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...diplomats standing by in Kuwait, awaiting Saddam's defeat. Once that happens, they will cross the border to become the nerve center of postwar Iraq. Advance teams are ready to move in as early as this week. Garner plans to establish three administrative centers--in Baghdad, Mosul and Basra--that will supervise humanitarian relief and reconstruction, keep the oil flowing, purge Saddam loyalists from Iraqi government agencies and set in motion the most difficult of U.S. war aims: the establishment of democratic institutions in a country that has never known them...
...been looted or stolen. Local people say they have not seen U.S. troops in the city, despite news reports. The troops will have to move in fast and have a law inforcement land aid if they are to prevent the scenes of "untidiness" that have been witnessed in Baghdad, Basra and Mosul. U.S. forces this time know what to expect. They will have fewer excuses for inaction this time...
...just a few miles away from the home of Ali Hassan al-Majid, a.k.a. 'Chemical Ali,' the Saddam confidant who was killed in Basra a few weeks ago. The villages around here are peopled by tribes that have close ties to the Saddam regime, but nearly all of them seem to be sending out word to the Peshmerga that they want to talk - not fight...
...Majesty’s troops fare little better in the art of propaganda, judging by the thousands of flyers they handed out in Basra. These flyers depict two cartoon characters—one British and the other Iraqi—shaking hands vigorously. The text reads, “This time we won’t abandon you. Be patient, together we will win.” Again, a sincere message ruined by a simplistic and patronizing presentation...
Apart from Iraq, Earthviewer can show Baghdad-level detail for most major U.S. and European cities. For now, the rest of the globe is a little more fuzzy. Still, it's pretty cool to fly from a street in San Diego to Basra in 10 seconds. Even the Air Force can't do that. --By Chris Taylor