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The Baghdad Billions | |
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In these documentaries produced for the BBC World Service, we investigate how Iraq’s reconstruction is being funded. Since the war began in 2003, the U.S. has spent around $30 billion dollars - and an additional 20 billion of Iraq's own money - in rebuilding the country. But where has it all gone? | |
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The BBC’s Mark Gregory looks at the first year of Iraqi reconstruction. He uncovers allegations of impropriety in the awarding of contracts in the U.S. He also finds that large sums of Iraqi oil money has disappeared without any record of how it was spent. |
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Mark Gregory picks up the money trail at the time the U.S. handed power back to the Iraqis in June 2004. Two-and-a-half years after the handover, many Iraqis say their lives are getting worse despite the vast sums allocated for rebuilding. Gregory explains how profiteering, corruption, bad management and the strength of insurgency have all played a part in the failure to rebuild Iraq. |
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| THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world. |
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