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To: NickSE who wrote (90600)	4/6/2003 10:49:04 AM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In Bid to Shape a Postwar Iraq, U.S. Goes by the Schoolbook washingtonpost.com When the new Iraqi school year begins in five months, the Bush administration hopes to have in place wholesale revisions to textbooks that have taught a generation of Iraqis to be ready to die for Saddam Hussein. The revisions are part of an ambitious U.S. effort to demilitarize a school curriculum that has touted Iraqi battlefield prowess and weaponry and demonized the United States as a fearsome enemy..... .....In February, USAID announced a new, $60 million project to rebuild 1,000 Afghanistan schools, print 15 million textbooks and train 30,000 teachers.....

To: NickSE who wrote (90600)	4/6/2003 12:30:55 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

I had no idea we had so many SpecOps. Too many to have been trained up to the standards of a couple of years ago. And the number will increase as a result of this action. Another surprise has been this: >>>> Among the most visible blows dealt U.S. and U.K. forces so far was the disabling of at least two technologically advanced Abrams M1 tanks, reportedly attacked by Iraqi soldiers using Russian-made Kornet antitank missiles.<<<< rferl.org This ain't supposed to be there, and has caused real problems, not just the supposed ones of the night goggles. The Russians really violated the sanctions with this sale.