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2006-01-19 Iraq

Iraq needs $20 billion to rehabilitate electricity sector

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-19 00:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 From friends who have been in Iraq, there are two major problems with the electricity network. One is the incredibly rapid grouwth of the Iraqi economy and the second is the theft of power cables by some of those new Iraqi Enterpeneurs. They make very nice copper coffee sets to sell to the State Dept people and reporters!

Posted by madman 2006-01-19 01:27|| 2006-01-19 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 rub the iranian noses in it by going nucleur :p

long cheap shot , but hey i thought it an amusing concept :)

Posted by MacNails 2006-01-19 05:58|| 2006-01-19 05:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraq has oil, (as we're being constantly reminded)

Buy your own damn generators, then the terrorism against the power grid is your problem.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-19 08:44|| 2006-01-19 08:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Amen, RJ.

Posted by Jules 2 2006-01-19 09:00|| 2006-01-19 09:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm so sick of the MSM's comparison of "pre-war" vs. "post-war" conditions of Iraq's infrastructure. Yeah, everything was so rosy under Saddam. It's almost as if the reporters don't get that things get blown up, torn apart, damaged and intentionally destroyed during a WAR!

Posted by BA 2006-01-19 09:25|| 2006-01-19 09:25|| Front Page Top

#6 "Does make you wonder where the rest of the money went."
A retired colonel who recently spent a year over there told me we have a truly spectacular bureaucracy in place. Money is loosed slowly, and he described State people in the project as naive.
I dunno: corrupt Iraqi contractors or dumb bureaucrats. Take your pick.

Posted by James">James 2006-01-19 12:19|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2006-01-19 12:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Iraq needs to be stabilized and the terrorists killed. When enough of them have been killed, then they will be gone or have given up. Then you can ramp up building electricity infrastructure with Iraqi oil funds. More terrorists eliminated means the oil flow will increase, revenue will increase and rebuilding will increase. Otherwise Iraq will remain a typical ME sh*thole.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-01-19 21:16|| 2006-01-19 21:16|| Front Page Top

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