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Basrah International Airport to Open in JulyAirport considered as first step to return Iraqi tourism December 16, 2004 By BJ Weiner U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Gulf Region District South The airport that never was, at least, not officially. Rumors have it that, in the past 10 years,   Basrah International Airport opened only when VIPs were visiting the country, and people worked at the airport only on those occasions. But, in July 2005, Basrah International Airport will officially open for commercial air and passenger traffic.            “The airport was never really functional,” said Nolan Smith, assistant area engineer for the...

Bolster Freedom, Not Dependence, in Iraqby James Phillips and Marc A. Miles, Ph.D.Executive Memorandum #900 September 19, 2003 | | President George W. Bush has called on Congress to approve an $87 billion supplemental appropriations request, most of which is earmarked for Iraq. Congress should approve the Administration's request, which is sorely needed to stabilize Iraq, improve security against terrorist attacks, and finance reconstruction. But in the long run, only the Iraqi people can assure the successful transition to a secure and stable Iraq. Thus, Iraqis must be liberated from the restrictive economic system imposed by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship,...

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>