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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (157079)	5/8/2003 1:22:16 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 164684

LOL -- warmongering for fun and profit. He makes Henry Blodget look clean.

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (157079)	5/8/2003 3:05:10 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Mines and cluster bombs continue war on Iraqis U.S. DISGRACEFULLY REFUSES TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL TREATY Mercury News Editorial FOR the people of Iraq, the horror and bloodshed of war are not over. They will persist for years because of a silent, deadly peril: land mines and unexploded munitions. In Iraqi Kurdistan alone, a mine kills or maims about one person a day. The daily toll in lives and limbs argues eloquently against the use of these random killers. Yet the United States persists in refusing to join the international treaty banning land mines. It's a disgrace. bayarea.com

To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (157079)	5/8/2003 3:17:53 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Free Fall in Iraq.. "...Mr. Garner has reappointed senior Baathists as ministers and university administrators and to other high-level posts are particularly disturbing." Lines at the gasoline pump in Iraq now last up to three days. Electricity, needed for water and refrigeration units, flickers on and off. Uncollected garbage rots in the hot streets. An outbreak of cholera was reported yesterday in Basra. Cases of diarrhea in young children are also increasing. Hospitals looted of drugs and diagnostic equipment limp along. Few Iraqis are feeling nostalgic for the sadistic terror of Saddam Hussein. But in the bad old days, basic services were more dependable. It is too soon for definitive judgments. But it is not too early to say that the first few weeks of American occupation under the leadership of Jay Garner, a retired Army lieutenant general, have left a great deal to be desired. For most Iraqis, relief over the end of more than 30 years of harsh Baathist dictatorship still seems the dominant emotion. But unless Washington's newly reinforced team, under Paul Bremer III, quickly turns things around, good will could rapidly turn sour. Iraq's oil industry, infrastructure and health system were weakened by multiple wars and a dozen years of sanctions. Then came the additional damage inflicted by this year's American aerial bombardment and ground invasion. But the current chaos is less a result of fresh war damage, which was relatively limited, than of the Bush administration's failure to plan for replacing a regime that had long ordered every detail of Iraqi life. The answer is not for American occupation authorities to try to piece back together elements of the cruel and unlamented Baathist state. Reports that Mr. Garner has reappointed senior Baathists as ministers and university administrators and to other high-level posts are particularly disturbing. nytimes.com