Re: how not to run an occupation
On Dec 12, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
From: Doug Henwood DHENWOOD@panix.com
Just recorded my interview with Patrick Cockburn on his new book
on The Occupation. He says: “There are 1000 people in the US
embassy in the Green Zone in Baghdad, and six of them are fluent
Arabic speakers.”I hope he gave proper credit to Baker, Hamilton et al. — i.e.,
from the Iraq Study Group Report, pg 60
Pedant! He’s been going to Iraq since 1978 and knows his stuff.