Iraqi Kurds 'Ethnically Cleanse' Iraqi Bedouin
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Monday April 14, 2003 14:41
by redjade
when does the 'nation building' begin? Oh yes, i forgot, W is opposed to nation building, only destroying...
more at
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/international/worldspecial/14NORT.html
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This village is one of five south of Kirkuk where residents have been notified by the Patriotic Union's office in Daquq to vacate their homes by Monday. On a tour today to the area, researchers for Human Rights Watch, an independent group, said they found credible accounts of 2,000 people who had already been displaced from the area.
A senior Kurdish official also said tonight there had been reports of rapes committed by looters or vandals in another village. The official said the reports had not yet been confirmed and were being investigated.
Journalists have also seen several emptied Arab villages on the road that runs northwest from Kirkuk to Maqmur, and more on another highway heading south.
In the villages, the unrest has the feel of an opportunity lost. Many of the Bedouin said they had supported the removal of Mr. Hussein.
"Saddam," said Muhammad Muzir Shahim, standing with other men in this village when three Western journalists and the Human Rights Watch team arrived. "Hitler No. 2."
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NY Times Editorial
More at
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/opinion/14MON1.html
Invading, occupying and rebuilding Iraq will cost American taxpayers more than $100 billion. But for some lucky companies, Iraq is emerging as a profit center. The administration has begun farming out contracts, and politically connected firms like Halliburton are among the early winners. This looks like naked favoritism and undermines the Bush administration's portrayal of the war as a campaign for disarmament and democracy, not lucre.
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Companies unfairly excluded from bidding for these contracts are justifiably upset, including those based in Britain, America's most important military ally in Iraq. Under World Trade Organization rules, procurement contracts are supposed to be open to all bidders, domestic and foreign.
Even if a legal basis can be found for these closed bidding arrangements, they are unacceptable. The Iraq war was fought in the name of high principles. Victory should not turn into an undeserved financial bonanza for companies that have cultivated close ties with the Bush administration.
When communists take over and true workers state is formed. That is when.
you're quite fond of old joe stalin, yes? get a grip, if that is the communism you're after, then you're closer than you think....
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/14/international/worldspecial/14BUSH.html?pagewanted=print&position=top
Even this afternoon Mr. Bush could not help reminding reporters that Iraq will not be rebuilt in a day.
"You know, it's amazing," he said. "The statue comes down on Wednesday and the headlines start to read, `Oh, there's disorder.' "
"Well, no kidding," he continued. "It is a situation that is chaotic because Saddam Hussein created the conditions for chaos. He created conditions of fear and hatred. And it's going to take a while to stabilize the country."
US rejects Iraq DU clean-up
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2946715.stm
The US says it has no plans to remove the debris left over from depleted uranium (DU) weapons it is using in Iraq.
DU shells can go straight through the side of a tank It says no clean-up is needed, because research shows DU has no long-term effects.
I notice in today's paper that the "leader" of the Iraqi "exiles" in Ireland has "no immediate plans" to go home.
Just in case he reads this site, I'd like him to know that I don't want any Iraqis here, now that their homeland has been "liberated". I'd appreciate it if he started making his travel plans. I expect Baghdad Airport will be open to civilian traffic in a week or two. Then it should be a case of Adios, or however you say "Bye Bye" in Arabic !
There really is no justification now for any Iraqis to claim to be refugees here. Let's hope they can clear up their affairs in Ireland and speedily return to work on the new Iraq.
Iraqis are welcome here and always will be.
What kind of person would suggest that exaclty what Iraq needs now is for all Iraqi exile to return immediately?
There are enough difficulties in Iraq at the moment with a lack of basics such as clean water for the people there, without throwing thousands of exiled Iraqis back in.
So you show your true faces at last
I'm surprised Ray hasn't posted a note about everybody knowing where the NY Times website is on here? Consistency Ray ... in a world gone mad?
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