:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 5.17.2003 ::
:: War & Iraq ::
From The Guardian UK:
Campaigners count bodies to ensure US compensation
The US government is now legally obliged to account for the thousands of Iraqi civilians killed or injured in the war, and those who had their homes destroyed, and give them financial compensation
Oil boss paid $1m a year by contract bidder
America braced for criticism over rebuilding plans and claims of human rights abuse
The US-led effort to rebuild Iraq was facing more criticism yesterday after the Texan businessman installed to run the country's oil industry admitted having financial links to a company bidding for reconstruction work.
Philip Carroll acknowledged in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that he could be accused of a conflict of interest because of his relationship with Fluor. The disclosure will pile more pressure on to the Bush administration for its handling of the rebuilding programme.
The secret process of awarding multi-billion-dollar contracts to reconstruction companies, many with links to the administration, has proven contentious in the US and Europe.
US police to be boosted by 6,000
Iraq's new civilian administrator yesterday promised to bring thousands more military police into the country, and to step up patrols in an attempt to control widespread looting and lawlessness.
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