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November 24, 2004
Need to Get to Baghdad Airport? It'll Cost You $340.53 a Mile
Think it costs an arm and a leg to get an airport "limo" here in the U.S. of A.? Try this on for size:
A 15-mile stretch between Baghdad airport and the city centre is said to be the world's most expensive taxi ride.
Small convoys of armoured cars and Western gunmen charge about £2,750 ($5,108) for the perilous journey. . . .
The high-speed drive costs four times more than the £670 Royal Jordanian charges for a one-way flight from London to Baghdad via Amman.
If that all isn't enough to convince you of how well things are going in our colony, try this on for size: "At least 10% of each reconstruction project budget in Iraq goes on protection."
(Link courtesy LewRockwell.com.)
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 24, 2004 12:54 PM