23.11.03
Report: Bremer fires 28,000 teachers
Another one for the "Iraq - Incompetence in Occupation" file:
Of course, the "tough, new anti-Baath" measures didn't extend to former security service personnel, who probably would have been more responsible for the gross human rights violations of the Saddam era than a bunch of teachers.
I wonder what these new thousands of unemployed will be doing with their time?
(Link via The Agonist)
Another one for the "Iraq - Incompetence in Occupation" file:
American's top man in Baghdad, L. Paul Bremer, last week fired 28,000 Iraqi teachers as political punishment for their former membership in the Saddam Hussein-dominated Baath Party, fueling anti-U.S. resistance on the ground, administration officials have told United Press International.Now that Bremer has fired so many teachers, who will teach in all of these freshly painted schoolhouses?
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The Central Command spokesman attributed the firings to "tough, new anti-Baath Party measures" recently passed by the U.S.-created Iraqi Governing Council, dominated by Ahmed Chalabi, a favorite of administration hawks in the White House and Pentagon.
Of course, the "tough, new anti-Baath" measures didn't extend to former security service personnel, who probably would have been more responsible for the gross human rights violations of the Saddam era than a bunch of teachers.
I wonder what these new thousands of unemployed will be doing with their time?
(Link via The Agonist)
