This just fills me with so much hope and joy. It is awesome how these people are so willing to get up and take care of themselves. I think this goes to show Iraq doesn't lack for qualified people - if only they were actually free to do what they wanted. I am proud for them.
Telegraph | News | Iraqis eager to get involved in Basra's clean-up
That was apparent in Basra's main power station, where the plant's directors met an American intelligence officer to decide what would happen to it.
The meeting had barely begun when the officer proclaimed: "Gentlemen, I am here to get this power station up and running. I've got engineers and contractors itching to get started. Is there anything you would like to add?"
"Actually," said the station's planning manager, Adel Hussein al-Shati, a stout, elderly man who once studied at Portsmouth Polytechnic, "we'd like to do it ourselves." He then explained how long it would take and how many men he needed.
"Well that's a relief," the officer said. "Get to work."
"Of course," Mr al-Shati said. "This is our job and this is our country".
(link via Joanne Jacobs)
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