The News Review:

- Rod Murray, 32, radio host,
- The Style Invitational
- Iraq again has Annan, US at odds
- It’s oil, not human concern

Rod Murray, 32, radio host,
Washington Post – Nov 14, 2004
] ALL ABOUT THE MIX: Most of our listenership comes from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia, and we’re picking up more in South Africa, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and Ghana. We get e-mails from them weekly — along with lots of requests to hear Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z and R Kelly. I use the deejay skills I developed in college, blending hits, classics and songs by up-and-coming artists, weaving in interviews with stars, but also adding news, particularly about things affecting young people over there, like AIDS.

The Style Invitational
Washington Post – Nov 14, 2004
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Iraq again has Annan, US at odds
Seattle Times – Nov 14, 2004
official at the United Nations, reporting views he said he heard in the White House last week. “The secretary-general is still recommending many thousands of peacekeepers in Sierra Leone and the Congo, and yet there are seven election workers in Iraq. That tells the whole story. This official said that warnings were resurfacing at the White House that the United Nations was risking becoming irrelevant. The official said such comments were now being combined with a dismissive attitude toward Annan himself. “We’re beyond anger,” the official said.

It’s oil, not human concern
Pakistan Dawn – Nov 14, 2004
These issues remain yet to be settled but the fact is that there has occurred a tremendous growth of the privatized military industry. The demand for private military services is likely to increase in the days to come. Governments employ a private military company to help them in a conflict as is often done by those of Sierra Leone and Angola. These companies are also needed by states which cannot afford to keep large military establishments themselves. But their demand may also increase in developed countries as, for example, the United States has employed them to recruit and manage monitors in the Balkans. It has been estimated that there are 20,000 private military contractors in Iraq. They work for a number of firms.