US Iraqi Embassy, $1.2 Bil a Year

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	US Iraqi Embassy, $1.2 Bil a Year

BobbyRutan

5-30-2007 6:54 PM

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It will be a 104-acre complex, which is the size of approximately 80 football fields.

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5-30-2007 7:00 PM

BobbyRutan

From the Washington Post:

The bad news is that it appears it's not going to have enough housing for all the employees who'll be moving to the 27-building complex on a 104-acre tract of land -- about the size of the Vatican, two-thirds the size of the Mall -- within the Green Zone.

n fact, our new man in Baghdad, Ambassador Ryan Crocker, is said to be concerned that, while there are more than 600 blast-resistant apartments in the NEC, there's a need for several hundred more apartments.

5-31-2007 12:13 PM

b2b1940

It looks like Bush is moving the WhiteHouse to Baghdad.

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