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Iraqi workers get first wages since war
Australian Broadcasting Company ^
| May 25 2003
Posted on 05/24/2003 10:23:13 AM PDT by knighthawk
The US civil administration paid out the first government wages to Iraqis since the US-led war, giving wages to thousands of Baghdad electricity workers.
It hopes the payments - set eventually to reach about 1.4 million civil servants and ranging from $80 to $400 a month - will send a signal that normal life is returning to the country after weeks of chaos and deteriorating security conditions.
"Its a start, a good start and the rest will get paid through the rest of the week," said Jay Garner, the outgoing director of the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA).
The almost 40,000 electricity employees are a top priority as they struggle to restore power to the capital.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civiladministration; commerce; infrastructure; iraq; iraqiworkers; jaygarner; order; orha; postwariraq; wages
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
knighthawk
(Full of power I'm spreading my wings, facing the storm that is gathering near)
To: knighthawk
What took so long?
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:29:44 AM PDT
by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: knighthawk
I hope the Iraqis will pay their electric bills. I dont want to pay theirs for too long I have a hard enough time paying my own.
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posted on
05/24/2003 10:37:39 AM PDT
by
R. Scott
To: knighthawk
About time. This will help to get the economy going.
To: R. Scott
Given all that Saddam cash found in Iraq, I think Saddam's ghost is now paying the bills in Iraq.
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posted on
05/24/2003 11:13:36 AM PDT
by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: Grand Old Partisan
And given that the US dollar is now the currency in use in Iraq, that $600 million or so recovered will go a long way to covering the payroll for some time to come. By then, the oil money should be rolling in, now that sanctions are lifted.
This war is going to turn out to pay for itself. Saddam was SUCH a drag on the economy of Iraq....
To: Grand Old Partisan
There has been a lot of money ($1B?) found so far.
Not bad for a country where the people were dying from starvation and disease because of the sanctions.
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posted on
05/24/2003 2:47:19 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
To: R. Scott
Good point, but I never did see any evidence that Iraqis were starving.
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posted on
05/24/2003 2:59:07 PM PDT
by
Grand Old Partisan
(You can read about my history of the GOP at www.republicanbasics.com)
To: Grand Old Partisan
What?
You dont believe the news reports? Would they lie?
What about the thousands of suffering children?
</sarcasm>
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posted on
05/24/2003 3:03:48 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
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