26 October 2008

The Mega-Bunker of Baghdad


The new American Embassy in Baghdad will be the largest, least welcoming, and most lavish embassy in the world: a $600 million massively fortified compound with 619 blast-resistant apartments and a food court fit for a shopping mall. Unfortunately, like other similarly constructed U.S. Embassies, it may already be obsolete.

by
William Langewiesche
November 2007 in Vanity Fair read more