Baghdad wants U.S. to pay $1 billion for damage to city

[Tony_FLADEM]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq's capital wants the United States to apologize and pay $1 billion for the damage done to the city not by bombs but by blast walls and Humvees since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

The city's government issued its demands in a statement on Wednesday that said Baghdad's infrastructure and aesthetics have been seriously damaged by the American military.

"The U.S. forces changed this beautiful city to a camp in an ugly and destructive way, which reflected deliberate ignorance and carelessness about the simplest forms of public taste," the statement said.


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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Don't send the bill to me. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

"I mean, I am after all a Republicon, and as we have demonstrated emphatically over the last 20 years, we Republicons DO NOT DO responsibility. 'scuse me while I go AWOL from this Bodacious BhagDaddy Clusterf*ck. Smirk."

- xCommander AWOL (R)

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Send the bill to the libs & the proles. Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)

"...after all, it has been our Republicon strategery from the beginning to give ourselves a DEFERMENT from responsibility, and to blame our Oil Crusade Clusterf*ck on the libs for FAILING (smirk) to stop our lie-based oil grab. Bwaaa ha ha ha ha. Sneer."

- xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)

[wilt the stilt]

3. Ungrateful muslims

Gawd, you would think they would pay us for freedom.

[liberalmike27]

6. Yea, Just Don't Get It

Why they aren't just kissing our feet for killing a million or so of their relatives, and taking 90 percent of their profits and handing it to transnational corporations.

[Nossida]

9. ?????

What freedom?

[mike_c]

4. just foreclose on the mega-embassy....

eom

[SkyDaddy7]

5. I thought the Iraqis were suppose to pay us...

for the invasion & their freedom with oil money? And if I remember correctly the price was not to exceed 10 Billion...And if my memory is really not lying to me I think someone was ridiculed for claiming the invasion might cost as much as 50 Billion!

Oh well...Iraq, GITMO & almost everything else the Bush Admin did is why Obama is in the shit he is in trying to clean it up!!

[JDPriestly]

7. Let the Bush and Cheney families cover the bill -- maybe they can

sue Curveball for indemnification.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Blackwater and any other mercenary outfit should pay also.

[Blue_Tires]

10. Charge it to Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil

they could pay that out of pocket change

[Festivito]

11. More of our money Republicans borrowed. /nt