The Project
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
for Tony Blair
Baghdad will fall. The war will be over. We've known this from the start: America is the most terrifying weapon in the world; before it, anyone merely wields a paper-knife.
My head droops at that, Mr Blair. But if I'm sad, it is certainly not because Saddam Hussein is going.
I'm reminded of the story of Abdullahi (not his real name) who escaped from Basra and lives on the outskirts of Amman, in Jordan. In 1997 his older brothe
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