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Almost 900 Iraq reconstruction projects unfinished
<h1><span style="font-size: small"><span><span><span><span>Is this a humanitarian way to assist a country in need? Oops, I almost forgot, the destruction was/is not caused by natural causes!</span></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="color: #3366ff">Almost 900 Iraq reconstruction projects unfinished</span></span></a></h1>
<p class="published" style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">A review of US-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq has found that millions of dollars have been wasted because almost 900 separate projects have never been completed.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">The reconstruction of Iraq has cost American taxpayers more than $107 billion. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">An audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shows that at least 855 contracts to help build schools, hospitals and transport systems have never been completed because of excessive cost or delays, poor performance or violent conditions. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">The audit also says that many reconstruction projects were being described as complete or successful when they were not. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">Danielle Brian, executive director of the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight, said: "The report paints a depressing picture of money being poured into failed Iraq reconstruction projects. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">"Contractors are killed, projects are blown up just before being completed, or the contractor just stops doing the work." </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">US Aid, the body responsible for overseeing Iraqi reconstruction, has responded that the data base used is incomplete. </span></p>
<p>Source: ABC News, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm</a></p>
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<h1><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm"><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="color: #3366ff">Almost 900 Iraq reconstruction projects unfinished</span></span></a></h1>
<p class="published" style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">A review of US-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq has found that millions of dollars have been wasted because almost 900 separate projects have never been completed.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">The reconstruction of Iraq has cost American taxpayers more than $107 billion. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">An audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shows that at least 855 contracts to help build schools, hospitals and transport systems have never been completed because of excessive cost or delays, poor performance or violent conditions. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">The audit also says that many reconstruction projects were being described as complete or successful when they were not. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">Danielle Brian, executive director of the watchdog group Project on Government Oversight, said: "The report paints a depressing picture of money being poured into failed Iraq reconstruction projects. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">"Contractors are killed, projects are blown up just before being completed, or the contractor just stops doing the work." </span></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px"><span style="font-size: larger">US Aid, the body responsible for overseeing Iraqi reconstruction, has responded that the data base used is incomplete. </span></p>
<p>Source: ABC News, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229387.htm</a></p>
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