WTF Is It Now?!?

Ho ho ho!
The channel's mission will be to give Iraqis "an example of what a free press in the American tradition actually is." - Norman J. Pattiz of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, on the new Pentagon Channel now being broadcast in Iraq.

Great - just what the Iraqis need - more propaganda.





Brussels to investigate US contracts in Iraq
'The European Commission is examining contracts awarded by the US for reconstruction work in Iraq to find out whether they breach World Trade Organisation rules and discriminate unfairly against European companies.

'The EU insists that the US abide by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, which states that, in principle, contracts awarded by national governments or their agencies must be open to businesses from abroad.' - link.