1 trillion later in Iraq...still no electricity, Wash. Post report

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Sat Jun-26-10 11:11 AM
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1 trillion later in Iraq...still no electricity, Wash. Post report

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062203986.html?waporef=obinsite

Seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraqis are taking to the streets to demand basic services they have not received, despite many promises and the expenditure of billions of dollars by the U.S. and Iraqi governments. Their anger has forced the hand of Electricity Minister Karim Wahid, who resigned Monday

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Botany

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Sat Jun-26-10 11:14 AM
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1. Who was in charge of helping to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure?

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Subdivisions

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Sat Jun-26-10 11:15 AM
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2. Where's all the money that was shipped over there to fix all that stuff? n/t

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Golden Raisin

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Sat Jun-26-10 05:50 PM
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6. You mean the $12 billion

shrink-wrapped cash (our tax dollars!) delivered on pallets that that no one can account for? You'll need to check with Paul Bremer, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

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Greyhound

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Sat Jun-26-10 12:30 PM
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3. Shhh...

You're not supposed to talk about that any more. We're "looking forward" and not dwelling on the past.
:kick: & R

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dickthegrouch

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Sat Jun-26-10 01:35 PM
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4. And the *** GOP is worried about a mere $90B for the unemployed

They are so BAD for the country. I can't believe they haven't caused a revolt yet.
US residents are obviously still too comfortable.

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branders seine

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Sat Jun-26-10 01:36 PM
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5. this escapade, IN ITS ENTIRETY,

has been a theft and a pyramid of lies.

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Blue_Tires

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Sat Jun-26-10 06:11 PM
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7. hey teabaggers!! THAT is what wasteful government spending looks like

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Stinky The Clown

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Sat Jun-26-10 06:34 PM
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8. We do not look back.

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