April 10 2003
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April 10 2003
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Hospitals struggle to cope with casualties Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 4-10-03 ... volunteers to reach some hospitals and lack ... to the director of another hospital ... water network was limited because of security ... has been hit by widespread looting ... Baghdad: Unsafe For Red Cross? - WCCO Red Cross Suspends Baghdad Work; Canadian Killed - Washington Post |
Slain aid worker was `great humanitarian' |
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Today's cartoon was inspired by this quote: "We thought when they entered the city, they would prepare an administration to take control," said Dr. Janan Peter al-Sabah, the Basra's hospital chief of surgery. "We don't need food or water. What we lack is safety and protection. Our message to the coalition troops is to take responsibility for the security of the people, of the homes, of the facilities."
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Conflicting
news stories:
You read - you decide.
US defense contractors take aim at 'friendly fire'
Forbes - 4-9-03
(Reuters) In the first Iraq war 12 years ago, 35 of
the 148 U.S. troops killed in combat died as a result of "friendly fire." That
means almost a quarter of American war dead from that conflict were killed by
friendly forces.
In this war, as of Monday, "friendly fire" killed 16 out of the 89
Americans who had died in the conflict. That's about 18 percent
Half of US Troop Deaths Said Accidental
Seattle Post Intelligencer 4-9-03
Of the 108 coalition troops reported dead in Iraq as of midday Monday, 53 had been killed in action, according to military reports. Of the remaining 55, helicopter accidents had killed 28 and 14 others died in land accidents, according to a casualty database maintained by The Associated Press.
Conflicting news reports on the deaths of US Troops? Good communication job, W.
Before Baghdad’s cocks crow thrice the Bush administration plans to
announce its hand-chosen glove-puppet permanent our-son-of-a-bitch to rule the
“new” Iraq.
http://www.asticles.com/asticles/letthe.htm
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Spotlight shifts to Iraq's weapons
Art by Jackanapes |
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Why didn't Saddam use his weapons of mass destruction? Is he saving them for the right moment?
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GOOBER EMAIL: epearo@magma.com SUBJECT: Your website
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QUOTES OF THE DAY
"If a murderous dictator won't use WMD when
he's days or hours from death, when would he use
them? |
"In Iraq, the U.S. military's whack-a-mole approach to killing Saddam Hussein may have finally paid off. ... The bombs destroyed the area and left behind a 60-foot crater, or as coalition forces prefer to call it: a freedom hole." —Jon Stewart | "Did you see the Osama bin Laden
dinner party tape? He's having dinner with a legless sheik. We can't even
catch that guy." —David Letterman |
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Just what the military needs--a $200,000
Hollywood-like stage--how apropos. |
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cya
