Below the Fold for April 13
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Let's check out some political stories we found Below the Fold:
Blix Speaks Out
Hans Blix, the U.N. chief weapons inspector has accused the United States and Britain of fabricating evidence against Iraq to justify the war.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Blix told the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais, he took umbrage with the fact that the war had been planned in advance of the war, adding: "The threat of banned weapons could have been contained by U.N. inspectors."
A seemingly different Blix the same day told the Swedish newspaper, Aftonbladet: "Maybe I could have gotten tougher with the Iraqis... back in December." He also revealed that when negotiations with Iraqis broke down, "We drank coffee together in New York."
Landlord Floored
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A junior level Iraqi diplomat in New York trashed his apartment before leaving the country. The tab: $8,500.
The landlord wants the city to pay the bill, since the Iraqi government no longer exists.
"Hanoi Jane's" Two Cents
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Actress Jane Fonda told a Canadian audience Tuesday that, "it's hard to imagine a happy ending to the U.S.-led war in Iraq," opining that Americans "are so ignorant of reality and of history."
You are welcome to supply your own punch line.
Frequent Fibber?
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Democratic Presidential hopeful Al Sharpton skipped a minority press forum Friday in Washington. A staffer called the group, saying Sharpton would be late because his U.S. Air shuttle flight had been canceled; then called again to say Sharpton would miss the confab entirely because a second flight had failed to leave the tarmac.
Only one problem: Neither flight was canceled.