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"There's two kinds of Iraqis here, the ones who help us and the ones who shoot us, and there's an awful lot of them doing both," said Staff Sgt. Jason Hoover, 26. "Yes, it's frustrating. But we can't just stop working with them."

http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20060429-075736-5692r.htm


From Information Clearing House

Two years ago, the United States government promised to build more than 140 badly needed health clinics in Iraq, bringing basic care to underserved areas outside the big cities. Now, with roughly $200 million already spent and financing from Washington set to run out in less than nine months, it appears extremely unlikely that most of those clinics will ever be built.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041906L.shtml

Liberty For All
by Jonathan David Morris

04/18/06

In last week's article, I wrote that 'the only thing America's confident in anymore is its military.' Predictably, I got a couple of letters from people who angrily denied this assertion -- only to turn around and remind me we wouldn't be free if people hadn't 'shed blood' for our country. This was basically exactly what I was getting at. America's a nation enamored by its military. And judging by the way we use 'war' to describe mere differences in opinion (see: the War on Christmas), I think it's safe to say, as a people, we love a good war. The problem with this particular fetish is that it distorts our nation's priorities...

http://www.libertyforall.net/2006/april30/Failure.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp