A plan to put peacekeepers in Iraq offers the possibility of "Old Europe" forcing Bush to bomb UN troops, as well as civilian shield volunteers, if he insists on implementing the "Shock and Awe" 48 hour, overwhelming devastation, bombs and missile campaign!

Would Blair go along with such a crazy idea?


In Berlin, a German government official said his country is working with France on ``specific peaceful alternatives to a military solution.'' The German magazine Der Spiegel reported that the French-German plan includes placing U.N. troops across Iraq, conducting reconnaissance flights over the country and tripling the number of U.N. weapons inspectors.