Bremer Wants To End UN Food Distribution Program in Iraq

[Oilwellian]

I'm sure this will go over well. :eyes:

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A more substantial assault on Saddam's legacy is under way in the Republican Palace, where the occupation authority is making preparations to dismantle the food distribution system which gave free rations of flour, rice, cooking oil and other staples to every Iraqi.

Described by the UN as the world's most efficient food network, the system still keeps Iraqis from going hungry. But the US civilian administrator of Iraq, Paul Bremer, views it as a dangerous socialist anachronism. The coalition provisional authority (CPA) is planning to abolish it in January, despite warnings from its own technical experts that this could lead to hunger and riots.

Also note further down in the article:

"The second-in-command at the information ministry, who spent his days reading the reports the minders wrote about visiting foreign journalists, has been employed by Fox News."

Fox News hired Saddam's 2nd in command of the Information Ministry? Does that mean they'll change their motto to "Fair & Baathist?" LOLOL!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1058867,00.html

[Padraig18]

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