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Better and worse: a progress report on Iraq --

By Dan Murphy

from the March 19, 2004 edition

Better and worse: a progress report on Iraq

By Dan Murphy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BAGHDAD � Andy Bearpark, the soft-spoken Briton in charge of the US-led coalition's reconstruction efforts in Iraq, was detailing an impressive list of achievements Wednesday morning.

Phone services, basic sewage, electricity, and oil production have all improved to near prewar conditions. A nationwide poll found that 70 percent of Iraqis say their lives are going well since the US invasion.


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