more Saddam's biggest secret may be a weapon of mass transit

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:56:46 -0800
To: "'Dave Farber'" <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Saddam's biggest secret may be a weapon of mass transit

[Dave: Please remove my name and email if you publish]

Thirty seconds of Googling demonstrates that at least one U.S. company,
Parsons Corp., was deeply involved in the construction of the Baghdad subway
(reference: 
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flan22jan22,0,6036063.column
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flan22jan22,0,6036063.column> ):
> Parsons has another edge when it comes to Iraq, as well: A branch of the
> company built the Baghdad subway in the early 1980s.
>
> "The subway was never finished," recalls James Shappell, head of Parsons'
> transportation division. (The company, not surprisingly, doesn't have the
> blueprints for the underground system in its files anymore; U.S. officials
> came in and snatched up those renderings during the Persian Gulf War.)

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