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June 24, 2003
La La Land

Reality:

Six British Troops Killed in String of Iraq Attacks

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - Six British troops were killed and several were wounded in Iraq Tuesday in the biggest daily death toll sustained by U.S. and British forces since March 23, three days after the start of the war to topple Saddam Hussein.

British and U.S. forces came under a string of attacks on the toughest day of their battle to eliminate resistance by what they have branded as die-hard Saddam loyalists since the Iraqi leader fell on April 9.

Fantasy:

Senior U.S. Official Sees Bank Opportunities in Iraq

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. banks will have opportunities to do business in Iraq as the country's reconstruction gets under way, Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs John Taylor said on Tuesday.

"It's really important to get a good banking structure into Iraq," he said.

Milo Minderbinder, call your office . . .

Posted by billmon at June 24, 2003 01:27 PM
Comments

This "bank": will it contain "money"? Will it issue "loans"? To "people"? From "whom"? Ahh, Taylor must be talking about all that "foreign investment" that's "going to come in". Oh wait, with all the pipelines blowing up that's not all too likely. Hmmm...

This guy is on another planet.

Posted by: Marc at June 24, 2003 01:39 PM

Notice that this attack occurred in south Iraq. Looks like the Shi'ites have decided to join the festivities. Not Good.

-marku

Posted by: MarkuMyDog at June 24, 2003 02:22 PM

Yeah, if I were an international financier, Iraq is just the place I'd be wanting to park some cash for a while.

Posted by: Matt Davis at June 24, 2003 02:22 PM

Milo Minderbinder, call your office . . .

Hey, why not? We've got Major Major for a president. Except with W., even when he's in, he isn't exactly . . . in.

Posted by: Matt Sturges at June 24, 2003 02:37 PM

I'd be putting all my hootch in the bank. It looks like booze may become a rare commodity.

Posted by: elvis56 at June 24, 2003 03:08 PM

I want the matching Samsonite luggage with every deposit of $10m or more.

Posted by: vachon at June 24, 2003 09:11 PM