You break it, you pay for it.

[WilliamPitt]

Baghdad demands $1B from US over war damages
February 17, 2011

The Baghdad city government is demanding that the United States pay $1 billion and apologize for damage to the city caused by blast walls erected during the nearly eight-year long war.

In an official statement posted late Wednesday on its website, the local government says U.S. forces had marred the "beautiful city."

It says the blast walls "put up at the pretext of security" damaged the sewage system and sidewalks, caused traffic jams and paralyzed business.

City officials want an official apology and $1 billion to pay for the damage.

The rest: http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2011/02/17/baghdad_demands_1b_from_us_over_war_damages/?p1=News_links

[brooklynite]

1. Thank you for your Customer Service request...

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[meegbear]

2. That's not damage, it's the side effects of our "freedom bombs" ...

they should be paying us.

Now watch this drive.

[Kadie]

3. but we spent all of our money blowing stuff up.

:shrug:

[somone]

4. Sounds like another job for KBR

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. I love it, in a sick kind of way. n/t