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U.S. BACKS $5 BILLION SCHEME FOR "DISNEYLAND" IN IRAQ


[+] serious ballot by UncleRandy
ACTIVE May 14,2008 - Mon Feb 07, 11
Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system.

Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center, and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.

That's all part of a five-year development "dream list" or what some dub an improbable fantasy to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece for Baghdad's future.

But the $5 billion plan has the backing of the Pentagon, and apparently the interest of some deep pockets in the world of international hotels and development, the lead military liaison for the project said.

For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated during the next year.

Last week, a Los Angeles-based holding company for equity firms, C3, confirmed that it was starting a $500 million project to build an amusement park on the outskirts of the Green Zone in an area encompassing the Baghdad Zoo.

The first phase, a skateboard park, is scheduled to open this summer.

Developers are clearly looking many years ahead and gambling that Baghdad could one day join the list of former war zones, such as Sarajevo and Beirut, that have rebounded and earned big paydays for early investors.

One diplomat, who asked not to be named in the absence of authorization to speak to the press, said they did not think Iraqis would want Washington to "turn this area into downtown Kansas City."

How much have we spent?

What do you think?

I think I am going to puke. 4
Bad Idea. 3
Is this where the 3 trillion dollars went? 1
Disneyland in Baghdad? This is one of the worst ideas I have of heard of. 1
They can turn it into a Army Base and call it Fort Goofy. 0
Will there going to be rest rooms or electricity to run it? 0

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Bad Idea.
Forget the schools and infrastructure. Throw in some casinos, pawn shops, and liquor stores too. Make it even more like an American city, I say.

Hey, we've got our apartment. We ripped up the floors, pipes, wiring, and having everything completely redone.

You're renting, right?

Yeah.

Well, he's an ex free-base addict, and he's trying to turn around, and he needs a place to stay for a couple of months.

Now that I have kids, I feel a lot better having a gun in the house.
I thought about it, and even though it's over, I'm going to tell my wife about the afffair.
I don't know the guy, but I've got two kidneys and he needs one, so I figured..

Normally I wear protection, but then I thought, "When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?"

by _Beelzebubba on Wed May 14, 08 2:37pm [+]

Voted : I think I am going to puke.
are they going to have daily mortar attacks replacing fireworks?

we owe the people of iraq, but it's not disneyland, ask any iraqi.
by LCD on Wed May 14, 08 3:49pm [+]

Voted : Bad Idea.
No no no no no no no no...
by thesoothsayer on Wed May 14, 08 5:11pm [+]

Voted : I think I am going to puke.
If this is even remotely true it backs up everything I've ever said about america. I know it's not your fault guys. but think how this looks to everyone else.

I feel sick.
by quirk99 on Wed May 14, 08 6:35pm [+]

im sure walt disney is rotating quite violently in his casket right now.

Can anyone tell me why?
by quirk99 on Wed May 14, 08 6:36pm [+]

this is hands down, a brilliant idea. it's called mickey mouse diplomacy. love it! no one can fire mortars at the magic kingdom. it would be, umm, err, unnatural. clever plan. MAG_rofl

next up -- pizza huts on every corner, starbucks will replace the local cafe's and the hookah pipes will be replaced with crazy straws in rootbeer floats. embrace western culture or perish!
by Kev24 on Wed May 14, 08 6:39pm [+]

Voted : Bad Idea.
my vote
by Kev24 on Wed May 14, 08 6:40pm [+]






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