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The US Embassy In Baghdad Cost A Staggering $750 Million (PHOTOS]

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US Baghdad Embassy In Iraq

Ten years ago this week, Americans woke up to learn that the United States had invaded Iraq. 

They had been told it would cost $50 billion and that it would end soon.

Forty-two days later the President declared Mission Accomplished, and that the U.S. would be greeted as liberators

That all didn't work out as planned. 

What did work out was a luxurious compound in the heart of Baghdad on the banks of the Tigris where the thousands of Americans who would remain behind could work, shop, eat, and relax in a palatial, $750 million embassy

Here's the Chancellery Building — located at the intersection of "Broadway" and "Main Street" within the compound.



Here, a man carries dry cleaning past the blast walls that surround the dining facility.



This is the Annex I building. The embassy compound is larger than Vatican City, and contains a food court and a shopping mall where embassy staff can spend their hazard pay.



See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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