{"id":838,"date":"2004-09-25T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2004-09-25T18:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/09\/marching_on\/"},"modified":"2004-09-25T11:55:06","modified_gmt":"2004-09-25T18:55:06","slug":"marching_on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/09\/marching_on.html","title":{"rendered":"MARCHING ON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Test your knowledge of Iraq:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>1) Hepatitis is on the march, spread by sewage-contaminated water. <BR>2) Freedom is on<br \/>\nthe march, spread by the U.S.-led coalition.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Correct answers: <\/P><br \/>\n<P>1) <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/09\/25\/international\/middleeast\/25outbreaks.html?adxnnl=1&#038;\nadxnnlx=1096124932-l7qA1+LIW95exfTVojxNvQ\" target='new\"'><B><FONT\ncolor=#003399>True<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>In 2003, 70 percent more cases of hepatitis of all types were reported across<br \/>\nIraq than in the year before. During the first six months of 2004, as many cases were reported as<br \/>\nin all of 2002. In yet another indication of the deteriorating safety of water and food in Iraq, the<br \/>\nnumber of reported cases of typhoid fever is up sharply this year. &#8230;<br \/>\n<P>Those reports come as the Bush administration has proposed shifting $3.46 billion in<br \/>\nreconstruction money for Iraq to programs that would train and equip tens of thousands of<br \/>\nadditional police officers, border guards and national guardsmen in hopes of regaining control of<br \/>\nthe security situation. The shift, which needs approval by Congress, would gut what had been an<br \/>\nambitious program to rebuild Iraq&#8217;s crumbling water and sewage systems.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<P>2) <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/09\/25\/international\/middleeast\/25allawi.html?pagewanted=al\nl\" target='neew\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>False<\/FONT><\/B><\/A><\/P><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE>&#8220;We are succeeding in Iraq,&#8221; Dr. Allawi boldly announced to the Congress,<br \/>\ndescribing the rebels as a desperate bunch on the run.<br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<P>[But] American troops leave their forts only in armed convoys. Simply to hand out food and<br \/>\ncandy in a relatively quiet neighborhood in Baghdad the other day, they felt compelled to first set<br \/>\nup a defensive perimeter.<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Score: 100% = informed. 50% = uninformed. 0% = neocon.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test your knowledge of Iraq: 1) Hepatitis is on the march, spread by sewage-contaminated water. 2) Freedom is on the march, spread by the U.S.-led coalition. Correct answers: 1) True In 2003, 70 percent more cases of hepatitis of all types were reported across Iraq than in the year before. 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