So, Iraq was formally “handed over” to the Iraqis yesterday and in a totally unrelated event, the US plans on building the worlds biggest embassy known to mankind in Bagdad. With 1,700 employees it has an operating budget of up to $1bn (that does not include the cost of constructing the embassy building itself). John Negroponte, who has been the US Ambassador to the United Nations for the past two-and-a-half years (Can’t remember him? Think: Vetos), is to be the new ambassador to Iraq and will be “provide policy direction and coordination for all US government activities in Iraq”.

In other news, a woman gave birth to a frog and a study by the Media Group at Scotland’s Glasgow University, found Israelis were quoted more than twice as much as Palestinians in reports, confusing viewers and favouring the Israeli position.

And for the many many many people coming to this site from google land other search engines looking for some info on Sheikh Ghazi al-Yawar, all I can say about that is, a well-known exile politician with close links to the CIA and MI6 is a very suspicious choice of leader for the world’s biggest oil well. Remember Carlos Castillo Arma (Guatemala), Manuel Noriega (Panama) or Augusto Pinochet (Chili) or all the other US planted leaders?