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Friday, October 19, 2007

ok let me just get this ONE thing (out of a kazillion)

straight. this dude, golden who was the state department contractor dude in charge of the us embassy in iraq project ATTEMPTED TO ALTER some shite at the construction site when it was bombed in may. THEN, our dear friend and current ambassador to iraq, ryan crocker BANISHES (isn't this JUST like a fairy tale?) the dude golden FROM iraq YET (and this is THE best part of this ONE story) this golden dude IS STILL IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

yikes

oh and there's more, i just wanted to mention ONE thing
(and remember OUR KIDS DON'T HAVE HEALTH COVERAGE)
Criminal probe into U.S. Embassy in Iraq construction
By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — A mortar shell smashed into the hulking new U.S. Embassy that's under construction in Baghdad last May, damaging a wall and causing minor injuries to people inside the building. It also exposed enormous problems in the management of what's become a $592 million government construction project.
The State Department contractor in charge of the project, James L. Golden, attempted to alter the scene of the blast, according to government officials familiar with the incident. The State Department inspector general prevented Department officials from investigating the incident, according to interviews and documents.
A congressional committee is examining whether the walls of the still-unfinished embassy complex, which are supposed to be blast-resistant, performed as they should have during the mortar attack.
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker banished Golden from Iraq, but he continues to oversee the construction of the embassy in Baghdad; to be the liaison with the contractor, Kuwait-based First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting Co.; and to supervise other projects for the State Department's Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) bureau.......

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