April 01, 2004

A Not-entirely Depressing Iraq Story I'm not saying this little tale of a Baghdad gym owner who adores the current governor of California doesn't have disturbing details, but overall, it ain't as grotesquely disturbin' as most of the news we've been getting this week.
  • >>Before the US invasion of Iraq a year ago, Mehdi, a former Iraqi bodybuilding champion, trained the sons of Saddam Hussein
  • MonkeyFilter: overall, ain't as grotesquely disturbin' as most of the news we've been getting this week.
  • SideDish, I fear this is as warm and fuzzy as any story out of Iraq we're going to get!
  • Ah, I love a good heartwarming "landlord rasing his rent" story.
  • raising even. Hey, is that a preview button?