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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 11:20 AM
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Baghdad anger at Bush's undiplomatic palace
The Australian.news.com
Daniel McGrory, Baghdad
May 04, 2006


The question puzzles and enrages a city: how is it that the Americans cannot keep the electricity running in Baghdad for more than a couple of hours a day, yet still manage to build the biggest embassy on earth?
Irritation grows as residents deprived of airconditioning and running water three years after the US-led invasion watch the massive US embassy they call "George W's palace" rising from the banks of the Tigris.

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19019060-2703,00.html
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-04-06 11:24 AM
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1. Really, Iraqis are very happy about the embassy and have agreed...
...to contribute their electricity to getting it built. Why do you hate America?
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