Friday, February 29, 2008
The latest from Festung Baghdad
From McClatchy the news of the new embassy complex remains shocking, even to one inured to the incompetency of the Bushoviks.
None of the 26 buildings in the new $740 million U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad is ready to be occupied. Fire alarms intended to safeguard more than 1,000 U.S. government employees aren't working. Kitchens in some of the buildings are fire hazards...Rep. Henry Waxman is trying to find out just how bad the mess is but as with all Republican fuck-ups, Our Lady of the High Heeled Boots is stonewalling all attempts to obtain information from the State Dept. In the meantime the drain on the treasury continues.
..The Feb. 13 fire safety inspectors' report said the complex was far from ready to house legions of diplomats and military personnel. Dozens of repairs are being done, and new problems still crop up.
"There still remain deficiencies, both critical and non-critical, in most of the buildings," the inspectors wrote.
Even sending a team to commission the building is premature, they said, until fire safety systems are "100 percent complete, 100 percent tested, 100 percent functional."
Waxman also disclosed that because the embassy was prematurely declared ready, First Kuwaiti is being paid another $4.5 million under a new contract to maintain it.No doubt they are doing another bangup job on that, too.
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