WEDNESDAY MEDIA WATCH

Gulf War Syndrome Redux?
USA Today: Army puzzled by illnesses in Iraq

'Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft. And although, I know, it's strictly taboo......
James Hider, formerly AFP's man in Jerusalem and a friend of this parish, reports on the "magic stone" keeping Saddam Hussein from harm. Is it a match for the magic millstone which the Americans will put round his neck before they chuck him in the Tigris, I wonder?
CS Monitor: Even on the run, Hussein has Iraqis under his 'spell'

That Anglican smear campaign in full:
Star Tribune: The anatomy of a smear

Bo Selecta!...A moving and challenging article by Vicky Lucas, who has a rare genetic condition called cherubism:
BBC News: Why I want you to look me in the face

Today's other football transfer news....Lady Thatcher joins the Cardiff City womens' squad:
Guardian: Plymouth Argyle sign a veteran leftwinger