[lbo-talk] Russian ambassador does get fired on

Chris Burford cburford at gn.apc.org
Mon Apr 7 16:15:20 PDT 2003


It comes to something when you really only have to add vigilance, and irony, to hit on the truth.

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



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