Baghdad embassy-fortress nearly built

[slipslidingaway]

It is doubtful the Iraqi people will notice this compound on prime real estate :(

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-08-23-Iraqembassy_N.htm

"The United States' largest and costliest embassy, a heavily fortified compound in Baghdad with its own power plant and lighted softball field, is on track to be completed next month, on time and within budget...

The facility sits on the banks of the Tigris River in the Green Zone, a walled-off area that houses Iraqi and U.S. offices. The embassy will have a separate set of 9-foot-high concrete walls to protect it against car or truck bombs. Many of the buildings also will have specially made bulletproof doors and windows, Williams said.

Baghdad experiences frequent utility outages, but the compound will have its own power, water and sewage plants...

Diplomats are limited in their ability to move outside the Green Zone because of violence, so the compound has soccer fields and a commissary for shopping, Williams said. The facility has 619 apartments and can accommodate 1,157 workers."

[Swede]

1. Ooo. I hope it's got some nice helopads on the roof.

Just sayin'

[slipslidingaway]

2. Considering how well they plan things and their knowledge of

history???

That part they most likely got right :)

[Gman]

3. You mean something like this?

But it really doesn't matter because the contractors building it got their cut from the looting of the treasury and that's what it was all about anyway.