a_unique_person
12th May 2003, 05:26 PM
Apparently it is not going too well. Already two heads have rolled, with other more minor staff getting the chop as well.
US flies in new rebuilding team
May 13 2003
By Patrick Tyler, Edmund Andrews
Baghdad
With the top US civilian administrators for Iraq recalled to Washington, a senior replacement arrived in the region yesterday accompanied by one of the highest-ranking US military generals.
Bush Administration officials have confirmed that Jay Garner, the retired lieutenant-general who is the top civil administrator in Iraq, will leave Baghdad soon and that other senior officials also will be replaced.
US officials said Barbara Bodine, who has been in charge of reconstruction for the Baghdad region, was abruptly given notice and will be leaving within the next day or two. A former ambassador to Yemen, Ms Bodine will take a senior post at the State Department.
The reshuffle coincided with the arrival in Basra of Paul Bremer, a career diplomat and counter-terrorism expert who is to take over General Garner's job as the top US civil administrator.
Mr Bremer, who is travelling with Air Force general Richard Myers, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was expected to outline his plans for postwar Iraq on his tour of the region, including visits to Kuwait and Iraq.
Others expected to leave soon include Margaret Tutwiler, who had been in charge of overall communications under General Garner; Tim Carney, a former ambassador who had been overseeing Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals; David Dunford, a senior Foreign Service specialist on the Middle East; and John Limbert, the ambassador to Mauritania.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/12/1052591733126.html
No power, no water and massive civil unrest and crime. The military had the absolute best in terms of firepower and weapons technology, (and it is developing newer weapons all the time, anyone for tactical nukes?), but the basics of civilian life cannot be handled.
US flies in new rebuilding team
May 13 2003
By Patrick Tyler, Edmund Andrews
Baghdad
With the top US civilian administrators for Iraq recalled to Washington, a senior replacement arrived in the region yesterday accompanied by one of the highest-ranking US military generals.
Bush Administration officials have confirmed that Jay Garner, the retired lieutenant-general who is the top civil administrator in Iraq, will leave Baghdad soon and that other senior officials also will be replaced.
US officials said Barbara Bodine, who has been in charge of reconstruction for the Baghdad region, was abruptly given notice and will be leaving within the next day or two. A former ambassador to Yemen, Ms Bodine will take a senior post at the State Department.
The reshuffle coincided with the arrival in Basra of Paul Bremer, a career diplomat and counter-terrorism expert who is to take over General Garner's job as the top US civil administrator.
Mr Bremer, who is travelling with Air Force general Richard Myers, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, was expected to outline his plans for postwar Iraq on his tour of the region, including visits to Kuwait and Iraq.
Others expected to leave soon include Margaret Tutwiler, who had been in charge of overall communications under General Garner; Tim Carney, a former ambassador who had been overseeing Iraq's Ministry of Industry and Minerals; David Dunford, a senior Foreign Service specialist on the Middle East; and John Limbert, the ambassador to Mauritania.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/12/1052591733126.html
No power, no water and massive civil unrest and crime. The military had the absolute best in terms of firepower and weapons technology, (and it is developing newer weapons all the time, anyone for tactical nukes?), but the basics of civilian life cannot be handled.