Thu, Dec 11, 2003 - Page 1 News List

US bars Iraq war objectors from lucrative contracts

SOUR GRAPES Countries that opposed the war and sent neither cash nor troops will be prevented from bidding for US$18.6 billion worth of reconstruction contracts

AP , Washington

The army, meanwhile, has warned that returning divisions will be at a low state of readiness for up to six months, leaving only two combat ready divisions available as reinforcements in the event of a second war in Korea or elsewhere.

General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declared flatly Tuesday that the US military can meet any contingency.

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