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...folks say the decision had nothing to do with Blood Diamond. "The movie had no impact on the deliberations and outcome of the recent Kimberley Process Plenary," says W.D.C. spokesman Carson Glover. "The diamond industry began confronting the problem of conflict diamonds long before Hollywood was aware of it and will be focused on it long after Hollywood loses interest." Activists, though, say the W.D.C. was much more proactive at this Kimberley Process meeting than in the past. "I think that the upcoming film must have had an impact on their moves to support calls to strengthen the Kimberley Process...
...Exit Signs Re "5 Ways to Prevent Iraq from Getting Even Worse" [Oct. 30]: Your recommendations contained one major flaw. They would be implemented by an Administration that has proved its total incompetence. The U.S. is part of the problem, not the solution. Only an approach that transfers all decision making to non-Americans has any hope of success. Ideally, that would mean Iraqis, but the current situation is so chaotic that external assistance is a necessity. President George W. Bush and his cronies have messed up so badly that the only reasonable first step is a U.S. mea culpa...
...Your scenario for what the U.S. can do to salvage Iraq is unworkable, since it relies on cooperation from the Iraqi people. All the polls show that a majority of the Iraqi people want us to leave. The main problem is our presence in Iraq. We are basically a Christian army waging war in an Islamic country. That was, is and always will be a formula for disaster. Joseph Rizzuto Los Gatos, California...
...anymore, he says. "When we go and talk to these people in Germany or the U.K., it's a given that we're professional managers capable of running a huge business," says Luthra, who last month was juggling the final details of four separate acquisitions. "My biggest problem is finding the bandwidth to look at all the opportunities that come across my desk every...
...It’s a complicated problem. I look forward to the day I retire," he said near the end of the talk, eliciting laughter...