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Iraq's rebuilding planned at nearly $120 billion
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-30 17:21 The United States has spent nearly $4.62 billion in this sector. ? Only 47 percent of people in rural areas use drinking water supplied via pipes to their homes. Only 20 percent of families outside of Baghdad province have access to working sewage facilities. The United States has $2.4 billion in the water sector. ? Despite better security, "violence continues to pose a deadly threat to personnel involved in reconstruction activities." The State Department reported that 15 US civilians died in Iraq this quarter. Since the beginning of the US reconstruction effort, 271 US civilians have died in Iraq. |
