“It has emerged that US commandos were told to assume bin Laden was wearing a suicide vest and must be killed, unless they found him naked. They would have accepted surrender only if they could be sure he had nothing hidden under his clothing, meaning his fate was sealed as soon as he was found in his bedclothes.”
This is quoted from yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald (read the full article here and the UK Daily Telegraph source article here). So does that mean that from now on, Al Qaeda leaders will all start sleeping naked? 
Must be quite uncomfortable when you’re in a cave in Afghanistan…
By the way, I reckon that ’situation room’ photo on this wedding is actually a photo of them watching re-runs of the Royal Wedding…
Watching re-runs of the royal wedding
After touring Japan, China and South East Asia performing at jazz festivals and clubs for several years (2005 – 2009), Sydney jazz singer and multi-instrumentalist Didi Mudigdo brings his jazz trio ‘Didi Three’ to Sydney on July 30th.
Named after DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), a controversial pesticide that was banned in the US in 1972 (in Australia in 1987) but continues to be used in countries such as North Korea, Didi Three will have its Sydney debut 8 pm Friday July 30th at Hotel Clarendon 156 Devonshire St Surry Hills NSW (opposite Jazushi).
Over the years in Asia, Didi Three featured international musicians from Australia, USA, Russia, Japan and China, and for this performance, Didi Three will feature Didi Mudigdo on vocals, piano, harmonica and ukulele, Pete Kolhoff on double bass and Laurie Thompson on drums, performing Mudigdo’s unique collection of jazz/blues numbers and original compositions.
Leading Shanghai jazz singer Jasmine Chen is currently in Australia for Encounters, a Sino-Australian cross-cultural festival at the Queensland Conservatorium, and will perform one show only in Sydney at Berkelouw Books Wine Bar (70 Norton St Leichhardt) on Thursday May 13th 8 pm accompanied by Didi Mudigdo.
Jasmine Chen is one of the Shanghai jazz singers and musicians featured on Shanghai Jazz, a series of best-selling CD albums released by EMI Asia and produced by Australian composer John Huie, who is well-known in Sydney’s music circles as Artistic Director of the Chinese Gardens Chamber Music Festival. She has also released her own debut CD Colors of Love (available on iTunes and CD Baby), a collaboration with New York pianist Steve Sweeting containing original compositions, Western jazz standards and old Chinese songs all sung in Mandarin.
The Sydney Jazz Open Mic website www.sydneyjazzopenmic.com has been created to cater for the growing interest in jazz open mic events in Sydney. If you are interested in jazz open mic events and venues, visit this website to see the list of jazz open mic events in Sydney, and a convenient calendar where you can see the schedule of these events.
In September 2009, Didi will be performing in the host band of two of Sydney’s most popular Open Mic Jams:
- Club Jazz in the CBD, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm 1st, 15th & 29th September
- Batik Cafe Sunday Jam Sessions in Surry Hills 1 pm – 5 pm every Sunday in September.