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| Mullahs Build New Airport; Excellent Place for Skateboarding, Go-Carting, and Roller-Blading |
| 2004-04-15 |
| Nearly three months after its grand inauguration by President Hojatoleslam Mohammad Khatami and other Iranian and foreign dignitaries, the Imam Khomeini International Airport remains unusable, Radio Farda reported on 14 April. Construction of the facility cost some $500 million, but the work is substandard and the airport does not conform to international standards, the station reported. The original engineers quit after the Foundation of the Dispossessed and Disabled (Bonyad-i Mostazafan va Janbazan) took over management of the project. The foundation changed many of the original specifications, so that now the runways must be repaved, neither the electrical power nor the runway lighting function properly, and the aircraft-refueling equipment is inadequate. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #5 ... the Foundation of the Dispossessed and Disabled Sounds like just the team to oversee a half-billion dollar civil engineering project. Why aren't these skilled professionals managing Iran's nuclear weapons program? Confess, doesn't the Foundation of the Dispossessed and Disabled come across like some sort of outfit Ma Chalmers is supposed to be running in Atlas Shrugged? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-15 11:44:49 PM |
| #4 I would not get my jet refueled at a Mullah FBO. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-15 9:30:39 PM |
| #3 Perhaps the Secretary for the Air Force might be interested. Minor makeover, name change... |
| Posted by: john 2004-04-15 8:14:32 PM |
| #2 Comment from AntiGum bitching at us Freeper bastard types that we shouldn't criticize them for shoddy workmanship because it's a different culture!!! in 5, 4, 3... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-04-15 8:12:29 PM |
| #1 Well I guess they expect everyone else to conform to their 'new' standard....... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-15 7:44:53 PM |