[Mb-civic] Worse Than the Usual Bad

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Worse Than the Usual Bad 
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October 26 2004

The confirmation Monday that U.S. forces in Iraq failed to prevent the looting of 380 tons of conventional explosives represents a new chapter for the "just when you thought things could not get much worse" file. Further, the execution-style murder Saturday of dozens of Iraqis being trained as soldiers, the very men to whom the United States planned to transfer the job of guarding the country, demonstrates an abject failure by Iraqis and occupation officials to learn from past mistakes. 

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