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...Early indications are that much of that burden will be born by the U.S. taxpayer. For example, although a dozen countries are expected to contribute small numbers of troops to a 20,000-strong peacekeeping force led by Poland, most are expecting the U.S. to pay their way. Occupation is certainly a costly business: Just this week, a further $300 million was added to the annual budget with the announcement that U.S. authorities would resume paying salaries to Saddam's now disbanded professional army. But that may be a sound investment, since if a quarter of a million trained soldiers...
...signaling a recovery in the broader economy, but not a return to the bull market of the 1990s," Codogno cautions. So keep that exuberance rational. Pole Position Shifts Again Maybe it's time to hire a temp. After Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller yanked away economic control and transferred it to economy minister Jerzy Hausner, Grzegorz Kolodko became the second Finance Minister to quit during Miller's troubled 20-month administration. Kolodko warned that Hausner would destroy attempts to control deficits - jeopardizing euro membership. Some analysts, already spooked by Poland's shortfalls, agreed. "It's a mixed blessing," says...
...past, Castro, 76, managed to neutralize dissidents before they became globally known, like Lech Walesa in Poland or Corazon Aquino in the Philippines. But Paya's celebrity is beginning to rival Castro's. During his visit to Cuba last year, ex-President Jimmy Carter hailed Paya in a speech broadcast to every Cuban household. Paya won the European Union's Sakharov Prize for human rights last December. Vaclav Havel, who led the "velvet revolution" that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia, has nominated Paya for the Nobel Peace Prize. Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival last week canceled its screening...
...rebuilding Iraq, one must recall examples of postcommunist countries like Poland [COVER STORY, April 21]. The allies have to install democratic institutions and above all school the Iraqi people in how to function in a democracy. The allies should send teachers to Iraq to train this new society. The coalition will thereby be perceived not only as occupying troops but also as real liberators. It is important to include Israel among the states giving charitable aid to Iraq. Jews will have a chance to be seen as friends of Arabs and the Islamic world. MAREK WIEROSKI Andrychw, Poland...
...remains key to convincing other governments to share the economic and military load of getting Iraq back on its feet. Some 15 countries sent representatives to a meeting in London Thursday to discuss sending troops for an international stabilization force being initiated by Washington. But some key countries, including Poland which was tapped to control one of three or four security zones into which Iraq would be divided, have insisted that the mission must be mandated by a UN resolution...