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2008-08-06 Iraq

Corps of Engineers Building Iraqi Army Bases

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-08-06 19:47|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 no levees?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-06 19:51|| 2008-08-06 19:51|| Front Page Top

#2 There is another very good reason for the CoE to do this. They know how to design modern, efficient and secure bases.

This is way different from the way the Russians did things, as their bases have unsafe materiel storage, poor infrastructure, not so hot security, and generally poor design.

The Iraqis were impressed as all hell that while hundreds of attacks were made against US bases, the bad guys could never even get through the perimeter, except the occasional foot suicide bomber.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-08-06 19:55|| 2008-08-06 19:55|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the whole region would take it badly if levys were involved.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-06 20:05|| 2008-08-06 20:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Especially if the maintenance of the levee's were given to NO pol's.

Posted by tipover 2008-08-06 20:59|| 2008-08-06 20:59|| Front Page Top

#5 In the last few years, little of the Iraqi oil income has gone to infrastructure work, partly because of corruption fears,

That seems to be an important fact left out of yesterday's Iraqi cash hoarding story. Wonder why that was?

Posted by Raj 2008-08-06 23:01|| 2008-08-06 23:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Ah, but were they only cohens, that'd be ok, liberalhawk. Nothing but the best for Iraq's oil profits. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-08-06 23:14|| 2008-08-06 23:14|| Front Page Top

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