Claudia once again WOWS us with this observation:

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/05/21_palast.html

BUZZFLASH: Let's switch gears and talk about Iraq. Your book, "The Best
Democracy Money Can Buy" could be the title of the campaign by U.S. and
British firms to win contracts to "rebuild Iraq." Halliburton, Dick Cheney's
former company before leaving as CEO to become the Vice President, was
granted lucrative contracts without even bidding against other firms. It
seems we're witnessing kickbacks to firms that contributed heavily to George
W. Bush's presidential campaign. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is
fighting for British firms to get in on their piece of the pie. Instead of
"rebuilding Iraq" are we witnessing the outright fleecing of Iraq by
corporate power and greed?

PALAST: You're too kind. It's far worse than you portray it. I've received a
copy of a 101 page document from inside the US State Department which lays
out the plan for reshaping Iraq as an Anglo-American Disneyland, free of
rules, regulations or corporate taxes . . . and shorn of it's oil. ("Mass
privatization" is planned; i.e., post-war fire-sale sell-offs.) By the way,
let me credit the Wall Street Journal for first uncovering this . . . but,
except for their first article, no US paper or -- heaven forbid -- US
television network, has looked into the horrid, greed-soaked details. Stay
tuned to my site and reports for details.

Claudia D. Dikinis
http://starcats.com
Political & Personal Astrology for a New Millennium

"The essence of mind is empty, spacious and pure from the beginning, like
the open, blue sky." -- Dalai Lama. It looks like George W. Bush got one out
of three anyway. -- Claudia D. Dikinis