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 [Commonblog.com] Common Cause Blog :: What "Reconstruction" (in Iraq)?: They've repeatedly punched Iraqi ministers, accidentally shot at visiting dignitaries and behave (even on good days) with all the courtesy of nightclub bouncers--to Americans and Iraqis alike. Not that U.S. soldiers in Iraq have much to smile about. They're overworked, much ignored on the home front and widely despised in Iraq, with little to look forward to but the distant end of their tours--and in most cases, another tour soon to follow.

 [Needlenose.com] swopa's blog | Needlenose: On Sunday, members of Iraq's elite police commando units, heralded by U.S. and Iraqi officials as a key to stemming the insurgency, staged a protest outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, saying they hadn't been paid in four months, witnesses said.You can see how the guerrillas' strategy of destroying Iraq's infrastructure has paid off -- by blowing up pipelines relentlessly, they're forcing the government to lay off employees, who then become prime recruits to join the insurgency. Not only that, they have a chance of breaking up some of the most effective new death squads military units if the government can't scrape up the cash to pay them ...

[Dbs.homeport.org] Planet Geek!: The four-square-mile Green Zone, the one place in Baghdad where ... They're overworked, much ignored on the home front and widely despised in Iraq, ...

[Newsdissector.com] News Dissector Blog » 2005 » June » 06: They've repeatedly punched Iraqi ministers, accidentally shot at visiting dignitaries and behave (even on good days) with all the courtesy of nightclub bouncers to Americans and Iraqis alike. Not that U.S. soldiers in Iraq have much to smile about. They're overworked, much ignored on the home front and widely despised in Iraq, with little to look forward to but the distant end of their tours and in most cases, another tour soon to follow.

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