U.S. links Iraq contracts to future assistance

UpInArms

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Wed Dec-10-03 07:30 PM
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U.S. links Iraq contracts to future assistance

http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters12-10-072317.asp?reg=MIDEAST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 — The United States on Wednesday suggested it could be willing to open up Iraqi reconstruction contracts to countries that did not participate in the U.S.-led war if they assist ''coalition efforts'' in other ways.

''If there are additional countries that want to participate in our efforts ... the circumstances can change,'' White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.

...only a bit more...

so that is what all the "no contracts for anti-war countries" is all about -

give us your youth and innocent and put them in the war grinder and then you can "participate" in the contracts.

:puke:

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Homer12

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Wed Dec-10-03 07:33 PM
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1. International Bribery, Bushco has sunk even lower.

Got to laugh.

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asjr

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Wed Dec-10-03 07:49 PM
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2. I think I will

call it compassionate extortion. You know what a compassionate person the Shrub is. We want to get out of Iraq. Why not let everyone bid and get the job over with. Progress will be quicker and our guys and gals can come home sooner. This administration has been underhanded from the beginning but this is just astounding.

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Mikimouse

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Wed Dec-10-03 07:55 PM
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3. I fervently hope that this charade ends with the

international community giving the US a resounding F*** You. This goes far beyond bribery and extortion, it send the same kind of message that the schoolyard bully sends as he steals your lunch after beating you to pulp while laughing. I say, go EU and Russia, since no one here seems to be really willing to do anything constructive to get rid of these plutocrats. Damn it! I think we need to reassess our priorities, and quickly. I for one am perfectly willing to forego most of the 'luxuries' of this society for a bit of security and an internationalist approach.

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number6

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Wed Dec-10-03 08:13 PM
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4. operation pis off the world...

continues ...

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wegottem

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Wed Dec-10-03 08:18 PM
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5. teaching Iraq

this is how democracy works if your a Repulician jerks if you dont do things my way Im taking my ball and going home.

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54anickel

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Wed Dec-10-03 08:24 PM
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6. Tell me again how this is not about oil, but of WMD, no wait, chemical

weapons, no wait, liberating those poor people from the tyrant, ya ya that's it. Liberation. So WTF is this about the WTO?

McClellan also said the United States believed that its new rules denying prime contracts to countries that have not helped its mission in Iraq were consistent with the rules of the World Trade Organization.

:wtf:

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BonjourUSA

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Wed Dec-10-03 09:01 PM
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7. If you want a sweety, came to play with me

Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 09:03 PM by BonjourUSA

What a great psychology.

I imagine Chirac saying : "We're going to spend troops in Irak... Because we'll get some cents" or million of $. He wouldn't end his speech that million French would be in the streets !!!!

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