Less Bravado, More Frank Talk After a week of setbacks in Iraq, the Bush team takes a new tack and warns of trouble ahead.

Blueprint for a Mess

n the streets of Baghdad today, Americans do not feel welcome.

Guerrilla News Network October 28, 2003
Stephen Marshall’s last entry from Iraq.

The Bush Boomlet – The economy just had a great quarter. Does that really mean it’s booming? By Daniel Gross

Windfalls of War – The Center for Public IntegrityWinning Contractors: U.S. Contractors Reap the Windfalls of Post-war Reconstruction
WASHINGTON, October 30, 2003 — More than 70 American companies and individuals have won up to $8 billion in contracts for work in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan over the last two years, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity. Those companies donated more money to the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush—a little over $500,000—than to any other politician over the last dozen years, the Center found.