Rather than expand the free market American intervention has further increased the roll of government spending:
- Iraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government Soar (NY Times)
- Money as a Weapon: A modest program to put cash in Iraqis’ hands stretches its mandate with big projects (Washington Post)
- In Ramadi, a Counterinsurgency in Cash:Program Fed $87 Million To Violence-Plagued City (Washington Post)
The women in Roqaya Al Ghasara’s home town in Bahrain are so proud of their pioneering Olympic sprinter that …” they sewed “tailor-made aerodynamic veils for her to run in.:”
The transformation of the Mahdi Army militia into a broad “social and political network” continues:
- After Setbacks, Sadr Redirects Mahdi Army (Christian Science Monitor)
Coalition pleads ignorance of civilians in target:
“Even some of the unpopular leader’s allies are urging him to quit:”
- Pressure Builds on Pakistan’s Musharraf (Christian Science Monitor)
Welfare officials call spread of fighting “a potential humanitarian disaster:”
- Refugee Exodus Grows in Southern Philippines (NY Times)
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