Dozens of Russian-made rocket launchers were brought into Northern Ireland by the Provisional IRA in a series of consignments of weapons from Libya during the 1980s.
L. Paul Bremer, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), signed a series of laws that could help transform tortured Iraq into an open, low-tax, Hong Kong-style economy, which would do wonders to stabilize the country and make it a model for the Middle East.
He is convinced that opener Denly should have been playing in England's winter one-day series - although he has been named in England's provisional 30-man squad for this summer's World Twenty20 tournament.