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Danny Kavanagh

People should not be afraid of their Governments ........ Governments should be afraid of their peop

About Me

I have worked for the Mines Advisory Group in Iraq for three and a half years. I am now Country Programme Manager for MAG in Angola.The movie clips below are from V for Vendetta. I hope you enjoy them and 'God IS in the Rain'Layout made by scarlet cherry

My Interests

Reading, Listening to Music, Movies, Art and History

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people. All the friends I have made on My Space if possible!
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Music:

Level 42, Scritti Politti, Brand New Heavies, Miles Davies

Movies:

The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption, 'V' for Vendetta, Shooting Dogs, The Departed, The Illusionist, 300, Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick, Quadrophenia

Television:

Lost, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister/Prime Minister

Books:

Anything by Stephen King (especially the Dark Tower/Gunslinger Books), Clive Barker, Ian Rankin, James Herbert, Books on the History of World War One

Heroes:

My wonderful family, close friends - you know who you are and Riddick/V!

My Blog

Travels and Different Places

Hallo!If you had told me three months ago that I would be working for a month in Chad and working and writing this this blog in Colombo, Sri Lanka I would have told you that you were mad!!!!If you had...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:32:00 PST

Leaving Iraq - A Complete Surprise!!!

Well, well, well!!!!!! who would have thought it? - not me and not this soon.On Monday 9th June after three and a half years of working in Iraq I am leaving the country for good to work on other proje...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST

As Requested - Random Mutterings From Iraq May 2008

Hallo everyone,'Where's the Blog? Where's the BLOG????'Ok I have been hassled enough - here it is - does that now mean we can forget about picture and no sound?Things are incredibly busy at the moment...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Thu, 08 May 2008 12:56:00 PST

On Route to UK - Random Thoughts

Good Morning!I sit here in the Millenium Airport Hotel in Dubai,  the weather here a comfortable 29 celcius.  I have a smokers' room (yipee) and find myself typing this before travelling bac...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:11:00 PST

Iraq Update January 2008

Hey out there!Hope all your Yuletide celebrations were fun and that the New Year is bringing you the happiness and peace that you want.Christmas was a quiet affair for me.  Great seeing the kiddo...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:42:00 PST

A Time For Contemplation

Hallo reader,It is nearly 1500hrs local time and I type this to you in a hotel room in Dubai (Millenium Hotel) I am on a stop-over before returning to UK tomorrow (21st December) to spend Christmas wi...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:25:00 PST

Iraq - An Update

Okay, okay!!!! Here we go here's the blog!A few people have been asking me what I have been up to over the past couple of weeks and when I would next write an update.Apologies first for it taking so l...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:07:00 PST

Back In Iraq - A New Direction

Hallo everyone and I trust that you and your families are all well.Have been back in Iraq for five days now- the weather continues to be hot during the day (50 celcius) but the evenings are a little c...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:46:00 PST

Back to the UK Wednesday 15th August For A Break

Morning all!Well two more days and back to Blighty to see the kiddos, drinking coffee and reading newspapers outside coffee shops and just basically watching the world go by at a hundred miles an hour...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:57:00 PST

Back Safely In Iraq

Hi all,Well after my travels in the Sudan for five weeks have arrived back 'home' to work.Just had to mention Iraq winning the Asian Soccer Cup Final.... and the celebrationary gun fire...... just bro...
Posted by Danny Kavanagh on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:08:00 PST