Insurgency Delays Reconstruction of Iraq

Insurgents targeting oil lines, electricity plants and other infrastructure projects vital to Iraq’s reconstruction have delayed U.S.-led rebuilding efforts and raised the cost of doing business in this war-ravaged country, a top American official said Saturday.

Bill Taylor, director of the U.S.-led Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, said ceaseless attacks on contractors and facilities have also increasing security demands, with up to 16 percent of all project costs now being spent on hiring armed guards, improving site protection and providing equipment like hardened vehicles and telecommunications systems.
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