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But funding may suffer as Americans focus on Hizbullah, Iraq The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has no plans to reduce aid to Lebanon, but funding levels may be impacted by the political considerations of a US administration increasingly critical of Hizbullah, keen to move ahead with the peace process and focused on Iraq. USAID mission director Raouf Yussef told reporters during a briefing at the US Embassy in Awkar on Tuesday that Washington would not be using aid as a tool to pressure Lebanon and Syria to comply with its demands regarding Hizbullah and other regional issues. The...

US firm is hired to purge schools of Saddam's doctrine By David Usborne in New York 22 April 2003 The United States is taking the first steps towards rebuilding Iraq's creaking and highly politicised school system with a view to excising the image and doctrines of Saddam Hussein from classrooms. A private company based in Washington DC, Creative Associates International, is preparing to deploy teams of education experts throughout the country after winning an initial contract from the US government. Its task is to prepare Iraqi primary and secondary schools for the new year starting in October. The contract, which...

THE NYT - A Nation at War: CONTRACTS Firm Wins $62 Million Deal to Restore Education in Iraq By ELIZABETH BECKERASHINGTON, April 14 — Creative Associates International Inc., a firm based in Washington, has won a $62 million contract from the United States Agency for International Development to improve primary and secondary education in Iraq. The first goal will be to open Iraqi schools on schedule this fall, with enough equipment and supplies for all students. In the long term, the firm will retrain teachers and school officials and introduce teaching methods to "lay the foundations for democratic practice and...