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Violence Trumps Rebuilding in Iraq

U.S. officials say soaring security costs have consumed $1 billion earmarked for badly needed water, power and sanitation projects.

By T. Christian Miller
Times Staff Writer

February 21, 2005

BAGHDAD -- Skyrocketing security costs have forced American officials here to slash about $1 billion from projects intended to rebuild Iraq's shattered infrastructure, dealing another blow to U.S. plans to pacify Iraq by improving basic services.

Quelle (lesenswert, wenn auch nur ne Zeitung): <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://ktla.trb.com/news/nationworld/world/ktla-fg-cuts21feb21-lat,0,5116764.story?coll=ktla-news-1">http://ktla.trb.com/news/nationworld/wo ... tla-news-1</a><!-- m -->

Damit der Irak (in diesem Board) nicht vollkommen zur Ruhe kommt, hier mal wieder ne Meldung

Der Artikel berichtet auch von Angriffen auf Kraftwerke, wobei ich mich nicht daran erinnern kann, je was darüber gelesen zu haben.

EDIT:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attacks by insurgents to disrupt Baghdad's supplies of crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, water and electricity have reached a degree of coordination and sophistication not seen before, Iraqi and U.S. officials say.

Quelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/02/21/a2.int.war.0221.html">http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/ ... .0221.html</a><!-- m -->

Hab einen Artikel gefunden, der meine eigene Unwissenheit zu den Angriffen auf die irakische Strom- und Trinkwasserproduktion etwas schmälert.