Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
[Chrenkoff] Good news from Iraq, Part 25: The project employs 310 Iraqi workers and covers the rehabilitation of both turbines, the replacement of boiler and turbine controls with a modern, sustainable system, and the refurbishment of the 132kV switchyard. The project also includes rehabilitation of water intake screens, auxiliary mechanical equipment and electrical equipment, electrical cabling, electrical raceways, cable trays and control systems.
[Political Waves] And Old Song with a New "Rendition": Torture: . It took no particular insight to realize that mistreatment of detainees could have a highly toxic effect on our attempt to win over the Iraqi citizenry. Despite this, prior to the Abu Ghraib revelations, no safeguards whatsoever were in place to prevent excessive force. No serious oversight was exercised to guarantee that even under difficult circumstances, the US w
[Armscontrolwonk.com] ArmsControlWonk | an arms control weblog: ElBaradei will meet with Condoleeza Rice to discuss a “number of important non-proliferation matters that will come up at next week’s (IAEA) board of governors meeting,” IAEA spokesperson Mark Gwozdecky told Charbonneau.
[Stromata.typepad.com] Stromata Blog: Iraq: Senator Kerry has himself, after much of his famous hemming and hawing, quite unambiguously joined the ranks of those who attribute the invasion of Iraq to an irrational desire for war on the President's part, eschewing any notion that "people of good will can disagree on that". (Vide William Kristol, "Anti-anti-Saddamism".) As for "not fail[ing] at peace" in Iraq, he voted against funds for reconstructing the country and has never offered any post-Saddam program other than handing over much of the job to governments that wanted to keep the tyrant in power, which is as realistic as basing one's financial plans on winning the lottery.
[Maxspeak.org] Archived Weblog Entry - 10/30/2002: "VIVE LA DIFFERENCE": Despite our ideological dissimilarities, all here view the colonization of Iraq, if not the entire Middle East, as a problem with huge practical difficulties and dangers for the U.S. In this case as well, I also think most would regard such a project as wrong, even if it were feasible.
[Lipmagazine.org] LiP Media Blog: August 2004 Archives: LiP's race and ethnicity editor, Tim Wise, who's been called one of the foremost anti-racist activists in the country, has a new blog, and it's a hard-hitting, always provocative and well-reasoned take on race, power and interpretation.
[Blog.anarchy.org.au] An Australian Anarchist Weblog: With this skill, Delgado often served as a translator in the Army, which provided him with several chances to talk with Iraqi civilians.
Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Iraq, Iraq Reviews
