Zivile Tote im Irak bisher: Zwischen 199 und 278, Militärs: weit über 1'000 Irakis, mindestens einige Dutzend Aliierte. Das ist erst der Anfang!
“We don’t do body counts” - General Tommy Franks, US Central Command
Neil Young hatte recht.

Nee, warte noch bis Ende Juni, bis zur "World Wide Developers Conference". <a href=www.macbidouille.com target=_blank>Laut der französischen MacGerüchteküche MacBidouille stellt Apple dort die von Grund auf neuen PowerMacs vor. Die arbeiten dann mit dem Ueberprozessor PPC 970 von IBM!

Wer unbedingt mal das sagenumwobene Werbe-Video der Al-Kaida sehen will, weil er anderthalb Stunden wirklich nichts besseres vor hat, kann das dank der Columbia University of (ausgerechnet...) New York, die das Ding als 90 Minuten RealVideo anbietet.

denn der kann sich bei www.iraqwar.ru eine etwas andere Sicht der Dinge abholen. Die Unrussischen kopieren die Texte von iraqwar.ru nach babelfish.altavista.com und lassen von Russisch nach Englisch übersetzen. Try it! Maschinelle Uebersetzung war schon schlechter!

angeblich aus russischen Militärkreisen stammt diese Schilderung der Lage, Stand Montagmorgen 8 Uhr moskauer Zeit: As of morning March 24 the situation in Iraq can be characterized as quiet on all fronts. Attacking coalition forces have settled into positional warfare, they are exhausted, lost the attacking momentum and are in urgent need for fuel, ammunition, repairs and reinforcements. The Iraqis are also busy regrouping their forces, reinforcing the combat units and setting up new defense lines. Exceptionally heavy fighting continued for two days and nights near An-Nasiriya. Both warring sides employed large numbers of tanks and artillery. More than 20,000 troops of the US 3rd Motorized Infantry Division, supported by 200 tanks, 600 other armored vehicles and 150 artillery pieces, were opposed by the Iraqi 3rd Army Corps consisting of up to 40,000 troops, up to 250 tanks, more than 100 artillery, up to 100 mortars and 1000 rocket propelled grenade launchers (RPG) and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). The two-day battle ended without any significant results. The Americans have failed in trying to use their momentum in capturing An-Nasiriya and attempted to encircle the town from the west, where they encountered strong layered Iraqi defenses and forced to withdraw. The Iraqi forces used this opportunity to attack the US flanks with two brigades, breaking the US combat orders and causing panic among the US troops. The US command was forced to halt the advance of its forced toward An Najaf and once again redirect several tank battalions to support the attacked units. Nearly 6 hours was needed for the US aviation to stop the Iraqi attack and restore combat order of the US forces.