Booklet Urges Afghan Militants To Follow New War Strategy/Pakistan-New WMW

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WORLD MEDIA WATCH FOR NOVEMBER 7, 2003

1//Asia Times Online, Hong Kong--RUMSFELD’S NEW MODEL ARMY (The US military looks increasingly like a temp agency on steroids: a massive organization of part-time workers armed with the latest in firepower…Besides increasingly relying on temp soldiers, the "transformation" army is also trying to apply private industry practices to public service. Rumsfeld is seeking the right to hire, fire and promote some 700,000 civilian Pentagon employees on "merit" alone, free of government employment regulations. "The risk that this system will be politicized and characterized by cronyism in hiring, firing, pay promotion and discipline is immense," says Bobby Harnatge, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.)

2//The Turkish Daily News, Turkey--US COOL TO MORE TURKISH TROOPS IN NORTHERN IRAQ (Washington has signaled it would not welcome more Turkish troops in northern Iraq to eliminate a terrorist presence in the region and said it was taking every measure to contain the threat…"We have made it clear that the PKK and KADEK are terrorist organizations and that we are undertaking every step to ensure that their activities are constrained, or are not allowed, and that appropriate steps to move against them are taken," Adam Ereli, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department said when asked on Tuesday to comment on Turkish statements. Ereli did not comment on recent accusations by Turkish Ambassador Faruk Logoglu of favoritism for Iraqi Kurds.)



3//The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea--MOSUL NO LONGER DISPATCH LOCATION (The U.S. Army had planned to replace the 101st with a multinational division. But the international force has not materialized, and the Pentagon has been forced to call on other U.S. forces to fill the gap, reports said. As a result, Seoul and Washington are back to ground zero to discuss the location for the troop dispatch. South Korean and U.S. officials concentrated talks on the size and characteristics of the troops according to the new U.S. rotation plan, but failed to reach agreements.)



4//The Daily Times, Pakistan--BOOKLET URGES AFGHAN MILITANTS TO FOLLOW NEW WAR STRATEGY (Resistance forces against coalition troops in Afghanistan have published a pamphlet to incite mujahideen to follow a new strategy in their resistance. The pamphlet is meant for those militants who have been recruited into the newly-established Secret Army of Mujahideen (SAM), which includes militants who were active during the former Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan.)



5//The Daily Star, Lebanon--BEIRUT FRETS SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINIANS (Lebanese officials were taken aback on Wednesday at the similarities between two proposals calling for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in their host countries. One proposal was submitted by US Congresswoman Ileana Ross-Lehtinen of Florida and the other by European MP Emilio Menendez del Valle, but both proposals call for resettling the Palestinians in their current host countries…Information Minister Michel Samaha said that the US-backed plan for resettling Palestinian refugees in their current host countries was related to the US Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act…He claimed that the congresswoman behind the proposal was one of the hawks in the US government, and had voted for the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act.)