"The British Government has Learned"

...that Uday and Qusay Hussein are dead. We know this because U.S. Army Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez showed them the bodies, and not because the BBC told us so. (Homepage link entitled "Saddam sons 'dead' " still leads to "Page not Found" as of this posting.)

UPDATE: Roughly an hour ago, the BBC finally completed the page their "breaking news" link pointed to. Still under the original title of Saddam sons 'dead.' the Bolshevik Broadcasting Co. goes on to say a U.S. commander is "certain" the two are dead and that U.S. Central Command "confirmed" the deaths. [Quotes are the BEEB's, not mine.] Who do these guys think they are, "Reuters?"

The most reprehensible statement in this "news report" is its final paragraph: "The BBC's US State Department correspondent, Gordon Corera, says the news of the deaths could not come at a better moment for a government facing growing political pressure over claims it exaggerated intelligence, and over daily casualties among US troops in Iraq." Since when is the bald assertion of one of their own "journalists" considered "news?" This whimpering can be translated thusly: "Crikey! I can't figure out how those bloody Yanks always seem to pull a rabbit out of their hat with this incessant pulling and shooting."