[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Saddam's city of the Future

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Saddam's city of the Future
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1205177319.shtml


   [1]Michael Totten: In the Villages of Al Anbar

     Al Farris looks like a model Soviet city up close and a rounded
     square from the sky. Saddam Hussein built it to house workers in
     the now-defunct weapons factory to the east, and they live in
     neighborhoods called City 1, City 2, City 3, City 4, and City 5.
     âSocialist living at its finest,â Sergeant Edward Guerrero said as
     we rolled through the gates in a Humvee. The place made me think of
     Libya, where I have been, and North Korea, where I have not.

     Al Farris was part of Saddamâs attempt to launch Iraq into the
     sci-fi future before he ruined his country with four wars, two
     genocides, and an international sanctions regime. It was a failure.
     Like all utopian cities, Al Farris is dreary.

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References

   1. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/03/in-the-villages.php
   2. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/03/in-the-villages.php