A US Inspector General’s report into reconstruction found that although $22 billion had been spent, water, sewage and electricity, infrastructure still operated at prewar levels
Despite “significant progress” in recent months, less than half the water and electricity projects have been completed
Only six of the 150 planned health centres have been completed
US officials spent $70 million on medical equipment for health clinics that are unlikely ever to be built. More than 75 per cent of the funds for the 150 planned clinics have been allocated
Task Force Shield, the $147 million programme to train Iraqi security units to protect key oil and electrical sites failed to meet its goals. A fraud investigation is under way
Oil production was 2.18 million barrels per day in the last week of March. Before the war it was 2.6 million
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The U.S. embassy in Baghdad, known disparagingly to Iraqis as "George W’s palace" — a 104 acre complex which will be the largest embassy in the world
