NEWS: Comical Ali & SCOTUS victory

From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 12:48:00 MDT

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    Two interesting items;

    >Saddam spokesman 'quizzed'
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3024046.stm
    >Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf - dubbed
    >"Comical Ali" during the Iraq war - handed himself in to US forces but was
    >released after questioning, an Arab TV station says.
    >Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV said in a statement it would air an interview
    >with Mr Sahhaf at 1900 GMT on Friday.
    >"Sahhaf said he handed himself over to the American forces and the
    >Americans interrogated him, then they released him," the channel said.
    >Mr Sahhaf's daily press briefings in Baghdad during the war, at which his
    >statements were increasingly at odds with reality, made him a figure of
    >fun in the West.
    >He was dubbed "Saddam's optimist" and "Comical Ali" by media commentators,
    >before disappearing as American forces entered central Baghdad.

    Good news on the SCOTUS front;

    >US court overturns gay sex ban
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3022026.stm
    >A ban on homosexual sex in Texas has been overturned by the US Supreme
    >Court in what is being seen as a landmark gay-rights ruling.
    >The case was brought by two Texas men, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, who
    >were caught having sex on private premises in 1998.
    >On Thursday, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said for the majority of the
    >judges the two men "are entitled to respect for their private lives".
    >BBC News Online's Washington correspondent Steve Schifferes says the
    >ruling is likely to make laws that still regulate sodomy illegal, and
    >provide an important assurance for the 600,000 openly gay households in
    >the country.

    James...



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