redstar2000
11th November 2003, 10:56
"No television cameras are allowed at Dover [Air Force Base in Delaware, where the corpses of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq come home]. Bush does not attend the funerals of soldiers who gave their lives in his war on terrorism."
The Toronto Star pointed out that this is the first time the bodies of American soldiers killed in a war have been sent back to the U.S. under such secret cover and that the Pentagon, guided now more than ever by public-relations concerns, officially and euphemistically has taken to calling body bags "transfer tubes."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file.../worldviews.DTL (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2003/11/06/worldviews.DTL)
BAGHDAD - Businessmen with close ties to a leading - and controversial - member of Iraq's Governing Council have won large contracts for the country's reconstruction, leading to charges by some council members and other Iraqis that the actions are fueling a cronyism that threatens to sabotage the nation-building effort.
The men are associates of Ahmad Chalabi, an American-trained financier who has close ties to senior Pentagon officials and is a prominent member of the council, the U.S.-appointed interim government in Iraq.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/ir...-home-headlines (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-contracts7nov07,1,2261943.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
Reports from the United States suggest the Bush administration has become so frustrated with the Iraqi Governing Council, it may be looking to scrap it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3256005.stm
The chief American administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has warned of an increase in attacks by insurgents.
Mr Bremer predicted that after a new Iraqi government is established, it would ask "coalition forces in some number to be still here".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3256487.stm
American troops have clashed with Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, the Turkish authorities say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3257273.stm
The people of Iraq may have poorer health for generations as a result of the war, according to a report.
Medical charity Medact says this year's conflict disrupted immunisation programmes and destroyed water systems, increasing levels of disease.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3259489.stm
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The Toronto Star pointed out that this is the first time the bodies of American soldiers killed in a war have been sent back to the U.S. under such secret cover and that the Pentagon, guided now more than ever by public-relations concerns, officially and euphemistically has taken to calling body bags "transfer tubes."
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file.../worldviews.DTL (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2003/11/06/worldviews.DTL)
BAGHDAD - Businessmen with close ties to a leading - and controversial - member of Iraq's Governing Council have won large contracts for the country's reconstruction, leading to charges by some council members and other Iraqis that the actions are fueling a cronyism that threatens to sabotage the nation-building effort.
The men are associates of Ahmad Chalabi, an American-trained financier who has close ties to senior Pentagon officials and is a prominent member of the council, the U.S.-appointed interim government in Iraq.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/ir...-home-headlines (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-contracts7nov07,1,2261943.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
Reports from the United States suggest the Bush administration has become so frustrated with the Iraqi Governing Council, it may be looking to scrap it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3256005.stm
The chief American administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has warned of an increase in attacks by insurgents.
Mr Bremer predicted that after a new Iraqi government is established, it would ask "coalition forces in some number to be still here".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3256487.stm
American troops have clashed with Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq, the Turkish authorities say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3257273.stm
The people of Iraq may have poorer health for generations as a result of the war, according to a report.
Medical charity Medact says this year's conflict disrupted immunisation programmes and destroyed water systems, increasing levels of disease.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/3259489.stm
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