Iraq rebuilding under threat as US runs out of money

[mr blur]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1566176,00.html

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After Congress approved funding two years ago, oil, electricity, water and sanitation facilities were found to be more degraded than expected. Amid the chaos and corruption of the post-Saddam administration, insurgents also began to target the infrastructure and anyone working for the US or the Iraqi government.

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Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress also said administrative bungling had played a part.

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It is in this context that many of the estimated 20,000 foreign security contractors now in Iraq - some paid more than $1,000 a day - are employed. Mr Bowen said $5bn had been diverted to security.
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The price of Bush's "Freedom" and "Democracy". Hell, all that oil must be worth something...

[AtomicKitten]

1. Ya know what?

Why doesn's Bush just start flushing taxpayer money down the toilet and cut out the middle man?

[silverweb]

2. Hmmm....

I wonder if this situation will make georgie consider rolling back his tax cuts for the mega rich.

We know he won't do it for the benefit of American citizens at home. But will he do it to keep his Iraq project going?