Archive for February 16th, 2005
Breaking News: Iran
Iranian TV is claiming that today, an unknown aircraft fired a missile near the city of Dailam, near their nuclear power plant, causing an explosion.
Updates
16:30: Now there are reports that it could have been a fuel tank dropped from a plane.
16:45: Ha’aretz news ticker:
16:34 Iran Interior Ministry says explosion in southern city of Dailam caused by Iranian [...]
Syrian Scapegoating
With pretty much everyone blaming Syria for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, the former President of Lebanon, Syria is predictably pointing the finger at Israel.
In an Israellycool exclusive, I have managed to find an interview with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:
Interviewer: Pretty much everyone is blaming Syria for the assassination of former Lebanon President Rafiq Hariri. [...]
Separated at Birth
He has already been in Iraq. But is Sean Penn currently stirring things up in Lebanon?
On Track
The Ha’aretz news ticker reports:
07:27 Pedestraian dies after he was struck by a train in Ashdod (Army Radio)
No doubt he will be added to the official PLO Arab casualty figures for the conflict, and the train driver accused of deliberately killing him.
Update: Confused? So am I. I read “Palestinian” instead of “Pedestrian.” I am just [...]
The Whizzinator
Drug cheats are known to provide fake urine samples. But actor Tom Sizemore has gone one step further – providing a fake urine sample with a fake penis.
Actor Tom Sizemore has been jailed for violating his probation by failing a drug test after he was caught trying to use a prosthetic penis to fake the [...]
