[Marxism] The Talibanization of Iraq

[Brian Shannon <brian_shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My title, of course.

The picture presented threatens even the 4 to 14 permanent military
bases that the United States plans for Iraq.

"Who Lost Iraq?" may be the slogan for the first quarter of the 21st
century.
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Leaked US memo paints grim picture of life in Iraq
US embassy cable says Iraqi staffers live in constant fear for their
lives.
By Tom Regan | csmonitor.com

In a leaked memo from the US embassy in Baghdad, sent to the US State
Department earlier this month, embassy employees present a much
different assessment than the one put forward by the Bush
administration in the past two weeks.

The memo, which was obtained by The Washington Post and reported on
Sunday, "painted a starkly different portrait of increasing danger
and hardship faced by its Iraqi employees."

> This cable, marked "sensitive" and obtained by The Washington Post,
> outlines in spare prose the daily-worsening conditions for those
> who live outside the heavily guarded international zone:
> harassment, threats and the employees' constant fears that their
> neighbors will discover they work for the US government.

FULL AT
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0620/dailyUpdate.html



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