US Plan Sees Shiny Future for Green Zone


	US Plan Sees Shiny Future for Green Zone
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c4166ea8-a837-4926-aee3-9123ffe5a2fe/F34B8A11-B41F-4EC3-A625-DD3C23CC90DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195" href="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195" style="font-size: 11px;">news.aol.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195">Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195"><DIV>That's all part of a five-year development "dream list" — or what some dub an improbable fantasy — to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece for Baghdad's future.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195"><DIV>But the $5 billion plan has the backing of the Pentagon and apparently the interest of some deep pockets in the world of international hotels and development, the lead military liaison for the project told The Associated Press.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195"><DIV>For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated over the next year.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-plan-sees-shiny-future-for-green-zone/20080504173809990001?icid=100214839x1201334656x1200055195"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.aol.com/img/32CD7A92-3227-428D-9BC3-D1EDB28FF8AE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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