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Six months that changed a year

Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris | 18.03.2002 09:18

9/11: The planes strike – as Martin Amis memorably describes them – ‘sleeking in like harsh metal ducklings ’. Tony Blair publicly drains every drop of blood from his wife to help the injured of New York. Taking his time, George W. Bush formulates a measured response - which turns out to be the most expensive bollocking ever unleashed against shepherds. But are we starting to forget? Figures show that even as the second tower fell, people were switching off their televisions, complaining they'd seen it all before. Today in these pages, we help you make up your own mind about the absolute necessity of fighting the ongoing war that is Operation Improving Bloodbath...

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Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris
- Homepage: http://www.observer.co.uk/review/0,6903,156050,00.html

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  1. And what's more... — mhor
  2. As IMC will be aware — A Triffid
  3. Sue 'em — Dan Brett
  4. Time to boycott The Observer? — peacenik
  5. is it the sun? — monkey
  6. i didn't know rts invented the spoof! — loved up
  7. Quote from US state department — tommy
  8. Dead baby debate — :p
  9. Article in corporate press the Guardian — question authority
  10. oh deary deary me — noreena
  11. socialist papers? — internationalist
  12. Hey noreena — hale and pace
  13. Guardian/Observer — Lemming
  14. wordings of middle columns on uk indy — andi
  15. Er... — Pedant
  16. hey, hale and pace — noreena
  17. Are you THAT noreena — spike mulligan
  18. of course not — noreena
  19. idiocy — roger
  20. Undercurrents taken over by BBC — undercurrents
  21. Well, thank goodness for that — Jim
  22. A few words from the U.S. — Upton
  23. Upton speaks a fact — canuck
  24. Upton you are right — Not Richard Littlejohn
  25. Chomsky vs. Hitchens? — spud'ead
  26. satire — daniel gurney
  27. what? — kingbee