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Annan kritisiert Wiederaufbau-Politik der USA

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Anger over Iraq contracts list

Rebuilding Iraq: What will it cost?

Iraqi war crimes court set up

Iraqi council targets Iran group

Dodd calls for U.N. to broker Iraq process

Key Players

Some historical landmarks

A special Report features in Dollar terms: Rebuilding Iraq. $$$

Environmental issues after the Iraq war are presented

Maps about Iraq are presented

Annan kritisiert Wiederaufbau-Politik der USA

10. Dez 23:49

UN-Generalsekretär Annan hat die USA davor gewarnt, mit ihrer Politik der Auftragsvergabe für den Wiederaufbau Iraks Konflikte zu schüren. Die US-Armee verzögert das Vergabe-Verfahren.

Der Beschluss der USA, Deutschland und andere Staaten wegen ihrer ablehnenden Haltung zum Irak-Krieg von milliardenschweren Wiederaufbau-Aufträgen auszuschließen, ist von den Vereinten Nationen scharf kritisiert worden. Es sei die Aufgabe aller Staaten, für die Stabilität in Irak zu sorgen, sagte UN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan. Eine chaotischen Lage in dem Zweistromland müsse verhindert werden. Deshalb sollten Maßnahmen und Entscheidungen, die Streit hervorrufen könnten, vermieden werden, betonte Annan.

Annan bestätigte zugleich einen Bericht, wonach eine schnelle Rückkehr der Uno nach Irak derzeit nicht geplant ist. Sobald die Sicherheitslage es erlaube, werde das UN-Personal wieder zurückkehren, sagte Annan. Die Uno werde sich jedoch von Nachbarländern aus an Einsätzen in Irak beteiligen.

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Anger over Iraq contracts list

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Posted: 2348 GMT ( 7:48 AM HKT)

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A decision by the U.S. to bar some of its major trading partners from bidding for Iraqi reconstruction contracts has been greeted around the world with amazement.

Countries that did not back the U.S.-led coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein will not be eligible to compete for $18.6 billion worth of contracts, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said.

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The restriction on who is eligible to bid on these prime contracts applies only to direct U.S. assistance, Boucher said.

For example, the restriction does not apply to the trusts created by the international community at the Madrid donor's conference in October.

The United States has been urging countries to take part in the reconstruction of Iraq, either with money or troops. Boucher said the decision to award prime contracts should not dissuade countries from joining the reconstruction effort.

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More under: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/10/sprj.irq.contracts/index.html

Rebuilding Iraq: What will it cost?

By CNN's Liz George
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Posted: 1015 GMT ( 6:15 PM HKT)
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Analysts have said it could cost anything from $84 billion to nearly $500 billion to rebuild Iraq, a country battered by two wars in two decades and 12 years of United Nations sanctions.

One economist from America's Yale University predicted rebuilding Iraq could cost up to $1.6 trillion over 10 years.

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If you want to make comparisons, so far the cost of rebuilding Afghanistan has topped $900 million.

After World War II -- the Marshall Plan -- a model for economic re-build -- cost more than $13 billion over four years, and that was back in 1948.

The bill for reconstruction and redevelopment will include:

• The cost of aid to friends and allies in the region -- Turkey, Jordan, and Israel -- expect to cost $6 billion to $10 billion.

• Humanitarian assistance -- food and medical supplies -- expected to cost $1 billion to $10 billion.

• Governance assistance -- paying Iraqi civil service and police salaries -- $5 billion to $10 billion.

• Reconstruction and recovery is expected to cost between $10 to $105 billion dollars, depending upon the amount of destruction and the detail of rebuilding.

• Debt relief is expected to cost between $62 and $361 billion dollars. (More on debt)

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more under: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/17/rebuilding.cost/index.html

Iraqi war crimes court set up

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Posted: 1824 GMT ( 2:24 AM HKT)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's Governing Council has formally established a war crimes tribunal to try top members of Saddam Hussein's government, and said the court could try Saddam in absentia.

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more: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/10/sprj.nirq.warcrimes.ap/index.html

Iraqi council targets Iran group

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Posted: 1339 GMT ( 9:39 PM HKT)
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council has voted to expel the People's Mujahedeen -- an Iranian opposition group -- as well as confiscate its money and weapons.

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More: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/10/sprj.nirq.iran/index.html

Dodd calls for U.N. to broker Iraq process

Tuesday, December 2, 2003 Posted: 1831 GMT ( 2:31 AM HKT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The United Nations should take a lead role in resolving a disagreement over how an Iraqi national assembly should be chosen next year, a Democratic senator visiting the region said Tuesday.

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More: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/02/sprj.nitop.dodd.un/index.html

Key Players

In a series of features CNN presents the key players in Iraq and the US.

But the selection is in question and the presentation is grossly simplified (it’s CNN).

more: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/new.iraq/interactive/opposition.groups/frameset.exclude.html

Some historical landmarks

In a series of features CNN presents key historical landmarks. The interpretation is also grossly simplified.

The boundaries of Iraq are shown like the British have drawn them, very arbitrarily!

More: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/iraq/interactive/iraq.timeline/frameset.exclude.html

A special Report features in Dollar terms: Rebuilding Iraq. $$$

Links to 5 crucial firms doing contracting are presented, including numbers of their speciality,
their number of employees and their stock values.
links to informative and to critical topics are presented.

More: http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/rebuild_iraq/

Environmental issues after the Iraq war are presented

The aftermath of the conflict with Iraq

More: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/new.iraq/after.war/fullpage.scar/

Maps about Iraq are presented

More detailed information is given on population, Terrain, Oil fields, political and regional information

More: http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/new.iraq/maps/index.population.html

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