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To: Skywatcher who wrote (6778)	5/13/2003 3:13:01 AM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

U.S. Overhauls Administration to Govern Iraq: Deep Changes as Chaos Lingers in Baghdad By Patrick Tyler and Edmund L. Andrews EXCERPT: " Officials said the impetus for the overhaul stems in part from urgent warnings that the escalating violence and a breakdown of civil order are already paralyzing the effort to rebuild Iraq. "Unless we do something in the near future, it is likely to blow up in our face," one official said. "Today, black smoke billowed over Baghdad's skyline as looters set fire to the city's former telephone communications center, apparently as a distraction for others who tried to steal cars nearby. On the other side of the city, hundreds of looters, who now range through the city every day poured into a palace of Saddam Hussein after American military units decided to vacate it. Baghdad is once again becoming a city of almost hourly eruptions of gunfire. Criminals are shooting at other criminals, officials said. Families are settling scores, and some Iraqis are just taking potshots at American forces. From the outset, the task of quickly re-establishing order and civil administration in Iraq was far more daunting than American officials had planned for, they now acknowledge. A month into reconstruction, there is still no functioning police force in Baghdad." Source: The New York Times Date: Monday, May 12, 2003 Page A1 National Edition >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bush got his Iraq war and look at the mess he created. Contrary to what the American major tv networks want you to believe, Iraq's near term future doesn't look great, and I feel sorry for the Iraqis. I cannot imagine what it would be like if we didn't have a functioning police force in our cities.