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...When the Cheering Stops Jubilation and chaos greet the fall of Saddam's regime, leaving Iraqis and Americans puzzling over how to rebuild the nation
...resolution proves unattainable, how difficult would it be for the U.S. to turf out Saddam and rebuild Iraq without U.N. support? In terms of actually fighting a war, there shouldn't be a problem. American soldiers (some of them, at least) tend to dismiss those of other nations. "They get in the way, can't speak English too well--except for the Brits--and their weapons can't keep up with ours," says one Army officer. Indeed, with or without a U.N. vote, Pentagon plans for a war assume that only the British--who will provide about...
Though a much expected U.S. war with Iraq has not even started, rebuilding has already begun. Sources tell TIME that the U.S. government has taken initial steps toward awarding $900 million in contracts to repair and rebuild the country, contracts that will go exclusively to U.S. companies and to subcontractors from nations officially designated as friendly. Sources also tell TIME that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently held a restricted briefing for security-cleared bidders and sent out confidential requests for construction proposals. USAID had no comment...
Winners in the first round of the postwar sweepstakes are likely to include many of the same companies that competed to rebuild Afghanistan: Fluor Daniel, Kellogg Brown & Root, Perini, Parsons, the Louis Berger Group and Bechtel. Costs are expected to be lower than in Afghanistan because Iraq has a functioning technocracy that should make design, engineering and construction much faster. "Given all the Iraqis have done to hide their weapons systems and to build palaces and bunkers for Saddam [Hussein]," says a major U.S. contractor, "they'll be able to provide a trained construction work force and sophisticated materials like...
...already seeing Afghanistan drop from the radar screen." JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Democratic U.S. Senator, criticizing America's failure to honor its commitment to rebuild Afghanistan...