10-14-2003, 11:34 AM
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McDonald's to open in Baghdad next year
Iraquis will soon be over weight ...
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About 100 private companies, mainly from Britain and the US, gathered in London yesterday to discuss investment opportunities in post-Saddam Iraq.
The companies, mainly oil and banking, are being invited by the US and British governments to move in as soon as security is restored. The fast-food chain McDonald's, which has a branch in most parts of the world, was predicted by the conference organisers to open in Baghdad next year.
Brian Wilson, Tony Blair's special representative on trade and reconstruction in Iraq, told the conference: "A major drawback for companies wishing to visit Iraq is, of course, the continuing problems with the security situation."
He added that the bombing of the Baghdad Hotel on Sunday had "provided another grim reminder of the dangers which exist".
But he said the British government would send trade missions to Iraq "when the time is right".
Among the Americans attending were the energy giant, ExxonMobil, Delta Airlines and the American Hospital Group.
McDonald's is to attend a follow-up conference at Portland, Maine, next month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...062446,00.html
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Colonisation at it's best!
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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