Iraq Contractor's Work Is Further Criticized

Washington Post:

In a report released yesterday, inspectors found that the Baghdad Police College posed a health risk after feces and urine leaked through the ceilings of student barracks. The facility, part of which will need to be demolished, also featured floors that heaved inches off the ground and a room where water dripped so heavily that it was known as “the rain forest.”

The academy was intended as a showcase for U.S. efforts to train Iraqi recruits who eventually are expected to take control of the nation’s security from the U.S. military. But lawmakers said yesterday they feared it will become a symbol of a different sort.

“This is the lens through which Iraqis will now see America,” Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said. “Incompetence. Profiteering. Arrogance. And human waste oozing out of ceilings as a result.”

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