Category: Iraq

US “Rebuilding” of Iraq: Depressing Failure


What follows is a first person account from an American soldier, deployed in Iraq, whose main task was to help the country “rebuild”.

It’s not a very happy report.

With the declared end of combat operations in Iraq arrives a period of reflection and review, of praise and blame.

The manufactured nature of this turning point notwithstanding, we can’t help trying to sum the seven years up into nice, neat summaries.

Iraq Economic Forecast


For many years, Iraq was plagued by an unstable economy, primarily due to insurgent attacks and poor security. However, several areas of this country have seen improvement in the past few years, which has helped to boost the economy. The primary sector of Iraq is oil and gas, which for a long time has been responsible for providing more than 90% of the country’s revenue for foreign currency exchange. In addition, high oil and gas prices have increased the total government earnings.

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