Word: iraq
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Investigative reporters who uncovered information about U.S. policy toward Iraq and who reported charges of sexual misconduct by a former senator were rewarded last night at the Kennedy School of Government with a prize...
What is so remarkable about the American withdrawal and the arrival of a UN force that actually has foreign troops in it (as opposed to, say, the "UN" coalition against Iraq) is that it is happening...
Actually, this was never much of a threat. After decades of heinously self-interested Cold War foreign policy, the danger that a single humanitarian precedent could send the U.S. down the path of no return is inconceivable. As we let the Kurds rot in northern Iraq, it is simply comic to imagine us committing our military to a policy of global famine prevention...
Beware food that falls from the sky. When supplies were airlifted to Kurdish refugees trapped on the mountain border of Iraq two years ago, people were injured and even killed. Eager recipients who rushed to catch the descending pallets were crushed and others wounded as they fought for possession of the aid. By one count, at least 16 people died in such accidents. It is not easy to provide humanitarian aid this way, nor is it always effective...
Incidents in Iraq can be seen as purely Western interest at work, with the no fly zone only established because of Western embarrassment over the handling of the Kurdish plight, Alston said...