Peter Van Buren at We Meant Well ("How I Helped Lose the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People") has been following the PMOI/MEK relocation issue (and delivers some snark).
Money quote(s):
"(R)esettling the MEK into the former Camp Liberty became a State Department task, and the World’s Largest Embassy was assigned to commit “robust observation” of the facility to ensure proper treatment. State apparently did not robustly observe anything, as the Camp Liberty site is a dump, without water or sewage."
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"During the war, Camp Liberty was a paradise, home to Iraq’s largest PX and all the amenities. As the Occupation ended, the Camp was abandoned by the US, and the Iraqis promptly and efficiently looted it into its present state.
The MEK-Camp Liberty dilemma is yet another example of US desires hitting reality head on in Iraq. After hoping the MEK issue would just go away for the nine years of Occupation, the State Department threw together an expedient policy, appointed an Ambassador to give it all gravitas and then made false promises of oversight."
CAA personally observed the results of the post-invasion looting of Iraqi military bases by Iraqis themselves and has no reason to doubt Brother Van Buren's statement that Camp Liberty was thoroughly looted into inhabitability following the U.S. withdrawal.
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