Just when you thought that the 1600 Crew was hosing this economy and creating less and less jobs every week, it seem that they have brought their patented brand of unemployment assurance to the Iraqis.

Iraq's U.S. governor, wielding powers newly endorsed at the United Nations, fired hundreds of thousands of state employees Friday in what he called a drive to rid the nation of links to Saddam Hussein's era.

Tax-cut legislation is being presented to the Iraqi parliament after Memorial Day to further hose their economy.