[TrexDogs]

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A U.S. Army medic showed off a cache of drugs and equipment he said was worth between US$2-million and US$4-million. ... He said the supplies will be handed out to Iraqi hospitals.

Instead of whining about the looting and the deplorable hospital conditions (which were deplorable before the war!), why isn't the mainstream press focusing on the medical supplies that Saddam had hidden away??

[prairiebreeze]

Good article. I did see a segment on MSN where our navy hospital ships were sending part of their supplies to the hospitals in Iraq. MSNBC is trying it seems. They don't always succeed but they do seem to be trying more.

Prairie

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[Brad’s Gramma]

No pics...yet...but a great article.

[k2blader]

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[GalaxieFiveHundred]

A cinema where secret police members would have relaxed remained largely intact, although spools of film were scattered on the ground.

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[cyncooper]

Instead of whining about the looting and the deplorable hospital conditions (which were deplorable before the war!), why isn't the mainstream press focusing on the medical supplies that Saddam had hidden away??

That is my question, too.

The other night Larry King was speaking with a woman with the Red Cross. She was billed as speaking to him from Kuwait. She made all kinds of claims on the condition of hospitals. The implication was nothing good would be done until THEY got in.

That very day I had heard from Dr.Bob Arnot on MSNBC who is right in Baghdad and had been right at a hospital. First, he reported a quick return to normalcy. Second, he could not say enough to praise the Marines and how they were moving heaven and earth to make sure supplies and medicines and such were being distributed and such.

And as you point out, the hoarding of equipment and the drugs and medicines is a telling story. It is just what we tried to tell the crowd that blamed "sanctions" for the suffering of the Iraqi people. Dr. Bob has exposed military barracks stuffed to the rafters with food, too. Food from the "oil for food" program. Including baby food.

Why isn't the mainstream, stateside media focusing on these various angles. We know--hatred of GWB. But thank God for the embedded reporters, many of whom have really come to appreciate and respect the troops they are with. I'll take their eyewitness accounts as long as they have proven trustworthy.

[tutstar]

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