Thursday, January 29, 2004

BRINGING MORE ELECTRICITY TO BAGHDAD
The Army cautiously moved a massive 300-ton generator through the Iraqi capital Monday night.

The $30 million generator will produce about 157 megawatts of power, enough to add 30 minutes of power each day to the whole city, said Brig. Gen. Steve Hawkins, who heads the Restore Iraqi Electricity program...

Built in France, the mammoth generator was bought for Iraq under the U.N. Oil For Food program. Army engineers found it in a neighboring Arab country, which Army officials asked not be named for security reasons.
So what in the heck was it doing in a "neighboring Arab country"? Bought with oil for food money might it have been bartered to a neighbor for items restricted for purchase by that UN program???

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