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Green Zone reconstruction?

The new US embassy in the Green Zone has been completed, but they neglected to build enough armored housing so hundreds of embassy employees are sleeping in “tin-can trailers” with “no overhead protection.” Some have taken to wrapping themselves in Kevlar blankets when they sleep. Sweet dreams?

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5 Comments

  1. Eli Stephens says:

    Quoting Jon Stewart (in the future): “Whaaaaaaaa? (rubbing eyes)”

  2. Joe Hartley says:

    Perhaps the Bushies plan on importing competent people, as opposed to cronies, to run the embassy, and therefore don’t care if they get killed in the process.

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