But it's a soft start. The U.N. has been checking sites familiar to both sides. Contentious presidential palaces have so far been avoided. |
I think our expulsion ... points to the increasing stress and pressure being put on the Iraqi leadership. And that is only going to increase. |
The [Palestine Hotel] shook worse than during coalition bombing. |
The general atmosphere here is one of relatively heavy security. It appears that they're just putting on a very heavy security presence, moving around the center of the city. |
The police just don't challenge them. |
There is an awful lot of what might be construed as bad news here. But it is the dominant information. It's the prevailing information. |