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Stories from 2004-06-29

Born Under a Cloud of Irony

Robert Scheer | Los Angeles Times | June 29, 2004

"It is perhaps not strange then that Allawi, who built his exile organization with defecting Iraqi military officers, is already proclaiming the need to delay elections scheduled for January and impose martial law. On Monday Bush said coalition forces would support such a call for martial law, presumably enforced by U.S. troops." [more]

Iraq is Worse Off Than Before the War Began, GAO reports

Seth Borenstein | Knight Ridder/Tribune Wire | June 29, 2004

"In a few key areas — electricity, the judicial system and overall security — the Iraq that America handed back to its residents Monday is worse off than before the war began last year, according to calculations in a new General Accounting Office report released Tuesday." [more]

Analysis: The Dawn of a New Iraq or a Return to Secrecy and Killing?

James Meek | Guardian | June 29, 2004

"The Bremer who waved from the steps of his departing C-130 did not only leave sovereignty, in the form of a terse two-paragraph letter, with the Iraqis. He left 160,000 foreign troops, a broken economy and a land beset by ruthless, reckless armed bands." [more]

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