Iraq 'needs tens of billions'

Bremer said billions were needed to restore safe power and water
America's administrator in Iraq has warned that the country will need tens of billions of dollars to rebuild its shattered infrastructure.
Paul Bremer said it was "almost impossible to exaggerate" the country's economic needs.

The bill to overhaul essential services like electricity and water - running intermittently in many areas at present - would reach almost $30bn, Mr Bremer said.

The economic bill comes on top of the estimated one billion dollars per week the US already spends on its forces in Iraq as well as a spiralling budget deficit at home.

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