Reconstructing Iraq:

A July 1 Canadian embassy opening in Baghdad was scrapped for security reasons; Iraqi delegates raise warnings over black market and press freedoms

By Peter Schneider

Published July 14, 2004

Iraq is in danger of becoming a black market, Russian Mafia-style of economy, an Ottawa conference on democracy in Iraq was warned this week by Isam al-Khafaji, head of the Soros Foundation's Iraq Revenue Watch.

Co-sponsored by the Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC) and the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR), the first Democratic Development in Iraq Conference opened...

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