Here is the final installment of several BBC weblogs from the Iraq conflict that ran on the BBC site.

The BBC’s Stuart Hughes, who was wounded by a land mine is maintaining his blog.

The Asia Times looks at the US media war coverage and asks some serious questions.

The networks should be commended for thinking about the consequences of airing that specific segment. Airing propaganda pieces has military and political implications. Both Aideed and Iraq sought to shatter the US’s will to fight by exposing its dead soldiers and prisoners of war. In each case, the networks could play into the enemy’s hands when deciding whether to show the pictures. So why the difference in their decisions then and now?

In 1993, the government did not firmly lead, while the nation was divided over the operation and whether it was worth US lives. Today, although somewhat divided as evidenced by anti-war protests, the nation is being strongly led and little tolerance exists for public questioning of the US military. Amid advice that not being patriotic enough will be bad for business, US media outlets seem to be competing for a place among the most patriotic news sources.

This raises a fundamental question as to the nature of journalism in a free and democratic society. Should US will and casualty tolerance be the deciding factor of journalists striving for objectivity? What is the role of an objective media? Is it to broadcast uncritically, no matter the source? Clearly it is not. Is it to follow guidance from the US government and wave the flag? One hopes it is not. But that is what we have seen recently in regards to the casualty footage.

Warblogs
How will war blogs fare now that the main conflict is winding down in Iraq? This post predicts the future of four of them, Instapundit, the Agonist, Little Green Footballs and The Command Post.

John and Jane Doe
The internet is helping people searching for missing family and friends. No one knows how many unidentified bodies there are in the US. California has about 2100 in morgues or on paper. The Doe Network is helping by-pass busy law inforcement.

Nigeria Votes
60 million people in Nigeria are voting today for a president, the first time in 20 years. Violence in this fractured country is such a concern that the entire Nigerian police force of 1/2 million have been deployed to guard polling stations.

SARS
Here is a snapshot view of how countries are dealing with SARS. What is interesting about this article is the recovery and quarantine statistics.

Where is He?
I went to Google’s image section yesterday and searched under Calvary, Easter and Jesus Christ.
I found lots of pictures of churches and ministers under Calvary. Easter’s search gave me bunnies and easter eggs and Easter Island.
The search for Jesus Christ didn’t fare any better. Images were of a white guy, including Elvis, and all three searches brought up a lot of commericalization.
I didn’t find him there.

Bloggedy blog has a good post on western cultures concept of Easter.
connexions has the parrot sketch from Monty Python with a hard hitting point.Cre8d has a picture of Polish graffiti.
Mute Troubadour…well, go see for yourself.