More utter chaos and death in the streets of Iraq. Thanks, "liberation forces"! A quote later (not below) is especially ripe: ""I'm sorry," he says he tells Iraqis, but it's just too early to expect reliable utilities or supplies of food and water."
Yes, especially since America destroyed them so they could be rebuilt by Halliburton and Bechtel.
For Crime Victims in Iraq, No Place to Turn
The shop didn't require armed guards in the past, when Saddam's government swiftly caught and punished thieves. Now her husband, Hasham Hussein, is armed with a pistol. Another male relative brandishes a Kalashnikov. The men say a jewelry store owner around the corner was robbed and killed 10 days ago.In a cobbler's shop nearby, proprietor Samir Gul reports what happened a week ago. Right out front, at 2 p.m., two girls -- about 17 -- were stuck up by men with large knives. A car came by, its driver offering to rescue the women. It was a ruse. When the teenagers got in, the kidnappers did too.
The men in the cobbler's shop, fearing they'd be shot, did nothing. Ordered earlier to disarm by American soldiers, the men had no guns.
"They promised us security," Gul says of the soldiers. "We're asking for it now."
Three U.S. Army Humvees roll past, escorting a military trailer carrying a large white Iraqi missile, evidently discovered in the neighborhood. He's also seen more soldiers on patrol lately. How many?
"Not enough."