On Wed, 19 May 2004 07:12:55 -0400, John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT
An article from Feb 15, before the mass uprising began with the closing down of a Baghdad newspaper. Looking further, this whole thing was a compilation of good news articles, next two more from December. Wonder if the international PR firm, mentioned in the only post with a date within the past week, had anything to do with this compilation? > HEALTHIER, WEALTHIER AND WISER >From about the only pro-US bloggers now. Two dentists who's incomes have shot way up. Pensions, salaries info from May, education back from last year when the CPA was promoting that story. Great that the Iraqi ex-pats are coming back to Baghdad though. Health care was bad but was finally beginning to improve until the latest surge in the uprising. > SPIRITS REVIVE: "In a stunning upset victory, the Iraq national football > team defeated Saudi Arabia tonight 3 to 1 to earn a trip to the 2004 > Olympic Summer games in Athens."> The main topic on the Iraqi news was how everyone was upset the Americans made them play in an empty stadium because of security concerns. > Other areas of life previously suppressed are experiencing cultural revival > - like traditional Kurdish music. "Before, Arab music was the most popular, > but now even the latest albums aren't selling... Many more people are > buying Kurdish music," says Niyaz Zangana, who runs the popular Zang record > store in Arbil. Kurdistan is a success story. Give them independence and they will love us. I want Iraq to succeed, if we were really delivering Democracy under competent leadership there wouldn't be this uprising. Gary "anti-PR" Denton #1 on Google for liberal news
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