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July 30, 2004
Dishonest Hot Air: Priceless
CPA’s own estimate of how much was needed just to rebuild the firehouses in Iraq, 165 of which were destroyed by the war and the subsequent looting: $290 million.
Of the 18.4 billion Iraq reconstruction package, the total amount that has actually been spent on everything--security, water, healthcare, schools, roads, everything-- as of June 22, 2004: $366 million.
Iraq's -not American taxpayer's- own money spent on importing oil through contracts awarded mostly to Halliburton or other non-Iraqi companies, without any competitive bids: $1.07 billion.
Iraqi money turned over to American officers as cash, to disburse as they please without receipts or audits: $360 million.
Likely impact of Kerry’s statement that “we shouldn't be opening firehouses in Baghdad and closing them down in the United States of America”: Iraqis rolling their eyes in unison.
Posted by zeynep at July 30, 2004 12:45 AM
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