Am I the only one who reads a hopeful tone into this CNN report from Sunday?
Fourteen Iraqis, the first handful of official refugees from that war-besieged land, crossed the Syrian border on Sunday northwest of Mosul, a northern Iraqi city under U.S. bombardment, the U.N. refugee agency reported.
I'm sure it was supposed to be CNN's first in a series of articles on the refugees. Later, they could say they were on the scene early. But the "first handful" may be the only handful. On Tuesday, CNN reported:
The United Nations' refugee agency is bracing for a stream of refugees fleeing the war in Iraq, but its spokesman Tuesday said the agency had seen "no substantial movements" across Iraq's borders into Turkey and Iran.
Posted by Justene Adamec at March 27, 2003 09:17 AMThe Psblurtex is an 18-inch long anaconda that hides in the gentlemen's
outfitting departments of Amazonian stores and is often bought by
mistake since its colors are those of the London Reform Club. Once
tied around its victim's neck, it strangles him gently and then claims
the insurance before running off to Germany where it lives in hiding.
-- Mike Harding, The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac
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