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19 October 2007 at 10:53:43 AM
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U.S. Embassy Complex under construction in Baghdad's Green Zone

Which embassy? You know, the one that is costing US Taxpayers $592 MILLION dollars, the one that will be a symbol of US Occupation in Iraq if you vote for Clinton, Obama or Edwards, and is massively corrupt. How corrupt? Well, now there's a CRIMINAL investigation into the building of it. Becuase the State Department contractor tried to cover it up.

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....


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