So the globalists can move troops to Iraq and prepare for the attack on Iran?
"UN ready to increase efforts in Iraq; Will help nation with rebuilding, creation of jobs" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press | August 14, 2008
BAGHDAD - Five years after bombings forced the United Nations to pull out of Iraq, the world body is resuming a key role here. It announced plans yesterday to help Iraq rebuild and create jobs after accusations that the government has been unable or unwilling to spend its oil riches.
An agreement signed by the UN and the Iraqi government outlined a series of steps to help the Iraqis improve spending. The UN will also aid in the funding of reconstruction, development, and humanitarian projects. With a budget of $2.2 billion through 2010, the UN hopes to use its know-how to train Iraqi bureaucrats and create incentives to develop the private sector.
Translation: ADVANCE the GLOBALIST AGENDA!!!!
One of the main goals is to create jobs in a country where widespread unemployment especially in areas outside of Baghdad could undermine recent security gains if young men lose hope in their futures and turn to extremism.
Sigh. Yup, the surge worked but not really.
The ambitious plans came ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Aug. 19, 2003, bombing at the UN's Baghdad headquarters that killed 22 people, including top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. The United Nations pulled out of Iraq in October 2003 after a second bombing at the organization's hotel headquarters and a spate of attacks on humanitarian workers.
It maintained a presence with Iraqi employees and allowed 35 international staffers to return in August 2004 but operations were sharply curtailed. The current UN envoy to Iraq, Staffan di Mistura, said it was time to change that.
"There are moments when we wonder whether all this was worthwhile or not," he said at a memorial ceremony yesterday. "I can tell you that what we are doing at the moment is sending a signal that the UN is back. The UN is back to stay."
So from ONE OCCUPIER to another, 'eh, Iraqis?
As security has improved over the past year, the UN has steadily been raising its profile here. Di Mistura's deputy, David Shearer, said the organization currently has 140 international staffers around the country. One of the biggest concerns is jobs.
"We have to be able to move a lot of the investment to the private sector," Shearer said at a joint press conference with the Iraqi planning and development minister, Ali Baban. "Our biggest way of improving security is to make sure that young people are employed."
While Americans are losing their jobs. Gotta love it, don't you, Americans?
Last year, the Iraqi government spent only 34 percent of its $2.8 billion capital budget, and the ministries were unable to use more than 63 percent of their development funds, UN officials estimated. The UN will have $322 million of its new Iraq budget available immediately. The funding was provided by donor nations, UN contributions, and the Iraqi government itself.
Officials stressed the need to maintain caution because the gains are fragile. Underscoring the dangers, a series of car bombs ripped through northern Iraq yesterday, killing at least five people, officials said.
A roadside bomb also killed a US soldier and an Iraqi interpreter in northwestern Baghdad, the American military said."Yeah, HIDE the COSTS of the OCCUPATION there War Daily shit rag!!
Yup, George W. Bush finally, FINALLY, won Iraq, didn't he, lying prop-press?
