HEARD ON SKY NEWS
(via William Gibson's weblog)


"Umm Qasr is a town similar to Southampton", UK Defence Minister Geoff Hoon told the House of Commons yesterday. "He's either never been to Southampton, or he's never been to Umm Qasr", said one British soldier, informed of this while on patrol in Umm Qasr. Another added: "There's no beer, no prostitutes, and people are shooting at us. It's more like Portsmouth."


And in a similar vein - yet even further more livejournal linkage. Everyone's got one these days, even Saddam Hussein.