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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (149936)	10/30/2004 12:07:16 AM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Baghdad Year Zero - Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia Posted on Friday, September 24, 2004. Originally from Harper's Magazine, September 2004. By Naomi Klein. That autumn was awash in “rebuilding Iraq” trade shows, in Washington, London, Madrid, and Amman. The Economist described Iraq under Bremer as “a capitalist dream,” and a flurry of new consulting firms were launched promising to help companies get access to the Iraqi market, their boards of directors stacked with well-connected Republicans. The most prominent was New Bridge Strategies, started by Joe Allbaugh, former Bush-Cheney campaign manager. “Getting the rights to distribute Procter & Gamble products can be a gold mine,” one of the company’s partners enthused. “One well-stocked 7-Eleven could knock out thirty Iraqi stores; a Wal-Mart could take over the country.” Read it: harpers.org

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