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US wheat growers find new market in Iraq

REAZ AHMAD, from North Dakota, us
Far away from hullabaloo of capital Washington DC, grain growers in the US countryside seem to be happy about opening up of a new export market.
As Republican President George W Bush and his Democrat foe Senator John Kerry continue crossing swords over Iraq issue in the shadow of the November 2 presidential polls, US wheat traders got on Friday last their first import order from Iraq in 20 years.Farmers in North Dakota, who produce more exportable wheat than their counterparts in any of other US states do, have good reasons to rejoice in the new found export market, no matter, Bush's Iraq adventure has already cost 1000-plus soldiers of the world's number one military power.
As per the September 17 agreement, Iraq will import half a million tonnes of wheat from America this year. When asked which country
had lost wheat market in Iraq to US, Larry Ristvedt, farm director for Dakota's most popular farm broadcasting radio, KFGO, replied with a grin hung over his face, "France."
Ristvedt thinks war in Iraq might have raised many a storms in political teapots in Washington DC but, in the end of the day, 'it has got more to do with economy than politics.'
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a mortgage broker said he did not think that 'fight for oil would see an end anytime soon.' Bartender Jeffry sitting at a downtown Fargo restaurant in North Dakota said in a simple tone, "Whether you like it or not, Bush gonna return to power as Americans want business and protection from recurrence of terror attacks."
While visiting the Fargo office of English daily the Forum, one of the to 10 community newspapers in the United States, this correspondent wondered what its editors possibly could predict about the November 2
presidential election. Editorial Page Editor of the daily Jack Zaleski said, "Unlike many previous occasions, a large number of American voters still remain indecisive over their choice. May be they'll wait for, what we Americans call, the 'October Surprise."
One of the Forum's reporters, Pat Springer, tried to describe what could be this year's 'October Surprise." Springer said, "It could be surprise capture of Osama Bin Laden just ahead of November 2. It could be administration's good job in thwarting another 9/11."
But Zaleski thinks even if something like that does happen that would not make much difference, at least, not to the extent where Bush's image in public eyes shall get boosted.
Many Americans both in Washington DC and in North Dakota in the last couple of weeks, agree to the point that Senator Kerry's biggest flaw is his inconsistent stances
on Iraq issue. He did support Bush's Iraq war in past months and now terms it a 'Wrong War' and moreover he has, so far, given no promise of US force pullout from Iraq if he gets elected.
On the other hand, the people whom this correspondent talked to, did find it also difficult to understand that why Bush administration was restlessly portraying a rosy scenario in Iraq when its war on Iraq looks bleaker with every passing day.
"As the US presidential election approaches, the administration has good political reasons to paint the best possible picture of Iraq - particularly since it has few good options for bringing the insurgency under control anytime soon. But a White House that hides the truth about a worsening conflict from the American public only loses support for its mission. Vietnam showed that," reads the USA Today editorial on September 17.