Some “highlights” in the USAID fact sheet released a couple of weeks ago: Power Production“In April, Iraq/’s electrical generation capacity was 1,275 MW-29 percent of the pre-conflict level. … Total demand in Iraq is still estimated to be 7,000 MW, and although the overall security situation has improved-especially since the deployment of /’power police/’ to …
Sutyagin gets 15 years
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The Moscow City court sentenced Sutyagin to 15 years in a maximum-security prison.
When it rains, it pours: Afghanistan and Iraq
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The New York Times is reporting that, contrary to “repeated statements by the Bush administration and American officials in Iraq”, U.S. intellgience officials “are confronting a broad-based Shiite uprising that goes well beyond supporters of one militant Islamic cleric who has been the focus of American counterinsurgency efforts.” At the same time we are fighting …
More Wolfowitz Delusions
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Wolfowitz, in October 2003, responding to suggestions that an ambush that killed several Ukranian soldiers might dash hopes for a more international force: Actually, I visited down in that area. I met with the commander of the multinational force. It/’s in the Shia heartland where some people predicted we/’d have all kinds of trouble after …
