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Das Bundesamtes für Gesundheit (BAG) und die Kantone Basel Stadt und Zürich hatte die Arbeitsgruppe am Montag eingesetzt. Diese soll konkrete Vorschläge für allfällige Massnahmen erarbeiten, die nochmals mit den Regierungsvertretern besprochen werden.

Der Kriegswitz des Tages kommt heute von Xerox:

Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang. "Hallo, Mr. Hussein!", a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Sligo, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!" "Well, Paddy," Saddam replied, "this is indeed important news! How big is your army?" "Right now," said Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, my cousin Sean, my next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire dart team from the pub. That makes eight!" Saddam paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command." "Begorra!", said Paddy. "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, the next day, Paddy called again. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!" "And what equipment would that be, Paddy?" Saddam asked. "Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm tractor." Saddam sighed. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to 1-1/2 million since we last spoke." "Saints preserve us!" said Paddy. "I'll have to get back to you." Sure enough, Paddy rang again the next day. "Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We've modified Harrigan's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Pub have joined us as well!" Saddam was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!" "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!", said Paddy, "I'll have to ring you back." Sure enough, Paddy called again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Hussein! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war." "I'm sorry to hear that," said Saddam. "Why the sudden change of heart?" "Well," said Paddy, "we've all had a long chat over a bunch of pints, and decided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners." God Bless the Irish!

CBSNEWS: U.S. Troops Kill 7 Iraqi Women, Kids

Ist das jetzt eine gute Idee, dass das EDA nachahmen will, was iraqbodycount.net schon seit Tagen leistet?

Unter www.whostartedit.com gibt's bumper stickers (Abziehbildli für die Stossstange) mit einer eindeutig zweideutigen Botschaft.

Auszüge aus einem Artikel in der britischen Times von gestern mit dem Titel "US Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death": Amid the wreckage I counted 12 dead civilians, lying in the road or in nearby ditches. All had been trying to leave this southern town overnight, probably for fear of being killed by US helicopter attacks and heavy artillery. Their mistake had been to flee over a bridge that is crucial to the coalition's supply lines and to run into a group of shell-shocked young American marines with orders to shoot anything that moved. (...) As I walked away, Lieutenant Matt Martin appeared beside me. "Did you see all that?" he asked, his eyes filled with tears. "Did you see that little baby girl? I carried her body and buried it as best I could but I had no time. It really gets to me to see children being killed like this, but we had no choice." Martin's distress was in contrast to the bitter satisfaction of some of his fellow marines as they surveyed the scene. "The Iraqis are sick people and we are the chemotherapy," said Corporal Ryan Dupre. "I am starting to hate this country. Wait till I get hold of a friggin' Iraqi. No, I won't get hold of one. I'll just kill him." Only a few days earlier these had still been the bright-eyed small-town boys with whom I crossed the border at the start of the operation. (...) Now Pokorney, Jordan and their comrades lay among unspeakable carnage. An older marine walked by carrying a huge chunk of flesh, so maimed it was impossible to tell which body part it was. With tears in his eyes and blood splattered over his flak jacket, he held the remains of his friend in his arms until someone gave him a poncho to wrap them with. (...) This was the start of day that claimed many civilian casualties. After the lorry a truck came down the road. Again the marines fired. Inside, four men were killed. They had been travelling with some 10 other civilians, mainly women and children who were evacuated, crying, their clothes splattered in blood. Hours later a dog belonging to the dead driver was still by his side.

Da hat einer wohl am falschen Ort das Richtige gesagt... NBC trennt sich per sofort von Peter Arnett (er <a href=www.businesswire.com target=_blank>war auch Reporter für National Geographic. <a href=www.businesswire.com target=_blank>War!), weil er im irakischen Fernsehen in einem Interview feststellte, die Invasion laufe wohl nicht ganz so, wie ursprünglich geplant... Jetzt steht er auf der Strasse - in Baghdad. Michael Moore hat nach seiner landesweit im US-TV ausgestrahlten Dankesrede ("shame on you Mr. Bush") anlässlich der Oscar-Verleihung Morddrohungen erhalten. Das war halber gratis. Anders Arnett: Wenn der nun im irakischen Fernsehen die US-Strategie kritisiert, dann beantragt er wohl am besten gleich Asyl dort. Mindestens die nächsten 72 Stunden ist er da wohl sicherer als irgendwo in den USA.

31.3.03, 1545 h -- Quelle: n-tv.de [click pic for live image]

In seinem neusten Film, "25th Hour", lässt Spike Lee einen Börsenbroker Red Bull trinken. Das brachte das Schweizer Kinomagazin Close-up auf die Frage:

Was haben Sie gegen Red Bull? Spike Lee: Ich hasse dieses Getränk. Für mich ist es Red-Bull-Shit!

<a href=www.cbsnews.com target=blank> 31.3.03, 1000 h -- Quelle: cbsnews.com [click pic for live image]