BANG!

BBC News 24: "US intelligence has been monitoring the Iraqi telephone network. It's safe to say that any building with a lot of telephone activity has a lot of important people inside."

That's all the western journalists up the creek then. It was probably John Simpson's pizza order.

KER-POW!

BBC News 24 (again): "We're getting reports in that strikes on Baghdad have started again. We should be able to bring you live pictures of the...er...er..." (fumbles for word)

I think the word was 'murder'

SPLAT!

Still, it's all insignificant. The real question is: will Jacques Chirac shake hands with Tony Blair?

If I was President Chirac I wouldn't shake his hand. Unless he'd wiped the blood off, then I might think about it.

BAM!