"George W.'s Palace"

U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be the world's largest and most expensive THE SITE HAS 21 STRUCTURES

U.S. diplomatic employees in Iraq are to move to a multimillion-dollar complex that will be among the largest U.S. embassies. The facility is slated for completion June 2007. New office building: Includes classified activities New office annex: For public diplomacy staff, consular affairs and the U.S. Agency for International Development Interim office building: Designed for future use as a school General services annex: Facilities management, break areas, staff locker rooms Recreation building: Gym, exercise room, swimming pool, locker rooms, the American Club, commissary, food court, barber and beauty shop Six staff apartment buildings: Each has one bedroom apartments Residences for the chief and deputy chief of mission Marine security guard quarters Remaining buildings are dedicated to security, vehicle maintenance and facilities management, storage, utilities, and water and wastewater treatment

Excerpt from philly.com

"Baghdad may have little potable water and only a few hours of electricity a day, but the embassy complex will have its own water treatment facilities and electricity generator...

Oh! ...and guess who the construction contractor is...

First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting, a subcontractor of Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown & Root subsidiary, was granted the $592 million construction contract.

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