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Stories from 2003-10-12

Iraq Soldiers Part of PR Effort

Ledyard King | USA Today | October 12, 2003

A series of letters to hometown newspapers, purportedly written by US soldiers in Iraq, contain identical language. The letters praise the US effort to rebuild the war-torn Mideast nation. [more]

US Soldiers Bulldoze Iraqi Crops

Patrick Cockburn | Independent | October 12, 2003

"US soldiers driving bulldozers, with jazz blaring from loudspeakers, have uprooted ancient groves of date palms as well as orange and lemon trees in central Iraq as part of a new policy of collective punishment of farmers who do not give information about guerrillas attacking US troops." [more]

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