Friday, May 05, 2006

Baghdad anger at Bush's undiplomatic palace | The World | The Australian

AHSOoo, the Monkey House is drawing scorn, eh?

It should ring scorn.

Probably looks a lot like the Kremlin.

Baghdad anger at Bush's undiplomatic palace The World The Australian:

"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.

In the pavement cafes, people moan that the structure is bigger than anything Saddam Hussein built. They are not impressed by the architects' claims that it will be visible from space and cover an area larger than Vatican City. They are more interested in knowing whether the US State Department paid "

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