Joy, I'm with Kat on this one.  The links you provided were from pubs that,
covertly or overtly, have agendas to foster.  Yes, even the WP has been
sullied in this area.

I've advocated STRATFOR.COM on the list, but there's a fee.  I'm assuming
that would preclude a "poor" college student, but if you have the money it
is a very even handed source.

The other option would be to read both left and right material and judge
your truth to be somewhere in the middle.

Kyle

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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


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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 12:51 PM
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> 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~