> The basic services are still not operating in Baghdad ... > Meanwhile Bechtel and Halliburton are doing a grand job in > the oilfield areas of Iraq. No problems there... > I don't think America is really very > interested so long as the oil starts to flow. > From today's NYT: > ALLIED TO RETAIN LARGER IRAQ FORCE AS STRIFE PERSISTS
Makes one wonder if there is an international law equivalent to criminal negligence. US behavior here is contemptible. What does Blair say? Does the UK have any influence on these matters? For an excellently succinct comment on these "post-war" matters check out Mark Fiore's clever cartoon ---> http://www.markfiore.com/animation/planner.html And while you're at it ---> http://www.markfiore.com/animation/looting.html best wishes, Stephen Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vancouver, B.C. [Outgoing mail scanned by Norton AntiVirus] _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
