Moor killers
"A row broke out in Spain yesterday after the country sent its first troops to patrol Iraq wearing on their shoulders the Cross of St James of Compostela — popularly known in Spain as 'the Moor Killer'. Patches bearing the cross, the symbol of a saint who allegedly guided the medieval Christian reconquest of Spain from the Muslims, are to be worn by a 2000-strong Spanish brigade in central Iraq, who will patrol the sacred Shia city of Najaf." — British Guardian, July 25.
Liberation
"The [Iraqi] hospitals we visited during late June where new administrators have been installed are for the most part in disarray." — From an article by James Jennings, president of Conscience International, an Atlanta-based humanitarian and human-rights organisation, printed in the New York daily Newsday, August 5.
100 days... and still lying
"[H]ealth care, previously available only for the Baathist [party] elite, is now available to all Iraqis." — From Emperor George Bush II's 24-page report Results in Iraq: 100 Days Toward Security and Freedom, issued August 8.
Unique opportunity
"This is a unique opportunity for people who enjoy working with people of various backgrounds, to develop professionally and make a real difference by contributing to their security, safety and respect." — From job advertisement for Australasian Correctional Management guards at prisons for refugees in the August 13 Parramatta Advertiser.
From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, August 20, 2003.
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