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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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Unocal in Babel
Via the Iraq Crisis e-mai list (run out of the University of Chicago):
On 16 July 2004 the Paris/Beirut-based Middle East Tactical Studies group reported the following in their subscriber-only Iraq Information Report #5/531:
"Unocal: US oil firm Unocal is reported to have promised to help rehabilitate the historic city of Babel as soon as the US forces are pulled out of it. Iraqi sources say in this regard that US oil companies are competing with each other to please the Iraqi government through seeking to rehabilitate Iraq's
historic and archaeological sites, including the central museum of Baghdad."
First things first ... water and electricity can wait.
11:11:52 PM 
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Animal House
Your Delta Tau Chi name is "Flounder."
Postscript: Perhaps President Bush, so fond of nicknames, should start calling Rumsfeld "Otter."
10:52:51 PM
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Mobilization
The WSJ reports on voter registration drives for American ex-patriates and soldiers overseas. Interest is high.
And it seems that many of our troops are not taken by the incumbent:
Anecdotal evidence suggests that even regular Army soldiers are far from unanimous agreement over the decision to wage war in Iraq. "That captain's speech sparked some big-time political discussions around the base," says Spc. Buzzell, a regular Army soldier. "I think people back home would be shocked to find out how many soldiers could end up voting for Kerry. "Because Pentagon policy forbids partisan politicking on U.S. bases, even the parties appear unsure of the way the average soldier is leaning in the coming election. An NBC-Wall Street Journal poll conducted in late June gave Mr. Bush a slight edge of 47% to 45% among respondents living in the U.S. who identified themselves as members of "active military families." But it was a small sample of only 120 people.
[Thanks to EA]
12:04:53 PM
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