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DISNEY AWARDED CONTRACT TO REBUILD IRAQ
U.N., Knott's Berry Farm, Carlsbad Caverns Lose Out
Anaheim, CA - (GNS)
- The Bush administration awarded the Disney Corporation the first major contract today in a vast reconstruction plan for Iraq that assigns no position of authority to the United Nations or Europe.
     The contract, which was awarded by the United States Agency for International Development, had set off a heated contest among some of the nation's most politically connected amusement park concerns.
     The award will initially pay Disney 34 million in "Mickey Dollars" and could go up to 680 million over 18 months.
     Disney's initial designs for Iraq include "InvasionLand", "BibleLand", "BioChem Materials Secret Hideout Land", "KurdLand", "Desert Warfare Land", "MuslimLand", "Weapons of Mass Destruction Secret Hideout Land", and "Hall of the Dictators".
     The reconstruction of Iraq as a theme park is part of a broad American-led effort to stabilize the country and set up a new government that will have a steady income base from tourism.
     United Nations officials complained that the Bush Administration was shutting it out of any postwar role.
     Bush Administration officials replied Disney also won a contract to reconstruct the U.N. as an amusement park.
     "We want to do our bit to help New York City and the world. The U.N. under Disney will generate revenue and provide better entertainment than the current U.N.," an administration spokesman said.