Teach the Iraqis how to sue the "German-Italian, Saudi funded Consortium" that built it?
Reader comment on item: Saddam's Damn Dam [i.e., The Mosul Dam]

Submitted by RPaine (Australia), Nov 11, 2007 at 13:28

How do we fix the Sadd Dam without spending American Taxpayer's money?

Why not just show the Iraqi's how to sue the consortium/companies and/or stakeholders that built the dam in the first place? ...and use the proceeds to re-build or fix the Sadd Dam situation, securing that all of those monies are accounted for - i.e. money goes into a Trust which [exclusively spends monies to] provides the funds for the project and certain other expenses, including relevant expenses related to US efforts to resolve this particular matter. Surely this is possible; or would it upset [our close friends] the Italians, the Germans and/or the Saudis. Hot potato? Sure. Requiring someone to think outside of the box? Definitely.

Is this possible? I don't know. Although, I bet that someone knows if it is feasible.

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