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Ambasada, večja od Vatikana
| 29. avgust 2006 | Svet | Jure
Američani v Iraku gradijo 600-milijonov USD vredno ambasado. Stoji v Bagdadu, a glede na to, da je popolnoma ločena od dogajanja in sistemov v mestu, bi lahko stala tudi na Luni. Saddam, ki pri palačah ni bil ravno skromen mož, bi bil nove gradnje zagotovo vesel.
It’s being built in the Middle East, but George W’s palace, as the locals have dubbed the new US embassy, is designed as a suburb of Washington.
An army of more than 3500 diplomatic and support staff will have their own sports centre, beauty parlour and swimming pool. Each of the six residential blocks will contain more than 600 apartments.
The prime 25-hectare site was a steal — it was a gift from the Iraqi Government. And if the five-metre-thick perimeter walls don’t keep the locals at bay, then the built-in surface-to-air missile station should.
Guarded by a dozen gangly cranes, the site in the heart of the Green Zone is floodlit by night and is so removed from Iraqi reality that its entire construction force is foreign.
After almost four years, the Americans still can’t turn on the lights for the Iraqis, but that won’t be a problem for the embassy staffers. The same with the toilets — they will always flush on command. All services for the biggest embassy in the world will operate independently from the rattletrap utilities of the Iraqi capital.
Scheduled for completion next June, this is the only US reconstruction project in Iraq that is on track. Costing more than $US600 million ($A787 million), the fortress is bigger than the Vatican. It dwarfs the edifices of Saddam’s wildest dreams and irritates the hell out of ordinary Iraqis.
(Še brez glasov)
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Mislim da bi se lahko Američani že enkrat naučili od Izralcev, da noben zid ne pomaga pred “Stalinovimi orglicami”. :)
Zdi se mi, da ne bo dolgo, ko bomo iz strehe te ambasade gledali umik zadnjega ameriškega helikopterja. Deja vu.