Scrutinizing Iraq's Imperfect Future
Rebuilding Iraq's economy is no easy task. Apart from huge debt, inter-ethnic enmity could flare up into a battle over oil fields. It will be a long time before the Iraqi people are prosperous again.
April 22, 2003
WAR has already turned Iraq into a country without hope. Saddam Hussein's defeat at the hands of the United States does not automatically mean that the people of Iraq will be freed from repression. Now they face other problems that are difficult too, from the destruction of their country's infrastructure to a rising mountain of debt. It seems as if the reconstruction of Iraq planned by the US, but which European countries are making a noise abo
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