Comments on: Boris in Iraq http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Macarnie http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 Macarnie Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:00:36 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2894 Lori, Is this the exclamation of a vegetarian dinner guest upon opening the serving dish? Lori,
Is this the exclamation of a vegetarian dinner guest upon opening the serving dish?

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]]> By: Lori http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 Lori Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:20:39 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2893 Oh my god. Duck, Boris. Oh my god. Duck, Boris.

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]]> By: Jefferson http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 Jefferson Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:29:36 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2892 Boris...the full jilbab or a tasteful shalwar kameez? Boris…the full jilbab or a tasteful shalwar kameez?

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]]> By: Macarnie http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 Macarnie Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:53:28 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2891 Jozef, Boris, having already braved the Liverpool Pierhead( never mind G.O's Wigan Pier)his inner steel must be well tempered, as is his spiritual klavier. This excursion into the post war Iraqi war zone cannot be more awe inspiring than that . And he is becoming a regular hero ;D. Jozef, Boris, having already braved the Liverpool Pierhead( never mind G.O’s Wigan Pier)his inner steel must be well tempered, as is his spiritual klavier. This excursion into the post war Iraqi war zone cannot be more awe inspiring than that . And he is becoming a regular hero
;D.

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]]> By: melissa http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 melissa Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:43:13 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2890 Thanks for your kind and cheery good wishes Jozef! Thanks for your kind and cheery good wishes Jozef!

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]]> By: Jozef Imrich http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 Jozef Imrich Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:56:26 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2889 It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. - Dolores Ibarruri - (Spanish Republican Leader - 1937) I met Salam the Bagdad Blogger in Sydney a few months ago and certainly the situation was much worse than the Prague Spring of 1968 ... This is a really risky travel! Boris seems to be the Conservative Orwell in the making. What next? Are you going to send Boris to wash the dishes in Paris, Melissa? ;D Jolly St Patrick's Day to one and all ... It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward.
- Dolores Ibarruri – (Spanish Republican Leader – 1937)

I met Salam the Bagdad Blogger in Sydney a few months ago and certainly the situation was much worse than the Prague Spring of 1968 … This is a really risky travel!

Boris seems to be the Conservative Orwell in the making. What next? Are you going to send Boris to wash the dishes in Paris, Melissa? ;D

Jolly St Patrick’s Day to one and all …

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]]> By: Kay http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Kay Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:16:54 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2888 lol @ Macarnie ...nice one! BRAVE BORIS!!!!! lol @ Macarnie …nice one! BRAVE BORIS!!!!!

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]]> By: Macarnie http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2887 Macarnie Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:07:38 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2887 Simon; a near miss can often loosen blockages other than that feared by a writer. Simon; a near miss can often loosen blockages other than that feared by a writer.

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]]> By: Simon Holledge http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 Simon Holledge Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:31:18 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2886 Dangerous places can work wonders for writer's block. Of course if Boris ventures out of the hotel in disguise the possibilities are endless. Let's hope he sticks close to a good photographer. Dangerous places can work wonders for writer’s block. Of course if Boris ventures out of the hotel in disguise the possibilities are endless. Let’s hope he sticks close to a good photographer.

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]]> By: melissa http://www.boris-johnson.com/2005/03/14/boris-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-2885 melissa Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:24:27 +0000 http://80.82.117.242/?p=139#comment-2885 Close to the mark Macarnie - see Guardian report - Boris was under small arms fire attack in his helicopter: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,3604,1437703,00.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,3604,1437703,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,3604,1437703,00.html</a></a> "To Baghdad, city of contrasts, and a complex chain of events which has resulted in something approaching a story sitting atop today's Diary. Please don't be alarmed. As we understand it - which isn't very much - yesterday morning army radios were hair-raisingly close to crackling with the fateful words: "We have a periodical editor down! Repeat, we have a periodical editor down!" Needless to say, the gentleman in question was Boris Johnson, but hold the wry smiles for a moment because the old boy was actually shot at while riding in a helicopter over the Iraqi capital. According to his PA, he was under military escort when Iraqi resistance fire broke out around the aircraft, forcing a mad scramble for his tin hat. Strike him pink indeed. It should perhaps be added that the news was relayed to the editor of these pages when he called to inquire why a comment piece by Boris had failed to materialise, but as it pretty much trumps canine consumption of homework on the excuse front, clemency has been granted." Close to the mark Macarnie – see Guardian report -
Boris was under small arms fire attack in his helicopter:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/diary/story/0,3604,1437703,00.html

“To Baghdad, city of contrasts, and a complex chain of events which has resulted in something approaching a story sitting atop today’s Diary. Please don’t be alarmed. As we understand it – which isn’t very much – yesterday morning army radios were hair-raisingly close to crackling with the fateful words: “We have a periodical editor down! Repeat, we have a periodical editor down!” Needless to say, the gentleman in question was Boris Johnson, but hold the wry smiles for a moment because the old boy was actually shot at while riding in a helicopter over the Iraqi capital. According to his PA, he was under military escort when Iraqi resistance fire broke out around the aircraft, forcing a mad scramble for his tin hat. Strike him pink indeed. It should perhaps be added that the news was relayed to the editor of these pages when he called to inquire why a comment piece by Boris had failed to materialise, but as it pretty much trumps canine consumption of homework on the excuse front, clemency has been granted.”

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