan will be repaid – what effect will that have on the face of British foreign policy.

Saddam goes to his death

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Weird one this – Saddam is now certain that he will be hung, so his prose is all martylike. Strangely enough Yahoo news is running 2 stories on this:

BAGHDAD (Reuters) –
Saddam Hussein, due to be hanged within 30 days, said his execution should be seen as a sacrifice for the nation and called on Iraqis to unite and fight U.S. forces in the country.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq – In a farewell letter to the Iraqi people,
Saddam Hussein urged his countrymen not to hate the people of the nations that toppled his regime nearly four years ago and said he was offering “my soul to God as a sacrifice.

So which one is it?