The World Newser

Mr McCarthy, I'm a freshmen in college and i'm working on a speech about the war and troops being in iraq. i was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me. Do you feel that the US troops being in the Middle East are doing more good than harm? What are the overall benefits of our troops being over there? What are the cons to the troops being there? In your personal opinion, do you think we should the Government should pass the bill to withdrawal troops from the Middle East, or should we continue with Bush's plan to send more troops? If you could answer these questions, and/or give me more insight on your thoughts relating to my questions, that would be so great! Thank you for your time and i look forward to hearing from you!

Dear Terry:

Why the hospital in Baghdad does not have enough medicine supply? who is responsible for supplying medicine to hospitals in Baghdad? Is it the lack of money in the country which I do not believe, or is there still embargo on importing medicine to Iraq like before the war?

Thank you.

Dear Terry:

Where are the revenues in the North of Iraq coming from? what resources do they have up there in order to boom that fast? I understand the Kurds have not put their hands on Kirkuk's oil yet, so where is the money coming from?

Thank you

Dear Terry:

Where did Saddam's money go? I mean the huge funds that were frozen in Europ's banks after the war? and the truck loads of pure gold bars that were captured by the Americans before being smuggled to Syria after the war? and the millions of the "food for oil" program that were never returned to the Iraqi in food, and were stolen at the United Nations? Did all these monies return to the Iraqis?

Thank you

Terry:

I am so curious to know how are the Christians and Sunnis doing in Basrah?
You portryed the situation in your reports as if Basrah is a bit calm and life is normal...is it so truly? or you could not freely move about the streets and take pictures in Basrah?
Two years ago, an Iraqi newspaper on the internet, said that the Mahdi militia attacked university female students and killed one Christian student because she was not wearing the head scarf and killed the male student who tried to defend her. Is life still going backwards in this way there? Are the Mahdi militia's abusing their power there or are they sincerly trying to maintain the calm to improve the area, similar to what the Kurdish army is doing in the north?
Thank you