On Sun Apr 06 2003 - 07:41:32 EDT I wrote in repsonse to Chris D
>concerning the last point, the BBC has just reported, roughly midday GMT,
>that a US plane has fired on some Russian "consular" cars heading towards
>the Syrian border.
>
>But as they have just killed some of their special forces working with the
>Kurds in northern Iraq, and wounded one of the most prestigious BBC
>reporters, John Simpson, it is possible that the word "consular" is
>diplomatic for "ambassadorial"....
Chris Burford London