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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= N.Y. Times: Hold the Applause in Iraq The national unity cabinet that Iraq presented this weekend will remain impotent unless Iraq can reform its “corrupt, brutal and highly partisan security forces”—the death squads that now range the country with impunity—<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/opinion/23tue1.html?ex=1149048000&en=f9a8d2cf995e1abf&ei=5070&emc=eta1" title="argues the Times editorial board.">argues the Times’ editorial board.</a> <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060522_ny_times_iraq/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060522_ny_times_iraq/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= N.Y. Times: Hold the Applause in Iraq The national unity cabinet that Iraq presented this weekend will remain impotent unless Iraq can reform its “corrupt, brutal and highly partisan security forces”—the death squads that now range the country with impunity—<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/23/opinion/23tue1.html?ex=1149048000&en=f9a8d2cf995e1abf&ei=5070&emc=eta1" title="argues the Times editorial board.">argues the Times’ editorial board.</a> <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060522_ny_times_iraq/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060522_ny_times_iraq/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com