Perhaps some of the world believes the BBC and other corporate media and they are becoming fewer and fewer, many do not - I am one of them, for others it will be easy to see that none of this makes sense unless of course you need good publicity for an illegal war, waged by a war criminal working with an imperalist colonialist - now that requires real thought for those who think activists ought to be grateful to armies.

This is no different to what the US forces did in Afghanistan, did anyone report how Medicins Sans Frontiere lost seven of their staff to masked gunman because the US armed forces tried to link humanitarian aid with their illegitimate efforts. Now the UK is there to join them - that tells you a lot about armed forces.

Which media office has bothered to report how the Taleban and Saddam Hussein came into power to reveal why people in the Middle East are stuck in an awful battle by people who have created a climate of danger, religious fundamentalism and fear.