Description: The legendary Joan Jett appeared on The Henry Rollins Show (18/May/07) and revealed that while on a USO Tour in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Oman she asked about all the equipment she saw being moved and was told it was going to Iraq -- a year before the war started. FULL CLIP - www.youtube.com . 6 Questions With Joan Jett The album opens with "Riddles," an overtly political song that samples George Bush. Isn't that a switch for you? A: This is my first political song. I've [written what] a lot of musicians write about: love, sex, relationships, falling in and falling out and so forth, and that's still very valid. I've wanted to write about political issues and the state of our country, but how do you do that without coming off being preachy? I think a lot of that fear stopped me from even trying. billboard.com . Iraqis Resort to Selling Children Afif Sarhan Axis of Logic January 6, 2008 Unicef says an estimated two million children in Iraq continue to face threats, including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education. Abu Muhammad, a Baghdad resident, found it difficult to let go of his daughter's hand but he had already convinced himself that selling her to a family outside Iraq would provide her with a better future. "The war disgraced my family. I lost relatives including my wife among thousands of victims of sectarian violence and was forced to sell my daughter to give my other children something to eat," he told Al Jazeera. In 2006, Abu Muhammad and ...