October 18, 2003
1. Who is profiting from
the Iraq war and reconstruction?
2. Two interesting items from
today's Daily Misleader posting.
3. Keep your eye on
Syria......
4. US soldiers bulldoze
farmers' trees in Iraq - war crime?
5. This guy is sure to make relations better with the Muslim
world - Not.
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1.
This report covers a number of the major companies who have been
awarded lucrative contracts by the Bush Admin, and also shows how
these companies are linked to various officials. Quite disgusting.
Look for the link to the report at the bottom of the page - it's in
PDF so you'll have to download it to read, 23 pages long.
2. Today's (10-16) Daily
Misleader has two interesting items. Item one says that the
military already has enough money to cover operations in Iraq
through next May, so they don't need the additional $67 billion that
Bush says is so urgently required. Item two tells us that US
subcontractors are using Asian migrant workers to rebuild Iraq,
rather than hiring some of the 7 million unemployed Iraqis. If you
can't get to this website today, there are archives on the site
where you will find these items, as well as past Misleader messages.
3. Somehow we missed this
vote on sanctions against Syria, passed the House easily - perhaps
some of you knew about it. Lots of tough talk from Tom DeLay. It's
expected to pass in the Senate as well.
4. A very distressing piece
about the treatment of some Iraqi farmers - a page out of Israel's
book
5. This Lt. Gen, in charge of
the hunt for Osama, Saddam, and other high officials, frames his
mission in religious terms that surely will not sit well with
Muslims. Another foreign policy blunder by the Bush admin.