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Iraq
Chinese firm begins work in power station in Wassit
2010-05-02
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: A Chinese firm has started work in Wassit province to execute a power station north of Kut city at a total cost of $924 million.

“The station will consist of four units, each with a 330 Mwatt capacity,' a provincial media source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that the station will include two additional units for future expansion in electricity consumption. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.
Iraq is building electrical stations. They're hiring Chinese to do it. This is the news in Iraq. Anybody other than Dave Petraeus and George Bush think we'd get to this point?
Posted by:Steve White

#3  If they had any honor they'd make sure US companies got at least some of the work.
Posted by: Hellfish   2010-05-02 20:17  

#2  Our companies can understand it all they want, if they get caught by the government acting on that understanding they'll go to jail.

Which means, basically, that for US companies to get the contract is more or less illegal.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2010-05-02 12:04  

#1  The Chinese get the contracts because they make the better bids - and probably because they better understand the nuances of baksheesh.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-05-02 10:26  

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