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Baghdad Billions
Tuesday 9 January 2007 20:00-20:40 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Sunday 14 January 2007 17:00-17:40 (Radio 4 FM)
Mark Gregory investigates what happened to the 50 billion dollars invested in rebuilding Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Many Iraqis claim that the essentials of life remain worse than they were under UN sanctions, with domestic power output and oil production scarcely above prewar levels. Mark uncovers a story of corruption and mismanagement, plaguing efforts to rebuild a shattered nation.
