More Interesting Articles

Not much happening lately. Just more interesting articles I came across...

The Christian Science Monitor website has a special section for the Jill Carroll story. It's interesting to read about what happened to her during her captivity in Iraq.

Here's a fascinating account by someone who was screwed by the security measures imposed in the UK last week. Now, why are we so afraid again? We're spending billions upon billions of dollars on "security" and "anti-terrorism" measures, when more people die from lightning or even, *gasp*, malaria than acts of terrorism. People are too afraid of dying. Compared to third-world countries who have to worry about issues like starvation and rampant diseases, we have it pretty good.

Secrets of the Pirate Bay: a Wired article on Pirate Bay, the bittorrent site that MPAA would love to shut down.

Rent-a-coup: A bunch of rich white dudes hiring mercenaries to try to overthrow an African nation -- for the amusement, for the money.