[txhurl]

"It cannot wait, as is the usual practice, until there is a new government in place, or we will never get the job done in the year 2004," he said.

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[eddie willers]

They need to check the trunk of Koffi's car.

[Azzurri]

Any nation who dealt with Saddam should just be told, point blank, that the deals are null and void.

[AmericanVictory]

Whatever happened to the basic priniciple that debts flowing from contracts obtained by illegal means such as bribery are voidable.

Is Baker capable of taking such a basis stand or is he too much a part of the establishment which created such corruption in a part of the world that runs on "backsheesh?"

[Alberta's Child]

I think Mr. Baker just let the cat of the bag. The U.S. is going to dramatically scale back its military presence in Iraq before the election in November, come hell or high water. And regardless of how unstable the country might be.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Sure. Let's wipe out their debt. It's the least we can do while they are busy killing our soldiers and civilian employees who are providing law and order and rebuilding their infrastructure free of charge.