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The US Embassy In Baghdad that Cost A Staggering $750 Million (PHOTOS]
Here's the Chancellery Building — located at the intersection of "Broadway" and "Main Street" within the compound..
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. .
Here's an embassy employee — one of 1,350 government employees, and thousands of contractors — working out in the fitness center. .
Here's a private contractor comment box near scales in a hallway of the facilities building. The Embassy cost seven times as much as the Iraqi Police College. .
Embassy employees get to choose from burgers, sushi, "Mexican Fiesta," Thai beef, grilled shrimp salad, sandwiches and more..
Fresh fruit stands stacked next to a palm tree. While the U.S. spared no expense on the facility, the palm is admittedly fake. .
The apartment complexes within the compound are stocked with bullet-proof glass all around. Marks covering up shrapnel damage can be seen on some buildings..
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