Friday, October 24, 2003

Try Throwing In A Tote Bag and A Set of Rick Steves Videos

The view of the world community re: the United States' destruction of Iraq's infrastructure appears to be "you broke it, you bought it."

An international donors conference for Iraqi reconstruction ended Friday with pledges totaling "more than $33 billion,'' conference officials said.

The amount was to be officially announced by the World Bank, but a senior conference official said on condition of anonymity that more than $33 billion was raised at the two-day conference in Madrid.

The total apparently included the $20 billion already promised by the United States.

Most of the $13B in new money was raised after Colin Powell wowed those in attendance with a stirring rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone."

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