From what I've also read, Joy, the Americans and other allies are working to
get the basic necessities back up and functional.  A lot of what we're
reading out there is one-sided.

Kat


----- Original Message -----
From: "- Joy -" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: WMD'S DOES IT MATTER


> Ken,
>
> Sorry, I'm behind on my email.  But you asked "do you think the
> average Iraqi is better off now than they were before
> the invasion?"  Honestly, I don't think they're better off by much.  Check
> out these articles.  You might have to reconstruct the links to get them
to
> work.  What good is freedom if you don't have basic
> necessities/infrastructure?  I fear that this war, and the destruction we
> caused, is only going to fuel more hatred of the US, leading to more
> terrorism, not less.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/04/1051987604147.html
> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0515-01.htm
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42884-2003May11.html
> http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2741433
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A1
> 0795-2003Apr11&notFound=true
>
> For the British perspective on Iraq, try http://news.bbc.co.uk/ and
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/ .
>
> ~Joy~