To live and die in Baghdad

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In Shuale, Baghdad, on Friday, there was an explosion which, apparently, killed about 50 people and wounded at least the same.

Has anyone seen a decent discussion anywhere about what caused it? I was watching the film from the site, taken a few hours later, and - not that I'm any sort of expert - it looked to me like a couple of things could have been pointed out that weren't.

In other news . . . various people are getting a bit desperate to show us evidence of Iraqi ill-intent vis-a-vis chemical weapons, to the extent that we're getting told about caches of defensive equipment being found all over the shop. You know, gas masks and stuff. I saw some pictures of them. Anyone else think that they look about twenty years old?

There was some American politician on the telly - party unclear - last week, being asked whether it would be inconvenient if they won the war without finding any WMD® or evidence thereof. No, he said, it wouldn't be a problem at all - they'd already be running the place by then.

I see that the Yellow Press of London Town are having a go at George Galloway again. He's the "member for Baghdad", apparently. My, how original. I haven't heard them call him that in, oh . . . days, at least. On the other hand, the continuing signs of life and serious journalism in the Daily Mirror comtinue to impress me. I may have to buy a copy soon to see what they're saying in some more detail.