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In Bid to Shape a Postwar Iraq, U.S. Goes by the Schoolbook
Washington Posst ^
| Apr 6, 2003
| David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens
Posted on 04/05/2003 10:07:41 PM PST by Diddley
Edited on 04/05/2003 10:10:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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When the new Iraqi school year begins in five months, the Bush administration hopes to have in place wholesale revisions to textbooks that have taught a generation of Iraqis to be ready to die for Saddam Hussein.
The revisions are part of an ambitious U.S. effort to demilitarize a school curriculum that has touted Iraqi battlefield prowess and weaponry and demonized the United States as a fearsome enemy.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqireconstruction; iraqischool; postwariraq; schoolbook; shapepostwar; warlist
Iraqi textbooks tout Iraqi weaponry and war prowess and cite the United States as an enemy.
A U.S. effort is aimed at demilitarizing the curriculum.
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:07:41 PM PST
by
Diddley
To: Diddley
Bush and the boys are so far in front of this whole Iraqi deal. God, it`s good to have the adults in charge.
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:13:33 PM PST
by
bybybill
(first the public employees, next the fish and, finally, the children)
To: bybybill
I am amazed at how "moron" Dubya seems to anticipate so many things.
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:16:53 PM PST
by
Diddley
(Dead, wounded, a coward, or escaped, Saddam is “As good as dead!”)
To: Diddley
And he did all of this without the French!
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:27:16 PM PST
by
bybybill
(first the public employees, next the fish and, finally, the children)
To: bybybill
Mai, oui.
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:39:54 PM PST
by
Diddley
(But, yes.)
To: bybybill
So good it needed repeating.
God, it`s good to have the adults in charge.
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posted on
04/05/2003 10:43:25 PM PST
by
Humidston
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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