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September 14, 2005
The New 'Oraq' World Order
Check out this great story in the Asia Times on the reconstruction of "New Oraq", which notes the similarities between the occupation of Baghdad and New Orleans.
"…it is hard to ignore the comparisons between Baghdad (where I was less than a month ago and have spent more of the last two years) and New Orleans: the anarchy, the looting…We watched a flatbed truck drive by, a man on the back with an M-16 looking up on the roofs for snipers, as is common in Iraq. Private security contractors were stationed outside the Royal St Charles Hotel…
…Iraq and New Orleans now seem to be morphing into a single entity, New Oraq, to be devoured by the same limited set of corporations, let loose and overseen by the same small set of Bush administration officials…"
Posted by MJuhre at September 14, 2005 02:48 PM