Amid the Cheering, An Ominous Event

John Moore | December 14, 2003

While the west has focused intently on the capture of Saddam Hussein, an ominous event in Pakistan went un-noticed: President Musharraf barely escaped an attempt on his life, the third in his four year rule.
The successful assassination of the president of this unstable, Islamic nuclear armed country of 160,000,000 people, including a large population [...]

The Ace in the Hole

John Moore | December 14, 2003

Fox News’ Brit Hume, while discussing the capture of Saddam Hussein (The Ace of Spades in the famous card deck), referred to him as
The Ace in the Hole
Yeah!
Meanwhile, Kuwaitis are having fun with this:

Kuwaitis, jubilant at the capture of arch-foe Saddam Hussein, were Sunday frantically sending each other mobile text messages of mock denials from [...]

Saddam Captured – Contest

John Moore | December 14, 2003

Okay… here’s a contest… now that Saddam has been captured, we need a list of the Top Ten reasons Saddam should get the death penalty. These are joke reasons (the real reasons are obvious and not funny).
Here’s the list so far:

(RK) So the French can’t nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
(erikbert)To prevent him from [...]