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To: Lane3 who wrote (1454)	4/4/2003 10:09:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7936

My earlier post was talking about fixing what the war broke but I don't think the figures that I quoted in the last post where just for that. But then it isn't completly clear as the estimates in that article range from $25bil to $100bil and it doesn't say what they cover. I'll look for a few others - " Rebuilding Iraq could cost anything between $25 billion to $200 billion, according to some estimates. The country's schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, water supply and electricity desperately need an injection of funds after 12 years of sanctions. "Getting Iraq into a full functioning shape could cost in the region of $200 billion; that's just not the physical cost but includes the country's debt," Edmund O'Sullivan, editor-in-chief of the Middle East Economic Digest, told CNN. " cnn.com "The estimated cost of rebuilding Iraq after the war is upwards of $30 billion. The goal is a sweeping overhaul of Iraqi society within a year of the conflict's end. It's an ambitious undertaking that's being met by concerns including the belief that Iraq's reconstruction will take far more time and money than the U.S. has estimated." beta.kpix.com also nationalreview.com