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To: bacchus_ii who wrote (122244)	12/27/2003 4:44:42 PM
From: Copperfield	Respond to of 281500

Re: Reconstruction Bottom Line "buy the spare parts from the Russian company directly, or hire the Russian firm as a subcontractor." I think the author is too quick to claim that the Russian plants are in poor condition. Any plant without proper maintenance, parts and supplies would be in the same condition. Unlike many Western power equipment companies, Russian parts, supplies and entire turbine and boiler replacements are available and still are being manufactured. Russian equipment has a high degree of standardization and is being continually improved. The Russian company that supplied the plants is in Iraq now, building new plants Russia building power plants in Iraq Message 19631861