An article titled "Unused prison testifies to waste" by Brian Murphy & Pauline Jelinek of the Associated Press was published on page 3 of yesterday's (July 28) Telegram & Gazette. Murphy & Jelinek wrote about the colossal waste of money that went into building a particular prison in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq. About $40 million dollars was spent to build that prison that is not being used. The article quotes Sayyed Rasoul al-Husseini of the Khan Bani Saad council as saying, "Birds and small animals have found homes in the towers and crannies".
Murphy & Jelinek also mention Stuart Bowen, a U.S. official involved with reconstruction in Iraq. Mr. Bowen referred to the total dollars awarded in contracts to Parsons, the firm that built the jail. According to the article, Mr. Bowen ". . . said the prison was part of a $900 million Parsons contract to build border posts, courts, police training centers and fire stations. Of 53 construction projects in the massive Parsons contract, only 18 were completed." So I ask, where is the Republican supervision and direction?
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