Media Mouse has posted this week's Iraq Watch news update. This week's update looks at the following topics:
- Unemployment in Iraq and U.S. Contractor Fraud - A look at rising unemployment in Iraq and Iraq's economic problems, in addition to fraud on the part of US contractors.
- Mental illness hits one in five US soldiers after Iraq - The war is taking a toll on soldiers fighting in Iraq, many of whom have accepted the fact that it is ok to feel good about killing Iraqis.
- US Media Ignores Reports that Iraqi PM Executed 6 Prisoners - Austrailia's leading newspaper has reported eye-witness accounts of Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi personally executing 6 prisoners, yet it has received no attention in the US media.
- The Government with No Control: Iraq after "Sovereignty" - More accounts of how little control Iraqi and US forces have over areas outside Baghdad.
- Betsy Devos Blames Iraqi Suffering on the French - Betsy Devos, chairperson of the Michigan Republicans, places blame for Iraqi suffering under US imposed UN Sanctions on the French.
- Where Next? Iran? - With the 9/11 Commission report claiming that some of the 9/11 hijackers passed through Iran, the Bush administration is again setting its sights on regime change in Iran.
Read More: Iraq Watch.
