[Mb-civic] Violence Trumps Rebuilding in Iraq

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Violence Trumps Rebuilding in Iraq 
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U.S. officials say soaring security costs have consumed $1 billion earmarked for badly needed water, power and sanitation projects.

By T. Christian Miller
Times Staff Writer

February 21 2005

BAGHDAD — Skyrocketing security costs have forced American officials here to slash about $1 billion from projects intended to rebuild Iraq's shattered infrastructure, dealing another blow to U.S. plans to pacify Iraq by improving basic services. 

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