Posted on 04/15/2004 7:43:39 AM PDT by Roos_Girl
One year after coalition forces swept into Baghdad, there is tangible evidence of progress, but security issues continue to dominate on the ground in Iraq and in the international press. "Many believe that we are engaged in a cataclysmic battle," says Lt. Gen. Robert S. Flowers, outgoing chief of the Army Corps of Engineers. "If we can stand up democracy here in Iraq and Afghanistan, we will shorten the global war on terror considerably." Flowers visited the region late last month for the "sixth or seventh time" and says conditions are improving "little by little. The key is infrastructure–power, water and oil exports. The people will definitely enjoy a higher standard of living this summer than last."
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